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BCCT attracts international turnout
The British Chamber of Commerce Thailand held their monthly Networking Evening at Shenanigans Pub last weekend. Leader of the Eastern Seaboard chapter,
Graham Macdonald, jetted in for the occasion from Hong Kong to join the industrious networkers which included Vinod Vimalanathan from Executive Sports Management (Kuala
Lumpur) whose organization catered for the F1 circus in Malaysia two months ago, Ken Morris (BVH Environmental Wastecare, Birmingham UK) and a welcome visitor, Hardy Papson
(ex BHP) up from Australia. Even the International Club of Pattaya, with representative Pete Mills in attendance, was handing out cards like confetti at a wedding.
 BCCT networking evenings, like
this one at Shenanigans, attract the area’s best businesspeople for food, libations and networking.
Despite some downturns in a few areas of industry, the main mood of the chamber members was still one of optimism. Sponsor of the evening, Paul Dobbs of
Global Silverhawk, in an exclusive interview with the Pattaya Mail Channel said that his organization, now working with Santa Fe following a take-over, was confident that by
the end of the year they would be the number one “moving group” in S.E. Asia. To showcase his company’s expertise, his staff had wrapped the tables and chairs in
Shenanigans in corrugated cardboard. As Paul ventured at the end of the interview, “It’s a wrap!”
Australian Ambassador at Australian food promotion at Royal Cliff
 (Front row- right to left): Andre J.
Wood, general manger of the Royal Cliff Beach Resort, HE Miles Kupa, Australian Ambassador to Thailand, and Panga Vathanakul, managing director of the resort at the ribbon
cutting ceremony to officially open the event.
His Excellency Miles Kupa, Australian Ambassador to Thailand, recently visited the Royal Cliff Beach resort to pen a special promotional event
titled, A Celebration of Australian Cuisine. The event took place at the Benjarong Restaurant, featuring special guest chef from Australia, Graham Joy David, whose
culinary style has garnered him numerous accolades the world over
FCCT to hold talk on “Japan’ Modern Crisis”
Alex Kerr, author of Dogs and Demons: Tales from the Dark Side of Japan, a hard-hitting new book on Japan’s modern cultural crisis, will be visiting
the Foreign Correspondents’ Club Thailand on Wednesday, May 30, at 8 p.m. (Dinner from 7 p.m.).
“Japan is in big trouble, and it’s not just the sick economy,” Alex argues. Japan is stuck on policies and ideas that Kerr says are decades out of
date. Its inept and corrupt bureaucracy is systematically destroying the landscape, environment, Japan’s very culture and national welfare. Dysfunctional media and schools
worsen the malaise. Kerr (author of Lost Japan) joins a growing chorus of domestic critics of the increasingly troubled Japanese Establishment.
Location: Foreign Correspondents Club of Thailand Penthouse, Maneeya Center Building, 518/5 Ploenchit Road near the BTS skytrain, Chidlom Station Bangkok,
tel. 66-2-652-0580-1, fax 66-2-652-0582.
Dinner is B.280 for FCCT members; B.400 for non-members; non-member entry only B.250.
PILC goes afloat
The Pattaya International Ladies Club (PILC) is running a Family Fun Day afloat aboard the Royal Cliff Beach Resort’s luxury catamaran, ‘The Island
Dream’. Leaving from the Royal Cliff the vessel will cruise the islands, stopping for a picnic box lunch with swimming, sunbathing and snorkelling also being on the
itinerary for this relaxed family day.
The boat trip is on Saturday May 12, leaving at 10 a.m. and returning at 4 p.m. Bring your own liquid refreshments if you wish or you can purchase drinks
at the catamaran’s bar.
Tickets are available from Arlette Cykman (tel. 300 325, or fax 300 500) and are B.600 for adults, B.300 for children under 16 years of age and tots under
6 are free. The closing date was May 3rd, but Arlette will make space available.
PILC also has a coffee morning and luncheon at La Gritta Restaurant on Tuesday May 15. Reservations can be made with Angela on tel. 225 679.
SKAL club members look after their money
 Malcolm Boden from Royal Heritage
Asset Management
At the monthly meeting of the local SKAL club for those in the tourism and hospitality industry, the members were addressed by Malcolm Boden from Royal
Heritage Asset Management. Malcolm spoke on the advantages of offshore banking, which can be done in many currencies. Celebrated numismatist member, Jan Olav Aamlid now knows
where he put his old Roman coins. However, David Holden from the Royal Cliff Beach Resort, after hearing that the minimum amount to open an account was measured in thousands
of baht, returned the 20 baht he had borrowed to start his nest egg.
Clarisse eats her birthday carrots
 Clarisse Brundo, the Miss
Personality girl from Caf้ New Orleans, celebrated her birthday with friends and workmates by putting on some delicious Filipino specialties at the restaurant. It was a
special birthday for Clarisse, for she turned 25 on the 25th, something that happens only once in a lifetime. At the end of the evening, before opening her stockpile of
presents, Clarisse made a wish and blew out the candles on her birthday carrot cake. |
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