ENTERTAINMENT DEPLOYED TO GET ACROSS SERIOUS MESSAGE

Local software house CyberPlanet Interactive and Microsoft (Thailand)
have launched Moontra Kid, an anti-drug edutainment game.

Moontra Kid provides players information regarding drugs and health
and targets those aged between four and 15 years old.

The game comes in a series of four _ Quiz Fighting, Magic Pair, Drug
War and Buggy.

Microsoft Thailand managing director Andrew McBean said technology
could play a vital role in education and entertainment in Thailand.

Microsoft plans to give 100,000 of the CD games to schools through its
Partners in Learning project .

Moontra Kid is one of the three edutainment projects that Cyber Planet
Interactive and Microsoft Thailand have cooperated on. The others are
OTOP City and Travel in Thailand. All three have received 12 million
baht grants from SIPA and have been supported by the ICT Ministry.