After a business meeting at Pattaya City Hall recently, the new German ambassador, H.E. Peter Pruegel and his entourage were guests of Gerrit Niehaus and his wife Anselma at the Thai Garden Resort. (l-r) Dr. Peer Gebauer, Deputy Head of Mission, Rudolf Hofer, honorary consul in Pattaya, HE Peter Pruegel, Dr. Juergen Koppelin, the honorary chairman of the FDP political party in Schleswig-Holstein, Gerrit and Anselma Niehaus and Sonja Gebauer, Counsellor (Politic and Protocol) at the German Embassy.