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Top investigators plan Pattaya crime office
Published on 21/08/2013
» The Department of Special Investigation (DSI), having recently opened a branch at Phuket airport, has promised later to extend its presence to Pattaya.
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Warning about Thai tourism
Published on 03/09/2013
» The Thai Chamber of Commerce has warned that Thailand is in danger of losing out to Malaysia and Singapore in the battle to attract tourists. Aat Pisanwanich, a director, said that other ASEAN countries had improved their tourist and hospitality profiles while Thailand appeared to be standing still. “Foreign visitors are less satisfied than they once were with the Siamese Smile,” he said whilst adding that some front-line staff tended to look displeased. He suggested that the service industry in Thailand should concentrate on improving staff attitudes or risk losing many visitors in the future. Other suggestions were to improve the language skills of staff, not only in English but in Japanese and Chinese as well. If these improvements were made, the Chamber concluded, Thailand could well draw up to 34 million tourists a year by the end of this decade with their revenue of 1.65 trillion baht contributing over 11 percent of the country’s gross domestic product. Currently Malaysia attracts slightly more than the 22 million visitors to Thailand at 25 million with Singapore next at 14 million.
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Too many foreign tramps
Published on 03/09/2013
» According to the Issarachon Foundation, there are now 200 or so foreigners roaming the streets and beaches in Thailand, unable to pay for their daily living costs or their airfare home. The main reason, according to the charity, is the increasing number of aliens who have registered property in the name of their Thai wife and then been ejected to fend for themselves. Natee Saravari, secretary-general of the Foundation, said that it was not uncommon to see Europeans sorting through the trash at fast food restaurants looking for something to eat or begging on beachfront areas. He added that whilst most Thai homeless people have some form of mental illness, most destitute farang are alcoholics. There are thought to be about 50 homeless foreign men in Pattaya, living mostly in beach areas and eating at one or two charitable institutions which don’t turn them away. Embassy sources say they mostly have expired visas or lost passports and can no longer receive cash handouts from diplomatic sources. Consular officers will contact relatives on request for financial assistance. If that fails, the general advice is to give themselves up for overstay. They will remain in prison pending often lengthy arrangements by their respective embassy to fly them home. Once returned, they will normally be deprived of their passport pending repayment of the airfare.
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Library prepares youth for ASEAN
Published on 03/07/2013
» <p>Pattaya Municipality Public Library held a Reading Week to encourage school children to study books and quality magazines more thoroughly and to prepare themselves for the advent of the ASEAN Economic Community in 2015. The library is also providing a computer game, Hello ASEAN, as well as quizzes and puzzles relating to the upcoming free-trade area.</p>
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Deadly virus alert issued for Chonburi
Published on 04/07/2013
» There has not been even one case of the coronavirus detected in Thailand, yet Chonburi health officials have been ordered to be on high alert for the deadly disease, particularly in Pattaya and other tourist centers. Pradit Sintavanarong, health minister, said patients with serious respiratory symptoms in all provinces will be monitored for Middle East respiratory syndrome corona virus (MERS-CoV), and that hospitals are prepared to receive suspected cases. Likewise, the Public Health Ministry is ready to deal with the disease. Thai Muslims and Arabs are most at-risk for contracting the SARS-like coronavirus. According to the World Health Organization, more than 70 such cases and 39 deaths have been reported—mostly in Saudi Arabia and also in Jordan, Qatar, United Arab Emirates, Tunisia, United Kingdom, France, Germany and Italy. Consequently, anyone traveling through those countries—including those planning to visit Mecca for the Hajj–may be vulnerable.
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Public Hearing in Hua Hin Launches the High Speed Train Project
Published on 05/07/2013
» The Bureau of Transport and Traffic Policy and Planning (BTTPP) recently organised a public hearing about the Bangkok-Hua Hin high speed train project. Officials revealed their preliminary research and design and local people expressed their opinions about this project.
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Thai Buddhist Lent to Bless Hua Hin
Published on 05/07/2013
» Hua Hin Municipality is preparing for the annual Buddhist Lent Ceremony, the tradition that marks the long standing of Buddhism in Thailand, said the Hua Hin Mayor Mr. Nopporn Wutthikul.
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Hua Hin Food Fest 2013 to Boast Mouthwatering Dishes
Published on 05/07/2013
» The Hua Hin Municipality, along with concerned agencies, is organising the Hua Hin Food Fest 2013 from 30th August to 1st September at the Queen Sirikit Memorial Park between 6.30 p.m. and 11.30 p.m.
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Get 20% off Your Great Getaway in Hua Hin
Published on 07/07/2013
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30 drunk drivers nabbed
Published on 15/05/2013
» Thirty men and women driving while intoxicated were arrested at police checkpoints throughout the Pattaya area. Most of the arrests occurred at the Dolphin roundabout in North Pattaya where traffic is forced to slow down, thus enabling the police more easily to stop and question drivers.
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