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Dr Cynthia's funding blues
Spectrum, Published on 24/11/2013
» Sitting down in a small room in Sydney's central business district, Cynthia Maung looked tired. She had just touched down in Australia earlier this month to receive the country's only honour for peace, the Sydney Peace Prize, for her work with Mae Tao Clinic in Mae Sot. The clinic offers refugees a level of reliable health care that cannot be found in Myanmar. Last year alone the clinic treated 150,000 people.
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The thais that bind on streets of sydney
B Magazine, Published on 28/07/2013
» Ask any Thai living in Sydney where to find fresh ingredients needed for Thai cuisine, and they will point you in the direction of Campbell Street, not far from the Central railway station. Campbell Street is so dominated by Thai businesses that it goes by the nickname Thai Town. Copies of the Bangkok Post and Thai-language newspapers and magazines can be bought in any one of the half dozen Thai grocers that stretch the length of the street.
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Australian family that's bringing hope to the slums
Spectrum, Published on 31/03/2013
» Bangkok's Klong Toey district is not the first place most foreigners think of when considering a trip to Thailand. But for one Australian family, the slum community that's regarded by locals as a hotbed of crime and drugs, was the natural choice. And it's now the place they call home.
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Uncertainty hangs over border camps
Spectrum, Published on 03/03/2013
» ' Living here has been a blessing,'' said Ma Tway, a refugee at the Ma La camp along the Thai-Myanmar border. It's not what one would expect to hear at a refugee camp where ''nobody chooses to be a refugee'' is a common refrain. But for Ma Tway who has spent 30 years at the camp since fleeing a military offensive in Myanmar's Karen state, Ma La is home.
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Border boomtown: A tale of winners and losers
Spectrum, Published on 17/02/2013
» The border town of Mae Sot is undergoing an unprecedented boom, riding on Myanmar's rapid opening up and its strategic position as a regional transport hub. Not long ago, the main visitors to the remote city in Tak province were NGOs, aid donors, academics, diplomats, journalists and intelligence officers. But in the last two years, 20 new hotels have sprung up, mainly to cater to Thai investors, according to the Tak Chamber of Commerce (TCC). The signs of the boom are all around: concrete pillars are being laid for a Big C supermarket, cinemas showing the latest films are opening and department stores sell international brand names.
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