Pattaya leaders respond to Prime Minister Chavalit’s accusations
(L to R) Phanga
Wattanakul, Advisor to the PBTA and Sutham
Phantusak, President of the Thai Hotel
Association Eastern Chapter meet with Prime
Minister Chavalit Yongchaiyudh in Sattahip.
The meeting which the business people of Pattaya
had with the Prime Minister is now bearing
fruit. The group requested that General Chavalit
take more action on Pattaya’s various problems.
But they didn’t want the police invasion that is
happening at this time.
Pratheep Singh Malhotra, the owner and editor of the local
English Newspaper, the Pattaya Mail, filed a libel complaint
with Pattaya police on Tuesday, April 22.
Police escorted an elephant and its mahout to the outer city limits after they received a complaint that mahouts had been bringing elephants into Pattaya city. This usually occurs when there is no work for the large beasts in the country.
This year’s Pattaya Festival was
very well planned, and it showed when the great
spectacle got underway with the Grand Parade on Thursday
the 17th of April. Many hotels, restaurants, clubs and
private organizations joined this, the most beautiful
parade ever.
While most of us were either dodging buckets
full of water, or throwing them, not everyone
celebrated the arrival of the Thai New Year in
the same manner.
