CBRE Thailand was the leading award recipient at the Asia Pacific Property Awards presentations. The company received five 5-star awards at the national level for Best Consultancy, Agency, and Website in Thailand. Co-sponsored by HSBC Bank Malaysia Berhad and the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors Asia, the event and gala dinner were at...
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Vitanart Vathanakul, Royal Cliff Hotels group executive director, accepts the 5-star award for Best Convention Hotel Thailand at the International Hotel Awards in Kuala Lumpur.
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by Derek Franklin Chinese conglomerate TE Connectivity recently visited the Father Ray Children’s Village as part of their Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) programme. In Pattaya to attend a business conference, 30 TE Connectivity managers, led by Tom Whelan, vice president, Finance Asia Pacific, worked alongside the young residents of the Children’s Village. Strong...
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Note Junior (third from left) from Khu Huu Talon Tour Program seen here during his stay at the Nova Platinum Hotel. Also in photo are Jantima Mingkwan, assistant restaurant manager (left), and Varongpat Nanthivatcharin, PR coordinator (right).
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Tropical Dream Pattaya hosted this month’s Lighthouse Charity event, held at the Grand Ballroom of the Hilton Pattaya. Led by its mom-and-son management team Sylvie Schaffer and Gery Kis, the 2011 winner for Best Condo Development in the Eastern Seaboard by the Thanachart Bank Thailand Property Awards welcomed guests who were just as...
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Thousands of umbrellas have been donated to help in the local publicity campaign Pattaya City Definitely More. They were donated by Bangkok Pattaya Hospital, Air Asia, Ripley’s Believe It Or Not, Visa Card and Central Festival Pattaya Beach. Pattaya Mayor Itthiphol Kunplume said that the umbrellas would be erected around town to add...
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A party at Foodland, Central Pattaya, featured meat and dairy products as well as baked goods and wines. The annual International Food & Beverage Party 2012 was sponsored by Foodland Supermarket Co., Ltd, and the Food & Beverage Importers. Edwin Lim, Foodland managing director, said the party provides samples to customers as a...
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A party at Foodland, Central Pattaya, featured meat and dairy products as well as baked goods and wines. The annual International Food & Beverage Party 2012 was sponsored by Foodland Supermarket Co., Ltd, and the Food & Beverage Importers. Edwin Lim, Foodland managing director, said the party provides samples to customers as a...
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Officials from various villages and communities in the Pattaya area were invited to City Hall for a seminar on improving the quality of life. It was agreed that being charitable to the poor and solving drug problems were amongst the top priorities.
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Officials from various villages and communities in the Pattaya area were invited to City Hall for a seminar on improving the quality of life. It was agreed that being charitable to the poor and solving drug problems were amongst the top priorities.
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Ratchadaporn Sangvibut, owner of the Bodika Bar on Soi Post Office, handed to police a wallet which had been dropped outside her bar. Two customers noticed the wallet on the floor and gave it to the bar management. Police said they had not succeeded in tracking down the owner of the wallet, Barry...
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Youngsters audition in hopes of winning a place on Thailand’s most popular TV talent show The house is being dusted down and the cameras set up in their secret locations as TrueVisions prepares for the ninth season of its massively successful 24-hour reality talent-search show “True Academy Fantasia”. Last year, six million viewers...
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Police beef up security for city centre gathering Police estimate more than 50,000 people will gather at Ratchaprasong intersection today to mark the second anniversary of the violent political clashes. Police are beefing up security in the area as members of the United Front for Democracy Against Dictatorship gather, Metropolitan Police Bureau deputy...
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PM won’t rule out post in cabinet for red leader The Pheu Thai Party has accepted a Constitution Court ruling disqualifying list MP and red shirt co-leader Jatuporn Prompan as an MP while expressing reservations about certain legalities and facts. The Constitution Court yesterday decided on a vote of 7-1 to disqualify Mr...
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A glittering lunch for the world’s sovereigns to be held on Friday to celebrate the diamond jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II has been marked by a withdrawal and protests over the guest list. Spain’s Queen Sophia has pulled out of the event at Windsor Castle, west of London, amid tensions over Gibraltar, while...
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US Navy sailors tend to be overlooked when it comes to Hollywood blockbusters, but the new action movie “Battleship” features American destroyers and their crews in the starring role, waging war against hostile aliens in the Pacific Ocean. The Pentagon gave director Peter Berg access to a huge naval exercise and allowed him...
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Facebook on Thursday announced a price of $38 per share for its record-setting initial public offering, which gives the leading social network a market value of $104 billion. The shares will begin trading Friday under the symbol “FB” on the Nasdaq, the company said in a statement announcing the richest-ever technology IPO and...
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The government is leaving its door open for 111 former executives of the defunct Thai Rak Thai Party when their political bans are lifted on May 30. Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra said the Pheu Thai-led administration never closes its door to anyone who can work for the country. However, she said it is...
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Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Kittiratt Na-Ranong will propose to the Cabinet on May 20 a package to solve the problem of rising cooking palm oil price by boosting stocks and importing palm oil, according to government sources. Kittiratt who is also chairman of the committee for palm-oil policy, will ask the...
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To join, ex-PM would have to return to Kingdom, triggering arrest, disqualification from party membership With their five-year ban expiring at the end of this month, dozens of former Thai Rak Thai Party executives from the so-called 111 Club are lining up to be members of the ruling Pheu Thai party next week....
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Police revealed yesterday that the case of the Italian journalist, who was killed in the government crackdown on red shirts in 2010, would be heard in court from July 23. The late journalist Fabio Polenghi’s sister, Elizabeth, visited the Metropolitan Police Bureau yesterday to ask about the progress of the investigation into her...
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Tarit hands in report on 2010 crackdown probe State authorities may be responsible for the deaths of at least 25 people during the 2010 political mayhem, Department of Special Investigation chief Tarit Pengdith says. Mr Tarit yesterday reported on the progress of the investigations into 89 deaths resulting from the military crackdown on...
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The commander of the Bang Khwang maximum security prison in Nonthaburi has been placed under disciplinary investigation after a prison search late on Wednesday night turned up a number of mobile phones and a large number of contraband items. Seventy-three DVD players and 30 music player units were found in the prison, apart...
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Holiday Inn Pattaya hosts lunch at Cafe G for contestants in this year’s Miss Tiffany’s Universe beauty pageant, where last year’s winner, Sammy, presents flower bouquet to Jatuporn Phiukhao, executive assistant manager of the hotel.
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Sawangboriboon volunteers responded to a call in Banglamung that a man was clutching his stomach in agony. Apichart Baanakit, aged 44, was lying on the floor near a beer bottle. He was taken to the local hospital where his stomach was pumped. He was then said to have fully recovered. The victim’s 21-year-old...
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After inconclusive elections and fruitless political horse-trading, debt-laden Greece will finally name a government Thursday, but only to hold the fort until fresh polls next month. A caretaker government of technocrats and retired politicians, headed by a senior judge, will have the sole task of organising a fresh election on June 17, some...
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France’s new government, under Socialist President Francois Hollande, gets down to work Thursday with the first order of business on their agenda being a pay cut for themselves. Hollande unveiled a government of mainly moderate Socialists and longtime allies Wednesday as his new prime minister vowed to work quickly to put the country...
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The FBI has launched a probe into leaks about a plot to blow up a US-bound jet, the agency’s chief Robert Mueller said Wednesday, warning such tip-offs endanger lives and may harm ties with allies. “Leaks such as this have… a huge impact on our ability to do our business. Not just on...
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Projects to protect monarchy ‘lack detail’ The Democrat Party is planning to attack the government over its spending plans for projects claiming to help protect the monarchy during the 2013 budget debate next week. A source in the opposition party said Democrat MPs met yesterday to prepare for the budget debate planned for...
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