Artikel tagged “governor”

  • US Ambassador Glyn Davies gives his support for this weekend’s beach clean

    US Ambassador Glyn Davies gives his support for this weekend’s beach clean

    US Ambassador to Thailand, Glyn Davies Phuket’s biggest beach clean up is on this weekend with hotels around the island hosting many of the beach cleaning efforts along with locals and expats. You’re invited. Keep Phuket Clean “ภูเก็ตสวยด้วยมือและใจเรา” has been initiated by the Phuket Hotels Association’s Environmental & Sustainability Working Group members and supported by Phuket’s Governor and TAT Phuket: Tourism Authority of Thailand, Phuket Office

  • Share-bike comes to Phuket Town

    Share-bike comes to Phuket Town

    Phuket’s Governor chaired a meeting with Phuket City Development (PKCD), the Phuket Municipality and two bicycle companies who are sponsoring the initiative, aiming to launch the bicycle sharing project on September 20. The project hopes to help reduce the crowded traffic and parking space issues around Phuket Town.

  • Captured Croc isn’t eating. BKK specialist on the way.

    Captured Croc isn’t eating. BKK specialist on the way.

    Fisheries officers are investigating whether the captured crocodile comes from nature or was owned by an individual. After catching the crocodile spotted at Bangtao Beach on August 25 and which came from a tin mine lake near Laypang Beach, Phuket’s Governor visited the crocodile at the rehabilitation pond in Thalang. The 200-kilogram reptile still hasn’t eaten any food provided by fisheries officers

  • Immediate attention to Phuket’s worst flood areas

    Immediate attention to Phuket’s worst flood areas

    Patong’s Mayor has announced, what she hopes are, solutions to the recurrent floods and set a budget to solve the problems in the long term. As Patong is one of the areas that always suffers from the flood on the island, the Mayor, Chalermluck Kebsup, said that she has surveyed several spots in Patong and can now specify the actual problems around the tourist town

  • Donations for 1,500 unprivileged locals during Por Tor festival

    Donations for 1,500 unprivileged locals during Por Tor festival

    Kusoldharm Phuket Foundation has donated food to 1,500 underprivileged people for the Por Tor Festival. Yesterday (August 26), the foundation, with the help of Phuket’s Governor arranged a donation in front of the foundation building.

  • Would you pay One Million Baht for a number plate?

    Would you pay One Million Baht for a number plate?

    Phuket’s Land Transport Office released 301 new car license plate numbers for auction expecting 22 million Baht revenue. The Director-General of the LTO, Sanit Promwong, chaired an event alongside the Phuket Governor and local authorities

  • Patong and Rawai worst hit from floods

    Patong and Rawai worst hit from floods

    DATELINE: 1pm, August 15. The torrential rain in Phuket is affecting several at-risk areas including Patong and the Sea Gypsy Village in Rawai. Several hours of heavy rains have resulted in some parts of Patong to be underwater, especially on Rat-U-Thit 200 Pee Road where smaller vehicles and motorbikes could barely move through.

  • Governor leads the way. Cleaning Tha Chin Canal in honour of HM Queen’s Birthday 

    Governor leads the way. Cleaning Tha Chin Canal in honour of HM Queen’s Birthday 

    In honor of Her Majesty Queen Sirikit’s 85th birthday, a large group of locals and officials, led by Phuket’s Governor Noraphat Plodthong, boarded 62 boats to collect rubbish on the 10 kilometre stretch of Tha Chin Canal in Ratsada (to the north and east of Phuket Town).

  • Phuket Governor denies sweeping mafia problems ‘under the carpet’

    Phuket Governor denies sweeping mafia problems ‘under the carpet’

    PHUKET: The Phuket Governor has strongly denied allegations of ignoring rampant corruption and “mafia” operations in Phuket. “Phuket has never swept problems under the carpet,” Governor Maitri sternly told the Phuket Gazette yesterday.

  • Phuket taxi mafia probe targets Kamala, Rawai

    Phuket taxi mafia probe targets Kamala, Rawai

    PHUKET: The Department of Special Investigation (DSI) has revealed that the next two areas to be investigated for alleged taxi mafia activity are the Phuket beachside communities of Rawai and Kamala. The move has already received the support of Phuket Vice Governor Chamroen Tipayapongtada, who has ordered the investigations to be carried out without further delay. Lt Col Somboon Sarasit, head of the DSI’s Bureau of Special Crime Unit 3, delivered the news at a meeting at Provincial Hall on Tuesday.