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Thousands turn out to wish Somchai Khunpluem many happy returns on his 65th birthday
Somchai Khunpluem, aka ‘Kamnan Poh’, was showered
with flowers and birthday wishes on his 65th birthday Monday September 30th.
Residents and business people from throughout the province were joined by
politicians from the local, provincial and central governments who turned
out to wish the mayor of Saensuk Municipality many happy returns.
Saensuk
Mayor Somchai Khunpluem (center) receives his grandiose birthday cake
amongst family and friends on the occasion of his 65th birthday.
Somchai Khunpluem has been a prominent figure in Chonburi
Province for many years. His children are now in the political arena at the
provincial and national levels; Sonthaya Khunpluem, his eldest son holds the
position of Minister of Science, Technology and the Environment, Witthaya
Khunpluem is a parliamentary representative from Chonburi and an advisor to
the minister of Labor and Social Welfare and president of the Chonburi
Sports Association, Itthipol Khunpluem is a parliamentary representative
from Chonburi and Jiraporn Khunpluem is the managing director of the Saen
Beach Hotel and holds other positions as well.
Somchai has been the mayor of Saensuk since 1976. Saensuk Municipality
received its city status this year, and with everyone’s favorite mayor at
the helm bringing prosperity to the region by developing industry and
tourism.
Sophon Cable TV celebrates 10 years of broadcasting
Sophon Cable TV recently held a special party to mark its
10th anniversary. Chanyut Hengtrakul, consultant for the Ministry of
Science, Technology and Environment, and managing director of Sophon Cable
TV invited many high ranking officials to the event.
The
managing director of Sophon Cable TV Chanyut Hengtrakul (center) received a
bouquet of flowers from Rewat Polluk-In, deputy chairman of the Chonburi PAO
on the occasion of the television network’s 10th anniversary.
In traditional Buddhist fashion, 9 monks performed a
formal good luck and merit-making ceremony. As a gesture of generosity to
the community, goods worth more than 20,000 baht were donated to a temple
school.
Then guests set out to have a little fun. Football
matches were held between Pattaya Soccer Club, a Sophon Cable TV team and
Thai schools.
A decade of broadcasting has seen Sophon Cable TV grow to
more than 50 channels, including ITV, Channels 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, offering
national and international news, sports news and entertainment. Good luck
for the next 10 years!
Bruno turns Six!
by Miss Terry Diner
Well, to be truthful, it was not Bruno Forrer who turned
six, but the restaurant opened by him and the late Louis Fassbind that
celebrated its 6th anniversary last weekend.
A little of the restaurant’s history was given by the Pattaya
Mail’s publisher Peter Malhotra, who outlined the events in those six
years, which included the addition of chef and partner Fredi Schaub. He gave
credit to Bruno and Fredi (and Mr Pattaya, the departed and most beloved
Louis Fassbind) for having given Pattaya a world class fine dining
restaurant, which had in turn raised the public perception of Pattaya as a
world class tourist destination.
Mio and
Jan Olav Aamlid (L) presented a rare Celadon dish to Bruno Forrer and Fredi
Schaub (standing) on the occasion of the restaurant’s sixth anniversary.
To mark the occasion, Fredi prepared a special gourmet
dinner for the assembled Pattaya "foodies" that included such
mouth-watering items as a horseradish cream soup with pan-fried salmon,
making a very interesting combination, and a main course of Australian beef
tenderloin in a piquant balsamic sauce served on gratin potatoes accompanied
by a ragout of white and green asparagus.
The guests that evening were a "who’s who" of
Pattaya, across all sections of society, but all linked with a common
interest in fine food and united by a desire to pay their thanks and
respects to Bruno and Fredi for their contribution to the culinary scene in
Pattaya.
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