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September 17-11 Pp01 ANDAMAN Edition Volume 19 Issue 13 March 31 - April 6, 2012 Daily news at www.phuketgazette.net 25 Baht FREE MAGAZINE INSIDE ‘Trouble by mid-year’ Anchalee rallies on Constitution change, red-shirt compensation By Warisa Temram problems in the middle of this year,” she said. LESS than a week after Prime “Add to that the expansion of Minister Yingluck Shinawatra held the ‘Red Shirt Village’ [project] her “mobile Cabinet meeting” on throughout Southern Thailand. the island, Phuket Democrat Party This is not reconciliation. It is to MP Anchalee Vanich-Thepabutr divide people and create dishar- last Sunday publicly raised a slew mony,” Mrs Anchalee said. of concerns about the national “Opposition Party leader government. Abhisit Vejjajiva presented this Among her “concerns” were problem to PM Yingluck. He said the current redrafting of the Con- that she is a government leader and stitution, the multi-million-baht as such she should be aware of Ahoy! compensation to be paid to the these problems. Just talking about families of red-shirt protesters reconciliation does not work, not It’s Phuket killed in the May 2010 uprising, when her followers keep work- right down to rising prices of ba- ing on disharmony,” she added. sic consumer goods. Broadening her focus from po- All At Sea Mrs Anchalee even warned that litical to household issues, Mrs INSIDE this week’s Phuket Gazette she “foresees trouble by the middle Anchalee raised the issue of ris- you’ll find our all-new, completely of this year” if these issues were ing prices of household goods. free issue of All At Sea. It’s a 16- not addressed. “The Phuket economy is fac- page glossy magazine crammed full “What is frustrating people Phuket Democrat Party MP Anchalee Vanich-Thepabutr delivered the ing the same problem as other of stunning photos, news and feature lately is the Constitution amend- foreboding prediction to a small crowd gathered for the opening of the provinces in Thailand. The high stories dedicated to the latest marine second Democrat Party office in Phuket. Photo: Warisa Temram happenings in Phuket and Thailand. ment issue. I hear that it has been cost of living is hurting the whole The magazine comes as the continually worked on and will be On the contentious red-shirt [TRCT] decides on their resolu- nation. With low season now here, Phuket International Boat Show sent back to Cabinet for their ap- compensation being rolled out by tion and abandons the wishes of Phuket residents just have to try (PIMEX) takes top priority on proval at the end of April or around the Pheu Thai government, Mrs the rest, I believe there will be an to survive and get through this Phuket’s yachting calendar. The the beginning of May,” Mrs Anchalee stressed the role of the explosion, especially when this period,” she said show, one of Asia’s must-see marine Anchalee told a small gathering of Truth for Reconciliation Commis- issue comes at the same time as events, is on right now and continues “The nationwide inflation issue through Monday until 6pm, at the supporters at the opening of the sion of Thailand (TRCT). the amendments to the Constitu- must be resolved before fixing the Royal Phuket Marina. new Democrat Party office in “Research by the King tion,” she warned. Constitution or changing the The Phuket Gazette is proud to Srisoonthorn, Thalang, in the Prajadhipok’s Institute identifies “This includes the 7.5-million- whole political process for just sponsor PIMEX and hopes you enjoy north of Phuket. that reconciliation requires the baht compensation package to one person,” she added. our latest magazine, All At Sea. “This amendment to the Con- people of the nation to agree and each of the families of the red- Expect many more special pub- stitution is contrary to the feelings accept the same thing. shirt protesters killed. I am See ‘Battle lines drawn over coup lications in the coming months. of the people,” she said. “If, however, the Commission concerned that all this will cause inquest’ on page 7 Speed cameras, booze buses ready for Songkran RED LETTER DAY SPEED cameras are expected to be installed and believe it will be installed next month,” “We will be targeting drunk drivers…We across Phuket in time for the Thai New he said. also plan to have entertainment businesses Year Songkran festival next month, when “The cameras will automatically take provide transportation for patrons who get nightlife venue operators will be asked to photographs if a vehicle exceeds the speed drunk. They should not drive for the sake provide transportation home for drunken limit, and we will send a fine to the regis- of everyone’s safety,” Col Peerayut said. patrons over the holidays. tered owner of the vehicle according to the “We have a tentative plan to install an The news was announced by Phuket license plate number,” he added. automatic speed camera at the Kho En Provincial Police Deputy Commander However, Col Peerayut stressed that the curve, but we will discuss that in detail later. Peerayut Karajedee on Monday. focus of the speed cameras was not on fin- “We will discuss this matter again at the “The budget request for 17 million baht ing drivers, but making Phuket roads safe Governor’s ‘Meet the Media’ meeting next to acquire and install radar speed cameras for everyone. week, when we will probably have a Memo- was approved by Cabinet during their re- He also announced that the “Seven Days randum of Understanding signed concerning Industry Office chief Apichai explains how cent visit to Phuket,” said Col Peerayut. of Danger” road-safety campaign for the drunk-driving matter,” he added. the 300-baht minimum wage starting on “We are now procuring the equipment Songkran will run from April 11 to 17. – Chutharat Plerin April 1 will affect Phuket – see page 11. 2 PHUKET GAZETTE PHUKET NEWS March 31 - April 6, 2012 Blaze engulfs store News Police estimate B10mn in damage caused Military tasked with preventing Rohingya By Atchaa Khamlo landing. Pages 4-5 A FIRE at a construction equip- ment store in downtown Cherng Talay on Tuesday caused an esti- Technology mated 10 million baht in damages, Live Wire examines according to Phuket Police. Phuket via Google Cherng Talay Police at 6am were informed of a fire at the Street View. Page 12 Cherng Talay Ruam Wassadu store, near the police station on Boats Srisoonthorn Road. Some 10 fire trucks and 40 of- State of the art. Five- ficers arrived, dispatched from star luxury on board a Cherng Talay Municipality, Patong Princess. Page 14 Municipality, the Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation Phuket (DDPM-Phuket), and the People Phuket Provincial Administrative Hugo Chakrabongse is Organization (OrBorJor). A water truck from Laguna Phuket resort assisted. Photo: Atchaa Khamlo A water truck from the nearby back in Phuket with his Laguna Phuket resort complex also It took about half an hour for whether the building was covered new band. Page 20 assisted in the effort to extinguish Cherng Talay Municipality by accident insurance. the blaze. workers to arrive, by which time His wife was also at the scene, Access to the fire was made the fire had spread upstairs, the crying inconsolably as she Property difficult by power cables sus- witness said. watched the family business go up Thanasiri: building pended across the front of the It wasn’t until about 8:30am in flames. modern houses in a building. Firefighters also had to that all of the equipment needed Cherng Talay Police said they break though a wall on the upper to fight the fire arrived at the suspected an electrical short tropical style. Page 27 floors to douse the flames. scene. started the conflagration, which The fire appeared to have The flames were finally extin- was fuelled by volatile chemicals Sport started on the first floor of the guished by about 9:30am. such as paint thinner stored inside. three-story shophouse, which Shopowner Kamol Sawatdee- One firefighter hurt his hand in Pushing the limits: was vacant at the time, a witness udom was too busy coordinating the firefighting effort. No other IronKids train for the told the Gazette. with officers to comment or say injuries were reported. triathlon. Page 47 Elections deliver power shift PRELIMINARY results of two near the Rassada Municipality of- China offers highest local elections in Phuket indicate fices, police had their hands full that Phudit “Ko Noi” Raksarat will keeping one man, who appeared take over the administration of ragged and drunk, away from the tourism growth: Poll Rassada Municipality, while registration table. Somran Jindapol has been elected In the race for Chalong Mayor, THE Chinese market holds the Less popular choices were Mayor of Chalong Municipality. Mr Samran garnered 5,118 votes highest growth potential for the “ASEAN member states” (14.5%), Before last Sunday’s elections, (62.6%) to sail past challenger Phuket tourism industry, accord- “India” (6.1%) and “Eastern Eu- Mr Somran was the incumbent Thanapong Koudom, with 2,490 ing to the results of the latest rope” (5%). The least popular president of the Chalong Tambon votes (30%). Turnout was just Phuket Gazette Readers’ Poll. option was “Middle East” (1.4%). Administration Organization over 59.9% of 14,632 eligible vot- A total of 358 readers took There was little change in the (OrBorTor), which was upgraded ers. Of these, 243 chose the “no part in the poll, which ran March voting trend by demographic, with to municipal status on October 1 vote” option and 331 had ballots 8-24. Readers were asked, Thais, local foreign residents, and last year.
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