The News Review:

- The Foss family’s extended adventures in Thailand
- Abhisit Vejjajiva’s backdoor entrance
- FM: Thai new gov’t ready to rebuild its world image
- Grand reconciliation through social justice and rule of law : PM
- Geithner’s Skill May Trump Tax Issue
- CIBT Adds 9 New Partners & Teaching Locations across China

The Foss family’s extended adventures in Thailand
Cannon Falls Beacon MN 
Protesters took over the two airports in Bangkok on November 25. The Foss family had no indication of what was going on because they had been in Chiang Mai in North Thailand for a week traveling to Ayutthaya to take in the ruins of the ancient capitol and then went on a two hour cruise on the Chao Praya river into Bangkok. They heard the news when they arrived back at their hotel. “ur immediate reaction to the protesters was concern and fear that it could turn violent and our safety would be compromised” Kim stated. “But we were fortunate to have a friend  from Minneapolis who is opening a donut factory in Bangkok. He talked to us about how the Thai government operates and the unlikelihood of violence.   Even though it affected our plans it did put our minds at ease.

Abhisit Vejjajiva’s backdoor entrance
Straits Times Singapore 
In BangkokHIS critics complain he got the premiership through the back door. But last Wednesday in my capacity as President of the Foreign Correspondents’ Club of Thailand I saw him make a real backdoor entrance of a different kind. I had to welcome newly-installed Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva for dinner with some 500 guests – including most of Bangkok’s foreign media and many from the diplomatic business and NG communities. Around 30 protestors had gathered at the front steps of the Intercontinental Hotel where the event was being held. They were polite but were armed with eggs which they intended to throw at the Prime Minister. I was told to stand by because the Prime Minister’s security would change his entry route at the last second.

FM: Thai new gov’t ready to rebuild its world image
Xinhua China 
15 (Xinhua) — As part of PR efforts for Thailand’ s new government led by Abhisit Vejjajiva Thailand’s Foreign Minister Kasit Piromya said on Thursday that he is confident the government is ready to rebuild the country’s image in the world stage. Kasit made the remarks in a speech “Thailand’s Image in the World” as part of the Post Forum 2009 organized by Bangkok Post Post Today and Business Radio 98. 0 at a Bangkok hotel on Thursday. Kasit emphasized that the transition between the previous government and the Abhisit-led government is democratic peaceful and stable. “This is the selling point” said Kasit adding that this government has listened to all sections in the society. Kasit said that the government will continue to follow the rule of law in order to rebuild the country’s creditability in the international community.
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Grand reconciliation through social justice and rule of law : PM
Nation Multimedia Thailand 
n Tuesday Abhisit met with the representatives of Thai media community. He reiterated his government will not interfere with the media liberty and freedom of expression. The prime minister managed to avoid some 30 red-shirt anti-government protesters who gathered outside the InterContinental Hotel last night to throw eggs at him. Abhisit was to deliver his speech at a dinner hosted by the Foreign Correspondents Club of Thailand. Somyos Pheuksakasemsuk a leader of the red shirts said his group would continue their egg-pelting campaign until the end of February when they would start using rotten eggs for politicians from the ruling Democrat Party.

Geithner’s Skill May Trump Tax Issue
New York Times United States 
Geithner met for an hour and talked about policy and personal matters according to accounts of the session. bama who spent four childhood years with his mother in Indonesia asked Mr. Geithner about his own early years in India and then Thailand as his father oversaw Asia development programs for the.

CIBT Adds 9 New Partners & Teaching Locations across China
FXBusiness 
(NYSE Alternext and TSX. V symbol: MBA) (“CIBT”) is pleased to report that its hotel and tourism division in China has signed cooperative joint program agreements with a number of education institutions and companies in China. The agreements range in scope from providing professional certification to course exchanges to ongoing training contracts. The cooperation with various education partners across China provides CIBT’s hotel and tourism division the network it needs to expand the company’s presence into new markets in China which may also serve as recruitment and job placement centers for other CIBT programs in the future. CIBT has signed cooperative joint program agreements with the following institutions: ————————————————————————- Institutions City Province ————————————————————————- Guizhou China Tourism Education and Cultural Development Co Guizhou Guiyang ————————————————————————- Beijing International Education Institute Beijing Beijing ————————————————————————- Chongqing Prosperity Consulting Chongqing Chongqing ————————————————————————- Guangzhou Ritz-Carlton Hotel Management Co Guangzhou Guangdong ————————————————————————- Suzhou Chuanda Hotel Management Suzhou Jiangsu ————————————————————————- Sichuan University – Suzhou Research Center Suzhou Jiangsu ————————————————————————- Kunming Quality Education Consulting Kunming Yunnan ————————————————————————- Chongqing Jinbo Education Consulting Chongqing Chongqing ————————————————————————- Weifang University Weifang Shandong ————————————————————————- “Since our acquisition of the Tourism Training Institute in April 2008 we are very encouraged with the development and progress of our hotel and tourism training division” commented Toby Chu Vice-Chairman President & CE of CIBT. “With a growing number of education partners progressively joining CIBT’s education platform in northern central and southern China CIBT will be able to utilize this rapidly expanding network to not only establish new locations throughout China but also for future expansion to other countries in Asia using China as our Asia hub reaching out to other Asian countries via our satellite centers.

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