Phuket biz: Save our Gov

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Phuket biz: Save our Gov

Phuket Gazette 

          

The statement referred to the growth in tourism figures for Phuket, amounting to billions of baht in foreign exchange earnings every year. Photo: Jeremie Schatz

 

PHUKET: -- Eight of the island’s major private business organizations have appealed to the central government to reconsider moving the Phuket governor a month from now. 

The statement, issued in Thai, was released on August 22, after the announcement to transfer Phuket Governor Chamroen Tipayapongtada to Nakhon Sri Thammarat, effective October 1, was officially announced by the Prime Minister’s Office spokesman Maj Gen Sansern Kaewkamnerd.

Governor Chamroen is being transferred as part of the cabinet’s decision to move 19 officers of the Ministry of Interior in an annual reshuffle.

The organizations that issued the plea to keep the governor include the Phuket Chamber of Commerce, the Federation of Phuket Industries, the Tourism Council of Phuket, the Phuket Real Estate Association, Phuket Tourist Association, Thai Hotels Association Southern Chapter, Patong Hotel Association and Kata Karon Hotel Business Association.

The statement referred to the growth in tourism figures for Phuket, saying that tourism income for the country was continually growing and amounted to billions of baht a year. The number of tourists visiting the island has also been increasing constantly, from 6 million in 2007 to 12.5 million in 2015. 

 

Full story: http://www.phuketgazette.net/phuket-news/Phuket-biz-Save-Gov/65450?desktopversion

 

-- © Copyright Phuket Gazette 2016-08-26

[schlog]

Reading this i'm now absolute convinced that it was the best to move the Gov!

[scorecard]

15 minutes ago, schlog said:

Reading this i'm now absolute convinced that it was the best to move the Gov!

 

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[Eric Loh]

Save our gov from becoming a pariah state. 

Save our gov from ruining the economy.

Save our gov from more human right abuses.

Save our gov from helping the establishment dominate our lives for unforseeable future.