Month: July 2003

  • Phuket NewsPark land fenced off, police told | Thaiger
    Legacy Phuket GazettePublished: 18:30, 02 July 2003
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    Park land fenced off, police told

    CHERNG TALAY: As the Phuket property probe continues, Cherng Talay police have been informed, in an official report, about cases of suspected encroachment on land in the Sirinat Marine National Park. Prasart Tongpong, an officer at the national park, reported the suspected encroachments to Pol Lt Col Siriwat Intrayim yesterday evening. Fifteen plots of land in Moo 6 in Cherng…

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  • Phuket News100 lifeguards to be trained | Thaiger
    Legacy Phuket GazettePublished: 18:27, 02 July 2003
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    100 lifeguards to be trained

    PHUKET TOWN: The Phuket Provincial Administration Organization (OrBorJor) will train 100 volunteers to work as lifeguards at the island’s beaches and swimming pools. The OrBorJor has set aside 454,000 baht to cover the five-day courses during August and September, organized by Phuket Marine Police, Wachira Phuket Hospital and the Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT). The OrBorJor has also improved the…

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  • Phuket NewsRainmakers back in Phuket | Thaiger
    Legacy Phuket GazettePublished: 18:53, 01 July 2003
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    Rainmakers back in Phuket

    PHUKET TOWN: The Royal rainmaking team and its aircraft are back in Phuket to try to alleviate the island’s water crisis. Whenever conditions are right, the team’s three aircraft are now seeding the clouds above the island in an emergency measure that is expected to cost 450,000 baht. Surachart Kuntavichayanont, Chief of the Phuket Agriculture and Cooperatives Office, which requested…

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  • Phuket NewsWichit wins good governance award
    Legacy Phuket GazettePublished: 16:43, 01 July 2003
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    Wichit wins good governance award

    PHUKET TOWN: Wichit Tambon Administration Organization (OrBorTor) has won a best-governance award and additional funding of 1.7 million baht in competition against seven other Phuket OrBorTor. OrBorTor Pa Klok received additional funds of 1.4 million baht for coming second and OrBorTor Sri Suntorn received 1.2 million baht for third place, Sorawich Chaiyasawat, Chief of the Phuket Provincial Local Administration Office,…

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  • Phuket NewsPoliticians call for swift end to probe | Thaiger
    Legacy Phuket GazettePublished: 14:47, 01 July 2003
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    Politicians call for swift end to probe

    PHUKET: The Thai Rak Thai party’s candidate for MP in the next parliamentary elections, Dr Prasit Koeysiripong, has added his voice to those calling for a swift conclusion to the land investigation currently underway in Phuket. Dr Prasit, who is currently the President of the Phuket Provincial Administration Organization (OrBorJor), told the Gazette today that although he did not have…

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  • Phuket NewsPark chief to make encroachment complaint | Thaiger
    Legacy Phuket GazettePublished: 14:44, 01 July 2003
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    Park chief to make encroachment complaint

    THALANG: The Chief of Sirinat Marine National Park said today that he will report to the police at Cherng Talay Police Station tomorrow (July 2) that the park is being encroached upon in the area of Layan Beach. The Chief, Thanapong Aphaiso, went with park officers yesterday afternoon to check the southern end of the park, around Moo 6, Baan…

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