Children playing on a jet plane Every year the second Saturday of January is devoted to Children’s Day. On this day children are taken out by their parents, to join in the many activities that have been organized especially for children by both government organizations and the pri-vate sector. This year, PM Thaksin Shinawatra gave his Children’s Day message, being “Those wanting to be intelligent should keep reading and thinking.” (Presumably he meant Chiangmai Mail and not Sondhi Lim-thongkul’s Manager Daily.)

It had been hyped as one of the biggest games in Faran-gutan history and finally it was to be played. Four weeks of cancellations had left everyone a little bit frustrated.

Thailand signs MOU with University of Manchester

The Ministry of Science and Technology Thailand and Jodrell Bank Observatory, The University of Man-chester, United Kingdom signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on January 16 at Amari Rincome Hotel, Chiang Mai, to carry out a feasibility study of the Princess Sirindhorn Neutron Monitor project. Assoc. Prof. Boonraksar Soonthornthum, Dean of the Faculty of Science, Chiang Mai University and Prof. Andrew Lyne, Director of Jodrell Bank Observatory, co-signed the document.