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Titolo: Print Kamala Resort a Phuket

Sto cercando di contattare il Print Kamala Resort a Phuket ma, purtroppo,
alle mie email non rispondono e stando a quanto è detto su
http://www.sawadee.com/tsunami/hotels.htm
 , sembra che neanche loro riescano
a contattarlo.
La sua posizione, immediatamente all'interno della stradina che corre lungo
la spiaggia, mi fa temere.
Se qualcuno si trovasse da quelle parti e mi potesse dare notizie gli sarei 
estremamente grato, ho un ottimo ricordo di quell'albergo e anche di una 
gentilissima persona che gestiva un piccolo banchetto dove cucinava sulla 
spiaggia, ma questa sarà piu' difficile da rintracciare.
Spero di rivederli .......
grazie
federicop

a contattarlo.
Purtroppo tutto quello che c'era tra la spiaggia di Kamala e la strada
interna (quella che collega a Patong ed a Surin) ... non c'e' piu' o
quasi..
Le poche costruzioni non ancora rase al suolo lo saranno presto in
quanto le autorita' thailandesi hanno deciso di vietare qualsiasi
costruzione a breve distanza dalla spiaggia (anche perche' dagli
accertamenti post tsunami, e' venuto a galla che una mella parte del
terreno su cui c'erano le costruzioni fronte mare era ed e' di
proprieta' dello Stato.).
PHUKET: A 331 million-baht plan for the post-tsunami rebuilding of
Kamala has set local residents against Phuket governor Udomsak
Usawarangkura.
Under the plan – drawn up after Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra
called for damaged areas to be reconstructed in a way that would make
them “beautiful and safe” – residents would be prohibited from
returning to homes near the beach, and would be relocated to a site
near Kamala Police Station.
The land could accommodate 120 units, to house 200 homelss people, and
the government is already in the process of building homes there, at a
cost of 100,000 baht per unit.
The plan also includes creating a “green belt buffer” of sand dunes
and large plants around the beach, to mitigate the damage from future
tsunamis, and adding another 24 meters to the road around the beach.
The recovery plan was unveiled by the Director General of the Office
of Tourism Development, Sasith ara Pichaichannarong, on January 13, at
a meeting at Gov Udomsak’s office, attended by members of Kamala
Tambon Administration Organization (OrBorTor).
Gov Udomsak welcomed the plan, saying the post-tsunami recovery was a
good opportunity to move people who had illegally occupied state land.
“If they don’t move voluntarily, the government will take them to
court to get them removed,” he said.
But OrBorTor member Tiwa Khunthong said householders – such as those
who had spent more than two million baht on their homes – wanted to
rebuild. Some have already started to repair their homes, said K.
Tiwa, and they would resist any attempt to move them.
“If the government demolishes the houses and forces the residents to
move to government housing, then the government should also demolish
the hotels in that area too. There shouldn’t be one law for
householders and another for hoteliers,” he said.
Sanoh Ploykho, the kamnan (headm an) of Kamala village said he had
helped neighbours hit by the disaster, giving them food, and also
money to help them rebuild their homes.
“I haven’t seen any government agencies do anything like that, and,
having seen this plan, I’d say it will only add to the difficulties
caused to these people by the tsunami. They won’t like what the
government wants them to do.”
Kathu District Chief Officer Kantee Sinlapa suggested that there
should be a public hearing about the proposals. Local people could
have their say and this would, he hoped, resolve the disagreement
between the government and the locals.
“I don’t care if this costs me my job,” said K. Kantee, “I want to
resolve the problem and defend the interests of residents.”
The public hearing is due to be held on Monday (January 17) at Kamala
Police Station.
Brought to you by: 
The Phuket Gazette
Bye
Jack Burton
Phuket