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Lions Club presents dictionaries and grants to local schools
Chotirot Wanawisal, President
of the Lions Phra Tamnak Pattaya – Chonburi presents grants to school
children.
Vimolrat Singnikorn
President of the Lions Club Phra Tamnak Pattaya-Chonburi, Chotirot
Wanawisal, presided over the presentation of 13 Royal Edition Thai
dictionaries and 22 study grants to underprivileged students in Pattaya who
have shown great academic prowess. The presentation was held at Ruen Thai
restaurant.
Chotirot said that Lions Phra Tamnak Pattaya-Chonburi presents educational
grants annually. On this occasion 22 grants of 1,500 baht each were
disbursed amongst Pattaya School #6, Baan Tung Klom School, Baan Saak Nok
School, and Wat Najomtien School. The club also presented playground
equipment to Wat Suthawarat Nursery School in Soi Nernplabwan, along with
sweets to the children.
Children of Wat Suthawarat
Nursery School play on the equipment.
Mantra of art and design
Milan Crosse networking night looks
behind city’s newest restaurant
Peter Harper, the evening’s guest
speaker, was instrumental in the design process of Pattaya’s newest dining
sensation, Mantra Restaurant and Bar.
It was only fitting that Pattaya’s Art Cafe was host to the
Milan Crosse Partners monthly networking event. Peter Harper, the evening’s
guest speaker, was instrumental in the design process of Pattaya’s newest dining
sensation, Mantra Restaurant and Bar – located on Beach Road in the grounds of
the Amari Orchid Resort.
Peter, who runs his business from Bangkok, described the process in which he and
his architectural team approached their new project, “We started from the bigger
picture - looking at not only the location but how we could maximize the design
for it. We took into account structural lines, lighting and the interior…
architecture is all about the big picture down to the smallest detail,” he said.
Peter also revealed that he and a team of project managers worked feverishly to
ensure the project stayed to budget whilst keeping the standards high.
Also speaking that evening was Graham McDonald concerning his primary business
on financial advice and the options available for owning land and property in
Thailand, as well as to drum up sponsorship for this year’s Jester’s Care for
Kids Charity Drive – now in its ninth year.
Jimmy Howard, Pattaya Panthers chairman was next, regaling the success of this
year’s rugby 10s and calling better involvement for the ever growing tournament
next May.
The monthly networking nights have become a haven for local businesspersons
looking to meet outside the normal chamber events. This month was no exception,
with cocktails starting early before moving onto dinner and drinks. Attendees
have the opportunity to speak openly about their business and mingle in a
relaxed atmosphere.
Running the event was Milan Crosse’s Cameron Stirling, in place of father Peter
who is recovering from a heart attack. Milan Crosse, a Bangkok based marketing
and PR company, has been hosting such networking nights here in Pattaya and
Bangkok for the past few years.
The Pattaya event is held every third Thursday of the month at the Art Cafe, Soi
16 Naklua.
Graham McDonald drums up
sponsorship for this year’s Jester’s Care for Kids Charity Drive – now in its
ninth year.
Jimmy Howard, Pattaya Panthers
chairman, regales the success of this year’s rugby 10s.
Juneau’s Culinary Specialists learn Thai food
Four ship’s chefs moored at the
Pattaya Marriott Resort and Spa to learn a bit about Thai cooking.
Miss Terry Diner
Four ship’s chefs, or Culinary Specialists to give them their correct US Navy
title, moored at the Pattaya Marriott Resort and Spa for a little R&R last week.
However, this was not the usual Rest and Recreation, but rather a Recipe and
Resource.
After an invitation from the Marriott, following a communication from the USS
Juneau’s Chaplain Roberton, the four chefs presented themselves to Dennis
Barton, the local Marriott’s Kitchen Operations manager, where they were
presented with Marriott issue aprons and tocques and a solid two hours of
instruction was given to the four Americans by the Thai chefs in residence.
 Thumbs
up for a delicious dish, well-prepared.
Amongst the Thai recipes that were presented to the Americans and perfected by
them were such favorites as tom yum goong and pad thai, with the culinary
specialists impressed by the way the Thai chefs could put it all together. For
the US Navy personnel, there would be the problem of finding Thai herbs on a
landing craft, but that problem would be given to the procurement officer!
At lunch afterwards, it was interesting to see that three of the four asked for
Thai food, but one dyed-in-the-wool American asked for a club sandwich, to be
roundly berated by his colleagues. This was certainly a ‘fun’ Comrel for the US
Navy.
Parson Banchong becomes bishop in Ubon
Members of Bishop Banchong’s
congregation wish him well in Ubon.
Elfi Seitz
Parson Banchong, who has long been active as a priest at St Niklaus Church
but who was appointed as parson only around half a year ago, has been personally
selected by the Pope to do Christian work as bishop in Ubon.
May 14 saw a farewell party held in the church grounds for the new bishop and
popular priest, with hundreds of well-wishers attending.
After Holy Mass there was an opulent buffet, with guests torn between sadness at
losing an old friend while at the same time feeling pride and happiness in his
appointment as bishop.
Children from the Foundation of Life put on a touching performance, and members
of the parish spoke with great fondness about the works of Parson Banchong. The
new parson of St Niklaus Church, Father Paiboon, wished all good things and
God’s blessing to the bishop in the name of the Catholic parish.
Father Banchong said that it had not been his ambition to become a bishop, and
that he preferred to think of himself as a saver of souls. After receiving many
flowers and gifts, Bishop Banchong bid farewell to his parish, an occasion
tinged with happiness and sadness, yet with memories of work well done.
PILC coffee morning at Bruno’s
PILC President Gillian Thom
(right) welcomes the ladies to the PILC coffee morning at Bruno’s.
Gillian Thom
Pattaya International Ladies Club had their monthly coffee morning recently
at the ever-popular Bruno’s, one of Pattaya’s finest dining spots.
Gillian Thom, president of the PILC, announced that the new date for the Rabbit
Resort Beach Party would be July 1 and encouraged the members to bring their
families and friends along for an exciting evening of games, dancing and a
delicious barbeque spread on the night. Everyone is welcome, tickets are THB 800
for adults and THB 400 for children and can be obtained from Gillian or Nancy on
the numbers below.
There were several new members joining the club, all of whom were welcomed to
Pattaya as their new home.
Sam Wilson came up trumps with the publication of another informative
newsletter, and Peggy Wragge asked for some help with its delivery – Mimi
Mitchell obliged; so thank you, Mimi, for your kind offer to help!
PILC meet every month on the first Tuesday for lunch, and the third Tuesday for
coffee. There is also a newcomer’s coffee morning, held at Casa Pascal’s
Restaurant, under the generous patronage of Kim and Pascal Schnyder, which is a
perfect introduction to anyone new to the area.
If you are interested in finding out more about the club, please contact Gillian
Thom, president, on 01-7626003 or 038-756923, Nancy Bradburn, vice-president on
07-8129149 or 038-731108 or e-mail [email protected].
Hotel managers step into their employees’ shoes for a two-day period
Narisa Nitikarn
Managers of the Pattaya Marriott Resort and Spa turned into bellhops, cleaners,
gardeners and other foot soldiers of the hospitality business over the two-day
period May 17-18, held during Marriott Associate Appreciation Week, an event
observed by Marriott Group hotels worldwide every year.
 Dennis
Barton, Kitchen Operation Manager of Marriott Resort & Spa Pattaya played
security officer.
This year’s concept was the “In Their Shoes” program, in which management had to
carry out the role of staff employees for a period of not less than two hours
and do any task as instructed by the department head.
Sathit Mansuwan, resident manager of the hotel, drew the lot as a steward and
was required to wash dishes. Dennis Barton, kitchen operations manager, became a
security guard. Food and beverage manager Dylan Counsel put away his menus and
wine lists and became a cleaner. Other members of management became gardeners,
bellboys and receptionists, and after completion of their tasks gave a talk
about their experiences.
All were in agreement that they were tired and better understood the needs and
duties of the employees. The event helped to lessen the gap between management
and employees and to better understand each other and their jobs.
After the opening speech and lunch, there was a competition in which photos of
management were shown when they were younger and employees had to guess who it
was. In the evening the employees were taken to a puppet show and on the second
day, May 18, they were taken to Underwater World. The Marriot has 360 employees
and over the two days all had the opportunity to participate.
GTZ chief is guest speaker at the DSU meeting
Members who attended the DSU
meeting of German-speaking business people pose for a memorable photo.
Elfi Seitz
At the DSU meeting of German-speaking business people on May 13, on the
invitation from Walter Kretschmar, managing director of TGI-ITT, the guest
speaker was once more political economist Jürgen Koch, country director of GTZ
(German Technical Cooperation) in Thailand and the Mekong countries.
At the customary cocktail reception, held at Dusit Resort, there were animated
conversations between the numerous members of the group.
Jürgen Koch explained to the interested audience the work of GTZ with the help
of extensive illustrations and charts. The only shareholder in GTZ is the
government of the Federal Republic of Germany, meaning it is a federal company.
GTZ has a record of more than 40 years of German-Thai cooperation. The
organization is seen as a bridge builder between German companies and Thai
companies. Arranged by GTZ, delegations from several Thai companies flew last
year to Germany to learn more about leading German technology in the fields of
energy production, biomass and energy saving.
With its program to advance the competitive ability of small and medium
companies (KMU), GTZ in Thailand is involved in fields of renewable energy,
environmental technique and agro industry with all its downstream production
stages.
The KMU-support program consists of a component to improve provision of service
and general framework to advance the eco-efficiency of industry, stimulating
supply and demand to increase the competitiveness of companies.
In the future, only short-term projects with a duration of a maximum two years
will be accepted, as the time of the KMU program in Thailand, supported by
German tax money, is strongly limited, estimated only for more than four years.
Many other countries have already pulled back from development work.
At the same time, as a commercial bidder, GTZ in cooperation with other German
companies and Thai partners makes efforts to attract new public business from
the Thai government and communities authorities such as those of Bangkok. Jürgen
Koch mentioned as possible projects city development, public transport (ÖPNV),
decay management, environmental policy, water management in the fields of floods
and water supply, energy policy, biomass as energy source and energy efficiency.
Once again the guests of the DSU meeting, some of them there for the first time,
were treated to a stimulating talk, along with superb food from Dusit chef
Hans-Dieter Helm and the friendly care of Cristina de Vera.
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