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The German Language Business Club “steels” a look at GSS
The German Language Business Club met recently for their
lunch meeting at the Benjarong Restaurant of the Royal Wing. Delicious food
and first class wines (sponsored by Ambrose wines) raised the spirits of the
many guests, which was the soft part.
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German Language Business Club met for their monthly meeting at the Benjarong
Restaurant in the Royal Wing of the Royal Cliff Beach Resort, where they
were treated to an exhibition of GSS steel products.
The hard part came from guest speaker, Karl Mack, former
GM of Siemens Pattaya, who introduced his newly founded company, GSS and
it’s pure steel products. The company has finished the planning stage and
is starting to produce. Now golf carts, grills and smaller items are
available to be ordered or sold.
Not only was Karl Mack talking at the meeting but Elfi
Seitz und Nick Bauer, the moderator of the event, called upon four new
members to introduce their companies as well.
The next event of the German Language Club will be held
in August and again promises to be interestingly informative.
Protocols and security issues top agenda at YWCA monthly meeting
Suchada Tupchai
Protocols and security issues topped the agenda for the
YWCA’s monthly meeting at Diana Garden Resort, North Pattaya. Her Royal
Highness Princess Soamsawalee graciously presided over the Mothers Day
ceremonies, held on August 7, and the YWCA wanted to make sure everything
was in order well beforehand.
 Nittaya
Patimasongkroh (back center), president of the YWCA Pattaya branch, chaired
the club’s monthly meeting, which this month focused on the preparations
for Mothers Day.
Proper greetings for HRH the Princess were discussed in
detail, as well as the entire agenda of events.
Nittaya Patimasongkroh, president of the YWCA Pattaya
branch, chaired the monthly meeting.
During the meeting, the club’s charity activities
throughout the last month were also reviewed, including donations to poor
children, lunch programs for schoolchildren, and various activities for
youth done in conjunction with other clubs and organizations in Pattaya.
Big C Super Center opens employee school
Suchada Tupchai
Two of Pattaya’s major shopping centers are getting
serious about educating their staff. The Big C in North Pattaya and Big C
Super Center in South Pattaya officially opened in-house schooling
facilities for staff members earlier this week.
 Chonburi
deputy governor, Wirawit Wiwatanavanit (center) presided over the opening
ceremonies for the Big C in-house schooling facilities for staff members.
Last Monday morning, Chonburi deputy governor, Wirawit
Wiwatanavanit, performed the ceremonial ribbon cutting at the North Pattaya
location.
The new school will provide extra schooling for employees
wishing to complete their high school certificates under four main goals.
The first being to develop staff knowledge and training for life. The second
is to promote further training and skills among employees to offer the best
possible customer service. The third is to enable better public relations
and to encourage education for staff and the fourth is to provide a
convenient vehicle to staff to exchange ideas and opinions in a quality
environment.
The goal is to ensure all employees move through the
education system by 2005; currently there are 36 staff members from both the
South Pattaya and North Pattaya branches partaking in higher learning. The
remaining thirty-five Big C branches around the nation also opened their
in-house schools on the same day.
Somsak Yonokphan receives a send off party to remember
The Garden Seaview Resort was the venue in which Somsak
Yonokphan, former Banglamung district chief, was given a party by his peers.
Local politicians and senior police officers wished
Somsak the best of luck in his new position as director of the office of
local administration, which became effective August 4.
The party also welcomed the new district chief, Surapol
Tiensuwan, previously from Sattahip.
The evening’s festivities were warm and jovial as city
administrators and honored guests wished Somsak the best of luck with his
new job. In celebration, many of the senior officers enjoyed singing karaoke
throughout the evening.
The change of positions came after Chonburi Governor
Pisit Khetphasook announced a reshuffle of local officers.
Ladies Day at Bruno’s
All that women want
Ranee Schweitzer
Expression: That which is learned and passed on from
generation to generation. The Pattaya International Ladies Club’s meeting
on August 5th was a gathering of 18 different nationalities for an elegant
lunch at Bruno’s Restaurant, personally prepared by Fredi Schaub.
 (L
to R) Bronwyn Little-Carey and Sandy Langford present a special gift of
appreciation to Gundi Clements-Set for revising the Guide to Living in
Pattaya and Rayong.
Women in colorful dresses, sun-kissed skin with confident
smiles clapped proudly for their president, Sandy Langford, presenting a
flower bouquet to Gundi Clement-Set for successfully organizing the 2003
revisal of their visual voice, The Guide to Living in Pattaya and Rayong.
Raffle tickets giving chances to win prizes were
purchased by members; all funds gathered are to be distributed throughout
countless charities that PILC supports.
“Becoming a member is more than joining a club. Ladies
like-minded are coming together and becoming part of a family,” spoken
devotedly by membership director Liz Shepherd.
PILC creates sisterhood with diverse voices, and
encourages empowering exchanges enriching Pattaya’s community while always
improving the conditions of living for all children, women, and men.
Cultured women, being an artistic and creative product of society,
adaptable, which is the reason these women transcend boundaries.
Pattaya Sauber Club’s heart
beats for F1 and charity
“Sauber-Fan Club” of Pattaya have a beat in their
hearts for Formula One and the less fortunate. Immediately after hearing
about 9-year-old Anupong Suttiwat, a little boy who nurses his crippled
father, a fundraiser began in cooperation with the Rotary Club of Taksin-Pattaya
and YWCA.
At their last fellowship party on August 30 in the
“Gletscherkuss” Bar and Restaurant on Soi Diamond, they raised 10,000
baht and presented it to the charter president of the Rotary Club of Taksin,
who will match the amount.
Jonny Zettel, owner of Gletscherkuss, generously added
3,000 baht out of his own pocket.
These funds will go towards building a decent home for
the father and his caring son on land belonging to the Thai navy, which will
pass on a home-register to the family so they can join the government’s
30-baht healthcare plan.
The house will be wheelchair-friendly since the father is
paralyzed, and will have a living/bedroom, a separate bathroom, a Thai style
kitchen, electricity and fresh running tap water, which they are currently
lacking.
So far, the three clubs have raised 45,000 baht, yet
another 55,000 baht is urgently needed to complete the goal. To complete
this miracle, the three clubs have formed a committee called “Lend a hand
to Khun Suradech” (the father of the boy).
Anybody who believes in miracles contact: Nittaya
Patimasongkroh, the president of YWCA at 01-8170397 or Marliese Fritz, the
treasurer of the Rotary Club of Taksin-Pattaya, 06-1493010.
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