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...tech head responsible for installing a computer in every room and for setting up wi-fi Internet access throughout. There's even some family history behind the inn. It's actually a converted shophouse that was built on a plot granted to the Tulyanond's ancestors by King Chulalongkorn (Rama V). The land has been in the family now for seven generations, and as you would expect, plenty of care has been lavished on the building that stands on it. Rooms are simply but stylishly appointed with teak furniture, while the odd family heirloom and pieces of pottery hand-painted...
...There's even some family history behind the inn. It's actually a converted shophouse that was built on a plot granted to the Tulyanond's ancestors by King Chulalongkorn (Rama V). The land has been in the family now for seven generations, and as you would expect, plenty of care has been lavished on the building that stands...
...industry, which generated $3.25 billion in exports last year, higher up the value chain?has been nurturing the local designers, spending $45 million since 2003 to promote Bangkok as a fashion hub, sponsoring fashion shows, trade fairs and magazines, and helping to establish the Bangkok International Fashion Academy at Chulalongkorn University. Thanks in part to this support, fashion design has gone from a marginal occupation to a legitimate career choice, and most major universities have opened fashion-design departments, which were unheard of until recently. Last year, a Graduate Fashion Week was held to give exposure to young designers...
...utility is now controlled by a foreign entity. There's resentment too, at the huge windfall reaped by Thaksin's family. The Prime Minister says Shin was sold because "the kids would like their dad to devote himself completely to politics." Still, says Thitinan Pongsudhirak, a political scientist at Chulalongkorn University, "the Shin deal could become a tipping point. It's become the focal point that could bring [Thaksin] down." Certainly, the sale to Temasek has helped build the crowds at Sondhi's rallies...
Sathirathai was awarded a Masters of Laws degree in 1982 and a Doctor of Juridical Science degree in 1985 from HLS, after attending Chulalongkorn University in Thailand and earned his economics degree at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University...