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Thumbs up for Pattaya Police

Disregard for beach cleanliness not restricted to any nationality

Aloha To All

Volunteer to serve

Satisfied with baht bus services

Thumbs up for Pattaya Police

Editor;
To the two traffic policeman who worked the South Pattaya / 2nd. Rd. intersection on Monday (2.7.07) night 22.30: Congratulations for going after the street rowdies going through the red light with no respect for people on the road or any traffic laws!
Thanks to all police departments, the situation in Pattaya has been improving in many respects a lot in the last 6 months.
Instead of complaining - this seems to be the “Complaints-Capital” of the world - maybe it was time to acknowledge changes for the better and once in while say thank-you or give some praise and support for an often hard and unpleasant job well done!
Thanks and keep going Pattaya Police!
Walter G. & Friends

Disregard for beach cleanliness not restricted to any nationality

Mr KOTO seems to believe that all the garbage he cleans off the beaches is placed there by Farangs. Perhaps I could enlighten him. Please go down to Rayong province and visit the long beaches down there, particularly after any Thai holiday, You would be disgusted by the amount of garbage that is left on the beach, even after the local authority built a large number of garbage bins. I would estimate that for every Farang that visits these beaches there are a hundred Thais. You may also keep in mind that even though Pattaya and Jomtien are tourist areas there are considerably more Thais than Farangs visiting these areas. I often see Thai people throwing rubbish onto the ground within 5 metres of a garbage bin, while most Farangs will walk to the bins and dispose of rubbish properly.
So Mr. KOTO, instead of being ashamed of Farangs maybe you should look at the real cause of the major pollution.
As for the visa rules, you may want to do a little reading up before making statements that make little sense and only serve to anger the many Farangs here who are actively involved in the community, regardless of the almost blatant xenophobia shown by Thai authorities.
Regards
Freddie Clark

Aloha To All

This is KOTO, Keeper of the ocean, at this time I am out of the country and I hope some of you are Waster-Sizing, bending at the Waist, to pick up the Waste and getting rid of both, It is up to us to what kind of world we want to wake up to each day, do what you can to improve the life of the people and the wildlife, it is in our hands.
Buddha and God Bless you all. The life of the people is in the land. Help me save the ocean, which will save us.
Mahalo Nui Loa, (Thank you very much)

Volunteer to serve

Respected sir,
My name is Mr Venugopal Lakshmipuram, Self Management Human Trainer and Motivator and a social worker from India. I happened to visit Bangkok and Pattaya in the recent past. as a tourist and I enjoyed the beautiful and holy places of Thailand.I simply fell in love with the country and its friendly inhabitants.
What really worried me are teenage girls involving in flesh business and selling their bodies for want of money so that they look rich. If this continues they may have no future. Many of girls are used to smoking, drinking alcohol and so on…
So far I’ve trained more than 500,000 people particularly youth from different walks of life and got amazing results.
I would like to volunteer and render my services to bring social reformation. If required I’ll send my profile for your kind perusal. Please inform the concerned officials regarding my letter and my interest.
I love Thailand, the people of Thailand and your beloved King.
Venugopal Lakshmipuram
[email protected]

Satisfied with baht bus services

Dear Sir,
My Thai wife and I have only lived in Pattaya since 1986 so we don’t have the expertise espoused by some of the letter writers; however, I was more than a bit concerned that Baht bus drivers were referred to as “uncouth” and other unsavory characteristics. My own experience of some 20 years using Baht buses has been nothing but satisfactory. When a driver tells me 50 or 100 baht to drive some short distance I smile and say “Mai Pai Khap (Khrap)” and look to the next bus. I neither give him the finger nor call him a dirty name. I do not feel he is a crook because he tried to get a “premium”. It costs more than US $5.00 just to get into a cab in San Francisco and then the meter begins to run at rather expensive clicks. People who come to Thailand with an attitude should either leave the attitude at home or go back home. We never had the murders and crime seen now when there were fewer expatriates so if you have more on your mind than enjoying the country and its people, pack up and move on.
Pattaya Paul

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