The New Phuket and Phi Phi Islands housing estates (Mercia- UDI 1995)

Local stats
The population is roughly 3,850 (2011).

Ethnically it is roughly 46% Thai, 32% Malay, 10% English, 6% Scottish, 2% Irish, 1% Welsh and 1% Tamil. It is predominantly Buddhist with a Moslem and Christian minority.

The main employer is the local furniture factory, the towns second garden centre, the local car showroom and Tesco’s superstore.

Computer literacy and I.T. skills are the highest in the federation.

The crime rate is the third lowest after Knighton and Churchstoke.

It is inclined to vote for the Liberal Democrats, Liberal Party, People's Justice Party and Federal Liberal and Democratic Party.

The litracey rate on the estate is at 99% for both gedners.

History


The New Phuket and Phi Phi Islands (ATL) housing estates were originally built on the northern edge of Worcester in the wake of the refugee influx after the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami. Each was intended to house 850 people, but it became a major boom town between 2006 and 2010. They now house roughly 1,650 easch. New Phang Nga was built on the to the north west of New Phuket and contains 550 people that came with the unsolicited 2009-10 influx (mostly via the Milford Haven-Ogmore-Knighton people smuggling route). Overall, they have generally settled in well and done much to help the city's economy. The are is now one of the leading places in the Federation with a low crime rate and high edcational levels.

The Federal Republic has called a stop to any more large scale migration to the estates since they and some the citizens of Worcester felt that they had taken advantage of at the time, but were to polite to say so.

Overview
Manufacturing, retail and tourisum all form part of the local econamy.

New Phuket's Sunday market
The lively New Phuket Sunday market was first started in May 2005 by Abhisit Chie and his wife Aung as a local moral booster. It has taken of and is became a reconised a culural icon along side Worcestershires Morris danceing tradition in 2008.

The list of markets is as follows
 * New Phuket's Sunday market - Every Sunday exsept in December and January.
 * New Phuket's shoe market - Once yearly on the Thai King's birth day.
 * The open air market in New Phang Nga - Every Wednesday exsept in December and January.
 * The local farmer's market in Phi Phi Islands - Every Sunday beween April and November
 * The indoor market in New Phuket - Every Saterday exsept for a week before Chrismass to 2 days after the New Year.
 * New Phuket's open air fruit market - When ever fruit, especialy S.E. Asian exsotica is avalble, exsept in December and January.

The Abhisit Chie Caff
The popular caff was first opened by the autrinpanure Abhisit Chie in 2005 and was a instant sucsess with both locals and outsiders alike. The first tourist sapeled it's delights in 2007 and it is naw a regular fixture on many tourist excurions.

It is a nationally and British Isles wide egnolaged fact that Aung’s Kaeng phet pet yang (roast duck in red curry) is the best available and has won 3 awards in it’s class in 2008, 2009 and 2011. Excellent Thai seafood curry and Ho mok pla, Phat khana mu krop and fish curry paté are also sold there and help to tempt in wood-be visitors.

Opening times are -

9.00 am to 7.00pm on week days,

10.00 am to 9.00pm on Saterdays.

4.00pm to 11.pm on Sundays.

It dose not open from a week before Chrismass to 2 days after the New Year.

Health centre


The Phi Phi Islands dental and optical hospital was built in 2008 and was slightly expanded in 2009. It serves the whole of north Worcester and was a welcome addition to the existing medical facilities.

It is due to be upgraded again between late 2013 and mid 2014, to cater for homyopathy and ENT patients, if the money is still avalible by then.

Law and order


The crime rate is extreamly low as in Knighton and Churchstoke.

It is to thire credit that most felos are young people only need do a coupel of rehabilitation, community servace and/or restorative justice scheams before findeing there way in life and going on to make some thing better of there selves.

Litter bins
The 3 estates are unique in as much as having only had 3 litter bins were ever delibratley set fier to unlike the rest of the Federation were it occers more ofter, especialy in Smethwick, Reddich and Barnt Green.

Education


There are 2 creaches, 1 primary and 1 secondry school on the estate. Computer litracy is the highest in the federation and the number of school eavers with 4 or more GCSE passes is the secon highest after Worcester.

The litracey rate on the estate is at 99% for both gedners.

Transport
The (ATL) Worcester bus network has a hourly weekday servace to 6 stops in New Phukent a 1 stop at The Phi Phi Islands dental and optical hospital. There are 6 buses to only the hospital on Saterdays and there is no servace on Sundays. There is a Taxi rank by the hospital.

Also see

 * Mercia- UDI 1995