The vessel the Kor Nongmai 7 (left)
suffered a gaping hole in its side during a crash with the Khemthong (right),
which sustained only minor damage to its bow. Tourism Ministry officials are
again promising stricter regulations after 18 South Korean tourists, 1 Korean
guide and 1 Thai guide were injured, five seriously, when two speedboats
collided off Koh Larn.
Sajika Sanguansat and Phasakorn Channgam
Area officials organized a food-safety seminar to help train
public-health volunteers in food-preparation sanitation.
Pattaya is expanding its “Doctors at Home” project, adding up to five
more teams of physicals and nurses to make house calls on the city’s
elderly and infirm.
Armin Schoch, formerly of Diethelm Travel and now of
Impulse Travel, talking recently as guest speaker at the
March meeting of Skål International Chiangmai & North
Thailand about the conditions in Burma today, noted that
the country still had a way to go in terms of
infrastructure development, as well as resolving
political conflicts such as the Buddhist - Muslim
sectarian violence that has recently erupted. Continued
The plunge in gold prices has wreaked
havoc on Thai pawnshops where 80 percent of received
assets are the precious metal, according to the Bangkok
Metropolitan Administration (BMA).
If we are to ask children what they enjoy doing
the most, there can be many answers surfacing
from this one simple question - like listening
to a fairytale from their parents or spending
time playing sports with their friends.
This was a very interesting week with only two
teams changing positions on the leader board.
Café Kronborg regained first place from Indiana
after splitting their match with Semper FI with
each team winning two points. Continued
