Khlong Hae Originally, in 1995, the Ministry of Interior announced the establishment of Khlong Hae Subdistrict Administrative Organization. Later in 2003, there was a royal decree to upgrade Khlong Hae Subdistrict Administrative Organization to Khlong Hae Subdistrict Municipality,
which was announced in the Royal Gazette, Volume 120, Section 95 Kor, on October 2, 2003. Currently, there has been an announcement from the Ministry of Interior changing the status of Khlong Hae Subdistrict Municipality to Khlong Hae City Municipality, effective from August 1, 2007 onwards.
Currently, Khlong Hae Municipality is located in Moo. 7, Khlong Hae Subdistrict, Hat Yai District, Songkhla Province, which is 35 kilometers away from Songkhla Province on Highway No. 414 (Lop Buri-Ramesuan Road) and 10 kilometers away from Hat Yai District via Lop Buri-Ramesuan Road (entering Hat Yai City). It has a total area of approximately 24.50 square kilometers or 15,312 rai. The administrative area of Khlong Hae Subdistrict is divided into 11 villages (40 communities).
Khlong Hae Municipality Office
is located to the north of Hat Yai City Municipality, approximately 10 kilometers from Hat Yai District Office. It is bordered by the following nearby areas:
North:
borders with Khu Tao Subdistrict Municipality, Hat Yai District, Songkhla Province
East:
borders with Nam Noi Subdistrict Municipality and Kohong Municipality, Hat Yai District, Songkhla Province
South:
borders with Hat Yai City Municipality and Kohong Municipality, Hat Yai District, Songkhla Province
West:
borders with Khlong U-Tapao Subdistrict Administrative Organization, Mae Tom Subdistrict Administrative Organization, and Ban Han Subdistrict Municipality, Bang Klam District, Songkhla Province, with the two Khlong U-Tapao rivers as the border.
Topography
The general topography of Khlong Hae Municipality is a lowland, rice fields, alternating with rubber plantation hills. There are two canals cutting through the community: Khlong Hae and Khlong Utapao. The general condition is often flooded during the rainy season. The land use within the community is mostly used for building houses and running commercial and industrial businesses. Khlong Utapao is the border.
During the construction of the Phra Borommathat in Nakhon Si Thammarat, when the construction was completed, there was a ceremony to enshrine the relics and a celebration. News was sent to various provincial towns, such as Kelantan and Saiburi. Trangkanu Peris also organized a procession to join the great merit-making ceremony. Some traveled by water using boats, some by land using horses, some by carts, and others by foot, etc.
The provincial towns of Kelantan traveled by boat with gems, silver, gold, and valuables donated by the faithful to be placed in the pagoda to offer as a Buddhist offering. Valuables were placed in jars and boxes. The most valuable items were placed in iron containers in the shape of silver and gold quails. It is believed that quails are the source of luck and fortune and to deceive thieves because they look like beautiful ornaments on boats. All along the way, gongs were beaten and sung to encourage people to join in the merit-making.
When the boat reached a major junction, it was mistakenly thought that this was the closest route. The farther the boat went, the narrower the canal became, so it was discovered that it had gone the wrong way, so it looked for a place to stop and spend the night. It was found that it was a suitable place, an island, a rapid in the middle, with three rivers. One from the south, one from the west, converged to form a river to the east. The next morning, it was prepared to continue its journey. It happened that a horse procession passed by and it was learned that they were returning from Nakhon Si Thammarat. The ceremony was over and the treasures could not be placed in the chedi anymore. This caused great sadness for the saints. There was a meeting about the treasures, to discuss what to do. Some wanted to return them to their owners, while others said to share them. The majority of the people did not want to take their treasures back, so they considered this place to be like a pagoda and buried all the valuables as an offering to the Buddha. The jars were full of valuables, silver quails, and iron containers in the shape of silver and gold quails filled with gems, rings, silver, and gold. They worshiped the Triple Gem and chanted to praise the Buddha, the Dhamma, and the Sangha to remember the Buddha's virtues. After that, there was a gathering of deities to invite the gods to protect the valuables and prevent anyone from using them for personal use because everything had been offered to the monks.
A grandmother picked up a rolled-up cloth and prayed, focusing her mind on the rolled-up cloth as if she wanted to cover the mouth of a jar to protect the properties in the jar. A man blessed rice and scattered it around the hole. A learned man blessed holy water and sprinkled it around. After burying all the properties, he poured water to dedicate merit to those who helped protect the treasures, such as Grandfather Khun Phithak Na Chiang Mai, Grandfather Chi, Grandfather Dam, and Grandfather Jone. After that, he brought the gong that signaled the merit and prayed to pay homage to the Buddha and dipped the gong into the river. The villagers therefore called that place "Khlong Khong Hae". The area where the silver quail and golden quail were buried was covered with dense bushes, similar to quails shape, so the villagers called it "Khok Nok Khum". Later, the news of the buried treasure reached the foreign treasure hunters who used the map to search. When they arrived at the indicated area, they started digging. After digging for a while, they found large ants coming out everywhere and could not dig any further. So they called a Necromancer to perform the ceremony. The ants that were seen turned into rice. When they continued digging, they found a snake curled up at the mouth of the jar. When the Necromancer came to fix the snake, it turned into a rolled-up cloth. The villagers called it the rolled-up cloth of Grandma. After that, they continued digging and it turned dark. The wind gusted hard and rained glass down on the foreigners, causing them pain. The rain washed the soil that was dug up back into the hole. The Necromancer tried to fix the rain but was unsuccessful, so he gave up digging and went back.
Later, in 1717, a temple was built near the place where the treasure was buried, which was where the river from the south (Khlong Toei) met the river from the west (Khlong Lan) to the east (Khlong Hae). After many villagers settled there, the district ordered a survey to name the village. The surveyors came from the capital and spoke the central dialect. When asking the villagers, they spoke in a southern accent, "Khlong Khong Hae". So they wrote it according to the spoken word, "Khlong Khong Hae". Over time, southern people spoke quickly, causing the sounds of the Khlong and Khong to blend together. When speaking quickly, it can be heard as "Khlong Hae". Later, the village was named Khlong Hae until today.
Khlong Hae Municipality has set a vision, mission, strategy and development strategy as the main guideline for developing Khlong Hae Municipality to achieve the set goals as follows:
Mission
1. Develop infrastructure and public utilities
2. Develop public health and quality of life
3. Develop community/social organization and maintain peace and order
4. Develop grassroots economy and promote tourism
5. Develop education, religion, culture, traditions, local wisdom, sports and recreation
6. Develop natural resource conservation and environmental development
7. Develop promotion of good governance
8. Develop information technology
Development Strategy
Strategy 1
Infrastructure and Public Utilities Development Strategy
Strategy 2
Public Health and Quality of Life Development Strategy
Strategy 3
Community/Social Organization and Maintenance of Peace and Order Development Strategy
Strategy 4
Grassroots Economy and Tourism Promotion Development Strategy
Strategy 5
Education, Religion, Culture, Traditions, Local Wisdom, Sports and Recreation Development Strategy
Strategy 6
Natural Resources Conservation and Environmental Development Development Strategy
Strategy 7
Development Strategy for Promoting Good Governance
Strategy 8
Information Technology Development Strategy
Strategy
Strategy 1: Strategy for infrastructure and public utilities development
Strategy
1.1 Construct/improve roads to be of quality and standard
1.2 Raise and develop public utilities standards
Strategy 2: Public Health and Quality of Life Development Strategy
Strategy
2.1 Prevention and control of the spread of infectious diseases
2.2 Maintaining cleanliness and orderliness of the city
2.3 Promotion and support of social welfare work
Strategy 3: Community/Social Organization and Maintenance of Peace and Order Development Strategy
Strategy
3.1 Promote a system for maintaining the safety of life and property of the people.
Strategy 4: Grassroots Economic Development Strategy and Tourism Promotion
Strategy
4.1 Promote and support the career development of entrepreneurs and the public
4.2 Promote tourism
Strategy 5: Development Strategy for Education, Religion, Culture, Traditions, Local Wisdom, Sports and Recreation
Strategy
5.1 Promote the development of quality in sports and music
5.2 Promote, conserve and restore religion, art, culture and local wisdom
Strategy 6: Strategy for the development of natural resource conservation and environmental development
Strategy
6.1 Develop an efficient waste management system
6.2 Campaign to create awareness and responsibility
Strategy 7: Development strategy for promoting good governance
Strategy
7.1 Promote and support public participation in good governance
7.2 Increase efficiency in disseminating information
Strategy 8: Information Technology Development Strategy
Strategy
8.1 Promote and support the development of modern information technology.
Strategic Positioning of Khlong Hae Municipality
The strategic positioning of Khlong Hae Municipality will be consistent with the key strategic linkages of the 13th National Economic and Social Development Plan (2023-2027), the 20-year National Strategy (2018-2037), the Provincial Development Strategy (2018-2022), the development strategies of local administrative organizations in Songkhla Province (2023-2027), and the strategies of local administrative organizations. It can be seen that there is a fairly clear linkage in using this as a guideline for determining the strategic development issues of Khlong Hae Municipality. The clear determination of the development strategic issues will be a preparation for development to prepare people, society, and the economic system of the community to be able to adapt to the impacts of changing situations appropriately and under the risk situation resulting from changes in the province and within the country. In particular, political movements at the national and global levels have an impact on the economy and have a clear impact on the local area. Therefore, the management direction focuses on the philosophy of the sufficiency economy to support such changes. Therefore, it is the use of existing strengths and potential to benefit development by giving importance to the development of infrastructure and public utilities, development of education, economy, health as a foundation for developing and strengthening occupational groups, preparing infrastructure with roads that are convenient for travel and connect to every area, and must go hand in hand with improving the quality of life, enhancing knowledge, developing innovative technology and creativity to be the driving force of the development of Khlong Hae Municipality.
In addition, it is necessary to have organizational management to create social justice, give importance to the development of public administration to benefit the people and in accordance with the principles.
Good governance, including promoting public participation in monitoring the organization’s administration, along with cultivating awareness of democratic values and good governance, and promoting and developing sustainable careers under the vision of “A livable city, a stable grassroots economy, sustaining multiculturalism, and developing into a smart technology city.”
The emblem of Khlong Hae Municipality is a circle with a yellow background. The top is written as Khlong Hae Municipality. The bottom is written as Hat Yai District, Songkhla Province. Inside the circle are:
Gong,
which means prosperity, fame, victory over evil, injustice.
Supporting pillar,
which means the two principles of Buddhism and Islam that help to comfort the hearts of the people of Khlong Hae.
Hanging beam,
which means honor and dignity that the people of Khlong Hae must carry with all their might.
Stream,
which means Khlong Utapao and Khlong Hae, which are the waterways that sustain the lives of the people of Khlong Hae.