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Phuket Gazette
The Phuket Gazette is a weekly English-language compact newspaper published in Phuket, Thailand by The Phuket Gazette Co Ltd, at Gazette Square in Koh Kaew. The paper was established in 1993 by John Magee, who is its publisher. Oranee Hildebrand is the managing director, Natthira Susangrat is the general manager, and Isaac Simonelli is managing editor. With national distribution throughout Thailand, the newspaper is the largest English-language publication in or about Phuket, and ranks as the third largest newspaper in Thailand.
-Sep or early-Oct). Phuket islanders of Chinese ancestry commit themselves to a nine-day vegetarian diet, a form of purification believed to help make the forthcoming year trouble-free. The festival is marked by several ascetic displays, including fire-walking and ascending sharp-bladed ladders.
- Ghost Festival or "Phóo-tōo Festival" (Hokkien Chinese language: 普渡節） Full name is "Û-lân-phûn Sēng-Huē" (Hokkien Chinese language: 盂蘭盆勝會） is held on the