PHUKET: A neat white fence along the foreshore at Laguna Phuket was coming down today. But it could be going back up again tomorrow.
Residents spotted the fence going up the first time around and alerted local officials.
A deputation of military authorities, Cherng Talay Mayor Ma-Ann Samran and local officials met with Laguna representatives at the fence today.
Mayor Ma-Ann said that historically, there was a walking track along the foreshore at Bang Tao and locals were concerned to make sure that the area remained in the public domain.
A spokesperson for the sanctuary resort said that Laguna Phuket owned the land on which the fence was being erected.
Cherng Talay civil engineer Rongrit Chaihanam said that, as a gesture of goodwill, the resort will take down the fence.
Tomorrow, a surveyor from the Thalang Land Titles Office will check the boundary of the property and after that, the fence can go up again.
The fence is outside the Xana Beach Club and it would mean guests at the beach club knowing precisely where the private property ends and the public beach begins.
As Phuketwan learned yesterday, even weddings are not being held on Phuket's beaches any more because all commercial activity is banned.
The puzzle is why jet-skis and parasail speedboats continue to operate.
Residents spotted the fence going up the first time around and alerted local officials.
A deputation of military authorities, Cherng Talay Mayor Ma-Ann Samran and local officials met with Laguna representatives at the fence today.
Mayor Ma-Ann said that historically, there was a walking track along the foreshore at Bang Tao and locals were concerned to make sure that the area remained in the public domain.
A spokesperson for the sanctuary resort said that Laguna Phuket owned the land on which the fence was being erected.
Cherng Talay civil engineer Rongrit Chaihanam said that, as a gesture of goodwill, the resort will take down the fence.
Tomorrow, a surveyor from the Thalang Land Titles Office will check the boundary of the property and after that, the fence can go up again.
The fence is outside the Xana Beach Club and it would mean guests at the beach club knowing precisely where the private property ends and the public beach begins.
As Phuketwan learned yesterday, even weddings are not being held on Phuket's beaches any more because all commercial activity is banned.
The puzzle is why jet-skis and parasail speedboats continue to operate.
Erecting a fence, taking down a fence, tomorrow erecting the fence again. Is there still something left over more important to do? All this manpower, busy for what? A fence!! What about non licensed, dangerous and polluted jet skies! Are the operators by now checked on their maritime licenses already? Seems more important. Fences do not cost lives, jet sky accidents do.
Posted by Kurt on September 23, 2014 18:58
Editor Comment:
You're confusing the private resort's desire to erect the fence with everything else, Kurt. The authorities are just trying to make sure it's a legal fence.