Note, try not to over-speculate as this issue has been going round the rumour mill for years so, wouldn't read too much into it (as yet;). Ie; if the quoted "Reit Damri Rd" is a typo for Naresdamri Rd... (from the Hilton, down to the fishing pier?) this account seems a tad ambiguous throughout regardless

Source: Bkk post http://www.bangkokpost.com/News/09Jan2006_news06.php

-The Senate Justice and Human Rights Committee is preparing to withdraw charges of beach encroachment against 52 villagers in Hua Hin as the villagers have agreed to demolish their buildings and vacate the area. Committee chairman Seri Suwanapanont said his committee would meet with representatives from the Office of the Attorney-General and other relevant agencies on Thursday in order to find a way out for the villagers, whose case is being considered in a court in Prachuap Khiri Khan.

Muang Hua Hin municipality mayor Sasiphan Kamolpramote said yesterday that the villagers had agreed to relocate from the beach area along Reit Damri road because they did not want to face fines of up to two million baht per person.

The villagers' leaders, mostly owners of restaurants and resorts, told Mr Sasiphan they would immediately dismantle their buildings if there were an order from the Office of the Attorney-General withdrawing the charges. Mr Sasiphan said he would meet with the Senate panel on Thursday.

Note, try not to over-speculate as this issue has been going round the rumour mill for years so, wouldn't read too much into it (as yet;). Ie; if the quoted "Reit Damri Rd" is a typo for Naresdamri Rd... (from the Hilton, down to the fishing pier?) this account seems a tad ambiguous throughout regardless

Source: Bkk post http://www.bangkokpost.com/News/09Jan2006_news06.php

-The Senate Justice and Human Rights Committee is preparing to withdraw charges of beach encroachment against 52 villagers in Hua Hin as the villagers have agreed to demolish their buildings and vacate the area. Committee chairman Seri Suwanapanont said his committee would meet with representatives from the Office of the Attorney-General and other relevant agencies on Thursday in order to find a way out for the villagers, whose case is being considered in a court in Prachuap Khiri Khan.

Muang Hua Hin municipality mayor Sasiphan Kamolpramote said yesterday that the villagers had agreed to relocate from the beach area along Reit Damri road because they did not want to face fines of up to two million baht per person.

The villagers' leaders, mostly owners of restaurants and resorts, told Mr Sasiphan they would immediately dismantle their buildings if there were an order from the Office of the Attorney-General withdrawing the charges. Mr Sasiphan said he would meet with the Senate panel on Thursday.

Your dead right about one thing..., try not to over-speculate as this issue has been going round the rumour mill for years so, wouldn't read too much into it

The area in question is a multi million baht a year concern. If, as the report says.... The villagers' leaders, mostly owners of restaurants and resorts I look forward to some fine dining once again next year

Your dead right about one thing..., try not to over-speculate as this issue has been going round the rumour mill for years so, wouldn't read too much into it

The area in question is a multi million baht a year concern. If, as the report says.... The villagers' leaders, mostly owners of restaurants and resorts I look forward to some fine dining once again next year

The penny drops? Had a feeling about this...nothing new in the rumour, just in reading it in print. We'll see. Hard to imagine Hua Hin without all those guesthouses and seafood restaraunts on stilts, overlooking the sea.

http://www.bangkokpost.com/News/10Jan2006_news091.php

Encroachment case

PRACHUAP KHIRI KHAN :The provincial prosecution department is moving ahead with the Hua Hin beach encroachment case, despite the Senate justice committee's attempts to push for the dropping of the charge against 52 encroachers.Thawat Paithooncharoenlarp, the provincial prosecutor who sits on the Hua Hin beach encroachment prevention panel, revealed that the prosecution must continue proceeding with the case since the case can only be withdrawn at the request of plaintiffs _ the Hua Hin Municipality and the Marine Department _ or on the order of the attorney-general or the prime minister.

The villagers were charged with encroaching on the beach from the Chao Mae Tubtim Shrine to the Hua Hin pier.

"The villagers were charged with encroaching on the beach from the Chao Mae Tubtim Shrine to the Hua Hin pier."

My Buddah, there goes my second favourite resturant in Hua Hin, the Taj Mahal

So now I am wondering, if this eviction goes ahead, what will end up on this almost 1 Klm of waterfront land

Again, this has been going on for years and years actually and appears far from resolved, could be years more yet. Safe bet you can enjoy the area as is, for some time