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PHUKET: A DEADLINE of two weeks has been set for tuk-tuk and taxi drivers in Phuket's Karon-Kata holiday region to impose fare standards and improve service. http://phuketwan.com/tourism/phuket-tuk-tuk-drivers-told-join-real-world-14155/
PHUKET: DOUBTS about the legality of Phuket's Big Buddha hilltop tourist drawcard were confirmed today - and more questions still need to be answered about the project's continuing development. http://phuketwan.com/property/phukets-big-buddha-timeless-project-given-deadline-14184/
More than 20 private organisations yesterday announced a concerted drive to force political parties to treat corruption more seriously, warning they would take matters into their own hands if need be. http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/politics/240113/businesses-demand-war-against-graft
Police have recently confiscated more than 100 cars, for which the owners had allegedly avoided paying customs and duties or because they were stolen in another country. http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/crimes/239323/police-seize-over-100-cars
The number of convenience stores in Thailand is expected to rise five times to reach 60,000 over the next 10 years due to the growth of middle-income people and higher farmer incomes, according to CP All Plc, the operator of the 7-Eleven chain.  http://www.bangkokpost.com/business/economics/238575/convenience-stores-to-mushroom
THAI will utilise its five Boeing 737s, and rent two narrow bodied aircraft for the first year of operations. The new carrier will need 11 aircraft. Each of the aircraft will feature up to 99percent economy class seats, with no business or first class. http://www.nationmultimedia.com/2011/05/21/business/THAI-to-launch-own-low-costairline-next-year-30155842.html
Plans to switch Bangkok taxis' engines to compressed natural gas (CNG) from liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) have hit a snag. http://www.bangkokpost.com/business/economics/237724/cng-conversions-stalled
While most museums display real, rare and precious items, there is one museum that showcases fake items instead. With more than a thousand of fake items displayed next to their genuine counterparts, the Tilleke & Gibbins Museum of Counterfeit Goods reveals how easily you can be fooled into thinking some fake items that are widely sold across Thailand and Southeast Asia are the real thing. http://www.bangkokpost.com/travel/localtrips/237409/spot-the-fakes
TOURISTS will have greater difficulty finding pirate movies and music on copy CDs after a Phuket crackdown busted secret sales rooms in raids on a total of 13 stores around Patong yesterday. http://phuketwan.com/tourism/phuket-raid-exposes-secret-pirate-stores-copy-drought-tipped-14052/
Long-standing questions about whether Bangkok should have two airports fully operating simultaneously look set to drag on for the next government to decide, a senior official of Airports of Thailand Plc (AoT) said yesterday. http://www.bangkokpost.com/business/aviation/236217/airport-debate-likely-to-be-put-on-hold
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