hdkane Posted June 19, 2016 Share Posted June 19, 2016 Since the military assumed greater involvement in the governing/administration of Pattaya last week, has anyone noticed any real changes? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
donnybay Posted June 19, 2016 Share Posted June 19, 2016 Less cloudy today Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikebell Posted June 20, 2016 Share Posted June 20, 2016 No upstairs rooms available in soi 6 bars on certain days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JESSVANPELT Posted June 20, 2016 Share Posted June 20, 2016 (edited) None what so ever...and I don't expect anything different then what they had been doing the past few months. I think someone needs to [police the police. The new Mayor is not Military, although he and his fellow new group of leaders were designated to manage the city my the Military. Is the military coming to take over in Pattaya too? Not quite, we are told. However, the military are appointing a committee of twelve members, Chanatpong Sriviset, taking over as acting mayor. And that’s all. Instead of an election there will be the appointment of a team of experts, chosen by the military. It remains to be seen how that will all work out but, along with the arrival of a new police chief and a promise to clean up the crime rate in the town, there may well be a greater police and/or military presence on the streets. Some would say this is a good thing. We are about to find out. Edited June 20, 2016 by JESSVANPELT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sharecropper Posted June 20, 2016 Share Posted June 20, 2016 It'll be interesting to see if bar owners and the like, who have to pay monthly backhanders to all kinds of extorting officials are suddenly released from having to fund this corruption; does it stay the same or does it get worse under the military? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woody1 Posted June 20, 2016 Share Posted June 20, 2016 It'll be interesting to see if bar owners and the like, who have to pay monthly backhanders to all kinds of extorting officials are suddenly released from having to fund this corruption; does it stay the same or does it get worse under the military?Not all do (pay anyone or HAVE to do anything)! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lonewolf99 Posted June 20, 2016 Share Posted June 20, 2016 No change for me..... the whole place is still strewn with stinking garbage / rubbish Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Langsuan Man Posted June 20, 2016 Share Posted June 20, 2016 Lottery tickets are now at 80 THB so the military accomplished one thing in two years in power Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NanLaew Posted June 21, 2016 Share Posted June 21, 2016 No change for me..... the whole place is still strewn with stinking garbage / rubbish Now you're talking garbage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lor Posted June 21, 2016 Share Posted June 21, 2016 A group of officials went around some of the buildings on the beach side of walking street. They demanded entry to survey the buildings. Looks like the first stages of demolition. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jip99 Posted June 21, 2016 Share Posted June 21, 2016 Lottery tickets are now at 80 THB so the military accomplished one thing in two years in power Excellent.............. another plus over their predecessors. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NanLaew Posted June 21, 2016 Share Posted June 21, 2016 A group of officials went around some of the buildings on the beach side of walking street. They demanded entry to survey the buildings. Looks like the first stages of demolition. Looks like the start of a diversion of the payments from the illegal WS property owners to the new "account holders" you mean. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ling Kae Posted June 21, 2016 Share Posted June 21, 2016 I have not noticed any changes at all, same. But this morning I saw council guys in brown uniform pick up several poor vagrants off beach road and put them in the back of the pickup, don't know what that was about, they weren't doing anything wrong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onemorechang Posted June 21, 2016 Share Posted June 21, 2016 Yes change. All the thieving, violent Lady boys of beach road are gone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gyrosman Posted June 21, 2016 Share Posted June 21, 2016 nothing to do with the government, you can take the girl out of the village but you can't the village out of the girl. Thailand is stuck in mud, if not broken, don't rock the boat which reflects their standings on the world stage. The PM, is progressive with to many OLD BOTTOM FEEDERS to deal with. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emster23 Posted June 21, 2016 Share Posted June 21, 2016 Looks like they are trying to steer brawls to Thai-Arab rather than typical Brit or Aussie dust up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rimmer Posted June 21, 2016 Share Posted June 21, 2016 A troll post all in caps has been removed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ling Kae Posted June 21, 2016 Share Posted June 21, 2016 Lottery tickets are now at 80 THB so the military accomplished one thing in two years in power The ones that walk around are still trying it on for 90 baht but i refuse to pay the extra. Go Big C at the carpark entry, plenty selling for 80 baht as they should be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoshowJones Posted June 21, 2016 Share Posted June 21, 2016 I have not noticed any changes at all, same. But this morning I saw council guys in brown uniform pick up several poor vagrants off beach road and put them in the back of the pickup, don't know what that was about, they weren't doing anything wrong. If they are really poor vagrants, the chances are that their visas are not up to date, you know, the cost of visa runs etc. These are probably the people who are making things worse for us, by getting the visa rules changed and making it harder for the majority of decent expats. Good on the authorities for rounding them up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NanLaew Posted June 21, 2016 Share Posted June 21, 2016 I have not noticed any changes at all, same. But this morning I saw council guys in brown uniform pick up several poor vagrants off beach road and put them in the back of the pickup, don't know what that was about, they weren't doing anything wrong. If they are really poor vagrants, the chances are that their visas are not up to date, you know, the cost of visa runs etc. These are probably the people who are making things worse for us, by getting the visa rules changed and making it harder for the majority of decent expats. Good on the authorities for rounding them up. He means the local Thai vagrants. The beggars and otherwise homeless, not bloody foreigners. You truly are not here are you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ling Kae Posted June 21, 2016 Share Posted June 21, 2016 I have not noticed any changes at all, same. But this morning I saw council guys in brown uniform pick up several poor vagrants off beach road and put them in the back of the pickup, don't know what that was about, they weren't doing anything wrong. If they are really poor vagrants, the chances are that their visas are not up to date, you know, the cost of visa runs etc. These are probably the people who are making things worse for us, by getting the visa rules changed and making it harder for the majority of decent expats. Good on the authorities for rounding them up. They appeared to be mostly Thais. Older women with nowhere to sleep and some street kids. They were not the jet ski people or street sellers or beach vendors just down and outers I think. Anyhow watching that round up I just thought they were targeting the wrong people, they were not hassling anyone. Why don't they run the pickup down there at night and pick up the lady boy pestering thieves? That would be a better use of resources. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoshowJones Posted June 21, 2016 Share Posted June 21, 2016 I have not noticed any changes at all, same. But this morning I saw council guys in brown uniform pick up several poor vagrants off beach road and put them in the back of the pickup, don't know what that was about, they weren't doing anything wrong. If they are really poor vagrants, the chances are that their visas are not up to date, you know, the cost of visa runs etc. These are probably the people who are making things worse for us, by getting the visa rules changed and making it harder for the majority of decent expats. Good on the authorities for rounding them up. He means the local Thai vagrants. The beggars and otherwise homeless, not bloody foreigners. You truly are not here are you. OK fine, but you read quite a lot about the foreign vagrants in Pattaya, so it's easy to assume as the police were rounding them up, that it was foreign vagrants. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex2015 Posted June 21, 2016 Share Posted June 21, 2016 (edited) Lottery tickets are now at 80 THB so the military accomplished one thing in two years in power Excellent.............. another plus over their predecessors. Nope they were selling them round the Bars the other week in Soi Bulkhao at 90 baht, my colleague said 80 baht, nope 90 baht needless to say didn't buy them. Edited June 21, 2016 by Alex2015 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sydebolle Posted June 21, 2016 Share Posted June 21, 2016 Not really, the mayor of Nongprue is still burning waste at night illegally and the stench is and remains the very same around Wat Sutthawas area Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elgordo38 Posted June 21, 2016 Share Posted June 21, 2016 Yes go to the top of the news page and read the article on the right. In all fairness I guess you would not say its new. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas Hannah Posted June 21, 2016 Share Posted June 21, 2016 Yes.They have closed the topic on the poor scots guy,on this forum.Have read threw some of the comments.You can see its a police cover up.Found on the 15 may.Dead in his room.Put in a morgue.They did not know who he was.So were is his passport.And the photo copy,kept by the bar owners.Enough time for any cctv to be removed.Stay away from thailand.It could be you next. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chicowoodduck Posted June 21, 2016 Share Posted June 21, 2016 Yes, I notice a BIG change.......NOT! :-( Still a stink hole with the usual number of pissheads out and about in the wee hours of the morning running the red lights as if it were green???? Same shit, different day, eh! :-( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dotpoom Posted June 21, 2016 Share Posted June 21, 2016 No beach chairs on Wedensdays. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wileycoyote Posted June 22, 2016 Share Posted June 22, 2016 I still miss Pattaya,like an old girl-friend Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flanno Posted June 23, 2016 Share Posted June 23, 2016 For some reason I have found I can get the best exchange rates on foreign currency to Baht than any other tourist area in Thailand. I'm guessing it's because of the large number of exchange booths creating a very competitive market situation. Same as drinks in bars, hotels and guesthouse rates and low prices in decent food outlets. Healthy competition means low prices. It's one of the attractions of Pattaya. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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