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Marines present gifts to disabled children
Patcharapol Panrak
Rear Admiral Sakchai Kachpracharak, commander of the Marine Corps at
Sattahip, and senior officers presented toys to handicapped children at Ban
Khao Baisri School as New Year gifts.
The Royal Marines, led by
their commander Rear Admiral Sakchai Kachpracharak, present New Year
presents to special children at Khao Baisri School.
The school teaches about 40 handicapped children and helps to ease the
burden on their families by integrating them into the community when they
might otherwise have spent long hours at home.
Amongst the Navy’s gifts were a number of long drums that it was felt would
help foster a love of music and possibly also encourage the children to take
part in musical activities.
Gifts were also presented to the teachers of the children for their
dedication in helping those whose lives are rendered difficult from birth
and who might otherwise find little opportunity for improvement and
acceptance in society.
Sattahip police present certificates to students in anti-drugs drive
Patcharapol Panrak
Pol Col Somthai Khamwat, superintendent at Sattahip police station, was
guest presenter for certificates to the students at Ban Sattahip School,
part of the anti-drugs drive that is being conducted throughout the
province.
Pol. Col. Somthai Khamwat presents
certificates to students who passed the anti-drugs education project.
Pol Lt Col Narat Rattanajinda, deputy superintendent of crime prevention
and the station’s public relations chief, reported on the training
results, stating that the PR unit had organized experts and qualified
lecturers to give lectures to the students at Sattahip district school
for one hour per day.
This had good cooperation from the schools, teachers and students,
because everybody realized that drugs have returned once again after the
government fought to rid everyone of them. DARF, the Drug Abuse Research
Foundation, must first start with the children in school by providing
knowledge concerning drugs and advice on refusing drugs, which will
create an anti-drug base within the education institutes, communities,
society and the country.
Pol Col Somthai presented certificates to the students attending the
project training course of education in the anti-drugs drive amongst
students.
Redemptorist School helps increase role of disabled in society
Suchada Tupchai
More than 30 students from the Redemptorist School in Pattaya held a
special community day, officially opened by deputy chief of Pong
district Boworn Moolsrakhoo, and intended to help the disabled see how
they can increase their role in society.
Likhit Taksin, assistant director for community relations, said this
activity is held about six times a year. The purpose is to increase the
role of disabled people in the community, ensuring that they integrate
and are accepted as any other member would be who did not suffer
disability.
Community services included free haircuts, free electronic spare parts
and repairs, and free advice on computers. A special show by students
from Sawang Arom School and Wan Pong School, and a musical show by the
disabled was a highlight.
Perhaps the most popular of the activities was the repair of electronic
devices, with many people bringing broken equipment to be fixed.
The most popular of the
activities was the repair of electronic devices.
Students from Sawang Arom
School and Wan Pong School put on a special show, much enjoyed by all.
Lots of little Santas take part
in Carrefour competition
Narisa Nitikarn
A crowd of tiny Santas gathered at Carrefour’s Pattaya on December
24 for a Little Santa competition with lots of prizes in the offing.
Watinee Srinobnom, manager of Carrefour’s shopping mall, said the
competition was open to children attending schools in Pattaya and aged 4
to 10 years. Parents brought their children along and the atmosphere was
one of great color and enjoyment with the children in their red Santa
outfits.
In all, 32 children competed and each child was allowed a maximum of
three minutes to show off his or her talents. Most of the acts were
performed to music and each act was a winner in itself, winning the
hearts of the judges and making their job very difficult. The songs
included the likes of Hula Hula and Jingle Bells.
The winner was Tawantai Khongsamrit, also known as Nong Bacon, aged 4,
from Burapapattanasart School who performed Hip Hop to a round of
applause from the crowd of locals and tourists. He received 3,000 baht
in prize money, and every participant was also given a prize.
This little angel looks
cute in her Christmas outfit.
Some of the participants
ham it up for the camera.
Cute children in their
Christmas outfits prepare to compete for prizes in the Little Santa
competition at Carrefour’s Pattaya.
Tawantai Khongsamrit, also
known as Nong Bacon, aged 4, from Burapapattanasart School won with his
Hip Hop performance.
Asian U and Lingnan University
to cooperate
Asian U staff watch as
Professor Edward K. Y. Chen and Dr Viphandh Roengpithya perform the
signing ceremony at Asian University near Pattaya.
At the end of last month, a Memorandum of
Agreement was signed by Dr. Viphandh Roengpithya, president of Asian
University, and Professor Edward K. Y. Chen, president of Lingnan
University, Hong Kong.
This agreement provides the framework for the two universities to
develop a strong partnership and allow for exchange of information,
students and staff between the two establishments. With time it is hoped
that other joint projects will be possible.
Lingnan University is the only liberal arts institution in Hong Kong. It
is a small university with a distinctive and unique mission of providing
liberal arts education to students in Hong Kong. It aspires to be an
internationally recognized liberal arts university with Hong Kong
characteristics. Asian U also has a growing Liberal Arts faculty, and
both universities share a strong student oriented environment, with
small classes and treat their students as protégés rather than
customers.
Asian U already has in place several memoranda and understandings of
agreement with prestigious universities overseas.
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