Yearly Archives: 2011
Pols, business leaders raise 850,000 baht for Ayutthaya ruins restoration
Politicians and local business leaders raised 850,000 baht to help restore ancient ruins damaged by floods in Ayutthaya. The...
Used coats hot as Pattaya shivers
Second-hand coats have become hot sellers after Bangkok’s flood put a chill on supply of new parkas much in demand from shivering Pattaya...
Let’s go fly a kite
Winter’s blustery winds mean big business for Pattaya’s kite vendors who are doing good trade introducing kites to Thais and enticing tourists to...
Eastern journalists reflect on 2011
Pattaya-area journalists looked back on 2011 and celebrated an early New Year as the Eastern Media of Thailand Association held its annual meeting....
Bangkok Airways welcomes a new Airbus 319
Prote Setsuwan, vice president of marketing, Ping Na Thalang, vice president for information systems and Capt. Saravoot Thonglek, assistant vice president flight operations...
Cabinet gives SRT nod to run Chatuchak weekend market
BANGKOK, Dec 27 - The Cabinet on Tuesday agreed that the State Railway of Thailand (SRT) has the management rights to Chatuchak weekend market...
Barter Card hosts party to jump-start Pattaya operation
In an effort to jump start its Pattaya operation, Barter Card (Thailand) hosted a welcoming party and marketing promotion to lure in new...
Honda destroys 1,000 flood-damaged vehicles to regain customer confidence
AYUTTHAYA, Dec 27 - Honda Automobile (Thailand) began destroying the first lot of 1,055 passenger cars badly damaged in severe flooding at its car...
Qantas / British Airways names new manager for Thailand, Vietnam and...
Qantas and British Airways have announced the appointment of Sriram Narayan as manager for Thailand, Vietnam and Cambodia replacing Neil Ager who moved...
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Thailand’s rule of law stands still as the world moves on
BANGKOK, Thailand - On 17 December in Bangkok, a new report quietly confirmed what many people in Thailand already feel in their daily lives:...
Pattaya’s Soi Siam Country Club Road resurfacing nears completion with final manhole adjustments
PATTAYA, Thailand – Motorists passing through Phornprapanimit Road or Soi Siam Country Club in Pattaya may notice construction crews carefully cutting around manhole covers...
Indian tourist cuts across road, motorcyclist seriously injured in Pattaya
PATTAYA, Thailand – A 41-year-old woman from Buriram province was seriously injured after her motorcycle lost control and crashed on Pattaya Beach Road early...
Kazakh tourist asked to remove tent from Pattaya Beach
PATTAYA, Thailand – Pattaya municipal officers on morning patrol found a Kazakh tourist camping on Pattaya Beach near Soi 6/1 on Saturday, setting up...
Even–odd parking rules in Pattaya welcome, but residents say problems run deeper
PATTAYA, Thailand – Pattaya City’s renewed enforcement of even–odd day roadside parking along South Pattaya from Sukhumvit Highway entrance to Wat Chaimongkol intersection, has...