Who appointed you leader?
[QUOTE=ChimpoChinn;2632858]You should have been covering from the git go. [/QUOTE]You should maybe do what you want and let everyone else do what they want too!
Billionaires versus Millionaires
[QUOTE=ElMexicant;2631554] All you have to do is Google "largest liquor owner Thailand" and "largest landlord Thailand. " And if people are smart, they will make the connection with the answer to those search terms and the connection to the incoming Chinese investors and developers. When you have monopoly, you can just sit on it, while driving out whoever you want. If you want them out, then make them go out of business. You control all the most important assets, and it's not in the structures or bars these business owners think have value. It's the land. Shit! Even the McDonald's guy figured that one out.[/QUOTE]It's an insane game played by crazy rich billionaires (old money) against wealthy (new money) millionaires. The Sirivadhanabhakdi family controls most of the alcohol and most of the real estate in Thailand. And Charoen Sirivadhanabhakdi is actually Chinese. Word is he was only given the Thai name by the monarchy, so he can do business in Thailand to make it more acceptable to the locals. So it's true that Pattaya has sold out to new Chinese investors and developers. There are broken leases everywhere by rich Westerners who had previously found success in Pattaya. One has to think, this was the plan all along to drive them out after collecting as much money as possible. But Pattaya always needed the Chinese, Koreans, Japanese etc to fully thrive, more so than the expat group.