Army steps in to clean Surin Beach, police helicopter landing ‘for convenience’

[snoop1130]

Army steps in to clean Surin Beach, police helicopter landing ‘for convenience’

By Tanyaluk Sakoot

 

The Royal Thai Police helicopter landing on the football field at Surin Beach this morning (Aug 29) was no cause for alarm, The Phuket News was told. Photo: Supplied

 

PHUKET:-- The Royal Thai Army has stepped in over the appalling state of Surin Beach, with it piles of rubbish growing higher and litter strewn along the sand, and dilapidated food stalls creating an eyesore for tourists.

 

A contingent of soldiers carried out an inspection of the beach late yesterday afternoon (Aug 28).

 

“We were there with municipal officials because we want to show them, the officials, that we were not impressed about the messy area and the rubbish throughout the area,” Col Santi Sakuntanark, Commander of the 25th Infantry Regiment and the highest-ranking army officer stationed in Phuket, told The Phuket News today (Aug 29).

Full Story: https://www.thephuketnews.com/army-steps-in-to-clean-surin-beach-police-helicopter-landing-for-convenience-68422.php#VHcc5Z7cOrDsVqsr.97

 

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[moe666]

Recently saw on yahoo a story with maps and satallite photo of the polluted beaches in Scotland, very interesting

[Aussieroaming]

Nice beach if the municipality would keep it clean

[geriatrickid]

Why aren't the local officials held accountable? Why must the kids conscripted into the military clean the beach? Pressgang the local officials, and business owners  who are responsible for the mess; Give them bags,  gloves and  rakes and tell them to go do an honest days work and clean the mess up.

[PatOngo]

14 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

Army steps in to clean Surin Beach, police helicopter landing ‘for convenience’

A submarine landing would have been more dramatic, guess we'll just have to wait a few years.

[Hank Gunn]

7 hours ago, NCC1701A said:

 

Jesus Colonel! Don't you think it's a little hairy for R&R?

[steelepulse]

Isn't Surin supposed to be one of the more sacred/untouchable beaches due to the King having been there?  Looks like whoever is in charge either doesn't know this, or ......  fill in the blank.

[Psimbo]

Ma -Ann can comfortably bleat that is was nothing to do with him to his acolytes.

 

'It was the nasty men in uniforms wot did it, nothing to do with me my brothers!'

 

[madmitch]

Quite a few TV members anticipated this when the beach clean ups started. It was a poor decision (cue all the responses stating that the beach is public land and not for private use)!

[gunderhill]

On 8/30/2018 at 10:25 AM, geriatrickid said:

Why aren't the local officials held accountable? Why must the kids conscripted into the military clean the beach? Pressgang the local officials, and business owners  who are responsible for the mess; Give them bags,  gloves and  rakes and tell them to go do an honest days work and clean the mess up.

Press  gang the Thais they are the  major contributor  of  rubbish must have enough spare in the prisons to help as  well. Laziness is the cause followed by selfishness, basically they couldn't care  less about their environment one jot.

[NamKangMan]

5 hours ago, madmitch said:

Quite a few TV members anticipated this when the beach clean ups started. It was a poor decision (cue all the responses stating that the beach is public land and not for private use)!

 

Well, it's one thing to stop "the business" from operating on the beach.  It's another thing to force the expense of the removal of the business structure, and by products, from the beach, onto the business owners, hence, the big mess.

 

Edited September 3, 2018 by NamKangMan