Wednesday, July 2, 2014
time.com Chinese authorities in Hong Kong have arrested over 500 protesters who took part in a sit-in to demand electoral freedom, in the city's Central district in the early morning hours of Wednesday.
bangkokpost.com Airports of Thailand will review a passenger screening system worth 8.3 billion baht after the junta's budget scrutinising committee found the project was too costly. AoT has focused on boosting its airports' capacity to handle rising numbers of passengers, particularly Phuket airport where passenger numbers have risen to 11 million people a year.
reuters The leader of the al Qaeda offshoot that has taken control of parts of Iraq and Syria has urged Muslims around the world to fight to avenge wrongs committed against their religion, from Yemen to Myanmar (Burma), where Rohingya remain stateless.
bangkokpost.com The Defence Ministry will welcome Myanmar's supreme commander who will pay an official visit to Thailand on Friday to strengthen the two nation's ties.
PhuketWATCH Daily Media Wrap
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Today's Top News Items
bangkokpost.com The 10,000 baht duty-free limit on new personal items purchased overseas by incoming air passengers is now being strictly policed, the Customs Department announced. Any undeclared items will be seized and the owners may have to pay up to four times of the value including plus the duty. Expensive new watches or bags worth more than 10,000 baht will be liable to duty, even if being worn.
nationmultimedia.com Thailand is turning into a greying society, as its birth rate plunged to just 1.6 per woman in 2013 from six in 1970. And there's a gender imbalance in the marriage market. To be exact, there were 782,716 more females than males between the ages of 15 and 49 in 2010.
bangkokpost.com Thailand emphasised its need for Cambodian workers to drive the economy during talks in Phnom Pehn and guaranteed the government its people will be safe and cared for.
ttrweekly.com The Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Bangkok has informed embassies and consulates in Thailand and the Royal Thai embassies and consulates, worldwide, it will crackdown on travellers who cross the border and return immediately to extend visa-free stays in the Thailand.
theage.com.au Astonishing. Remarkable. Extraordinary. Insert your own superlative. Nick Kyrgios, aged 19, and ranked 144th, has reached the Wimbledon quarter-finals by stunning world No.1 Rafael Nadal in four sets on centre court in one of the great grand slam upsets.
World Cup Latest
bbc.com Belgium 2-1 USA. Belgium are through. What a game, one of the greatest periods of extra-time I've ever seen.
smh.com.au Argentina have scraped into a third successive World Cup quarter-finals appearance as Angel di Maria netted an extra-time winner against Switzerland just two minutes before the match was due to be decided on the dreaded penalty shootout.
World Cup Quarter Finals Friday
France v Germany; Brazil v Colombia.
Phuket World of People
bangkokpost.com Phuket police urged business owners or members of the public extorted or exploited by local ''taxi mafia'' gangs to come forward with information as a sweeping crackdown moves into a second month. [Investigating chief Major General Praveen Pongsirin is on 081 8936083.]
Phuket Update Investigators submitted a 5558-page investigation report covering 112 taxi mafia-related cases in Kata-Karon to Phuket's prosecutors, with a recommendation to indict all the named suspects. The probe is moving on to Phuket International Airport and Patong.
scmp.com Tokyo lifted a 60-year-old ban that has kept its armed forces from fighting abroad.
wsj.com Tens of thousands of protestors gather in Hong Kong to protest the Chinese government and demand more democracy. This comes days after 800,000 residents voted in a mock referendum aimed at rallying support for a full democracy.
reuters The number of deaths attributed to an epidemic of Ebola virus in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone stood at 467 by Monday, out of 759 known cases in total, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said.
channel4.cm Lego is ''letting kids down'' because of its partnership with Shell, say Greenpeace, which is launching a global campaign to get the children's toy manufacturer to ditch the fuel giant.
aap In a 60-year show business career, Rolf Harris was laden with honors: MBE, CBE, Queen's portraitist. But the jury's unanimous verdict will ensure he is remembered by titles of a different sort: adulterer, abuser, paedophile.
mct Ukrainian government forces targeted pro-Russia militants with artillery and airstrikes after President Petro Poroshenko said he wouldn't renew a cease-fire that was repeatedly violated during its 10 days in force.
reuters The leader of the al Qaeda offshoot now calling itself the Islamic State has called on Muslims worldwide to take up arms and flock to the ''caliphate'' it has declared on captured Syrian and Iraqi soil.
jaunted.com We're in the south of Thailand exploring a growing beach destination called Krabi, located two hours east of Phuket but very similar, albeit currently smaller, in its approach to tourism. We made the mistake of leaving some things unattended on the balcony for a few minutes, and returned to find we had been ambushed by monkeys. Even dirty underwear isn't safe
abc.net.au Following complaints last month, we decided to check all the death tributes in The Age and Sydney Morning Herald for the month of May. We picked up 56 obvious errors. Fairfax's tributes began to go pear shaped roughly a year ago when the media group sacked around 70 copy takers and shipped the jobs to Manila.
themediabriefing.com Total circulation of 10 major British national newspapers has declined from 12.06 million copies sold on average each day 14 years ago to a daily average of 6.89 million copies sold in May this year.
huffingtonpost.com Overlooking the Andaman Sea and with a horizon view of the majestic limestone karsts of Phang Nga Bay, Phuket welcomes the new-kid-on-the-island hotel scene with open arms. Point Yamu by COMO offers 106 rooms and private villas, with a collection that are for sale if you understandably can't bear to leave.
What's Happening Around Asean Nations
afp Malaysia vowed to ''thoroughly investigate'' one of its foreign envoys who fled sex charges in New Zealand after invoking diplomatic immunity. Muhammad Rizalman Ismail was charged in a New Zealand court on May 10 with burglary and assault with intent to commit rape.
afp A Singaporean businessman was found guilty of corruption after a judge ruled that he offered three Lebanese referees free services of prostitutes in return for rigging future matches. On July 22 nightclub owner Eric Ding Si Yang, 32, could face up to 15 years in prison and a fine of up to Sg$300,000.
theage.com.au In western Burma, the persecution of the Rohingya Muslim minority has intensified. They now live in wretched conditions, crammed into camps where the Burmese authorities are able to regulate foreign aid sent to them. A flawed nationwide census in March, which Australia helped to fund, cynically excluded the Rohingya.
time.com Indonesia now has the highest rate of deforestation in the world, releasing Brazil from its former title, according to a new report published in the Nature Climate Change journal.
Phuket World of Sport
nytimes.com Until the evening shadows fell on Centre Court, the last time a teenager beat a No. 1 player at a Grand Slam event was at the 2005 French Open. The winner was Rafael Nadal, over Roger Federer, a couple of days after Nadal's 19th birthday. Nick Kyrgios, a 19-year-old wild-card entrant from Australia, joined Nadal by beating him in the fourth round of Wimbledon.
bangkokpost.com Maria Sharapova suffered more Wimbledon heartache as the French Open champion crashed to a shock 7-6 (7/4), 4-6, 6-4 defeat against Germany's Angelique Kerber in the fourth round, while Serena Williams quit her doubles match after a health scare.
theguardian.com Former New Zealand cricketer Lou Vincent has issued a stark statement saying he has brought shame on himself and his country by helping to fix matches. ''My name is Lou Vincent and I am a cheat,'' he said in a statement.
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