Bramley P
Br Dent J. 1990 Jun 9;168(11):426-7. doi: 10.1038/sj.bdj.4807225.
The sophisticated cities, the ancient culture, splendid hotels, wonderful beaches, the variety of food, the beautiful people, the predictable climate and above all the smiling friendliness of the Thais make up some of the exotic attractions extolled by Thailand's tourist industry. For the last 8 years, through the good offices of British Council, several British academics have appreciated all that but have also had the privilege of working alongside Thai colleagues in a much more down-to-earth mode. In 1980 the Thai Government decided that a dental faculty with a target output of 40 DDS graduates per annum should be set up at the Prince of Songkhla University at Hadyai, a town of some 100,000 inhabitants about 1000 km south of Bangkok near the Malaysian border. The university itself is modern, situated on a splendid campus and has a well-established medical faculty. At that time, there were, in Thailand, four dental faculties: two in Bangkok, one in Chiang Mai and one at Khon Kaen. Prince of Songkhla was to be the fifth.
精致的城市、古老的文化、豪华的酒店、迷人的海滩、多样的美食、俊美的民众、宜人的气候，尤其是泰国人的亲切友善，构成了泰国旅游业所宣扬的一些异国风情。在过去八年里，通过英国文化协会的斡旋，几位英国学者领略了这一切，还荣幸地以更为务实的方式与泰国同事共事。1980年，泰国政府决定在宋卡王子大学合艾校区设立牙科学院，目标是每年培养40名牙科博士毕业生。合艾是一个约有10万人口的城镇，位于曼谷以南约1000公里处，靠近马来西亚边境。该大学本身很现代化，坐落在一个美丽的校园里，并且拥有一个成熟的医学院。当时，泰国已有四所牙科学院：两所位于曼谷，一所在清迈，一所在孔敬。宋卡王子大学将成为第五所。
