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Vol. X No. 16
Friday 19 Apr. - 25 Apr. 2002
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by Chinnaporn Sangwanlek, assisted by Boonsiri Suansuk.

SERVING THE EASTERN SEABOARD OF THAILAND

Rayong chemical plant erupts into intense inferno

Rayong governor orders evacuation of the area

Flammable chemicals in the Thai Doe No Den Company in Rayong caught fire just after noon on April 10, causing an intense inferno that took firefighters over 5 hours to control.

The plant produces highly flammable solvents and paint thinner.

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NEWS

Behave during Songkran or you could be fined

Freak storm causes property damage and flooding around the city

Most of SEA reefs severely threatened

Many local dignitaries pay final respects to one of Pattaya’s “original” city fathers

Novices enter monkhood as part of anti-drug campaign

Sawang Boriboon Foundation prepared for the worst during Songkran Festival

OUR COMMUNITY

The Hard Rock plucks the right chord for the blind

True joy is expressed in many forms, the most common being a smile. But when that smile comes from a child who lives in darkness, it tugs at the heartstrings. This was the scene at the Hard Rock Hotel Pattaya last weekend when over 30 children from the Redemptorist Centre for the Blind were treated to an afternoon enjoying all the hotel has to offer.
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FEATURES

Traditional values featured in Pattaya’s April 13 Songkran parade and festival

April 13 was the official national Songkran holiday in Thailand and throughout the Southeast Asian region. It has long been considered the unofficial Thai New Year (it was for a time the official Thai New Year), and Family Day.
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SOCIAL SCENE

Duangjai “Tan” (left), wife of the Pattaya Sports Club secretary, and Saowapa Boontawee (right), who works for Tan at the Beauty Salon at the Thai Garden Resort.
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SPORTS

Aussies, India reign supreme in Laser Regatta

As the 2002 Asian Pacific Laser and Radial Laser Championships, sailed off the Royal Varuna Yacht Club in South Pattaya, concluded last week, the heavyweights, Aussies Nicholas Skulander and Richard Scarr squeezed erstwhile leader, ...
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