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Royal Cliff Beach Resort executives
pay annual visit to local orphanage
Royal Cliff Beach Resort senior executives, led by
managing director Panga Vathanakul, paid a visit to the Pattaya Orphanage on
August 9. The executives spent time with the children housed at the
orphanage and donated rice and other food items.
Managing
director of Royal Cliff Beach Resort Panga Vathanakul (center) presents the
resort’s donation to Father Banjong Chaiyara of the Pattaya Orphanage.
Also shown are senior resort executives, orphanage administrators, and some
of the children cared for by the charitable facility.
Founded by the late Father Ray Brennan, the Pattaya
Orphanage provides a loving home, residential care and education for over
180 orphans, up to 100 street children, 220 deaf or blind children and 200
disabled youths.
The Royal cliff Beach Resort is a long-time benefactor of the Pattaya
Orphanage through annual visits, fund-raising programs, and donations.
(Information on sponsorship and donations to the Pattaya Orphanage can be
obtained through Tel no’s: (66) 038716-628, fax (66) 038716-629)
Education minister orders overhaul of English
language teaching
Education Minister Adisai Bodharamik has ordered an
overhaul of training for English language teachers nationwide, calling for
an integrated approach which would make way for simultaneous training and
teaching.
Speaking after a meeting on skills development for
English language teachers, Adisai said that he wanted to see rapid results
in language teaching, without the need to wait for teachers to undergo
lengthy training before putting their skills into practice.
Noting that only a few thousand of the 70,000-plus
English language teachers across the country had achieved good grades, he
said that around 120 training centers across the country would open their
doors to offer integrated training, with specific courses for targeted
groups of teachers.
Under the scheme, teachers will be able to train at the
same time as they teach, rather than waiting for the end of term before
undertaking training programs.
The education minister said that all schools would also
have to establish language laboratories for language teaching, with courses
focused on listening and speaking. Initially teachers would be assisted by
native speakers from abroad, who would help draw up the system and ensure
correct pronunciation.
Speaking of the need for better English skills to
welcome Thailand’s huge number of foreign tourists, Adisai said that
properly trained teachers would receive higher salaries. (TNA)
St. Andrews International School visits ESBEC
Students
from St. Andrews International School learned about waste disposal and
recycling during their recent visit to the Eastern Seaboard Environment
Complex (ESBEC) operated by Waste Management Siam Co., Ltd. (WMS)
Fun for all the family at the 6th Annual Jesters Children’s Fair
Karyn
Walker
Make sure you have Sunday, September 12 marked in your
diary – you won’t want to miss the fun at the Diana Garden Lodge and
Driving Range, North Pattaya. The Jesters Children’s Fair is always a
tremendous day out for all ages, and this year’s Fair has even more stalls
and crowd pleasers for your enjoyment. From opening time at 10 a.m. until
fair closing at 6 p.m. there will be lots of things to see and do – and
great food on offer from some of your favorite restaurants in Pattaya.
 Pony
rides will be back, too.
There is a full schedule of on-stage entertainment
throughout the day with live music, special guest star performances and some
fun and games planned especially for the children, including the popular
tug-of-war contest. It could be your lucky day – there are some great
prizes in the fantastic Children’s Raffle so make sure you get your
tickets before the 3.30 p.m. draw – “you have to be in it to win it”!
It really is a special day for the children with plenty
of games and competitions planned, including arts and crafts, lucky numbers,
guessing games, lucky dips and bingo. The enthusiastic teams from Garden
International School, International School Eastern Seaboard, Montessori
Children’s Center, St Andrews International School and The Regent’s
School will be there in force on the day with a host of activities on offer.
Looking
smart in their Care for Kids t-shirts.
Mum and Dad can have a lot of fun too, with a record
number of stalls to visit, music, entertainment and wonderful food to enjoy
and a good way to beat the heat – relax in the inviting comfort of the
mist-cooled Green Garden terrace and maybe partake of a cold drink or two!
 Clowns
will entertain the kids.
The Fair Program guide will tell you all about the day,
where and what the stalls have to offer, times of on-stage entertainment and
guest star performances, and list the wonderful prizes in the children’s
raffle. Keep the guide as a souvenir of the day and read about the grand
raffle prizes and interesting auction items available at the Jesters Pub
Night, six days later on Saturday, September 18 at Shenanigans Irish Pub.
Meanwhile, please display the ‘Care for Kids’ bumper
sticker or poster and you could win a prize from the ‘Mystery Spotter’
out and about and in and around Pattaya. It could be a Jesters souvenir
item, or a restaurant voucher, just so we can say thank you for supporting
the 2004 Jesters Charity Drive. If you don’t have a free bumper sticker or
poster yet, just call in to TQ, Shenanigans, Diana Inn or Diana Driving
Range, Pattaya Mail office, Pattaya Sports Club office, or Viking
Beachcomber and ask.
Sunday September 12 is the day – be there.
Stop Press: VFW Post 9876 donates 10,000 baht; becomes Bronze Sponsor.
Pattaya’s G & PS committee visits
the region’s street kids at Huay Pong
Safe shelter for city’s homeless children
Suchada
Tupchai
Sopin Thappajug, Chonburi associate family and youth
court judge led committee members from Pattaya’s government and private
sector (G & PS) and members from the YWCA Bangkok-Pattaya branch on a
tour of the Eastern Region Children’s Protection Center in Huay Pong. The
trip also coincided with the YWCA’s ‘Sai Yai Haeng Ruk’ (The line of
love and nurture) project.
Sopin
Thappajug led members of Pattaya’s government and private sector (G &
PS) committee and members from the YWCA Bangkok-Pattaya branch on a tour of
the Eastern Region Children’s Protection Center in Huay Pong.
The children at the center, both boys and girls, have
either been discarded by their families or sent to the facility after
brushes with the law after being led down the destructive path by
unscrupulous adults plying the children in the sex and drug trade.
Sopin Thappajug, who tirelessly dedicates her time to
social reform and care of children, told committee members, “These
children need love and attention even while here in this welfare facility to
ensure that they do not want to run away for fear of lack of freedom. If
they do, most will return to the streets and return to less than favorable
activities. They need to feel at ease with where and who they are.”
This was confirmed by an official at the center who said
that some adults pretending to be guardians or parents had tried to take the
children out of the center and return to the streets.
Committee members spoke to the children who had been sent
to the facility from Pattaya where it was revealed that most came from
broken homes and poor families where either one or both parents were in jail
or had fled the city for their crimes. The children often stayed in
motorcycle taxi ranks as a form of shelter and did anything they could to
make enough money, leading them to being sent to Huay Pong.
One boy said that he did not want to be in the center
because he felt imprisoned, adding that to get by he used to sell fruit from
the early morning till late at night and had no time for schooling.
Wuttisak Rermkijakarn, Pattaya deputy mayor revealed that the reason
behind the visit was that the city is greatly concerned about the issue and
is looking for better ways to ease the burden for the children and society.
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