ROTARY PEACE COMMUNITIES - THAILAND
Samui Island
Jeffrey A. Reiss, Coordinator
Wat Kunaram, Samui Island, Peace School
Peace Pole
Pattaya
Neils Colov Coordinator
#1. On 23. February 2006 the Rotary Club of Pattaya organized a ceremony announcing Pattaya to become the
first Rotary Peace City in Thailand.
At the same time a monument in black granite similar to the monument in Wagga Wagga
(Australia) was unveiled in a location called the Pattaya Peace Park on the
Phratamnak Hill overlooking the City of Pattaya.
Representatives of the Pattaya city administration, police, army, navy, four main religions
(Budhist, Christian, Muslin, Sikh) in our city, representatives of many Rotary Clubs and
other clubs and organizations in Pattaya and its surroundings were present.
The Chairman of the Rotary Peace City project of the Rotary Club of Pattaya PP. Niels Colov
made a speech explaining the significance of Pattaya City related to peace and was followed
by representives of the four religions making their speech on how their religion promoted peace.
#2.
Pattaya City,
was declared in the 2009 year. The event was sponsored by RC
Pattaya and initiated by Geoffrey Little and Neils Colov.
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