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Phuket Tops in Thailand as Admin Organisation Wins Anti Corruption Award
By Chutima Sidasathian Tuesday, August 12, 2014
PHUKET: With questions being asked on Phuket about the honesty and integrity of some officials, the Phuket Provincial Administrative Organisation has become the only body of its kind in Thailand to win an important anti-corruption award.
The PPAO - known as the Orborjor - gained the sought-after award from the Office of the Public Service Anti-Corruption Commission.
The organisation's president, Paiboon Upatising, was also at the helm when the PPAO first won the award back in 2009. But he is especially pleased that the second award has come with the National Peace and Order Council in charge and Thailand undergoing reforms.
''I am very proud,'' Khun Paiboon told Phuketwan. ''All around the country, orborjors were eligible, and the Phuket orborjor was the only one to take out the award.''
He said that the NCPO was ''very concerned'' about corruption in Thailand.
Khun Paiboon, who is the senior elected official on Phuket, said he hoped that the transparency adopted by the organisation could become a ''Phuket model'' for all of Thailand.
Under Khun Paiboon, the PPAO has developed Phuket City's low-cost ''pinkie bus'' public transport system, opened the Phuket Provincial Administrative Organisation hospital in east Phuket, erected football stadiums and improved the island's public parks.
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Has anyone been formerly charged and prosecuted successfully in a court of law?
Isn't this a bit premature?
Posted by
Tbs
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August 12, 2014 13:39
Editor Comment:
Charged and prosecuted about what, tbs? Being against corruption?
Annual awards are hardly premature.
Really ?
If Phuket wins national awards for it's anti-corruption efforts, what hope is there for the rest of Thailand ?
Posted by
ThaiMike
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August 12, 2014 15:03
Editor Comment:
I guess you have problems coming to terms with the fact that some officials on Phuket are honest, and others probably are not. It must be difficult to have your bigotry and your guesswork challenged.
I am sure this award is not given out lightly so a "very well done" to Khun Paiboon & his organisation.
Posted by
Logic
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August 12, 2014 15:22
- Ed
You are not much of a challenge anymore since you just sound like a broken record. Please try to come up with more creative put-downs. I know you can.
Considering the international headlines the staggering extent of Phuket corruption has made, I find it highly inappropriate to award any individuals affiliated with Phuket administration, regardless of their personal qualities.
IMO it sends the wrong message. Until the corruption situation has significantly improved, onus should be on sanctions and punishment rather than image-boosting awards.
Besides that, K. Paiboon has significant business interests in areas that fall under his administration.
Something which would definitely get him disqualified from holding such a position in less corrupt countries.
Posted by
ThaiMike
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August 12, 2014 17:20
Editor Comment:
Like all good politicians everywhere, TM, Khun Paiboon has no involvement with family businesses while in office. This happens in ''less corrupt countries,'' too. Your problems is that your bigotry obscures your judgement. People who are unable to distinguish good from bad inevitably send the wrong message. The benefits of making people aware of good examples is a no-brainer.
Khun Paiboon is the leader of the PPAO and it is the organisation that has receibed the award not him, isn't it? Leadership should be encouraged and recognised both in individuals and organisations not denigrated.
Posted by
Alan
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August 12, 2014 18:53
'Like all good politicians everywhere, TM, Khun Paiboon has no involvement with family businesses while in office.' - Please Ed, you don't really believe this do you (please tell me you're being sarcastic)!
Posted by
Anonymous
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August 13, 2014 08:51
Editor Comment:
No, but I do understand that bigotry and prejudice among ordinary people causes far more lasting damage than small wars, anonymous. And sarcasm has to be spoken.
Sarcasm is mostly expressed in spoken language, but it can be used in writing too. Sarcasm in literature may go back as far as the Bible and is clearly intended by such writers as Chaucer, Voltaire and Mark Twain. A classic example is from Shakespeare's "Julius Caesar," when Mark Antony eulogizes Caesar and repeatedly calls Brutus (one of the conspirators who murdered Caesar) an "honorable man." Written sarcasm is often used to criticize ideas, institutions and people. Since writing doesn't include intonation, sarcasm must be deduced from its context. It may be expressed in modern literature, or in informal writing, by underling, bolding or expanding words - for example, calling something "reeeeally nice" that plainly isn't. Some writers have suggested using an upside-down exclamation point as a sarcasm mark.
Posted by
phonus
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August 13, 2014 09:17
Editor Comment:
Julius Caesar is a play, phonus, so the sarcasm is obviously vocal. Deductions are guesswork.
A written expression such as "reeeeally nice" could be irony. It's not sarcasm.
Exclamation marks are for exclamations. Stop! Help! Turning one upside down only means the writer has failed to convey what he or she means using the language appropriately.
Although there's no way of pinpointing the very first use of sarcasm, it has long been a staple in literature (along with irony and satire) as a source of humor or simply as a way to prove a point. Many Biblical scholars point to examples of sarcasm in the Bible.
Writers use sarcasm to criticize everything from religion and government to philosophers and other writers. The 14th-century English author and poet Geoffrey Chaucer speaks of the Friar in "The Canterbury Tales" as a "wanton and merry" person who seduces women and accepts bribes. This is a sarcastic criticism of the clergy, who had become very corrupt.
Sarcasm was often employed by 18th-century French philosopher Voltaire.
Mark Twain was one of the greatest American sarcasts. He wrote his 1903 essay "Was the World Made for Man?" in response to Alfred Russell Wallace's promotion of the theory that the Earth is the center of the universe.
When sarcasm is written instead of spoken, the reader must be able to tell from the context as there is no intonation to rely upon. This difficulty may be the origin of the axiom "sarcasm is the lowest form of wit, but the highest form of intelligence."
Posted by
phonus
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August 13, 2014 09:57
Editor Comment:
The writers may choose to emphasise various points, but sarcasm isn't available to them to use. Sarcasm is simply perceived by the reader, whether it's intended or not.
Examples of Sarcasm in Literature
There are so many examples of sarcasm in literature, just have a look at some of these:
Example #1
???Friends, countrymen, lend me your ears.?????
(Julius Caesar by Shakespeare)
Mark Antony repeatedly uses the phrase ???honorable man????? In this speech several times, talking of Brutus??? actions (who has murdered Caesar) were nothing except honorable. His repetition of this phrase completely reverses the literal meanings of the phrase.
Example #2
???Thrift, thrift, Horatio! The funeral bak???d meats did coldly furnish forth the marriage tables.?????
(Hamlet Act 1 Scene 2, by Shakespeare)
The most disturbing issue to Hamlet in the play is his mother???s marriage to his uncle. While talking to Horatio in a sarcastic manner, Hamlet sums up the ridiculous affairs using this statement.
Example #3
???Good fences make good neighbors.?????
(Mending walls by Robert Frost)
This line points out in a sarcastic way two neighbors who have made a wall between them. However this wall falls apart every winter, therefore the neighbors meet and mend this wall, hence they spend more time together in this way.
Example #4
???Two roads diverged in a wood, and I,
I took the one less traveled by, and that has made all the difference.?????
(Road not taken by Robert Frost)
The poet is talking about two roads, one is less traveled by and one is chosen by the majority. He had taken the less-traveled one. He uses sarcastic remarks that he feels regret for having chosen this path or road which made a difference.
Example #5
A FRERE ther was, a wantown and a merye,
A limitour, a ful solempne man,
So muche of daliaunce and fair langage.
He hadde maad ful many a mariage
Of yonge wommen, at his owne cost.
Ful wel biloved and famulier was he
With frankeleyns over-al in his contree,
He wiste that a man was repentaunt.
For many a man so hard is of his herte,
(Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer)
Here Chaucer describes the character of friar in a sarcastic manner, he is a clergyman, who accepts bribes from wealthy people of the town .He uses money on merry making and women that he takes from confessions; and doesn???t care about the people.
Example #6
???Wherefore art thou, Romeo??????
(Romeo and Juliet by Shakespeare)
This is the central conflict in this play, when Juliet sarcastically asks Romeo that why his name is Romeo since they could never be together as their families were enemies.
The basic purpose of sarcasm in literary works is to bring a flavor in order to make the stories seem real to the readers.
Posted by
phonus
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August 13, 2014 10:27
Editor Comment:
The first two examples are from plays, phonus, which only goes to prove my point that sarcasm is a vocal thing. The rest are bast on your interpretation. There is no such category as sarcasm in literature - except when someone writes ''he said, sarcastically.''
So what is this award about ie criteria? Actual "results" in fighting corruption,integrity and transparency better? Reasonable question methinks.
Bit strange that there should be an award really ...for doing a half decent job?
Hope they will now get an increase in budget to fix some pot holes,clean up the klongs etc? Hmm... wonder,is that "facetious" or "sarcastic"....naaah
Posted by
david
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August 14, 2014 06:40
Editor Comment:
Your Provincial Administrative Organisation has been declared the cleanest in the country, and you're complaining? The organisations are the main administration body in each province, responsible for public hospitals, health, education, sewage, sports and tourism. So if Phuket's PPAO has been declared the most transparent, residents should be grateful. Potholes and klongs are the responsibility of the Roads Department and your local council.
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Has anyone been formerly charged and prosecuted successfully in a court of law?
Isn't this a bit premature?
Posted by Tbs on August 12, 2014 13:39
Editor Comment:
Charged and prosecuted about what, tbs? Being against corruption?
Annual awards are hardly premature.