A Talk on Thailand’s Science &Technology development - 11 March @3pm

Dr. Pairash Thanyapong

After the University Challenge (around 15:00) at Kor Por, we are very privileged to have Dr. Pairash Thanyapong, who happen to bein London at that time, giving us a talk (~ 1 hr) about current situation of Thailand’s Science &Technology development and the future prospective.

Dr. Pairash is a distinguish leader in Science &Technology management in Thailand who recently received a Leadership of Technology Management award from PICMET. He is a former Permanent Secretary to the Ministry of Science and Technology, a former President of National Science and Technology Development Agency(NSTDA), a former Director of National Electronics &Computer Technology Centre (NECTEC), and a former Rector of the King Mongkut’s Institute of TechnologyLadkrabang. He is also a former Thai Student in UK.

Please read more about him from the links below.
http://www.manager.co.th/Science/ViewNews.aspx?NewsID=9480000103056
http://tisd.en.kku.ac.th/tisd/keynote_pairash.php
http://www.samsung.com/sg/digitAllHope/judge4.htm
http://www.ce-cioceoforum.com/show0125.php
http://www.picmet.org/main/LTM.asp

Please do come to join this event. Support theUniversity Challenge contestants from your uni then listen to and ask Dr. Pairash anything you want to know about Thailand’s Science & Tech development.

Please email us if you will come(samaggi_challenge@yahoo.co.uk). Snacks and drinkswill be served.

J Jetrin Concert Wed 1st March

J Jetrin LIVE in LONDON

Wednesday 1st March 2006
From 7:00pm 'til 10.00pm
At CC Club , 13 Coventry street (next to Trocadero).

(nearest underground: Piccadilly Circus)

Who we are: We are Samaggi Samagom, Thai StudentAssociation. We would like your help in telling yourfriends about our charity fund raising concert. All the profit will be used to buy educational and sportequipments for children in rural areas of Thailand.

Over 18's only;Driving license or Passport will be required

Tickets are.. 10 Advance 20 on entrance

Samaggi University Challenge

Unsatisfied with your uni performance in Samaggi Game?
Want to prove yourself again?
Come join Samaggi University Challenge!

(Oh, and if your uni already did well in Samaggi Game, come anyway to show us how smart your uni is in addition to how good they are in sports!)

Samaggi Samagom would like to invite Thai students inthe UK to participate Samaggi Samagom UniversityChallenge 2006.

What is it about?
Samaggi Samagom University Challenge is a quizcompetition for Thai students studying in the UK. Eachuniversity send a team of 3 persons to compete withother universities by answering fun & interestingquizzes (in Sports, Entertainment and Arts, Economics,Politics, History, Science & Technology, GeneralKnowledge) prepared by Samaggi Samagom committee.

When and Where?
We will hold the event at the office of educationalaffairs (AKA, Kor Por) in London(http://www.oeathai.org/) on 11 MARCH 2006 (Saturday). Registration will start at 12:30. Competition will start at 13:00(Plan to finish before 15:00)

What is the prizes?
If you can beat all other universities, you will get atrophy or certificate from the Minister Counsellor ofEducation (K. Suchada), Medals, and a Gifts Set.

How about travel expenses?
We will ask the office of educational effairs tosubsidise your travel expenses and accommodation ifyou come from outside London. However, this is yet tobe confirmed.If your university want to participate or if yourequire more information, please write an email to samaggi_challenge@yahoo.co.uk

NOTE that we will take MAXIMUM 10 teams (first comefirst serve) and the LAST DAY for applying to thisevent is 8 MARCH 2006. So be quick!

ใบลงทะเบียนเลือกตั้ง

ขอเชิญชาวไทยในสหราชอาณาจักร ผู้มีอายุครบ 18 ปีบริบูรณ์ขึ้นไปในวันที่ 1 ม.ค. 2549 สามารถแจ้งคำร้องขอเลือกตั้งนอกราชอาณาจักรได้โดย "คลิก Download แบบฟอร์มที่นี่" สอบถามรายละเอียดเพิ่มเติม ติดต่อ

Royal ThaiEmbassy
29-30 Queen's Gate, London SW7 5JB
Tel: 020-7589-2944
Fax:020-7823-7492
ระหว่างเวลา 14.00-16.00น. เท่านั้น

ประกาศจากเว็บไซต์สถานทูตไทยประจำกรุงลอนดอน

1. คำแนะนำ
1.1 สถานเอกอัครราชทูต ณ กรุงลอนดอน ขอเรียนเชิญชาวไทยทุกคนที่มีอายุครบ 18 ปีบริบูรณ์ ติดต่อลงทะเบียน เป็นผู้มีสิทธิเลือกตั้งสมาชิกสภาผู้แทนราษฎรและสมาชิก วุฒิสภานอกราชอาณาจักร โดยพร้อมเพรียงกัน
1.2 การเลือกตั้งกระทำทางไปรษณีย์ ดังนั้น ขอให้ผู้ที่ประสงค์จะขอใช้สิทธิเลือกตั้งในต่างประเทศแจ้งที่อยู่ใน สหราชอาณาจักรของท่านให้สถานเอกอัครราชทูตฯ รับทราบทุกครั้งหากมีการเปลี่ยนแปลง

2. การลงทะเบียน
คนไทยทุกคนสามารถ download ใบลงทะเบียนเลือกตั้งได้ที่ website : http://www.thaiembassyuk.org.uk หรือจัดส่งจดหมายพร้อมแนบจดหมายจ่าหน้าซองถึงตัวเองพร้อมตราไปรษณียากรเพื่อขอรับใบลงทะเบียนขอใช้สิทธิเลือกตั้ง ในต่างประเทศได้ที่ Royal Thai Embassy, Consular Department 29, Queen’s Gate, LONDON SW7 5JB พร้อมวงเล็บมุมซองว่า “ ขอรับใบลงทะเบียนเลือกตั้งในต่างประเทศ ” โดยหากประสงค์จะลงทะเบียนครั้งแรก ประสงค์จะย้ายที่พำนักในสหราชอาณาจักรหรือประเทศไอร์แลนด์ หรือขอโอนกลับไปใช้สิทธิที่ประเทศอื่น หรือในประเทศไทย ก็ขอให้กากบาทในช่องที่มีความประสงค์

3. กรณีมีความประสงค์จะติดต่อสอบถามปัญหากับเจ้าหน้าที่สถานเอกอัครราชทูต
สามารถโทรศัพท์ติดต่อได้ระหว่างเวลา 14.00-16.00 น. เท่านั้น

KCL Thai Night for Charity - Sat 11 March

Fancy delicious Thai food buffet??

Looking for something fun to do at the end of the term?
Why not come to KCL Thai Food Night for charity and pay 10 pounds for all-you-can-eat Thai food of the best quality before going partying!

The King's College London Thai Food Night promises to be full of tasty food and exciting traditional shows like never before. There will be an all-you-can-eat delicious Thai food buffet of 3 sumptuous, scrumptious courses provided by the award-winning Yum Yum Restaurant. The shows will include Thai kick-boxing, traditional dances, live music and karaoke (you will have a chance to show off your fine voice!) and raffles.

Date: Saturday 11 March 2006
Time: 7pm - 11pm
Place: Knight's Templar Pub (95 Chancery Lane, Opposite Chancery Lane Library,
WC2A 1DT - Tube: Chancery Lane, Holborn or Temple)
Price: 10 pounds in advance or 12 pounds at the door

The profit will be donated to the Tsunami Relief programme to help the
continuing rehabilitation of those affected by the tragic Tsunami of 26 Dec
2004.

Buy now or the tickets will sell out!
To reserve your tickets, e-mail: tickets@kclthaisoc.org.uk
See more info at: http://www.kclthaisoc.org.uk/home_files/Page1255.htm

Jobs and Scholarships for Thai Students in the UK

The Revenue Department of Thailand (RD: กรมสรรพากร) will be in the UK during the 8-10th April 2006 to interview Thai students currently studying in the United Kingdom who are interested in working for RD or would like to apply for scholarships from RD.

Scholarship: Field of interest
- Economics
- Law
- Accounting
- HR/ Management
- Computing (programming)

For further information and arrangement please contact: Khun Danand at danand.ja@rd.go.th

Feedback for Samaggi Game

Samaggi Samagom would like to thanks you all for participating Samaggi Game this year at Bradfield College. We hope that you had a fun time in playing and supporting your favortite sports. We would like to ask for a feedback from you in order to further improve the game in the future.

- What is your your overall impression about the game? What do you like about the game? What do you not like? What need to be improved?
- What do you think about game scheduling? game duration?
- What do you think about the food provided?

We are looking forward to hear from you soon. Thank you very much.

Unite Party Wed1st March

MnN Co-op invites you to ...

Supported by numerous societies from UCL, IC, KCL, LSE and QM

At CC Club , 13 Coventry street (next to Trocadero).

(nearest underground: Piccadilly Circus)

Wednesday 1st March 2006

From 9:30pm til late

For R'n'B & HipHop lovers.

Featuring: DJ William,

DJ Blade, DJ Jin, DJ Kid and our beloved DJ Cotton from Addies!!

Dress code: SlickOver 18's only;

Driving license or Passport will be required

Tickets are..

10 Advance 12 on entrance 15 VIPFor tickets

• Mari - 07917364445 (UCL Abacus)
• Pete - 07917368980 (UCL Thai Society)
• Shorty - 07957577620 (Shortie ent)
• Ryan - 07798523770 (IC Chinese Society)
• Kenichi - 07881822068 (LSE Japanese Society)
• Um - 07799417920 (SOAS Thai Society)
• Jacko - 07909548183 (KCL)

*All profit made will go to buying books and sports equipments for children in rural parts of Thailand.

Thank you, MnN Co-op.

For more info on volunteering to teach English during the summer vacation please email: http://us.f302.mail.yahoo.com/ym/Compose?To=prsamaggi@Yahoo.com

Photos from Term 1

Photos of some Samaggi events from last term. Click on the link below each picture to view the entire album of photos from the event.


Celebrating 60 Years of Peace in Thailand - 30th November 2005


Anglo-Thai Foundation Winter Reception - 12 November 2005


Karaoke Night - 7 December 2005

Samaggi Night & J Jetarin Concert

1 March 2006

@CC Club, Leicester Square

7pm - J JETARIN LIVE IN LONDON

10:30pm - party!!

Meet Thai super star
"J JETARIN LIVE IN LONDON" @CC Club on Wednesday 1 March 2006! This is perhaps the only chance for you to be close to your favourite Thai pop singer in London. With the success from the previous years, Samaggi Samagom welcome all of you to be involved in one of the biggest event of the year "SAMAGGI NIGHT". This event is divided into two sessions and the tickets are sold separately:


7pm - J Jetarin Concert

Experience live concert performed by J Jetarin with live band and perhaps a
chance meet the artist at backstage at affordable price!

Face Value: 20
Promotional Period (19 Feb-25Feb): 16
***Extra Promotional Period (before 18 Feb Samaggi Games): ?10***

SPECIAL Combo Thai Night Ticket:
If you purchase any Thai Night ticket before 18 Feb, you may get J Jetarin ticket for just ?8 - available for Imperial, LSE and
King's College Thai Night only. Please contact the relevant Thai Soc for more details.

10pm till late - PARTY

Enter an exclusive party at CC Club co-hosted by Samaggi Samaggom and ABACUS for only ?10!

Special: buy party ticket together with J Jetarin Concert for just 9 pounds each - valid until 18 Feb only.

Where do I buy the tickets?
Unless you want to buy SPECIAL Combo Thai Night, please contact Samaggi Samaggom directly at
prsamaggi@yahoo.co.uk or purchase the tickets from any of our staff and volunteers. Alternatively you may find it more convenient to purchase the tickets from any participating Thai restaurants and shops in London.