Encroachment on Hua Hin beach - action to be taken

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Encroachment on Hua Hin beach - action to be taken

 

Image: Daily News

 

HUA HIN: -- The Hua Hin district chief has called for action to be taken against individuals  who have been encroaching on the beach area. 

 

Many people are setting up large seafood restaurants and residential projects in protected areas along the Retdamri Road from Saphan Pla to San Jao Mae Thap Thim, reported Daily News.

 

Suthipong Khai-udom said that those who are breaking the law have enjoyed the protection of a local politician. No one dared enforce the law.

 

Complaints were made by local environmentalists that the beach was being encroached upon. They demanded action.

 

The matter has now been referred to environmental protection agencies and the military for action.

 

Source: Daily News

 

-- © Copyright Thai Visa News 2016-08-03

[outsider]

"Many people are setting up large seafood restaurants"... really? These restaurants have been here for ages! Well, at least the ones in the pic in the article are.

[MikeTexas]

How hard would it be to stop this? It's not like it happens overnight? 

[DGS1244]

Whats new here?, they have said this so many times in the past and nothing ever happens.

[amdy2206]

The beach has been getting less and less a d there is no beach where those seafood restaurants are. Will be good to clear the beach for public use and not the use of restaunteurs.

[nev]

Knock the bloody lot down and make the owners pay, now that is a bloody eyesore.

[Jedsada3]

1 hour ago, outsider said:

These restaurants have been here for ages! Well, at least the ones in the pic in the article are.

 

1 hour ago, MikeTexas said:

How hard would it be to stop this? It's not like it happens overnight? 

 

1 hour ago, DGS1244 said:

Whats new here?, they have said this so many times in the past and nothing ever happens.

 

Better late than never!

[SOTIRIOS]

....you promise....???

[Marvo]

Yep, clear the lot and give Hua Hin a beautiful beach front. No traffic, no umbrellas, no sunloungers, no deck chairs, no horses, no restaurants, no food sellers, no souvenirs..... No people  

[PETERTHEEATER]

Why is he 'calling for action'? He's the District Chief so the responsibility rests with him. Those restaurants have illegally encroached the beach for decades under cover of powerful figures. Cleanups have been muted many times but no action. Pure rhetoric!

[mercman24]

ok, we all know it aint gonna happen, so why bother going into print about it.

[Thian]

I always thought that Hua Hin is the beach for the highest people of Thailand and they wouldn't allow such selfish behaviour.

 

What are they waiting for now? One bulldozer can clean it in 1 day.

[Pinot]

21 hours ago, mercman24 said:

ok, we all know it aint gonna happen, so why bother going into print about it.

 

It happened in Phuket. Every structure on Surin Beach was leveled. You can't encroach on the King's Beach. 

[hhinhh]

This would be a good chance to create a nice beachfront strolling area, something that most beach resort location have but is missing in Hua Hin

[impulse]

Looking at the photo, there are about a zillion miles of clear beach on the other side of the piers.

 

Perhaps keeping a few places for the tourists and locals to eat, over the water- limited to a specific area, wouldn't be a bad idea?

[Pinot]

15 hours ago, impulse said:

Looking at the photo, there are about a zillion miles of clear beach on the other side of the piers.

 

Perhaps keeping a few places for the tourists and locals to eat, over the water- limited to a specific area, wouldn't be a bad idea?

 

Soooo, they should let these obviously illegally encroaching businesses stay? So the locals can eat somewhere? Yeah, they stole that beach fair and square. 

 

You obviously don't know what happened in Phuket. Every encroaching business, every sun chair is gone and we're far better for it. It's Hua Hin's turn. 

[impulse]

30 minutes ago, Pinot said:

 

Soooo, they should let these obviously illegally encroaching businesses stay? So the locals can eat somewhere? Yeah, they stole that beach fair and square. 

 

You obviously don't know what happened in Phuket. Every encroaching business, every sun chair is gone and we're far better for it. It's Hua Hin's turn. 

 

You mean wipe the slate beach clean so the next group of kleptos in power can build their own encroaching businesses as soon as everyone looks away?  

 

How often is it really about the rules, fair play and improving the tourism resource?  And how often is it really about funneling the money in a different direction?  Someone has their eye on that chunk of real estate.  And it isn't for an open walking beach.