Thai Airways and the Aviation Ministry have announced that the Joint Venture with Tiger Airways in Singapore has been cancelled. The Lowcost Airline Thai Tiger Airways is dead. Thai Airways has now announced that they will bring out a own new Lowcost Carrier “ Thai Smile” which will be owned 100 % by Thai Airways.
The former Thai President Thaksin arrived last saturday in Cambodia. He is invited to hold two speeches at the Asian Economic Forum Conference. Thaksin will not go to Thailand soon because than he must go two years in jail. The Cambodian Government said Thaksin is a privat visitor and not an official – but who has invited him ? The Cambodian Government is the mainsponsor of the Conference ?
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A foreign woman artist, Elizabeth Briel, reported on Twitter on Friday that she and her husband had acid sprayed at their faces at the Asoke skytrain station in Bangkok last night. She said the acid was directed at them from the stairway leading to the station near Robinson shopping mall. Mrs Briel said her husband’s eyes were damaged but would be okay, while she has a burnt scalp. In Mrs Briel’s homepage http://elizabethbriel.com/, she sums up the incident saying she and her husband “were in the wrong place at the wrong time
They were treated at Bumrungrad hospital. The hospital said this is the third case they have seen lately.
The Asoke skytrain station is wellknown for dirty places and dangerous young people not only at nighttime.
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Advertising agency director Austen Victor Lauw Zecha expressed his sincere regret to Tourism Minister Datuk Seri Dr Ng Yen Yen in open court for making defamatory statements against her. The statement of apology was read out by his lead counsel T.H. Liew in a packed courtroom in the presence of Dr Ng, her family members, supporters and staff.Dr Ng, who was dressed in a blue baju kebaya, sat beside the dock and listened attentively. Zecha is a director of advertising agency TBWA-ISC Malaysia Sdn Bhd and Integrated Strategic Communications Sdn Bhd (ISC).
Dr Ng had sued Zecha for giving a radio interview on March 18 this year, in the presence of one Noelle Lim, that was defamatory to her. In her lawsuit filed on April 14, Dr Ng said the words uttered by Zecha during the interview implied that she, through her agent, solicited a bribe to ensure that the defendant and/or ISC were awarded an advertising contract for which there was a pending public tender. Liew said Zecha apologised to Dr Ng for the distress and embarrassment caused to her.
“The defendant (Zecha) apologises for having reacted the way he did when there was no basis to conclude that a person was acting on the minister’s behalf concerning ISC’s recent tender for Tourism Malaysia’s current three-year contract,” he said.
Dr Ng’s lead counsel Sunil Abraham said Zecha had agreed to publish a one-page statement of apology in Nanyang Siang Pau within 48 hours from the date of the order. Zecha had also agreed to apologise on the radio station BFM89.9 Current Affairs programme and pay an undisclosed amount of damages to Dr Ng in a final settlement. High Court judge Justice V.T. Singham recorded the consent settlement.
Outside the courtroom, Dr Ng smiled and handed out a media statement saying that she was pleased with the outcome. She hoped the settlement would help instil confidence that the ministry was transparent in its dealings. From The Star Malaysia.
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The airline “ Avianca – TACA” has now a directflight from El Salvador to Cuba. Three times a week they will fly to Havanna. Avianca-Taca has today 100 destinations, including Brasil and the Domenican Republik. The flight is with an airbus A-319 ( 120 Passengers).

This articles about the incentive travel of Sanya ( in Hainan province) you can find more in our Chinese version. Because starting April 20, mainland travelers will be able to buy duty-free goods in Hainan as long as they leave the island by air and return to the mainland, the Ministry of Finance announced on Thursday. The offshore duty-free policy will prevent mainland visitors from paying various types of taxes on up to 5,000 yuan ($762) worth of imported goods bought at selected duty-free stores on the tropical island province in South China.
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