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3,000 trees planted on Koh Larn in honor of HM the King
People from all walks of life
participated in the tree-planting project.
Mayor Niran Wattanasartsathorn
pours water on the newly planted tree.
Children are taught from an
early age to protect and preserve natural resources.
Vimolrat Singnikorn
The Pattaya City Council on June 29 teamed up with the Electricity
Generating Authority of Thailand, the Forestry Department and the Royal Navy
to initiate a tree-planting project at Had Samae on Koh Larn to honor the
60th anniversary of His Majesty the King’s accession to the throne.
A previous tree-planting project had taken place on Koh Larn in 2004, around
the mountainous area of the island, and the different varieties are now
flourishing, greatly adding to the natural attractiveness of the scenery. As
on that occasion, a great number of people turned out to join in the latest
project, which was presided over by Mayor Niran Wattanasartsathorn. Council
members, traders, members of the public and schoolchildren from Pattaya #10
School all helped to plant more than 3,000 trees of different types.
As well as being part of the Royal anniversary celebrations, the project was
organized to replenish the natural surroundings of Koh Larn, which in the
past have suffered depredations from those for whom environmental protection
is not of first priority.
Celebrations for British consul awarded MBE
in birthday honours
Consular hot spot to have office soon
A party was held at The Balcony Restaurant in North Pattaya
on June 26 for Barry Kenyon, the British Embassy’s honorary consul in Pattaya,
who was named Member of the Order of the British Empire in the Queen’s birthday
honours recently announced in London. His MBE is for meritorious service to the
Foreign and Commonwealth Office.
Amongst the well-wishers were Mayor Niran Wattanasartsathorn and Deputy Mayor
Verawat Khakhay.
 Mayor
Niran Wattanasartsathorn congratulates Barry Kenyon on receiving his MBE.
Barry has worked for the embassy for 10 years in several capacities and was
promoted to his present position last August. His main role is to represent the
embassy’s interests when British nationals are arrested and imprisoned, fall
seriously ill or die at the resort. He also acts as a go-between with the
immigration police to issue clearance documentation for some long-stay visa
holders.
At least two Britons are arrested each week, mostly for overstaying their visas
or working without a work permit.
 Barry
receives good wishes from Nittaya Patimasongkroh, Chairperson of the Y.W.C.A.
Bangkok-Pattaya Center.
Graduating from Liverpool University in 1963, Barry Kenyon later studied for a
doctorate in the United States. He was variously an income tax officer, a
journalist and a police college lecturer before settling on a career in further
education management in Britain and overseas. He has lived in Thailand since
1992.
He said that around 700,000 UK citizens visit Thailand every year, and around a
third of them come to Pattaya for a short or long stay.
“We hope by the end of this year to open an office in the resort, with a paid
secretariat, as the work has really outgrown me and my mobile phone in this
consular hot spot,” he said.
Royal anniversary portraits in high demand amongst the citizenry
Piyavadee Suvannahong
Foreigners and Thais alike have been buying huge quantities of photographs of
His Majesty the King during the 60th anniversary of His accession to the throne
celebrations, the overseas visitors taking the pictures back to their own
countries as a memento of a joyful occasion that has attracted worldwide media
coverage.
 One
can also acquire the Royal pictures with elaborately carved frames.
Vendors in Pattaya have been happy at the brisk business in photographs and
yellow shirts bearing the Royal emblem. A vendor who has a stall at Naklua and
another in South Pattaya, who gave her name as Mrs Nonglak, said that the
favorite photograph is of His Majesty waving. Buyers like to mount this photo in
an attractive frame and place it in their home.
With the ceremonies now over, ceremony photos are also a big seller, as are
pictures taken of the King when he was a young man.
One buyer who spoke to Pattaya Mail, 36-year-old Prakong Chan-Iam, said he
decided to buy a photograph of His Majesty and was pleased that the price was
not high. The picture will be framed and kept in his home as a souvenir of the
great occasion.
Other goods selling well in Pattaya along with the photos and shirts are flags,
wristbands, caps, and brooches. Pattaya vendors have plenty of products to
select from, and say that everything is being snapped up.
The owner of a shop on Pattaya Second Road said that foreigners tend not to buy
the shirts, not from preference but because of the fact the garments are made to
Asian sizes and do not fit Westerners. Instead they take home almost any of the
other products available.
The Bureau of the Royal Household holds the copyright on Royal photographs and
anniversary memorabilia, and part of the income from sales will be presented to
His Majesty.
A vendor displays photographs of
Their Majesties on sale at her simple stand.
Friends meet for an off the cuff charity evening at the Sportsman
It was time to celebrate after a
fun night of fund rasing for charity.
A fun filled night was had by all at The Sportsman Pub &
Restaurant on Soi 13 last week. Eight ruff and ready chaps (with their cocktail
swilling female friends) arrived for an off the cuff charity evening, from Taffy
Bar on Soi V.C.
After nine very close and competitive games a ‘pot’ of 4.500 Baht was raised, Mr
Steve from The Sportsman was awarded with a free drink for being Man Of The
Match, after potting an outstanding double on the black to leave his nameless
partner with six balls!
After some glorious food and more liquid refreshments a few games of ‘Killer’
and a couple of grudge matches, a further 3.500 Baht was raised. With the total
now standing at 8,000 Baht Mr. Dez from Door 2 DOOR food delivery company kindly
donated 2.000 Baht to make the evenings total 10.000 Baht. Thank you Dez.
When all concerned thought the night could get no better, a sympthetic by
stander donated his designer hearing-aid to the cause, valued at 50.000 Baht! He
claimed that the said instrument had been made redundent due to a miraculous
hearing recovery. The very grateful owners of The Sportsman would like to thank
all generous parties. The Monies and the hearing-aid will be donated to a local
hospital who take care of children with hearing difficulties.
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