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From: prp@chulkn.chula.ac.th ("Ms. Puangpen Rayabphand - TIC Chula BKK")
Newsgroups: soc.culture.thai
Subject: Election Watch from Thailand - BKK Post Thur 03/10/92
Date: 3 Sep 92 01:41:50 GMT
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CHUAN ; DEMOCRATS READY TO LEAD NATION, RUN ECONOMY

Democrat Party Leader Chuan Leekpai yesterday made an all out pitch
to raise the image of the Democrats as a party able to run the
economy and of himself as a well prepared potential premier.
In two hours televised campaign at the National Stadium, Mr Chuan
declared, to lengthy applause, that he is ready to become oppositioleader
or premier after the election.


INTERIOR POLL FORCE SENT TO PROVINCES

The Interior Ministry yesterday began sending members of its 154 
strong task force to 41 provinces to monitor the election campaign
and help local authorities suppress vote - buying and election fraud.


POLL PREDICTS PDP WILL WIN MOST SEATS

A poll commissioned by the Shinawatra Computers and Communications 
Group has the Palang Dharma Party winning 72 - 74 seats this coming
September 13 to give it the largest number of seats among the individual
parties.


WOMEN TOLD TO PROMOTE VOTING

Prime Minister Anand  Panyarachun yesterday appealed to some 800
women Kamnan and village chiefs to persuade people to vote, saying
the election has meaning for everybody.


9 PARTIES TO MEET SOLDIERS

Nine parties have confirmed that they will take part in tomorrow's
"Political Parties Meet the Army" programme, according to Poll Watch
spokesman Chira  Hongladarom.


GOVT PULLS PLUG ON CHATICHAI SPEECH

The Government broadcasting Directing Board has rejected the 
Chat Pattana Party's request for the satellite telecast of a
speech by its leader, Chatichai Choonhavan, from Japan.
Pol Gen Pow  said the rejection was the telecast would not be 
fair to other parties which are being given time to campaign for 
votes through state - sponsored television networks.


POW AIMS FOR BIG CITY VOTER TURNOUT

Interior Minister Pow Sarasin yesterday appealed to the
Bangkok Metropolitan Administration to make every effort
to get Bangkokians out to vote.
From: grahamf@deakin.OZ.AU (Graham Fordham)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.thai
Subject: new and very good Thai fonts for adobe and windows
Keywords: thai ftp site wanted
Date: 28 Aug 92 14:13:06 GMT
Organization: Deakin University, Victoria, Australia


I have some very good Thai fonts to use with Adobe Type Manager
and Windows - the result is good scalable fonts from very small
to very large. Switching from Thai to English is via the F12
key (a switcher utility loaded via the win.ini file hooks into
the keyboard). Fonts are public domain from the Bangkok Post
bulletin board a few weeks ago.

I have had a few requests from the US for these, and it would be
easier if I could upload via ftp to the various people who
have Thai archives.

If you are have a Thai ftp site and would like a copy of these
files give me a yell (not forgetting to tell me your address).
These fonts really are good - and the result is much better than
CUW as it enables one to work in word for windows or any other
windows program (lotus etc) and still to work in Thai.

The only thing I lack now is that which I need most - a Thai
language spell checker I can use with WFW - Where to get this ???


Newsgroups: soc.culture.thai
From: cslac2209@bestsd.sdsu.edu (UNALOME TECHAMUANVIVIT)
Subject: Thai Romanization Standard (Repost)
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.4-b1  
Keywords:  Thai Romanization
Organization: San Diego State University - Dept. of Redundancy Dept.
Date: Thu, 27 Aug 1992 08:55:00 GMT

     Sa'Wad'Dii- Kha"  :)

	Since I've been recieving quite some mails requesting the Standard
of Thai Romanization proposed by Khun Parames couple months ago, I think it
might be a good idea to repost a copy of that standard for those who requested
it as well as those who mgiht be interested.

44 CONSONANTS
~~~~~~~~~~~~~
k  kh  kh  kh  kh  kh  ng
j  ch  ch  s  ch  y
d  t  th  th  th  n 
d  t  th  th  th  n
b  p  ph  f  ph  f  ph  m
y  r  l  w  s  s  s  h  l  (?)  h

Final Sounds
~~~~~~~~~~~~
k  t  p  ng  n  m  y  w

Tonal Markers
~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- ' " ^ + (according to Khun Tawit's suggestion)
or 0 1 2 3 4 5 

Basic.Vowels
~~~~~~~~~~~~
a 	as in Ka' (estimate)
aa	as in Kaa- (crow)
i 	as in ti' (blame)
ii	as in tii- (hit)
U	as in U' (shit)
UU	as in mUU- (hand)
u	as in du' (scold)
uu	as in duu- (look)
e	as in te' (kick)
ee	as in thee- (pour)
A	as in lA^ (and)
AA 	as in lAA- (look)
o 	as in to^ (table)
oo	as in to- (big)
O	as in kO" (island)
OO 	as in rOO- (wait)
E 	as in lE^ (dirty)
EE	as in lEE- (Belch)

Compound Vowels
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
ua	as in yua^ (angry)
uaa	as in tuaa- (body)
ia	as in pria^ (tight)
iaa	as in miaa- (wife)
Ua (no example)
Uaa 	as in rUaa- (ship)

Excess Vowels (sa'ra'kEEn-)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
ay or ai	as in nay- or nai- (in)
aw or au	as in daw- or dau- (guess)

*****************************************************************************

Unalome Techamuanvivit

CSLAC2216@Bestsd.sdsu.edu

P.S.  Due to some problems I am experiencing with my original account, that is
CSLAC2216, I have to post this article by using my friend's account.  therefore,
if anybody wants to send me an e-mail, please ignore the address at the heading 
of this article and kindly send your mail directly to CSLAC2216@bestsd.sdsu.edu.
From: fyta@chulkn.chula.ac.th ("Dr. Yunyong Teng-amnuay - Director of Internet Se")
Newsgroups: soc.culture.thai
Subject: connectivity inside Thailand
Date: 3 Sep 92 00:53:24 GMT
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Dear Networkers,

Some new development.

At the moment chulkn (at Chulalongkorn U.) is connected at 2400 to AIT.
The connection is via MHSnet (a networking s/w from Australia)
over dial-up line.  From AIT, the MHSnet reaches to other
universities and some sites in Thailand.

In order to mail to the sites in Thailand through chulkn, you
will have to explicitly route your mail.  Sorry about this but
it will take some time to officially fix the domain naming
system of the world.

So far these are the sites that we can reach:

AIT (Asian Institute of Technology)

	A. Kanchana Kanchanasut *
		kk%cs.ait.ac.th@chulkn.chula.ac.th
		Mother of Thailand Academic Computer Network
	Pensri Charoenchai *
		pensri%cs.ait.ac.th@chulkn.chula.ac.th
		The capable system admin.

Prince of Songkla University

	Theerawat Hungsapruek *
		teerawat%ratree.psu.ac.th@chulkn.chula.ac.th

Chiangmai University

	A. Tanongkiat Auponno *
		tom%cmu.chiangmai.ac.th@chulkn.chula.ac.th

Thammasart University

	A. Hugh Thaweesak Konantrakul *
		htk%ipied.tu.ac.th@chulkn.chula.ac.th
		Father of Thaisarn
	Somsak (Bangkok Post)
		somsak%ipied.tu.ac.th@chulkn.chula.ac.th
	Yongyuth Pahirah (The Nation)
		yongyuth%ipied.tu.ac.th@chulkn.chula.ac.th

NECTEC

	Luesak Chowpradith (actually not NECTEC's staff, but
		willing to answer mail) *
		luesak%nwg.nectec.or.th@chulkn.chula.ac.th

Asia Credit

	Dr. Vizes Nakonchai
		vizes%malisa.acl.co.th@chulkn.chula.ac.th
		The One Who Started It All.

Digital Equipment (Thailand)

	Trin Tantsetthi (Father of PUBNET)
		trin%tla.dec.com@chulkn.chula.ac.th
		but you may be better off with
		trin@tlaeng.enet.dec.com

Hewlett-Packard (Thailand)

	Khun Srikrung
		srikrung%hp2.hpth.co.th@chulkn.chula.ac.th

NOTE:  The asterisks mean those I have mailed with.

Dr. Yunyong Teng-amnuay
Center of Academic Resources		Voice:	(662) 218 2925
Chulalongkorn University		Fax:	(662) 215 3617
Phyathai Rd., Bangkok 10330, Thailand	Internet: fyta@chulkn.chula.ac.th
Newsgroups: soc.culture.thai
Subject: informatiom
From: W.Samim@massey.ac.nz (W. Samim)
Date: Fri, 4 Sep 92 00:00:16 GMT
Organization: Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand
X-Reader: NETNEWS/PC Version 2c



Hi everybody:

I need to know if in Thailand they have E-mail that I want to write to
one of my friend. She is in Thialand and I did not have news from her
for long time.

Any one who knows would they please let me know by sending me
a E-mail to:

W.Samim@massey.ac.nz
From: akumar@pollux.usc.edu (Anant Kumar)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.thai
Subject: SpicMacay:L. Subramaniam(violin):LEC-DEM:Sep23:FREE
Date: 2 Sep 1992 09:27:43 -0700
Organization: University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
Distribution: world
NNTP-Posting-Host: pollux.usc.edu


  Society for Promotion of Indian Classical Music And Culture Amongst Youth
                                (SPIC-MACAY)

                                 presents

                   An evening (Lecture-Demonstration) with

			      Violin Virtuoso


                             Dr. L. SUBRAMANIAM


				accompanied
			    on the MRIDANGAM by
				  GANESH

                        Wednesday Sept. 23, 1992, 7:30 pm.
			
   		     Crystal Cove Auditorium, Student Center
			   University of California
				   Irvine


		**ALSO AT:
		 US International Univ., SAN DIEGO. Sept. 24th, 7:30 pm.
			  Call (619) 291 9377 for more Info.
		**

                        ADMISSION FREE AND OPEN TO ALL.
	     (First Come First Served, limited by hall capacity)

		For CARPOOL and other info, contact:

                           UC, Irvine       (714) 856-3589 (Sanjiv)
                           USC, Los Angeles (213) 745-2917 (Kartik)
                           UC, Los Angeles  (310) 312-1644 (Munira)
			   CSU, Fullerton   (714) 992-5875 (Subha)

                or e-mail: narayan@ics.uci.edu (sanjiv)
			   anantk@usc.edu (anant)

Lecture-Demonstration: 
---------------------
The artist explains the art form and its intricacies. 
Dr. Subramaniam will present the Violin as a Carnatic music instrument
and explain the subtleties of Indian music.

Directions and Parking:
----------------------

 405 south or 5 South
 exit Jamboree go right
 left at campus
 right at bridge (2nd light)
 left at Pereira (1st light) 
 enter parking garage on the left.
 Crystal Cove is in the Student Center opp from the garage,

 PARKING: $ 2 per car.

Newsgroups: soc.culture.thai
From: fstawit@ICOMP01.LERC.NASA.GOV (Tawit Chitsomboon)
Subject: Re: Thai Romanization Standard
Originator: daemon@Condor.mcs.kent.edu
Organization: Kent Gateway
Date: Fri, 4 Sep 1992 18:03:20 GMT


I came up with a system of how to remember the basic vowels' corresponsence.
Try to remember:

Car hits thru wet snow.
GnUs  Are Eating On.
  U' kA' lE^    kO'   (i.e., Sheep's excrement dirtied the island)

The fisrt line covers all the lower-case vowels. Their sounds are
exactly the same as the English counterparts. 

The second and third lines cover the upper-case vowels. Each vowel
in the Thaiglish phrase in the third line corresponds word by
word with the U A E O of the English phrase in the second line.

All three lines are for short-sound vowels only, regardless of how
long it is required to pronounce in English. For long-sound vowels,
just double the alphabets.

IMO, this will help especially when you don't have a printed page
of the convention handy. You just recite the above three lines and 
write down the corresponding vowels in Thai.

I guess the excess vowels and the rest need be remembered individually.

Perhaps, we should compete on how to device a better 'heart' to 
remember this Thaiglish thing. I just threw the first ball to get
the game started.

-Tawit

---------------------------------------------------------------------
I'll postpone it tomorrow. Today, I'm too busy postponing the
things I should have postponed yesterday. :-)
---------------------------------------------------------------------
Organization: Doctoral student, Mechanical Engineering, Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA
Newsgroups: soc.culture.thai
Date: Thu, 27 Aug 1992 08:46:10 -0400 
From: Schitt Laowattana <sl2k+@andrew.cmu.edu>
Subject: Re: Honorable Attitude? (was Re: US born kids in s.c.taiwan)

Excerpts from netnews.soc.culture.thai: 26-Aug-92 RE: Honorable
Attitude? (wa.. by emaruchi@meena.cc.uregin
 
> To help Thailand, it doesn't mean that we must go back home and work in
> Thailand.  For example, the Seri Thai Party during World War 2.  Had they
> gone back to Thailand that time, they would not have done the great thing
> as we know it today.  
    
    That is true.  The real problem is whether or not we still have a
group of Thai people working like the Serir Thai Party.  I understand
personel need of financial prosperity and professional experience that
P' Tawit mentioned. I also believe in his determination that Thai
professinals should/would go back to Thailand eventually.


> Besides, going back home means we have to occupy job
> positions, giving less chance for other Thais to find their jobs.  So it
> depends.

    Yoh!   What theory is this ?   Please explain in more detail.

    I think if you are capable, you can create more jobs directly and
indirectly for other poor people who are undereduated and are currently
in inferior positions in Thai society.

    Further suggestions are appreciated.  Thanks.

Schitt(DJ)  Laowattana

****************************************************************************
Current Address in USA:

Department of Mechanical Engineering
Carnegie Mellon University
5000 Forbes Ave.
Pittsburgh, PA 15217
USA
Tel. No. 268-8880
Fax. No. 268-3348
e-mail: sl2k@andrew.cmu.edu


Permanent Address in Thailand:

Center of Operation for FIeld roBOtics Development(FIBO)
King Mongkut's Institute of Technology Thonburi
91 Suksawasd 48  Ratburana  Bangmod
Bangkok 10140, Thailand

Tel. No. 428-3374, 427-4421 and 4270151-9 Ext. 461
Fax. No. 427-8077, 427-8787

*****************************************************************************
From: kamol@munnari.oz.AU (Kamol Hengkietisak)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.thai
Subject: Aug 25: Nukul wants more private sector to run bus routes
Date: 26 Aug 1992 07:02:25 +1000
Organization: Mail/News gateway
NNTP-Posting-Host: munnari.oz.au

     TRANSPORT and Communications Minister Nukul Prachuabmoh 
yesterday said that he wants the private sector to operate more 
bus routes which are currently run by the Bangkok Mass Transit 
Authority in an effort to improve services.
     Mr Nukul said he has told this to the BMTA because past 
improvements were unsatisfactory.
     The private sector has taken over running city buses on 12 
routes but he wants them to do more.
     "We will increase private sector participation by whatever 
means. The administration of the bus service must be better. I am 
after them about it all the time," Mr Nukul said.
     The public has protested against plans to raise the bus fare 
by 50 satang on the first of next month.
     Mr Nukul defended the increase, saying that bus fares had not 
gone up for a long time.
     If the fare is kept the same, the only alternative would be 
for the Government to subsidise the BMTA, which is not right. The 
Government has already spent over 10,000 million baht on the BMTA, 
he said.
Organization: University of Illinois at Chicago
Date: Sunday, 23 Aug 1992 11:56:36 CDT
From: Arnatt Klinsong <U45923@uicvm.uic.edu>
Newsgroups: soc.culture.thai
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From: prp@chulkn.chula.ac.th ("Ms. Puangpen Rayabphand - TIC Chula BKK")
Newsgroups: soc.culture.thai
Subject: Election Watch from Thailand - Nation Fri 04/09/92
Date: 4 Sep 92 02:03:47 GMT
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GRAFT POLICE TARGET 13 PROVINCES: TASK FORCE TO SUPPRESS VOTE-BUYING,
INFLUENCE IN AREAS NEEDING`SPECIAL ATTENTION'

The Interior Ministry will send special teams comprising 228
police personnel to 13 provinces in three regions to step up
suppression of vote-buying and influencial figures in the week
leading to general election on Sept 13.  The teams are working 
under a task force formed by the ministry to curb electoral offences
in the area where authorities have received many compaints of vote-
buying and the activities of influential people who could affect
the candidates and polling.


CHAT PATTANA DECRIES TV BAN

The Chat Pattana Party yesterday accused the government of
discrimination by rejecting its proposal for channel 9 to
broadcast party leader Gen Chatichai Choonhavan's campaign
speech from Tokyo tonight.
From: kamol@munnari.oz.AU (Kamol Hengkietisak)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.thai
Subject: Aug 25: Police protection for prominent people.
Date: 26 Aug 1992 07:02:41 +1000
Organization: Mail/News gateway
NNTP-Posting-Host: munnari.oz.au

     DEPUTY Prime Minister Pow Sarasin said yesterday that police 
protection for 17 prominent academics and radio and television 
presenters is a measure to prevent untoward incidents during the 
run-up to the September 13 general election.
     Gen Pow said the 17 are not being provided protection because 
they are somebody's enemy, "but prevention is better because there 
is no cure."
     Pol Gen Pow, who is also interior minister, denied 
speculation that there would be bomb attacks in Bangkok.
     Asked about progress of the investigation into the recent 
bombings in Hat Yai and Narathiwat, he said some clues have been 
unearthed but the information obtained so far is insufficient to 
pinpoint the culprits.
     He said some incidents taking place these days such as 
murders might not be related to the forthcoming election at all.
     Gen Pow said it might just be a coincidence that such things 
had happened at this particular point in time.
Newsgroups: soc.culture.thai
From: olmstead@steam.uwaterloo.ca (F. Michael Olmstead)
Subject: Some Questions????
Originator: olmstead@steam.uwaterloo.ca
Organization: University of Waterloo
Date: Tue, 1 Sep 1992 00:11:45 GMT


Hello s.c.t. netters again.

I am looking for some advice and or information.  3 Topics:

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A friend of mine's daughter was born in Cha Choeng Sao in April of 1982.
The child's mother did not register her though until December 1982. 
For some reason the local officials said that it was easier to say
that she was born in December and so now her Thai passport and long
since lost birth certificate reflect this incorrect date.  The child is
now a citizen of Canada.  Her Canadian citizenship documents are correct
because the parents petitioned the court to change her birthdate.

The Thai Embassy in Ottawa literally said Mai Pen Rai.

Is there a way to change this?  Some department to write to?
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Can Thai citizens hold citizenship in a second country?

Is there still a law forbidding Thai women from holding property if they
have married a foreigner? Does this law apply to Thai men marrying
foreigners?

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I have been told by a well read friend, who is not intimate with
Thailand, that the Thai government is quickly becoming the most
notorious in the world for collecting information on its citizens.
Apparently the use of computers is driving this. 

Any thoughts or comments?  Be careful someone might be listening!


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