Phuket beach excavation mired in silence, double-standards

Eakkapop Thongtub

 

Tourists look on as the backhoe excavates a canal at Phuket’s popular Bang Tao Beach. Photo: Eakkapop Thongtub

 

PHUKET: -- A backhoe driver excavating sand on Bang Tao Beach while completing a government project to improve the public wastewater-treatment system in the area has been arrested for operating the backhoe on the beach without a permit.

 

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No deaths on Day 1 of ‘Seven Days of Danger’

Kongleaphy Keam

 

 

PHUKET:-- Phuket started the ‘Seven Days of Danger’ with zero deaths and 10 injuries, according to official statistics provided by the Phuket office of the Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation (DDPM).

 

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Patong Beach road to close for New Year’s Eve

Phuket Gazette

 

 

PHUKET:-- The Patong Traffic Police have sent out an official notice announcing the closure of the beach road (Taweewong Road) tomorrow night.

 

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Krabi officials, transport companies team up for holiday road safety

Kritsada Mueanghawong

 

 

KRABI:-- A task force to check transport buses and their drivers has set up camp at the Krabi Bus Terminal during the long New Year weekend.

 

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