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Most stupid suggestion ever
Editor
Re: City to spend 140 million baht on Pattaya Beach
beautification: I have the perfect answer - charge for parking on the
beachfront, say 100 baht, and they would soon find somewhere else to park.
Spend your money on making car parks as other countries do. It is just
laziness parking wherever it suits you.
Another traffic lane would be a nightmare, especially
narrowing the beachside for it. Does anyone ever go and see the volume of
people on the beachfront? Besides the short time girls, there are people
with pushchairs, bicycles, and the odd roller skaters. Also little children
like to play safely on it whilst their parents are looking after their
beachfront business. This is the most stupid suggestion ever.
Marjorie McGuire
Still doesn’t feel welcome here
Editor;
I just watched Pattaya Mail on TV, a big Norwegian
bringing in free wheelchairs/beds for disabled people, which was
commendable. PSC, a charitable organisation, Jesters, bars, and many more,
here and throughout the country, all contributing to helping unfortunate
Thai people.
Yet after 10 years, I have never felt welcome here, from
the government, where many years ago one of its elected officials made a
comment that ‘all Farang are rich’ to immigration, and so on.
I thought when the British educated PM took over, we
would see some small changes, but no. We are wanted only for our spending,
and I feel that will never change
Mat Jomtien
Beach road
beautification?
Editor;
I just read your article on the upcoming beach road
beautification and I am frankly shocked. My initial thoughts on reading the
heading were that the long awaited beach regeneration was to finally go
ahead. But no, as that budget is not yet approved. Instead the plan is to
further reduce the beach / promenade area by building an extra road lane as
well as planting a few trees, touching up the paintwork and making the beach
vendors buy new umbrellas again so they are all the same colour.
This should be the prime tourist area and why anyone
would want more vehicles in that area is beyond me. Hasn’t the success of
walking street taught anyone in city hall anything? Tourists and locals
alike prefer to walk in a safe, car free area, not along a 4 lane highway
with narrow pavements. Will there also be 20 sets of traffic lights
installed to allow people to cross this 4 lane highway and will they be
ignored as happened in the recent past?
If traffic congestion is considered a problem on beach
road the fix is easy and has been done for short periods in the past -
remove all the motorbike and car rental stations that have taken over the
left lane. This allows traffic to flow much better and frees up much needed
parking space.
I also wonder how long it will be before this new road
will be turned into a permanent market area. Any bets?
Scottish George
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Great 4 or 5 years
Editor;
They will probably do all the planting and beautifying to
Beach Road just before they tear it all out so cars and taxis will have
another lane to go, nowhere? This, combined with the with the underpass work
at Sukhumvit & Pattaya Klang will make it a great 4 or 5 (or 10) years to
drive in Pattaya! The good news is that all the giant tour buses that have
only 10 passengers will be able to double park more easily, but wait for one
to get caught in the Sukhumvit underpass when it fills with rain water...big
fun!
Tom Pobthaialnd
Thanks for mentioning the divorce rate
Editor;
Thank you Hillary for mentioning the divorce rate in the
civilized world. It is the same rate in Germany and after the law changed in
Germany in 1977, a divorce meant a nearly financial ruin in case the man had
a good income and property and so on. Plus the money you had to pay for the
children. You had to share what you both own (house car) and you had to pay
your ex-wife too because she had to take care the children and could not
work. Moaners and groaners crying for the loss of 2 million Thai baht?
Peanuts! They have never been divorced before in Europe I guess.
Ronald from Rayong
Congratulations Pattaya Mail
Editor;
Re: “Sattahip officials bring aid to boy recovering from
hydrocephalus surgery” Pattaya Mail, Friday, Feb. 10 -
Congratulations Pattaya Mail, without your coverage this family would
have been ignored by hospitals and officials alike. Your story has helped
this poor family immensely.
Mark
What will end of Beach Road / Walking Street look like now?
Editor;
What a waste of money. I can see problems (technical)
already with adding another lane that obviously would have to be at the
beach side. While the whole world seems to be trying to reduce traffic,
Pattaya does the opposite and concentrates more into an already congested
area. What the end of Beach Road / walking street will look like I don’t
know. Is this April 1st?
Ian
Are my eyes playing tricks on me?
Editor;
Is it just me or are my eyes playing tricks on me? In the
story about the victim Norwegian Tourist getting robbed (“Norwegian
robbed of 60,000 baht by Jomtien bargirl” - Pattaya Mail Feb 17), is the
policeman in the station at his desk playing Solitaire? Really? Really? Way
to go officer, that will get you some immediate leads into the case.
John Serat
Expect traffic snarls at all times
Editor;
Expect traffic snarls at all times. Beach Road is a mess.
Instead of bothering farangs without helmets for 100 baht, how about the
police concentrate on getting vehicles moving? This would not provide them
with any fines, so it will never happen.
Rick Delaney
Crazy idea
Editor;
Reducing the walk area for pedestrians along Beach Road
is a crazy idea. Indeed, ban parking along Beach Road. It certainly needs a
clean-up, as it is really tatty and while they’re at it, get serious about
moving all the pros and ladyboys at night! Let’s have fines of BT1,000 +
too. With a smaller footpath, people will be even more unlikely to escape
wandering hands.
John
Pork barrel
merry-go-round
Editor;
Re: Beach Road beautification: When friends of city hall
have the contacts for concrete and road resurfacing, this is a tried and
tested winner for generating massive volumes of spondulas for all parties
involved. Well done committee! They fell for it again. Once the new concrete
has set and the 1mm of tarmac has dried it will be time to dig it all up
again for the next set of drainage pipes. 3 months after that we can replant
fresh electrical cables. Repeat ad infinitum. It’s the Fun City pork barrel
merry-go-round. LOL.
David W.
Another typical scam?
Editor;
Create a nice looking beach side, then narrow the
footpath making it hard for the tourists to enjoy it. This sure seems like
another typical scam. Football fields would bring in sports tourists playing
in tournaments if they were developed right, whereas the beautification
would just spend money with no foreseeable monetary benefit, except to those
doing the construction.
Kool Breez
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