With tourism levels at dramatic lows, the district
government is focusing on cleaning up a perceived drug problem in the tourism
sector, along with cleaning up Pattaya Beach, governing prices of various
products and putting an end to extortion incidents by jet ski operators.
Banglamung District’s chief administrator fears that drug use is increasing in
the Pattaya area and may be contributing to problems involving foreign tourists.
The onset of rainy season has the rats running again on Beach Road, made
fat on garbage left behind by tourists.
Vermin clambered around the sand from Soi 7 to Walking Street June 7,
snapping up scraps tossed by tourists and left behind by local pubs and
restaurants.
Area governments say Sukhumvit is root of Pattaya-area
transport problems
Pattaya-area officials say Sukhumvit Road sits at the heart of the
area’s traffic problems and a land transport “master plan” to be
delivered next year should focus on solving the highway’s congestion
woes.
Traveling around India can be a
challenge, but the offer of a trip to Chennai, with its
shopping and temples, made seeing the famous culture and
religion it too difficult to pass up.
Jesters: 17 years down the road and Caring for Kids more than ever
We have come a long way since
that night back in September of
1998 when we had a pub night at
Delaney’s for the benefit of the
Fountain of Life Center with one
major sponsor, Chonburi Siam
Steel Mill Services, which
resulted in raising a million
baht.
The second Saturday of June is, arguably, the most important day in
the Pattaya Sports Club calendar, for this is the day that the
Annual General Meeting is held to give the opportunity to the
Elective Members (EM) to vote on who will form the Executive
Committee (EC) for the following 12 months. Continued
