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Same water shortage

Editor;
Re: Still no water (PM Mailbag Friday, 02 November 2012) - We have the same problem on Siam Country Club Road. The Water Authorities told City Hall last year the new pipeline that was finished would solve all the problems of water. Who is pulling the wool over City Hall and the mayor?
The mayor has many plans for the city. Ok, when can he supply the first basic needs of the people: water?
So please make 2013 the year of the complaints about water supply and get things moving. If you do not complain then nothing will be done about this issue and the Water Authorities will this bungle on in there own sweet way.
Michael Robinson


Noise and a thank you

Editor;
I write on behalf of hundreds of people, to thank whoever has been responsible for curbing the unbearable noise emanating from a supposed beer festival along Soi Buakaow. All too often there is criticism of City Hall, the police, and Banglamung registration office, without being constructive.
We had a situation whereby the glass vibrated in our windows and doors from the decibel output, which began about 5 p.m. and went on until 4 a.m., and families with children, working mums and dads, and hundreds of tourists and residents were suffering. Some were forced to move out. Whichever authority was responsible and answered our pleas for fair and reasonable behavior, are thanked with great gratitude, the inconsiderate selfishness has been curtailed.
Please convey our sincere thanks to the above mentioned bodies through your widely read publication. We cannot know who the persons were who helped, and hopefully through your good offices they will get this message.
Thank you Pattaya Mail for your assistance.
Yours sincerely,
Kittachai


Excellent move in the right direction

Editor;
Re:
Thai-Cambodian meet touches on crucial issues (PM Thursday, 27 December 2012) - This is an excellent move in the right direction! The completion of the rail connection should be expedited to increase trade, travel and tourism, as well as create thousands of new jobs in all of these industries. Initially, overnight sleeper trains should depart each capitol at 8 p.m. with day trains departing at 8 a.m. There will be a need for additional trains soon afterwards!
Charles William Morgan Jr


Churches should be held accountable

Editor;
Re:
Taxing the churches (PM Friday, 28 December 2012) - I agree that the Churches should be held accountable and pay tax. But you must admit they do a fair job with their charities.
My biggest gripe is with big business. The average worker pays about 25% of his earnings to tax; big business, after writing everything off to advertising, etc., gets away with about 8%.
Why should the local minister be tax exempt? He chose this profession and collects a good sum of money for it. If an audit was done on the Vatican and spread their wealth the world would be a better place.
Sean Murphy
 


Message from Andrew Wood, President Skål International Thailand about the re launch of Skål Pattaya Club

Dear Friends,
It has been a long time since we were able to talk Skål in Pattaya and I am delighted to announce that we will be re-starting Skål International Pattaya & East Thailand. There has never been a better time in my mind for Pattaya’s travel and tourism executives to have a forum to network and discuss common issues on a regular monthly basis.
Why now? Simply, Pattaya is expanding rapidly. Hilton, Sheraton, Accor (4), Centara (4) are here and many new hotel projects planned; a wide and diverse number of new Pattaya tourism executives stationed in and around Pattaya; the advent of the new ‘Superpark’ and ‘Million Island’ projects; a projected 3 million visitors annually to Pattaya and a record 20.5 million international visitors to Thailand and improved road; rail and airline access: all add up to make a professional association that links all branches of the tourism industry in Pattaya an urgent necessity!
In 2006 Pattaya hosted a most successful 67th Skål World Congress which, with the help of Pattaya City’s sponsorship, helped to showcase the very best that Pattaya had to offer.
Why should I join? With access to a database of almost 20,000 members in 87 countries in 500 clubs you are never far away from a friend who can help and guide you in developing your business with like-minded professionals. Just ask ‘old-hand’ Peter Malhotra, a founding member of Skål in Pattaya, what ‘doing business with friends’ really means.
Not just in Pattaya - we have 5 clubs in Thailand: Chiang Mai, Phuket, Koh Samui, Hua Hin and Bangkok. Visit http://www.skalthailand.org/. But also with friends in Europe, America, China, South Africa, Australia; Hong Kong; India; Cambodia... if you can name it we probably have a club there. In addition we have local, regional and international congresses. The annual World Congress for members to meet, network and socialize, at attractive ‘all inclusive’ fees, where you will be afforded the red-carpet treatment at a venue that’s bound to impress you.
What does it costs? Membership for Jan-Dec 2013 will be Bt 4500 per year per member (this is similar to our other clubs and will be reviewed by the Pattaya Executive Committee once formed by the Pattaya members), payable at the same time as you apply (see the membership application form by going to the following link http://skal.org/forms/pdf_forms/form.pdf
What happens next? Quite easy really... of the 10 pax that have already expressed interest in getting the club up and running we will ask them to find one more colleague each and they in turn one more. My target is 30 pax in 2013 growing to 50-60 pax by 2014, in plenty time for AEC2015. Have you joined yet?
To help this process we already have a Skål website and area dedicated to the Pattaya Club (Thailand’s sixth). Meetings will kick off in late Jan/early Feb after peak season, Xmas, New Year, Russian Orthodox Christmas and ATF2013 (Laos 21-24 Jan). Around this time Skål International Thailand (SIT) will also organize an evening event/cocktail in Pattaya so you can learn more, meet your industry colleagues and hear of our future plans.
Yours sincerely,
Skål!
Andrew Wood
President Skål Thailand


HEADLINES [click on headline to view story]

Same water shortage

Noise and a thank you

Excellent move in the right direction

Churches should be held accountable

Message from Andrew Wood, President Skål International Thailand about the re launch of Skål Pattaya Club

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