Bangkok--7 Sep--Bumrungrad International
Bumrungrad International and the ThaiCraft Association will jointly sponsor the 2006 “Living in Bangkok” exhibition at Bumrungrad International hospital located on Sukhumvit Soi 3 on Saturday September 9, 2006 from 12:00 noon to 6:30 p.m.
This is the 8th year of the exhibition, which features over 70 exhibitors with services and products of special interest to expatriate residents of Bangkok. The exhibition offers an ideal opportunity for expatriates new to Bangkok to learn about the wide variety of local resources available to meet their needs, including social and volunteer organizations, schools and churches, credit cards and insurance, specialty food sources, recreation and healthcare.
Living in Bangkok will again include the ever-popular handicrafts sale organized by the ThaiCraft Association, featuring unique handicrafts from different parts of Thailand. It will be an informative and fun day for expat families. Admission is free.
ABOUT THE ORGANIZERS
Bumrungrad International
Bumrungrad International is Southeast Asia’s premier private hospital and a regional referral center for advanced care, offering 554 beds, 30 specialty centers, 900 medical specialists and over 700 nurses. It is Thailand’s only JCI accredited hospital and serves more than a million patients yearly from over 190 countries.
The ThaiCraft Association
ThaiCraft is a non-profit association serving more than 60 community-based artisan groups from all regions of Thailand. ThaiCraft organizes regular craft sales and training, offering craftspeople a guided experience in product development and marketing techniques by using fair-trade practices. The future welfare and self-reliance of Thailand’s village craft-producing communities is the essence of our work. ThaiCraft’s work relies on committed volunteers of all nationalities who assist artisans at craft sales and help them to improve product design and quality, displays, marketing techniques and administration.
For more information, please call Bumrungrad International at 0 2667 1320 or The ThaiCraft Association at 0 2676 0636.
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