Thailand Hotel Center: Interview British Ambassador to Thailand on visit to Phuket

9/14/09

Interview British Ambassador to Thailand on visit to Phuket

Interview for Andaman News NBT (VHF dial) at 8.30 clock and local cable TV channel 1 + maybe FM90.5 Radio Thailand 6pm, broadcast to Phang Nga, Krabi and Phuket provinces, and possibly FM108 Mazz Radio 7.30pm in Phuket, Friday 30 May 2008 & thainews.prd.go.th Contact AndamanNews@yahoo.com Our interview with Quinton Quayle, British Ambassador to Thailand, who began his assignment shortly before the 16th Phuket plane crash September 2007 and is now re-visit here and in Phang Nga, he also visited British ...

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