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Hungry families to be fed thanks to Diana Group’s annual New Year’s donation to SOS Rice campaign
Suchada Tupchai
The annual charitable activities of the Diana Group are
vast and widespread but one tradition has stuck, and that is the annual
handover of rice and funds to the SOS Rice project.
On the afternoon of January 1, Sophin Thappajug, managing
director of the Diana Group and Associate Judge of the Chonburi Juvenile and
Family Court, led a team of management, staff and guests in a donation of
rice and funds to SOS Rice chairman, Sanga Kijsamrej at the Diana Inn,
Pattaya Second Road.
Sophin
Thappajug, managing director of the Diana Group and Associate Judge of the
Chonburi Juvenile and Family Court, led a team of management, staff and
guests on the donation of rice and funds to SOS Rice chairman, Sanga
Kijsamrej at the Diana Inn, Pattaya Second Road.
“As part of the private sector, the Diana Group along
with residents and tourists are happy to present this annual donation to
such a worthy project that helps the region’s children,” said Sophin
Thappajug.
A traditional New Year blessing in the morning preceded
the donation with 9 monks conducting religious ceremonies.
The annual handout to the SOS Rice project included
20,000 baht in cash for scholarships for the children in Pattaya, consumable
goods and rice.
Sanga Kijsamrej thanked everyone for their generosity in donating to the
8th SOS Rice project as well as for their honorable intentions to bring in
the New Year, and he wished them all a healthy and prosperous year ahead.
Sriracha Festival showcases local culinary delicacies
Veerachai Somchart
Pacific Park Sriracha was the place to be when the
district recently held their annual Sriracha Festival. The eleven-day event
wound up January 1 and throughout the festival local producers displayed
their talents and products in an event aimed at promoting the area.
 Many
artists, both musical and visual, took part in the Sriracha Festival.
None was more predominant than the vast array of seafood
and fruits dishes, in particular, curried sea mussels with pineapple, which
is the pride of local residents and the district’s signature dish.
However, the delectable delights did not stop there as
the display of local fruit and vegetables was lined up for all to see and
taste.
Throughout the festival well-known musicians entertained
the crowds as organizers turned on the hospitality with plenty of games and
prizes including slingshot and a youth singing contest.
The festival, held annually over the New Year period is
aimed at strengthening the local economy and promoting more visitors from
around the country and abroad to partake in the sights, sounds and smells of
this seaside town.
Special agricultural stands, OTOP products and artistic
handicrafts were featured in and around the shopping center,
The official opening of the 2003 festival was presided over by Wittaya
Khunpluem, president of the Chonburi Athletics Association and Tawee Noknoi,
Chonburi deputy governor. They also presented prizes to the winners of the
pineapple carving contest and a number of others that took place during the
festivities.
Bri & Joy Company celebrates seven successful years
Suchada Tupchai
Members of the Enjoy Group of companies, and specifically
the Bri & Joy Company Ltd., in Pattaya recently celebrated 7 successful
years of operation at their Pratamnak office.
 Bri
& Joy MDs Willialuk and Adul Suwanhithartorn and guests cut the
ceremonial cake in celebration of seven successful years.
The company, which has made a name for itself in the
travel industry, prides itself on providing 24-hour customer services to
customers from around the world.
Starting off with 9 braches around the country, the
number has gradually increased to 15 branches with 6 new ones being opened
last year.
The party was specifically for the region’s travel agents who have
supported their business and ensured its successful growth. A special
surprise cake was presented during the evening and was distributed among
guests, much to their delight.
Pattaya’s Street Kids receive a New Year’s gift from across the globe
Damri Muangkaew
Fifty children from the Redemptorist Street Kids Home
were treated to a New Year’s feast at the Hard Rock Cafe’s Sky Bar on
Friday January 2. The evening’s buffet and entertainment was part of a
joint effort between Tracy Cosgrove (Scotswoman of the Year 2003), still in
Scotland, her friend, Joanne Aitkin currently in Thailand on holiday and the
Hard Rock Hotel. Joanne also brought over gifts for the children in 50 kilos
of excess baggage to be given specifically to the children.
 Tracy
Cosgrove, a regular visitor to Thailand and champion of children, won fame
last year at home when she was voted as Scotswoman of the Year for her
charitable work with underprivileged children in Thailand in Bangkok,
Pattaya and in Chiang Mai.
Tracy is now planning to ship a container of clothing and
other goods in February, thanks to P & O, who had agreed to ship the
goods free of charge. Tracy then plans to return here in June and bring with
her Scottish students currently engaged in the “Charity Challenge”
project.
The project involves all the schools in Glasgow and they
have been invited to enter an entrepreneurial challenge to help the Thai
disadvantaged children. The schools are being asked to come up with
fundraising ideas, business plans, profit and loss etc, sell their products,
and present their project to a panel of judges.
The winning school will not be determined by who raised
the most money, but by the most ingenious way they did it and how much work
they put into it. The winners, 3 pupils and 1 teacher, will win a trip to
Thailand to see 3 areas where Tracy has been helping, Bangkok, Pattaya and
Chiangmai.
The project is fully sponsored by Hard Rock - Pattaya Accommodation,
Marriott Resort & Spa Bangkok, the Northern Thai Association Chiang Mai
and the Tourism Authority Thailand, and is scheduled for June this year.
SCR Condo opens new
office in View Talay 2
 SCR Condo Company Limited recently opened their new office in View Talay
2. SCR is not new to Pattaya, already being established in the marketplace
for homes and land the new company, run by Peter Smith (center) will
specialize in the sale and rentals of condominiums and apartments throughout
Pattaya and Jomtien and boast a trained, qualified and very capable sales
staff plus an in-house legal team on hand to guide clients through the
procedures to conclude purchases in a professional and satisfactory manner.
SCR
Condo office is located on the ground floor of Building A, View Talay 2,
room 33. For further information contact Peter or Jill (center left) on Tel.
01 805 6717, email: [email protected]
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