Thailand Live Saturday 18 Aug 2012

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Phuket Airport B5.7bn expansion 'likely to start next year'

Phuket Gazette

A decision as to which contractor will carry out the 5.7-billion-baht upgrade is expected to be announced on Thursday. Photo: Gazette file

PHUKET: -- The 5.7-billion-baht expansion of Phuket International Airport is likely to begin next year, and take two and half years to complete, the Senate Standing Committee on Transportation was told this week.

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Round-the-clock treatment fails to save Phuket dolphin

Phuket Gazette

Despite intensive treatment by veterinarians at the Phuket Marine Biological Center, the unnamed dolphin died on August 12.

PHUKET: -- The ailing striped dolphin that was under treatment at the Phuket Marine Biological Center (PMBC) died last weekend, two weeks after she washed ashore in Phang Nga.

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Phuket corruption probe reveals 'hundreds' of suspicious land titles

Phuket Gazette

Col Dusadee in Phuket in June. 'No matter how high ranking, if they are found guilty they will be prosecuted without exception,' he says. Photo: Atchaa Khamlo

PHUKET: -- The investigation by the Office of Public Sector Anti-Corruption Commission (PACC) into illegally issued land titles in Phuket has identified 100 plots that will be investigated thoroughly, but the number could easily double if tip-offs from local informants are accurate.

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PM pushing for fight against corruption

BANGKOK, 18 August 2012 (NNT) - Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra has shown her strong stance against corruption during a government event to raise public cooperation in anti-graft activities.

Prime Minister Yingluck on Saturday presided over the opening ceremony of the project to fight against corruption at CentralWorld in Bangkok. The event is intended to suggest to the public three channels where they can file corruption complaints—the complaint boxes nationwide, Hotline 1206 and www.stopcorruption.co.th. All the information and complaints sent via these channels will be first submitted to the prime minister and later forwarded to agencies concerned.

The anti-corruption project has been designed by the government to ensure transparency in the operations of civil servants, put the country to good image internationally and raise investors’ confidence. It corresponds with the government policy to create immunity against corruption for the Thai society and establish the right social values. With a focus on transparency in the public sector, the government expects that social mechanisms will help in the punishment of wrongdoers.

-- NNT 2012-08-18

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Patong electricity chief denies transformer started Tiger inferno

Phuket Gazette

The transformer above Soi Bangla is still working, and could not have started the Tiger Discotheque inferno that killed four people, says Patong electricity chief. Photo: Atchaa Khamlo

Patong Electricity Chief Atipong Thongyon points to the transformer on Soi Bangla. He says it did not start the inferno, but suggests a short circuit did. Photo: Atchaa Khamlo

PHUKET: -- The chief of the Provincial Electricity Authority (PEA) Patong office today refuted allegations that the Tiger Discotheque fire yesterday morning was caused by an exploding transformer.

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Foreign mama san's busted in front of Grace Hotel in Bangkok

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