Singaporean authorities have charged 28 foreign workers and will deport another 53 believed to have been involved in the island’s worst rioting in decades, reports said on Wednesday. Read more: Bangkok Post
There will be no sale of alcohol in Little India this Saturday and Sunday, the authorities confirmed yesterday, as three more men were charged over Sunday night’s riot there. The blanket ban will apply not only to liquor stores but all establishments, from upscale restaurants and bars to more humble convenience stores and hostels. Read […]
About 400 South Asian migrant workers angered by a road accident battled police and set vehicles ablaze in Singapore’s worst rioting in decades, leaving 18 people injured, officials said Monday. Read more: asiancorrespondent.com
BANGKOK, 7 December 2013 (NNT) – Singapore, after 9 years, has decided to lift the ban of Thai chicken imports allowing Thai frozen chicken into the country once again. According to the Commerce Ministry, Singapore’s Ministry of Trade and Industry has decided to lift the suspension of Thai chicken, after banning it 9 years ago […]
BANGKOK, 15 February 2013 (NNT) – A recent poll has indicated that the southern province of Phuket is the most popular destination for Thai tourists; while 80% of the Thai travelers prefer travelling domestically to going abroad. The Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) and the University of the Thai Chamber of Commerce conducted a poll […]
Thousands of couples in Hong Kong, mainland China and Southeast Asia flocked to tie the knot on Wednesday, seeking good fortune for marriages begun on the century’s last repeating date. Authorities in Hong Kong and Singapore respectively said 696 and 540 couples were scheduled to attend marriage registries, continuing a trend which has seen couples […]
BANGKOK, Oct 13 – The Association of Thai Travel Agents (ATTA) said this year’s vegetarian festival is more vivacious than previous year, particularly in the southern provinces, with hope that the festival will boost confidence and bring tourists back to the area. ATTA president Sisdivachr Cheewarattanporn said room occupancy was full in the country’s prime […]
Fugitive ex-PM Thaksin Shinawatra has a busy 24 hours ahead of him as he is scheduled to be in three countries in one day. Thaksin left Singapore in the morning for Brunei to congratulate the Sultan and his family on the wedding on their daughter before proceeding to Cambodia, his legal adviser; Noppadon Pattama said […]
