expat club meeting-july 10
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Pattaya Expats Club - The originalforeigners' advice forum, with e-newsletters
continuously since 2001
Meeting Programme 10 July 2011 PEC Meeting Programme for 10 July 2011Our Main Feature - We will have RovertYongwattanana, Assistant Managing Director of Pattaya Memorial Hospital. He will speak on thegeneral services offered at Pattaya Memorial Hospitaland some of the promotions they are currently runningfor Pattaya Expats Club Members.Robert will also tell us about their new Acupuncturedepartment and the benefits of acupuncture and variousother interesting topics.About the SpeakerRobert Yongwattananan is the Assistant ManagingDirector, Pattaya Memorial Hospital.He has a BBA, Business Administration fromBUUIC. Previous to his employment at PMH,
Robert has worked in the real estate field in the USAas a real estate agent and loan officer. He has alsoworked in the high-end furniture field, operatingand managing an international furniture business inthe USA.Robert can be reached at:[email protected]
Club News & Notices will be by our Club Board of Trustees Member,Richard Ravensdale .
News... Club is moving to the new location thisSunday 10 July to the Mercure, Pattaya 2nd Road andSoi 15. Exact location details are: Hotel Mercureaddress: 484 Moo 10, Pattaya Second Road Soi 15,
Life Membership is just 600Baht and only by personal applicationat any meeting of the Club. This one-time joining fee provides a Photo-IDCard - no renewals needed, and offersmany member services, a free copy of the Pattaya People Newspaper onSundays by showing your entry ticketand member card, entry to our weeklylucky draw, discounts from some area businesses as well. Bring two verysmall photos and your card will be prepared and laminated right away byour club staff. Our membership tableis open from 1030am until 1130am.Have you lost your PEC Life Member Card? We can trace records in our database and via paper applicationforms, to re-issue a card, for a traceservice fee of 100 Baht. (It is notrefundable if we are unable to confirma previous life membership.)
Location and PriceWe meet at the Hotel Mercure, Pattaya2nd Road and Soi 15, behind theAvenue. Entry Tickets are sold from10:00AM - 11.30AM if you want theBreakfast Buffet at 180B for all.Breakfast ends 1130AM, then
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20150. The Hotel location map:<http://www.mercurepattaya.com >This Soi runs from2nd Road to Soi Bua Khaow. If you walk through THEAVENUE, on 2nd Road, to the back, you will be in Soi15, turn right, walk about 50 mtrs (past Pattaya BayResort), and you will see H.Mercure on your left.
News....Change in times...doors open 10am,Breakfast until 1130am for 180B. If you skipbreakfast and come at 1130am, reduced entry fee of 80B to cover coffee/tea and support.News...Additional Expert Open Forum speaker,Darren McGarry on Visas and we have HowardMiller Honorary British Consul with us as well.News.... Continuing our new tradition of announcingthe next speaker in advance (as long as our programmemanager has the information confirmed), we will haveBarry Main, Sales Director of ThaiVisa sharing withus his experiences working with ThaiVisa and the hugeresources that are available through ThaiVisa.) We willalso have another guest speaker,John Hill of FeroxIndustries, on How to Save Money on your Fuel Bill.News.. guests include Jacques Veret, Mercure Foodand Beverage Director and Howard Miller, BritishHonorary Consul in Pattaya.Meeting Managers areJahir Khan, RichardRavensdale, & Dave Wilson who plan the meetingsand link the programme announcements - give themany programme content you'd like to include on the dayand as they are the representatives of our Board of Trustee's, bring to their attention any club policymatters.Open Mic Forum - This week,Spencer Allgood is themoderator who will 'referee' and encourage discussionin our famous Open Microphone Forum. Thequestions are from and answered by our live audience.It's a lively mutual exchange of information, with alittle humour and advice from Asia hands and expats in
the meeting room. It's not a knowledgeable stage presentation, it's the PEC Members programmesegment, for all those practical questions on life inThailand in general, and in Fun-Town in particular.Also during this session if you are new in town or to themeeting, feel free to grab the microphone and introduceyourself to the group and ask any questions you mayhave.Club TV Reports . Our PEC weekly meeting contenthas a generous segment on Pattaya People Television,(both Sophon cable, Channel 12 & BTV Channel 4). If
you live outside Sophon & BTV areas view this clubresource via your PEC too. Go towww.pattayapeople.comand scroll down to bottom leftof homepage past the print new to 'Pattaya expats Club
Speakers from 11:30 am. If you onlywant Coffee, Tea and Water then youcan arrive at 1130am and enter for areduced price of 80B. Entry fees payfor our excellent technical presentationfacilities of the Hotel Mercure. Thetable plan is usually in friendly formattables for eight or ten - so please allowthe 'gaps' to be filled by new arrivalsat your table. We are a friendly Expatshelping Expats advice forum.Why not come along next Sundaymorning (10:00am entry, 11:30Programme start) to the HotelMercure,
484 Moo 10, Pattaya Second RoadSoi 15, 20150. The Hotel website has
a location map:< http://www.mercurepattaya.com >This Soi runs from 2nd Road to SoiBua Khaow. If you walk throughTHE AVENUE, on 2nd Road, to theback, you will be in Soi 15, turnright, walk about 50 mtrs (pastPattaya Bay Resort), and you willsee H. Mercure on your left.
Bring a friend.
(www.pattayaexpatsclub.info).( [email protected] )
PEC has 4 different EmergencyHelp Lines . Call our expat rota of volunteers on 084 3489 501 for general & crisis enquiries. For Christian spiritual comfort call Father Theo Lewis 087 133 1601. For Legalemergencies, please call Lawyer KhunKatrena Wannasakda 089 244 9709( [email protected]), or KhunSuthipong Trakulsak, 081 914 8193,(www.suthiponglaw.com).The British Embassy's PattayaOffice representative is now HowardMiller, British Honorary Consul (cell- phone 081 889 2470). Consular officer is Khun Sasamon Khempookeau (cell- phone 089 203 1646). The Consular Office is located in Soi 5 JomtienBeach Road, near the ImmigrationOffice car park, and is open mostImmigration working days, between
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- TV' display and view current meeting report or any of an archive of past meeting report video clips.PATTAYA PEOPLE TELEVISION is now in Nakluaon Banglamung Cable TV (channel 12). Also BTVchannel, 5, has radio station "Yes2day - Pattaya PeopleRadio - 96FM"). PATTAYA PEOPLE TELEVISION isnow operating 24/7 on 3 Channels, Local Cable
Operators: Sophon Cable TV, Banglamung Cable TV(BTV) and Tipmanee Cable TV (TME).Please suggest Main Feature Speakers for our weeklyMeetings and contact Dan Schwartz [email protected],[email protected]'s ProgrammeManager. Give your suggested 'lead', with contact info but please do not fix dates in advance. Your help willensure you get the speakers/subjects you want. (Nextavailable date is: July 24, 2011).
During our MeetingsIn the Foyer Area is our 'Expat Expo', tables withinformation and staff from expert contributors in their field -The Pattaya International Hospital table usuallyincludes regular FREE testing of blood group and pressure, and on the first Sunday of each month blood-sugar level tests. (A blood sugar test requires fasting for
8 hours prior to the test). We wish your life-membership to be long & happy!Nutrition Club Co Ltd representative Khun Wan isalways on hand to assist you to a healthier and stress-free lifestyle, with weight loss suggestions, diets, Nutrition questionnaire and tests on the spot or call038-427747.At AA Insurance desk -has the PEC's own 'low costgroup health policy', now in its fifth year - please showyour member's card to apply. A wide range of policiesinclude over 60s medical, property, house contents,vehicle cover. See Khun Tom (Ms.), or call 038-415795. PEC Group Medical Insurance. 'Plan A' Optionfor 2011, with 790,000 Baht benefits. The Plan 1, 1million Baht benefit option and Plan 2, 1.5 million Baht benefit option renewal premium for 2011 beingannounced on Sunday.Suthipong Law Center Co. Ltd , attends on a weekly basis. If you are a member and have a legal query, thenthis is your chance to get advice free in the club-housefrom lawyer Khun Suthipong Trakulsak. 038-373757,or 081-914 8193. Suthipong Law Centre is on3rd Rd.100 meters before the bridge to Balihai Pier.In front of Miracle Suite Hotel. Address:247/122 M.10, Pattaya 3rd Road, Nongprue,
0900 and 1130 am. Office tel/fax: 038267 113 (email:[email protected] ).Office appointments are not required,it is a walk-in centre
US Embassy has 2 local Pattayarepresentatives for help. WardenGary Hacker(email: [email protected] ) call 089-803 0388, and Warden BobbyBrooks(email: [email protected] )call 084-158 0785.
Register for our weekly e-newsletter,via PEC website home page whereyou can scroll down to boxes for your
name and e-mail address. When youreceive a confirming e-mail, click onthe link to start receiving the e-newsletter. (Visitwww.pattayaexpatsclub.info).As 'mother club' in Thailand for liveforeigners advice forums we assistedthrough the 'Association of ThailandExpats Club's' similar clubs to befounded, with Constitution's, inPattaya city and from Chiangmai to
Koh Samui.Deutschsprachiger Pattaya ExpatsClub - Jeden ersten Samstag im Monat10:00 Uhr morgens im Konferenzsaaldes Wat Chaimongkon an der SouthPattaya Road. An jedem drittenSamstag treffen wir uns anverschiedenen Örtlichkeiten inPattaya. Jeder ist eingeladen. Fur Info:*Andi* 08064 197 42 . Alle Treffenund Termine sind auf unserer Internetseite:<http://www.pattayaexpatsclub.de.tl>)
Finnish Language PEC - PEC Suomen Kokous. Jokatoinen lauantaiCanary Bay Restaurant, Jomtien
Beach Road, Soi 4. Lisatietoja Saat.( [email protected] ), puh.081 851 9620(www.pattayaexpatsclub.info).( [email protected])
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Banglamung, Chonburi, 20260.(www.suthiponglaw.com).
Key Visa Co Ltd , represented by Darren Mcgarry,offer free advice on expats' Immigration queries - please show your members card. Key Visa has amonthly update email service for members. Sign up at:(www.keyvisathailand.com).Pattaya Service Centre - a one stop solution for Tours& Travel, air tickets, package tours, Property sales &rentals, Insurance - medical accident, car, motorcycle,house, condo, boat, shop, office and travel cover.Business services, company formations, contracts, work permits, visa, accounting. Legal civil / criminallitigation and Notary services. Contact Contact K. Nengon 084 003 6030, email:[email protected] K.Jahir on 086 394 0863, email: [email protected] SECURITIES pcl Offers investments inthe Thai economy, government bonds etc. see their computer display at our foyer Info Centre and meettheir experienced staff. Contact Senior MarketingOfficer Khun Thantinan Rongkhaw (Pattaya Branch)South Pattaya-Condotel Centre Tower 3/15-16 Moo 16,South Pattaya Road. Tel : 038723-5, Fax: 038 723712.Email: [email protected]: Website.www.bualuang.co.th.SIAM FIRM INTER LAWS LIMITED, provides afull range of legal services from business startup,corporate matters, to litigation. Come meet their
Founder, K. Somsak Chopaka, Solicitor and Senior Partner. They are located at 448/10 M. 12 ThepprastRoad, Pattaya 20150. Direct Mobile: 08-1808-9175,email: [email protected]: www.siamfirm.co.thPEC Special Interest Groups - these are all FREEaccess for those holding a club membership .Three -Football, fishing and golf incur costs.Six-A-Side Football for PEC Members 60B. EveryWednesday between 1700 and 1800, members areinvited to play a social game of six-a-side football at the
state-of-the-art artificial grass stadium, "PlanetFootball" located on Siam Country Club Road.Information contact Andi on, 080 641 9742Yoga & Relaxation group . With Donaat our regular presenter a very satisfying series of 10 sessions of aboutone hour. A creative mix of basic yoga, deep relaxationexercises and preventing back problems. Yoga mats,supplied. Participants wear loose clothing. Location ishis home, Soi 69, off Sukhumvit. Register in the club,name, e-mail address and telephone number, showmembership card - a printed location map is available.Golf trips . Mon, Wed, Fri. 0900. Meet PEC Finnishsection co-ordinator Ossi at Canary Bay Restaurant,Jomtien Beach Road Soi 4. 081 851 9620. Showmember card.
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The Club'sfishing trips are organised monthly now byJames Duffy, call 084 867 5850 for dates, or see him inthe club. Trips leave 4am and return 6pm, usually fromSattahip. Show member card please.Join our Badminton group - currently played by our members at Diamond Badminton Centre on PattayaThird Road, near Soi 17 traffic lights, at 6.30 pm two
evenings per week. Ask Meeting Manager Jahir, showmember cards.Free 'Computer for Beginner s' class. Tutor JohnCoughtrie. Another will start when sufficient number have registered. All PEC Members are eligible at nocost. Classes are at a reserved Internet Café, off SoiArunothai central Pattaya, not far from Carrefour.Please show membership cards. Register with the tutor at Sunday Club meetings only.Please offer to help us at Club meetings, or in the background during the week. Successful meetings takea lot of preparation and we welcome new productionteam members. You may determine your own level of input.Pattaya radio station, 'Yes2Day', on 96.0 MHz-FM ,features community news sponsored by PEC - read byclub production team member Loran Davidson, plus agreat play list of classic 70s & 80s rock music. WithLocal information - International news - and upcomingPEC programme information, listen live either inPattaya, on 96.0 FM, or from anywhere in the world viathe Internet and your PC -www.pattayapeopleradio.com.At our Sunday Club Meetings:Our 'Club Shop' (next to the entry ticket sales point) -has low cost shirts with the club handshake logo andtropical blue silk shirts with our club palm tree motif.Light and mid-blue shirts, cotton silk mix at 379 B withclub badge in stock. A low cost practical guide bookleton the subject of Thai Wills, death and funeralarrangements has been written by PEC's Open Forummoderator and computer tutor John Coughtrie. Only 40
THB. All sale proceeds (as the print run was sponsored)will go to John's nominated charity project Thais4life.We also sell Tony Crossley's excellent practicalguidebook for condo owners, Condo's In Thailand,Your Rights and a selection of his other titles, TheButterfly Circus, The Farang Wife etc for only 240 B(retail shop price 395 B.) Also Terence Doyle's'Thailand Love Talk' a good guide for bar courtshipusing common misunderstood phrases, a club bestseller at 200 B, (retail 295 B).The PEC's free 'DVD and Book Swap' table, on the left
as you enter the meeting room, is a 'member to member'service. Donate stock and take 1:1. Please bring books,magazines and DVD's you've already enjoyed, andswap them. Our DVD stock is shrinking. Please be fair
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- This is a swap (not swipe) initiative! Plus, our take-away Information Centre leaflets, publications and business cards from hundreds of 'member to member services' in Pattaya, is in the foyer display until the endof each meeting.Pattaya International Hospital Health Desk has amedical team in our foyer. If unwell, make your way to
the Health desk or alert staff immediately. Hospitaladmission is just a few minutes away - at Memorial or PIH.Another great reason to be a member and attend PattayaExpats Club Meetings is that Lucky Draw Prizes aredrawn each Sunday. The Nutrition Club healthassessment and treatment plan, value b1500 - and afree entry to next weeks meeting.Please dress appropriately for a hotel setting. Thaiculture is governed by respect, so the way you dressreflects how you respect yourself and others. Notices banning beachwear and vests from our club functionroom are displayed outside the meeting hall and at theground floor lobby. But we are informal, so open shirts(covering shoulders and chest) and shorts are fine.
Pattaya Expats Club Co Ltd 20/15-16 M.10, Soi Day-Night Hotel, South Pattaya Road, Pattaya City,Chonburi 20260, Thailand.
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