Yearly Archives: 2014
Chadchart plans to generate 1 billion baht income annually in the...
BANGKOK, 6 Feb 2014, Transport Minister Chadchart Sittipunt plans to enhance performance of the logistic sector with an aim of increasing the sector's annual...
BOT says will not interfere with banks’ decision to lend to...
BANGKOK, 6 February 2014 The Bank of Thailand (BOT) has asserted it will not interfere with commercial bank's judgement regarding provision of loans to...
Mountain Dew BBQ Chicken for children
This is probably the silliest and easiest chicken dish for non-cooks. (K. Ocha takes no responsibility for this dish in any way!) All items...
Thai rice exports likely to rise this year
BANGKOK, Feb 5 - Thai rice exporters forecast this year's rice exports should rise 0.9 per cent due to positive factors that the government...
Pattaya Floating Market uses sea boxing to spur business
With Thailand tourism floundering, the Pattaya Floating Market is trying to spark business by offering daily sea boxing matches. Manager Asanan Sriviroj announced the...
Community Happenings – Friday February 7 – February 13, 2014
Events The next Pattaya City Expats Club (PCEC) meeting will be on Sunday, Feb. 9. Everyone is warmly welcome. The speaker will be John...
Handicapped Tourism introduced to Skål
The Skål Pattaya and East Thailand monthly networking meeting for January was held at the Centara Grand Mirage Beach Resort Pattaya, and was one...
Raising money for charity can be fun
If you thought that raising money for charity in Thailand is hard work, you’re right. It is. But it can be fun, too, per...
PCEC members give New Year greetings to Chonburi’s Governor
On January 14, 2014, members of the Pattaya City Expats Club presented Chonburi Provincial Governor Khomsan Ekachai with a traditional hamper of foods for...
Latest Stories
A strong Baht, who wins, who loses and why expats are paying attention
PATTAYA, Thailand - “The baht is strengthening.” It sounds like an ordinary line from an economic report. For expats living in Thailand, it is...
Pattaya authorities enforce sidewalk rules, ticket cars blocking pedestrian paths
PATTAYA, Thailand – Pattaya municipal officers cracked down on vehicles obstructing sidewalks, issuing a ticket to a white Honda Jazz parked on South Pattaya...
Pattaya bustles with festive cheer on Christmas Eve
PATTAYA, Thailand — Pattaya came alive on Christmas Eve as tourists and locals flooded the city’s famous Walking Street, soaking up the festive atmosphere....
Foreign tourist injured in fight outside Jomtien beer bar in Pattaya
PATTAYA, Thailand — At around 2:00 a.m. on December 25, police at Pattaya City Station were notified of a brawl with injuries in front...
Foreign tourists clash in street fight along Pattaya Beach over minor bump
PATTAYA, Chonburi — A street brawl between two foreign tourists erupted along Pattaya Beach, causing alarm among onlookers and disrupting the area’s normally festive...