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Controversy over Long Neck Karen village in Sattahip
Honest living or human trafficking?
Long Neck Karen from Chiang Mai are currently
selling handicrafts in Sattahip.
Ariyawat Nuamsawat
Controversy has arisen over whether or not a company that hired a
group of Long Neck Karen tribal people to promote and sell products in
Sattahip is guilty of human trafficking.
The Tourism Authority of Thailand office in Pattaya has condemned the stunt,
saying it sends out a negative image of tourism, and the authorities in
Chiang Mai, where the Karen are registered, says that special permission
needs to be obtained for the people to work outside the province.
The Karen people themselves, however, say that the number of visitors to
their official areas has fallen, and that they were in favor of the idea of
traveling to other parts of the country for work.
A group of businessmen contracted 12 Karen families from Ban Huay Chompoo,
in Mae Tang, Chiang Mai Province to travel to Kao Chichan in Sattahip.
Cottages with thatched roofs have been erected, and here the vendors sell
clothes and ornaments. There is an admission fee of 20 baht for Thai people
to enter the enclave, and 250 baht for foreigners.
The Karens say they are being paid 3,000 baht for their services, and that
they have been in Sattahip for three weeks. Along with selling goods, they
also sing for the visitors. They have, however, complained that business is
not good, and that there are fewer tourists than at their own village in
Chiang Mai.
Sattahip District Chief Narong Theerachantarangkul said that he had checked
with the relevant bureaus and that although the Karen were in possession of
their hilltribes ID cards, it had been established that they were traveling
in Thailand without informing the Chiang Mai Provincial authorities.
Regarding the entrance fee for tourists, a case could be made for human
trafficking or exploitation, even though the Karen had agreed.
Dr Kwancheewan Buadang of the Social Research Institute at Chiang Mai
University said that the Long Neck Karen are a Burmese tribe who reside in
Thailand on refugee status. They cannot travel out of their designated area,
and must stay in the provincial managed locations unless they had permission
from their District Office, in which case the Chiang Mai Work Management
Office could issue work permits.
There are two Long Neck Karen villages in Chiang Mai, one in Mai Ai District
and the other in Mae Ram District. Both villages have the same
superintendent, 47-year-old Wiboon Chaiyatham, a resident of Rimtai, in Mae
Rim.
A test case had arisen in August 2006, when officers from Mae Rim Police
Station had been to see Wiboon after receiving a complaint that an investor
had taken the Long Neck Karen to be exhibited at Mae Ma Sub-district in Mae
Rim. However, the police were unable to lay charges, as Wiboon said the
Karen had the legal right to work, as they had applied for registration
under form Tor Ror 38 at Mae Ai District, which is in Chiang Mai Province.
Wiboon said that the lives of the Long Neck Karen were supported by tourists
who went to their village to see them, and that traveling outside the
village was only an extension of this.
At present, the future of the Karen in Sattahip is unclear. Director of the
TAT in Pattaya Chaiwat Charoensuk said that he absolutely disagrees with
showing the Long Neck Karen as a form of human zoo. He said that this would
create a negative image, which would be to the disadvantage of local
tourism.
Plastics factory closed for polluting village environment
Noise pollution and bad odors anger Khao Mai Kaew residents
Theerarak Suthatiwong
Residents of Khao Mai Kaew have complained about pollution from a
nearby plastics factory, and as a result the factory has been temporarily
closed by order of Banglamung District until the problem can be resolved.
Residents of Pusai Village filed an official complaint on May 27, saying
that they have suffered noise pollution and bad odors from the factory for
the past nine months. The factory, located on an area of about 1 rai of
land, began work a year ago. Most of the problems arose when a printing
machine and a plastic grinder were installed, which caused very loud noises,
dust, and a foul odor.
Thongchai Suntornwipak, 44, who lives next to the factory, said that his
family had significant problems with the pollution. His 11-year-old son
Chatmongkon, a secondary school student in class 4 at Ban Pusai School was
taken to Chulalongkorn Hospital in Bangkok after sores had broken out on his
body. The doctors said the boy was allergic to chemical dust. Thongchai said
the factory was the most likely source of the dust.
Manus Phokrajang, a 55-year-old resident of the area said that when the
factory initially opened there was no significant effect on the local
environment. However, the installation of a printing machine that was
operated on a 24-hour-a-day basis caused continuous loud noise. Dust and
odors from the plastic grinding were another problem, the dust getting in
people’s houses and onto their utensils, and causing itching to the skin.
Banglamung District chief Mongklon Tummakitikun received the residents’
petition, and sent officials to Pusai to check on the claims. As a result,
the factory has been ordered to temporarily stop work. Mongklon has now
assigned Khao Mai Kaew Sub-district Municipality administrators to ensure
that the factory resolves the situation.
Dusit Thani’s Green Leaf Project
stages no-smoking event
at Pattaya School No 4
Promoting awareness of the dangers of smoking
The Dusit Thani Pattaya’s
Green Leaf Project sets out to spread the no-smoking message at Pattaya
School #4.
Sawittree Namwiwatsuk
Dusit Thani Hotel’s Green Leaf Project observed World No Tobacco Day
with an event staged on May 30 at Pattaya School No 4, Wat Nong Yai, which
was designed to help children stay away from the dangers of cigarettes.
Head of the Green Leaf Project Pravet Akaimat led the event, which was
attended by students from primary school class 3 to secondary school class
3.
Pravet said the children were encouraged to spread their knowledge to their
parents and relatives, telling them that smoking has a serious effect not
just on the smoker but on others who are living or working nearby.
This was the 12th year in succession that Green Leaf had organized an event
like this with local schoolchildren, said Pravet.
“The previous activities received a good response from students and
teachers,” he said. “This project was first started in the hotel, and
enjoyed good success. There were about 10 hotel employees who stopped
smoking cigarettes each year, out of 500 employees. That’s considered a
success.”
Sorat Sawatkul, a teacher at Pattaya School No 4 said the school works in
cooperation with city hall and the Education Department to crusade against
all narcotics, and asks parents for their cooperation in monitoring their
children.
World No Tobacco Day was initiated in 1988 by the World Health Organization
to promote awareness of the dangers of smoking. It is held on May 31 every
year.
Entrepreneurs given warning on annoyance and pollution
Fines and prison could await
those ignoring regulations
Pramote Channgam
Business people operating workshops, depots and factories that can
cause a nuisance to residents and visitors through excessive noise, dust,
odors or water pollution attended a seminar at the Thappraya Meeting Room in
Pattaya City Hall on May 29 where they had the laws relating to the control
of public annoyances explained to them.
Pattaya City permanent secretary Sittiprap Muangkoom chaired the session,
with Anan Faksang of the Chonburi Provincial Industry Office as main speaker
and officials from the Pattaya Public Health and Environment Department also
present.
 Sittiprap
Muangkoom
Representatives of more than 100 businesses attended the seminar, including
oil stations, gas stations, gas system installation garages, propane gas
shops, and factories producing furniture. They all perform operations that
could pose a danger to health, and the seminar was designed to advise them
on the law, local regulations, and the correct methods to undertake their
activities.
Anan said that businesses and factories performing this type of work must
follow the 1992 Factories Act, which covers air and water pollution, dust,
odor, noise, and waste disposal. Pattaya Public Health and Environment
Department would provide advice when requested. Operators of businesses that
do not comply with these laws face a prison sentence of up to six months and
a fine of 10,000 baht.
Baht bus operators await
go-ahead for fares increase
Higher gas prices driving down profits
Vimolrat Singnikorn
Pattaya baht bus operators have lobbied the Department of Land
Transportation to be allowed to increase their fares, saying that the legal
limit of 5 baht is no longer economical with the increase in the price of
gasoline.
 Local
baht bus drivers have petitioned the Department of Land Transportation for
an increase in fares.
Chairman of the Pattaya Baht Bus Cooperative Chamlong Sukprom said that at
present there are more than 700 members providing services for short and
long distances in Pattaya City and that they are suffering from the increase
in gasoline prices, which is affecting all daily expenses for Pattaya
residents.
Chamlong said that the cooperative is waiting to be given the go-ahead to
increase fare prices upwards, having originally submitted a request to the
Department of Land Transportation in February.
He said it is not yet clear by how much the fares would be allowed to be
raised, but that a survey is being undertaken on the distances vehicles
travel on their routes in an attempt to set an impartial figure for both the
operators and the public.
Volunteers from 27 communities
undergo training
to support disabled
Volunteers encouraged to imagine how it feels to be disabled
Volunteers from Pattaya’s 27
communities train to support disabled people.
Vimolrat Singnikorn
Volunteers from all 27 of Pattaya’s communities have undergone
training to help the disabled.
The training sessions started on May 28 at the Redemptorist Job Placement
Center for People with Disabilities, with deputy mayor elect Ronakit
Ekasingh and Father Lawrence Patin jointly presiding over the opening.
The training of volunteers to help support the disabled is a project that
comes under the national government’s policy on enhancing the quality of
life for the disabled across the country.
The volunteers, who will form a support network across the 27 communities,
were encouraged to imagine how it feels to be disabled, to be unable to walk
or to see or to use their hands properly, so that they could approach their
roles with a real understanding of the problems that disabled people face.
Chang Kornchanarat, social development officer at the Redemptorist Center
for the Quality of Life of the Disabled said that the idea of this practical
training was to enable the volunteers to see how important their help would
be to a person who was suffering disabilities.
The sessions took part over a three-day period, from May 28 to 30.
Drunken man gropes woman in disco
Theerarak Suthatiwong
A drunken Middle Eastern man has been fined for groping a woman and
slapping her at Tony’s Discotheque on Walking Street.
 The
victim and perpetrator argue their case with a tourist police volunteer.
Police were called out at 2:30 a.m. on May 21 to an argument between Miss J
(alias) a 25-year-old woman from Nakhorn Ratchasima Province, and
45-year-old Goktepe Aydyn.
Miss J reported that as she and two friends were standing watching the
singer at the disco, Aydyn, who she did not know, had gone behind her and
fondled her buttocks. She had been startled and shouted at him, whereupon he
pulled her hair and slapped her several times. She had not hit him back.
Aydyn had attempted to leave the premises but Miss J and her friends had
asked the security personnel to stop him.
Aydyn was clearly in a state of drunkenness and refused to admit his guilt.
He was taken to Pattaya Police Station, where he eventually confessed. He
was forced to pay 1,000 baht as compensation to the aggrieved Miss J.
British man injured as
thief snatches his gold chain
Theerarak Suthatiwong
An elderly British man who was riding his motorcycle home had his gold
necklace snatched by a thief, causing him to crash the bike and injure
himself.
 Rescue
workers attend to the injured victim.
Pattaya Police Station received a report at 1 p.m. on May 27 that a foreign
man had been injured in a motorcycle accident in front of Chokchai Aluminum
2 in Naklua, and officers went to the scene along with rescue workers from
the Sawang Boriboon Foundation.
The injured man was identified as Peter Bedward, a 71-year-old British
citizen. He was sitting and waiting for assistance with a broken left wrist,
and many cuts and abrasions on his face and body.
Bedward was taken to Banglamung Hospital for treatment. He told police that
he was riding a red Suzuki Crystal motorcycle on his way back to Baan Suan.
A man riding a red-black Honda Wave motorcycle came up behind him and
snatched his 3-baht gold necklace, causing Bedward to lose control of his
own motorbike.
The thief escaped along the Pattaya-Naklua Road. Police set up roadblocks
but were not able to find him.
Russian man dies
in fall from hotel balcony
Theerarak Suthatiwong
Police searching the room of a Russian man who fell to his death
from the Long Beach Garden and Spa in Soi Wongamart, Naklua early on the
morning of May 28 found white powder resembling cocaine in a shirt pocket,
and believe that narcotic consumption could have caused the deceased to
jump.
Officers together with a physician from Banglamung Hospital and rescue
workers from the Sawang Boriboon Foundation were called out at 6 a.m. to the
luxury hotel located alongside Wongamart Beach.
At the entrance to the parking lot, they found the body of Alexander Bykov,
a 52-year-old Russian national. He was wearing black swimming trunks, and
his name was written in English on his left wrist. He had been staying in
room number 9006, which was booked by a tour company.
Officers went to the room on the 9th floor, and established that was the
location from which the deceased had fallen. A steel chair was next to the
railing of the balcony, and in the pocket of the deceased man’s shirt, which
was hanging in the room, a white powder resembling cocaine was discovered
contained in a plastic tube. Two packs of Kamagra were also found. There
were no signs of a struggle in the room.
Police questioned Koson Tonkambai, a 38-year-old cashier at the hotel, who
stated that the deceased had checked in alone on May 11 and was scheduled to
check out on June 7. Koson had been working at the hotel front desk when he
heard what sounded like something very heavy hitting the ground. He asked
security to investigate, and they discovered the body.
Officers are working on the theory that the deceased may have been consuming
narcotics, causing him to have hallucinations, or that he had some serious
problems and decided to jump from the balcony. The body has been sent to the
Institute of Forensic Medicine at the Police General Hospital for an
autopsy.
Hornets infest abandoned building
Being stung is everyday event
Theerarak Suthatiwong
Hornets have infested an abandoned building next to the Angket
Condominium on Soi Wat Bunkanchanaram and are making life unpleasant for
local residents and business people, but no one has yet found a way to
permanently eliminate the pests.
 Amnuay
Lertthanya points to some of the hornets, just before they attacked him and
sent officials and reporters fleeing for cover.
Local officials went to the scene during the afternoon of May 23 after
receiving complaints. The building is a three-story structure standing on an
area of about 1 rai of land. On the ground floor villagers have opened
entertainment outlets, shops and food stalls, and some have even taken up
residence in the rooms. The area is crowded with people.
Amnuay Lertthanya, 63, who lives under the building, was waiting for the
officials on the second floor. He pointed out thousands of hornets on the
posts and the ceiling, spreading from the first story to the top of the
building. At that moment a group of hornets attacked Amnuay and stung his
arms and body, and the officials dispersed.
Prachan Phanpan, 46, from Angthong Province, who rents part of the ground
floor for a karaoke bar and restaurant, said that two years ago there were
only a few hornets’ nests in the building, and that they didn’t disturb
anyone at all. However, their numbers had increased with time, and they had
spread throughout the building, invading residences and building new nests
there.
Prachan said the hornets often perched on clothing or utensils, and that
being stung by them was an everyday event. Some people were allergic to the
stings, and had to see a doctor. His nine-year-old son was stung, and
contracted a fever. Prachan said he was afraid of committing a sin by
killing the hornets, and didn’t know what to do.
Tanachot Sukkawattana, the 36-year-old deputy manager of the Angket
Condominium next to the abandoned building said the problem had been going
on for some time, and that he didn’t know how to eradicate them. They always
came back to build a new nest after the old ones had been destroyed. The
hornets also built nests in the condominium, and stung the Thai and foreign
tenants.
People who have taken up
residence in this mostly abandoned building are having to deal with
thousands of hornets, which have also decided it is a good place to live.
Police on alert for illegal
gambling as European
football championships begin
Officers have been directed to be extra vigilant
Saksiri Uraiworn
Pattaya police are keeping an alert eye open for any illegal
gambling activity in the run-up to the UEFA European 2008 Championship,
which is being co-hosted by Austria and Switzerland and will kick off in the
next few days.
 Pol.
Col. Nopadon Wongnom
Gambling always accompanies events such as this, and ends up leaving many
people in debt and causing crime and social friction. Football gambling is
an almost invisible pastime, and one that the authorities and police put a
great deal of effort into eliminating.
Pol Col Nopadon Wongnom, superintendent at Pattaya Police Station said that
officers have been directed to be extra vigilant during the UEFA European
2008 Championship, which is scheduled from June 7 to 29. He said that police
undercover agents would be working throughout the city to find out who and
where the bankers are.
The bankers, for their part, are using ever-more complicated tactics to
avoid the police. Pol Col Nopadon, however, says that it is possible to
track their movements using a combination of modern technology and good
old-fashioned police work. There is already a data bank drawn up with
information from intermediaries.
Parents, meanwhile, are being encouraged to observe their children closely,
particularly their behavior with their school friends and with spending
money. This includes their use of cellphones and the internet, both widely
used for football gambling.
Police will also be watching entertainment outlets including pubs, discos
and beer bars, and say that anyone believed to be taking part in any form of
illegal gambling activity will be taken in for questioning.
Students attend World No
Smoking Day event at City Hall
Youth smoking on the rise
Abbot Prakhru Winai Thorachat
Kittitharo from Wat Sroithong talks
to children about the dangers of smoking.
Ariyawat Nuamsawat
World No Tobacco Day on May 31 was observed by an exhibition
organized jointly by Pattaya City and Bangkok Hospital Pattaya in conference
room 401 on the 4th floor of Pattaya City Hall.
Advice was given on how to give up smoking, there was a free test for
evaluating lung performance, and a talk on the dangers of secondhand smoke
given by Priest Prakhru Winai Thorachat Kittitharo from Wat Sroithong. More
than 600 students from schools in Pattaya City attended this event.
Apichat Puetphan, deputy permanent secretary of Pattaya City said that
despite the significant problems that smoking are known to cause, the latest
national data showed that there are nearly two million Thai youngsters
between the ages of 15 and 24 years who smoke either regularly or
occasionally. This was 15.9 percent of the people in this age group. The
ratio between males and females is 1:44.
Apichat said that what is even more worrying is that the numbers are
increasing. Compared to the previous year’s data, there had been an increase
of between 24 and 26 percent in males, and 0.3 to 0.6 percent in females.
The dangers of secondhand smoke are now being more fully understood,
research having shown that employees of pubs, bars and nightclubs where
smoking is allowed have nicotine in their blood from receiving secondhand
smoke. Parents who smoke pose a danger to their children, in that the
youngsters have a greater chance of contracting respiratory problems such as
asthma.
Eastern Hotels Association
plans overseas road show
Drumming up visitors from abroad
Ariyawat Nuamsawat
The Eastern Thai Hotels Association held its first monthly meeting
since the formation of the new committee in March, with members gathering on
May 29 at the Dusit Thani Hotel Pattaya and with association president
Chatchawal Suphachayanont in the chair.
 Chatchawal
Suphachayanont
Chatchawal said that during the low season it was important for the
association to generate more visitors, both from Thailand and from overseas,
and that campaigns were being planned for Europe, Russia, and the United
Arab Emirates, where specific target groups have been identified.
The association is therefore organizing a road show to promote tourism,
during which special prices for hotels, resorts, spas, restaurants, golf
courses, and natural tourist destinations would be offered.
The meeting also discussed the Thai Hotels Association’s support funds for
its Eastern Chapter, for which an amount of 145,475 baht had been
contributed for the association’s activities.
August 1 will see the association stage a Hotels Meet Local Agents event at
the Dusit Thani Hotel Pattaya, with 60 agents expected to attend.
New mayor and council hold first meeting
Chonburi governor presents list
of seven urgent problems to resolve
Ariyawat Nuamsawat
New mayor of Pattaya City Itthipol Khunplome and the 24 newly
elected councilors attended their first meeting on June 2 with a lively
session that saw many well-wishers coming into Pattaya City Hall to offer
their congratulations and bouquets of flowers.
 Itthipol
Khunplome addresses his first city council meeting as mayor.
Chonburi Governor Pracha Taerat attended the meeting as official witness as
the council elected its chairman and vice chairmen in accordance with the
Pattaya City Administration Act BE 2542 (1999).
Tawit Chaisawangwong was re-elected as chairman, and Adisorn Pollook-In and
Urit Nantasurasak were elected as vice chairmen.
Governor Pracha said he was very proud of the fact that the May 4 election
had been so well organized and that no complaints had been received of
anyone cheating. He asked the councilors to perform their duties in
accordance with their campaign promises to the electorate.
Governor Pracha spoke about the development strategy for Pattaya, saying
that it must correspond with Chonburi policy and that there were seven
specifics that required urgent attention.
Resolving the traffic problems must be a priority, said the governor.
Consequently, providing four car parks that would support large tour buses
and prevent them entering the city, where they create traffic problems, was
one of these specific areas. Another was the adjustment of traffic lights
and traffic lanes, and the third was to find a way of closing Pattaya Beach
Road to traffic from Friday to Sunday.
A fourth requirement was the closer control of entertainment outlets and
other places where people were known to gather for unlawful purposes, such
as internet cafes. A fifth specific area to be tackled as a matter of
urgency was the management of public places in accordance with official
regulations, so that they do not get taken over or encroached upon by
private interests.
Security of lives and property for residents and visitors was another of the
specific areas to be dealt with, while the seventh was to eradicate the
problems that have so long surrounded the collection and disposal of garbage
and wastewater.
Mayor Itthipol advised the meeting that the next gathering would take place
at 1:30 p.m. on June 5, at which time information on Pattaya City
development policy would be provided to the heads of departments.
The meeting was then concluded, and the mayor and councilors went to collect
the bouquets of flowers that had been left for them by more than 100
residents of Pattaya.
Pattaya’s newest
administration gathers
for a group photo with workers and well-wishers.
Music Festival postponed to 2009
Vimolrat Singnikorn
The Grand Pattaya International Music Festival will not now take
place this year, following an earlier postponement of its March date to
comply with the official 100-day mourning period for Her Royal Highness
Princess Galyani Vadhana, and subsequent fears that staging the event in the
proposed month of June could result in a washout because of the rainy
season.
The decision has therefore been taken to hold the event next year, although
a firm date has yet to be set.
Krissana Kaewthamrong, head of advertising at the Tourism Authority of
Thailand’s head office said that the festival is an outdoor event, and
consequently staging it during the rainy season presented a great risk of
the event being ruined by the weather.
The TAT says that postponing the festival would not have a great effect on
tourism attendance, as June is the low season and the prime audience would
have been Thai students.
Pattaya residents send supplies to Burmese cyclone victims
World Vision Foundation to arrange delivery
Pattaya residents donate items
and money
to support the Burmese cyclone victims.
Vimolrat Singnikorn
Pattaya residents have donated essential supplies and cash amounting
to more than 30,000 baht to help support the Burmese victims of Cyclone
Nargis.
Prasop Khunsithi, regional marketing division manager of the World Vision
Foundation of Thailand came with his team to collect the supplies from the
Sawang Boriboon Foundation offices on May 23.
Pattaya City organized three receiving centers for donations at Pattaya City
Hall, the Big C South Pattaya branch, and the Tesco Lotus South Pattaya
Branch. Deputy Permanent Secretary Apichat Puetphan and his team were the
city representatives who received the donated items, plus 36,762 baht that
was donated by the public to the World Vision Foundation of Thailand. Prasop
received the donations on behalf of the World Vision Foundation, and
arranged for their onward transportation from Pattaya.
Most of the items donated by Pattaya residents were clothes, dry food, and
household medication.
Prasop said that World Vision Foundation officials would deliver the donated
goods to a holding station at Bangplee near Suvarnabhumi Airport, from where
they would be flown to Myanmar along with other donated supplies. He said
that deliveries are being flown in on a regular basis, because the
Foundation is only able to transport 200kg per day.
The Foundation has also sent cash donations totaling 1.8 million baht to
help the cyclone victims.
Retired naval officers discover benefits of sand bathing
High tide is best time for treating symptoms
Retired navy personnel bury
themselves in the sand at Royal Thai Fleet Beach, believing the sand has
special healing powers.
Patcharapol Panrak
Elderly people, most of them retired navy personnel, have discovered
a form of sand bath therapy at one of the beaches that comes under the
responsibility of the Royal Thai Fleet at Sattahip.
Capt Nopadon Supakorn, commander of the Royal Thai Fleet Operational Support
Division at Sattahip said that every morning, a number of elderly people
carry hoes and spades to dig holes in the sand at the Royal Thai Fleet
Beach, then lay down and cover themselves in the sand so that only their
faces can be seen.
Most of them, he said, arrive at the beach before sunrise and stay buried
until after dawn, when they go and bathe in the sea.
Pattaya Mail visited the beach on May 25, and discovered an elderly man
digging a hole in the sand opposite the Sailing Club and Commissioned
Officers’ Club at the Royal Thai Fleet. The long hole was large enough to
take the man’s body. Other people were lying in holes nearby. They
identified themselves as retired naval personnel. Their names were Lt Com
Wirat Chamchit, Capt Sahat Jermkwan, Capt Pipob Loiwiwek, and Capt Wirat
Udornwong. All were aged 61, and had retired from the navy last year.
Capt Sahat said that the sand at Royal Thai Fleet Beach could treat many
afflictions, including paralysis, cerebral palsy, and pins and needles.
There is a specific way of lying on the beach, he said, as the head should
point directly to the mountain in the north, and the feet should point
directly south to the sea. The beach in the east has an appropriate Huang
Jui for lying in the sand, and high tide is the best time for the treatment
of symptoms.
Capt Nopadon, who said that the Operational Support Division has the
responsibility for taking care of the beach, has reported this phenomenon to
Admiral Prawit Srisukwattana, commander-in-chief of the Royal Thai Fleet. He
said that the digging of holes and lying in the sand cause no damage,
because the high tide replenishes the beach. In the event of more people
using the beach for this purpose, it might be necessary to arrange a
specific area for them.
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