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Pattaya's new advertising campaign is a brainstorm of Rainbow Production Switzerland, NightWalker, Freddy Cocquyt and iFarang. Copyright ©2010 April 1st Inc. The ingredients are freely available in and around Pattaya for less than 200 Baht, but the idea is priceless.

Inspired by the success of China's ousting of Google, Thailand's Prime Minister announced that Thailand will launch its very own Internet Seach Engine today. TiT (tit.in.th) will work similar to Chinas BaiDu and will ignore all internet sites promoting Democracy, Human Rights, Education and Thaksin Shinawatra. Education is a privilege of Bangkok's Elite, Thailand's Prime Minister said. The rest of the country does not have and does not need any significant education. Bangkok's Elite and its Military have to be in control of the country, the thinking and the understanding of Thailand's citizens and their brain(s). We - not Google - know what's good for our country. Google supports the western way of thinking and its unpractical democratic ideas. The western style of democracy is an unacceptable threat to Bangkok's Elite and the Thai Military and is not applicable in Thailand, not today and not in the future. Google is misleading Thai people and brings unwanted unrest to our country. 'We need to preserve our nation's interest, our people's interest, we cannot be relaxed with any information that will cause harm to the stability of our society, to our system, and to the health of our under-age young people. So, of course, what needs to be shut down will be shut down, what needs to be blocked will be blocked', Thailand's Prime Minister said. Foreign firms could face unprecedented competition from homegrown companies if they do not adapt to the transitional Thai society. We welcome foreign firms as long as they abide by Thai law dictated by the Thai Military, he added. Therefore Thailand's Government decided to replace Google's search engine with Thailand's own TiT-engine. TiT (This is Thailand) speaks Thai and is thinking the Thai way. The new search engine supports real Thai only. Words introduced by westeners are not supported. Therefore it does not know - not even accept - words like Bribe, Tea Money, Corruption or Prostitution, simply because this words are completely unknown in real good old Thai language. Starting from today TiT will replace Google in Thailand, Thailand's Prime Minister said. If you type Google.com into your computer anywhere in Thailand TiT.in.th will come into action and will replace Google's search engine. Happy TiTing!

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Background information: On February 5th 2010 Mr. Li Yanhong, the CEO of BaiDu, and 220 managers from Chinas internet giant paid a 2 days visit to Jomtien's Royal Cliff Resort. According to an official information the group relaxed most of their time and enjoyed the spectacular views over the Bay of Siam...

If a bar plays Thai songs the venue has to pay a copyright fee to G-MM, Thailand's largest music producer. If the club plays western songs only it can play them free of charge. But in both cases the venue has to pay an entertainment fee to City Hall, even if you have to entertain yourself...