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Man-Made Island Not Yet Clear for Launch Volume 14 Issue 21 News Desk - Tel: 076-236555 May 26 - June 1, 2007 Daily news at www.phuketgazette.net 25 Baht The Gazette is published Teenager dies in association with Man-made island not in night of yet clear for launch gang violence IN THIS ISSUE By Sompratch Saowakhon NEWS: Tsunami evacuation By Stephen Fein PHUKET CITY: One teenager drills set; Film Fest coming; died on May 20 after a night of Princess visits Phuket. PHUKET: Following reports that gang threats and retaliations Pages 2 & 3 a man-made island was set to be ended in a fatal shooting. The 17- built off the east coast of Phuket year-old victim, Kanchit “Phai” INSIDE STORY: Phi Phi ferry to accommodate a marina for Trupsin, was found at 3 am out- fire. Pages 4 & 5 super-yachts, the Marketing side Muslim Puenrak restaurant AROUND THE REGION: Rough Manager at Royal Phuket Ma- on Anuphas Phuket Kan Rd. weather emergency force. rina clarified that the project is Police were told the inci- Page 7 still in the early planning stages dent began when a passenger and faces many obstacles before riding pillion on a motorbike AROUND THE SOUTH: Security the island can rise from the sea. drove past a group of about 30 force budget request halved. RPM Marketing Director youths in Saphan Hin and pointed Page 8 Wilaiporn Titimanaaree told the a gun at them. Although he did AROUND THE NATION: Happi- Gazette that developer Gulu Lal- not fire the weapon, the group ness index down in the vani would hold a press confer- of 30 gave chase. mouth. Page 9 ence at RPM on May 25 to an- They caught up to the two nounce his plan, which envisions near a funeral party on nearby MOTORING: Lexus' green hy- a 6.6-billion-baht marina, luxury Soi Saphan Ruam 8, where the brid SUV. Page 17 hotel and villa complex on re- two joined with a group of about Computer-generated bird's eye view of Gulu Lalvani’s Zoran Island. LIFESTYLE: Getting needled; claimed land about three kilome- 10 of their friends. Caring for those sparklers. ters off Phuket’s east coast. ing against the construction of a of the PIMEX boat show in No- The larger gang ap- Pages 18 & 19 K. Wilaiporn told the Ga- pier, she said. vember and to outline the signifi- proached the funeral party and zette that a recent report by the The idea for a man-made cance of Phuket being named fired a shot from a pen gun into ALL AT SEA: Taking a cruise news agency Reuters had mis- island capable of handling “Asia’s Maritime Capital” at the the crowd, but did not hit any- on a Cranchi. Page 20 quoted Mr Lalvani as saying that superyachts was inspired by a prestigious Christofle Asia Boat- one. The gang of 30 then drove the project already had the ap- visit to Phang Nga Bay in April ing Awards in Bangkok in April. away and scattered. FIRST PERSON: Immigration gets tough on immigrant la- proval of the Phuket Governor. by Bill Gates and his wife Me- Despite some confusion, The funeral party, angered borers. Page 27 As a result, Gov Niran Ka- linda aboard his yacht, Reuters reaction to the plan has been by the shot fired at them, gave layanamit has been besieged with reported. mostly positive. chase. They caught up with K. SPORTS: Golf; Volleyball; requests to verify the story since The article quoted Mr Lal- Gov Niran told reporters Kanchit, who was riding pillion Mororbike races; Futsal Cup; it was released, she said. vani as saying that Mr Gates had that no one had contacted him on a bike. The attackers shot him Samui Regatta. Mr Lalvani wished to told him that he loved the area about the project. “I just learned through the neck and in the Pages 34 & 35 clarify the matter, she said, by so much that he would like to about it from the media,” he said. shoulder before racing off. saying that he had discussed the visit every year, if only he could However, he added that it Pol Lt Col Somkid Boonrat, PROPERTY: Gardening: Living skeletons; Design: Keeping idea with former governor find a marina capable of berthing would be good for Phuket to have leader of the Phuket Police In- order; Home of the week; Udomsak Uswarangkura, who the 54-meter vessel. more berths for yachts, and the vestigation team, arrested a 15- Construction update. had agreed only in principal with To accommodate the needs idea is in line with a provincial year-old suspect at 10 am the Pages 36-39 the plan to build an island off the of Mr Gates and the world’s plan to turn the island into the next morning and found a home- coast near RPM. other super-rich, Mr Lalvani pro- new “Marina Hub of Asia”. made 12mm pen gun in his pos- PLUS It was not clear whether poses to build an island named “Currently, there are not session. He admitted to being the the island, if built, would fall un- “Zoran”, after his third son. The enough marinas,” he said. driver of the motorbike, but QUEER NEWS 6; AROUND THE IS- der the jurisdiction of Phuket project would be reminiscent of The project would have to claims it was another youth who LAND 10; CHEAP EATS 13; PEOPLE Province or Phang Nga. “The Palm” and “The World” be studied carefully for its poten- shot and killed K. Kanchit. 14 & 15; HAPPENINGS 16; SPA Mr Lalvani said he is aware projects off the coast of Dubai, tial impact on the environment “The two groups are MAGIC 21; TAKE A B REAK 23 & of the obstacles that will need to Reuters quoted him as saying. and local communities, he said. known enemies and have a his- 24; BOOKS, PHUKET D IARY 25; be overcome to make the project Many more details about Investors from many coun- tory of fighting each other. The EDITORIAL, LETTERS 26; HORO- a reality, including the need to get the project concept will be un- tries including Saudi Arabia, Rus- shooter goes by the nickname SCOPES, MOMMA D UCK 28; YOUTH public approval for a massive veiled at the upcoming press con- sia and India were interested in “Joy”. He is 20 years old and we ’N ASIA 29; COMPUTERS 30; marina project in an area not far ference, at 5 pm at RPM. The investing in hotels and marinas in know where he lives in Phuket, BUSINESS AND M ONEY 32 & 33; from where environmental activ- event will also be used to offi- Phuket, he added. so we hope to arrest him soon,” CLASSIFIEDS 40-51. ists have been actively protest- cially announce RPM’s hosting Continued on page 2 Lt Col Somkid told the Gazette. 2 PHUKET GAZETTE NEWS May 26 - June 1, 2007 Tsunami evacuation drills set for June 30 By Natcha Yuttaworawit Apart from being a tsunami tioning properly and were “silent- risk zone, Patong is also at risk ly” tested on a daily basis. PHUKET: Evacuation drills will of landslides, he said. V/Gov Tri said that in order be conducted in all tsunami-risk The Norwegian government ensure compliance, all OrBorTor areas on the island on June 30, has been conducting a study to participating in the drill would be Phuket Vice Governor Tri Aug- identify risk areas and two semi- required to submit reports and karadacha has announced. nars have been held on ways to recorded images of the evacua- The drills will be coordinat- prevent and mitigate damages tions to the DDPM-Phuket with- ed jointly by the National Disas- from landslides, he added. in three days. ter Warning Center (NDWC), the DDPM chief Aroon Kerd- He said there were four local office of the Department of som said tambon administration means by which the public could Disaster Prevention and Mitiga- organizations (OrBorTor) re- be warned of an impending disas- tion (DDPM-Phuket) and local sponsible for risk areas were also ter: administrative bodies where the well prepared for the drills follow- • The media, including local exercises will take place. ing a May 9 meeting to discuss and foreign television and radio The areas were listed as: budgeting, scheduling and other stations, both public and private; WAVES OF FEAR: Chanthira Kalmachshima, owner of Andaman Phuket City, Patong, Karon, related issues. • Alerts sent out by the Seafood restaurant at Haad Saikaew just south of the Sarasin Bridge, Rawai, Chalong, Rassada, Sak- Both the June 30 and July Amateur Radio Society of Thai- said wave heights on the morning of May 17 nearly reached the oo, Mai Khao, Cherng Talay, 25 drills would begin with the land, which has members all four-meter mark on the Tsunami Hazard Zone pole (pictured), which Wichit, Pa Khlok and Kamala. sounding of the tsunami warning around Thailand; is attached to a support post at her restaurant. The seafood eatery The provincial drills will be sirens, which will be activated • Instant messages sent out was one of nine in the area damaged by the highest water the area followed by a regional drill on July remotely from the NDWC head- to all local leaders and other sub- has experienced since the December 2004 tsunami disaster. 25 to take place at 24 schools in quarters in Nonthaburi, he said. scribers via mobile phone net- the six Andaman coast provinc- The last scheduled testing works; es that are located in tsunami risk of the sirens on April 7 was • Tsunami warning towers Phuket to get Japanese ‘sister’ zones, V/Gov Tri said.
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