Officials promise crackdown on Beach Road vehicle-rental agents

[Rimmer]

Officials promise crackdown on Beach Road vehicle-rental agents

PATTAYA:--Pattaya-area officials have pledged to crack down on vehicle-rental booths taking up precious Beach Road and sidewalk real estate.

Pattaya Deputy Mayor Ronakit Ekasingh and Banglamung District Chief Sakchai Taengho met with Chonburi Land Transportation Department, police, regulatory-enforcement officers and operators of minibuses, taxis and motorbike- and car-rental agents July 9.

The meeting was called following long-running complaints about bike- and car-rental agents blocking Beach Road sidewalks and parking spaces with tables and vehicles. Area officials announced they would begin cracking down on the makeshift businesses, clearing off sidewalks and freeing parking spaces.

Full story:http://www.pattayamail.com/localnews/officials-promise-crackdown-on-beach-road-vehicle-rental-agents-28519

-- Pattaya Mail 2013-07-19

[daveyravey]

yeah, and look .................there is a flying pig!

[pattayadingo]

yeah, and look .................there is a flying pig!

What do you call a herd of flying pigs?

Yeah, the day they sort all that out there will be flying pigs too.

It is definitely no fun trying to negotiate the path along beach road.

[Basil B]

yeah, and look .................there is a flying pig!

What do you call a herd of flying pigs?

Yeah, the day they sort all that out there will be flying pigs too.

It is definitely no fun trying to negotiate the path along beach road.

Hell will freeze over first...

[DiNiro]

It is my understanding that anybody operating a business on the footpath and street are paying the police or city officials.

Deputy Mayor Ronakit Ekasingh, District Chief Sakchai Taengho, the Land Transportation Department, police & regulatory-enforcement officers all know this.

[lemoncake]

I believe they would crack down, issue and receive few dozen fines and be satisfied till the next year crack down.

Why do not they also crack down on motorcycle taxi's who take up space and do not allow anyone to park even though its empty

What about actually issuing fines and towing double parked cars and bikes?

[KittenKong]

Why a pointless "crack down"?

All that is needed is a straightforward out and out total ban, with instant vehicle confiscation for any offender.

[Gsxrnz]

I don't understand why these reports of government or city officials making promises continually appear in the News Forum - they rightfully belong in the Jokes Forum.

[Ohio]

I don't understand why these reports of government or city officials making promises continually appear in the News Forum - they rightfully belong in the Jokes Forum.

I couldn't agree more. There also should be a 'Pointing Pic' Then we would know it's real

[mikebell]

It is my understanding that anybody operating a business on the footpath and street are paying the police or city officials.

Deputy Mayor Ronakit Ekasingh, District Chief Sakchai Taengho, the Land Transportation Department, police & regulatory-enforcement officers all know this.

Pattaya police are dripping in gold according to my wife. They pay hundreds of thousands of baht to be transferred here and make it all back within the year. Latest hearsay is the motor-bike gold snatchers work for the police in return for a slapped wrist if caught by accident.

[Ohio]

To be honest , the amount of 'Crackdowns' in Pattaya makes you wonder how there is time for anything else for our Officials to do anything else

[Rimmer]

I don't understand why these reports of government or city officials making promises continually appear in the News Forum - they rightfully belong in the Jokes Forum.

I couldn't agree more. There also should be a 'Pointing Pic' Then we would know it's real

I actually thought I put one up, thanks for drawing my attention to the missing picture there is one up there now

[lemoncake]

I don't understand why these reports of government or city officials making promises continually appear in the News Forum - they rightfully belong in the Jokes Forum.

I couldn't agree more. There also should be a 'Pointing Pic' Then we would know it's real

I actually thought I put one up, thanks for drawing my attention to the missing picture there is one up there now

Pointing is required as it appears some city hall officials look confused at what exactly they are suppose to be looking at

[cup-O-coffee]

Thais love to crack down...

Thailand cracks down on monks living it up with luxuries

Thailand Cracks Down on Wildlife Trafficking

Thailand cracks down on animal trafficking

Thailand cracks down on exploitative factory

Thailand to crack down on rerouting of gold to India

Thailand Cracks Down On Illegal Internet Betting

Thailand Cracks Down on Online Gambling

Thai government cracks down on protesters

Thailand Cracks Down on Hmong Migrants

Thailand to Crack Down on Illegal Online Pharmacies

Thailand Cracks Down On Piracy

Thailand cracks down on Web users

Thailand cracks down on elephant begging

Thailand cracks down on illegal logging

Thailand cracks down ahead of new summit

Thailand cracks down on exotic-food trade

Thailand Cracks Down On Political Dissent

Thailand Cracks Down On Sellers Of Counterfeit Stuff

Thailand cracks down on gun runners

Thailand Cracks Down on Religious Tattoos

Thailand Cracks Down on Southern [Muslim] Militants

Thailand Cracks Down On Twitter, Facebook, Etc.

Thailand cracks down on cut-price castrations

Thailand Cracks Down On Islamic Schools

Thailand cracks down on protesters

Thailand cracks down on beastly “no vote” billboards

Thailand cracks down on Burmese dissidents

Thailand cracks down on currency fraud

Thailand cracks down on retailers

Thai army cracks down on anti-govt protesters

Thailand Cracks Down on Overweight Cops

Thailand cracks down: bans sales of five violent video games

Thailand cracks down on black-market piranha trade

THAILAND: Government Cracks Down on Websites

Thailand Cracks Down on Uni Schoolgirl Outfits

Thais love to vow...

Thailand vows to tackle human trafficking

Thailand vows end to ivory trade

Thailand vows to bolster organic rice farmers

Thailand vows peaceful end to siege

Thailand vows to protect summit from protesters

thailand vows to fight until they drop in 2nd leg of suzuki cup final

Thailand Vows to Keep Troops in Iraq

Thailand vows to prevent violence

Thailand vows to never abandon boatpeople at sea

Thailand Vows to Send Hmong Back to Laos

Thailand vows to help displaced Rohingyas

Thailand vows to deport all Rohingyas

Thailand vows crackdown after weekend killings

Thailand Vows Changes After Embassy Seizure

Thailand vows fast probe into Canadian deaths on Phi Phi

Thailand vows to get tough on frauds against foreign tourists

Prime Minister of Thailand Vows to End Violence Against Women

State Railway of Thailand Vows to Improve Airport Link

Thailand vows to clarify foreign ownership laws

Thailand vows to promote "tangible" progress for climate change talks

Thailand vows to stiffen resolve against the fake trade

Thailand vows Bangkok safe as huge floods advance

Thailand Vows to Save its Tourism Industry

Thailand vows crackdown after weekend killings

Thailand Vows to Act against Child Sex Tourism

Thailand vows to go ahead with AIDS experiment

Thailand vows no more problems with Malaysia

Thailand vows more rice for Bahrain

Thais like HUBs...

East-West Seeds plans Thailand hub

Lotte plans to make Thailand regional export hub

Industry Ministry pushes for Thai food hub

Thailand: ASEAN Hub for Green Technology

Industry Ministry pushes for Thai food hub

Turning Thailand into a medi-hub

Raising the Standard of Thailand's Medical Hub

Fashion Show to help Thailand become hub for Muslim clothing

Apollo Tyres sets up second exports hub in Thailand

Thailand Ready to be Medical Hub

Adventure Southeast Asia: With Amazing Thailand as the Hub

Sarawak can look to Thailand as halal hub development example

Thailand - the next manufacturing hub for Australia?

Is Thailand a Top-Tier Regional Hub?

Thailand can be the economic and political hub of ASEAN

Government of Thailand launches bid to make country 'hub' of golf

Apollo Tyres makes Thailand its ASEAN hub

Policy of Making Thailand an Auto Production Hub

Thailand 'well positioned' to be a global bioplastics hub

a few websites...

Thailand - SKY hub Official Website

Travel Hub Chiang Mai Tours

Travel Hub Thailand Tours

Thailand | TheNetworkHub

Welcome to Medical Hub Thailand

The Hub Condo Bangkok

HUB:Thailand

The Hub Bangkok

And in spite of it all, nothing gets done, and so Thailand gets urged...

Thailand Urged to Tackle Dark Side of Country

Thailand urged to explore edible insect market

Thailand urged to wrap up EU FTA or risk falling behind

Thailand urged to explore new tourism routes

Thailand urged to begin public-service reforms

Thailand urged to probe shootings of Rohingya

Thailand urged to rethink Myanmar

Thailand urged to cut fuel subsidies

Thailand urged to expedite migrant workers registration

Thailand Urged to Protect Migrant Workers from Burma

Thailand urged to upgrade qualities of accommodation for tourists

Thailand Urged to Reconsider Dam Project

Thailand urged to extend migrant worker deadline

Thailand Urged to Review Rice Mortgage Scheme

Thailand Urged to come up with New Equilibrium

Thailand urged to 'step back from the brink'

Thailand Urged to Stop Pushing Refugees Out to Sea

Thailand urged to review $14b water projects

Thailand urged to release Hmong

Thailand urged to hasten tax reforms on imported cigarettes

Thailand urged to quickly ratify UNCAC

Thailand urged to intensify measures to combat smoking

Thailand urged to go green...

...and in the end we find that Thailand prefers talk much more than they prefer results.

Now I understand that this post is lengthy, but it merely points out that when one puts all these headlines into list form and reads them, it becomes amazingly clear that a lot of newsprint and megabytes used up to report what Thais "crack down" on and "vow" to do, and get "urged" towards is nothing more than a waste of everyone's time.

Yet again... perhaps the only redeeming factor is that this points out that they are all liars and procrastinators in the cottage industry of, how did Mark Knopfler sing it, ..."Money for nothing, and your chicks for free".

Edited July 20, 2013 by cup-O-coffee

[PoodMaiDai]

They will clean that up right after the jet ski problem is taken care of.

[Ohio]

I don't understand why these reports of government or city officials making promises continually appear in the News Forum - they rightfully belong in the Jokes Forum.

I couldn't agree more. There also should be a 'Pointing Pic' Then we would know it's real

I actually thought I put one up, thanks for drawing my attention to the missing picture there is one up there now

Good one Rim & a clipboard ....OMG

[i claudius]

STOP PRESS, THAI OFFICIALS HAVE JUST ORDERED A CRACKDOWN ON CRACKDOWNS.