Voyageur Magazine - January 2013

J A N U A RY 2 0 1 3 A publication of the Thai-Canadian Chamber of Commerce

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Calendar of events: 2012/2013 TCCC Executives Patron:

His Excellence Ambassador of Canada

Officers:

President – Peter van Haren Vice President – Derek van Pelt Vice President – John Casella Secretary – Dr. Tim Cornwall Treasurer – Michael Howard

Executive Board: Ali Fancy Derek van Pelt John Casella John Stevens Neil Chiu Michael Howard Peter van Haren Ron Livingston Scott Coates Sranyoo Chanate Dr. Tim Cornwall

Embassy Representative: Ping Kitnikone

Advisors:

WHEN: Wednesday, February 13, 2013; 11:30 am to 1:45 pm WHAT: Speaker Luncheon: Mr. Sek Wannamethee, Director-General, Department of American and South Pacific Affairs - Ministry of Foreign Affairs, will talk on “Thailand and Canada: The Way Forward” WHERE: Four Seasons Bangkok – Montathip 2 PRICE: 800 baht – Members; 900 baht – Non Members WHEN: Wednesday, February 20, 2013; 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm WHAT: Canuck Connections - “Board Candidate Networking Night” WHERE: Bistro 33 Restaurant – Sukhumvit/Soi 33 PRICE: 200 baht – Members & Non Members; snacks compliments of Bistro 33.

WHEN: Saturday, February 23, 2013; 7:00 am WHAT: Cancer Care Charity Fun Run WHERE: Lumpini Park PRICE: 350 baht for Cancer Care T-shirt or 500 baht for polo; price includes box breakfast WHEN: Wednesday, February 27, 2013; 10:30 pm to 11:45 am WHAT: 23rd TCCC Annual General Meeting (AGM) WHERE: Grand Millennium Sukhumvit Hotel (Asoke Rd) PRICE: No Charge (TCCC annual business meeting & board election)

Sean Brady Don Lavoie Geoff McIntyre Michael White Picharn Sukparangsee Raymond Bodemer Sam Cohen Surachit Chanovan

WHEN: Wednesday, February 27, 2013; Noon – 1:45 pm WHAT: AGM Speaker Luncheon: Dr. Somram Watanachote, Executive Secretary of the People Eye Care Foundation (PECF) will discuss the TCCC’s “I For An Eye” charity initiative and PECF’s focus.

WHERE: Grand Millennium Sukhumvit Hotel (Asoke Rd) PRICE: 800 baht – Members; 900 baht – Non Members

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Upcoming events in the region:

Randy Shockley

Thai-Canadian Chamber of Commerce 139 Pan Road, Sethiwan Tower 9th floor, Bangkok 10500 Tel: +66(0) 2266-6085-6 Fax: +66(0) 2266-6087 Email: info@tccc.or.th Website: www.tccc.or.th

The Voyageur is the monthly magazine of the Thai-Canadian Chamber of Commerce, covering all Thai-Canadian business, legal and social news of interest to the members and others who are active in expanding Thai-Canadian bilateral trade.

Editor: Randy Shockley, Executive Director, Thai-Canadian Chamber of Commerce Publisher: Scandinavian Publishing Co., Ltd. 211 Soi Prasert-Manukitch 29, Prasert-Manukitch Rd., Chorakeabua, Ladprao Bangkok 10230 Tel: +66(0) 2943-7166-8 Fax: +66(0) 2943-7169 Design: Disraporn Yatprom Email: disraporn@scandmedia.com Advertising Contact: Mr. Finn Balslev, Marketing Director Scandinavian Publishing Co., Ltd. Tel: +66(0) 2943-7166 ext.116 or 08-1866-2577 Email: finn@scandmedia.com

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Don’t miss this year’s AGM which offers a large field of outstanding board candidates. Take time to attend and vote for your 2013 leadership team.

23rd TCCC Annual General Meeting Wednesday, February 27, 2013

Grand Millennium Sukhumvit Hotel 30 Sukhumvit 21 (Asoke) Road Klongtoey Nua, Wattana Bangkok, 10110, Thailand AGM Agenda 10:30 Member arrival and registration 11:00 Quorum reached and AGM declared open 11:45 Ballot Box closed; members seated for lunch 12:00 AGM Luncheon Luncheon Speaker - Dr. Somsran Watanachote, Executive Secretary of the People Eye Care Foundation 13:45 Announcement of new Board members 14:00 Meeting Adjourned

AGM Speaker Luncheon 800 Baht (members), 900 Baht (non-members) (Corporate members can use their 2013 luncheon vouchers)

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TCCC News

Speaker Luncheon Dialogue with H.E. Philip Calvert, Canada’s Ambassador to Thailand The TCCC staged a luncheon on November 27th at the Pimarnman Room of the Four Seasons Bangkok with Canada’s newly arrived Ambassador to Thailand, H.E. Philip Calvert. The Ambassador spoke about the Canadian Government's international commercial interests in ASEAN and specifically in Thailand.

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ollowing brief remarks on Canada's Global Commerce Strategy, attendees had an opportunity to participate in a discussion on how Canada could better deepen its relations with Thailand.

The luncheon was structured in a way to encourage two-way dialogue directly with the Ambassador. He requested that the attendees be given an opportunity to inform him directly of their concerns, comments and suggestions for enhancing relationships between Canada and Thailand.

As such, the luncheon’s seating arrangements were set up for face-to-face communication (boardroom style) with an open topic agenda. It’s a rare occasion indeed that TCCC members and friends get such a chance to roll up their sleeves and make a difference.

Although the Ambassador has only been on the ground for a few months, he has become very active and visible in a short period. The TCCC is very excited to work with Ambassador Calvert and stands ready to support him and the Embassy of Canada in any way possible.

Ambassador Calvert’s Background Mr. Philip Calvert (BA Honours, University of British Columbia, 1980; MA, York University, 1982; PHD, University of Washington, 1991) joined the Department of External Affairs in 1982.

His first assignment was as Second Secretary in Beijing from 1984 to 1987.

At Headquarters, he worked in the Trade Policy Competitiveness Division and the APEC Division, as Director for technical barriers and regulations and as Deputy Chief Negotiator for Canada for China’s accession in the World Trade Organization. Abroad, Mr. Calvert has served as both Counselor and Deputy Head of Mission in Beijing. Since 2008, Mr. Calvert has been Director General of the North Asia Bureau.

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TCCC News

Team Canada tops the World 6-4 in Charity Game Photograph by Matt Burns, S. E. A. Images Co. Ltd.

Team Canada defeated the World Team 6-4 in a charity hockey game held in early January at “The Rink”, located on the 7th floor of the Central Grand Rama IX shopping centre.

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eam Canada was composed of Canadian expats based in Thailand, plus three visiting Canadian MPs (Patrick Brown – Barrie, Andrew Saxton - North Vancouver, & Randy Hoback – Prince Albert), and ex-Trustee Justin Heran from Simcoe County.

The World team was a collection of American, Czech, English, Finnish, German, and Swedish players. It was also boosted by the addition of Chicago Black Hawk defenseman, Johnny Oduya, who soon after the game flew back to North America to participate in the abbreviated NHL season.

Team Canada was in for a tough game because the World squad featured the Flying Farangs top line of Swede Henrik Olofsson, Czech Jurg Dudler, Thai national Tewin “Thor” Chartsuwan plus defensemen Oduya and Swiss national Remo Nyffenegger. This line had led the Farangs to their first ever Land of Smiles tournament victory back in October.

Philip Calvert, Canada’s new ambassador to Thailand, dropped the puck for the ceremonial face-off between Flying Farang cocaptain and outgoing TCCC board member Todd Switzer and World Team captain Oduya.

The TCCC was also represented by board members Derek van Pelt and John Casella and advisor and Flying Farang co-captain Geoff McIntyre.

Marc Spiegel, the President of the ThaiFinnish Chamber of Commerce, was the MC for the evening and handled the introductions in both Thai and English. Attending the game were Thai Senator Tassana Boontong, The President of Thailand-Canada Parliamentarian Friendship Group and MP Udomlak Pengnorapat, the vice-president of that organization.

The Canadian team jumped out to an early lead in the game and hung on with some stellar goaltending from Lance Parker, who had done yeoman’s work to help promote the game. Canadian MP Patrick Brown dominated play when he was on the ice. The World Team fought back to within one goal through the determined effort of Oduya, and the strong goaltending of Czech Ambassador Victor Grepl but in the end the Canadian bench proved too strong for the World Team and Thai goalie Pattarapol “Dream” Ungkulpattanasuk, playing for Team Canada, made a number of sensational saves in the third stanza to seal the win for the Canadian team for the second year running.

Organizer Scott Murray said, “We had an active NHL player, the Canadian ambassador to drop the puck, three serving Canadian MPs playing, and a Thai senator and MP in attendance, what more could you want?

Referees Sakchai Chinanuvatana and Mike Lashbrook also did a great job of maintaining order in the game when it looked like things might get out of hand.”

The game raised Bt58,474 for the Thai Red Cross. This was the third charity game to help the Red Cross, the first was in January 2005 to benefit tsunami victims, and the second was last year to benefit Bangkok flood victims.

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TCCC News

TCCC trip to Baan Nong Phai On the morning of Saturday January 19th, a small but influential team of TCCC members visited Baan Nong Phai village.

The purpose of the trip was to observe the progress of the village after its one-year partnership with the TCCC, established under the auspices of the Village Development Partnership (VDP) of the Population and Community Development Association (PDA), and to unveil a ceremonial plaque commemorating the partnership.

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he group, including TCCC President Peter Van Haren, Vice-President Derek van Pelt, Treasurer Michael Howard and board member Ali Fancy, left the PDA compound on Sukhumvit Soi l2 early in the morning for the 5-hour ride to Buriram, one of the poorest provinces in the Kingdom.

Upon arrival at the village, which is home to 398 people living in 92 homes, the TCCC contingent had lunch with the villagers and was treated to a dance Gangnam style by all the village children, and what a performance they put on. “Take them on the road” was one comment from one stunned spectator.

The plaque was then unveiled and key village officials went through a flip-chart presentation demonstrating how the micro-credit bank, which has been established using the TCCC donation was being managed.

Of great interest was the number of microcredit loans that had gone to help establish successful small businesses in the village, including a group of elderly ladies manufacturing chilli paste, a woman with a somtam shop, a guy selling gai yang (grilled chicken) at the major intersection leading into the village and a motorcycle coffee/tea vendor, who always seemed to have a captive audience.

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Saturday evening the group stayed at Cabbages and Condoms at the Nang Rong Resort.

Sunday morning, we went out to check on the progress of the trees we planted last year.

Unfortunately, the majority of the saplings had died as “culprits” unknown had burned the land where the trees were planted and the villagers felt horrible about this.

Despite the tree-planting disaster, there was a lot of goodwill engendered by our visit between the community and the TCCC. Peter van Haren gave speeches in Thai at the ceremonial unveiling and later at a discussion between TCCC reps and representatives of the various village committees (who happened to all be women – the men who composed the other half of the committees – a PDA requirement - were nowhere to be found for some reason). The villagers couldn’t believe how fluent Peter was in their native tongue.

He was able to “talk straight” with them and empathize at the same time, a combination the women found very endearing. Ali Fancy and Derek van Pelt also demonstrated good Thai language skills, which again the villagers appreciated.

TCCC News

The Mechai Pattana School Just before the group headed back to Bangkok, they visited The Mechai Pattana School a few kilometres up the road from Nong Phai.

An alternative school, it’s four years old now and was designed to get village kids to think, not just repeat by rote learning.

Thai education has generally concentrated on literacy and numerical skills, with little emphasis on new ideas and creativity skills. The Mechai Pattana School intends to change this situation for poor, rural students. The school strives towards getting its pupils to perform at their full potential by focusing on developing the complete individual. The lessons at the school are focused on enabling students to analyze and create.

Mechai Pattana is designed to be a school where pupils are happy and can fulfil their potential in their local environment with the help of current technology. This school develops the complete individual - instilling individual morality, preserving community tradition, and promoting good citizenship. The M school endeavours to promote the following values: environmental protection, education, poverty eradication, philanthropy, integrity, democracy & gender equality.

Students are given the responsibility of participating in the teacher selection and evaluation process. Students are given the

Michael Howard arriving at village

Peter van Haren meeting village elders

responsibility for selecting the incoming Grade 7 students, which promotes leadership at an early age. Students operate businesses that have a positive impact within their community, with some of the profits going towards primary student scholarships in government schools. Students participate in the purchasing committee, which enables them to learn budgeting, planning, transparency, and negotiation skills.

The school as 120 students now, thirty each in grades 7-10, and will add sixty more in the next two years when grades eleven and twelve are added to the program.

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TCCC News

TCCC trip to Baan Nong Phai Continued on page 10 from Thursday to Monday (closed on Tuesday and Wednesday) to enable outsiders to visit and teach at the school during the weekends.

There are no student fees in monetary terms at the school. Rather, the students and parents have to plant 365 trees and pay their fees with 365 hours of community service.

Year 10 students are sent to Pattaya for one entire year, where they are immersed in a different cultural, economic, and social atmosphere. The campus is located at PDA’s Birds and Bees Resort. Here the kids are taught basic sign language and they are taught empathy in other ways, e.g. every Sunday they go without dinner to see what it’s like to be hungry and they also spend a half-day a week in a wheelchair and get a better understanding of what it’s like to be handicapped.

Gangnam sytle dance performance

The school has a lot of successful projects to help it raise money including raising pigs and chickens, mushrooms, limes, crickets, and bean sprouts. It even has its own small gas station. The objective of these projects, aside from imparting useful skills and a sense of responsibility in the students, is ultimately to permit the school be financially self-sufficient The school features environmentally-friendly bamboo architecture, which is specially treated to last up to 80 years. The school also boasts the largest bamboo geodesic dome in the world at 30 metres in diameter.

The school was designed by the famous Singaporean architect, Mr. Tay Kheng Soon, of Akitek Tengarra.

By the way, if you are thinking of donating to the school, you get a 200% tax deduction for your efforts.

Kids learn early about computers

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Derek being welcomed by village children

Villagers explain how the TCCC funds were used

TCCC News

Kids playing nab the clothspin while blindfolded

Gai yang stand, set up with TCCC loan

TCCC EVENTS PHOTO GALLERY

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Member Profile

Diamond Suite Interior

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ravelling with Etihad Airways in Diamond First Class, Pearl Business Class or Coral Economy Class is truly a promise of an outstanding flying experience.

On Etihad Airways you will have the chance to experience the Inspired Service concept which delivers world-class attentiveness for the duration of your flight, and beyond.

Etihad’s Diamond First Class fuses old-world hospitality with state-of-the-art facilities, to create airborne luxury that has to be experienced to be believed. The Diamond First Class cabin has 12 individual Private Suites that have been designed to provide First Class guests with more privacy, greater comfort, and increased storage. Passengers

can sit back and relax on an extra-large seat that extends to a fully-flat bed, 80.5 inches in length. Each Private Suite is accessed by its own sliding door and includes a personal wardrobe and mini bar, as well as 23" widescreen LCD screen which features more than 600 hours of ‘on demand’ entertainment.

Furthermore, you can experience the best five-star dining with your personal chef, who will help you find the right dish to suit your mood and the perfect beverage to match your meal. The first class cabin also features a large and luxurious changing room with a full length mirror, wash basin and leather folddown seat to allow passengers to freshen up and change after take-off and prior to landing.

Pearl Business Class, a style and space like no other, is the World’s Best Business Class as voted by Skytrax 2009 and its 16 million users. It allows you to sit back and relax in luxurious Business Class flat bed seats with 82-inch seat pitch and generous total recline.

Guests can stay entertained with over 600 hours of on-demand entertainment including the latest movies, TV shows, music and interactive games. These are available on the 16 -inch personal LCD TVs. Also, the in-flight mood lighting system will create the perfect atmosphere for every stage of your flying experience, be it sleeping, dining or relaxing.

Furthermore, the best of five-star hospitality is taken into the Pearl Business Class to give you an inspiring dining experience which allows you to dine as you like, when you like. Your Food and Beverage manager, the airline’s onboard fine dining expert, will help

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Pearl Dusk

Flight schedule Abu Dhabi - Bangkok Flight #

Departs

Departure Time

Arrives

Arrival Time

Aircraft

EY408

Abu Dhabi

8.40am

Bangkok

6.05pm

Daily

EY404*

Abu Dhabi

10.25am

Bangkok

7.50pm

Daily

EY402

Abu Dhabi

9.40pm

Bangkok

7.05am

EY407

Bangkok

2.55am

Abu Dhabi

6.20am

EY403*

Bangkok

8.35am

Abu Dhabi

11.55am

Daily

EY401

Bangkok

8.35pm

Abu Dhabi

0.05am

Daily

B777-300ER

Configuration

28 Business 384 Economy

Frequency

Daily Daily

*New Abu Dhabi – Bangkok service you find the right dish, created from the finest ingredients by award-winning chefs, and the right wines, handpicked from the world’s best vineyards, to suit your mood and be the perfect accompaniment for your meal.

About Etihad Airways

On the ground in Abu Dhabi, Diamond First Class and Pearl Business Class guests can take advantage of a dedicated concierge service, which ensures that their complimentary limousine service is met curb-side, and they are then escorted quickly inside to the airline’s dedicated premium check-in zone.

Moreover, the airline has dedicated departure lounge facilities, where its Diamond First and Pearl Business Guests can enjoy a range of services including all-day fine dining, boardroom–style meeting facilities, Six Senses Spa treatments, a champagne bar and even a cigar lounge.

Coral Economy Class guests can relax more easily with a seat pitch of between 32 and 34 inches, one of the most comfortable economy class seats in the sky. With the advanced lighting system, the perfect cabin ambience is created for the various stages of your flight and according to the time of the day, providing a calming effect.

Individual lighting options in every seat allow you to create your own ambience. Guests can stay entertained with over 600 hours of

on-demand entertainment including the latest movies, TV shows, music and interactive games together with a personal 10.4-inch touchscreen. Moreover, the airline also provides free luxury coaches between Abu Dhabi International Airport and Dubai and Al Ain.in the United Arab Emirates.

Etihad Airways, the national airline of the United Arab Emirates, began operations in 2003, and in 2011 carried 8.3 million passengers. From its hub at Abu Dhabi International Airport, Etihad Airways serves 86 passenger and cargo destinations in the Middle East, Africa, Europe, Asia, Australia and North America, with a fleet of 68 Airbus and Boeing aircraft, and more than 90 on firm order, including 10 Airbus A380s, the world's largest passenger aircraft. Etihad Airways also holds equity investments in airberlin, Air Seychelles, Virgin Australia and Aer Lingus.

The airline commenced scheduled passenger services to Thailand in 2004, and today, it operates three flights daily between Bangkok and Abu Dhabi, using a two-class Boeing B777-300ER aircraft. For more information, please visit: www.etihad.com and www. etihadcargo.com For more information, please contact: Maetavarin Maneekulpan / Ekarat Jenkijjaroenchai Total Quality PR (Thailand) Co., Ltd Tel. 02 260 5820 ext.115 / Fax 02 260 5847– 8 E-mail: mae@tqpr.com / air@tqpr.com January 2013

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Canada for Sale?

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anada is generally open to foreign investment and has relatively low levels of restrictions on such investments compared to many other countries around the world. Most types of foreign investment such as acquiring property in Canada or purchasing shares of a Canadian company have little or no restrictions. However, there are instances where foreign investment into Canada is reviewable by Industry Canada and possibly revocable under the following circumstances: • a foreign investor acquires ownership and control of a non-cultural Canadian business that has assets over C$330 million; • a foreign investor acquires control of a Canadian cultural business that has assets of C$5 million or more; or • is the investment or the foreign investor considered to be injurious to national security?

If a foreign investor falls under one of the above mentioned categories then Industry Canada will allow or reject the investment based on whether it will be a ‘net benefit’ for Canadians. There have only been a few cases where a proposed acquisition failed to satisfy the net benefit test.

In November 2010, Industry Canada indicated that it was not satisfied that a proposed takeover of Potash Corporation by BHP Billiton, an Anglo-Australian company, was likely to be of net benefit to Canada. BHP Billiton eventually withdrew its application for review under the act. It was believed that if BHP Billiton would have persevered, that Industry Canada would have rejected it.

Recently two foreign state-owned companies, PETRONAS from Malaysia and CNOOC from China, had their planned acquisitions of two Canadian companies with large interests in the lucrative Alberta oil sands initially rejected and then hesitantly approved. The recent purchase of Nexen by CNOOC has resulted in China having control of almost 10% of oil extraction from the Alberta oil sands.

The University of British Columbia’s Paul Evans has said that Canadian public reaction to this new reality shows signs of discomfort and he spoke of concern with China having such a large stake in the oil sands because “when you’re dealing with the Chinese government, you’re dealing with a regime and an approach that is repressive on human rights, on espionage, a whole frame of things”.

Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper recently indicated that future acquisitions similar to the CNOOC and PETRONAS deals involving Canada’s oil sands by a foreign state-owned company would not result in a net benefit for Canadians and would be blocked unless there are exceptional circumstances. Harper stated the reason for such a restriction in relation to the oil sands is that “when we say that Canada is open for business, we do not mean that Canada is for sale to foreign governments”.

Does this recent trepidation by the Canadian government mean Canada will impose tougher restrictions on foreign investors? In similar scenarios to those stated above the answer would be yes. Nevertheless, Canada continues to have a relatively low level of restrictions on foreign investment compared to most other countries.

Franca Ciambella and Steven Trafford Taylor Consilium Law Corporation

60% of respondents say difficult to find Canadians with sufficient Asia knowledge, finds APF Canada poll A new Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada opinion poll found 60% of respondents who employ Canadians for Asia-related work say it is difficult to find qualified Canadians with the appropriate level of knowledge and awareness of Asia to help the company or organization succeed in Asia.

In the Points of View Asia Pacific opinion poll Asia-engaged Canadians considered different dimensions of Canada-Asia relations with respect to education. More than 8-in-10 respondents consider education to be the most critical component of any strategy to build closer relations with Asian countries.

The Points of View Asia Pacific, sponsored by Cathay Pacific Airways, is an opinion panel of the Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada and comprised 1,188 individuals engaged in Asia through professional and research interests.

Information summarized from: Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada Press Release December 3, 2012 - Visit www.asiapacific.ca for the complete story.

Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada, 220 - 890 W Pender Street, Vancouver, BC, V6C 1J9

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A strange twist on North America’s hunting season!

Several moose recently got the bright idea to dress up a pickup with a guy spread-eagle on the roof. Traveling down the Interstate, the sight is reported to have created several traffic issues.

It’s not known if the moose were DUI.

Eric Kenso Ward, ISB Class of 1979

International School Bangkok Bringing out the superhero in each of us since 1951. www.isb.ac.th

Inspiring independent learners to fulfil their individual potential Developing Critical Thinking

Encouraging Inquiry

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t Bangkok Patana we provide the essential rigour of a British curriculum incorporating best practice from other programmes to reflect our international setting.

Our aim is to develop young people who are highly skilled, individual learners.

Promoting Investigation

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t key points within the Primary School we benchmark ourselves against UK schools using National Curriculum Tests. In 2012 99% of our Year 6 students achieved their agerelated expectation, or above, in English and Mathematics, compared to 81% in the UK.

Building Empathy

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e also understand the importance of lessons learned outside the classroom.

Extensive opportunities for children to flourish and develop their personal interests are provided through our extensive extra-curricular activities programme.

To find out how our child-centred approach to learning and outstanding teaching staff can help your child fulfil their potential from 2 1/2 to 18 years of age, please contact us at admissions@patana.ac.th

www.patana.ac.th |+66 (0) 2398 0200 | 643 LaSalle Road (Sukhumvit 105), Bangna, Bangkok

Bangkok Patana is an IB World School accredited by CIS and NEASC