Audits, vendor registration among proposed beach management rules

Phuket Gazette

 

 

PHUKET: Following the Royal Thai Navy’s ruling declaring raised beds of sand at Patong Beach ‘illegal’, local officials emphasized beach management rules and mulled new measures at Phuket City Hall yesterday afternoon.

The meeting was chaired by Phuket Vice Governor Sanit Sriwihok and other officials in attendance included Kathu District Chief Sayan Chanachaiwong, Patong Mayor Chalermluck Kebsub, police and army officers. 

The recommendations from the meeting are to be sent to Phuket Governor Chokchai Dejamornthan for further consideration, and include setting up an audit team to ensure strict adherence to zoning laws and safety measures, as well as installing signs to inform beachgoers about accessible and restricted areas on the beach.

 

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Seems like a no-brainer.

Develop a consistent set of rules and enforce them. Require all vendors wishing to conduct business on the public beaches to register.

To this I would add the requirement to make the registration and fee process transparent, with annual audits, as the public has the right to know who is conducting business on their beaches, what fees are collected, and where the money goes.

Why wasn't this ever done before? Oh, right - corruption.

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"I call to order this meeting which is a extension of the previous endless committees that were originally formed by my grandfather to deal with this problem in 1978."

 

 

I'm skeptical on how effective administration can be on this.