Phuket Independence

[losworld]

Here's a question for the forum. Has Phuket ever had an independence movement or talk of becoming its own nation? I am not advocating this but wonder if it has ever been discussed. Phuket is rather unique in Thailand (both good and bad) and suffers unfairly from a lot of the fallout from the political crisis in other parts of the nation.

[angiud]

Good lord why?

JJ president?

[webfact]

Moved to Phuket Forum

[MyphuketLife]

ha, the police can't even control jet ski owners... how the hel_l would this new country be "ran"

[thaiwanderer]

It was effectively independent many many years ago but jet ski pirates would have been the least of your worries.

However the poor Phuket people will never see independence again as sovereignty has long been lost what with 95% of beachfront land being owned by farang and the like.

[classix]

Here's a question for the forum. Has Phuket ever had an independence movement or talk of becoming its own nation? I am not advocating this but wonder if it has ever been discussed. Phuket is rather unique in Thailand (both good and bad) and suffers unfairly from a lot of the fallout from the political crisis in other parts of the nation.

Better create a asian comunity like the american states and the european comunity and then finaly a worldsociety one passport EARTH.

[madmitch]

There were rumours that Thailand were going to sell Phuket to Singapore. There are probably threads in the archives here. It was only a couple of years back. No one believed it to be possible and it won't happen but given the current preoccupation with scamming and corruption, wouldn't it be interesting?

[paulfromphuket]

There were rumours that Thailand were going to sell Phuket to Singapore. There are probably threads in the archives here. It was only a couple of years back. No one believed it to be possible and it won't happen but given the current preoccupation with scamming and corruption, wouldn't it be interesting?

my recollection was that Thaksin was trying to sell it to singapore, so just bide your time soon we wil have no chewing gum, smoking or oral sex and taxi's we can trust

[KarenBravo]

my recollection was that Thaksin was trying to sell it to singapore, so just bide your time soon we wil have no chewing gum, smoking or oral sex and taxi's we can trust

All allowed now.

[liveinphuket]

About as likely to happen as New York, London or Sydney becoming independent.

[vanalli]

It would be a terrible idea whichever way you look at it.

[dr_Pat_Pong]

There were rumours that Thailand were going to sell Phuket to Singapore. There are probably threads in the archives here. It was only a couple of years back. No one believed it to be possible and it won't happen but given the current preoccupation with scamming and corruption, wouldn't it be interesting?

my recollection was that Thaksin was trying to sell it to singapore, so just bide your time soon we wil have no chewing gum, smoking or oral sex and taxi's we can trust

I wonder whether Singapore would buy anything from Thaksin again.