Thread: German Ambassador Delivers Blast, Walks Out

Originally Posted by Mid

If the ambassador doesn't like Phuket he can always go home.

missed the point , not that it surprises me .

'Go home' is the standard response when farang complain. It was a joke.

k , I missed that

for the record let me reiterate ,

the Ambassador is NOT an individual as such rather the representative of a nation ,

as such it's a physical impossibility for him to go home .

Originally Posted by El Gibbon

Obviously you have never been to the center of the world (phuket for those uninitiated) and seen the little flucking tuk tuks with the red lights and blue lights racing around Phuket Town doing the BOSS' bidding.

Originally Posted by panama hat

Hmm, you do realise that EG was being tongue-in-cheek? No? I didn't think so.

E.G. was not kidding - I am still in Phuket - he made his escape - but we both know it is true !!

Gott in Himmel! It was the poor governor's first day! Not off to a very good start, I'd say. I'd imagine this was a scheduled meeting, no? Ambassadors don't often just meander on down to the provinces and decide to drop in on the governor unannounced. Anyhow, I can't view the video. Says it's been removed.

Tuesday, March 17, 2009

Anchalee denies involvement in governor’s transfer

Mrs Anchalee, former president of the Phuket Provincial Administration Organization, now has a high-level post in the Prime Minister's Office.

PHUKET CITY: One of Phuket’s leading Democrat Party figures has denied any involvement in the transfer of former governor Preecha Ruangjan and revealed that Dr Preecha requested the transfer.

Anchalee Vanich Thepabutr, Deputy Secretary of the Prime Minister’s Office in Bangkok and wife of Phuket MP Tossaporn Thepabutr, said media reports that she had something to do with the transfer of Dr Preecha were false.

Mrs Anchalee told the Gazette she had no influence over the decisions of coalition partners in the government led by Democrat Party leader Abhisit Vejjajiva.
The decision to transfer Dr Preecha from Phuket to Phitsanuloke and replace him with former Sing Buri governor Wichai Phraisa-ngop was based on a cabinet resolution proposed by Interior Minister Chavarat Chanweerakul, leader of newly formed Bhumjaithai Party, she said.

The Bhumjaithai Party, made up of loyalists to banned Buriram-based politician Newin Chidchob, was handed the highly prized Interior and Transport Ministry portfolios as a way of luring them into the coalition, it has been widely reported.

Mrs Anchalee said that a reliable source in the Governor’s Office told her that Dr Preecha had submitted a formal request to the Interior Minister seeking a transfer to another province, specifying Nakhon Sawan as his preference.

“He gave as his reason the fact that he has more experience in agriculture than tourism,” she quoted the source as saying.

Contacted by phone today, new Phitsanuloke Governor Preecha Ruangjan did not deny he made the transfer request.

Commenting that the issues behind the transfer orders were complex, he said only that he was happy to now be serving as governor of Phitsanuloke, which borders on his native Phichit province.

For analysis on this topic, read the editorial in the upcoming hardcopy version of the Phuket Gazette.

phuket news: Anchalee denies involvement in governor’s transfer...

This is the stupid woman that against all advice spent millions of Baht on the Phuket Welcome Gate, which has now become a complete white elephant.

^Aren't White Elephants revered in Thailand?

Only by those that don't have to pay to keep them. That's how the expression came about.

correct - i was being sarcastic

Maybe the dumb fok governor was too busy reviewing the last batch of random drugs tests on Patong tourists!
More mind boggling Thai stupidity right when they should be minding their P's and Q's.
The foking Germans account for a huge portion of Phuket business.
Brilliant to piss-off the German Ambassador to Thailand.
It's really depressing how poorly educated inbred jackasses can fok things up.