Popular Post webfact Posted August 18, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted August 18, 2021 Picture: Pattaya Watchdog Comment was rife on the page of Pattaya Watchdog who published pictures of the manicured future of beach road. The orderly palms - from abroad - and wide walkways of Neo Pattaya were being traversed by the elderly, a young foreign couple and a man being pushed in a wheelchair. My! How Pattaya had changed! Yes, said the commentary this was orderly and neat. But long standing trees were being cut down to make way for this. They feared that old root systems would be ripped out adding to soil and beach erosion. Picture: Manager Meanwhile Manager reported on a story of a huge tree being felled in the area apparently under the supervision of the owner of Nong Nooch gardens. They described Kamphol Tansatja as a "rich person of Chinese heritage" (jao sua) and said he should come clean as to why the ancient tree was felled. -- © Copyright ASEAN NOW 2021-08-18 - Whatever you're going through, the Samaritans are here for you - Follow ASEAN NOW on LINE for breaking COVID-19 updates 2 5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Scrotobike Posted August 18, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted August 18, 2021 The game is on Remove any shade Force tourists to hire mafia sunbeds Lovely Jubilee 2 2 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post ezzra Posted August 18, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted August 18, 2021 (edited) What a bunch of neanderthals who think that by chopping trees they are beautifying something, that poor tree stood there for at least 30-40 years until a smart ar*se decided that it's time for it to go, what a shame... Edited August 18, 2021 by ezzra 22 2 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post mokwit Posted August 18, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted August 18, 2021 Can they not find some way of satisfying the need to award contracts without destroying everything? 9 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post RJRS1301 Posted August 18, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted August 18, 2021 12 minutes ago, webfact said: eanwhile Manager reported on a story of a huge tree being felled in the area apparently under the supervision of the owner of Nong Nooch gardens Possibly ruined his view, had to go. Or maybe the ever spreading root system would be /is interfering with underground infrastructure 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Denim Posted August 18, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted August 18, 2021 Hard to make Pattaya any uglier but they have put their collective little heads together , scraped up a an I.Q. insufficient to the task , and come up with this gem of a tourist pulling idea. But the amazing Thailand thing about this is they got paid to dream it up . 4 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post RJRS1301 Posted August 18, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted August 18, 2021 6 minutes ago, ezzra said: What a bunch of neanderthals who think that by chopping trees they are beautifying something, that poor tree stood there for at least 30-40 years until a smart ar*se decided that it's time for it to go, what a shame... Replacing them with non natives, and frond dropping trees which probably will not provide food for native birds. Was the idea of palms run by the Dept of Environment, or does someone's cousin own a tree importing company? 5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post RJRS1301 Posted August 18, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted August 18, 2021 11 minutes ago, Scrotobike said: The game is on Remove any shade Force tourists to hire mafia sunbeds Lovely Jubilee and more reef /fish damaging sunscreen 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post pchappo Posted August 18, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted August 18, 2021 8 minutes ago, RJRS1301 said: does someone's cousin own a tree importing company? bingo ... first prize to you - winner winner chicken dinner ... 2 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post pattjock Posted August 18, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted August 18, 2021 As far as I know you need a permit from the forestry department to fell any trees in Thailand, especially in public areas. I wonder if Pattaya City Hall have obtained these permits?? 4 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post actonion Posted August 18, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted August 18, 2021 A true picture would show a few Motorbikes mounting the footpath 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cake Monster Posted August 18, 2021 Share Posted August 18, 2021 34 minutes ago, Scrotobike said: The game is on Remove any shade Force tourists to hire mafia sunbeds Lovely Jubilee And of course take shelter from the heat of the Day in one of the many swanky Shopping Malls conveniently located very close to the Beach. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post jacko45k Posted August 18, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted August 18, 2021 40 minutes ago, RJRS1301 said: Possibly ruined his view, had to go. Or maybe the ever spreading root system would be /is interfering with underground infrastructure The underground toilets... is that still planned? 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Changbeer4me Posted August 18, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted August 18, 2021 (edited) They couldn't come up with something original so just a cut and paste plant palm trees. Fast becoming a concrete version of Bangkok with sh_ty beach and water. Another oppitunity lost to make it truly amazing and different. Edited August 18, 2021 by Changbeer4me 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post engamann Posted August 18, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted August 18, 2021 52 minutes ago, mokwit said: Can they not find some way of satisfying the need to award contracts without destroying everything? I guess can't dig up the beach road again since it's just finish for this time so I guess them came up whit this brilliant ide to cut down the trees in stead to fill up all this brown envelopes. 3 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post ehs818 Posted August 18, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted August 18, 2021 I'm always amazed at how Thais NEVER ask a farang for an opinion about how to attract more farangs to Pattaya. They would lose face if they did that. But ONLY a farang will know what other farangs seek in a holiday location. It is NOT removing shade trees, allowing scams and cheaters to continue their work, poor service at restaurants and hotels, and above all, assuming that all farangs are so rich that they won't mind paying for poor quality services and rooms while being regerred to as "dirty farangs" by government officials. Short sighted and doomed to fail. TIT. 5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Destiny1990 Posted August 18, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted August 18, 2021 NEO beach Pattaya: No Trees, No umbrellas, No Benches, No Beds, No Foods, No Toilets, No Nothing. 3 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post gamini Posted August 18, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted August 18, 2021 No one will ever admit it. But Patayas main attraction was it sheer decadence, walking Street and a sex supermarket. The sea is polluted and a brown green colour. Hundreds of thousands of scuba divers have trashed the reefs in and scared all the fish away.. So what will be the new attraction? 3 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post natway09 Posted August 18, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted August 18, 2021 The palms look terrible & could be anywhere in the warm world. The charm of the big trees (I know some need to be removed because of danger) should have been planned aroud by the designers & many kept. The soldier like palm tree design paving looks like my Grandchilds work Another example of a total lack of any vision or flair 5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post newnative Posted August 18, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted August 18, 2021 Yes to planting shade trees--everywhere, not just Beach Road. No to removing a single tree anywhere, unless it is in some way a hazard. 5 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hotchilli Posted August 18, 2021 Share Posted August 18, 2021 3 hours ago, webfact said: The orderly palms - from abroad - and wide walkways of Neo Pattaya were being traversed by the elderly, a young foreign couple and a man being pushed in a wheelchair. Such vision, not the broken pavements, insurmountable curbstones, stink from drains with protruding grated lids, or the flutter of plastics bags passing by in the wind. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Homburg Posted August 18, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted August 18, 2021 34 minutes ago, Destiny1990 said: NEO beach Pattaya: No Trees, No umbrellas, No Benches, No Beds, No Foods, No Toilets, No Nothing. ...and No Fun and No Tourists. 2 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Tropposurfer Posted August 18, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted August 18, 2021 So let me get this straight ... The answer whether legal or otherwise is to cut a mature shade producing tree down. Seems to me that what is needed to beautify Pattaya is more street trees not less. A land with myriad native palm species that can grow next to the sea (non-coconut fruit bearing) and these clowns are importing palms?! I do like the idea of wheelchair friendly access though. I mean, after all don't ambulatory challenged folks deserve access to ladyboys botties, and other forms of happy ending like the rest of us upright falangs? 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scrotobike Posted August 18, 2021 Share Posted August 18, 2021 5 hours ago, Cake Monster said: And of course take shelter from the heat of the Day in one of the many swanky Shopping Malls conveniently located very close to the Beach. Another for of Mafia I forgot to mention - yes well done! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post thaibeachlovers Posted August 18, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted August 18, 2021 5 hours ago, Denim said: But the amazing Thailand thing about this is they got paid to dream it up . LOL. IMO that is the real reason for every scheme dreamed up by city hall. Have they ever completed a project that didn't become a ruin, like the marina? Even the present promenade has collapsed a few times because it wasn't built properly. 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sncoem Posted August 18, 2021 Share Posted August 18, 2021 what is the specie of trees that they cut ? are they native from Thailand ? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post thaibeachlovers Posted August 18, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted August 18, 2021 3 minutes ago, sncoem said: what is the specie of trees that they cut ? are they native from Thailand ? They existed long ago, from when Pattaya was a small place. I doubt they were imported. No idea as to the species, but they grew in sandy soil and stabilized the beach. 5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thaibeachlovers Posted August 18, 2021 Share Posted August 18, 2021 6 hours ago, webfact said: Picture: Pattaya Watchdog Where are the beach deckchairs? Are people supposed to bring their own to sit under those big sun umbrellas? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mickeymaus Posted August 18, 2021 Share Posted August 18, 2021 Let it be like this - up to them. The high quality family tourists will decide. The coast is long... 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Thingamabob Posted August 18, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted August 18, 2021 There seems to be a tree-hating culture among many Thais. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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