Pattaya celebrates
HM the Queen’s birthday with city’s biggest ever Buddhist ceremony

Over 30,000 local residents gathered to offer food to 2,000 monks and novices on August 10, making merit for the occasion of Her Majesty the Queen’s birthday and to support 266 Buddhist temples in the troubled Southern provinces.

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Delay sought on Maptaput industrial expansion

The Thai cabinet has been asked to put on hold the decision to expand the Maptaput industrial area, which would result in investment projects worth up to 400 billion baht being postponed, on the grounds that such an expansion would cause unacceptable environmental problems.
The National Health Commission Office has proposed five points to the cabinet regarding management of the Maptaput industrial area in Rayong. The points relate to environmental concerns, and have been raised after it was found that the quality of life was declining in this area more than in other provinces.
If expansion is delayed it would mean that 56 investment projects mostly concerning petrochemicals and valued at somewhere between 200 and 400 billion baht would be postponed until there is a satisfactory solution.

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