Chiang Mai on Monday launched the 10th Chiang Mai Chinatown Chinese New Year Festival 2012 at Waroros Market area in the heart of the city. Chiang Mai Mayor Tassanai Buranupakorn and Chinese Consul-General in Chiang Mai, Zhu Weimin jointly presided over the opening ceremony of the festive event, which featured a procession almost one-kilometre long. […]
Five volunteer officers of Thappraya center beat up a news reporter in front of a thousand local and foreign spectators who attended the Loy Krathong festival. The police assumes this is due to some negative news about the officers that the reporter filed earlier. Pattaya, November 10, 2011[PDN];Mr. Anucha Noyjamnong, a local Pattaya City news […]
CHIANG MAI, Sept 29 – Chiang Mai mayor Tassanai Buranupakorn on Thursday apologised to city dwellers for his failure to prevent the Ping River from flooding the commercial area of Thailand’s largest northern province, which he initially estimated losses of at least one billion baht. The mayor expressed regret that Chiang Mai’s downtown was hit […]
The 28-year-old son of the Deputy Major of London has collapsed and died in a £12 a night guest house after attending a wild ‘Full Moon Party’ on the Thai island of Koh Phangan. Police said here today that Andrew John Lister, 28, son of Edward Lister, the former Tory chief of Wandsworth Council, collapsed […]
The Jet Ski Scam that has plagued beach cities in Thailand for years may have been resolved in Pattaya thanks to the Pattaya mayor and his team. Pattaya Mayor Itthipol Kunplome ordered his administrative team, including the local prosecutor, to sit down with all Pattaya jet ski and boat operators to resolve the jet ski […]
Gay rights advocate Natee Teerarotchanapong yesterday praised the Chiang Mai Administrative Court’s ruling, which said it was unlawful for the Nakhon Chiang Mai Municipality to ban gay people and transvestites from appearing on the 2010 Loy Krathong Festival’s floats, based upon new standards earlier enacted to assist Chiang Mai in becoming a model city without […]
CHON BURI, 29 June 2011 (NNT) – Pattaya City is striving for excellence within 3 years hoping the economy will be even more vibrant through its environmental preservation program. Deputy Mayor of Pattaya City Mr. Wattana Chantanawaranont has chaired a meeting with a group of executives and government officials in a brainstorming session for a […]
The Pattaya (City) Expats Club celebrated its 10th Year Anniversary at its longtime home on the grounds of the Amari Orchid Pattaya. Pattaya Mayor Ittiphol Kunplome, Chief of District Mongkol Dhamakittikul, Founding Chairman Drew Noyes, Current Chairman Michel de Goumois, Past Chairman Richard Smith, Past Chairman Max Rommell and Expat Club Founder Preben Hansen were […]
