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Oct
20

91.5FM 6K Fun Run

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The Phuket 6km Fun Run

91.5FM 6K Fun Run Takes to
Airwaves in Bid for Record Entries…91.5FM – Phuket Island Radio is setting the pace and burning up the airwaves with title sponsorship of the 6k Fun Run at this year’s Laguna Phuket Triathlon.The radio station is promoting the 91.5FM 6K Fun Run on-air in a bid to draw a record field of more than 250 fun runners to the triathlon spectacle on Sunday 28 November, alongside an array of international triathletes and relay teams.

The title sponsorship follows 91.5FM’s involvement in helping attract a record number of entries and charity donations to the 5K Family Walk in this year’s Laguna Phuket International Marathon.“We’re delighted 91.5FM has joined with us again to provide a valuable Phuket community element for our local residents and visitors,” said Laguna Triathlon director Debbie DionysiusThe 91.5FM 6K Fun Run – for recreational runners able to complete the 6k course in 50 minutes or less – is held alongside the serious business of the triathlon, where super-fit competitors face a 1.8k swim, 55k bike ride and 12k run.

Fun runners will compete for enjoyment and also for prizes to be presented by 91.5FM DJs at the end of the race. They’ll be able to run alongside 91.5FM DJ “The Doris” from “The Doris in the Afternoon Show,” while the 91.5FM presence also includes Breakfast Show DJ Danny O taking on the triathlon.

Both DJs are encouraging 91.5FM 6k Fun Run entries over the airwaves in the lead-up to the big day, as well as giving listeners regular updates on their training and race preparations.
On the day itself, 91.5FM will broadcast live from the Laguna Phuket Triathlon to keep everyone listening throughout Phuket and the world fully informed with event coverage and updates.
91.5FM 6K Fun Runners have to be over 12 years of age and can register before the cut-off date on 15 November at: www.goadventureasia.com

The Laguna Phuket Triathlon is Asia’s premier destination triathlon, staged amid spectacular tropical scenery around Laguna Phuket. Over the past 16 years the popular race has attracted thousands of athletes as well as triathlon legends including Mark Allen, Greg Welch, Craig Alexander, Paula Newby-Fraser, Michelie Jones and Chrissie Wellington. 91.5FM – Phuket FM Radio is Phuket’s No. 1 English speaking radio station broadcasting throughout Phuket on 91.5 megahertz and around the world on the internet via www.phuketfmradio.com

Sunday afternoon 13:00 – 16:00

	91.5FM – Phuket Island Radio Broadcasting 24 hours a day to everyone in Phuket and the world

	The BBC News LIVE from the studios in London Every hour on the hour.

	The World Today LIVE from the BBC in London Every morning 06:00 – 07:00

	Sports World from the BBC Saturday nights 21:00 – 00:00

	Breakfast with The Watermark Group Monday to Friday 08:00 – 12:00

	Breakfast Sport with Danny O Saturday mornings 09:00 – 12:00

	The Doris in the Afternoon Show Monday to Friday 12:00 – 16:00

	Sunset Sounds Monday to Friday 16:00 – 19:00

	The Old Record Club Monday evening 19:00 – 22:00

	Club Classics Wednesday evening 19:00 – 22:00

	Kidology Thursday evening 19:00 – 22:00

	Disctraction Sunday morning 10:00 – 12:00

	Top of the Pops from the BBC Sunday afternoon 16:00 – 17:00

	Sunday Sundae Sunday evening 17:00 – 21:00

	91.5FM Nighttime Session Every night 00:00 – 06:00

Please send you requests to
Requests: 08 9000 40 40For all other Enwuirrries:
Enquiries: 08 9000 46 64

Phuket FM Radio Co., Ltd.
39 Hasip Pee Road
Patong, Kathu,
Phuket, 83150
Thailand.

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Oct
15

Phuket Vegetarian Festival 2010

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Phuket is one of the few provinces where we can see most of people are wearing in white during the Vegetarian festival. This year the festival falls into October 8-16, 2010. Year after year, there are more and more participants join this festival. Those including not Phuket-born and non-Chinese Phuketians.

Nowhere in Thailand is the vegetarian festival more colorful, exciting, and memorable than in Phuket. The origins of this Thailand festival itself can be traced to Chinese immigrants in Phuket. In the early 1800?s, Phuket was a major center of trade between China, India, and Southeast Asia. A large number of Chinese immigrants worked in tin mines and on rubber plantations. In 1825, a traveling Chinese opera visited Phuket to entertain the Chinese immigrants. At this time, the whole town became sick with malaria. The traveling opera paused to observe a strict vegetarian diet and the Chinese Nine Emperor Gods Festival. The traveling opera all recovered from the malaria, even though many people in Phuket died. The people of Phuket were so amazed that they continue to observe this Thai vegetarian festival each year along with the Chinese Nine Emperor Gods Festival.

The Commitments

The festival always falls on the first days of the ninth Chinese lunar month, and for nine days participants observe the following commitments:

Cleanliness of the body during the festival
Clean kitchen utensils not to be used by others who do not participate in the festival
Wear white during the festival
Behave physically and mentally
Avoid eating meat
Avoid sex
Avoid alcohol
People in mourning should not participate
Pregnant women and menstruating women should not attend ceremonies

The Ceremonies

One of the most exciting aspects of the festival is the various, (and sometimes gruesome) ceremonies which are held to invoke the gods. Firewalking, body piercing and other acts of self mortification undertaken by participants acting as mediums of the gods, have become more spectacular and daring as each year goes by. Men and women puncture their cheeks with various items including knives, skewers and other household items. It is believed that the Chinese gods will protect such persons from harm, and little blood or scarring results from such mutilation acts. This is definitely not recommended for the feint hearted to witness.

The vegetarian dishes are not easily distinguished from regular dishes – soybean and protein substitute products are used to replace meat in standard Thai fare and look and taste uncannily like meat. Look for the yellow flags with red Chinese or Thai characters to find vegetarian food stalls – and keep your camera handy!! For more information on dates and events, contact the Tourism Authority of Thailand at +66 (0)7 621 2213.

Phuket Vegetarian Festival 2010 Schedule

October 7, 2010

09.00 A.M. Opening Ceremony Phuket Vegetarian Festival 2010 at Saphanhin

October 9, 2010

07.00 A.M. Street Procession in Phuket Town—-by CHOOR SU GONG NAKA SHRINE

October 10, 2010

07.00 A.M. Street Procession in Phuket Town—-by SAPAM SHRINE

October 11, 2010

07.19 A.M. Street Procession in Phuket Town—-by LIM HU TAI SU SHRINE

October 12, 2010

06.30 A.M. Street Procession in Sapam Village—-by JANG ONG SHRINE
07.15 A.M. Street Procession in Pasak Village and Baan Don Market—-by TAE GUN TAI TAE
07.30 A.M. Street Procession in Phuket Town—-by BAN THA RUE SHRINE
02.00 P.M. Street Procession in Naka Village—by CHOOR SU GONG NAKA SHRINE

October 13, 2010

06.00 A.M. Street Procession in Phuket Town—-by BANG NEOW SHRINE
07.30 A.M. Street Procession in Thalang District—-by CHERNG THALAY SHRINE
08.45 A.M. Street Procession in Maikhao Village—-by GIM TSU ONG SHRINE
08.00 P.M. Fire Walking—-at BAN THA RUE SHRINE, SUI BOON TONG SHRINE, YOK KE KENG SHRINE and JANG ONG SHRINE
08.09 P.M. Fire Walking—-at JUI TUI SHRINE
09.00 P.M. Fire Walking—-at SAPAM SHRINE

October 14, 2010

07.00 A.M. Street Procession in Ban Don Village-Ban Kian Village-Ban Sakoo Village-Ban Naiyang Village-Airport-MuangMai Village—-by GIM TSU ONG SHRINE
08.00 A.M. Street Procession in Phuket Town—-by JUI TUI SHRINE
07.59 P.M. Bladed-Ladder Climbing—-at CHERNG THALAY SHRINE
08.00 P.M. Bladed-Ladder Climbing—-at BANG NEOW and LIM H TAI SU SHRINE
08.45 P.M. Bladed-Ladder Climbing—-at BANGKOO SHRINE

October 15, 2010