First confusion and then panic as China quake struck
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- First confusion and then panic as China quake struck
- All the little things in life
- Myanmar disaster hits home for Bethesda firm
First confusion and then panic as China quake struck
Nation Multimedia – May 23, 2008
It is turning out some 500 trucks a day. It is selling its heavy-duty trucks globally penetrating the African European and Asian markets. In Thailand it is marketing its heavy-duty trucks under the brand name Shacman going against market leaders such as Hino and Isuzu. The Chinese-made heavy-duty trucks are priced competitively and are of a reliable quality due to technology transfer from Germany. As we were watching and taking pictures of the heavy-duty truck I heard a lot of noise. At first I thought that a truck had come off the assembly line and was about to crash into us. Then I looked at the ceiling… Almost 30000 people remain missing. Some five million have been left homeless. When we returned to our hotel that evening we noticed cracks everywhere on the lobby floor as a result of the tremor. I went to my room on the 12th floor of the hotel and found that the lamps in the bathroom had shattered. The maids were cleaning broken glass from all floors of the hotel. I went to bed that night unsure of what was going to happen next. Normally there are aftershocks.
All the little things in life
Nation Multimedia – May 23, 2008
nce you get yourself out of your normal routine you get another perspective. " Currently planning a second series for next year – and on moving to Khao Yai National Park – Kamol says that life is about finding out what you like and what you want to do – and about heeding your responsibilities. His responsibility lies just ahead: Although he knows nothing about property one day he’ll have to take charge of his mother Kamala Sukosol Clapp’s business the Siam City Hotel as well as other family properties. In the meantime though he’s got a motorcycle to ride. "Motorcycles have a subculture in Thailand. It’s underground but once you get to know these people it’s – wow! – like another world" Kamol says. He’s not hard-wired to bikes but touring the land on two wheels has let him get on with passion and let all thought of business slide for a while… His responsibility lies just ahead: Although he knows nothing about property one day he’ll have to take charge of his mother Kamala Sukosol Clapp’s business the Siam City Hotel as well as other family properties. In the meantime though he’s got a motorcycle to ride. "Motorcycles have a subculture in Thailand. It’s underground but once you get to know these people it’s – wow! – like another world" Kamol says. He’s not hard-wired to bikes but touring the land on two wheels has let him get on with passion and let all thought of business slide for a while. Kamol is ostensibly just another rich kid but he’s inherited some gumption too. His uncle a piano distributor founded the Kamol recording studio and pioneered foreign CD imports through a deal with Capital Records.
Myanmar disaster hits home for Bethesda firm
Business Gazette – May 23, 2008
write(photos); document. write(storyleftad); Soe Lin & Associates Architects has about five projects in Myanmar said Douglas Soe Lin president of the company and a native of the nation formerly called Burma. The projects range from a hospital and government buildings to hotel resorts in the devastated nation where tens of thousands of people are reported dead or missing in the wake of the storm early this month. ‘‘All of our projects there are on hold” said Soe Lin who was born in Yangon — formerly Rangoon — and immigrated as a boy to the United States in 1965 with his parents. ‘‘A number of the structures are damaged” he said. ‘‘But it’s not as bad as it could have been. Most of our work is in [Yangon] and the city was spared the brunt of the storm… The company has also worked on the National Press Building in Washington D. and has projects in Thailand and other nations. The business which Soe Lin formed in 1991 has nine employees at its Bethesda headquarters and a handful of workers overseas. Numerous Maryland companies are providing aid. For example Cera Products of Columbia which manufactures hydration products is sending 13 pallets or 12480 liters valued at more than $66500 of electrolyte drinks to Myanmar. Lending a handSeveral Maryland organizations are collecting donations for disaster relief in Myanmar.
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