[CT]During the first period, they gave lots of help. They gave money on Koh Samet, do
advertising, and precipitate the oil. However, PTT helped Tamnanpar by giving out
promotion: buy 1 get free 1. The company should do more advertising and promoting
instead of giving out money. The company shouldn’t focus only at Koh Samet, but
Rayong too.
The government and PTT did help a lot by offering compensation to the people in Koh
Samet and also trying to precipitate the oil as quickly as possible. PTT offered help only
at the first period. There are over 1,000 people waiting to be helped by PTTGC.
[PNB&MCP]The compensation process from PTTGC was not well organized. Some
community members were not fishermen or business owners but they still were given
compensation. This is causing a breakdown between villagers. People are fighting about
it. If the compensation was well-organized and regulated, the problem would be avoided.