Phuket officials defend school closures, closing businesses would be too damaging
Phuket officials defend school closures, closing businesses would be too damaging
PHUKET: Phuket’s leading officials have defended the decision to order all schools in Phuket to close but not enforce any closures of any other businesses, saying there was sufficient risk among children returning from trips to high-risk areas with their families to endanger all students but that shutting down businesses would have a too damaging impact on the island’s economy.
Thursday 7 January 2021, 10:43AM
Officials have defended closing all schools in Phuket, while keeping all businesses open. Image: Phuketanticovid19 (under the Ministry of Interior)
New Phuket Provincial Hall to be finished by July
New Phuket Provincial Hall to be finished by July
PHUKET: More than six years after the contract was signed to build the B546 million new Phuket Provincial Hall, Phuket Governor Narong Woonciew this morning (Dec 30) announced that the decades-in-coming project is now expected to be finished in July 2021.
Phuket’s new Provincial Hall might finally be finished next year. Photo: The Phuket News / file
Governor Narong made the announcement through a press conference broadcast this morning. Joining him were Phuket Vice Governors Pichet Panapong and Vikrom Jakthee.
Also present were the new Chief of Phuket Cultural Office Chantana Sitthiphan, Department of Fine Arts architect Naruporn Saowanit, Phuket office of Public Works and Town & Country Planning Department (DPT-Phuket) chief Sommit Somboon.
Mass COVID tests of Myanmar migrant workers in Phuket fail to find infections
Mass COVID tests of Myanmar migrant workers in Phuket fail to find infections
PHUKET: Tests of more than 7,000 migrant workers on the island have so far failed to identify any persons as infected with COVID-19, the Phuket Provincial Public Health Office (PPHO) Chief has reported.
More than 7,000 Myanmar workers in Phuket have been checked so far. Photo: PPHO
More than 7,000 Myanmar workers in Phuket have been checked so far. Photo: PPHO
More than 7,000 Myanmar workers in Phuket have been checked so far. Photo: PPHO
More than 7,000 Myanmar workers in Phuket have been checked so far. Photo: PPHO
Phuket officials target arrivals from Myanmar as fears of COVID spread rise
Phuket officials target arrivals from Myanmar as fears of COVID spread rise
PHUKET: Local officials have ramped up their efforts to locate any new arrivals from Myanmar who may have arrived on the island without passing any COVID-19 checks on entering the country. The crackdown comes amid fears that new arrivals from Myanmar may be infected, and start a second wave of infections in Phuket.
Saturday 12 December 2020, 09:00AM
Police at the Phuket Check Point, the only entry by road onto Phuket, check Myanmar nationals for any new arrivals from their home country looking to land on the island. Photo: Phuket Provincial Police
Deputy PM Jurin opens Patong seafood festival
Deputy PM Jurin opens Patong seafood festival
PHUKET: Deputy Prime Minister Jurin Laksanawisit, who also serves as the Minister of Commerce, arrived in Phuket yesterday (Dec 11) to officiate the opening of the “Fah Thong on the Beach & Seafood festival, Rim Lay @ Patong’, being held on Patong Beach from Dec 11-13.
Saturday 12 December 2020, 11:57AM
Deputy Prime Minister Jurin Laksanawisit led the official opening of the seafood festival on Patong Beach yesterday (Dec 11). Photo: PR Phuket
Deputy Prime Minister Jurin Laksanawisit led the official opening of the seafood festival on Patong Beach yesterday (Dec 11). Photo: PR Phuket