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Dec 1, 2006 , Phuket -- His Excellency Ambassador Ralph Boyce, Excellencies, Chairman Smith Dharmasaroja, Governor Nirand Kalayanamitr of Phuket, Executive Director Plodprasop Suraswadi, Ladies and Gentlemen, None of us could ever forget the devastation brought about by the Tsunami of December 2004 -- to Southeast Asia and other regions, to Thailand, and to Phuket and other affected provinces.
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Dec 1, 2006 , Phuket -- Today, Mr. Nitya Pibulsonggram, Minister of Foreign Affairs, together with United States Ambassador Ralph Boyce and other high-ranking officials from the Thai and U.S sides including Mr. Smith Dharmasaroja, Chairman of the Committee for the Development of an Early Warning System, Governor of Phuket Nirand Kalayanamitr, Mr.Plodprasop Suraswadi, Executive Director of the National Disaster Warning Centre, participated in the Launching Ceremony of the first Deep Ocean Assessment and Reporting of Tsunamis (DART II) System in the Indian Ocean, at Cape Panwa seaport, Phuket. ...