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stuff.co.nz New Zealand man Paul Lupi, known as PJ, in a coma in Bangkok is now breathing on his own, four days after a serious scooter crash in Phuket. He was also able to take some whole foods through a tube on Friday.
Phuket Update The body of a Thai man reported missing after falling from the rocks at Tritrang Beach on Monday washed up on Patong Beach on Thursday.
PhuketWATCH Daily Media Wrap
PHUKET: The daily wrap of Thailand news, with a Phuket perspective, plus relevant reports from national and international media. Beware of inconsistent imitations.
Today's Top Stories
bangkokpost.com Three of the six missing crewmen from a barge that sank off Phuket on Tuesday have been found safe on Lanta island in Krabi, after drifting at sea for two days, a senior navy officer said. [Officials on Phuket wrongly told Phuketwan and other media all six had been found.]
nationmultimedia.com A court looks set to commission the Central Institute of Forensic Science (CIFS) to retest the DNA of two Myanmar nationals who are facing charges of killing two British backpackers in Thailand last year, an informed source disclosed. The order is expected to be issued today, according to the source.
Human Trafficking in Thailand
AP Thailand awoke to a blizzard of international criticism and its consulate in Istanbul was ransacked, after it deported 109 ethnic Uighur refugees to China despite fears that they would face persecution there.
bangkokpost.com The return of around 100 Uighur migrants to China is getting little support and much criticism, including a mob attack on the Thai consulate in Istanbul.
reuters Sheltering in the backroom of a provincial Thai police station is a 35-year-old street vendor who triggered a human trafficking investigation that has reverberated across Southeast Asia. He is a Rohingya Muslim, a mostly stateless group from western Myanmar.
Full Report
http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/07/09/us-thailand-trafficking-specialreport-idUSKCN0PJ14520150709
bangkokpost.com Human rights groups and some US lawmakers urged the US government to reconsider plans to upgrade Malaysia from the lowest tier on its list of worst human trafficking hubs, citing a lack of evidence that Malaysia had made advances against trafficking.
Phuket World of People
Phuket Update The Phuket Marine Office 5 chief has confirmed that captains taking boats under 12-meters long out from Phuket will be charged for disobeying the small-boat warning issued this week.
bangkokpost.com The National Reform Council figures that if it can succeed in suppressing corruption, Thailand will be a full-fledged developed nation in just 17 years.
nationmultimedia.com The mother of fugitive Sattra Suksom, who was allegedly involved in the June 19 money truck robbery in Bangkok, has returned 496,000 baht to police because she suspected it to be ill-gotten gains and directed the police to impound her son's brand-new car. The car was parked inside Bangkok's Don Muang Airport.
skynews.com Britons in Tunisia have been told to leave the country as the Foreign Office warns more terror attacks are ''highly likely'' after last month's beach shootings. Extra flights are being put on to bring tourists home.
nationmultimedia.com The Marine Department has launched a mobile one-stop service to issue certificates for captains and mechanics, as one of the measures to legalise fishing vessels. The move is in accordance with the 15 rules of the Command Centre for Combating Illegal Fishing (CCCIF) and the United Nations illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing protocol.
bangkokpost.com The prime minister and finance minister say China's stock correction is far more worrying than Greece because Thailand is directly ''in Beijing's chain''.
nationmultimedia.com The residential inventory in six beach provinces - Prachuap Khri Khan, Phetchaburi, Phuket, Songkhla, Chon Buri and Rayong - was worth 257.66 billion baht for a combined 85,200 units as of the end of last year, according to a survey by the Real Estate Information Centre (REIC) of the Government Housing Bank.
nytimes.com The number of Syrians who have fled into neighboring countries to escape the civil war has reached more than four million, the United Nations said, and with the fighting dragging into its fifth year the number is still rising.
nationmultimedia.com Property firms are launching promotion campaigns to boost their presales during the remaining months of the year. They include price discounts, transfer-fee waivers, free furniture, and other benefits.
bangkokpost.com The National Reform Council figures that if it can succeed in suppressing corruption, Thailand will be a full-fledged developed nation in just 17 years.
nationmultimedia.com Indian leisure travellers generally go shopping and sightseeing in Bangkok and Pattaya, with an increasing number also heading to Phuket, Chiang Mai, Samui, Chiang Rai, Krabi, Ayutthaya and Koh Chang. Recent years have also shown a marked rise in the number of Indian filmmakers, MICE (meeting, incentive, convention and exhibition) delegates, wedding parties and honeymooners.
Around the Region
channelnewsasia Speculation is rife in Malaysia over Prime Minister Najib Razak's innocence, following a media report that US$700 million had been channelled from entities linked to state investment fund 1MDB to his personal account.
Try Phuketwan's Asean Today daily:
http://phuketwan.com/tourism/asean-today-thailand-trafficking-revealed-najib-under-pressure-indons-diss-sex-talk-22802/
Phuket World of Sport
smh.com.au If ever there is a time when Australia need Shane Watson it is now. The much-maligned all-rounder has been saddled with the task of steering the tourists back into an absorbing first Ashes Test after England seized the ascendancy on a second day in which Chris Rogers was narrowly denied a century.
afp Reigning Olympic and double world champion Mo Farah dominated the 5000m at the Lausanne Diamond League on Thursday in his first outing since doping allegations against his coach Alberto Salazar.
Coming Events on Phuket 2015
July 14-16 Trial of Phuketwan journalists at Phuket Provincial Court
July 15-19 Cape Panwa Hotel Phuket Raceweek
One Thai BBQ restauraunts that I frequent just announced that they have difficulty of procuring Rock lobsters (Goong Hin), that are part of their offering, because of "green season and blockade of fishing boats"' thus they discounted their offering a bit on account for that.
Although I of course enjoyed those Rock lobsters, and also liked their price offer for that, it is more than clear that cost base of Thai seafood producers of various kinds will increase as they are pressed to abandon cheap slave labour.
As a result, prices of seafood inevitably will go up, and, probably we will not see anymore prawns 70-80 for a price like 150THB/kg.
Also, position of Thai seafood export will certainly suffer.
May be it lead to better offering on domestic market , as the best quality produce is destined for export (even if it is Vietnam - as per manager of one fruit exporting company), and, as a rule, domestic market is left with leftover - it is more apparent with fruits, less with seafood, but no one who compared it with Thai origin produce sold abroad will not be able to notice that the latter is of obviously better quality.
If you try to hunt such quality produce here you will end in buying only organic, or will pay prices higher than in Wholefoods.
Posted by Sue on July 10, 2015 09:22