The Embassy of Switzerland in Bangkok has introduced a new visa appointment service. As of April 3, 2006 you can make an appointment by calling: 1900 222 340 (9 baht/minute). This service will be tested until April 21. Starting from April 23, visa clients will only be welcomed at Swiss visa desks during their fixed appointments. Appointments in Thai or English language can be arranged at the external phone number 1900 222 340 (9 baht/minute) from Monday to Friday, from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.

The ANZAC Day remembrance and community service program will be conducted this year on Monday, April 24 and Tuesday, April 25. This is always a well attended event and hotel accommodation is in short supply. AustCham Thailand has booked rooms at the River Kwai Village Resort for members and friends. The River Kwai Village Resort is only 20 minutes by car from Hellfire Pass. For more details and to book this event on line, please visit: http://www.austchamthailand.com or tel: +66 (0) 2210-0216-8; Visit the AustCham web site regularly: www.austchamthailand.com

Mabuhay Diving Club, a non-profit diving organization is inviting scuba divers to participate in an underwater clean-up at Koh Larn every first Sunday of each month. All welcome. To sign in, please fax 038-415-262 ext 428, email [email protected] or call 05-275-9205 or 01-177-7905.

Easter Service will be on Saturday April 15 at 6 p.m. at the Redemptorist Center Chapel ‘He Is Risen’ Service of New Light with Holy Communion for Easter. Please feel free to join the congregation on this the most important day of the Christian year. The congregation openly invites any member of the Church of England, Episcopal Church or Church in Communion with the Anglican Church to join the service on this occasion. For more information contact: Rev. Allan Sherratt at 071270527.

At the Pattaya City Expats Club meeting this week on Sunday April 16, the guest speaker will be the deputy director of Bangkok Pattaya Hospital, Dr Jakapan Bhongsateern. He will be answering questions on all aspects of the work at the Hospital, its expansion and new building programme to increase the size of the in-patient capacity and its increased numbers of foreign patients coming specifically for operations and cosmetic surgery whilst here on vacation. The weekly meetings start at 10.30 a.m. with buffet breakfast available from 9.30 at Henry J. Beans Restaurant in the grounds of the Amari orchid Resort, North Pattaya Beach Road. Everyone welcome.

The BCCT in cooperation with Bangkok Pattaya Hospital invites you to A Networking Evening on the Eastern Seaboard on Friday April 21 from 6.30 p.m. at Bangkok Pattaya Hospital, 10th Floor Roof Garden, Building D, 301 Moo 6, Sukhumvit Road, KM 143 Naklua, Banglamung. All welcome! For location map: http://www.bph.co.th/pages/location.html. Members are free but non-members must pay THB 500 per person. Members please book on-line. Non-members please email your booking to - [email protected] All attending are required to book in advance.

BCCT in close cooperation with Executrain of Bangkok will hold Ms Project 2003 training on Thursday 20 - Friday 21 April from 9 a.m. – 5 p.m. at ExecuTrain of Bangkok, 20th Floor, Liberty Square, 287 Silom Road Maximum 12 participants Please book on-line at the BCCT website www.bccthai.com

BCCT HR Committee Dinner sponsored & arranged by Berlitz will be held Thursday April 26, from 6.30 p.m. at Pan Pacific Hotel, Pacific 1-3 Room, 21st Floor, 952 Rama IV Road (next to Robinson Silom, 10 minutes walk from Sala Daeng BTS and Silom MRT). The guest speaker is Pojai Pookakupt, managing director of Hay Group. Admission is free but please book in advance as numbers are limited. Members book on-line at the BCCT website. Non-members should email: [email protected]

Casa Pascal Restaurant offers a new gourmet set menu serving from April 1 through 15, Italian sparkling wine: Spumante Brut, Pinot Chardonnay, Amuse Bouche. White wine, Angove’s Chalk Hill Blue, Colombard Chardonnay, Australia 2004. Pigeon and goose liver terrine, marinated Norwegian salmon, on cucumber - sour cream with walnuts and dill, Alaska scallops on lasagna roll and tomato vierge sauce, lime and vodka sherbet. Red wine: Butterfly Ridge Shiraz Cabernet Australia, 2004. Over - baked red snapper with herb butter, cepes mushrooms and sun-dried tomato sauce, or beef tenderloin on grilled eryngii mushrooms, bone marrow and red wine sauce, apple strudel with vanilla ice cream and coffee sauce, or selection of premium French cheese. Coffee or tea. Calvados, Grappa, Remy Martin, Williams. Menu 1,200++ baht, menu with unlimited beverages 2,400++ baht. For reservation (038) 723 660, fax (038) 723 659 e-mail: [email protected] For more information: www. restaurant-pattaya.com

The Peak Restaurant, Dusit Resort, Pattaya, enjoy exquisite Chinese cuisine as talented chef Chi Tak Lai adds a number of mouthwatering dishes to The Peak’s menu in April. At The Bay sample new delicacies: Stir fried sharks fin with abalone, braised goose web with black chicken and Yunan ham, stir fried scallop with lotus root, braised sea cucumber with prawns and crab roe, and deep-fried sweet Chinese jam stuffed with salted egg. Hours: 11:30 a.m. - 2:30 p.m. & 6:30 - 10 p.m. For reservations, please call 0 3842 5611-7 ext. 2276. Sample the innovation and flair of Italian chef Giuseppe Zanotti this April with superb seafood creations as: Seafood salad with porcini mushroom and pecorino shaving, Fusilli with red basil, beetroot pesto and pan-fried prawns, pan-fried John Dory fillet with saut้ed escarole black olives, anchovies and capers, and white chocolate mousse with kiwi sauce. Hours: 11:30 a.m. - 2:30 p.m. & 6:30 - 10 p.m. For reservations, please call 0 3842 5611-7 ext. 2270. The Saturday night BBQ Buffet continues to enthrall food lovers! This famous weekend family buffet is an all-out, lavish affair with food that presents a wide assortment of meat and seafood dishes to go on the grill. Thai, Chinese, Italian specialties, carving stations with ham and roast beef, along with other delightful dishes to fully satisfy the heartiest of appetites. Dine in air-conditioned comfort or the refreshing outdoors with the magnificent view of Pattaya Bay. 7 p.m. - 10 p.m. Baht 960++ per person and half-price for children 5-12 years old. For reservations, please call 0 3842 5611-7 ext. 2270. New Themes for Cascade Café Buffet Executive Chef Hans Peter Held prepares refreshing new themes for Cascade Caf้’s nightly buffet. Every night, except Saturday, enjoy a wide variety of appetizers, salads, soup, curries, main dishes, desserts and fresh cooking demonstrations showcasing our kitchen’s culinary talent. Travel around the world’s cuisines with a Mediterranean Monday, Thai Tuesday, Mexican Wednesday, Thai Thursday, Asian Friday, and Carving Night Sunday. Baht 700++ per person 6:30 – 10 p.m. For reservations please call 0 3842 5611-7 ext. 2149-50.

Greg’s Pie Shop is offering delicious freshly homemade meat pies available for take away at Greg’s Kitchen opposite Soi 6, Second Road. Tel: 01 2543624.

Beat the heat with our refreshing set menus! For the month of April, Indian By Nature is offering three different set menus: Jaipur, Jodhpur and Jaisalmer, all complete with drinks at very tempting prices. For reservations call 038 3646 56 or 018629452.

Jameson’s the Irish Pub has a host of Daily Specials! Don’t miss out on Jameson’s Thursday night special. Enjoy the two kebab mixed grills of beef, onion, pork, green pepper, chicken, tomato, liver, bacon, pineapple, kidney, and mushroom, served with white rice, salad & barbeque sauce. Also the famous British beers, Old Speckled Hen on draught and Newcastle Brown Ale by the bottle. Located at Soi Sukrudee (Soi A.R.), Pattaya, email: [email protected] Website: www.jamesons-pattaya.com

Mercure Hotel Pattaya presents P&P all you can eat pasta and pizza at the Cappuccino Terrace every Wednesday night. Contact: 038 425 050.

The Montien Hotel, Pattaya announces their Theme Buffet Evenings 2006: Tuesdays, Verandah Coffee Shop ‘reef & beef’ international BBQ buffet dinner. Adults baht 550++/Children baht 300++. Wednesdays, La Mer Restaurant Mediterranean buffet dinner, Adults baht 500++ / children baht 280++. Friday - Verandah Coffee Shop BBQ & seafood buffet dinner adults baht 550++ / Children baht 300++. Saturday - Verandah Coffee Shop international buffet dinner. Adults baht 500.-++ / children baht 280++. Bring you family and friends. Sit back, relax and enjoy from 6-10 p.m. For reservations please call 038-428155 ext 1620, 1621 e-mail; [email protected]

Pattaya’s most popular Power Jam Band rocks the Moon River Pub & Restaurant nightly except Mondays. Happy hour is daily from 6.30 p.m. until 7.30 p.m. Located in front of the Thai Garden Resort, North Pattaya Road.

Honeymoon Package at The Tide Resort; a one night getaway with your special someone in a deluxe room, before being spoiled with a free Thai massage package for two at the Samutra Massage and Spa. Baht 4,000/room for Sunday – Thursday check in. For long holidays, Friday or Saturday check in 4,700 baht, and a 60% discount on rooms for a longer stay.

Free Overseas Calls at Art Café Pattaya: In addition to free ADSL Internet access service, patrons can call any other world-wide land line number without time limitations or restrictions. Also on offer are art reproductions of oil paintings from their talented and dedicated artists. For further information please contact or come to the Art Café Pattaya, 285/3, Moo 5, Soi 16 Pattaya Naklua Road, Pattaya, tel. 038 367 652 or 01 832 6031, email: [email protected]; www.artcafe-thailand.com

Devarana Spa, Pattaya at Dusit Resort offers a Summer Delight Package from April 1 - June 30, 2006 try the chromotherapy bath, aloe facial mask and cooling mint massage. Baht 3,400++ per person (1 hr. 45 mins.) May: Bahama mama cocktail scrub, baht 1,650++ (30 mins.) and baht 2,100++ (50 mins.) For reservation or inquiries, please contact: Devarana Spa, Pattaya at Dusit Resort. Tel: +66 0 3837 1044; email: [email protected] New and Improved Cardiotheatre - Last year, Dusit installed the latest in exercise entertainment which allows you to workout on any of 18 cardiovascular machines while watching one or even all of the six big TV screens in front you! Now, Dusit Resort Sports Club has added two music channels so you can tune in to the radio for motivational exercise music. For further details and membership information, please call 0 3842 5611-7 ext. 2226. Dusit Resort’s Sprinter is an alternative mode of transport from the Dusit Thani to Dusit Resort, Pattaya and vice versa. Dusit Sprinter is a Mercedes Benz deluxe shuttle bus custom-made to accommodate only 11 persons for maximum passenger comfort. Enjoy extra large seats and 5-star services and amenities. One-way baht 500 per person and baht 250 for children under 12 years old. For details and reservations, please call 0 3842 5611-7 ext. 2179, 2180.