News

NEU Delegation Visits AIT
A delegation from the National Economics University (NEU), Vietnam, made
an official visit to AIT on 2 June. On the delegation were Prof. Dr. Nguyen
Dinh Huong, NEU Rector; and Mr. Pham Quang Trung, Deputy Director
of the NEU Business School.

VISITING AIT
05 JUNE - 30 Officials (mid-management and underwriters)
from insurance companies in Thailand.

07 JUNE - His Royal Highness Prince Ademola O. Aderele, Ambassador
Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, The Embassy of the Republic of Nigeria.

USER TRAINING AT RCC
In order to familiarize our users with RCC's facilities and services, we
will conduct series of user training as below:

12 and 13 June:
Email and other Internet applications

14 June:
Remote dial-up services

15 June:
Unix Command and Utilities

16 June:
How to use Compilers on RCC's UNIX computing server

19 and 20 June:
HTML and Web Publishing

Venue: RCC Auditorium.

Walk for a good cause

Her Royal Highness Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn will preside over and lead the Crystal Lotus Charity Walk (2.2 kms) on Sunday, 4 June, from 6 a.m. to 8 a.m. at Uthayan Avenue, Buddha Monthon in Thavi Wattana District, Bangkok.

AIT GAZETTE
Issue # 1, 30 May 2000

The AIT Gazette is being presented to the AIT community as a mean to maintain and enhance communication between us. Its main purpose is to allow all AIT constituencies to share full and accurate information regarding the conduct of affairs, and particularly the on-going reform process.

WELCOME NEW FACULTY

The School of Environment, Resources and Development and the Urban Environmental Engineering and Management Program are pleased to welcome Prof. MORRIS MENNELL and Mr. MARC JANSEN as Visiting Faculty Members in the May 2000 term.

Help to SMEs
We must overcome information gap and help SMEs, says Prof. Chongrak, SERD Dean

SMEs lag far behind in environmental management skills, yet they make up the sector
most likely to use production processes harmful to the environment.

It is vital that SMEs adopt cleaner manufacturing techniques, not only to prevent pollution but
also to enjoy greater success in overseas markets, such as the US, Europe and Australia, where
much importance is placed on the ISO certification of exporters.

AIT to boost collaboration with Viet Nam

AIT signed a memorandum of understanding with the Ministry of Education
and Training (MoET) of SR Vietnam to undertake an extensive co-operation
programme aimed at building the capacity of Vietnamese scientists.

Zayed International Prize for the Environment
The President of the United Arab Emirates has a personal dedication to environmental issues and invests heavily in environmental concerns. In honour of his work, an environmental prize has been established in his name: the Zayed International Prize for the Environment (UNEP HQ was involved in its establishment). The prize, worth 1 million US dollars, is awarded once every two years.

Japanese Classes (May 2000 Term)

All are invited to attend Japanese Basic II classes that will start on 12 June and will meet every Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday, at 12 noon to 1 p.m. in Rm. 228 CLET. The instructors will be Mrs. Iida, Mrs. Izumi, Mrs.