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Dengue paranoia no laughing matter
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Ahirudin Attan
New Straits Times
02-06-2005
Dengue paranoia no laughing matter
Byline: Ahirudin Attan
Edition: 2*
Column: Rocky's bru
OUR WRITER JOHN TIONG, who was in Phuket the day it was beaten to pulp by the tsunami, was looking forward to going back to the popular Thai resort.
The opportunity came, soon enough, when Ms Sommas Siniwong of the Tourism Authority of Thailand invited some Malaysians newspapers to send writers and photographers to Phuket to see how well it had bounced back from the disaster.
John's thrill about landing the assignment was, however, short- lived. Boarding the ...
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