Soldiers, volunteers, media most popular in relief work
Soldiers continue to top the list of the most helpful groups helping to alleviate the plight of people affected by floods, according to an Abac poll released yesterday.
On the score of 10, soldiers again gained the most votes with 9.56, followed by volunteers 9.10 and the media 9.08. Police saw their vote position rise from eighth to fourth with 9.05.
The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration received the score of 8.34, not much better than the government which received 8.30.
Other groups include singers, actors, the Irrigation Department and MPs, municipality councillors and district councillors.
Of the total respondents, 53.2 per cent said they had less than one week to prepare for floods, 32.2 per cent said they had more than one week, and 14.6 per cent did not have time to prepare at all.
Complaint services that received the most calls were the medical emergency 1669 which received 6.83 (out of 10), followed by the State Railway of Thailand hotline 1690 which took 5.86. The 191 hotline also received 5.86.
Of the total respondents, 72.6 per cent said their income had dropped or was stable - but their expenses had risen. They were most troubled by rising food prices - 72.6 per cent - and drinking water- 65.7 per cent- followed by medicine, transportation - especially boats - and sand bags, bricks, and cement.
Asked what they wanted most as New Year gifts, 65 per cent said funds to repair their houses, 59.3 per cent wanted the government to solve rising prices, 54.6 per cent a solution to the unemployment problem.
Among flood victims reflecting on performances of the government and the opposition in tackling the flood situation, 93.8 per cent said they wanted both to stop fighting, 63 per cent wanted both to tell the truth, 58 per cent wanted them to defend public safety.
The poll of 1,478 respondents was conducted from November 15 in Bangkok and provinces in its vicinity.
A Dusit poll conducted from November 15 among 1,454 respondents, found most wanted the government to provide compensation to fix their houses. The respondents included those not living in evacuation centres and those who still remained in their flooded homes.
Those who resided in evacuation centres said they had shifted out because :
Number one, their one storey houses were deeply flooded and they did not have relatives; second because electricity in their houses was cut and they could not get out of the soi to buy food plus their neighbours had moved out; third, they were worried about their children and the elderly; fourth, they were persuaded to shift to the evacuation centre to receive accommodation, board and health care.
The main reasons for deciding to remain in their flooded homes instead of evacuation centres were that they could still live on the second floor of the house; second, they were worried about their family members who refused to leave, they did not want to leave because of their pets, or they feared burglaries. Other reasons were that they had moved to stay with relatives, friends and in hotels.
The Dusit poll found 60 per cent wanted the government to provide compensation for fixing houses, 21 per cent - the unemployment problem solved, 18 per cent a debt moratorium, 46 per cent believed the government failed to solve the flood problems, 24 per cent said the government lacked preparation, 15 per cent believed the government's performance was satisfactory as natural disasters were inevitable, 13 per cent wanted water experts to solve the problem or provide information, and 13 per cent believed the government's support to flood victims was not fairly distributed.
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