China has just opened the worlds longest Highspeed-Railway from Beijing in the north along 2298 km to the southern boom city of Guangzhou. There were a lot of international headlines around the first train on this line. And they helped to forget the big problems with Chinese Highspeed Trains as the Wenzou train collision in the not so far past.
But the Chinese Railway policy has much bigger ambitions. It is under way to create a Highspeed Railway System in Southeast Asia, linking China to Laos and Thailand and creating connections from China to Singapore.
Laos is forcing plans for a $7 billion railway link from the capital Vientiane in the South to the Chinese border in the North (passing the towns of Phonhong, Vangvieng, Luang Prabang, Oudomxay and Luang Namtha). The construction shall begin early in 2013. The line will be completed around 2014, said Laotian Deputy Prime Minister Somsavat Lengsavad at an international rail conference in Beijing. "While the exact route isn't clear, the rail line is expected to connect the southwest Chinese city of Kunming with Singapore, passing through Laos, Thailand and Malaysia", wrote wsj.com.
The project is financed by a 30-year loan from Export-Import Bank of China, according to rfa.org. China will be responsible for the construction. "Beijing is seeking to secure raw materials from neighboring countries to feed massive infrastructure investment and its manufacturing industry", wrote wsj.com.
There is one more railway project in Laos: On December 24 a contract was signed for a US $5 billion railway line from Savannakhet to Lao Bao at Vietnam border. The construction is undertaken by Malaysian company Giant Consolidated, writes enjoy-laos.com.
Meanwhile preparations for four highspeed-railway lines in Thailand are going on. Funding is to come from a proposed 2-trillion-baht investment programme dedicated to new infrastructure projects over the next seven years. In November 2012 Finance Minister Kittiratt Na-Ranong said according to Bangkok Post the government is planning four high-speed rail lines to support trade and tourism within the country. The four high-speed rail lines are Bangkok-Nong Khai-Vientiane; Bangkok-Ayutthaya-Chiang Mai; Bangkok to Hua Hin; and an expansion of the Airport Rail Link in Bangkok to Chon Buri, Pattaya and Rayong. These plans are supported by a Study of Thailand Development Research Institute Foundation. And China is aggressively lobbying the Thai government to select its train and construction technology, writes Bangkok Post. Chinese Deputy Railways Minister Lu Chunfang told Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra that its construction costs average only US$20 million per kilometre compared with $81 million in Japan and $50 million in Germany. Thailand and China signed a memorandum of understanding on April 15 to conduct a feasibility study for the Bangkok-Chiang Mai and Bangkok-Nong Khai high-speed rail links. Thailands government plans to open international bidding early next year on the first phase of the high-speed rail project. Chinese government officials advising Thailand have suggested that it begins with a 54km route linking Bangkok and Ayutthaya as it would fall in line with the government's push to have the ancient capital serve as host for the 2020 World Expo, noted Bangkok Post.
Read also:
Growing Chinese influence in Cambodia:
A railway from Preah Vihear, a steel plant and a seaport in Koh Kong
Thursday, December 27, 2012
Saturday, November 24, 2012
Pitak Siam Demonstration in Bangkok
Live news now
Saturday, November 25, 17.30
"Aim_The Nation" announces on Twitter: Gen Boonlert called off the rally saying to protect lives. Does this really mean, that the demonstration will stop now? nationmultimedia.com also writes, that the rally has been called off.
Saturday, November 25, 15.30
Protesters have removed barricade blocks on Makkawan Bridge leaving no barriers between them & police, reports Aim_The Nation on Twitter. Protester's truck has moved closer to police line. Follow the news around Makkawan here. Matt Wheeler has a Police Officer saying: "We know the plan is to provoke us, to create images of police using force against the people".
Saturday, November 24, 15.15
"The intention of the protesters on Ratchadamnoen Nok Rd is clear. They want to push through police lines towards Government House", writes Richard Barrow about the ongoing confrontation between protesters and police, who are blocking the road.
Saturday, November 24, 14.30
"The Nation" writes, that Defence Minister ACM Sukampol Suwannathat has ordered Army chief Gen Prayuth Chan-ocha to prepare troops to assist police to keep law and order should police fail to control the situation, a source said. The source said Prayuth in turn ordered the First Division, the Second Cavalry Division and the Anti-Aircraft Artillery Division to prepared 8 companies of troops each to provide reinforcements to police when asked to. Police fired teargas at protesters again at 1:30 pm as they made another attempt to break via the police line at the Misakawan Intersection, notes The Nation.
Saturday, November 24, 13.15
Pitak Siem rally participation is under exspectations. Pitak Siam leader Gen Boonlert Kaewprasit initially planned to discontinue the rally at 11 am had the number of protesters been less than 50,000, as The Nation writes. Now he has decided to wait longer because he learned that provincial people were still travelling to join the rally.
Saturday, November 24, 12.30:
Pitak Siam rally against Thailands government on Royal Plaza in Bangkok has started this Saturday morning. There has been some confrontation between anti riot police and protesters, the police used tear gas. See video on youtube. "The first clash happened at Makawan Rangsan Bridge at about 9am when the protesters tried to march through the police barricade to join the rally at the Royal Plaza. They refused to make a detour to the Wat Benjama Intersection and First Infantry Intersection, where police allowed the demonstrators to pass through", reports nationmultimedia.com. So police fired teargas at the advancing protesters. Police arrested 132 protesters. "In the second clash, Police fired teargas at protesters at the Miskawan Intersection to try to prevent them from breaking through police barricade at the Miskawan Intersection at about 10 am".
Now it is not really clear, what will happen next. But Blogger Richard Barrow is at the rally and reports live on Twitter, what he can see. He says: "This weekend, it's not advisable for tourists to visit Dusit Zoo, Vimanmek Teak Mansion, The Marble Temple & the Ananta Samakhom Throne Hall". Follow Richard Barrow on Twitter.
Also Thai Blogger and journalist Saksith Saiyasombut has a Tweet from the rally. And there is a good live coverage on asiancorrespondent.com. More live Tweets by Aim_The Nation.
See also Live TV by T News TV and by Thai PBS and by Spring News TV.
See the latest pictures on flickr.com
Roads blockey by police:
Graphic by Bangkok Post
What this blog announced before Saturday November 25
On November 24 and 25 a big anti-government-rally is planned in Bangkok by Pitak Siam Group. Traffic police has cloased roads around Royal Plaza Friday morning. Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra said on TV, the rally poses a threat to national security. She said intelligence reports indicated that the protesters would use violence and storm government buildings. Pitak Siam group spokesman - Air Marshal Watchara Ritthakanee - answered the group's rally at the Royal Plaza on Saturday and Sunday will be non-violent and that the movement will not move the crowd to Government House or Parliament.
On these days Tourists should avoid the area around the Thai Parliament, Dusit Zoo and Government House, says the German Foreign Office. Follow the news on Bangkok Post. See, where the Parliament and Government House are on Bangkok Hotels Google Map. Read News on Twitter about Pitak Siam. Follow Live Blog by Richard Barrow
The so called Red Shirts, who are supporting the government, also prepare für a rally on November 24. They will gather in Nonthaburi, Samut Prakan and Pathum Thani. And they announced they will march into Bangkok, if anybody should try a Military coup. Read Reds prepare for coup danger.
"Aim_The Nation" announces on Twitter: Gen Boonlert called off the rally saying to protect lives. Does this really mean, that the demonstration will stop now? nationmultimedia.com also writes, that the rally has been called off.
Saturday, November 25, 15.30
Protesters have removed barricade blocks on Makkawan Bridge leaving no barriers between them & police, reports Aim_The Nation on Twitter. Protester's truck has moved closer to police line. Follow the news around Makkawan here. Matt Wheeler has a Police Officer saying: "We know the plan is to provoke us, to create images of police using force against the people".
Saturday, November 24, 15.15
"The intention of the protesters on Ratchadamnoen Nok Rd is clear. They want to push through police lines towards Government House", writes Richard Barrow about the ongoing confrontation between protesters and police, who are blocking the road.
Saturday, November 24, 14.30
"The Nation" writes, that Defence Minister ACM Sukampol Suwannathat has ordered Army chief Gen Prayuth Chan-ocha to prepare troops to assist police to keep law and order should police fail to control the situation, a source said. The source said Prayuth in turn ordered the First Division, the Second Cavalry Division and the Anti-Aircraft Artillery Division to prepared 8 companies of troops each to provide reinforcements to police when asked to. Police fired teargas at protesters again at 1:30 pm as they made another attempt to break via the police line at the Misakawan Intersection, notes The Nation.
Saturday, November 24, 13.15
Pitak Siem rally participation is under exspectations. Pitak Siam leader Gen Boonlert Kaewprasit initially planned to discontinue the rally at 11 am had the number of protesters been less than 50,000, as The Nation writes. Now he has decided to wait longer because he learned that provincial people were still travelling to join the rally.
Saturday, November 24, 12.30:
Pitak Siam rally against Thailands government on Royal Plaza in Bangkok has started this Saturday morning. There has been some confrontation between anti riot police and protesters, the police used tear gas. See video on youtube. "The first clash happened at Makawan Rangsan Bridge at about 9am when the protesters tried to march through the police barricade to join the rally at the Royal Plaza. They refused to make a detour to the Wat Benjama Intersection and First Infantry Intersection, where police allowed the demonstrators to pass through", reports nationmultimedia.com. So police fired teargas at the advancing protesters. Police arrested 132 protesters. "In the second clash, Police fired teargas at protesters at the Miskawan Intersection to try to prevent them from breaking through police barricade at the Miskawan Intersection at about 10 am".
Now it is not really clear, what will happen next. But Blogger Richard Barrow is at the rally and reports live on Twitter, what he can see. He says: "This weekend, it's not advisable for tourists to visit Dusit Zoo, Vimanmek Teak Mansion, The Marble Temple & the Ananta Samakhom Throne Hall". Follow Richard Barrow on Twitter.
Also Thai Blogger and journalist Saksith Saiyasombut has a Tweet from the rally. And there is a good live coverage on asiancorrespondent.com. More live Tweets by Aim_The Nation.
See also Live TV by T News TV and by Thai PBS and by Spring News TV.
See the latest pictures on flickr.com
Roads blockey by police:
Graphic by Bangkok PostWhat this blog announced before Saturday November 25
On November 24 and 25 a big anti-government-rally is planned in Bangkok by Pitak Siam Group. Traffic police has cloased roads around Royal Plaza Friday morning. Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra said on TV, the rally poses a threat to national security. She said intelligence reports indicated that the protesters would use violence and storm government buildings. Pitak Siam group spokesman - Air Marshal Watchara Ritthakanee - answered the group's rally at the Royal Plaza on Saturday and Sunday will be non-violent and that the movement will not move the crowd to Government House or Parliament.
On these days Tourists should avoid the area around the Thai Parliament, Dusit Zoo and Government House, says the German Foreign Office. Follow the news on Bangkok Post. See, where the Parliament and Government House are on Bangkok Hotels Google Map. Read News on Twitter about Pitak Siam. Follow Live Blog by Richard Barrow
The so called Red Shirts, who are supporting the government, also prepare für a rally on November 24. They will gather in Nonthaburi, Samut Prakan and Pathum Thani. And they announced they will march into Bangkok, if anybody should try a Military coup. Read Reds prepare for coup danger.
Saturday, October 27, 2012
A very special coffee from Elephant Dung or just a very big PR show?
Where is the coffee bean on this picture?
It went around the world in the last days: "Would you pay US$50 for a cup of elephant dung coffee?", cnngo.com asked and continued: "The big story these days is coffee made with beans that have been pooped out by elephants". Thai elephants produce the most expensive coffee worldwide. Hotels of the Anantara Group serve this coffee. And newspapers around the world have published this message eagerly.
Is this a story that can be trusted? Is it good for elephants, when you drink elephant dung coffee? Do elephants normally eat coffee beans and poop them out afterwards? Of course there is a homepage, that tries to tell you this: blackivorycoffee.com. You learn: "Coffee beans are naturally refined by Thai elephants at the Golden Triangle Asian Elephant Foundation in Chiang Saen, northern Thailand." Naturally? Do elephants normally eat coffee beans? Try a Google Archive Search about elephants and coffee beans for example for the year 2010 - and you will find nothing. Therefore also blackivorycoffee.com tells you, that "in times of drought", Asian elephants are attracted to coffee plantations "as many of them are irrigated". Then they eat, what they find here - but not normally, when there are not times of drought.
So how do the elephants at the Golden Elehant Triangle Foundation get their beans? You guess it: They are fed with beans. Before the best Thai Arabica beans have been picked from an altitude as high as 1500 meters. So: What is promoted as a natural process really is a man made process.
Does this harm the Elephants? The Black Ivory Coffee Company assures: "Blood work has been completed by independent veterinarians to confirm that there has been no harm to the elephants. An elephant veterinarian is also on-site at the production site full-time." So you learn: The Elephant camp is a "production site".
And who earns the money from this production? "8% of our sales will help fund a specialist elephant veterinarian to provide free care to all the elephants of Thailand through the Golden Triangle Asian Elephant Foundation. Additional funds will also be used to purchase medicine as well as to build a new laboratory", says the homepage of blackivorycoffee.com.
And who founded this business with elephants? It is Blake Dinkin. Before he was active in northern Thailand, he was active in Rwanda in Africa, as you can learn on The business of doing good. Dinkin, a Torontonian, has completed his MBA at the University of Geneva (Switzerland). He then went to Africa through a Canadian non-profit group called MBAs Without Borders (MWB).
And Blake Dinkin is also on Facebook. He writes there about the article Elephant Dung Coffee: World's Most Expensive Brew Is Made With Pooped-Out Beans on huffingtonpost.com. He says: "It's amazing how one article can lead to coverage in so many other sites. I have just received an invite to a fantastic PR opportunity." Well, this is it: A big PR show.
Sunday, May 6, 2012
Bangkok Impressions
Picture by Jurgen Proschinger
View from Wat Arun across Chao Phraya River
Picture by runranWoman at the Thewet fish market
Picture by Jurgen ProschingerWall painting in Wat Phra Kaew
Picture by Jurgen ProschingerVimanmek Palace
Picture by tisebAbhisek Dusit Throne Hall
Picture by Wat Piece (formerly Wat suandok)Wat Peace, seen from Thewet Pier
Picture by m-louisView from Isetan Shopping Mall
Picture by David Darricau
Picture by adaptorplugChinese Cemetary, Silom Road
Picture by Xin Li 88Food stalls in front of defense ministry at Kalayana Maitri Road.
Picture by Xin Li 88Kings Birthday, Sanam Chai Road
Tuesday, April 3, 2012
Prevent the next flooding of Bangkok: Move people out of forests?
It sounds very special, what you could read in The Nation: Forestry experts and environmental activists called on the government to move people out of mountainous areas of Thailand, to protect forests and prevent floods.
The proposition was made at a seminar titled "Headwater Forest Strategy and the Way to Prevent Flood and Drought" organised by the National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation Department. About 350 people took part, including forestry officials, forestry experts, environmental activists and members of civic groups.
A study conducted by the Natural Resources and Environment Ministry found that massive deforestation caused by commercial farming in mountainous areas (500-1,500 metres above sea level) was one of the major causes of last year's severe flooding. More than 3.7 million rai of headwater forest in six river basins including the Ping, Wang, Yom and Nan were severely damaged by commercial farming (maize and rice). "We need to reduce the population in the mountainous areas and control land use. Moving people from mountainous areas to lower-lying areas would be a good way to protect headwater forests," said Wattana Wachirodom, an official from the Forest and Water Crisis Management Network.
The government may not follow. Natural Resources and Environment Ministry permanent secretary Chote Trachoo said he disagreed: "Relocating millions of people out of mountainous areas would be a very, very big issue," he said. Instead Chote Trachoo said, the government will pay people living in mountainous areas to plant trees and protect forests.
This created a lively debate on thaivisa.com. "I think that the worst damage is being done by a few very wealthy people who are engaged in illegal logging and massive deforestation and who do not even live close to the forest environment", points out one member. Another arguments, that thirty percent for the money for planting trees will go to the paymaster.
In the same time, during March, northern provinces as Chiang Mai, Chiang Rai or Mae Hong Son were hardly hit by air pollution from burnings again. People were wearing masks, visibility on streets was low, as The Nation noted. See video on youtube by guzzlalex. And tourism was hit, as guesthouse-owner Buddy Maupin described in Bangkok Post. Researchers say, this haze comes especially from the cultivation of corn crops. Research data and field examinations by the Chiang Mai office of the Natural Resources and Environment Ministry show, that the hotspots are areas cleared by burning in the dry season for growing of the same crop every year. "If we allow the practice to continue I'm afraid that within the next 10 years we will lose almost all our forests", said Bunpot Kantasen, chief of the local office, according to Bangkok Post. Officials believe mono-cropping has been encouraged by the government's ethanol use policy which has resulted in higher price for crops such as corn.
So, what should be done?
The proposition was made at a seminar titled "Headwater Forest Strategy and the Way to Prevent Flood and Drought" organised by the National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation Department. About 350 people took part, including forestry officials, forestry experts, environmental activists and members of civic groups.
A study conducted by the Natural Resources and Environment Ministry found that massive deforestation caused by commercial farming in mountainous areas (500-1,500 metres above sea level) was one of the major causes of last year's severe flooding. More than 3.7 million rai of headwater forest in six river basins including the Ping, Wang, Yom and Nan were severely damaged by commercial farming (maize and rice). "We need to reduce the population in the mountainous areas and control land use. Moving people from mountainous areas to lower-lying areas would be a good way to protect headwater forests," said Wattana Wachirodom, an official from the Forest and Water Crisis Management Network.
The government may not follow. Natural Resources and Environment Ministry permanent secretary Chote Trachoo said he disagreed: "Relocating millions of people out of mountainous areas would be a very, very big issue," he said. Instead Chote Trachoo said, the government will pay people living in mountainous areas to plant trees and protect forests.
This created a lively debate on thaivisa.com. "I think that the worst damage is being done by a few very wealthy people who are engaged in illegal logging and massive deforestation and who do not even live close to the forest environment", points out one member. Another arguments, that thirty percent for the money for planting trees will go to the paymaster.
In the same time, during March, northern provinces as Chiang Mai, Chiang Rai or Mae Hong Son were hardly hit by air pollution from burnings again. People were wearing masks, visibility on streets was low, as The Nation noted. See video on youtube by guzzlalex. And tourism was hit, as guesthouse-owner Buddy Maupin described in Bangkok Post. Researchers say, this haze comes especially from the cultivation of corn crops. Research data and field examinations by the Chiang Mai office of the Natural Resources and Environment Ministry show, that the hotspots are areas cleared by burning in the dry season for growing of the same crop every year. "If we allow the practice to continue I'm afraid that within the next 10 years we will lose almost all our forests", said Bunpot Kantasen, chief of the local office, according to Bangkok Post. Officials believe mono-cropping has been encouraged by the government's ethanol use policy which has resulted in higher price for crops such as corn.
So, what should be done?
Saturday, February 18, 2012
Bomb blasts rock Bangkok
Police seeko to more over blast: A third Iranian has been arrested in Malaysia. Iranians are suspected to be part of a team targetting Israeli diplomats in Thailand. Materials found in the blast, including C4 explosives and magnets to secure the bombs to cars, were similar to those used in attacks earlier this week against Israeli diplomats in India and Georgia. (Bangkok Post, 18.2.2012)
Bangkok Governor tells people not to panic - Shopping Malls beef up security: The British embassy on its website has urged its nationals to "exercise caution" in several provinces including Chiang Rai and Ubon Ratchathani. (Bangkok Post, 16.2.2012)
Bombers 'part of terror group': The suspects involved in Tuesday's multiple bombings in Bangkok were part of the same network of terror involved in bomb incidents in India and Georgia earlier this week, according to Itzhak Shoham, Israeli ambassador to Thailand. (Bangkok Post, 16.2.2012)
Three bombs exploded in Sukhumvit area - Iranians involved - Israeli may have been target: Attack in front of Kasem Phithaya School on Sukhumvit Soi 71. Man with Iranian passport supected, other Iranian arrested at Suvarnabhumi Airport. Isreal says, Israeli were target. (Bangkok Post, 15.2.2012)
Terror case suspect 'had explosives in two houses': Police have found bomb-making materials in another house rented by Swedish-Lebanese terror suspect Hussein Atris in the Mahachai area of Samut Sakhon.(Bangkok Post, 22.1.2012)
Second terror suspecr sought: The Criminal Court on January 19 approved an arrest warrant for an alleged accomplice of Lebanese national Hussein Atris. (Bangkok Post, 20.1.2012)
A detained Lebanese Hezbollah terrorist suspect was part of a planned attack on the Chabad Jewish community centre near Khao San road in Bangkok. Says a news website which specialises in intelligence reporting. (Bangkok Post, 17.1.2012)
Police are hunting a terror suspect believed to be in Bangkok. The number of foreign embassies issuing travel warnings to Thailand increased to 11 Saturday 14.1.2012. (Bangkok Post, 15.1.2012
Bangkok Governor tells people not to panic - Shopping Malls beef up security: The British embassy on its website has urged its nationals to "exercise caution" in several provinces including Chiang Rai and Ubon Ratchathani. (Bangkok Post, 16.2.2012)
Bombers 'part of terror group': The suspects involved in Tuesday's multiple bombings in Bangkok were part of the same network of terror involved in bomb incidents in India and Georgia earlier this week, according to Itzhak Shoham, Israeli ambassador to Thailand. (Bangkok Post, 16.2.2012)
Three bombs exploded in Sukhumvit area - Iranians involved - Israeli may have been target: Attack in front of Kasem Phithaya School on Sukhumvit Soi 71. Man with Iranian passport supected, other Iranian arrested at Suvarnabhumi Airport. Isreal says, Israeli were target. (Bangkok Post, 15.2.2012)
Terror case suspect 'had explosives in two houses': Police have found bomb-making materials in another house rented by Swedish-Lebanese terror suspect Hussein Atris in the Mahachai area of Samut Sakhon.(Bangkok Post, 22.1.2012)
Second terror suspecr sought: The Criminal Court on January 19 approved an arrest warrant for an alleged accomplice of Lebanese national Hussein Atris. (Bangkok Post, 20.1.2012)
A detained Lebanese Hezbollah terrorist suspect was part of a planned attack on the Chabad Jewish community centre near Khao San road in Bangkok. Says a news website which specialises in intelligence reporting. (Bangkok Post, 17.1.2012)
Police are hunting a terror suspect believed to be in Bangkok. The number of foreign embassies issuing travel warnings to Thailand increased to 11 Saturday 14.1.2012. (Bangkok Post, 15.1.2012
Sunday, January 22, 2012
Where to go on Chinese New Year
Picture by gerrypopplestoneChinese New Year at Wat Mangkong Kamalawat
Say goodbye to the Year of the Rabbit and hello to the Year of the Dragon: Bangkoks Chinatown celebrates Chinese New Year on Monday (January 23) and until Tuesday. There will be street parties with drums, dragons, firewirks, a lion dance contest, Chinese opera, fashion shows and a lot of Chinese food. HRH Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn will preside over the opening of the Bangkok Chinatown Festival 2012 on January 23 at 5 pm. This takes place at the King’s Birthday Celebration Arch at Odeon Circle. Two cultural shows, one presented by Thais and the other hosted by China's Ministry of Culture, will be performed, followed by a one-and-a-half-hour Yaowarat Cultural Showcase. Some streets in Bangkoks Chinatown are turned to Walking Streets from 6 pm on Sunday 22 until 4 am on Tuesday 24.
Already Sunday is a good time to visit Chinaatown, "as everyone is getting ready for the Chinese New Year", writes Richard Barrow on thaitravelblogs.com. Tipps for a Walking Tour and a Map: Explore the heart of Chinatown
More activities:
Shows by Chinese artists at shopping malls: At Parc Paragon of Siam Paragon, Discovery Plaza of Siam Center and Siam Discovery and at the Central Court, 1st floor of CentralWorld. Read more.
Bangkok's 5 most luxe menus for Chinese New Year: Read on lifestyleasia.com
Big celebrations for Chinese New Year also happen in other cities of Thailand:
In Suphan Buri, celebrations will take place from Jan 23-29 at the Museum of the Descendants of the Dragon. In Ayutthaya, the festival will take place from Jan 24-29 along Naresuan Road, from Chao Phrom Market to Chao Ai Chao Yi Chedi. In Ratchaburi, celebrations will take place from Sun, Jan 22-26 in front of the Ratchaburi National Museum. In Nakhon Sawan province, also known as Pak Nam Pho, the ongoing celebrations citywide will last until Jan 27. In Chiang Mai, celebrations will take place during Jan 23-24 at Lao Chow Lane. The Chinese National Opera will perform on Jan 24. In Phuket the Phuket Chinese New Year Festival 2012 will be held from Jan 28-30 at Phuket Old Town on Klang, Thalang and Thepkasatri roads. Read more on thaitravelblogs and on bangkokpost.com
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