Yearly Archives: 2013
BCCT announces new Board of Directors
Fourteen members stood for election to the 2013 British Chamber of Commerce Thailand (BCCT) Board at the Annual General Meeting on 23 January...
Chalerm to meet former Malaysian PM on insurgency
BANGKOK, Jan 30 -- Thailand's Deputy Prime Minister Chalerm Yubumrung will travel to Malaysia's Langkawi early next month to meet former Malaysian premier...
Are Commodities an asset class?
Global investment in commodity-based exchange-traded products, structured notes and index swaps totalled approximately USD100 billion in 2006. Six years later, this number had risen...
Wat Chaimongkol designated royal temple
South Pattaya’s Wat Chaimongkol has been designated a royal temple, elevating what was once a private monastery in the area’s most important center of...
Pattaya, Qingdao ink sister-city agreement
Pattaya officials have formalized their ties to the Chinese city of Qingdao, signing a cooperative agreement in advance of next year’s World Plant...
Navy donates home to injured Sattahip marine
The Royal Thai Navy has built a new home for a Sattahip-based marine who lost both legs when a bomb went off during a...
City still wrangling over upgrade to dilapidated youth sports center
Nearly three years after calling the Pattaya Youth Sports Center a “dilapidated embarrassment,” city officials are again promising to upgrade facilities by building a...
Eastern Seaboard sees record industrial investment in 2012
Thailand’s Eastern Seaboard marked a new high in business investment during 2012, attracting 357.2 billion baht in capital with further growth expected in...
Majority of Pattaya stores, hotels, rental companies fail consumer-protection inspection, officials...
Police and consumer-protection officials are calling for swift remedial action after finding a majority Pattaya retail, hotel and vehicle-rental companies are selling uncertified...
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Panik auf Highway 36: Strauß sorgt für Aufsehen auf Pattaya–Rayong-Straße – sicher eingefangen
PATTAYA, Thailand – Eine ungewöhnliche Szene sorgte am Morgen des 7. April auf dem Pattaya–Rayong Highway 36 für Aufregung: Ein junger Strauß, etwa 170...
Gewaltverbot für Sicherheitskräfte auf Pattayas Walking Street – Maßnahmen nach wachsender Kritik an Übergriffen
PATTAYA, Thailand – Touristenpolizei, lokale Behörden und Betreiber von Unterhaltungslokalen haben am 7. April ein hochrangiges Treffen abgehalten, um die Sicherheitsmaßnahmen in der Walking...
Khao Kheow Open Zoo kühlt Tiere mit Fruchteis und Beschäftigungsprogrammen bei steigender Hitze
PATTAYA, Thailand – Der Khao Kheow Open Zoo, nur etwa eine Autostunde von Pattaya entfernt, hat spezielle Maßnahmen eingeführt, um Tiere während der zunehmenden...
Pattaya füllt sich zu Songkran – Blick richtet sich bereits auf die Zeit danach
PATTAYA, Thailand – Mit dem Höhepunkt des Songkran rückt Pattaya erneut in den Mittelpunkt: volle Straßen, ausgebuchte Hotels und die vertraute Energie, die Thailands...
Van driver arrested after alleged assault of Ukrainian tourist in Phuket
PHUKET, Thailand – Local police have swiftly apprehended a 43-year-old van driver, identified as Sukun, following allegations of sexually assaulting a Ukrainian tourist.
The incident...