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Minefield Seen as a Golfing Paradise Par None

December 19, 2001 9:14 am EST

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand, one of Asia's popular golf destinations, plans to turn a land mine-infested area on the border with Laos and Cambodia into a golfing paradise.

Somsak Thepsutin, a cabinet minister in charge of tourism, told Reuters on Wednesday that Thailand was working on a project to build a 27-hole golf course linking Thailand, Laos and Cambodia, with nine holes in each of the three countries.

"We will issue a certificate of play to those golfers who fly from all over the world to play golf there, just like other world famous golf courses do," Somsak said. The proposed site is in Ubon Ratchathanee province's Chong Bok town, 400 miles northeast of Bangkok, next to Laos' Champasak province and Cambodia's Prea Vehear mountain.

The proposed area is littered with land mines, mainly from the Khmer Rouge era in Cambodia and the subsequent Vietnamese invasion of Cambodia in 1978.

"Yes, the area is booby-trapped, but it is a piece of cake for the three countries to solve," Somsak said.

[Maybe OJ will try it out?????] LOL

-- Anonymous, December 19, 2001


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