PHUKET: Seven graders will be used to smooth Patong's sands to ''make the beach look nice'' before this year's five-day Patong Carnival begins on December 15.
Patong Mayor Pian Keesin added today, after a meeting with Phuket Governor Maitree Inthusud at Phuket Provincial Hall in Phuket City, that a budget of 20 million baht had gone towards the carnival's cost.
He said the roundabout circles at the northern and southern ends of beach road would have statues of dolphins added before the carnival.
Patong council was determined to relieve the occasional flooding at the Patong Hospital as soon as possible, he said.
The council had borrowed a third heavy duty pump - this one from the Phuket Provincial Administrative Organisation - to use if the hospital was threatened again.
Mayor Pian spoke briefly to Phuketwan after meeting with Governor Maitree.
In the past, meetings between the mayor and governors have been open to the media. The media were barred today.
An Andaman Festival, due to begin tomorrow on Phuket and to be launched with a visit by Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra, has been postponed until December.
Organisers are awaiting details of the PM's revised schedule.
Patong Mayor Pian Keesin added today, after a meeting with Phuket Governor Maitree Inthusud at Phuket Provincial Hall in Phuket City, that a budget of 20 million baht had gone towards the carnival's cost.
He said the roundabout circles at the northern and southern ends of beach road would have statues of dolphins added before the carnival.
Patong council was determined to relieve the occasional flooding at the Patong Hospital as soon as possible, he said.
The council had borrowed a third heavy duty pump - this one from the Phuket Provincial Administrative Organisation - to use if the hospital was threatened again.
Mayor Pian spoke briefly to Phuketwan after meeting with Governor Maitree.
In the past, meetings between the mayor and governors have been open to the media. The media were barred today.
An Andaman Festival, due to begin tomorrow on Phuket and to be launched with a visit by Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra, has been postponed until December.
Organisers are awaiting details of the PM's revised schedule.
Yesterday I went for a swim at the north end of Patong beach , the water was full of sea lice or some other sea creature that made it imposable to stay in the water . Sadly I would think this is a bad Oman for Patong beach and people who go there to enjoy the beach . Maybe there should be some research into this .
Posted by Neil Bryan on November 9, 2012 10:46