#Thailand - Major makeover proposed for Pattaya’s Walking Street

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Thailand - Major makeover proposed for Pattaya’s Walking Street

… but few are impressed. Images on the Facebook page of Pattaya City reveal plans for a major re-imagining and makeover of one of the resort’s most notable, and notorious, landmarks – Walking Street. Gone are the grotty road, broken pavements and lurid signs and frontages, and in their place will be an easy to navigate walking area fit for families.

Problem is the tourists and traffic Walking Street has attracted in the past are likely not interested in the swish makeover and quite liked the red light atmosphere and the bar girls in hot pants leaning out of the noisy bars.

But the Thai government has seemed fixated on cleaning up the streets’ reputation for years, with little success. Now, the futuristic design and slick new look make the red light district look like just another shopping street. Online critics are already jumping on the bandwagon saying it will be “just another mall.”

“There is not a hanging wire – or streetwalker – in sight!” one complained. Where are the tangled coils of telephone and power cables? Where are the neon signs with at least one letter not working? Where will the crusty old expats end up if they’re pushed out of Walking Street?

The designs were presented by the city’s engineering team to Pattaya’s mayor and his deputies yesterday, to an apparently “lukewarm” reception.

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The mayor remarked that Walking Street has to be “fit for purpose” and any revamp “must not adversely affect livelihoods. Though he seemed to agree that the area must be fit for daytime as well as nightlife use, he stressed that any makeover must ensure that the “special smell and flavour” of Walking Street are maintained. Oh yes, THAT smell.

“After all, Pattaya is a renowned world class resort. And it must be able to generate revenue, that’s important.”

He sent the engineers away to revise their designs ahead of the next discussion on the issue.

Thai and foreign comments on the news were extensive and mixed. Most agreed that it’s time for a makeover, but opinion differed widely over exactly how and how much.

The reality for the city is that the Walking Street occupies prime real estate and the owners of the land want to maximise the potential value of retail and food and beverage offerings, and would prefer that it had a broader appeal beyond its raunchy nighttime-only activities. It’s inevitable that the red-light district will move into lower-rent areas of the city.
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Surviving lockdown in my Thai paradise

Opera singer and producer Niall Morris has found himself stranded in Bangkok with his husband Woody during the coronavirus pandemic

Back in 2010, along with my friend Terry from London, I visited Thailand purely by chance. We were on a winter holiday in Penang, Malaysia where Terry was less than impressed with the weather.

“Darling, it’s cloudy again,” he said one morning, in his disapproving Princess Margaret voice. “I can’t possibly go back to London without a tan to annoy my work colleagues.”

“It’s 35°C and sunny in Thailand,” I replied casually, looking at the weather forecast on TV.

Terry’s face lit up.

“I’m already packing, darling,” he gushed, in a flurry of hatboxes.

And with that spur of the moment decision, the future trajectory of my life was changed.

We took a one-hour flight from Penang to Bangkok and checked into a twin room on the 23rd floor of the Shangri-La hotel, with stunning views over the Chao Phraya river. That evening we went to Telephone Bar in the vibrant Silom district and got chatting with a group of friendly locals.

One of them, called Woody, had a dazzling smile and offered to take me on a motorbike tour of Bangkok by night. I ran the suggestion past Terry whose reply was “off you go darling!” And so, in a moment of Shirley Valentine spontaneity, I was whisked off on a scooter down a labyrinth of hot, steaming streets, where tall glass skyscrapers towered over makeshift wooden shacks and spicy chicken soup was being cooked at every corner. It was a thrill to the senses and from that first sultry, humid night in Bangkok, I was hooked.

When I got back to my hotel in the early hours of the morning, I was very surprised to find that Terry, along with all his hatboxes, had left. All that remained was a brief note on my bed: “Gone to Koh Samui. I want to be alone.”

Suddenly, I found myself 10,000km from home, all alone in a foreign country where I knew no one. I’m sure the sensible decision would have been to go back to Ireland and forget about the whole experience but, instead, I reached into my pocket and took out a little piece of paper with a neatly written telephone number and the words: “Call me! – Woody.”

Over the next few days, Woody and I visited some of Bangkok’s most famous tourist attractions. First, we went by motorbike taxi to the Grand Palace, the official ceremonial residence of the king. Built in 1782 by King Rama 1, it’s a huge complex on the west bank of the river and includes the renowned Temple of the Emerald Buddha. Some of it is open to the public, as long as you are well covered and have appropriate footwear (no flip-flops). Next, we took one of the frequent river boats down to Sathorn – a great way to see the towering skyline of the city – and disembarked at Saphan Taksin right next to the Shangri-La hotel. By early evening we were sitting in a side street outside a little restaurant that served the best fish in Bangkok for about €3.50 a main course.

Later that night, Woody brought me to App Arena Club to see his friend Coco, a sensational drag artiste, who lip-synched flawlessly to Whitney Houston – and looked very like her too. It was a whirlwind sightseeing tour which I would never have experienced if Terry hadn’t made his dramatic dash to Koh Samui.

A year later, Woody came to live with me in Ireland and we entered into a civil partnership in 2014. Ever since, we have made a trip each year to Thailand and we’ve built a little house in the rice fields near where he grew up, about 500km north of Bangkok.

In March, Woody and I arrived for our annual holiday in Thailand but now, like the rest of the world, we are caught in the grip of the Covid-19 pandemic. The Thai government has responded swiftly with draconian measures to contain the spread of the virus.

The beaches of the south are closed, patrolled day and night by drones; Phuket is in total lockdown (no one can enter or leave the island) and the bright lights of Bangkok’s world-famous nightlife have been turned off.

Throughout the country, there’s a strictly enforced curfew and anyone caught outside after 10pm could end up with a hefty fine or, worse still, a year in the Bangkok Hilton!

Controversially, there has been a total ban on the sale of alcohol since April 1. Thais are very sociable people and love nothing more than to gather at a friend’s house for a game of cards over a bottle of local whiskey but, in general, they are law-abiding and compliant and these strict measures have been highly effective.

To date, there are just 2,969 coronavirus cases in Thailand and while, sadly, there have been 54 deaths, in a country of nearly 70 million, these numbers are extremely low.

One of the other key tactics here has been to radically reduce international travel.

All foreigners have been banned from entering Thailand and Thai citizens returning from abroad must quarantine for 14 days at an appointed place.

Our return flights to Ireland on KLM have been cancelled, leaving us somewhat stranded here.

But at least we are not accidental tourists shipwrecked in an strange land. We are staying at Woody’s sister’s house in a private gated community in a leafy suburb of Bangkok. I start each morning with coffee in the garden, after which I teach English to our gorgeous nephew Hummer who is almost four years old and already nearly bilingual.

Woody’s sister and her husband both work in the property and construction business and, in a typically Thai gesture where family is paramount, they’ve told us we can stay as long as we want.

Since May 3, Thailand has started taking tentative steps towards getting its economy moving again. Outdoors markets are opening up, along with some cafes and restaurants and, for the first time in nearly two months, little Hummer has been released from the confines of his garden to play at the local park. Last week, we all visited the nearby King Rama IX Park and watching him whizzing around on his little green bicycle was pure joy.

In those early days, when I first visited Bangkok, I used to wonder what it would be like to live in Thailand – but I always lacked the courage to give it a try.

Now, with my classical music career on hold and a global pandemic forcing us all to rethink our lives, I have found myself here more by chance than by choice.

But what a blessing it is.

As restrictions are easing, our next plan is to all go up to our village house to help harvest the rice fields and mango and banana trees. These dazzling days in Thailand are a long way from Mozart and Puccini – but the joyous connection with family and nature is like waking up each morning to an unexpected paradise.

Source - Pattaya One News

Southeast Asia feels the burn as virus keeps Chinese tourists at home

Elephant parks unvisited, curios at markets unsold as tuk-tuks sit idle: Southeast Asia is facing billions of dollars in losses from a collapse in Chinese tourism since the outbreak of a deadly new coronavirus.

From Luang Prabang in northern Laos to Pattaya in Thailand, Hoi An in Vietnam and the Cambodian casino town of Sihanoukville, takings have plummeted as Chinese travelers find themselves subject to a host of restrictions at home and abroad.

"We haven't had any Chinese for 10 days since they closed the road from Yunnan," says Ong Tau, 47, from behind her stall of fruit shakes in the temple-studded Laotian colonial town of Luang Prabang.

"Business is down 20-30 percent... it will get worse."

Tour guides, mall workers and restaurant staff are all feeling the burn as Chinese -- the world's biggest travellers -- stay at home in the middle of a global health crisis.

"My friend has lost four or five big tour groups... they would have paid for his low season," said Tee, a guide in Luang Prabang, giving only one name in the tightly-controlled communist country, a mass of tuk-tuks standing idle behind him.

But in one of Southeast Asia's least well-resourced countries, there may be one bright side to the sudden economic pain.

"We don't know how to protect ourselves," he added. "The government doesn't tell people anything... so maybe less Chinese is a good thing for now."

Loans and job losses

The slump is being felt sharply in Thailand, where tourism authorities say arrivals from China -- usually close to one million a month -- have plunged by 90 percent so far this February.

At the Chang Siam Elephant Park in Pattaya, a few hours south of Bangkok, owner Nantakorn Phatnamrob fears he will soon be pressed into debt to float a business which has lost nearly $65,000 since the outbreak.

"People are afraid to visit," he told AFP. "If it stays like this, I will have to get a loan from the bank."

Crocodile farms and tiger sanctuaries -- controversial tourist beacons where visitors can pet the animals -- are also deserted, leaving owners to feed expensive star attractions.

The outbreak has also spooked western tourists at the height of peak season in what has already been a tough period for Thai tourism thanks to a strong baht.

Thailand anticipates shedding five million tourists this year, taking with them "250 billion baht (over $8 billion) in revenue", according to Don Nakornthab, director of economic policy at Bank of Thailand.

"Our hopes that the economy will do better than last year are very low... it's possible it could grow below 2 percent," he added.

That will spell bad news for the untold number of Thais working in the tourism sector.

Ma Mya, 22, who sells trinkets in Pattaya, says she may soon have to return to her home in northern Thailand.

"There's no more profit -- everything has gone bad."

Things can only get better

With so much riding on the seasonal influx, some Mekong countries are desperate not to deter those Chinese still traveling.

Thailand offers visa on arrival for Chinese tourists despite having one of the highest numbers of confirmed infections -- 34 -- outside of the mainland.

At least two of those cases were Thais who contracted the virus after driving infected Chinese passengers, raising fears that the economy was taking priority over tackling the health crisis.

For staunch Beijing ally Cambodia, where only one case of the virus has been confirmed so far despite a large Chinese presence, strongman leader Hun Sen has repeatedly played down the risk to his country.

Still, Cambodian tourism is taking a hammering.

Ticket sales at the famed Angkor temple complex in Siem Reap have fallen between 30 and 40 percent this year, while in Sihanoukville, a southern beach resort notorious for its casinos, the tourist take has shriveled.

"I used to make $100 a day," said Chantha Reak, a ride-hailing driver. "Now it's $10."

Businesses are praying for a bounce back if and when the virus is controlled.

With 10 million Chinese visitors each year, Thailand hopes the pain will ease in a few months.

Regular visitor Yen Ran, 25, from Chengdu, came to Pattaya despite the health warnings.

"I am a little concerned how other countries perceive us," she told AFP. "But when there's a cure, things will get better."

Source - TheJakartaPost

Bars and clubs in #Thailand open until 4.00am? Not everyone is in favour

Some academics oppose the Tourism and Sports Minister’s idea to allow entertainment venues to remain open until 4.00am.

Udomsak Saengow of the Centre for Alcohol Studies is one of those suggesting that more research is needed before such a move.

“Civic groups have worked hard to limit access to alcohol and they succeeded in lobbying for shortening the closing times from 4am to 2am. When opening times are extended, drinking hours are also extended. The more people drink, the less they can control themselves.”

But Tourism and Sports Minister Phiphat Ratchakitprakarn argues that extended opening hours would boost the economy and the Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) agrees.

TAT governor Yuthasak Supasorn says extending opening times would increase spending, particularly when some foreign visitors find that a closing time of 2.00am is too early. He also stresses that the new opening hours would not apply everywhere.

“The 4am closing time would be restricted to destinations which mainly cater to foreign visitors.”

But coordinator of Alcohol Watch Network, Chuwit Chantaros, disagrees that the move would help the economy, arguing that it may lead to an increase in injuries or deaths among drunk tourists. Such an increase would only end up costing businesses.

“We have research findings showing that we lose 2 baht for every one baht we gain because of property losses as well as deaths and injuries which cause further material losses. If the operating hours are extended, more losses are anticipated.”

But Weerawich Kruasombat, head of the Patong entertainment business operators’ union, is in favour of the move.

“For years, we have been pushing for extended closing times in the Patong and Bang La areas. These districts currently generate 20-30 million baht in income per night and the extra two hours will boost income by 30%-40%.”

The debate rages on, with interested parties in the relevant tourist areas planning to meet with the TAT to discuss the matter further.

Source - The Thaiger

Thai companies to build $200m mixed-use project in Siem Reap

Thai companies will invest $200 million in a mixed-use development in Siem Reap that will comprise holiday homes, resorts, and a floating market.

Tous Saphoeun, co-founder of Borei Angkor Landmark Banteay Srei, told Khmer Times that he has entered into a partnership with Thailand’s Sin Corp, Chang Siem Corporation and TPI Polene, one of the largest cement companies in Thailand, to develop a mixed-use project in Siem Reap.

He said it will be built on 500 hectares of land in his property.
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“This mixed-use project comprises different properties, including houses, restaurants and a floating market,” he said, adding that the market will occupy 50 hectares, making it the largest floating market in Cambodia.

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 He said there will also be a 20-hectare theme park featuring animatronic dinosaurs.

Construction will begin this year, he added.

“Thai and Korean architects and engineers are designing the floating market and the resorts,” he said.

The Thai companies are also building a solar power plant on a 70-hectare lot in the province, Mr Saphoeun said.

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Po Eavkong, CEO and co-founder of Advance Real Estate Company, said the project will attract tourists and promote the property sector in the province.

“The number of tourists in Siem Reap is rising, along with demand for hotels, entertainment venues, shops, and tourism services,” he said, adding that strong growth in the tourism industry is driving the development of the property market.

“The project will create many jobs for locals and generate revenue for the government,” he added.

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Source - Khmer Times

#Phuket - Bangla lady boy caught stealing tourists’ wallets

A lady boy was taken to Patong police station after being caught by tuk-tuk and taxi drivers for allegedly stealing tourists’ wallets on Bangla Road early on Monday.

At about 5am in the morning, the drivers helped catch the lady boy, whom they said had been been robbing Czech tourists of their wallets while they were walking. 

Patong police and tourist police were called to the scene.

Witnesses said that the individual had preyed on drunk, early-morning stragglers along the tourist strip many times before. 

 

They said they had warned her many times, but she had kept doing it.  

One witness claimed that there were “teams” of lady boys who finished their work at entertainment venues and then tried to prey on drunk tourists.

“Sometimes they have taken male tourists who are drunk back to their room and stolen tourists’ property. This behavior has damaged Patong tourism a lot,” the witness said.

Source - TheNation 

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Two #Indonesian films to screen in Hong Kong

Two Indonesian films, Surau dan Silek (Surau and Silek) and MARS - Mimpi Ananda Raih Semesta (Ananda's Dream Achieved the Universe) are set to screen in Hong Kong on Sunday.

With the aim to promote local films abroad, the special screening titled "BISA Hong Kong Film Award" is presented by the Indonesian Education and Culture Ministry's Film Development Center in collaboration with the Be Indonesian Smart 'n' Active (BISA) initiative and the Indonesian Migrant Workers (BMI) union in Hong Kong and Macau, news agency Antara reported.

Arul Muchsen, a representative from BISA, praised Surau dan Silek for its local content, as the Minang language is used in most of the film. Arul added that the film’s director, Arief Malinmudo, had also involved children from Minang to take part in the film.

Meanwhile, MARS, which was partly shot at Oxford University, tells the story of a student from a small village in Gunung Kidul in Yogyakarta, who was able to obtain education at the prestigious university in the United Kingdom. 

 

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"This film inspires many children from the regions [of Indonesia] to continue school and obtain higher education," Arul said of MARS, which was released in 2016.

Emilka Bias, the producer of Surau dan Silek, expressed hope that the film would inspire Indonesians who have traveled away from home to not forget about their country. 

"Hopefully, those who are homesick will enjoy the fragments of the beauty of the archipelago presented in this film, as well as appreciate it as a national film with local wisdom," Emilka said.

The Film Development Center's head, Maman Wijaya, said in Jakarta on Tuesday that next year's event would be held to coincide with the 2018 Hong Kong Filmart event and the Hong Kong Film Festival to gain more exposure.  

Source - TheJakartaPost

Disney empire strikes back, sort of, with new streaming plan

Walt Disney Co. has the potential to shake up the television sector with its plan to offer direct-to-consumer streaming services and take on Netflix on its own turf.

But analysts say the move is likely to have only limited impact on the Netflix juggernaut and represents an effort by Disney to keep pace with the industry shift to online television services.

Disney announced Tuesday it would launch a "multi-sport" streaming service under its ESPN brand in early 2018 and a Disney branded direct-to-consumer service in 2019.

At the same time, Disney said it would end its distribution agreement with Netflix for subscription streaming of new releases starting in 2019, including popular film franchises like "Lion King" and "Frozen."

The shift is likely a positive move "because Disney is a destination brand," said Rebecca Lieb, an independent media analyst and former television executive.

"Of all the content providers, Disney is in the best position. Parents take their kids to see the next Disney movie, and sports fans will follow ESPN."

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Missing pieces 

But a closer look at the Disney announcement suggests it is not as dramatic as it appeared initially.

Disney chief Robert Iger said the company had not yet decided on whether its "Star Wars" and Marvel films would be on the Disney-owned service or on third parties such as Netflix.

And its ESPN service may be limited to sports such as baseball and ice hockey, without the more popular professional basketball and National Football League games.

"I don't think the threat to Netflix is that great," said Alan Wolk, an independent consultant who follows the television industry.

"Netflix is very well entrenched especially since they are international."

Wolk noted that streaming-only viewers without cable subscriptions are interested in live sports but that it's not clear if the ESPN package will be attractive.

"This is not full-fledged and I wonder if it will have trouble attracting viewers since it doesn't have NBA and NFL."

Disney's move comes with many US television viewers abandoning expensive cable TV "bundles" in favor of on-demand online services like Netflix and Hulu.

The availability of standalone streaming from channels like HBO and CBS is likely to accelerate that trend, as will the new services from Disney.

Read also: Disney teases ‘Star Wars’ hotel in park investment flurry

Getting viewer data 

Wolk said one advantage for Disney of moving online is getting better data on viewers without relying on third-parties.

"Traditional broadcasters have no relationship with their consumers, they have no idea who they are," Wolk said.

"One of the advantages (of streaming) for Disney is they get email addresses and credit card numbers. For advertising they can do addressable and cross-screen advertising."

Tuesday's announcement coincided with Disney's boosting its stake in the streaming technology group BAMTech LLC. Disney said it would pay $1.58 billion to acquire an additional 42 percent stake in BAMTech to bring its ownership to 75 percent.

But Richard Greenfield at BTIG Research argued that Disney's actions were "too little, too late" in a sector that is rapidly shifting to a Netflix model.

"When historians look back on who is to blame for the rise of Netflix, we believe they will focus their attention on Disney, under the leadership of Iger," Greenfield said in a note to clients.

Read also: Fans of Disney? List of upcoming movies to be excited about

"Disney has sold Netflix more content across film and television than any other company, with Netflix now 'a monster' that we believe has achieved escape velocity."

Greenfield said Disney could have built its own direct-to-consumer system but is now playing a costly catch-up game that is likely to be "painful" for revenues.

"Disney simply waited too long to make this critical decision," Greenfield said.  

Jan Dawson at Jackdaw Research agreed that Disney is late to the game.

The company "has been suffering as ESPN subscriber numbers and ratings go downhill, and so is coming at this direct-to-consumer shift from a position of weakness rather than strength, making it more urgent and critical for the company’s future," Dawson said in a blog post.

"But those services won’t launch until next year (ESPN) or the year after (Disney), meaning that the company won’t see any meaningful positive impact until it’s seen several more quarters of declines in the ESPN business."

Source - TheJakartaPost

Linkin Park's Chester Bennington and Chris Cornell: friends united in tragedy

Linkin Park frontman Chester Bennington killed himself on the birthday of his late friend Chris Cornell of Soundgarden, highlighting the close friendship between the two troubled singers.

The coroner's office confirmed Friday that Bennington died by hanging himself, with an employee of his Los Angeles residence finding his body on a belt attached to his bedroom door. 

Bennington did not leave a suicide note but a half-empty bottle of alcohol was in the room when the employee arrived Thursday, the coroner's office said.

After the initial shock, a number of fans pointed out on social media that Thursday would have been the 53rd birthday of Cornell, who similarly died from hanging in May and like Bennington had spent his life combatting drug and alcohol problems.

Bennington had toured with Cornell and sang Leonard Cohen's classic "Hallelujah" at his funeral.

Read also: Linkin Park singer Bennington dead in apparent suicide

Linkin Park guitarist and songwriter Mike Shinoda, in an interview shortly after Cornell's death, said Bennington had been so affected that he could not keep his composure during a pre-concert sound-check.

"Chester couldn't even make it through the song. He was getting halfway through and getting choked up," Shinoda told Radio.com.

After Cornell's death, Bennington said that the singer "inspired me in many ways you could never have known."

"Your talent was pure and unrivaled. Your voice was joy and pain, anger and forgiveness, love and heartache all wrapped up into one," he said in the tribute posted by Cornell's family on Facebook.

"I suppose that's what we all are. You helped me understand that," he said.

Cornell's widow has cast doubt on whether the Soundgarden singer intentionally committed suicide, saying his judgment may have been impaired by his anxiety medication.

- Move to name 'Linkin Park' -

Bennington died days before Linkin Park was set to tour, with the band set to join other bands of its era including Blink-182 next week at the Citi Field baseball stadium in New York.

Promoter Live Nation said Friday that the tour was canceled, with tickets to be refunded.

Linkin Park was one of the key bands in the movement of nu metal, blending Bennington's angst-ridden, raw vocals with pop structure and rapping by Shinoda.

The band won a runaway success with its debut "Hybrid Theory," which became the top-selling album in the United States in 2001.

Band lore said that the rockers, after testing a series of monikers, named themselves after Lincoln Park in Santa Monica, California, changing the spelling to stand out on the internet.

In the wake of Bennington's death, a fan petition asked the sun-kissed city on the Pacific Ocean to change the spelling formally.

Petition leader Sarah Rose said she had listened to Linkin Park in middle school to cope with bullying.

 

"For a large faction of people in my generation, Linkin Park's music helped those who felt alienated find voice and strength," she wrote to the city council on petition site Care2, quickly nearing her goal of 5,000 signatures.

She noted that plenty of other monuments already stood to the park's original namesake -- Civil War president Abraham Lincoln.

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Among tributes to Bennington, baseball fans at the Los Angeles Dodgers stadium heard organist Dieter Ruehle play a rendition of one of Linkin Park's most recognizable songs, "Numb."

Bennington had also known another major grunge singer, Scott Weiland, who died of an overdose in December 2015. Before Weiland's death, Bennington had temporarily taken over as frontman of his band Stone Temple Pilots.

While stunned members of Linkin Park were working on a band statement on Bennington's death, Stone Temple Pilots saluted him as "an incredible human being."

 "A beacon of light and hope is what you will always be to us," Stone Temple Pilots said in a statement.

"We love you Chester. We will miss you.''

Source - TheJakartaPost

Paul McCartney in Pirates of the Caribbean

Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales

 Thrust into an all-new adventure, a down-on-his-luck Capt. Jack Sparrow (Johnny Depp) feels the winds of ill-fortune blowing even more strongly when deadly ghost sailors led by his old nemesis, the evil Capt. Salazar (Javier Bardem), escape from the Devil's Triangle. Jack's only hope of survival lies in seeking out the legendary Trident of Poseidon, but to find it, he must forge an uneasy alliance with a brilliant and beautiful astronomer and a headstrong young man in the British navy.

Britney Spears adds second show in #Bangkok

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Britney Spears announced this afternoon she will add an extra show in Bangkok on June 23, as the show on June 24 quickly sold out.

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In a video clip directed at Thai fans, Britney Spears thanked everyone for showing so much love and wanted to make sure that she can see her supporters by adding another show.

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The tickets for the June 23 show will go on sale May 14, at 10am, with online queueing starting at 9am. Tickets for certain zones are limited for those who are willing to line up at ThaiTicketMajor counters only. For more information, check out their website.

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