What are your thoughts on the potential impact of casinos on Phuket?

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00:00I don't want to say anything bad about the casino because I think a lot of

00:05people may want it to happen and it can't hurt in terms of bringing more

00:11people to Phuket. But my concern is that unless there are other changes that I

00:17mentioned earlier about Phuket becoming like a special administrative area and

00:21so on, I'm afraid that the consequence of a casino being here with no changes to

00:27other aspects of governance will just result in more traffic jams, more

00:32infrastructure and eventually the killing of the golden goose. You cannot

00:36squeeze the golden goose forever by just putting more things in and more

00:42things in without the reforms that are necessary to make this a successful

00:47place. So to me, changes and reforms to Phuket's governance structure to ensure

00:54that the long-term future of Phuket is secured is for me more important than

01:00whether a casino is put in here or not.