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Clean the beach, watch a video

Friday, 01 June 2012 Issue Vol. XX No. 22
Aloha Editor; This young man, which we will call Boy due to the fact of his shyness and not saying his name, nonetheless had a desire to help us clean…

Re: Pets in Condominium

Friday, 01 June 2012 Issue Vol. XX No. 22
Francois, Re Pets in Condominium (Mailbag, May 25): The (management) at my condo in Naklua 16 have the same sort of habits of creating their own rules by decree. Amazingly…

Racially motivated attack

Friday, 01 June 2012 Issue Vol. XX No. 22
Dear Editor, At 7 p.m. yesterday, May 24th inside the gates of Eakmongkol 4 off Soi Khaotalo, I witnessed 2 middle aged foreign men savagely attacked by an initial 4…

Noise control act needed

Friday, 25 May 2012 Issue Vol. XX No. 21
Editor; Just off Soi Wat Boon Jomtien, a carnival/fairground & market has moved in about 100 meters from my condo. The noise is horrendous, from afternoon till after midnight, and…

What postal service?

Friday, 25 May 2012 Issue Vol. XX No. 21
Editor; Last week, I went into the post office on Sukhumvit Rd, Jomtien to ask why I was not receiving my mail. I asked to speak to the manager, and…

Pets in condominium

Friday, 25 May 2012 Issue Vol. XX No. 21
Editor, I’m living in one of the condos in a huge compound located along Chaiyapruk Road in South Jomtien. Lately, the manager and his committee have decided to prohibit pets…

Bikers in Thailand

Friday, 25 May 2012 Issue Vol. XX No. 21
Editor; I would stress that my options in this letter are purely my own. It was with some surprise and regret I read the recent statement by Kim Kiver, head…

Don’t allow drunks to drive jet skis

Friday, 25 May 2012 Issue Vol. XX No. 21
Dear Sir; For the last 7 years I have enjoyed holidaying in Pattaya several times each year, and during the festival occasions, including the New Year Songkran water capers. While…

Soi Chaiyapoon is a disgrace

Friday, 25 May 2012 Issue Vol. XX No. 21
Dear Sir, In relation to the absolute disgrace of the road surface in Soi Chaiyapoon, that road was resurfaced prior to 23-12-2010. Since then it was patched up 23-12-2010, 22-6-2011,…

Helping the animals

Friday, 18 May 2012 Issue Vol. XX No. 20
Editor; Now and again there are wonderful people that reach out to help others. In this case one of them happens to be a gentleman from San Francisco, USA. His…

Well done, Sue

Friday, 18 May 2012 Issue Vol. XX No. 20
Editor; Re: US Ambassador to Thailand visits Pattaya Mail Media Group (on PMTV): Good interview Sue, you had asked some very direct and somewhat solid questions relating to U.S. politics…
Dear Ed, Some time ago a letter was published in the “Mail” regarding health services in the UK for expats. It was a bit scary regarding costs to British citizens…

Sleepless in Jomtien

Friday, 18 May 2012 Issue Vol. XX No. 20
Editor; I recently spent a few days in Bangkok and a few things came to my notice. Firstly, there seemed to be no stray dogs around, then I noticed the…

Never change

Friday, 18 May 2012 Issue Vol. XX No. 20
Editor Re: It’s about time (Mailbag, April 20) -  I vastly prefer the Thai styles of road use to the over-regulated, safety at all costs attitude that has infected the…

Prohibition doesn’t work

Friday, 18 May 2012 Issue Vol. XX No. 20
Editor; Re: PM points police as key players in drug eradication (PM May 10, 2012) “...efforts to eradicate the problem of drugs...” - Good luck with that! So far all…
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