It seems appropriate in the last issue for 2010/2553 (and my final review for quite a while) to select a handful or so of – to use an impossible word – ‘best’ eating places in Chiang Mai. These personal suggestions are better termed ‘personal favourites’ from among the scores of dining places I have visited in the past months.

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In a spectacular extravaganza of gourmet food, prepared by Chefs from five leading 5 star hotels, Chiang Mai residents raised half a million baht to go to the Genetic Cancer Research Centre at Chulalongkorn Hospital which is working to improve diagnosis with molecular genetic techniques and improved testing methods and treatment.

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Chiang Mai University’s Faculty of Agriculture works in cooperation with Hohenheim University in Stuttgart, Germany to run a master’s and doctoral program for research into mountainous agricultural practices.

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Governor ML Panadda Disakul, Boonlert Buranupakorn, President of Chiang Mai PAO (not shown), and Chiang Mai Mayor Tassanai Buranupakorn hosted a reception party for Miss Thailand 2010 Kritchakorn Hormboonyasak at the Rati Lanna Riverside Spa Resort in Chiang Mai recently.