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No. 2887
May 20th, 2022
PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE

 

This coming Friday 20th May is an opportunity for Members to pay respect to one of our Club’s elder statesmen. Past District Governor Xanxai Visitkul who passed away on Sunday 15th May after a long battle with cancer.

 

The Rotary Club of Bangkok South will sponsor the 20th May prayers commencing at 18:30 pm at Sala 30-31 Wat Thatthong, Sukhumvit 63.

 

Having joined the RCBS in 1968, Past District Governor Xanxai became our Club’s 16th President in 1975-76. He continued his dedication to Rotary and became District Governor of Rotary International District 3350 in 1988-1989. Our Club bestowed upon him Honorary Member status each year since July 2020.

 

Our condolences go to his wife M.L. Suchira and family.

 

Our Club continues to attract new Members and not only has it been an eclectic group of characters, it is also reflects a wide range of ages from the 30s to the 80s. We started the Rotary Year last July with 106 Members losing 2 Members from a resignation and a death and we have inducted 9 new Members so far giving us a net 113 current Members as of today. This is a solid number of Members which supports the strong 50-60 attendees we have at each of our Friday meetings and all other Club activities.

 

Rtn Matthew reminded us to advertise or update our profiles in the 2021-2022 RCBS Annual Yearbook for which he has accepted the task of managing and publishing it this year on behalf of the Club along with Rtn Rakesh and his staff. For this to be a successful process we need advertising support which effectively covers the full cost of publication. Please contact Rtn Matthew if you wish to place an advertisement. (matthew@robbreport.in.th)

 

Next, we heard from Rtn Ragil regarding our Club’s Installation Dinner which will be held on Saturday 25th June at The Montien Hotel. Sign up forms will be on your tables from this Friday so if you could please let us know if you plan to attend.

 

See you at The Crowne Plaza Hotel on Friday 20th May 2022.


 

Finbarr O'Connor
President 2021-2022
THE FUTURE WORLD ECONOMY 
May 13th, 2022
 
GUEST SPEAKER : MICHAEL IVANOVICH
 
Dr. Michael Ivanovitch is an independent analyst focusing on world economy, geopolitics and investment strategy. He served as a senior economist at the OECD in Paris, international economist at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York and taught economics at Columbia Business School. 

The title of his presentation today was titled:

"The Future World Economy"

He started off with the Tom Yam Goong time where the Bank of Thailand was asking how to reduce interest rates. 

And that was the beginning of the crisis, big balance of payments crisis, to which Dr Michael did not know the answer. 

But the only way to get your interest rates down, is when you get your foreign public debt down and raise your interest rates so that foreign savers or financing, find it interesting to invest back in Thailand.

Asia is a sound growing economy with a net current surplus of payments which means they are a creditor to the rest of the world. 

He then proceeds to talk about the USA and how the democrats will lose (he himself is a democrat) during the congressional elections that will happen during the first week of November. 

The recession might result in Joe kissing his presidency goodbye, because whoever gets the legislative authority in the United States will control the political agenda for the presidential elections.

The economy is going to take it on the chin and there's no way around it. 

US already have numbers for the first quarter. They are kind of bad. One more quarter like that and then they will be in a technical recession and you can imagine how bad that's going to look in the run-up to Congressional elections in November. 

He wished that the US had some of the fundamentals that we have in Asia.

Dr. Michael's only worry right now for asia is how these political waves, not financially economic waves, but political waves coming from the west and how they're going to affect Asia.

China, in particular, and one crucial Asian relationship, which is China and Japan.

On the topic of sanctions, his comment is that it is really a third world war.
 
 
Reported by  Rtn Matthew Nekvapil
DEJÀ VOUS…IS IT YOU?
Rtn Prasobsook Thawilvejjakul introducing the guest speaker
Rtn Jeremy King giving the VOT
P Finbarr presenting the COA to guest speaker Michael Ivanovich
with Rtns Prasobsook and Jeremy
RHBBQ raffle winner PE Patrick with Rtn Marcel and PP David Record
Rtn Bruce Darrington with new Rotarian Craig Dickson's induction and
P Finbarr
New Rotarian Chris Stafford's induction
P Finbarr receiving Rotary Club flag from Rtn Joe Scuderi
Rtn Matthew talking about Yearbook 2022
Rtn Ragil, P Finbarr and Secretary Yannick
PE Patrick and Rtn Marcel
Rtn David Lawrence and guest Louis Copperfield
Secretary Yannick and guest Kurewan Khangghanmano, Narisara Gambhir
Guest Narisara Gambhir, PN Aaron and SAA Klaus
Visiting Rtn Peter Barklin from RC Bangkok DACH and Rtn Chris Trogh
PP Ole, PP Narinder, Rtns Nils, Jan Cederwall, Bengt Juhlin and Lars Svensson
PE Patrick, Rtn Marcel, PP David, Rtns Varin and Matthew
Rtn Carol Kuhn, guest Louis Copperfield, Rtn David Lawrence and guest
Khun Kochakorn


Photographs by PN Aaron Henry
 
THE PASSING OF PDG XANXAI VISITKUL


Gentlemen,

It is with sadness that I inform you that Past District Governor Xanxai Visitkul passed away overnight. May his soul rest in peace.

He had been fighting multiple rounds of cancer.

Past District Governor Xanxai was our Club's 16th President in 1975-76 having joined the RCBSin 1968 and served on the Club's Board Directors six times.

He became District Governor of RI District 3350 in 1988-1989 and served in various positions for Rotary International. He was and Honorary Member since July 2020.

Our condolences to his wife M.L. Suchira and his family.

The RCBS will Host this Friday 20th May at 18.30 pm at Sala 30-31 Wat Thatthong, Sukhumvit 63.

- Bathing rites on Monday, May 16th at 16.30 
- Prayers night on Monday, May 16th at 18.00
- Prayers night on Tuesday-Saturday, May 17th - 21st  start at 18.30 pm
- The cremation will be on Sunday 22nd May at 13.00 at the Main Crematorium (the back one)


P Finbarr O'Connor
     CLUB CALENDAR
Friday 27 May : 
Golf Sponsorship Awards 
(Golf Committee)

Friday 3 June :
Holiday : Queen's Birthday

Friday 10 June :
Sebastian Koch : At the top of the Pyramid : JS Bach's Goldenberg Variations
Friday 17 June : 
TBC

Friday 24 June : No Lunch - Installation on 25 June

Friday 1 July : 
President's day
ROTARY CLUB OF PATTAYA

Chartered in 1972
Meets first and third Monday of each month at Royal Cliff Beach Resort. 
Fellowship from 18.30 pm and meeting starts
at 19.15 pm. 
Contact: 089-911-1199
Facebook group: Rotary Club of Pattaya (Thailand)
News Link: http://pattayapeople.com/2019/10/30/rotary-club-of-pattaya/
Rotary Thailand E-Magazine (English Version)

January - February 2022
On - line reading :
https://issuu.com/rotarycentre/docs/rotary_thailand_magazine_jan-feb_2022
Off - line reading (Download) : 
http://www.rotarythailand.org/mag/ 

Governor's Monthly Magazine : January 2022
For online reading : 
GOVERNOR’S MONTHLY LETTER/JANUARY 2022 by pprint2012 - Issuu
For more information about the best Irish Pub in town click below:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCl1F1OQlAgqBkbkVEq_wm7g
Khun Khob’s Club Almanac #2887
20 May, 2022
Happy Birthdays : 
PP Nart Liuchareon

May 25
Wedding Anniversary Greeting :
David Revenscroft
Andrew Hamilton

May 23
May 26

Attendance for 20 May 2022 : 60% Active 37, Exemption 11, Make-Ups 19, Absent 44, Total 111
Visiting Rotarians : 
Local Club
Josef Schnyder
Peter Barklin
Werner Schäppi


RC Bangkok DACH
RC Bangkok DACH
RC Bangkok DACH
Abroad : 
Eli Kenner

RC Jerusalem
Guest (s) :
Chris Stafford
Craig Dickson
Khun Kochakorn
Kruewan Khangghanmano
Louis Copperfield
Narisara Gambhir

PE Patrick Gauvain
Bruce Darrington
David Lawrence
PN Aaron Henry
David Lawrence
PN Aaron Henry
Recent Makeups :
​RC Melbourne, Australia, 4 May 2022 :  Joe Scuderi
 
Service Projects, 9 May 2022 : Sanjeev Chowdhury (Director), Adrian Topham,
PDG Alex Mavro, David Ravenscroft, PP Dougie Riach, Gareth Winter,
Joe Ravenscroft, Marcel Dubbelman, Mark Wolf, Steve Wilson
 
RC Bangkapi, 10 May 2022 : Adrian Topham, IPP David Record, PP Dougie Riach
 
Program, 10 May 2022 : PP Don Lavoie, P Finbarr O’Connor, Jeremy King,
PP Krin Charnmaytesakul, Lars Svensson, PP Mark Butters, PP Mike Doyle,
Ola Holmgren, PE Patrick Gauvain, Rakesh Sodhia
 
RC Lochaber, UK, 11 May 2022 : PP Andrew MacPherson
 
Membership, 11 May 2022 :
PN Aaron Henry, PDG Alex Mavro, PP Don Lavoie, PP Dougie Riach, Jeremy King,
PP Mark Butters, PP Nigel Hardy, PE Patrick Gauvain
 
TRF, 11 May 2022 : PP Christoph Leonhard (Director), PP Krin Charnmaytesakul,
PP Krit Wong, PP Nick Pisalyaput, PP Ole Madsen, PP Per Dibber, Rod Vergara,
Rui Belo, Van Tang, PP Vichai Tantrativud, Worrakit Pholsawad
 
RC Bangkok, 12 May 2022 : Yannick Thevenot
 
RC eClub-One, 14 May 2022 : Tom Banker
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