From Andaman News TV11 Phuket 8.30am Thursday 14 July 2005
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The Thai cabinet in Bangkok on Tuesday approved in principle the expense budget on the early warning systems for information dissemination towers in vulnerable locations along the six coastal provinces of the Andaman.
The 138.78 million baht budget will come from the reserved funds whereby the Metrological Department under the Ministry of Information and Communication Technology will be responsible for coordinating with the Budget Bureau.
Officials at the National Early Warning Centre in Bangkok are assigned to coordinate with related local authorities to ensure that the system goes with what has been implemented in some areas.
The system will be installed in local towers located in 6 provinces, 16 in Phang Nga, 4 in Phuket, 12 in Krabi, 11 in Trang, 14 in Satun and 5 in Ranong, totaling 62.
The broadcast or information dissemination systems or sirens will send out alarms in 5 languages, comprising Thai, English, German, Chinese and Japanese.
The Inmarsat satellite is used to link the local systems with the national centre. Smith Dhamasarot, the Vice Minister to the Prime Minister’s Office, expects the whole network of systems to be completed within 6 months.
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