ALL POWER TO EGAT SAYS JAPAN an execu tive Shin-ichiro Keng of Tokyo Electric Power invit- was the only foreign ed to speak at a seminar organised Generating last by the Authority of Thailand the delegates week of his com- After with a brief background pany and its traumatic and tsunami during the earthquake surprised everyone in 2011, Kengaku with his heart-felt note of special thanks to the Thai power agency for genera- its provision of emergency tors during the fateful period. He said the gesture helped Tokyo to avoid rolling blackouts and Ega compensation. did not ask for any executive spoke The Japanese Thai language in karaoke-style that could be translated as: "Tepco will never forget its rainy-day friend," while playing a slideshow of photos of the generator gifts" from Egat. Contributed by Pichaya Changsom and Suchat Sritama