Dear Editor,
Will the foreign media ever get it right? They were very keen to highlight the recent violence between the red shirts and the government, but now it’s over they’ve seemingly forgotten us. By their coverage, especially the BBC and CNN effectively helped to drive potential tourists away now they don’t even bother to tell [...]
Dear Editor,
My friends, some of whom are bar owners are telling me there is a new crackdown on people without work permits. I heard of one poor guy who had to pay a million baht to get out of jail after he had been arrested for working behind his bar with no work permit. Do [...]
Dear Editor,
My friends, some of whom are bar owners are telling me there is a new crackdown on people without work permits. I heard of one poor guy who had to pay a million baht to get out of jail after he had been arrested for working behind his bar with no work permit. Do [...]
Dear Editor,
Changes to UK Tax Rules – Pattaya Today – 1st – 15h May
A very intelligent article spoiled by ‘UK nationals now have to go back home or to go Hong Kong or other states out of Thailand to renew their passports’ which is not correct and will cause a lot of anxiety and confusion [...]
Dear Editor,
You had better issue an imminent earthquake warning to your readers on two counts: first, if the senior Iranian cleric is correct, he apparently said women who wear revealing clothing and behave promiscuously are to blame for earthquakes, as well as blaming a recent earthquake in the Tehran region on protestors. Know what [...]
Dear Editor,
Who are the buffaloes in Pattaya city hall, who gave permission for a silly laser show to blast loudspeakers with techno music on Jomtien Beach all through the night? It started Friday evening, 26th March before sundown. We were looking forward to midnight when the madness surely would stop. However, it continued full blast [...]
Dear Editor,
I feel I must make a protest about our Russian tourist visitors, particularly the women. Have they no shame? They ride around on the Baht Buses virtually unclothed, showing all they’ve got. I don’t mind so much when they are young and attractive, but the vast majority are quite the opposite. OK a little [...]
Dear Editor.
I hear tell that the new Pattaya Police Commissioner wants to recruit Pattaya’s motor cycle taxi and Baht bus drivers to act as vigilantes to help the police reduce rising crime rates, especially offences against tourists. These people are all controlled by the local mafia. What must he have been thinking? It’s like setting [...]
Dear Ed.
I am returning on holiday to Pattaya and understand from my friends that Thai Immigration has imposed regulations concerning how much money one needs on arrival in the country. Can you confirm this info? Or better still write a reply to this letter so my friends can read it and pass it on to [...]
Dear Editor,
Yesterday, my room safe was broken into. I made a report to the Pattaya police, but have heard nothing back. The details are that between 15.00 and 17.50 yesterday my room safe was broken into. They took my Thai Bank ATM debit card, and proceeded to spend over 75000 baht, they also took between [...]
