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Nong Nooch Gardens host elephant buffet to celebrate award
Ariyawat Nuamsawat
Nong Nooch Tropical Botanical Garden Co., Ltd., led by
general manager Sodawan Buranasiri, held an elephant buffet at the popular
tourist attraction after an awards ceremony was held for receiving a
certificate for standard.
 Sodawan
Buranasiri (third from right), Nong Nooch Tropical Garden general manager;
Manit Panprapa (fifth from left), director of Hygiene and Health Office,
Livestock Department; Supab Pakkadee (second from right), director of the
Chonburi Provincial Livestock Department, and guests attended the ceremony.
The Agriculture and Cooperatives Ministry declared that
the standard of Thailand elephant camp 2003, Nong Nooch Tropical Garden Co.,
Ltd. was exceptional and therefore approved the award.
 A
grand fruit buffet party was held for the elephants and visited by many
tourists.
To qualify for the certificate, Nong Nooch Garden’s
elephant camp was inspected and the premises were found to include a high
standard of health among the elephants and their mahouts, plentiful and
nutritious food, frequent physical checkups and cleanness and security of
the location.
The gardens are the first eastern elephant camp to
recognize and achieve the standardized qualification.
“This great buffet party was held to celebrate this special occasion,
plus, we have recently had 5 newborn elephants, so we also arranged this
huge party to celebrate our new members and it is a good chance for tourists
to visit and have a look at the performances by elephants,” said Sodawan.
U.K. Club of Pattaya enjoys monthly luncheon at Ali Baba
Even with the onset of the charity gala dinner, some of
the members from the U.K. Club of Pattaya still found time to enjoy their
monthly luncheon, held this month on October 22 at the Ali Baba Restaurant
on Central Pattaya Road.
As
you can see, Eileen from Yorkies Pork Platter wasn’t very hungry as she
tucked into her starter!
Wendy
Khan had something to smile about!
Bangkok Pattaya Hospital holds educational seminar on diabetes
Suchada Tupchai
Last Saturday morning the Bangkok Pattaya Hospital held
an educational day on diabetes and how to prevent it. Dr. Weerasak
Pongpatanaphan, assistant hospital director addressed the audience on how to
prevent and live with adult onset diabetes.
 Dr.
Weerasak Pongpatanaphan, assistant hospital director addressed the audience
on how to prevent and live with adult onset diabetes.
The audience was told that some of the most common causes
of diabetes stem from being overweight, lack of exercise and stress, but
that there are many others that can lead to affliction.
Special rates for a number of tests to detect the disease
for those likely to be at risk were offered.
 “Ouch!”
... “Oh shush, it’s only a pin prick.” A smart man gets checked by the
nice nurse to make sure he doesn’t have adult onset diabetes.
Diabetes rates very high on the list of things that
affect adults. Complications from the disease can result in loss of sight,
kidney failure and poor circulation.
The Bangkok Pattaya Hospital is one of those rare
institutions that offer prevention care courses and promote a healthy
lifestyle, as opposed to only offering primary and secondary patient care.
Pattaya City’s Expat Club offers warm welcome to local and provincial administrators
At the latest Sunday morning meeting at Henry J. Bean’s
Restaurant, the Pattaya City Expat Club gave a warm welcome to members of
the local and provincial administration.
 Pattaya
City Expat Club chief advisor, Chanyuth Hengtrakul (center) and members were
invited to participate in this year’s Loy Krathong festival on Beach Road.
The club’s chief advisor, Chanyuth Hengtrakul and Pinit
Poonsiri were there to meet members and extend a personal invitation from
Mayor Pairat to become involved in a special Loy Krathong Festival scheduled
for November 7, 8 and 9. This year Pattaya City has called on resident
members of the international community to participate in the festivities and
has invited the Pattaya City Expat Club to help organize this.
The city administration will provide a number of booths
that will be set up on Beach Road between the Dusit and Hard Rock Hotel for
representatives to display something typical of their different cultures or
information about charitable activities.
Rewat Ponlukin from Chonburi provincial administration
attended in support of a joint initiative between the Pattaya City Expat
Club, Sermsak Sabhananda from the Leaders Digest newspaper, and the Pattaya
administration, to bring together individuals from the foreign communities
and members of the administrative departments to discuss any issues that
cause concern for long-stay residents.
On a previous occasion, the club’s principal advisor,
Chanyuth Hengtrakul discussed his concern regarding the lack of facilities
at Nernplubwan School. A further promise of donations from the sale of the
Yellow 2004 Pattaya Directory was made by the publisher and Chanyuth
promised advertising on Sophon Cable TV along with sales to new subscribers
and a 100 baht donation per book.
The club thanked the principal guests for their time and
concern in helping create greater understanding between the foreigner and
Thai administration.
HEARTT 2000 shows heart again
Peter Nordhues
On Monday October 29, Kim and Pascal Schnyder welcomed 67
guests of the PGF to their gourmet-restaurant, Casa Pascal. The event was a
charity dinner, which was organized by the Pattaya Gay Festival (PGF) with
the proceeds going to HEARTT 2000, an organization with the target to help
HIV-Infected people to get medical and psychological treatment.
 Hugh
Millar welcomes the guests to the PGF charity dinner at Casa Pascal
Restaurant. (Photo by Peter Nordhues)
HEARTT 2000 enables those patients to get these
treatments for little money. PGF is the main sponsor of HEARTT 2000.
Pascal charged 300 baht per person for the cost for the
dinner and sponsored the drinks as well. He promised further to allocate for
one month 5 percent of his sales to HEARTT 2000.
As usual the guests loved the 9-course dinner at Casa
Pascal very much and were all more than satisfied.
The Rotary Club of Jomtien Pattaya came up with a
surprise and past president Bruno Keller awarded one of the founders and
initiators of PFG, with a “Paul Harris Fellowship”.
After dinner, a raffle was held with a television set as
the main prize. Other prizes included many bottles of wine from Pascal’s
wine cellar and 15,000 baht cash donated by a guest who didn’t want to be
named.
This successful event raised 120,000 baht, which will be used for the
benefits of HEARTT 2000, showing how much a small group of willing people
can achieve.
Lions Club of Bangsaen recounts history of a past president
The Lions Club of Bangsaen held a memorable evening at
the Tide Resort Bangsaen to recount the history of their past president
Kanchana Chuemmitreesakul.
Throughout the evening many distinguished guests were
present, including past president of Lions International Kajit Haparnont,
and past district governor of Lions District 310C Chanyuth Hengtrakul, and
Naris Petcharat.
 The
Lions Club of Bangsaen held a memorable evening at the Tide Resort Bangsaen
to recount the history of their past president Kanchana Chuemmitreesakul.
The evening’s event was also well attended by local
Lions Club members from Chonburi Province as they celebrated past president
Lion Kanchana Chuemmitreesakul in an evening of warmth and camaraderie.
Thai-German Institute holds ‘Productivity Improvement through Cooperation’ exhibition
Damri Muangkaew
Last week, Narong Rattana, Thai director of
the Thai-German Institute and Walter Kretschmar, German director
of the Institute, organized an exhibition on new high-technology
factory equipment, which attracted a number of representatives
from several companies in the field. Johan Cauwenbergh, charge
d’ affaires of the European Union in Thailand, and Piyawuth Na
Pattalung, deputy director of the Industrial Economic Bureau
were the guests of honor on the day.
 Walter
Kretschmar (left), German director of the Institute, and Narong
Rattana (right), Thai director of the Thai-German Institute look
on as Piyawuth Na Pattalung and Johan Cauwenbergh cut the ribbon
to officially open the new high-technology exhibition.
The exhibition was divided into 2 sections.
The first section was explained by the institute’s personnel
as being based on a software advisory center, mould master plan
and precision, and DVT initiative for apprenticeship in
industry. The second section included Castrol Service in Mind,
Metrology Innovation, Piczoclectric Sensors and Applications.
After the exhibition and seminar, guests were
invited to the hall to view shows on stage that featured
cooperation enhancement between industries and the combination
of technology for the future.
The exhibition’s theme changes every 6
months to keep up with ever-changing modern technology. The TGI
intends to be the exchange center for technological information
on the Eastern Seaboard.
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