Koh Mak Development Plan

02 June 2009
Is It a Reality or Dream?
There are several good aspects that people in Koh Mak will expect for in the near future. For example, average power bill of community and households will be reduced due to Koh Mak can be able to provide energy alternation such as wind …

Hidden Treasure in Thailand

1 June, 2009  (Daily Telegraph, UK)

It’s a hot sticky morning as traffic streams southeast out of Bangkok for the cooler sea air of the Gulf of Thailand.
Scattered among the tangle of trucks, coaches, cars, motorcycles and the occasional elephant are tourists on packaged holidays, backpackers on a shoestring, well-heeled expatriates …

Trat Confident No Tourist Left Stranded on Koh Chang

16 April 2009
The Water Transportation Office in Trat is confident that no tourist will be left stranded on Ko Chang, despite heavy traffic on the island as tourists were waiting to take the ferry back to the mainland.
Today (April 15) tourists visiting Ko Chang during Songkran Festival had gradually returned …

Koh Chang's Public Health Center to be Hospital

16 March 2009
The Public Health Ministry will soon develop the Khlong Prao Public Health Center on Koh Chang into a community hospital as a measure to entice more tourism to the island.
Deputy Permanent Secretary for Public Health Dr. Siriwat Thiptharadol traveled today (March 13) to Trat province to meet with …

Koh Chang District Chief Finds Measures to Save Dolphins

03 March 2009
Koh Chang District Chief Sakprasert Charoenprasit said that there were two dead dolphins in three days, while earlier a few dolphins had already died.
The District had acknowledged the problem and had reported that the cause of dolphin death was from both fishery practices and poison food, therefore the …

High-flyer Charged Over 'Illegal' Airport

11 February 2009
TRAT: A successful Koh Chang businessman charged with illegally running a private airport on the island turned himself in to police to fight the charges on Saturday night.
Pisut Rattanawong, executive of Ferry Koh Chang Co and shareholder of Koh Chang International Co, reported …