Collecting practices of the Al-Thani Family In 2005, Saud Bin Mohammed Al-Thani was sued for not fulfilling a payment of $20 million for ancient Greek coins. This event rekindled the concerns about his huge spending on art artifacts, estimated at $2.5 billion over eight years. Collecting practices of the Al-Thani Family The ruling family of Qatar, the House of Thani, is deeply involved in the field of art. For more than twenty years, some of its members have been accumulating numerous and precious pieces of artwork. The project Qatar National Vision 2030 promotes the creation of new schools, new universities and new museums. The Cultural development,
Surat Thani was impressed with the Indian city. On 21 December 1930 Surat Thani became a sanitary district ("sukhaphiban"), which was upgraded to a town ("thesaban mueang") on 7 December 1935, with a municipal area of 2.67 km². The area of the municipality was enlarged to 6.95 km² on 14 October 1958, and on 22 December 1994 it was further enlarged to 68.97 km². On 4 May 2007, the town was upgraded to city status ("thesaban nakhon"). Since 1969 Surat Thani is the seat of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Surat Thani, responsible for about 6,000 Catholics in southern Thailand. Surat Thani