Month: May 2004

  • Phuket

    Former Kathu Police Chief returns

    PHUKET CITY: Pol Col Kokiat Wongvorachart, a former Superintendent of Kathu Police Station, will return to Phuket on Thursday as one of the four Deputy Commanders of the Provincial Police. Col Kokiat has been appointed to replace Pol Col Apirak Hongtong, who took leave of absence from the police to pursue a seat in the Phuket Provincial Administration Organization (OrBorJor),…

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  • PhuketProvince “ready to tackle floods’ | Thaiger

    Province “ready to tackle floods’

    PHUKET: As the rainy season begins, the Phuket Provincial Government has listed 69 areas across the island as being vulnerable to flooding, and is establishing a center to deal with flood emergencies. Metha Mekarat, Chief of Phuket’s Disaster Prevention and Mitigation Office, told the Gazette that the list was the result of survey work conducted last year. Three areas were…

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  • Phuket

    Christinas win Phuket Rugby 10s

    KARON: Christina Noble Children’s Foundation, from Dubai, beat The Jailers, from Rugby, England, 17-12 to win the 6th Phuket International Rugby 10s, held at Karon Municipal Stadium on Saturday and Sunday. The Cup final for the Clive Williamson Memorial Trophy on May 30 was a tribute to the top-quality rugby played throughout the tournament, with the “Christinas” lifting the cup…

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  • Phuket

    Dugong dies

    CAPE PANWA: The young female dugong that staff at the Phuket Marine Biological Center (PMBC) have been trying for 10 weeks to nurse back to health has died. The death has come as a shock. On May 17, PMBC staff had high hopes for the dugong’s recovery, and rated her chances of survival as high as 80%. The dugong died…

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  • PhuketPolice learn Dutch investigation techniques | Thaiger

    Police learn Dutch investigation techniques

    PHUKET CITY: Thirty senior police officers from Phuket, Krabi and Phang Nga yesterday completed a two-week course in applying analytical techniques to crime investigations, presented by Dutch crime experts. Pol Col Preecha Samuthpoaraya, Deputy Commander for Administration of Police Region 8, based in Surat Thani, told the Gazette that the main objective of the project was to reduce the number…

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  • PhuketPolice urge closure of park at night | Thaiger

    Police urge closure of park at night

    PHUKET CITY: Pol Col Paween Pongsirin, Superintendent of Phuket City Police Station, has made a formal request to Phuket City Municipality to close Rama IX Park (Suan Luang) between 10 pm and 4 am, because of the rising number of crimes committed in the park. Col Paween told the Gazette, “Suan Luang is a public place and is open 24…

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  • PhuketBangkok backtracks on SorPorKor cancelations | Thaiger

    Bangkok backtracks on SorPorKor cancelations

    BANGKOK (The Nation): The Agricultural Land Reform Office (ALRO) in Bangkok, which canceled 153 SorPorKor 4-01 papers held by 139 people in Phuket for misuse of the land, has announced that, after further investigation, it is recommending some people have their papers reinstated. Adisak Srisappakij, Permanent Secretary of the ALRO, told The Nation that he plans to ask the SorPorKor…

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  • Phuket

    Job seekers undeterred by downpours

    PHUKET CITY: Heavy rain today failed to stop job hunters from attending the first day of the Phuket Provincial Employment Service Office (PESO) mass job fair at the Rajabhat Institute Phuket. More than 3,800 positions are up for grabs at the two-day fair, with 143 employers taking part, including 14 hotels. Most of the positions on offer are for sales,…

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  • PhuketThai moviemakers seek foreign actors | Thaiger

    Thai moviemakers seek foreign actors

    PHUKET: Film production company Hub Ho Hin Bangkok is looking for Thai-speaking foreigners to act in a full-length Thai motion picture called Mining, to be shot in Phuket over four months, starting in August. Movie director Jira Marikul told the Gazette that the film will be set in Phuket’s tin-mining community 50 years ago. Foreigners are being sought for three…

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  • PhuketIt’s official – it’s the wet season | Thaiger

    It’s official – it’s the wet season

    PHUKET: The Southern Meteorological Center (West Coast), located opposite Phuket International Airport, today issued a release suggesting hotels and the Tourism Authority of Thailand’s Phuket office inform tourists that it is now the rainy season. The release follows widespread heavy showers resulting in 35mm of rainfall being recorded on the island today. Vichit Phuangsombat, director of the center, told the…

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  • PhuketPhuket tax office way ahead of target | Thaiger

    Phuket tax office way ahead of target

    PHUKET: The Phuket Area Revenue Office (PARO) expects to collect 2.9 billion baht in taxes by the end of the tax-collection year on September 30, Supanee Sripanyawichya, Chief of the PARO, has told the Gazette. “We collected 1.8 billion baht in taxes between October 1 and April 30,” she said. “That’s more than 40% higher than our target.” K. Supanee…

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  • PhuketMunicipality to seek public feedback | Thaiger

    Municipality to seek public feedback

    PHUKET CITY: The Phuket City Municipality has issued an invitation to all residents of the area to attend a public meeting to offer opinions on how the city can be improved. The meeting, on June 2 at the Thavorn Grand Plaza Hotel, will run from 1 pm to 5 pm. Proceedings will be in Thai only. Phuket Governor Udomsak Usawarangkura…

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  • PhuketPhuket plans B15m OTOP Plaza | Thaiger

    Phuket plans B15m OTOP Plaza

    PHUKET CITY: The Phuket Provincial Community Development Office (CDO) has requested 15 million baht to build a permanent One Tambon One Product (OTOP) exhibition center to showcase OTOP products from Phuket, Krabi and Phang Nga provinces. Naeb Sinthong, head of the Phuket CDO, told the Gazette his office hopes to site the center in a one-story building located behind Phuket…

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  • Phuket

    Michael Learns to Rock at Laguna

    CHERNG TALAY: Danish pop band Michael Learns to Rock will perform a charity concert at Laguna Phuket on July 2, starting at 8:30 pm. The trio, coming to Thailand to give a private performance for the Thai Royal Family, are known to their many fans as MLTR and will use the opportunity to a one-off charity performance in Phuket. With…

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  • PhuketPawnshops cut interest rates for poor parents | Thaiger

    Pawnshops cut interest rates for poor parents

    PHUKET: Phuket’s three government pawnshops have reduced interest rates on loans until August 15 to help poor parents raise money for school fees. Phuket City Municipality Pawnshop Manager Phuwadon Chinnupathum told the Gazette that the Department of Local Administration in Bangkok ordered the reductions, which came into effect on April 1 and will continue until August 15. During that time,…

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  • PhuketSakoo OrBorTor chairman arrested for gambling | Thaiger

    Sakoo OrBorTor chairman arrested for gambling

    THALANG: Surapong Panyawai, Chairman of the Sakoo Tambon Administration Organization (OrBorTor), was among seven men arrested for gambling during funerary rites on Monday night. K. Surapong denied the charge, and the claim that he was the ringleader of the gambling party, and has posted bail. He is now waiting for his case to be heard. If found guilty, K. Surapong…

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  • Phuket

    Safety first for Andaman seamen

    AO MAKHAM: In a bid to raise the standards of maritime skills in the waters of the Andaman, the Phuket Mariners’ Association (PMA) is holding a safety training course for Thai commercial seafarers. The 11-day training course, held at Rassada Deep Sea Port, began on Saturday and is a combined initiative of the PMA, Raja Maritime School and the Chayopas…

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  • PhuketTOT Phuket budget slashed by ICT Ministry | Thaiger

    TOT Phuket budget slashed by ICT Ministry

    PHUKET: The Phuket office of the Telephone Organization of Thailand (TOT) will not get the 100-million-baht budget it says it needs to carry out its planned network expansion for the island. Instead, it will be lucky if it gets about half that amount, the head of the TOT in Phuket told the Gazette on Monday. Late last year, Phuket’s TOT…

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  • Phuket

    Phuket jet-skis face 7-year deadline

    PHUKET: Phuket Governor Udomsak Usawarangkura yesterday reaffirmed his stand on ridding the island of jet-skis by March 1, 2011, and said that any person who rents out a jet-ski after that time will be prosecuted. Speaking at a press conference at Phuket Provincial Hall yesterday, Gov Udomsak said that under the plan, all existing jet-ski registrations will expire within seven…

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  • Phuket

    Dugong doing well

    CAPE PANWA: A dugong found injured and stranded at the edge of Klong Pa Khlok on March 5 has an 80% chance of survival, according to experts at the Phuket Marine Biological Center (PMBC) who have been treating her. PMBC biologist Kongkiat Kittiwattawong, told the Gazette that the young dugong will probably need to spend another 12 months at the…

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  • Phuket

    Divers retrieve 300m net from coral reef

    PHANG NGA BAY: Phuket Marine Biology Center officers and volunteers from local dive companies yesterday worked together to retrieve a 300-meter-long fishing net that had become entangled on coral just off Koh Hang. The net was discovered by a PMBC officer on a regular dive to inspect the condition of the coral. A length of about 10 meters was found…

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  • PhuketEntertainment venues still in limbo | Thaiger

    Entertainment venues still in limbo

    PHUKET CITY: Wisut Romin, Deputy Secretary of the Phuket Provincial Administration Office (PPAO) told the Gazette yesterday that he is still waiting for the Ministry of Interior to set the fees for entertainment licenses, despite 50% of renewals having already been granted. More than 170 licensees in Phuket are now waiting to see just how much they will have to…

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