Tuesday 20 October 2020, 23 Members and friends of the Swiss Society Bangkok met at the Chesa Restaurant. Topic :Insight into the Swiss federal police fedpol and also international police cooperation. Our thanks go to Jan Käthner for the interesting lecture and everyone who made this event possible.

Tuesday 15th September 2020 at Chesa 28 member and guests of the SSB followed the interesting lecture by Pedro Basabe on the subject of the ASEAN Committee for Disaster Management. Many thanks to the organizers of the event and the Chesa team.

Tuesday 18th August 2020, 28 members and friends of the Swiss Society Bangkok met at Chesa for the Get -Together, Committee Member Werner Schäppi gave an interesting lecture on the topic of "Feste in Thailand" In addition, we were able to congratulate our hosts Thomas and Rene on 20 years of membership in the Swiss Society Bangkok.

Tuesday 21st July 2020, 22 members and friends of the Swiss Society Bangkok met for our first get-together after the lockdown, this time without a guest speaker. Our thanks go to the Chesa team and Event Manager for the Organisation.

Dienstag 18 Februar im Chesa 37 Mitglieder und Gäste lauschten den Interessanten Ausführungen von Karin Wenger zum Thema Life as a foreign correspondent – collecting stories in South East Asia. Herzlichen Dank an alle die diesen Event möglich gemacht haben.

Friday January 17th, 2020 Casa Pascal in Pattaya more than 40 members, friends and guests from the Swiss Society Bangkok at the first get together in the new year. further information in the report from our Paparazzo John.

Wednesday October 14th 2020, 86 Members and Guests of the Swiss Society Bangkok met for the postponed Annual General Meeting at the Sofitel Bangkok Sukhumvit. More information in the report from our paparazzo John.

Jass Turnier @ Brasserie 9 am 29. August 2020 Am 29. August führte die Swiss Society unter der Leitung von Jass Meister Stefan Kuhn das erste Jass Turnier dieses Jahres durch. Zwölf Jasser trafen sich pünktlich um 14:00 in der Brasserie 9. Es galt vier Runden à je zwölf Spiele auszufechten. Konzentration und grösste Anspannung war angesagt. Zwischendurch wurden von der Brasserie 9 Snacks und Drinks zur Auffrischung serviert. Gegen sieben Uhr waren dann auch die letzten Spiele erledigt und man freute sich auf ein feines Drei-Gang Nachtessen mit einem guten Glass Wein, das alle höchst verdient hatten. Zum Schluss wurden noch die Resultate verlesen und die Sieger geehrt. Der erste Platz ging wieder einmal an Hop, die mit 4'046 Punkten mit einem glänzenden Resultat brillierte. Es gab insgesamt acht Preise, die von der Firma 2BU Co Ltd (Hanspeter Fehr), Brasserie 9 und der Swiss Society Bangkok freundlicherweise gesponsert wurden. 1. Hop Phan 2. Josef Schnyder 3. Lydia Rühli 4. Christian Brunner 5. Bruno Odermatt 6. Stefan Kuhn 7. Peter Schwerzmann 8. Juan Varon Herzliche Gratulation an alle Gewinner und ein Dankeschön an unseren Jass Meister Stefan Kuhn, der das Turnier wie immer hervorragend organisiert hat. Wir freuen uns schon auf das nächste Turnier.

After the get together on Friday evening with our new general consul Pierre Chabloz, over 30 members met for a Saturday trip to visit the Swiss Sala at Wat Yan, the Silverlake Winery, the Discovery Garden from Hans Fritschi and a wonderful Dinner at Ristorante da Marco by the Swiss Sabai Resort. Before the return trip to Bangkok, over 10 members met for a Sunday brunch at Casa Pascal. Many thanks to all participants, event managers as well as Marco, Hans, Pascal and Nity Meyer for this wonderful day. Further information and more Photos in Paparazzo John's report.

Tue 17.December 2019 41 members and guests. attended our last get together this year with the interesting speech on Hearing Aids by Josef Schnyder. The Chesa team spoiled us with a special Christmas menu, thank you very much. Thanks also go to the B9, which offered all the year a voucher for our speaker. As a thank you for the members of the SSB who took part in our events, the Christmas Menu was supported by the SSB with a coupon.

Dienstag 19, November 2019, Es wurde wieder einmal Eng im Chesa über 30 Mitglieder und Gäste folgten den äusserst Interessanten Informationen von Carlos Ballesteros und wunderten sich über manche Fakten und Zahlen zum Thema Chocolade. Herzlichen Dank an alle die diesen Event möglich gemacht haben.

Tue 15 Oct 2019 Chesa

Tue 17 Sept 2019 23 Members and Guests followed this interesting speach on smart homes. Thanks to all participants, to the Brasserie 9 who Sponsored a Dinner for our Guest Speaker Sacha as well as the Chesa Team and the organizers who made it possible for us to have a nice evening.

Sunday, 21th June 2020 Food Donation from the Swiss Society Bangkok in Bang Saray, Sattahip. Organized by Sacha Bürgi with the support of the Bang Saray community, Food packages were given to over 100 families. The needy families were able to register with the community in advance and received a coupon which they could exchange for a package. Many thanks to the members of the Swiss Society Bangkok.

Tue 20 Aug 2019 23 Members and Guests GIZ in Asia Nathalie Wandel informed us about the organizations activities, projects and targets in Asia, she is currently completing a work mandate at the German Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) here in Bangkok. Thanks to all participants, to Nathalie as well as the Chesa team and the organizers who made it possible for us to have a nice evening.

Tue 23 July 2019 Ideal weather for a fondue evening, on a rainy day in Bangkok. 20 members and guests enjoyed the excellent Cheese Fondue Thanks to the Chesa Team for this beautiful evening.

18 June 2019 Chesa Bangkok 30 members and guests at the Chesa Restaurant meet for this interesting lecture by Mathias Greger A Brief history of DKSH in Thailand The founding fathers Go East Young Man Diethelm 1871, Keller 1868, Siber 1865, Hegner 1888 and Brennwald 1861 more detailed Information: The Fantree Company Written by: Friedemann Bartu, Zurich Published by:Diethelm Keller Holding LTD. (DKH) 2005 Mathias Greger hands over one of these books to Christian Brunner who will gladly make it available to interested members.Christian thanked for the interesting lecture and handed over a Vaucher sponsored by Linus Knobel for the Brasserie 9 to Mathias Greger. Many thanks to all participants and also to the whole Chesa team who spoiled us with an excellent menu.

21 Mai 2019 Chesa Clubdesk SW and SSB Website 20 Members and Guests

Thu 23 April 2019 , Chesa with Christian Brunner 30 Members and Guests

71th Get Together in Pattaya Friday 29 March 2019 with Michael Schlatter owner German Dental 30 members and friends of the Swiss Society Bangkok joined this Event at Fredy Schaub's Local Brunos in Pattaya. After an interesting talk about teeth in the age we were spoiled with a first class menu with enough time to for interesting discussions. Our thanks go to the organizer Guido Riva, the speaker Michael Schlatter and the host Fredy Schaub.

70th SSB Get-Together on 25th February 2019 Ivo Sieber tree Years as Ambassador in Thailand A Look Back and Ahead More than 50 participants where registered for this event. Complete Story in German an English you will found at Presentations and Reports Events and Get Together

Tue 22 January 2019 Restaurant Chesa Bangkok 24 Members and Guest Mainly young members and Guests joined our get Together to hear about the successful startup company Mister Loo. Two young Swiss, Andreas Wanner and Dominic Schuler told us how they met when they were working as investment banker for UBS. They got bored about their shit-job and developed the idea of an innovative public toilet concept – from shit to shit……. Mister Loo is an innovative public toilet concept from Switzerland offering clean restrooms and state-of-the-art refreshing facilities to international tourists and local travellers in a safety environment at highly frequented public locations like tourist attractions, markets, beaches, pedestrian zones as well as train, bus, and gas service stations in Thailand and Vietnam. Mister Loo wants to turn the uncomfortable process of visiting a public toilet facility into an enjoyable experience. You will spend on average 3 years of your life sitting on a toilet. Consequently, make sure that you do not waste your time using public toilets but rather use one of Mister Loo premium toilets. Some come to sit and think, others just to shit and stink…..

18 Dezember 2018 Chesa 20 Mitglieder und zwei Gäste trafen sich zum letzten Get Together 2018. Knut Sierotzki informierte über das Ausbau Projekt der Schweizer Schule in Minburi, und Simon Dörig half Ihm die zahlreichen Fragen dazu zu beantworten. Der Höhepunkt des Abends war das Fondue Chinoise mit Australischem Angus Rindfleisch. Herzlichen Dank an Thomas und René und das ganze Chesa Team. Ein Riesen Dankeschön auch an Linus Knobel und Luca von der Brasserie 9 welche wiederum einen Vaucher für den Speaker gesponsort haben . See you again in 2019.

Tue 20th November Chesa 25 members and friends at the get together with Regula Schmidhauser Regula Schmiedhauser lives since 2012 Bangkok and works as Blogger for an international company. She gave us an overview of the significance of multimedia in the world, Thailand and Switzerland. Worldwide 3.4 Billion (44%) are active multimedia users, in Thailand 51 Million (74%) and in Switzerland 4.4 Million (52%). The 6 dominant platforms are 1) Facebook, 2) YouTube 3) WhatsApp, 4) FB messenger, 5) Wiexin/Wechat and 6) Instagram. The in Thailand popular platform "line" ranks only 19. Interesting figures are as well the number of mobile subscriptions in Thailand of 93.61 Million (135%) whereas in Switzerland only 10.75 Million (126%). A reason for this difference might be the coverage of PC owners in Switzerland. Our observation that mobiles are used much more than in Switzerland are shown with following figures: Active mobile social users in Thailand 46 million (67%) and in Switzerland 3.7 million (43%). We thank Regula for this highly interesting talk! Again we enjoyed delicious food at the Swiss Restaurant Chesa and thank Thomas Novak for sponsoring the dinner for Regula and handing over the token of appreciation (a voucher for a Sunday brunch) to Regula.

Zürcher Zünfte und Sächsilüüte Dienstag 16 Oktober 2018 im Chesa mit Luca Sigg Over 30 members joined this GetTogether, to listen to Lucas speech about Sechseläuten. The Sechseläuten (Zürich German: Sächsilüüte) is a traditional spring holiday in the Swiss city of Zürich celebrated in its current form, usually on the 3rd Monday of April, since the early 20th century. The roots of the festival go back to medieval times when the first day of summer working hours was celebrated in the guildhalls across the city. City ordinances strictly regulated the length of the working day in that era. During the winter semester the workday in all workshops lasted as long as there was daylight, but during the summer semester (i.e. starting on Monday following vernal equinox) the law proclaimed that work must cease when the church bells tolled at six o'clock. Sechseläuten is a Swiss German word that literally translates into "The six o'clock ringing of the bells". Changing to summer working hours traditionally was a joyous occasion because it marked the beginning of the season where people had some non-working daylight hours. Burnings of Böögg figures in spring are attested in various places of the city from the late 18th and early 19th century, without direct connection to the Sechseläuten. The combination of the Sechseläuten parade and the burning of an official Böögg was introduced in 1902. But still today the guilds accept only men as member. There is a lady-guild, but the are not allowed to join the official parade….

Dienstag 18 September 2018 mit Wilfried Schnider 40 Mitglieder und Freunde der Swiss Society Bangkok trafen sich im Chesa Restaurant an der Sukhumvit Soi 20 Der Gastredner, Wilfried Schnider, Konsul der Schweizer Botschaft, informierte über die Entwicklungen der konsularischen Dienste des regionalen Konsulats der Schweizerischen Botschaft in Bangkok. Nach dem interessanten Vortrag wurden wir mit einen feinen Menu von Thomas und Rene verwöhnt.

Dienstag 21 August Stan Fitzner (30) Nach einem kurzen Lebensüberblick erzählte er uns: - Warum Bangkok (Vorteile/Nachteile) - Integration (Wie Ich meinen Sozialen Kreise bildete) - Alltagsleben eines Expats um 30 Jahre (Beispiele, Get-together und Aktivitäten) - Mein Alltagsleben - Andere Auslands-Schweizer

Basic Computer Security 23 Member and Guests

Get Together mit Thomas Gerber Dienstag 19 Juni 2018 Thema Brauch ich eine Krankenkasse?

Get Together mit Peter Wiesner 15 Mai 2018 18 year working for Bangkok Airways

20 March 2018 Chesa A formidable EARTHQUAKE of a magnitude of at least 7.0 on the Richter Scale hits the small island in Léogâne, 30km south-west of Port-au-Prince, the capital, at a depth of only 14km, destroying thousands of buildings and disrupting life. Swiss Society Bangkok's member, Urs Berner, was present in Port-au Prince as the disaster struck. He accepted to share with us a few memories of this tragic event as he recalls how the Swiss authorities tried to help their citizens in the area as well as bringing relief to the wracked country. Great Event with 26 members also Rene von Rautenkranz was among us, one year after his bye-bye get together

20 February 2018 Achtsamkeit im täglichen Leben. Gemeinsamkeiten Christentum und Buddhismus Brigitte Schrottenbacher

12. January 2018 Get Together #57 in Pattaya , 46 participants were present, thereof 19 from Bangkok and 27 from Pattaya and surrounding area. After the interesting Speak by Heiner Moessing about the real estate market (especially in Pattaya) we were pampered by Pascal Schyder and his team from Casa Pascal with an excellent dinner.

Last Event 2017 with Marc Weder Success story of a Swiss-Thai Joint ventures Marc Werder from Zurich, 60, originally IT expert, Banker and 15 years Business Consultant together with the founder of the company epimedical Switzerland. There main products are Swiss Made Orthopedic Implants. In 2011 the vision was born to go to Asia. Marc moved to Thailand in 2013 und he will tell us how he successfully took root in the new culture, how he build up his network, and found the right partner to incorporate epimedical ASIA in 2016. The success story of a lean Swiss company that succeeds against big American brands like Johnson & Johnson with better quality and less expensive products. Special Christmas Menu

21-11-2017 120 Jahre Rama V in Switzerland

17-10-2017 Infos zum Auslandschweizer Rat ( ASO )

19-9-2017 Simon Dörig informs about Swiss School and their plans for the future

15-08-2017 Bye Bye Simon

18-7-2017 Karin Wenger, on the road in Afghanistan

20-6-2017 Das IKRK in Thailand – die Beziehung zum Thailändischen Roten Kreuz

16-5-2017 Werner Schäppi , Space Tourist

18-4-2017 Botschafter Ivo Sieber & Jürg Burri

Abschied René von Rautenkranz

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17-1-2017 Chesa

20 Teilnehmer und 2 Gäste nahmen auch beim letzten Jass Event in diesem Jahr in der Brasserie 9 teil. Die Sieger des Tages 1.Platz Juan ( nachdem er die letzten zweimal den Trostpreis erhalten hatte) 2 Platz Charles nur knapp dahinter der 3 Platz ging an Heidi die beste Dame des Abends. Herzlichen Dank an Stefan Kuhn und Josef Schnyder für die Organisation des Events,unseren Sponsoren für die Preise , Gourmet Primo , Lotuswell und Simon Thum. Sowie dem Team von der Brasserie 9 welche uns auch dieses mal mit einem feinen Menu in festlich geschmückter Umgebung verwöhnt hatten. Unser nächstes Jass Turnier findet am Samstag den 25 April 2020 wieder in der Brasserie 9 statt.

Christmas Brunch on Sunday, 8th December 2019 Brasserie 9 Our traditional Samichlaus Event was fully booked by many Families including 29 children. for details see John's Photo Story

SSB Raclette 2019 - SOLD OUT Success was anticipated ahead of the event as the Raclette party was fully booked and there even was a waiting list for this evening. Thanks to some «no shows», a few additional guests had the opportunity to join, and the SSB President could welcome 136 guests in the beautiful garden of the Swiss Embassy in Bangkok. The highlight was our new Ambassador, Mrs. Helene Budliger Artieda, with her first words to the Swiss Society Bangkok. Her charming speech attracted the attention of the audience. At this point we seize the opportunity to thank the Embassy for the sponsored Swiss wine for the aperitif. It was interesting to learn that Bangkok was the most favorite vacancy for ambassadors in the year 2019. Due to her engaged and outstanding commitment during her previous assignment in South Africa and before as Resource Director within the EDA, Mrs. Helene Budliger Artieda was appointed as the Swiss Ambassador in Bangkok. Gourmet Primo was taking care of the catering under the lead of Luca Sigg (Brasserie 9) and *supervised* by Linus AE Knobel (CEO Bangkok Air Catering). A crew of 29 employees, thereof 9 chefs with 7 different nationalities from 4 branches of the BAC group were responsible for a perfect service and, as usual, excellent quality of food. The exquisite starter, a Swiss gourmet platter, was served at the table. Then the guests had the opportunity to chat with old friends and new faces while waiting in the short lines at the 7 raclette stations. A sound system, a computer, and a coffee machine caused some excitement: this was just too much for one socket and its fuse! However, this problem was solved rapidly by the technicians of the embassy. We all enjoyed the pleasant evening that ended with a delicious fruit salad (of course with some Kirsch) and delicious ice cream. Our thanks go to the organizers of the SSB board, to the Swiss Embassy for their hospitality and to the catering team of the BAC group.

National Museum Bangkok, Sonderführung 9 Nov. 2019 Unter sachkundiger Führung von Werner Schäppi hatten wir Einblick in die breite Sammlung von thailändischen Kunstobjekten und Antiquitäten aus verschiedenen historischen Zeitepochen. Wir besuchten die Buddhai-Sawan-Kapelle mit ihren bemerkenswerten Wandmalereien und der am zweitmeisten verehrten Buddha Statue Thailands. Zum Schluss hatten wir noch Gelegenheit, die grandiosen königlichen Bestattungswagen zu bestaunen, die aus Teak hergestellt sind, mit vergoldeten Holzschnitzereien verziert und bis zu 18m lang, 11.2 m hoch und 13.7 t schwer sind. Diese Trauerkutschen werden auch heute noch bei der Beerdigung von Mitgliedern der königlichen thailändischen Familie verwendet.

Wednesday 16 Oct 2019 more than 50 guests Highly interesting insights into Thai and DACH Tourism As kind of a premiere, members of Swiss Society and Rotary DACH as well as from the Swiss-Thai Chamber of Commerce and the Museum Volunteers on October 16 followed the invitation to an event with Denduen Luengcheng, Director of the Tourism Authority of Thailand (T.A.T.). Ms. Luengcheng, responsible for Europe, Africa and Middle East, was interviewed by Swiss Society board member and radio journalist Karin Wenger.

Friday, 20 September 2019 Visit of SwissThai Chamber of Commerce and Swiss Society Bangkok at Häfele Logistic Center and Design Studio Bangkok. 25 Participants, For the Report from our Paparazzo John see Section *Presentations and Reports Events and Get Together*

Jassturnier 7. September 2019 Einmal mehr trafen sich unsere eifrigen Bangkok Jasser zum Jass Turnier der Swiss Society. Man sammelte sich um 13.30 in der Lobby der Brasserie 9 und, während die alteingesessenen Spieler sich auf ein Wiedersehen mit alten Bekannten freuten, schauten einige neue Spieler noch etwas nervös in die Runde. Um 14.00 Uhr war es dann ernst und die erste Runde startete. Es gab drei Runden à 12 Spiele zu jassen. 12 Spieler kämpften um jeden einzelnen Punkt. Es wurde diskutiert und debattiert, geschoben, getrumpft und gestochen, Unterzüge gemacht und Böcke geschlagen. Nach getaner Arbeit und nachdem sich während dem Tournier alle etwas kennengelernt hatten und neue Bekanntschaften geschlossen wurden, begab sich die fröhliche Gesellschaft zu einem feinen Nachtessen im Saal der Brasserie 9. Gespannt wartete man auf die Resultate und als dann nach dem Dessert Stefan zur Preisverteilung aufrief, schlugen einige Herzen wohl etwas schneller. Das Resultat war dann doch etwas erstaunlich, hat doch das «schwache» Geschlecht einmal mehr bewiesen, dass sie eben doch besser als die Herren sind. Unter den drei besten Spielern waren nämlich gleich zwei Damen zu finden. 1.Preis Lydia Ruehli 2.Preis Bruno Odermatt 3.Preis Hop Phan Es war ein gelungener Nachmittag. Herzliche Dank an Stefan Kuhn, der das ganze hervorragend organisiert hat und an die Brasserie 9, die uns die Räumlichkeiten zur Verfügung stellten und uns ein feines Menu auftischten. Wir freuen uns alle schon auf den nächsten Jass Event.

Saturday 3 August 2019 BBQ Garden Party in the residence of the Ambassador of Switzerland 382 Adults and 42 Children.

5-Day Journey into Nature and the Phi Ta Khon Festival 4th - 8th July 2019 more Pictures see SSB on the Way

Jassen # 6 27 April 2019 Brasserie 9 16 Teilnehmer und 3 Gäste. 1. Marc 4185 Pts 2. Hop 4184 Pts 3. Lydia 4059 Pts Der Sponsor der Preise Gourmet House , Brasserie 9 , Herzlichen Dank an Luca und seinem Team wir kommen gerne wieder. Der nächste Jassevent ist am Samstag den 7 September 2019

Annual General Meeting, 13 March 2019, Hotel Rembrandt, Story in German an English you will found at Presentations and Reports Events and Get Together

21 February 2019 JW Marriott over 80 Members Guests and Friends Complete Story you will found at Presentations and Reports Events and Get Together

11 Members, 8th to 10th February 2019 Photostory and more you will found in *Presentations and Reports Events and Get Together*

Tue 15 January 2019 Arnoma Grand Bangkok 28 Members and friends have visited this exciting and interesting event. We had the honor to have Maria Theresia from Switzerland as our guest speaker. She came from Switzerland by bicycle to Bangkok and continues to Nepal a fascinating and enthralling speech from Maria-Theresia combined with excellent food from Arnoma. Thanks to Eric and his Team. 20.03.19 Update by Eric After leaving Bangkok she cycled up North to China and now she informs me that she has reached Kathmandu and Pokhara in Nepal ready to trek across the Himalayans Furthermore she is informing me that she will appear on Swiss TV as follows and she would very much appreciate if you could spread the news to all the Swiss friends that would like to follow her adventures: Saturday April 13th, 2019 at 20:05 on SFR 1. Program title is: Jetzt oder Nie-Lebe Dein Traum

Christmas Brunch 9. Dezember 2018 Exklusiv Interview mit dem Samichlaus Bereits zum zweiten Mal empfingen die professionellen Gastgeber Linus A.E. Knobel und Luca Sigg die 74 SSB Mitglieder in der rustikalen Brasserie 9. Währendem die „Grossen“ den selbstgemachten Eierlikör zum Apero genossen, vergnügten sich die „Kleinen“ im Spielzimmer unter der engagierten Betretung der RIS Swiss Section. Das reichhaltige und qualitativ hochstehende Buffet eignete sich hervorragend um ausgiebig zu schlemmeren. Der mit Spannung erwartete Samichlaus erzählte den 22 kleinen und 54 grossen Kindern dass er ein moderner Chlaus ist; •nebst den konventionellen Informationsquellen arbeitet er auch mit Internet und Facebook •natürlich hat er auch ein Tablet, Geschichten liest er aber lieber aus seinem goldenen Buch vor. Gemeinsam wurde nun Merry Christmas gesungen um sich die „Geschänkli“ vom Chlaus zu verdienen. Auch für den Samichlaus gab es eine Überraschung; in dem sehr gut bestückten Weinkeller der Barasserie 9 durfte er sich eine feine Flasche auslesen und entschied sich für einen seiner Lieblingsweine, ein spanischer Rioja. Bei dieser Gelegenheit konnten wir mit ihm das Interview führen: •Heute lebt der Samichlaus in Min Burri, ursprünglich kommt er aber aus dem Heidiland in den Schweizerbergen. Seinen Lebensunterhalt verdiente er in der Schweiz, in England und Thailand als Chemiker und Lehrer. •Ob er seine vielseitigen Sprachkenntnisse im zivilen Leben oder als Chlaus braucht? Er spricht fliessend Schweizer- und Schriftdeutsch, Thailändisch, Französisch und Englisch. •Dank der fast vegetarischen Ernährung, ab und zu mit einem feinen Stück Fleisch und einem Glas Rotwein ist er topfit zum Golf spielen, angeblich mit Handicap 36. •Als Weinliebhaber musste er den früheren Weinkeller mit 1200 Flaschen hier in Thailand aus bekannten Gründen eher mit Bier ersetzen. •Sein grösstes Hobby ist nun das Reisen. •Grundsätzlich schimpft er nie mit Kindern, auch wenn von Eltern gewünscht, bevorzugt loben, motivieren und fördern. Vermutlich fehlen darum der grosse Sack und die Rute bei seiner Ausrüstung.

Saturday 15 Dezember bereits zum dritten mal in diesem Jahr organisierte Stefan Kuhn den Jassevent erstmals mit mehr als 20 Teilnehmern davon 5 Damen . Nach einigen erfolgreichen Anlässen im Rembrandt Hotel war das Ziel für den ersten Anlass in der Brasserie 9 ziemlich hoch gesteckt, doch unser Gastgeber Luca Sigg hat die Erwartungen mehr als erfüllt. Nach einem gemütlichen Jassnachmittag durften wir ein hervoragendes Dinner genissen . Die Gewinner des Nachmittags. 1. Stefan 2. Jakob (Jack) 3. Kurt und als beste Dame Monika welche zusammen mit Herbert extra aus Phuket angereist war. Das erste mal dabei und auch einen Preis gewonnen Lydia Rühli. Der Sponsor der Preise Gourmet House , Brasserie 9 , BAC Herzlichen Dank an Luca und seinem Team wir kommen gerne wieder. Der nächste Jassevent ist am Samstag den 27 April 2019.

24 November 2018 The traditional raclette party took again place in the wonderful garden of the residence of the Swiss Ambassador Ivo Sieber and his wife Gracita. 150 participants joined this event and enjoyed the excellent food prepared by Bangkok Air Catering. We were served a cold platter containing a mix of cold meet imported from Switzerland with freshly baked bread. Then the smell of melted cheese covered the garden, telling us that the raclette buffet was open. As dessert we got Fresh Fruit Salad with Kirsch, Assorted Ice Cream and coffee sponsored by BonCafe.

Elephant Festival Surin 15 to 18 November 2018 24 Members and Guests Reisebericht siehe Presentations and Reports Events and Get Together.

Swiss Society @ EPIC Entertainment Pool Party 29th Sept 2018 Fantastic afternoon and evening at the pool party. Thank you Andy Rellstab from EPIC Entertainment for the free entry to our members - we were back on 3th of November and for all members which missed it, again on Sunday 2th December 2018 Marriott Marquis Sukhumvit Soi 22

SSB Jass Tournament 25 Aug 2018 Rembrandt Hotel Sponsor der Preise: Arnoma Grand Bangkok und Rembrandt Hotel Bangkok 1. Markus 2. Marc 3. Stefan beste Dame Karin next Jass Tournament Saturday 15 Dezember 2018

Gartenparty Swiss Embassy 4 August 2018 412 Gäste davon 39 Kinder und 15 Jugendliche, verwöhnt von Gourmet Primo (Bangkok Air Catering) mit einer professionellen Crew von 35 Personen feierten den 727. Nationalfeiertag in der Residenz der Schweizerischen Botschaft.

8 SSB Mitglieder trafen sich zur jährlichen Pub Tour an der Sukkumvit Road in Bangkok. Los gings um 19:00 im Robin Hood pub, gefolgt von 4 weiteren Lokalen Wegen der Fussball Weltmeisterschaft waren die Pub’s auch sehr gut gefüllt. Der Hunger wurde dann im No Idea Pub gestillt, wo wir hervorragend bewirtet wurden. Der Abschluss machte dann der Penalty Spot, wo die Mehrheit der Teilnehmer auch noch das zweite Fussball Spiel bis 3 uhr morgens verfolgte.

Guided tour of RONDA plant closed to Bangkok on 12 June 2018 The members of the Swiss Society Bangkok and the Swiss Thai Chamber of Commerce used the opportunity to see Swiss standards of precision in a Thai plant. Khun Kanchit Satarug, Managing Director, informed the visitors about the organization and the products made by RONDA. Mechanical and electronic components are manufactured by RONDA Thailand and assembled to complete movements that are then shipped to Hong Kong for worldwide distribution to customers. Besides simple parts, RONDA Thailand is producing several very complex parts for watches, including stop watch function, dual day, week and month indication, etc. These parts are sold to many famous watchmaking brands around the world. The tour around the plant was made in three groups; Peter Schuepbach, Senior Technical Department Manager, guided his group in English, Michael Seinige, Senior Department Manager, took the German speaking group and Khun Khanchai took the 3rd group in Thai language and showed them several departments of the big three-story building. Mr. Schuepbach and Mr. Seinige, both of them Swiss nationality, work at RONDA Thailand for more than 20 years. Very impressing was one big production hall where around 270 persons (most of them women) were working. To my surprise they didn’t use any special glasses or microscopes and they managed to assembly by hand very small components in an atmosphere of high concentration and silence. Unusual in Europa but very common in Thailand are the extensive social benefits RONDA offers to their 750 employees in this plant. Besides the salary, the insurance and the pension scheme, the staff is offered subsidise canteen food, free working uniform and free shuttle transport to the company and back home.

24.05.2018 Arnoma Grand Bangkok mit Lic. iur. FELIX STÖCKLI, Rechtsanwalt

SSB Jass Tournament 28 April 2018 Rembrandt Hotel 1. Wilfried 2. Bruno 3. Andreas next Jass Tournament Saturday 25 .Aug 2018

Lunch Event 26 April 2018 Arnoma Grand Bangkok Over 30 participated on the event SEA /Thailand in between US and China a new geopolitical situation. Henning Glaser elaborated a complex topic in a very fascinating way that could be understood by everyone. We had the honor to welcome our ambassador Ivo Sieber, the president of Swiss Thai Chamber of Commerce Bruno Odermatt and Luzi Matzig.

AGM 2018 at the Rembrandt Hotel on 14 March 2018 At the registration desk and the pre-cocktail the “good humored” attendees maintained existing relationships and made new contacts at the presumably 87th AGM since 1931. The Society counts 220 members 95 Family member , 125 Single member 315 Adults plus 40 kids, thereof 69 members and partners were present at the AGM. So 30 % of the members participated at the meeting which does not mean that the members are indifferent what happens within the SSB community, but it shows their confidence in the Society and their active board. The President, André Graber, lead sovereignly through the 12 agenda points and informed the members in an entertaining way about the successful activities in the year 2017. The Treasurer, Thomas Gerber, reported about the financial details 2017 and presented the budget 2018. The year 2018 shall end with a positive year-end finish (black figures). Niki Geissbühler and Hans Peter Meier left the board with a bottle of ETTER Kirsch and six new members were welcomed with big applause. Also Simon Rindlisbacher left the Committtee and was rewarded for his excellent work in the last six Years with 100% of the present votes as a new Honorary Member. The meeting ended in time. The interest in the following dinner was huge: 95 participants (members and guests) enjoyed the generous buffet dinner. The Rembrandt crew offered delicious Swiss dishes, Italian specialties, Thai delicacies, and international highlights.

6 February 2018 – Visit at Marigot Jewelry Ltd - Swarovski 22 participants joined this event at the plant in Ayutthaya.

Christmas Brunch Brasserie 9 Satorn

Jass Event #2 Rembrandt Hotel Bangkok 2.Dezember 2017 Preis Sponsoren Swatch Group, Bon Caffee und Swiss Society Bangkok 1. Marc 2. Kurt 3. Bruno

25 November Raclette Event im Garten der Schweizer Botschaft

10-10-2017 „Myanmar, your unknown neighbour: Past – Politics - Perspectives“ Paul R. Seger

30-9-2017 Swiss School , Simon Dörig

21-9-2017 SSB Exkursion Bangkok Air Catering (BAC)

26-08-2017 Rembrandt Hotel Bangkok #1 1. Stefan 2. Markus 3. Thomas

5-8-2017 Swiss Embassy

6-7-2017 Sebastian Gintschel

28-4-2017 English / Irish Pub-Tour

28-3-2017 Mövenpick Bangkok

15-3-2017 Rembrandt Hotel Bangkok

2-3-2017 Wein – Dinner im Restaurant Le Boeuf

2017-01-28 Werner Schäppi