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Thousands turn out to wish Somchai Khunpluem many happy returns on his 65th birthday

Sophon Cable TV celebrates 10 years of broadcasting

Bruno turns Six!

Thousands turn out to wish Somchai Khunpluem many happy returns on his 65th birthday

Somchai Khunpluem, aka ‘Kamnan Poh’, was showered with flowers and birthday wishes on his 65th birthday Monday September 30th. Residents and business people from throughout the province were joined by politicians from the local, provincial and central governments who turned out to wish the mayor of Saensuk Municipality many happy returns.

Saensuk Mayor Somchai Khunpluem (center) receives his grandiose birthday cake amongst family and friends on the occasion of his 65th birthday.

Somchai Khunpluem has been a prominent figure in Chonburi Province for many years. His children are now in the political arena at the provincial and national levels; Sonthaya Khunpluem, his eldest son holds the position of Minister of Science, Technology and the Environment, Witthaya Khunpluem is a parliamentary representative from Chonburi and an advisor to the minister of Labor and Social Welfare and president of the Chonburi Sports Association, Itthipol Khunpluem is a parliamentary representative from Chonburi and Jiraporn Khunpluem is the managing director of the Saen Beach Hotel and holds other positions as well.

Somchai has been the mayor of Saensuk since 1976. Saensuk Municipality received its city status this year, and with everyone’s favorite mayor at the helm bringing prosperity to the region by developing industry and tourism.

Sophon Cable TV celebrates 10 years of broadcasting

Sophon Cable TV recently held a special party to mark its 10th anniversary. Chanyut Hengtrakul, consultant for the Ministry of Science, Technology and Environment, and managing director of Sophon Cable TV invited many high ranking officials to the event.

The managing director of Sophon Cable TV Chanyut Hengtrakul (center) received a bouquet of flowers from Rewat Polluk-In, deputy chairman of the Chonburi PAO on the occasion of the television network’s 10th anniversary.

In traditional Buddhist fashion, 9 monks performed a formal good luck and merit-making ceremony. As a gesture of generosity to the community, goods worth more than 20,000 baht were donated to a temple school.

Then guests set out to have a little fun. Football matches were held between Pattaya Soccer Club, a Sophon Cable TV team and Thai schools.

A decade of broadcasting has seen Sophon Cable TV grow to more than 50 channels, including ITV, Channels 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, offering national and international news, sports news and entertainment. Good luck for the next 10 years!

Bruno turns Six!

by Miss Terry Diner

Well, to be truthful, it was not Bruno Forrer who turned six, but the restaurant opened by him and the late Louis Fassbind that celebrated its 6th anniversary last weekend.

A little of the restaurant’s history was given by the Pattaya Mail’s publisher Peter Malhotra, who outlined the events in those six years, which included the addition of chef and partner Fredi Schaub. He gave credit to Bruno and Fredi (and Mr Pattaya, the departed and most beloved Louis Fassbind) for having given Pattaya a world class fine dining restaurant, which had in turn raised the public perception of Pattaya as a world class tourist destination.

Mio and Jan Olav Aamlid (L) presented a rare Celadon dish to Bruno Forrer and Fredi Schaub (standing) on the occasion of the restaurant’s sixth anniversary.

To mark the occasion, Fredi prepared a special gourmet dinner for the assembled Pattaya "foodies" that included such mouth-watering items as a horseradish cream soup with pan-fried salmon, making a very interesting combination, and a main course of Australian beef tenderloin in a piquant balsamic sauce served on gratin potatoes accompanied by a ragout of white and green asparagus.

The guests that evening were a "who’s who" of Pattaya, across all sections of society, but all linked with a common interest in fine food and united by a desire to pay their thanks and respects to Bruno and Fredi for their contribution to the culinary scene in Pattaya.

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