PHUKET: South Korean Ambassador to Thailand Chung Hae-moon today paid a visit to Phuket Governor Tri Augkadachara at Provincial Hall to say farewell before his return home. I am going back to [South] Korea at the end of this week as I have completed my four-year term in Thailand, Ambassador Chung told the Phuket Gazette. He encouraged more Korean companies to offer to join projects to develop Phukets overall infrastructure, not only the light-rail system currently proposed
PHUKET: The road over Patong Hill, the only direct route from Phuket Town to Patong, will be closed tomorrow from 9am to midday. The road closure is to allow electrical workers to cut down trees interfering with power lines, Surasak Jantharuek of Patong Municipalitys Engineering Division told the Phuket Gazette today.
PHUKET: Floodwaters that crippled operations at Patong Hospital on Saturday were the worst the facility has experienced in ten years, the hospital director told the Phuket Gazette. Patong Hospital Director Phumin Silaphan said operations were partially restarted after water was pumped from the basement over the weekend.
PHUKET: A couple who moved into their new Phuket home in a quiet neighborhood yesterday have already reported their house being burgled and losing valuables totaling about one million baht in the process.