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Pattaya Mail Media Group receives
EMMA award for
9th consecutive year
Outstanding persons recognised for their services to society
Narisa Nitikarn
The Pattaya Mail Media Group, headed by Managing Director Pratheep
Malhotra, has won an outstanding EMMA award from the Eastern Mass Media
Association of Thailand for the 9th consecutive year.
 On
behalf of the Pattaya Mail and Pattaya Blatt, Pratheep “Peter” Malhotra
(right) receives an EMMA award from Chonburi Deputy Governor Rerngsak
Mahavinitchaimontri (center) as President of the Eastern Mass Media
Association of Thailand, Padungsak Tantraworasil looks on.
The award was presented on at the Mass Media Day gala function held at
the Chon Kalayanukul School in Chonburi on March 5, when outstanding
persons in the area were recognised for their services to society.
Mass Media Day of Thailand is celebrated throughout the country on March
5 every year, when members of all branches of the media gather together
to enjoy an evening of fellowship and rededication to their profession.
As they do every year, the Eastern Mass Media Association of Thailand,
led by President Padungsak Tantaraworasil, arranged their annual
function on that day. Chonburi Deputy Governor Rerngsak
Mahavinitchaimontri and dignitaries from various government departments
and private organisations were also in attendance.
As in preceding years, the annual event affords the opportunity for the
media administrators to recognise and thank outstanding members in their
various fields including print, broadcast and electronic media.
People from many other professions and organisations are also recognised
for their sacrifice and dedication not only to the media world but also
for their contribution and support of the community as a whole.
The Eastern Mass Media Association of Thailand was established in 1997
and in 11 years has developed and improved contacts between the press
and government and private organizations, charity organizations,
associations, foundations, clubs and other groups in the region. It has
also set up a foundation to look after the welfare of members and their
families.
Awards this year went to many organisations in the Pattaya and Sriracha
areas, the most noteworthy being the Tourism Authority of Thailand
Central Region 3 Office (Pattaya) who received an award for the Best
Public Relations and Promotion Department.
Amongst the recipients of ‘Outstanding Business Administrator for
promoting goodwill and friendship amongst the masses in the eastern
region of Thailand in 2007’ were Sopin Thappajug, MD of the Diana Group
in Pattaya, Poramet Ngampiches, former MP of Chonburi province, Dr.
Thanakom Manthananon, President of Phyathai Sriracha Hospital and
Pratheep Malhotra, Managing Director of the Pattaya Mail Publishing Co.,
Ltd.
There were also honorary awards given for the best outstanding
institutes of education and most important, the various members of the
mass media in the eastern region of Thailand.
This is the 9th consecutive award that Pratheep “Peter” Malhotra has
received an EMMA award on behalf of the Pattaya Mail and the 5th for
Pattaya Blatt.
Pratheep said he was proud and happy to receive such recognition from
the association and says that a successful administrator must have good,
supportive and dedicated staff to be able to accomplish company’s set
goals. “This is an award for all of us in the Pattaya Mail, Pattaya
Blatt and PMTV. We have won it together.”
Peter says, “The Pattaya Mail Media Group has long been working closely
with the community. We aim to give knowledge to the public, Thais and
foreigners alike, as widely and effectively as we can. Only with the
sharing of information amongst the masses can we create understanding
amongst the different peoples, which will ultimately lead to world
peace.”
(Left) Kamolthep Malhotra receives the award
on behalf of Sopin Thappajug, MD of the Diana Group and (right) Dechtana
Boonyaprapachot on behalf of Poramet Ngampiches, former MP of Chonburi
for their outstanding Business Administrator for promoting goodwill and
friendship amongst the masses in the eastern region.
Center offers everything under one roof
SCG administrators and celebrities,
including Manoon Wongthongsri (3rd from right), administrator of the SCG
Building Products business, and Kanchit Witchabunsiri, Home Mart
administrator, celebrate the opening ceremony.
Ariyawat Nuamsawat
The Cement Thai Roofing Center launched at the Home Mart Center on
March 3 by SCG Building Products is a one-stop service that brings
together six roof production companies with eight brands, and marks the
company’s debut in Pattaya.
Amongst those attending the opening party was guest of honor General
Kanit Permsub, Deputy Chief Aide-De-Camp, General to His Majesty the
King, and his wife Busyarat.
 General
Kanit and Khunying Busyarat Permsub, are taken on a tour of the vast
showroom at the “Roofing Studio”.
SCG director Manoon Wongthongsri said that visitors could see the full
line of products at the center, with each roof band using different
materials, designs and styles. Potential buyers, who range from
homeowners to building contractors and project developers, therefore
have the opportunity to select roofing according to their needs.
Manit Bunprasert, manager of the Cement Thai Roofing Center, said staff
will offer advice on all types of roof, on calculating a budget for
installation, and for designing and installing a framework for the roof.
Manit added that during this month the center will open two more
branches, in Ubon Ratchathani and Nakhon Pathom, and after this
expansion will continue with outlets in Bangkok, Nonthaburi, Phuket and
Rayong.
Also scheduled is a name change for SCG, which will become the Ban Chang
Group. Manit said that an elephant had for a long time been used as a
corporate symbol for the company, and that the name change reflected
this.
Chaikiri Srifuengfung of the Horse Shoe
Point and Manit Bunprasert in discussions over the future of the
building boom on the eastern seaboard.
General Kanit sinks a ‘hole in one’ at the
RCI Stand much to the pleasure of all around.
General Kanit Permsub (2nd right), Deputy
Chief Aide-De-Camp, General to His Majesty the King, and his wife
Khunying Busyarat congratulate Home Mart administrators Kanchit
Witchabunsiri and Mrs. Achara Witchabunsiri.
No local celebration would be complete
without some beautiful women dancing on stage.
VIP guests gather for a group photograph.
A happy 19th for the Green Bottle
Sopin and friends pour the
traditional champagne fountain to celebrate both the Green Bottle’s 19th
Anniversary and Sopin Thappajug’s birthday.
Narisa Nitikarn
The Green Bottle Pub on Second Road celebrated its 19th birthday on March
10, the occasion itself also marking the celebrations for the birthday of
Diana Group managing director Sopin Thappajug.
 Happy
Birthday ‘Aunty Noi’
Two singers were invited along to provide a melodic backdrop to the evening,
namely Ford Sobchai Kraiyoorasen and Miguel, and they performed a
mini-concert for the guests.
The evening began with Sixties songs from Green Pepper, followed by a magic
show from Tuxedo. Ford and Miguel took to the stage next, and then they
joined in the cutting of the birthday cake and the opening of the champagne.
Amongst the guests presenting flowers to Sopin were Suwanthep Malhotra,
executive director for sales and markting at Pattaya Mail Publishing Co
Ltd, and Sue K, also from Pattaya Mail.
Sopin said that the actual dates of the two birthdays was March 4, but
Saturday 10 had been a better time for many of her friends and the pub’s
customers to attend the party.
Komson Srisam, asst. group
general manager of the Diana Group, celebrates with customers.
Tony, Miguel and Rung having a
good time before the concert.
The mini-concert performed by
Ford (left) and Miguel (right) was one of the many highlights of the night.
Sopin Thappajug and Komson
Srisam present flowers to Ford and Miguel
Sue K. from Pattaya Mail
(yellow shirt) and the Pattaya Mail team say happy birthday and
congratulations to Sopin Thappajug and her lovely team.
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