Our new full-time supplement, specially for the thousands of foreigners
living here in the north west.
ROADSIDE
BREAKDOWN?
The long established Car World Club is now rivalled by Auto Assist,
both intent on helping you out at the roadside, or providing travel expenses,
repairs, car rental or an air ticket if you are in need. Both charge an
annual fee of 1,990 baht but after that the details vary and should be
compared carefully. CWC is on 02 204 0666 (www.cwc.co.th)
and AA is on 02 305 8501 (www.autoassist.co.th).
Driving licences in Chiangmai
The Land Transport Office on Hang Dong Road, opposite the end of the
runway, has cut Saturday openings. They are now open for driving licences
Monday to Friday plus the first Saturday of each month only, 8.30am to
3.30pm. Available for foreigners on Non-Immigrant visas only, you need
to take a test only if you have neither an IDP nor a current licence in
English language. Our advice is to take a reader of Thai to navigate you
through the system, and get the required photos taken at the booths behind
the main building to avoid official obfuscation.
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communications - all handled accurately in strictest confidence.
BRITISH
STYLE BUILDERS
A British construction project manager and a vastly experienced plumbing
and heating engineer, Graeme Jones and Shaun Dodd, have teamed up with
Khun Jack, a Thai with a bachelor degree in civil engineering, to form
Euro Design and Build Company.
With many years experience between them, they are ready to provide reliable
and trustworthy services on new construction, renovation and repairs. More
on 01-835-0122, 06-194-3008.
NO
VIETNAM VISAS
The huge TET Festival in Vietnam brought a government warning that there
would be no visa approvals between January 28th and February 5th . All
their offices - and most tourist attractions - are closed between those
dates. There will also be a much slower service for at least 2 weeks from
the 5th as staff work to catch up on the backlog.
CAPABLE
PEOPLE
The well established Chiangmai Disabled Business Centre offers Thai
language and computer lessons, laundry and business services (laser-printing,
business cards, e-mail etc) and traditional Thai massage. The services
are provided by disabled people, proving that they can develop their own
opportunities.
There's a wheelchair clinic and sponsorship programme to fund free wheelchairs
for needy Thai children. The chairs are built to the specific physical
needs of the recipient and cost 4-9,000 baht each.
A natural product which began development in a Bangkok test tube in
1987 is now grown in 15,000 square meters of ponds near Sanpatong and exported
all over the world.
Chinese zoo officials will visit Chiangmai's proposed
site for the expensive air-conditioned quarters being prepared for a mating
pair of giant pandas. (...).
David
Hardy
