Yearly Archives: 2015
Consultants recommend scrapping Buraphavithi-Pattaya Expressway project
Consultants studying the proposed Buraphavithi-Pattaya Expressway have recommended that the 50-billion-baht project that has enraged residents along its planned route be scrapped. ...
Pattaya Youth Band Music Contest scheduled for Feb. 22
Nearly 50,000 baht will be up for grabs as Pattaya youths sing and play music at the Pattaya Youth Music Band Contest Feb. 22....
Pattaya School No. 11 becomes first ‘Love to Read School’
The operators of 7-Eleven stores in Thailand recognized Pattaya School No. 11’s commitment to reading programs by awarding it the first “Love to Read...
Green Leaf Foundation aims for smoke-free hotels
The Green Leaf Foundation and Thai Health Promotion Foundation are helping hotel employees kick the habit and earn awards for their employers. The two...
DASTA readies hoteliers for AEC
The Designated Areas for Sustainable Tourism Administration offered help to Pattaya hotel operators trying to get ready for the ASEAN Economic Community by offering...
TAT Highlights “2015 Discover Thainess” at Spanish travel trade show
Bangkok, 2 February, 2015 – The new national tourism promotion campaign “2015 Discover Thainess” has made further approaches in Europe with the Tourism Authority...
Private sector wants to push export promotion as national agenda
BANGKOK, 2 Feb 2015, The private sector has proposed that the government make export promotion a national agenda, in order to better cope with...
Chiang Mai public hearing wants the Government to decentralize power
CHIANG MAI, 2 Feb 2015, Locals of the Northern Province of Chiang Mai have expressed their hopes for the Government to decentralize administrative power...
NE Region universities sign an MoU with THPF on alcohol in...
SURIN, 2 Feb 2015, Thai Health Promotion Foundation (THPF) yesterday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with 8 universities in the lower Northeastern region...
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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...