Resort ignores demolition order
published : 28 Jun 2023 at 10:55
writer: Gary Boyle
ORIGINAL SOURCE/WRITER: Post Reporters
The owner of a luxury hotel built on a hilltop overlooking a Royal Thai Navy (RTN) deep seaport has ignored a demolition order.
The owner of Star Over Sea resort, Rommanee Zhou, has refused to close down or demolish the resort despite being issued a demolition order by the navy based in Sattahip several months ago.
Ms Rommanee had built six luxury sea-view rooms at her Sattahip resort. It opened early this year.
The navy on March 10 ordered the resort to close for allegedly encroaching on state land owned by the Treasury Department.
At that time, Ms Rommanee reportedly agreed to close her business and remove the rooms.
The navy on March 12 set a 30-day deadline for the resort buildings to be demolished, but nothing was done.
The hilltop land overlooks the Royal Thai Navy's deep seaport, fuel depots, training sites and national security areas.
The navy will begin eviction proceedings against the resort owner if she continues to ignore the demolition order, an official said.
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Vocabulary
- demolish: to completely destroy a building, especially in order to use the land for something else - รื้อ (สิ่งก่อสร้าง), ทำลาย
- demolition: complete destruction - การรื้อถอน, การทำลาย
- depot: a building where supplies or vehicles are kept - คลัง
- encroach: to gradually enter, cover or take control of more and more of an area of land or sea - บุกรุก, ล่วงล้ำ
- eviction: the process of forcing someone to leave a building or place where they have been living or working - การขับไล่ออกจากพื้นที่ การไล่ที่
- overlook (verb): to have a view of something from above - มองลงไปเห็น
- refuse (verb): to say or show that you will not do something; to say or show that you will not do something that someone has asked you to do - ปฏิเสธ
- Treasury department: the government department in charge of overseeing government possessions, appraisimg real estate (property), and overseeing money production - กรมธนารักษ์
