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On the 2nd November, 2018, Rotary Thailand and Rotary District 3330 joined to celebrate the commencement of a new Rotary Club on Koh Samui. The focus of the Rotary Club of Samui-Phangan is primarily the poor and underprivileged communities and people of Koh Samui and Koh Phangan.
The Rotary Club of Patong Beach is the brainchild of one of Phuket’s foremost businessmen, Paiboon Upatising. As Phuket’s first-ever directly elected Senator, Mr Paiboon wanted to establish a forum where people from the foreign business community could meet with Thai government officials to exchange views and improve mutual understanding.
More than 40 people attended an informal gathering at The Lost Cafe in Khao Takiab on Friday 11th September 2009 in an endeavour to start an English speaking Rotary Club in Hua Hin. The charter for Rotary Club of Royal Hua Hin was granted 12 April 2010.
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