Frank Hansen, Managing Director of Ami Asia Group until his move back to Denmark last year has together with his wife Hjordis moved to Ribe in Denmark, where he is involved in a newly established company within solar energy. The company is based initially on three R&D engineers while production will be outsourced to a…
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Viking Cup moved to September due to SARS
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Viking Cup, the annual encounter of all Viking football teams from Asia, has been postponed this year to 25-28 September 2003 due to the uncertainties surrounding the SARS virus. The defending champion, Singapore Vikings, are organizing this year’s competition which traditionally is held in the Easter weekend. This year due to the outbreak of…
Denmark, Thailand
LV Technology to be listed on the Thai stock exchange
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At the height of the Asian crisis, a German contractor cancelled an assignment to upgrade an Indonesian cement factory. The company then turned to Mr. Hans Jorgen Nielsen, whom they knew from his past job as Regional Representative for the Danish cement machinery manufacturer FLS. That became the start of LV Technology, which over…
Cambodia, Laos, Norway, Thailand, Vietnam
Fredskorpset kickstarts first south–south exchange programme
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Twenty young professionals within environmental journalism, fishfarming and seismic studies from nine Asian countries – including Vietnam, Cambodia and Lao PDR – participated in an introductory course in Bangkok to prepare themselves for the first south–south exchange programme of the new Norwegian Fredskorpset (Peace Corps). This exchange programme is organized by Asia Pacific Forum of…
Denmark, Thailand
Berli Jucker in a Danish perspective
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Last year, Berli Jucker Public Co. Ltd. celebrated its 120th anniversary. This was also the first year under the new owners of Khun Charoen Sirivadhanabhakdi of T.C.C. Group, the well known whiskey, beer and property tycoon. Among the many business partners of the highly diversified Group, there are several Danish companies like Danisco food…
Sweden, Thailand
FIO chief denies budget misuse during Swedish royal visit to Thailand
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Managing director Chanatt Laohawattana of the Forest Industry Organisation (FIO) on May 6 defended himself over an allegation the FIO misused a 16.9-million-baht budget for a pavilion in Phitsanulok botanical garden to welcome the Swedish king and queen. He said the scheme had been officially approved by the Prime Minister’s Office and Deputy Prime Minister…
Sweden, Thailand
Swedish Professor in Thai Food
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Christer “Chris” Kridrakorn-Odbratt has his roots both in Bohuslan on the windy southwest side of Sweden and in the capitol, Stockholm. Since his father worked for Ericsson they moved around a lot and Chris was raised in Pakistan, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, former Yugoslavia and other places. Still he never ever thought that he one day…
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SARS impact: key factor is time it takes
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The Nordic diplomatic representations and the Nordic business associations in South East Asia were almost unanimous in their evaluation of the impact of SARS on the economic relations between their respective home countries and their current country of residence. In a quick survey conducted by ScandAsia at the height of the crisis in April all…
Denmark, Thailand
Thailand sets new world record for longest Lego structure
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Thai people joined hands to build a 1,052-metre-long Lego millipede to break the earlier record of 1,014 metres set in Australia. The last segment of the new longest Lego structure was fitted by Danish Ambassador to Thailand H.E. Mr. Ulrik Helweg-Larsen and Thai Justice Minister Pongthep Thepkanjana on April 27 in front of World Trade…
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Green City in Bangkok and Kuala Lumpur
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The Danish Environmental Days in Thailand on 24 -25 April and the National Danish Pavilion in Kuala Lumpur at the Water & Drainage 2003 exhibition from 28 to 30 April were both very successful events for the majority of the participating companies. In Thailand, where the tour started, 200 Thai guests attended the two…
