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PHUKET: Marine safety was the number one priority for Phuket this high season, Governor Nisit Jansomwong told a meeting yesterday, singling out the Chief of Marine Office 5, Phuripat Theerakulpisut.
The governor left the gathering about road and marine safety briefly but when he returned he said: ''Phuripat, no more accidents. I am not concerned about roads so much as marine safety.
''When ambassadors and consuls visit me, they are always concerned about marine safety.''
Khun Phuripat saluted the governor at this point. The governor said: ''If you are in the Navy, that's ok but you are not.''
Khun Phuripat said he would like to meet the consuls to talk to them about marine safety.
Governor Nisit: ''Before you are replaced, you will have a chance to meet them.''
The governor said that he remained concerned about buses and mini-vans from other provinces coming to Phuket without being aware of the hilly nature of roads on the island.
He told the meeting at the Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation that he wanted the checkpoint at Thung Tong, at the base of Patong Hill, to be used more effectively to check buses and minivans.
He said he had also received a photograph of passengers on a Phuket speedboat without lifejackets despite an undertaking from Khun Phuripat that his officers would make sure they were being worn at all times.
PHUKET: Marine safety was the number one priority for Phuket this high season, Governor Nisit Jansomwong told a meeting yesterday, singling out the Chief of Marine Office 5, Phuripat Theerakulpisut.
The governor left the gathering about road and marine safety briefly but when he returned he said: ''Phuripat, no more accidents. I am not concerned about roads so much as marine safety.
''When ambassadors and consuls visit me, they are always concerned about marine safety.''
Khun Phuripat saluted the governor at this point. The governor said: ''If you are in the Navy, that's ok but you are not.''
Khun Phuripat said he would like to meet the consuls to talk to them about marine safety.
Governor Nisit: ''Before you are replaced, you will have a chance to meet them.''
The governor said that he remained concerned about buses and mini-vans from other provinces coming to Phuket without being aware of the hilly nature of roads on the island.
He told the meeting at the Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation that he wanted the checkpoint at Thung Tong, at the base of Patong Hill, to be used more effectively to check buses and minivans.
He said he had also received a photograph of passengers on a Phuket speedboat without lifejackets despite an undertaking from Khun Phuripat that his officers would make sure they were being worn at all times.
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