Photograph by: Alberto Cassio

 
The Phuket King’s Cup Regatta, Asia’s biggest and most popular regatta, will this year be held in the southern island province during November 29 – December 6.
 

PAD leaders call a mass rally

 
 
AFTER a grenade attack which killed a protester and wounded 23 others during their sit-ins on the Government House grounds, leaders of the People’s Alliance for Democracy (PAD) today announced to stage a mass rally at the Parliament on Sunday, November 23, to oust the government.

Amata Corporation Plc, Thailand’s leading industrial estate developer,  has signed an agreement with Sumitomo Corp, one of the biggest Japanese trading firms, to attract more Japanese investors to its industrial estates in Chonburi and Rayong provinces.

The Chiang Mai Zoo’s new aquarium, sporting the world’s longest viewing tunnels has reopened after a temporary closure for three weeks to fix the water purifying system, reported the Thai News Agency (TNA).

Thailand’s convicted ex-premier won’t appeal court ruling
The lawyer of Thailand’s former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra, who was convicted and sentenced to two years imprisonment in absentia for involving in his wife’s bid to purchase a land plot in Bangkok while in office, said the ex-premier will not appeal the court ruling.

Thailand’s exports of rice and chicken are expected to be gloomy next year due to ongoing global economic slowdown and uncompetitive prices of Thai rice, reported the state-run Thai News Agency (TNA).