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Last Chance To Transfer Property for 1%; New Rate 3% – 6.5%

Foreign (non-Thai) owners of Thai companies holding property as assets can transfer property now and save a lot of money. The Pattaya Times newspaper broke the story on January 7 this year warning expats that Land Offices fees to transfer ownership of condos, land or any registered property will increase after March 26. This has been confrmed in a recent announcement at a press conference in Bangkok by a spokeswoman from the Land Department. Now Land Offices are packed with buyers and sellers eager to save up to 600% in fees.

Free Six- Month Tourist Visas Available Again April 1st, for Now Pay 1,000 Baht

March 4 was the deadline for free Tourist Visas which can be extended for up to a six month stay issued through Thai ...

Free double entry tourist visas available starting April 1.

Crackdown Expands to Expel Foreign Criminals

The head of Thailand Immigration Lt. General Wuthi Liptapanlop Says Special Unit Formed to Hunt for Foreign Criminals...

Thailand Immigration Bureau Commissioner Lt. GeneralWuthi Liptapanlop

Crackdown on Foreigner Owned Sex Businesses Expands to Include Thais

The crackdown on bars, gogos, massage parlor and karaoke bars has expanded to include restaurants in search of Human ...

Police continue crackdown on  venues.

Land Office Requires Work Permit from Foreign Managing Directors

Effective immediately the Banglamung Land Office requires the Managing Director signing on behalf of a Thai company t...

Land Office Requires Work Permit from Foreign Managing Directors

LOCAL & REGIONAL


HEADLINES


Chonburi Provincial Public & Private Sectors Meet the Locals

Chonburi Provincial Government continue their ‘Meet the Locals’ project to listen to complaints and suggestions and give out thousands of useful items.

Chonburi Transportation Offce Director Jirut Wisarnjit as he announced the plans that will improve road safety in Chonburi.

In an effort to reduce Chonburi's traffic injuries and deaths Chonburi Transportation Office Director Jirut Wisarnjit recently announced how road accidents will be reduced this year in accordance with Chonburi Governor Saenee Jittakasaem’s eight...

SPORT


EVENTS


Siripun Sinbuathong PattayaTimes News
South East Asia Wins Queen’s Cup For Pink Polo
South East Asia Wins Queen’s Cup For  Pink Polo

The second Queen’s Cup Pink Polo recently held at the Thai Polo & Equestrian Club was another fun-flled event that raised money for the King Chulalongkorn Hospital’s Queen Sirikit Centre for Breast Cancer. The polo match competed was between Austr...

Father Ray Foundation “Bees” (Pueng Luang) volleyball team trounce Father Ray Foundation Drop In Staff team by 25-18 & 25-23.

Thanks to the amazing generosity of local sports people of Pattaya, the Father Ray Foundation are delighted to present the materialization of a two year dream being a sports area for the Father Ray Foundation Outreach & Drop-In Center.

Thai Premier League 2010 Kick Off Soon Wittaya Yensabai Pattaya Times News
Toeing the Oche' Ronnie "The Rocket" Baxter Howard Reed Pattaya Times news
Three Sisters Golf Paul Donahue Pattaya Times News

OPINION


TRAVEL


Visith Pinpawong Pattaya Times News
Hotel Business in Pattaya Set to Improve
Managing Director of Dusit Thani and Chairman of the Thailand hotel Association Eastern Seabord Mr. Chatchawan Suppachayanon.

Turkish Airlines Chooses Bangkok As Regional Hub

Turkish Airlines is making Bangkok its regional hub as it rapidly expands in Southeast Asia, Australia and New Zealand. The Turkish airline is counting on Thai Airways International as its strategic partner to enter into the Australia-New Zealand ...

This & That Pattaya Times News
Just Don’t Call It Politics Wayne Watson Pattaya Times News

LIFESTYLE


ENTERTAINMENT


Mick and Di Pattaya Times News
THE BAY RESTAURANT
THE BAY RESTAURANT

Introduces a New Italian Buffet Night

Paula Creamer (center) presented the highest bidder Mr. Chatchai Wirattanayusin (right) with his signed calendar at the Honda PTT LPGA Charity Night held at the Dusit Thani Pattaya.

Players from the Honda PTT LPGA Thailand 2010 golf tournament gathered together to auction off personal belongings and other souvenirs to raise money for the ‘Plant Trees to Help Reduce Global Warming’ project.

Wine Cellar Review Colin Kirkpatrick Pattaya Times News
New Executive Chef at Amari Orchid Pattaya Siripun Sinbuathong Pattaya Times News
Appointments Underline Golden Tulip's Asian Expansion Visith Pinpawong Pattaya Times News

REAL ESTATE


NIGHTLIFE


Visith Pinpawong Pattaya Times News
Ibis Hotels Summer Promotion for University Students
Ibis Hotels Summer Promotion for University Students

ibis Hotels in Thailand is proud to present a special promotion for university students to welcome the summer and the school holidays with a special price.

one of our readers Pattaya Times News
Orgy in the Bathroom
Orgy in the Bathroom

INTERNATIONAL


BUSINESS


high demand for rhino products in China and Vietnam are putting a strain on populations.

Bangkok Bank Supports Amata Corporation with 1,005 Million Baht

THAILAND NEWS


TECHNOLOGY


Six week old Mali splashes through the water after her naming ceremony.

Mali, a baby Asian elephant, born at Melbourne Zoo in Australia six weeks ago, has had her naming ceremony by Buddhist monks where she was named Mali. The name is Thai for jasmine and was chosen out of fve possibilities derived from her Thai linea...

Vuzix Wrap 920 3-D Glasses Promise Big

LAW & ORDER


EDUCATION


Drew Noyes and Wanrapa Boonsu PATTAYA TIMES NEWSPAPER
Sifu McInnes Still Working in Pattaya Contrary to Rumors of Deportation
Sifu McInnes SWAT instructor while off duty

An exclusive interview with Sifu Robert McInnes and a thorough inspection of the SWAT training center in Pattaya conducted by the editors of the Pattaya Times newspaper dispels many rumors.

The front of the Siam Kollakarn Music School Pattaya located on Pattaya Third road that offers courses under the Yamaha Music Worldwide Education System.

The Siam Kollakarn Music School under the Yamaha Music Foundation recently opened its frst branch in Pattaya offering courses under the Yamaha Music Worldwide Education System.

FARANG FOCUS


ASIA NEWS


Legal and Visa Updates

March 4, 2010 Deadline for Free Tourist Visas The Thailand Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) is issuing free tourist visas to visit Thailand issued through Thai Consulates and Embassies but this will expire on March 4.

Extended Crackdown on Foreigners by Police Yields Japanese Yakuza Boss

Thailand is actively seeking all wanted foreign criminals who are in Thailand. A Japanese man who was allegedly an organised crime group leader was arrested in downtown Bangkok after feeing an arrest warrant by the Japanese police in Tokyo.

FORUM


MOTORING


One of the Porsche cars valued at more than 10 million baht displayed at the Super Car Show.

Central Festival Pattaya Beach joined with MunMaak Company to bring in 500 million baht worth of luxury cars to be displayed at their recent Super Car Show.

HEALTH


ART & CULTURE


Chonburi Organizes Aerobics to Improve the Health of Working People

Working people in Chonburi gathered together for some aerobics exercise organized by the Chonburi government with the hopes to encourage the working people to take better care of their health.

A commercially-produced EcoSphere(R) closed ecosystem (Photo courtesy EcoSphere Associates Inc).

FASHION & STYLE


HUMOR


One of the Miss International Queens contestants gives an interview to one of the press representative.

Tiffany’s Show stands out as perhaps Pattaya’s single most famous and important - entertainment venue. That’s saying a lot because this exotic seaside resort is devoted to providing over the top thrills to millions of tourists each year. But in ad...

Four Catholic Men and a Catholic Woman Were Having Coffee

The first Catholic man tells his friends, "My son is a priest, when he walks into a room, everyone calls him 'Father'."

PICTURE OF THE DAY


FUN THINGS TO DO


Dusit Thani Pattaya general manager Chatchawal Supachayanont (foreground, right) is seen together with hotel management and staff in this merit-making ceremony led by nine Buddhist monks during the five-star resort’s 21st anniversary held at Meeting Room Dusit 12 recently. The celebration also included a visit to Jittapawan Temple in Pattaya to offer donations in kind and money raised by the hotel staff.
Siripun Sinbuathong from Pattaya Times soars high in the sky at the Aerodium.

Easy Kart Pattaya has teamed up with Thailand’s first Aerodium,which simulates skydiving by propelling thrillseekers up to 10 metres into the air,at the Easy Kart track at the Bali Hai Pier complex creating a haven for adreneline junkies.

SCIENCE


WEIRD & WONDERFUL


Scenes from the movie “2012”, Courtesy of Columbia Pictures

The planets are lining up as predicted. The climate scare is here. Wars fought with heavy steel, great famine, severe drought, epidemic disease and social and financial chaos are all here as predicted long ago.

The newly appointed ambassadors receiving their awards.

Ripley’s Believe It or Not! has chosen five people from across Thailand and awarded them for their amazing talents as well as making them the new ambassadors. They are Werewolf Girl, Penguin Man, Queen of Scorpions, King of Cobras and Centipede King.

AMAZING THAILAND


BANGKOK


AmazingCountdown.com Thailand’s Official Web Community for 2010 Countdown Launched

AmazingCountdown.com will be the Thailand official countdown website supported by The Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) in the “Amazing Thailand” project,

There’s No Stopping the Rain in Bangkok

Even over four million sandbags that were prepared as temporary embankment walls in preparation for the floods in Bangkok could not stop the effects of 148 millimeters of rain.

LETTER TO THE EDITOR


VIDEO OF THE DAY


Why Pattaya??? BEING "GAY" IN PATTAYA!

Is it possible to have too much fun? Can a person actually be too happy? If so, Pattaya is the place.


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