Religious leaders to advise in Phuket beach management
Phuket Gazette

PHUKET: -- The island’s religious leaders will be joining one of four committees tasked with ensuring the successful implementation, upkeep and management of Phuket’s 10 per cent beach zone policy.

The four-pronged approach will include a consultant board, a management board, local government representatives and a public relations team.

“Governor Chamroen Tipayapongtada has ordered me to set up the beach management teams and ensure that we are following all regulations and that none of our actions are illegal,” said Phuket Vice Governor Chokdee Amornwat today.

The consultant board will comprise Phra Visutthi Thamma-kanee, the head of Phuket’s monks; Phuket Islamic Committee President Komon Doomluck; Royal Thai Navy Third Area Commander Sayan Prasongsamrej; 41st Military Circle Commanding General Teenachat Jindangen; Phuket Public Prosecutor Pisitpol Phumsawat; Region 8 Police Commander Tesa Siriwato and Sirinath National Park Chief Kitiphat Tharapiban.

The management board will be led by Governor Chamroen and will comprise relevant officials at the provincial level.

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-- Phuket Gazette 2015-10-21

Even more palms to be greased.

4 committees with all the added expenses are needed & will work seamlessly together to take care of the 10% beach zone policy. I would have thought it was simple, issue a policy & enforce it. I guess he has not received the edict from the PM to root out the mafia because this management board will surely be influenced by the local vested interests.

Talk about too many chiefs in the village.

Where is Khun Phuripat when Phuket needs him? Only he has the power and will to start the 100% beachzone comeback.

I nominate him for all 4 committees!

It's great to create committees as we know all of that is good for nothing; but create some jobs , some more power to the ones who are already into the control of the island: the local mafia!

Makes you wonder how these people ever got their jobs when they come up with solutions like this.

Since when will a new committee actually achieve anything, more hot air and less action seems to be the agenda

“Governor Chamroen Tipayapongtada has ordered me to set up the beach management teams and ensure that we are following all regulations and that none of our actions are illegal,”

If I understand the law correctly, no one is allowed to make a profit on the king's beaches. Hence the reason they were cleared in the first place.

Now in these 10% zones umbrellas can be rented out. Maybe other things available as well. It seems to me that the 10% zone is illegal already.

And the jet skis and para-sailers still get to use 100% of the beach to make money. Insanity rules on Phukets beaches!

Also the 10% zone is the only place that anyone who wants to bring their own chairs and umbrellas can use. So they will have to compete for the same space as the people that are renting out umbrellas. Sounds like a perfect cluster-f@#!

“Governor Chamroen Tipayapongtada has ordered me to set up the beach management teams and ensure that we are following all regulations and that none of our actions are illegal,” said Phuket Vice Governor Chokdee Amornwat today.

I love these public statements, esp. about "illegal actions".

"The Governor told me to do this and that, and he said also that I should not commit a crime while I'm doing it. "

IMHO Phuket is a 'banana republic', lawless, self-serving to those that run it.

Religious leaders to advise in Phuket beach management

Tomorrow's headline...

Bikinis to be banned on Phuket beaches

No difference between an "Association" - a "Club" - a "Management Board" - a "Consultant Team" - a "Committee" and "Local Government Representatives" on Phuket.

They are all part of "The Phuket Mafia."

When there is money involved the orange gather like flies on a turd.

Talk about too many chiefs in the village.

Kinda mirrors the number of generals in the Thai military doesn't it. How apt.

Religious leaders to advise in Phuket beach management

Tomorrow's headline...

Bikinis to be banned on Phuket beaches

I'm all for nude sunbathing.

Howabout including foreign expats amongst those committees? After all, thay are probably a major user of the beaches.

Howabout including foreign expats amongst those committees? After all, thay are probably a major user of the beaches.

And probably know more about the beach than all the rest of them combined! But there we go using actual logic in Thailand…

Howabout including foreign expats amongst those committees? After all, thay are probably a major user of the beaches.

Wishful thinking Simon - never happen, even the honary consulates are hardly welcome to make their opinions heard.