Over 100 Phuket tuk-tuk drivers delivered their protest at Kathu Police Station yesterday afternnon to call for changes about the new one-way system in Patong. Kathu Deputy Superintendent Lt Col Kittipong Klaikaew took 45 of them into a meeting room at the station to hear their complaint.
Entries from January 31st, 2011
Tuk-Tuk Drivers Protest Patong One-Way
January 31st, 2011 · No Comments · Development and Infrastructure
Tags: driver·transportation·way
Phuket Calls to Join The Bay Regatta
January 25th, 2011 · No Comments · Events, Travel and Tourism
The Bay Regatta coming back with yachts to take part in the annual race around Phang Nga Bay had ready to sail from Phuket on February 9th. Although the five days event is running by the Ao Chalong Yacht Club (ACYC) this year, the club confirmed the racing is being regulated by the same team [...]
Tags: beach·competition·regatta
Phuket Face Tight Competition
January 24th, 2011 · No Comments · Environment and Ecology, Travel and Tourism
Pollution Control Department (PCD) will review the pollution level of 16 Phuket beaches as part of its rating to classify beaches along the Andaman Coast and Thailand Gulf. Beach quality class ensured in these four keys area: pollution, natural condition, tourism management and environmental management said Acting Director of the PCD’s Marine Environment Division Chutamad [...]
Tags: closure·competition·tight
Phuket Marine Center Save Bleached Coral
January 18th, 2011 · No Comments · Environment and Ecology, Travel and Tourism
Department of Marine and Coastal Resources (DMCR) today requests some parts of Similan and Surin national parks to be closed in their effort to save damaged corals there. DMCR General Director Kasemssan Jinnawaso stated yesterday if his department would propose the request to the National Parks, Wildlife, and Plants Conservation Department, the manager of the [...]
Phuket Sea Gypsies Struggled For Their Rights
January 17th, 2011 · No Comments · Environment and Ecology
Thirty sea gypsy communities sent more than 70 representatives across six Andaman provinces to meet Phuket officers earlier this week to deliver their complaint but also defended their way of life. This meeting took place in Phuket Community Hall followed by 17 sea gypsy fishermen of Pramongkit clan who has been arrested on the end [...]
Saphan Hin Planned to Redevelop
January 11th, 2011 · No Comments · Development and Infrastructure, Travel and Tourism
A multi-purpose tourist center at Saphan Hin in Phuket town had been proposed to develop. This idea came from Norwegian maritime engineering company LMG Marin to the Phuket Governor Tri Augkaradacha in a meeting last week. Saphan Hin known as the largest park in Phuket within its beachfront made this site remark as a major [...]
Tags: beachfront·redevelop·shore
TAT Entertain Deep South Kids
January 10th, 2011 · No Comments · Government and Politic
TAT (Tourism Authority of Thailand) kindly took 60 poor chidren from Deep South provinces on National Children Day to Phuket on Saturday. The lucky kids are the students of schools in Yala, Narathiwat and Pattani provinces. The provinces hit by an Islamic separatist rebel with daily violence. The trip covered a trip to Phuket Marine [...]
Palm Oil Rationing in Phuket
January 4th, 2011 · No Comments · Business and Economy
Thailand retailers began the rationing of bottled palm oil to control seasonal narrowness. Big C on by pass road limited the sale of two bottles cooking oil per person, while The Nation reported Tesco Lotus limited the sale of one bottle of palm oil per customer. Phuket Internal Trade Office researcher Mr. Pramarn Urawan told [...]
Phuket Welcoming 2011
January 3rd, 2011 · No Comments · Events, Local Updates
Around 1,000 people from Phuket welcoming New Year of 2011 joint alms-giving ceremony in Phuket Town this morning to offer food for 229 Buddhist monks. Phuket City Mayor Somjai Suwansupapana with three Phuket Vice Governors Nivit Aroonrat, Weerawat Janpen and Somkiet Sangkaosutthirak led the ceremony at Queen Sirikit Park. They wished new year’s blessing for [...]
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