The Philippine Embassy in Bangkok’s consular mobile team paid a courtesy call on the mayor of Koh Samui and visited the island’s electricity authority and major government and private hospitals during the Embassy’s consular outreach on 3-5 July 2015.
The Embassy team led by Vice Consul Jim Minglana met Mayor Ramnate Chaikwang to learn more about the local government’s efforts in managing the island’s tourism and infrastructure development. The team highlighted to the local leader the contribution of the more than 300 Filipinos based in Samui who mostly work in the tourism industry.
The mission then visited the Provincial Electricity Authority where engineers there showed how the PEA manages the island’s power supply.
At the Koh Samui Hospital in Angthong on the west coast of the island, the team met hospital director Dr. Chanchai Janvorakul who provided information on the how the government-owned hospital provides basic and advanced medical services to residents and expats in the island. The team then visited Bangkok Hospital, the largest private hospital in Koh Samui, located in Bo Phut in the eastern side. The hospital director, Dr. Somkid Udomkijmongkol, showed the different state-of-the-art medical and health services they provide. END
PHOTO: The Philippine Embassy team led by Vice Consul Jim Minglana (3rd from left) calls on Koh Samui Mayor Ramnate Chaikwang (center). Also in the photo are (L-R) Vice Mayor Supinya Srithongkul, Leilani Sazon of the Embassy, Norah Lim and Rio Rose Par of the Filipino Community in Samui, and Anne Maris Estoya of the Embassy.
PHOTOS (clockwise from top left): Engineers at the Provincial Electricity Authority explain to the Embassy team how power is managed in Koh Samui; posing with Dr. Chanchai Janvorakul (2nd left) at the outpatient department of Koh Samui Hospital and with Dr. Somkid Udomkijmongkol (3rd from right) at the entrance of Bangkok Hospital.
