New Thai airline hires transsexual stewardesses

January 28, 2011

source: http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2011/1/28/nation/7886787&sec=nation

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P.C. Air – a new airline in Thailand – has hired three transsexuals among its first batch of air hostesses, Sin Chew Daily reported.

The successful candidates include Miss Tiffany Universe 2007 winner Thanyarat Jiraphatpakorn, 23.

They will be given a “third sex name tag” while on duty to avoid immigration issues.

Miss Tiffany Universe is the most popular beauty pageant contest for the community.

It is an annual event held in Pattaya.

>The daily also reported French spiderman Alain Robert Philippe has successfully conquered the 137m-tall Hang Seng Bank building in Hong Kong.

He took 25 minutes to reach the top of the 27-storey building on Wednesday.

Philippe was arrested by police but later released.

>China Press reported that Ice Kacang Puppy Love was the biggest winner at the Professional Film Workers’ Association of Malaysia (Profima) Awards 2010.

The local Chinese film took the best producer award – won by Fu Wen Bin – and the best props master went to Wen Jun Lin at the event held at a hotel in Seri Kembangan, Selangor.

It was directed by Tan Kheng Seong, popularly known as singer Ah Niu.

Another Chinese movie, The Big Day woohoo!, won the best assistant producer award.

This award-winning film was produced by Astro.