World Cup Rugby latest South Africa 13, Samoa 5.

TNA Isolated heavy rain remains over the east and the south west-coast, especially in Nakhon Nayok, Chanthaburi, Trat, Ranong, Phang Nga, Phuket, Krabi, Trang and Satun.

smh.com.au The Contiki tour company is not commenting on reports that a young Australian woman, who died on its Italian camping tour, had taken drugs and alcohol before her death. Madelaine Crawley, 23, fell ill in Rome, the travel operator said in a statement.


PHUKET: A daily wrap of Thailand news, with a Phuket perspective, plus relevant reports from national and international media.

bangkokpost.com The market for mid-priced condominiums near, but not on, the beach has been active in Phuket since last year, with more affordable units aimed at buyers from Asian countries who have replaced Western buyers.Risinee Sarikaputra, an associate director for research and valuation at the property consultant Knight Frank Chartered (Thailand) Co, says the emerging buyers are Indian and Chinese expatriates working in Singapore and Hong Kong, as well as Middle Easterners.Ms Risinee says demand for villas in Phuket has shifted to complete units, as buyers have no confidence in off-plan projects.

nationmultimedia.com Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra will visit Burma next Wednesday, a well-informed Government House source said.

bangkokpost.com The Tourism Authority of Thailand is preparing plans to deal with negative factors including the weak European economy, widespread local floods and the violence in the Deep South. The state agency is concerned mainly about a slowdown in arrivals from the United Kingdom, Ireland, Italy, Greece, Portugal and Spain. The TAT is confident that the number of tourist arrivals from Asia will grow by 30 percent to 11 million this year.

independent.co.uk Thailand's second-biggest city has been put on alert for flash floods as more than nine weeks of heavy rains that have killed more than 170 people continue to wreak havoc in the country's north.

mizzima.com A motorcycle taxi driver has been arrested and charged following the rape and murder of a Japanese tourist near Kyaukpadaung Township in Burma. Villagers caught the suspect, roped him, and informed the police, said a resident.

investmentinternational.com Thailand is the number one expat destination when compared globally across economic and lifestyle factors taking the top spot from Bahrain in 2010.

nationmultimedia.com A majority of Cabinet members are millionaires - and large portions of their assets are held in the form of property. It was a surprise to many that Science Minister Plodprasob Surassawadee was listed as the wealthiest minister in Yingluck Shinawatra's Cabinet.

smh.com.au John McCarthy, the former Australian envoy to Japan, Indonesia, India, Vietnam and Thailand, said while the government had good relations with its Asian counterparts, Australia as a society was viewed in the region as hostile, frightened and unwelcoming.

smh.com.au A Japanese plane narrowly avoided disaster this month when it plunged over the Pacific, almost turning upside down. The manoeuvre happened when the co-pilot, in trying to unlock the cockpit door for the captain who was returning from the toilet, mistook a command button for the cockpit door lock switch nearby.

thainews.prd.go.th Approaching seven years since the Tsunami in 2004, the plan to develop the marine boat TOR 813 and Tsunami museum seems to reach somewhere as the recent meeting chaired by the Pueu Thai MP Prompong Nopparit agreed that the 10 million baht budget will be spent on the project.The TOR 813 boat was forced ashore, about 1.5 kilometres from the sea by the 2004 killer wave.

voanews.com Taiwan authorities say they have arrested more than 800 people involved in a suspected trans-national phone scamming ring. The operation involved authorities in China, Taiwan, Cambodia, Indonesia, Vietnam, Laos, Malaysia, Thailand and the Philippines.

Associated Press A small plane on a local flight in western Indonesia crashed into a mountainous area and the 18 people aboard were feared dead, officials said. Rugged terrain and rains hampered searchers trying to reach the wreckage.

scmp Angry tourists complained they were stuck for hours outside a closed Macau ferry terminal with no lunch or drinks as the typhoon put sea traffic on hold.

smh.co.au Qantas says about 8500 passengers have been affected by a ground staff strike at airports across Australia.

bloomberg Royal Dutch Shell has extinguished a fire that raged for two days at its biggest oil refinery and is shutting processing units at the Singapore plant as a precaution.

nationmultimedia.com Real-estate services firm Jones Lang LaSalle has announced that it will manage The Pelican Krabi, a prime resort development by Perry Group International. The development is located on 33 rai of oceanfront land on the west coast of Krabi and will involve three phases.



independent.co.uk Andy Murray eased into the quarter-finals of the Thailand Open in Bangkok with a routine straight-sets win over Germany's Michael Berrer.

eurosport.com Campbell Brown's role in an incident during an off-season trip to Thailand has cost him his leadership position at AFL club Gold Coast. Thai police arrested Brown and three teammates after an altercation with another tourist during a full moon party on the island of Koh Phangan.



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