Current Situation
The grade 8 and 9 students are having a wonderful experience in Chiang Mai. Various activities have been organized by the Prem Centre including cooking lessons, night markets, and working with elephants, and visiting rural schools. The students are staying in great facilities located at the Prem Centre on the campus of the Prem Tinsulanonda International School.
Developing Situation
The Red Shirts (UDD) have announced plans for a peaceful and orderly political movement beginning on Sunday, March 14 in Bangkok. The movement will likely cause traffic delays as protestors gather outside key government offices. There are no plans to involve the Bangkok International Airport. The airport is 30km from Bangkok and should not be affected.
Thailand’s cabinet has initiated the Internal Security Act to ensure that the protests remain peaceful. The government has not enacted the more serious emergency decree and Gen Anupong said the army would not dispatch troops to prevent people from joining the rally in Bangkok.
The Yellow Shirts (PAD) have pledged to refrain from any political activity during the planned Sunday activities of the rival Red Shirts (UDD).
There have been no political protests or plans for a protest in Chiang Mai where the teams are located.
The airports are running normally. There have been no flight cancellations and no plans for future cancellations.
Our Plan
The teams will continue their activities in Chiang Mai.
Teams are scheduled to fly from Chiang Mai to Bangkok and then on to Macau on Saturday. These flights are still scheduled. The students will remain in the airport while they transfer planes.
We will continue to monitor the situation in Thailand. If there is any danger or if flights are canceled, then the students will remain in Chiang Mai until it is safe to proceed to Bangkok.
Parents should fully expect that students would arrive home on Saturday night as previously planned.
Any changes in situation will be communicated on the school website (portal.tis.edu.mo) and on the teams’ travel blogs (www.travelpod.com/members/tis).
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現在情況
中二及中三學生正在清邁享受他們的行程。Prem中心已為學生安排多個活動包括烹飪堂、夜市、與大象工作及探訪鄉村中學。學生正下榻於Prem Tinsulanonda 國際學校內設施完善的Prem中心。
未來動向
泰國紅衫軍已宣布計劃於本星期日（三月十四日）將於曼谷進行和平及有秩序的政治集會。是次集會，參與者會在主要政府辦公大樓外聚集，可能會造成一些交通延誤，他們並無計劃到曼谷機場集會，機場處於曼谷30公里外，應該不會有任何影響。
泰國內閣已啟動內部保安法確保示威維持和平。政府沒有實施更嚴重之緊急法案，軍隊總師領亦稱軍方不會出動軍隊阻止人民參與集會。
黃衫軍承諾在星期日不會進行任何政治活動。
學生位處之清邁，過去沒有發生任何政治集會或未來集會之計劃。
機場現正運作正常，沒有取消任何班機或未來取消計劃。
我們的計劃
學生會繼續他們在清邁的活動。
他們定於星期六由清邁到曼谷乘機返澳，航班會按原定時間起飛，等候期間，學生會留在機場。
我們會繼續留意泰國的情況。如有任何危險或航班取消，學生會留在清邁直至可安全到曼谷。
家長可預期學生能如期於星期六晚返家。
若有任何發展，請留意學校網頁：
(portal.tis.edu.mo) 及旅遊部落