.JPG)
.JPG)
.JPG)
.JPG)
Today's Updating News Report
PHUKET: A large meeting aimed at clarifying what can and can't be done on Phuket's beaches got underway this afternoon at Phuket Provincial Hall in Phuket City.
About 100 representatives were attending from the Royal Thai Navy and virtually all councils and authorities across the holiday island. Some beach worker groups were also there, as observers.
Phuket Governor Nisit Jansomwong called the meeting and made two points:
.. by law people are not able to work in public areas
.. poor people need jobs but are not permitted to work in public areas.
The military government of Thailand cleared Phuket's beaches of sunbeds and umbrellas and vendors soon after taking control on May 22.
Illegal restaurants and beach clubs that had been erected along the shorefronts at Patong, Kamala, Nai Harn, Rawai, Nai Yang, Nai Thon, Laem Sing, Surin and other beaches were bulldozed.
Although there has been confusion, it's understood that tourists can bring their own umbrellas and chairs.
Subterfuges have been employed by vendors to continue to make money on the beaches without actually being caught.
The staging of weddings and the hiring of surfboards are among banned activities.
Despite the ban on private enterprise on public beaches, jet-skis and parasail speedboats continue to operate, for reasons that many vendors and tourists find difficult to understand.
Blah Blah Blah... rules shmools. It doesn't matter, because nobody follows rules, and there is nobody here to enforce them. This is just another dog and pony show where the poor whining beach bums will cry because they can't feed their families, and the Thai power brokers will tell everyone that they will look into it. Starting tomorrow, things will be no different. And for your rules... go see Kamala to see how well rules work. It is a complete farce...so don't expect anything.
Posted by Ed Sanders on December 18, 2014 15:13