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Club of Jomtien Pattaya and PILC work together
to support 763 school children in Ban Chang
Assisted by sponsorships of the Pattaya Mail PC Classic Royal Cliff Beach Resort International Regatta 2006
Helle Rantsén
PILC welfare Chairperson
A couple of months ago the PILC welfare team visited 12 local primary and
secondary schools in the Ban Chang area. Ban Chang is a smaller town, 40 min
from Pattaya.
The reason for these visits was an attempt to map all the schools conditions
and to find out if any of the children needed support with a uniform, pair
of shoes or a school bag. As you might know school uniforms/shoes are
required for all children when attending school.
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was quite a logistics challenge to hand out all the uniforms and shoes.
We found out that the schools generally were in pretty good condition. Only
a few needed a renovation, but at all schools there were groups of children
who needed support for the school uniforms and shoes. Each school was then
asked to make a list with names and needs and off we went shopping big time.
It takes up a lot of space with cloths and shoes for so many children, I can
tell you, and it is not easy to get everything organised for the day of
delivery, making sure that each child receives the correct items.
It was a bit messed up on the first day, but everybody
took it in a good sprit and hopefully all worked out in the end. To make it
possible the school uniforms and shoes were handed out on 3 different days
to 3 different areas in Ban Chang.
It was a great joy to see all the smiling faces of the 763 children who
could leave the school on those days with new uniforms and shoes.
The project was supported by the Jomtien Pattaya Rotary Club, with funds
coming from sponsors of the Pattaya Mail PC Classic Royal Cliff Beach Resort
International Regatta 2006, and by the PILC with funds coming from the
yearly holiday bazaar and the gala ball. This year the PILC holiday bazaar
will take place on the 7th of October at the Royal Cliff Beach Resort with
the aim of raising more funds to support children in need.
The children were very happy,
and very thankful to receive such a great gift.
PILC and Rotarians (l-r)
Ingrid Cunliffe, Helle Rantsen, Judy Hoppe, Jan Koos Abbink, Dennis Stark
and Graham Hunt-Crowley ever ready to support children in our community.
Cyberplug opens wireless internet connection to support areas without landline access
Vimolrat Singnikorn
Cyberplug, a company offering high-speed wireless internet access, began
operations in Pattaya with a ceremony held on May 11, with Chonburi
senator Sansak Ngampichet presiding.
 Sansak
Ngampichet (left) and Deputy Mayor Ronakit Ekasingh (right) learn about
the new service during the opening ceremonies.
Eastern manager of Cyberplug Co Ltd (Pattaya branch) Sukanda Pumsri and
the company’s chief engineer Charoenchai Tochaiyakul welcomed guests who
included Deputy Mayor Ronakit Ekasingh and Nongprue village chief Somsak
Wongsiriwimol.
Sukanda said that the Cyberplug system was especially suitable for areas
that have no telephone landlines suitable for use as internet
connections. The service can be used with laptops, and offers immediate
connection.
During this year the company will expand its service area to cover all
of Pattaya City. However, people outside of the coverage area can
contact the company for special service on a case-by-case basis.
Cyberplug has a monthly and hourly service. Sukanda said the service is
designed to support educational needs.
For more information contact 10-18 Moo. 2, Soi Santisuk, Nongprue,
Banglamung, Chonburi 20150 at tel 09-881-0167, 07-835-2919
ISE Presents Summer Music Programme at Horseshoe Point
The International School Eastern Seaboard is proud to
present their summer music programme at the Horseshoe Point Resort on
Saturday May 27th starting at 5.30 p.m.
ISE is a fully accredited American curriculum international school, and
a fully authorized IB World School. ISE is situated on Burapha Golf
course and caters to students from pre K3 to grade 12. The present
enrollment of 390 students represent 20 nationalities.
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International School Eastern Seaboard will present their summer music
programme at the Horseshoe Point Resort on Saturday May 27.
Music is an important part of every student’s education at ISE from
kindergarten through to grade 12, and on Saturday May 27th around 100
middle and high school musicians will take to the stage in a rich
variety of musical groups to display their talents and enthusiasm for
music.
The evening will begin at 5.30 p.m. in the main arena with the Advanced
Wind Band performing a programme of music spanning some 450 years in a
variety of styles from Renaissance to Latin American. Several soloists
and chamber groups will also be featured during this first part of the
programme, which will be concluded by the grade 6 and 7 Beginner Wind
Band.
The audience and musicians are then invited to enjoy a buffet diner at
the Nam Tok gardens with live entertainment from a number of the ISE
rock bands and chamber groups to enhance the evening.
If you enjoy music al fresco and are looking for an interesting way to
spend your Saturday evening, please attend. Tickets including full
buffet meal are priced at 400 baht for adults and 200 baht for children.
These are available from ISE 038 372 591-4 (Khun Ning) or from Horseshoe
Point 038 735 050.
The event is part of the Horseshoe Point Open 2006 Dressage and Show
Jumping competition from Friday May 26 through Sunday May 29.
Asian U graduands celebrate in Pattaya
Some of the graduating young men.
The first four (all female) BA graduands,
with Princess Pui on the left.
On Saturday May 6, Asian U students turned out in their finery for their
annual Bye Nior evening. (Short for good-bye seniors). As usual, this
year’s third year students organized the event for the fourth years.
About 150 students and staff celebrated at the A-One Cruise Hotel. The
theme of the evening was a fairytale evening, and there was an election
for the Prince and Princess of the graduands. The winners were Princess
Pui (Nattapmon Sartsatit, soon to be BA) and Prince Teang (Adull
Kilenthong, soon to be BBA). The university choir entertained everyone
and then the third year students gave teddy-bear mementos to all the
fourth year students who are leaving for “the real world”.
The sports director, James Saville, presented Sporting Excellence awards
to four special students. The awards are for showing and sharing their
sporting excellence throughout their time at Asian U. The football team
captain, Land (Pongsakorn Rojkasemsatit) and the basketball team
captain, Teang (Adull Kilenthong) both received awards. These two young
men are about to graduate with Business Administration degrees after
four or five years of hard work and plenty of sporting enthusiasm. The
other awards were to two of last year’s graduates: Baz (Jirabhon
Sanguanpuak) and Yeen (Thanapati Sriwipat) both of whom were star
basketball players at Asian U.
Asian U, a small university, has been able to play against teams from
the big universities in Thailand, and, thanks to the enthusiasm of the
students, has come away with gold, silver and bronze medals on many
occasions. James also took the opportunity to announce that one of our
first year business students, Mink (Sinsupa Wannasuth), having already
won a bronze medal for sailing at the SEA games, is to go to the
Olympics in Beijing in 2008, as a judge. Asian U is very proud of her.
More information about Asian U and the courses available can be found on
the website: www.asianust.ac.th
The Asian U choir performs.
A group photo, with students standing behind
the Asian U staff.
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