Bars, pubs, and other ‘entertainment venues’ throughout Phuket will remain closed when the province opens for its July 1 ‘restart’, Patong Mayor Chalermsak Maneesri said yesterday.
Chalermsak blabbered something about the entertainment venues remaining closed after a meeting with Phuket officials identified a covid cluster from such an establishment.
This, of course, is something the likes of him will keep saying until you, the people, become sick and tired of it. But, sadly, judging by the threatening emails I still receive, there is no sign of that yet.
The latest one, from a westerner, asked me how I dare ‘to put innocent people’s lives at risk by questioning the measures being used to keep everybody safe.’ He went on to tell me that ‘I should be held responsible for the things I write.’
I wonder what he meant by that. ‘Held responsible…’ Do you think that is a threat…? It’s a little bit sinister isn’t it.
Unfortunately that particular clown appears to still be in the majority who remain happy to be ‘kept safe’ by the likes of mayor Chalermsak and his little friends. Largely because they have been terrified by them over the last 18-months.
Chalermsak went on to boast that both the Phuket Governor and the TAT Governor agree with him. And his child-like assessment of the Covid situation in Patong is;
“The economic situation in Patong is very bad right now”.
He might have added, ‘so we need to make it worse?’
On the topic of the pointless Phuket sandbox, he says that officials have knocked on people’s doors and ‘encouraged them to register and get vaccinated in order to complete vaccinations of 70% of the people on the island. I have personally gone to facilitate the vaccination at Jungceylon shopping mall every day.’
The mayor adds that officials will be sent to hotels and ‘other places’ to see if the establishments in question have their staff vaccinated. As he wants…
‘To ensure that not only they are kept safe, but also that tourists are kept safe.’
It all sounds sinister really, doesn’t it.
Are you starting to realise yet that this is going to go on for as long as those in charge of your lives can drag it out?
Or at least until grown-ups start thinking for themselves again and stop dismissing those who already do as conspiracy theorists.
Is the penny dropping yet…?
The idiot mayor of Patong also thinks that improving the view of the beach, by taking down signs and ‘cleaning up the beach,’ is going to repair all the damage his pointless lockdown’s have done to local people.
And, on top of that, he promises to aid vendors and business operators by giving discounts on rent to keep their business alive.
Which, of course, is something he can’t possibly promise to do. But, he has promised it anyway – at somebody else’s expense.
These are the people some readers think I should not dare to be questioning.
This week local airlines expressed little enthusiasm for resuming flights to Phuket, because they also realise nobody wants to go there.
Meanwhile, somewhere in England there is a thumping noise coming from George Orwell’s grave. – Albert Jack
Foreign tourists say NO THANKS to Phuket’s SANDBOX conditions
