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About a tonne of trash was collected during a beach clean-up at Hei Island (Coral Island) in Phuket yesterday.
More
than a 100 people, including students from Prince of Songkla
University’s Phuket campus, volunteer divers, local vendors and
operators, and company workers participated in the morning initiative.
The move involved collecting trash both on the beach and underwater.
Among the items collected were fishing nets, glass bottles and rubber
tyres.
“We are doing business on Hei island, so this effort is
our way of saying ‘thank you’. Cleaning up the island will not only help
preserve marine life, but also play a big part in improving tourism,”
said Suriya Thamchu, chairman of Nonthasak Marine Co Ltd, which
organised the clean-up.
“We received positive feedback so we plan to do this again in the near future,” he said.
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“We received positive feedback so we plan to do this again in the near future,” he said.
