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Still doesn’t feel welcome here

Friday, 24 February 2012 Issue Vol. XX No. 8
Editor; I just watched Pattaya Mail on TV, a big Norwegian bringing in free wheelchairs/beds for disabled people, which was commendable.  PSC, a charitable organisation, Jesters, bars, and many more,…

Beach road beautification?

Friday, 24 February 2012 Issue Vol. XX No. 8
Editor; I just read your article on the upcoming beach road beautification and I am frankly shocked. My initial thoughts on reading the heading were that the long awaited beach…

Great 4 or 5 years

Friday, 24 February 2012 Issue Vol. XX No. 8
Editor; They will probably do all the planting and beautifying to Beach Road just before they tear it all out so cars and taxis will have another lane to go,…

Thanks for mentioning the divorce rate

Friday, 24 February 2012 Issue Vol. XX No. 8
Editor; Thank you Hillary for mentioning the divorce rate in the civilized world. It is the same rate in Germany and after the law changed in Germany in 1977, a…

Expect traffic snarls at all times

Friday, 24 February 2012 Issue Vol. XX No. 8
Editor; Expect traffic snarls at all times. Beach Road is a mess. Instead of bothering farangs without helmets for 100 baht, how about the police concentrate on getting vehicles moving?…

Congratulations Pattaya Mail

Friday, 24 February 2012 Issue Vol. XX No. 8
Editor; Re: “Sattahip officials bring aid to boy recovering from hydrocephalus surgery” Pattaya Mail, Friday, Feb. 10 - Congratulations Pattaya Mail, without your coverage this family would have been ignored…

Are my eyes playing tricks on me?

Friday, 24 February 2012 Issue Vol. XX No. 8
Editor; Is it just me or are my eyes playing tricks on me? In the story about the victim Norwegian Tourist getting robbed (“Norwegian robbed of 60,000 baht by Jomtien…

Crazy idea

Friday, 24 February 2012 Issue Vol. XX No. 8
Editor; Reducing the walk area for pedestrians along Beach Road is a crazy idea. Indeed, ban parking along Beach Road. It certainly needs a clean-up, as it is really tatty…

What will end of Beach Road / Walking Street look like now?

Friday, 24 February 2012 Issue Vol. XX No. 8
Editor; What a waste of money. I can see problems (technical) already with adding another lane that obviously would have to be at the beach side. While the whole world…

Pork barrel merry-go-round

Friday, 24 February 2012 Issue Vol. XX No. 8
Editor; Re: Beach Road beautification: When friends of city hall have the contacts for concrete and road resurfacing, this is a tried and tested winner for generating massive volumes of…

Another typical scam?

Friday, 24 February 2012 Issue Vol. XX No. 8
Editor; Create a nice looking beach side, then narrow the footpath making it hard for the tourists to enjoy it. This sure seems like another typical scam. Football fields would…

Out of town students trashing our beaches

Friday, 17 February 2012 Issue Vol. XX No. 7
Editor; Saturday February 11th, the Pollution Solution Group was watering and feeding the stray dogs, replacing the older posters and removing staples. We saw several buses full of older school…

Re: Good grace of car drivers

Friday, 17 February 2012 Issue Vol. XX No. 7
Editor: In regards to the response last week from your reader “Good grace of car drivers”, I believe his assessment is somewhat incorrect.  I have been driving for nearly 45…

Pattaya beaches

Friday, 17 February 2012 Issue Vol. XX No. 7
Dear Editor, Regarding Trev Witts’ letter: Your observations are not surprising anyone, of the ever increasing amount of rubbish on what is left of the beaches in Pattaya and Jomtien.…

Tourist violence

Friday, 17 February 2012 Issue Vol. XX No. 7
Dear Editor, I am dismayed to read of yet another case of extreme violence perpetrated against tourist and local people by mindless drunken thugs, in this case involving two knife…
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