webfact Posted February 10, 2016 Share Posted February 10, 2016 Samui Merchants Give Up on Govt, Repair Own RoadBy Chayanit ItthipongmaeteeStaff ReporterSouvenir merchant Samran Lungkum, at right, and Chaweng Beach locals come together Monday to repair their road. Photo: Samran Lungkum / FacebookSAMUI — Tired of waiting for the authorities to repair a small chasm in their road, a group of merchants on Koh Samui on Monday took matters into their own hands.Located at a three-way junction near Chaweng beach, the 50-centimeter by 1-meter hole has caused many road accidents for local residents and tourists, which spurred local merchants to finally do it themselves.Full story: http://www.khaosodenglish.com/detail.php?newsid=1455083197 -- Khaosod English 2016-02-10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
casualbiker Posted February 10, 2016 Share Posted February 10, 2016 Spurred local merchants to spend a couple hundred baht and botch up a temporary repair.. Hey good for them! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sambum Posted February 10, 2016 Share Posted February 10, 2016 Actually 400 baht on asphalt, and a "botch up repair job" is better than no repair job at all. Obviously, sometimes you have to take things into your own hands, and these local traders, realising that the road being in a shoddy and dangerous condition is not good for business from Thais and tourists alike,did exactly that, so kudos to them! P.S. Koh Samui municipal officials could not be reached for comment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samuibeachcomber Posted February 10, 2016 Share Posted February 10, 2016 Spurred local merchants to spend a couple hundred baht and botch up a temporary repair.. Hey good for them! the council when finally getting round to the repair would also botch it up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldsailor35 Posted February 10, 2016 Share Posted February 10, 2016 Actually 400 baht on asphalt, and a "botch up repair job" is better than no repair job at all. Obviously, sometimes you have to take things into your own hands, and these local traders, realising that the road being in a shoddy and dangerous condition is not good for business from Thais and tourists alike,did exactly that, so kudos to them! P.S. Koh Samui municipal officials could not be reached for comment. For goodness sake ! Its Chinese New Year, holiday time, have consideration. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robertson468 Posted February 11, 2016 Share Posted February 11, 2016 Spurred local merchants to spend a couple hundred baht and botch up a temporary repair.. Hey good for them! Has anyone suggested that you are a cynic? You have now! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
casualbiker Posted February 11, 2016 Share Posted February 11, 2016 Spurred local merchants to spend a couple hundred baht and botch up a temporary repair.. Hey good for them! Has anyone suggested that you are a cynic? You have now! I have what now? Shouldn't that be "they have now" if I had a business directly opposite a hole in the road that was affecting both myself and my customers then I to would try and fix it.. Sure you shouldn't HAVE to as the local roads department or municipal should fix it. But you would do it yourself anyway to make life easier. If that's cynical then so be it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beng Posted February 16, 2016 Share Posted February 16, 2016 What's with the yellow bag ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sambum Posted February 16, 2016 Share Posted February 16, 2016 What's with the yellow bag ? Doh! Possibly to carry something - asphalt, maybe. or any number of irrelevant reasons! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
casualbiker Posted February 16, 2016 Share Posted February 16, 2016 What's with the yellow bag ? The yellow bag is what the quick fill asphalt was in! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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