KOH
SAMET UPGRADE: Overhaul plan may be scrapped after outcry
- The Nation, June 21, 2005
Plan
to take Koh Samet upmarket upsets locals
- The Nation, June 20, 2005
...We are concerned that the plan will take this island
away from lower-budget vacationers who have long sustained tourism
here, said Dujhatai Nawapanich, secretary-general of Network
for Koh Samet-Conservation Community Organisation.
...The plan covers 117,185 rai at Khao Laemya and Koh Samet
National Park and includes laying water pipes, building piers,
roads and a sewage treatment system and beautifying the landscape.
Dujhatai said her network was worried that the organisation
might use the plan to take over land from local entrepreneurs...
SAMET UPGRADE: Overhaul plan may be scrapped after outcry
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