6.30pm - 8.30pm, Tuesday June 11th 2013
How to Help Your Child Catch the Reading Bug by Preethi Stalder



Clubhouse closures in May
The FCCT will be closed for the following public holidays. Friday, May 24: Visakha Bucha Day

Picture wall

Events in May

8pm, Tuesday May 21, 2013
Documentary film screening of "Boundary" by Nontawat Numbenchapol
96 minutes, released in 2013

12.30pm, Wednesday May 22,2013
"Australian Tax, Investment Opportunity & Superannuation Presentation"
Forum and Panel Discussion hosted by MBMG Group

6.30 to 8.30pm, Tuesday May 28, 2013
No More Arguments: Parenting Strategies On How You Can Help Your Child Develop Positive Habits By Michael Hirsch
International Parenting Network talk


11am to 1.30pm, Thursday June 6, 2013
Bangkok Business Connections (BBC)
The Best Networking Luncheon in Town!

8pm, Thursday June 13, 2013
FCCT Documentary Photographers Showcase: Roland Neveu


8pm, Tuesday June 18, 2013
Nights of Cabiria (Le Notti di Cabiria), Italy Directed by Federico Fellini
Screening Courtesy: Embassy of Italy, which will provide Italian Wine & Apertifs

8pm, Monday June 24, 2013
SISTER (L'Enfant d'en haut), Switzerland Directed by Ursula Meier
Screening Courtesy: Embassy of Switzerland, which will provide Swiss wine & snacks


Regional Media & Advocacy Specialist
Plan International Asia Regional Office (Bangkok)

Prime Minister's Dinner, 11th March 2013

Jazz at the FCCT, every Friday, between 8.00 pm and 10.00 pm:

Vlad Sokhin is a Russian/Portuguese documentary photographer residing in Sydney, Australia. He studied photography at IADE Creative University (Lisbon, Portugal) as well as photojournalism and documentary photography at the TCI Emerging Photographer Program. He was a participant of the XXV Eddie Adams Workshop (USA, NY) and several other workshops.

He is represented by German photo-agency “Agentur Focus” and he collaborates with the United Nations Human Rights organization (OHCHR).

His work has been exhibited and screened in the United States, Russia, Portugal, Georgia, and Turkey, including VII Agency gallery in New York and the Visa Pour L’Image photo-festival in Perpignan. He has received various awards and his work has been published in international newspapers and magazines, including National Geographic, GEO, International Herald Tribune, Marie Claire and others.

In spite of a late announcement, there was a packed house for the screening of 'Formosa Betrayed',a strong and engrossing political thriller set in Taiwan which told us much about political conflict in a country relatively unfamiliar to a western audience. A highlight of the evening was the presence of the Taiwanese-American actor-producer of the film, Will Tiao, who held a no-holds-barred Q & A at the end of the screening, where he answered many questions about the Taiwanese-Chinese, Taiwanese-US, and Chinese-US relationships: a rewarding evening of good cinema and great dialogue.

For press conferences, book and motion picture launches, corporate meetings and more. The Foreign Correspondents' Club of Thailand's penthouse Clubhouse is the perfect venue. We are:

• Centrally located in the Maneeya Center, in the heart of Ratchaprasong, home to the greatest concentration of news bureaus and media organizations in Thailand.
• Adjacent to and easily accessible directly from the Chidlom BTS Skytrain station.

We offer our customers a wide range of services, custom tailored to your specific needs. We have: Complete audio-visual capability with three video cameras and fixed and wireless microphones for live presentations.

• Multi-disk record and playback equipment for standard-definition and Blu-Ray high-definition DVD, audio and video CD and most other popular formats.
• LCD projector with direct and oblique screens for motion picture and computer presentations.
• Complete kitchen providing a myriad of delicious food-service options, from coffee-break sweets to quick meals to sit-down or buffet lunches and dinners featuring eastern, western and vegetarian cuisine.
• Full bar offering a wide range of soft drinks, beers on tap and in bottle, wine, and a selection of spirits and popular cocktails.
• Smoker's balcony with picnic seating, greenery and a fine view of central Bangkok.

Rates are among the most reasonable in town, starting at only Baht 5,000 for a half-day's use of the Clubhouse, including our audio-visual equipment and a skilled operator. Catering services are priced to your specific requirement.

And for that special private party, the fully staffed Clubhouse can be exclusively yours on almost any Saturday or Sunday for little more than a weekday event.

For bookings or for more information, please contact the FCCT at 02 652-0580 or by e-mail to info@fccthai.com.

Thailand's Ministry of Foreign Affairs has developed a new online registration system for journalists, which went live on Monday, August 16, 2010.

All journalists already accredited in Thailand, must register online. Anyone seeking accreditation should also do it online.

The MFA in a briefing to some foreign journalists, also emphasized that those seeking renewal of their accreditation, should apply online at least one month before the expiry of their credentials.

The MFA Media Online Service page can already be seen at http://mmos.mfa.go.th

The FCCT's sell-out publishing success, The King of Thailand in World Focus, a 280-page collection of articles and images from the international press on the life and reign of His Majesty King Bhumibol Adulyadej, Rama IX, is now available in a new, popularly priced soft-cover edition. In addition to making for fascinating reading, the book is the only comprehensive reference work on the current reign as reported over the years by correspondents, journalists and photographers in magazines and newspapers around the world

This large-format, full-color book is identical to the hard-bound third edition which sold out late last year, but with a stiff, varnished art-card cover, and priced to be easy on the wallet. It's available through the FCCT office and at Asia Books around town for the cover price of only Baht 300. FCCT members can get a copy through the FCCT office only for just Baht 270, on presentation of your current membership card.

Don't miss out. Get your copy of this unique publication today!

How do you keep up with all the great FCCT programs?

Join FCCT and receive e-mails whenever new programs are added. Because news changes fast, FCCT sometimes schedules timely programs on short notice.

FCCT members receive e-mails with "late-breaking news" about programs.

The FCCT is not just for correspondents-in fact, most of our members are not news people.

A past FCCT president even came up with the slogan, "You don't have to be foreign and you don't have to be a correspondent". We are a very diverse club and welcome all.

For more information, call 02-652-0580-1 or click here to e-mail info@fccthai.com