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AirAsia flights from Bangkok to Langkawi
Discount carrier AirAsia will soon offer direct flights between Bangkok and the Malaysian island of Langkawi, near the border with Thailand, to meet increasing demand from tourists, according to the Bernama news agency.
Mahdzir Khalid, chief minister of Kedah State, has agreed to allow the service after a meeting with AirAsia management, according to Malaysia's tourism minister, Tengku Adnan Tengku Mansor. AirAsia is expected to operate three flights per week to enable foreign tourists in Bangkok to go directly to Langkawi, he said. "We hope AirAsia will also offer services from Medan or Aceh to Langkawi in the future," he said after meeting tour operators and local community leaders on Langkawi this week.
Half price for donors to poor Division 16 Company Limited, manufacturer of Esse brand bath towels and bed linen, has launched a new promotional campaign, "Make it a Better Place", by inviting its customers to donate bath towels and bedding for children living in slums. Dhanachat Wattana-wichaiwong, marketing director, said donors would be able to buy Esse products at half price until August 15. He said the donated bath towels and bed linens would be handed on to the Foundation for Slum Child Care under the patronage of Her Royal Highness Princess Galyani Vadhana.
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