City celebrates joyous occasion
of HM the Queen’s 76th birthday

Local hotels, businesses, clubs, and citizenry took part in a parade to honor Her Majesty Queen Sirikit on her 76th birthday August 12. There were also many activities throughout the city.

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No water bills until next year

Water supply bills won’t have to be paid until the beginning of next year, under a national government initiative to help the population during these difficult economic times by decreasing daily living expenses.
Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej declared a six-month policy with six projects designed to help the Thai people through the lean times.
One of the projects is to suspend payment of the water supply bill for families that consume less than 50 cubic meters of water a month, which amounts to 3.2 million users. The estimated saving is 213 baht a month for Nakorn Luang zone users, and 176 baht a month for other provincial users. This amount is covered by a national 3.93 billion baht budget.

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OUR COMMUNITY

Cowgirl wins Cowboy Night prize at Green Bottle

The Green Bottle Pub staged Cowboy Night on August 1, with guests invited to turn up in Wild West attire and other activities all designed to take people’s minds off the increasingly dire economy. Managing director of the Diana Group Sopin Thappajug acted as host, with guests including tourists, members of the business fraternity, and the media.

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FEATURES

Me, the mahout and Mrs. Flower

Mrs. Flower’s elongated snout, capable of the most delicate - picking up a needle - or the most destructive - destroying a farmer village - eases the banana from my palm entwined with in the powerful muscle that is her nose

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OUR CHILDREN

The big walk

Friday September 5, 2008 will see the first ever staging of The Regent’s Charity Walk. This first year, the beneficiary charity will be Croston House, a home for disaffected children based in Lamphun, near Chiang Mai. Croston House needs funds to buy the land on which it accommodates thirty young residents and to provide them with transport to go to school. A group of students from the Regents School were recently given the opportunity to visit the facilities in Lamphun.

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SPORTS

Pattaya to get first taste of Outdoor Unlimited Dash Series

Great outdoors and adventure activities are increasingly popular in Thailand and Adventure Racing is probably the fastest growing and newest sport in the country. After the tremendous success of the Amazing Adventure Race Series organized in association with The Tourism Authority of Thailand, Active Management Asia, the leader in the organization of Adventure Races in Thailand, is launching a new series of sprint races in which participants will compete individually instead of in the usual teams of two.

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SOCIAL SCENE

‘The Blue Coral’ duo now headlines at the -5º supperclub in the Amari Nova Suites. Live music Monday thru Saturday from 6 - 10 pm. Call 038 489 488 for reservations.

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DINING OUT

Café des Amis

Café des Amis (the friend’s café) has just opened, in fact open for only 12 days when we called for dinner, yet it has the feeling of having been established for some time.