Pattaya City Manager
Pakorn Sukonthachart (left), representing Pattaya officials and
employees, gives a Happy New Year gift basket to Mayor Itthiphol
Kunplome (right).
Warunya Thongrod
More than 200 city workers and teachers offered New Year’s
wishes and presents to Mayor Itthiphol Kunplome.
The group, led by Pattaya Permanent Secretary Pakorn Sukonthachart, used
the occasion to exchange pleasantries and form closer bonds between the
mayor and civil servants.
The mayor wished everyone happiness in the new year and urged them to
work to develop Pattaya further. He also invited them to the city’s 36th
birthday celebration in November, which will feature a Hindu ceremony of
worship.
In more serious business, he listed a number of items that needed to be
planned soon in order to be ready for the annual budgeting cycle.
Thai New Year’s wishes traditionally involve saying good wishes and
giving presents such as flower bouquets, fruits baskets, cloths or rice,
as friends, families and bosses express love and respect toward one
another.
