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Over half of the alcoholic drinks market consists of beer, and is effectively a duopoly, with Boon Rawd Brewery (which produces Singha and Leo beers) comprising a 58% share and ThaiBev (which produces Chang beer) at 34.3%. [4] [5] Under the 1950 Liquor Act, individuals are prohibited from brewing and distributing their own beer. [6]
Phuket Beer was launched in 2002 as a premium beer, associating itself with the lifestyle of Phuket, a Thai beach resort.Phuket Beer is brewed at the San Miguel Brewery, Thailand, and Phnom Penh Brewery, Cambodia, under the supervision of Tropical Beverage Corporation Company Limited (TROPBEVCO).
Phuket Lager received the first gold medal ever for a beer from Thailand at the 2006 Monde Selection Awards. [3] Klassik beer is another local beer brewed in Pathum Thani Province. Foreign beers are not very popular in Thailand, mainly because the government protects its domestic breweries by the imposition of import duties up to 60 percent. [4]
Lion Lager - 4.8% ABV premium lager - Gold medal 2011 & 2012 Monde Selection; Lion Stout - 8.8% ABV stout, brewed from British, Czech and Danish malts with Styrian hops and an English yeast strain - Gold medal 1990–94, 2006, 2011-13 Monde Selection; Gold medal 2005 & 2012 World Beer Festival; Gold medal 2005 World Beer Championship; 2006 Gold medal International Beer Summit
In 2017 the beer market in Sri Lanka grew by 24-25%. According to the Finance Ministry, during the first eight months of 2017, revenue from excise duty on liquor and cigarettes has significantly decreased by 5.9% to LKR 73.7 billion and by 8.1% to LKR 54.6 billion, due to a drop in the volume of sales.
The newspaper is published weekly and distributed in and around Phuket island and in Bangkok and Krabi airports. Distribution in Phuket includes 7 Eleven, Family Mart, B2S, Sengho, Asia Books as well as over 600 independent locations. The Phuket News is owned by Class Act Media Co. Ltd, which also owns Live 89.5 Radio. [1]
The Thaiger (formerly known as Phuket Gazette) was 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, and Rungtip Hongjakpet. [ 1 ]
The Island is a daily English-language newspaper in Sri Lanka. It is published by Upali Newspapers. A sister newspaper of Divaina, The Island was established in 1981. Its Sunday edition, Sunday Island, commenced publishing in 1991. [1] The daily newspaper currently has a circulation of 70,000 and its Sunday edition, 103,000 per issue. [2]