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Volume 15 Issue 17 News Desk - Tel: 076-236555 April 26 - May 2, 2008 Daily news at www.phuketgazette.net 25 Baht The Gazette is published in association with Human Paiboon defeats trafficking laws IN THIS ISSUE Anchalee in redrafted NEWS: Gold-robber nabbed; Coral Reef Squadron arrives; New toilets for Wat Chalong. BANGKOK (TNA): Following Pages 2 & 3 the tragedy in which 54 illegal Burmese job seekers suffocated NSIDE TORY OrBorJor poll I S : Living it up with while being transported to Phuket Phuket’s lifeguard. By Natcha Yuttaworawit in the container of a truck, Thai- Pages 4 & 5 land is set to issue a law on June AROUND THE NATION: Thail- PHUKET CITY: The prelimi- 6 prohibiting human trafficking. and sets for dry New Year. nary count of votes cast in the On April 21, senior officials Page 7 island-wide polling on April 20 for announced the decision after a the presidency of the Phuket Pro- meeting earlier the same day AROUND THE SOUTH: Shrimp vincial Administration Organiza- between six government agen- farmer butchered in Pattani. tion (OrBorJor) saw former cies and NGOs. Page 9 Phuket Senator Paiboon Upa- Currently, Thailand has a AROUND THE ISLAND: Phuket tising defeat incumbent Anchalee modest law barring the traffick- cowboy lets loose with Vanich Tephabutra by more than ing of children and women only. leather. Page 10 20,000 votes. The strict new law will replace An unconfirmed tally re- the current one, they said. GOOD LIVING: Sausage and leased by the Phuket Election Participants at the meet- egg is off the menu. Page 12 Committee shows K. Paiboon ing told a press conference that FEATURES: Miss Teen feels the with 59,995 votes (60.6%), com- the 66 survivors from the April 9 love; Tsow turns Siamise. pared with K. Anchalee’s total tragedy were charged with ille- Page 26 of 39,085 (34.4%). gal entry, given suspended jail There were only two can- terms and were to be fined 2,000 THE S-FILES: Angent Seth didates in the presidential elec- PHUKET WINNER: Paiboon Upatising (center) is all smiles as he and baht each. goes in search of cantennas. tion, while 60 candidates ran for his Khon Baan Rao party wai at a press conference on April 21. Workers without money to Page 31 24 regular council seats: 15 in pay their fine were instead jailed pulling in 20,047 votes to K. The Khon Baan Rao team for 10 days, said Immigration Po- SPORTS: Tomato can boxing; Muang district; six in Thalang, MMA fighters do good; Cal- and three in Kathu. Anchalee’s 9,535. would work hard to fulfill the lice commander Pol Lt Gen cutta take Sixes title; ICC de- Eleven other members of In Kathu, Paiboon was also campaign promises it made dur- Chatchawal Suksomjit. liver the goods. K. Paiboon’s Khon Baan Rao a clear winner, with almost 60% ing the campaign, he told report- The survivors would also be Pages 34 & 35 party were also winners, giving of the 11,779 votes cast. ers. asked to testify as witnesses K. Paiboon a solid base of sup- Overall turnout was rela- “We will coordinate with the against those who had been ap- PROPERTY: Property Watch; port in the provincial assembly. tively low, with just over 54% of local administration organizations prehended and initially charged Construction; Decor; Home of The results come as a sur- the island’s 200,717 registered to give better service to the in the case of negligence caus- the Week. Pages 37-42 prise given that K. Anchalee and voters casting ballots. people. Today we are really ing death to others, he said. her party ran under the banner Of these, 2,253 were proud of the trust the Phuket Six Thai nationals – five men PLUS of the powerful Democrat Party, spoiled (2.1%), while 4,287 vot- people have placed in us, espe- and a woman – have been arrested which has dominated politics in ers ticked the “no vote” option cially given the scale of the op- as this edition goes to print. QUEER NEWS 6; AROUND THE R E- Phuket and most of the southern (3.9 %). position we were up against,” he It is believed that several GION 8; PEOPLE 14 & 15; HAP- region for decades. The Phuket Election Com- said. others, still at large, were the PENINGS 16; FIT FOR LIFE 17; K. Paiboon, who ran his mittee said it will confirm the re- Under the control of the masterminds behind the smug- LIFESTYLE 18 & 19; MOTORING campaign vowing for “transpar- sult within 30 days. Khon Baan Rao team, the gling ring. 20; WHAT’S ON 21; TAKE A ency and change”, won in all On April 21 at 10 am, K. OrBorJor will set up a service Nattaya Anudit of the BREAK 23 & 24; BOOKS, WORD three districts. Paiboon and his Khon Baan Rao center to accept requests for ac- Phuket Provincial Labor Office COURT 27; EDITORIAL, LETTERS In Muang district, he gar- team held a press conference to tion or complaints from all island was recently quoted as saying 28; FIRST PERSON, ISSUES & nered 32,896 votes to K. Ancha- thank his supporters at his office residents, he said. there are 35,116 alien workers ANSWERS 29; MAKING TRACKS, lee’s 24,822. at the Morning Star Villa housing “We will rush to solve prob- who have been registered in the HOROSCOPES 30; BUSINESS AND In Thalang, Phuket’s most estate in Wichit, one of the many lems, including water supply, traf- province. She estimated the cur- MONEY 32 & 33; CLASSIFIEDS 43-55. rural district, K. Paiboon more projects he has developed under fic and roadworks, education, and rent number of illegal workers to than doubled Anchalee’s tally, the Phuket Villa trade name. Continued on page 2 be at about 50,000. 2 PHUKET GAZETTE NEWS April 26 - May 2, 2008 From page 1 Paiboon V/Gov opens Wat Chalong toilets CHALONG: Phuket Vice-Governor Tri especially for disabled people. pledges change Augkaradacha on April 17 chaired the open- Damrong Sangkaweelert, Director of ing ceremony of Wat Chalong’s new three- the Tourism Authority of Thailand’s Office the teacher shortage,” he said. million-baht public restrooms, which are be- of Tourism Development, wrote in a press “We are planning to put the ing hailed as “the first international-standard statement that the restrooms will be open 24 right people into the right jobs and public toilets” in Thailand by the Office of hours each day and kept clean by two jani- the council will now have to ac- Tourism Development. tors. cept it. The restrooms, built with the help of Wat Chalong is visited by an average “Everyone has to change industrial manufacturing firm SCG (Thailand) of about 8,000 tourists a day, with as many as their outlook, because the new Co Ltd, are to commemorate 100 years 100,000 people visiting temple grounds dur- OrBorJor members will be the since the passing away of revered monk ing special events. representatives of the people,” he Luang Por Chaem, who helped treat people A daily average of 3,000 trips to the said. injured during the Angyee Rebellion of Chi- temple toilets are made, with the number The new toilet facilities, such as the men’s In apparent reference to the nese tin miners during the reign of Rama V. reaching as high as 8,000 visits per day dur- restrooms pictured here, are more akin to management style of his defeated The facilities comprise a total of 20 toi- ing the high season, according to the press those found at five-star resorts than at opponent, he said, “From now on, let stalls, two shower rooms and a toilet stall release. provincial temples. the OrBorJor president will work for the people – not the other way around.” Three K. Paiboon also vowed to Suspect, 21, claims he make OrBorJor budget matters fully transparent and open to pub- bodies lic review. When asked about the ‘robbed for his baby’ found in OrBorJor’s plan to redevelop the long-abandoned Phya Thai swamp Hospital in Phuket City and op- By Sompratch Saowakhon Taweesak Bualad, 21, erate it as a as a public organiza- prepares to re-enact the tion under provincial administra- PHUKET CITY: Following in- robbery of the Kasem MAI KHAO: Police believe the tion, K. Paiboon said the project formation provided by Phuket Suwan gold shop in bodies of three men recovered would first be placed under thor- police, Maha Sarakham police on Samkong, Phuket City. from a swamp near the JW ough budgetary review because April 16 arrested Taweesak Marriott Hotel to be those of the former administration had al- Bualad, 21, for the robbery of the take care of his mother, who is Burmese workers. Police were ready invested 500 million baht in Kasem Suwan gold shop in sick, and to give to his father-in- alerted to the gruesome find by it. Samkong, Phuket City. law as a dowry for his wife. villagers living near Pru-Je-San He promised to continue Lt Col Wijak Tarom of “He cried while he told us swamp on April 21. with worthy projects initiated by Phuket City Police told the Ga- this and said that he knew he did Tah Chat Chai Police the old OrBorJor administration, zette that the robbery was re- wrong,” Lt Col Wijak added. Deputy Superintendent Lt Col but in a more cost-effective man- corded on the shop’s CCTV sys- “In Phuket, he delivered Payongsak Petchrod said that of- ner.
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