The End Of The Phuket Tuk Tuk

[Naam]

Good analysis from the OP

excellent analysis indeed... from a wishful thinker who got it all wrong

[phuketsub]

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The days of sitting by the beachside with a foam box full of ice, waiting to sell a can of coke for 35 or 40THB to a fat, lazy, but cashed up Australian, are numbered...

And so too are the businesses of thousands of Thais who have nothing to do with the tuk tuks...

So what? These are the people who look the other way and tolerate the Mafias in their back yards. Maybe if these people would speak up and point out to the governor of Phuket that all the kickbacks he gets from the Mafias are worthless if tourists stop coming, maybe then he will listen. There are no innocent victims in this scam. Complacency and willful ignorace may very well be the Thai way, and then they have to live with the consequences. I have said it many times. Speak with our dollars. Let the Russians and Iranians have Phuket. It's too far gone to save.

I do not think it is fair to allege the governor of Phuket is getting kickbacks from the tuk-tuk groups and shows a lack of understanding about how institutionalized corruption works here. The current governor has only been in office for a few months, I believe; the tuk-tuks have been entrenched for decades.

Yes, there is institutionalized corruption afoot, but these governors are only short-term apparatchiks who can only benefit from projects they need to initiate and/or sign off on. The real corruption of the type discussed in this thread lies in law enforcement (including prosecutors), local administration offices (tessaban, OrBorTor), etc.

Even though this is a masquerade party where everyone can say whatever they want with no fear of reprisal, libel is still unacceptable.

[Ken from Karon]

I think we have certainly come to some sort of crossroads with the Tuk Tuks. The blockade at Karon Police Station is just the first of what will be a series of very public 'spats' between the Tuk Tuk mafia and the new kids on the block. 2013 will be a watershed for these red two-stroke vampires. If they fight smart they might survive in some updated form. But the original post is right, don't worry about the authorities having to intervene, the revolution has already begun.

[NamKangMan]

I think we have certainly come to some sort of crossroads with the Tuk Tuks. The blockade at Karon Police Station is just the first of what will be a series of very public 'spats' between the Tuk Tuk mafia and the new kids on the block. 2013 will be a watershed for these red two-stroke vampires. If they fight smart they might survive in some updated form. But the original post is right, don't worry about the authorities having to intervene, the revolution has already begun.

Last year, I had a total of 6 friends come to Phuket for a holiday, and to visit me. They were all first timers to Phuket. I sent them all an email, prior to their arrival, of what to do, and what not to do here.

For the whole 10 days each of them were here, they got to see the island, with the use of my driver, and walkws to the beach, markets, shopping centre, restaurants, cafes and nightlife.

For the entire time of their holiday, they didn't catch one tuk-tuk, as per my instructions. :) :)

VIVA LE REVOLUTION (long live the revolution) :) :)

[Chicog]

I do not think it is fair to allege the governor of Phuket is getting kickbacks from the tuk-tuk groups and shows a lack of understanding about how institutionalized corruption works here. The current governor has only been in office for a few months, I believe; the tuk-tuks have been entrenched for decades.

Be realistic. On his first day in the office I would imagine the cake boxes were piling up on his desk. The perks of the job, not the person.

[Sharp]

the end of the tuk tuk? please

Happened in Pattaya ....

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[Chicog]

the end of the tuk tuk? please

Happened in Pattaya ....

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Did Pattaya have a pervasive organised crime syndicate controlling them?

[LivinginKata]

Did Pattaya have a pervasive organised crime syndicate controlling them?

Is that a rhetorical question or a sarcastic question ?

[JetsetBkk]

Did Pattaya have a pervasive organised crime syndicate controlling them?

Is that a rhetorical question or a sarcastic question ?

I'd like to know the answer. We are talking about transport Mafia in this thread, not other types of Mafia.

[Sharp]

the end of the tuk tuk? please

Happened in Pattaya ....

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Did Pattaya have a pervasive organised crime syndicate controlling them?

As I remember although along time ago there was a couple of shootings amongst other violent out breaks and rumours the syndicate members moved elsewhere ....Phuket was mentioned back then so that might be the reason we r where we are today ,the problem was moved here possibly....

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