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Phil Macdonald

Phil Macdonald moved to Hong Kong from Sydney in 1989 to continue his adventures in journalism that began eight years earlier in the city of Perth. He worked for The Standard (Hong Kong) and the South China Morning Post for a number of years before settling—by way of Laos and Singapore—in Phuket, Thailand. Macdonald now lives in Bangkok working as a freelance journalist and editor, contributing to a number of regional publications. His interests include Southeast Asian politics and history, as well as the beaches of southern Thailand.