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| Phuket island |
The people who spread
the rumours that
Phuket will sink into the sea on April 28 are thought
to be trying to makeproperty prices on the tourist resort island
fall for the sake of investment opportunities, the director of the
Environmental Geology Bureau says.
Lertsin Raksasakulwong on Monday expressed confidence that any earthquakes that occur on Phuket in the future will not exceed magnitude 5 and that it was impossible for the island province to be sunk by quakes as claimed inleaflets distributed widely across the island.
The controversy followed the recent earthquakes and probably was the work of ill-intentioned people trying to create negative rumours to serve their purposes.
Mr Lertsin said he believed the rumours were intended to bring down land prices after which investors would buy property to turn a profit.
"Phuket island is on a large granite rock mass foundation which is as deep as 27 kilometres below the groundsurface. Whether a big earthquake or an atomic bomb occurs, it will definitely not sink,” Mr Lertsin said.
Phuket governor Tree Akharadecha has filed a complaint with police against those behind the creation and distribution of the leaflets.
The leaflets warned Phuket residents to leave the tourist resort town before next Saturday because the island would be hit by such a severe natural disaster that it will sink into the sea.
The warning was claimed to be a prophecy of Kuan Yin (the Chinese goddess of mercy and compassion) and fromThao Thep Kasattri and Thao Sisunthon (also known as Chan and Mook), the two legendary heroines who rallied the islanders to drive back an invading Burmese army in 1785.
Lertsin Raksasakulwong on Monday expressed confidence that any earthquakes that occur on Phuket in the future will not exceed magnitude 5 and that it was impossible for the island province to be sunk by quakes as claimed inleaflets distributed widely across the island.
The controversy followed the recent earthquakes and probably was the work of ill-intentioned people trying to create negative rumours to serve their purposes.
Mr Lertsin said he believed the rumours were intended to bring down land prices after which investors would buy property to turn a profit.
"Phuket island is on a large granite rock mass foundation which is as deep as 27 kilometres below the groundsurface. Whether a big earthquake or an atomic bomb occurs, it will definitely not sink,” Mr Lertsin said.
Phuket governor Tree Akharadecha has filed a complaint with police against those behind the creation and distribution of the leaflets.
The leaflets warned Phuket residents to leave the tourist resort town before next Saturday because the island would be hit by such a severe natural disaster that it will sink into the sea.
The warning was claimed to be a prophecy of Kuan Yin (the Chinese goddess of mercy and compassion) and fromThao Thep Kasattri and Thao Sisunthon (also known as Chan and Mook), the two legendary heroines who rallied the islanders to drive back an invading Burmese army in 1785.
Vocabulary
estate N. มรดก ทรัพย์สินที่ดิน syn. land, property, fortune, inheritance
racket N. ไม้เทนสิน(racquet), เสียงอึกทึกครึกโครม (noise)
กิจกรรมที่ผิดกฏหมาย (fraud)
sake N. ผลประโยชน์ วัตถุประสงค์ syn. advantage, benefit, reason
express VT. แสดงออก
N. การส่งอย่างเร่งด่วน
exceed VT. เกินกว่า มากว่า ละเมิด syn. outdo, surpass
leaflet VT.แจกใบปลิว
N. ใบปลิว แผ่นพับ syn. pamphlet, handbill, flyer
claim N. การเรียกร้อง syn. demand, request, call
VT. เรียกร้อง อ้าง
distribute N. แจกจ่าย เผยแพร่ syn. propagate, circulate, diffuse
resident N. ผู้พักอาศัย syn. inhabitant, homeowner, occupant, native
severe ADJ. รุนแรง เข้มงวด syn. cruel, oppressive, resolute, earnest
intention N. เจตนา ความตั้งใจ syn. aim object purpose
serve N. รับใช้ บริการ ให้ความช่วยเหลือ ตอบแทน มีประโยชน์
syn. service, sustenance, nourish, nurture
after which N. ต่อจากนั้น ดังนั้น syn. then, hence, afterward
whether or CONJ. ไม่ว่าจะ...หรือ
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