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September 22, 2010 
I would like to know if a bar on Soi Bangla in Patong can open from 4am to 7am to sell sandwiches and breakfast. Also, can it be open from 8am to 2am for breakfast, lunch and happy hour?
September 21, 2010 
CAT Telecom informs me that I cannot sign up for total mobile internet access through them in my own name because I do not have a work permit. I’'m in my second year staying on a retirement visa. Can...
October 1, 2010 
Lately, the front page of every issue of the Gazette has featured an advertisement for Firefly Airlines. As I have no access to the Internet and there are no other contact details in the ad, would...
September 29, 2010 
I live near the “old”, abandoned temporary market (on Wirat Hongyok Road in Phuket Town) and pass by it every day. All the rubbish has been left there since it closed. Isn’t anybody responsible for cleaning...
September 24, 2010 
Next to my house is a furniture workshop and they sometimes use very noisy equipment. The same neighbor has also acquired three roosters that wake me up at 4:30 every morning and keep making noise pretty...
October 4, 2010 
I have a savings account in my own name at a Phuket branch of Kasikorn Bank and I wish it to stay that way for my yearly retirement visa applications. However, I would also like my wife to have access...
September 30, 2010 
I have been a customer of Phuket Cable TV for some time. I recently noticed a [Thai language] public service announcement on Channel 1 warning people not to hand over any money to unauthorized bill collectors...
September 15, 2010 
What is happening with the construction site on Nanai Road – I mean the Nanai River, as it is well known. For quite a few weeks there has been no progress and the unlit, open holes in the road are a major...
September 13, 2010 
Our friends were visiting Phuket from the Philippines and went into the Tesco Lotus in Bangtao. One friend bought two sodas and handed the cashier a 1,000 baht note. He was sure it was a 1,000 baht note...
September 11, 2010 
Has Kasikornbank had a hacker access their computers? An email sent to me from the bank on August 24 said I could no longer transfer money from accounts for security reasons. On August 28 I received another...
September 9, 2010 
I would like someone to explain why, when you visit Jungceylon on a motorcycle, you are stopped by a security guard who conducts a search of the space underneath the seat of your motorcycle? The reason...
September 4, 2010 
Last week I was handed my change at a local 7-Eleven. Among the coins handed to me was a 10-baht coin I hadn’t seen before. I thought all currency in Thailand featured an image of HM The King, but this...
September 3, 2010 
I am a local member at Loch Palm Golf Club. I went there today to play as usual; I play once a week. I paid my golf fees and handed the receipt to the caddy. I then proceeded to the first tee. I was about...
September 2, 2010 
I am a foreigner living in Phuket. I received a little pink postcard from Thailand Post informing me that there was a parcel awaiting me at the central post office in Phuket Town. However, I don’t want...
August 31, 2010 
As a sailor and a sea-kayaking enthusiast, I can say there are no safe, public places to launch dinghies or small boats in the water, either because there are no slipways or locals do not want you to...
August 30, 2010 
Where can I buy promotional videos for Phuket and the surrounding areas? My wife and I opened a small Thai restaurant here in Saratoga and we would like to show videos of the natural beauty and activities...
August 27, 2010 
I would like to know how can I divorce to my Thai wife, who has been in prison in Thailand for the past two years.
August 26, 2010 
Regarding the new nameless road stretching between Dowroong Wittaya School and The Software Park Phuket, the work installing drains has stopped completely and is actually making the access to our office/storeroom...
August 24, 2010 
I have hundreds of six-liter plastic water containers in my backyard. I do not want to throw them in the trash, but would prefer to recycle them. Is there a place where I can take them that will recycle...
August 21, 2010 
According to the local police in Phuket, the contracts that I have made with my ex-girlfriend are not valid because they are in English. Is this true? These particular contracts concern objects such as...
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