Phuket beach management plans delayed again

PHUKET: Local officials are still wrangling over how to manage Phuket's beaches, forcing Vice Governor Chokdee Amornwat to postpone revealing details of the new plan beyond his self-imposed November 1 deadline.

V/Gov Chokdee admitted to the Phuket Gazette yesterday that the release of a concrete plan regarding the future of the island’s beaches would be delayed for at least another two weeks.

On October 20, the Vice Governor announced that four working groups had been assembled to tackle the tricky beach management problem, including bringing on the island's top religious leaders to weigh in on the issue (story here).

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-- Phuket Gazette 2015-11-01

Four ' working ' groups and the result of their deliberations is ...

What are the religious leaders need for ? Oh dear, wait for a regulation that alcohol cannot be sold within a long distance bus trip from the area.

More likely the wrangling how to grab more money.......just a bunch of useless dills!!

If this debacle doesn't smack of incompetence and corruption, then I don't know what does.

If this debacle doesn't smack of incompetence and corruption, then I don't know what does.

Welcome to Phuket, Thailand. Situation normal - pigs at the trough ...