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The Gazette is published in association with Officials Water supply buoyant about IN THIS ISSUE DART NEWS: Politician escapes as- sassination attempt; Volca- woes continue noes found offshore; Island success ‘mum’ passes away. By Janyaporn Morel Pages 2 & 3 By Sompratch Saowakhon KARON: As Patong, Kata and INSIDE STORY: 410 go in, 1 Karon begin to suffer water main CAPE PANWA: The Deep- comes out. Pages 4 & 5 supply shortages, the desalination Ocean Assessment and Report- AROUND THE NATION: DSI to plant being built to supplement ing of Tsunamis II (DART2) tsu- investigate myserious drug- supply to those areas has been nami-detection buoy – now an- related murders. Page 7 hit with a procedural delay that chored about 1,100 kilometers off AROUND THE REGION: Khao will not allow it to return unused the west of Phuket, near the Lak comes back to life. water to the sea. Andaman and Nicobar Islands – Page 9 Sayan Wareearoonroj, has been tested and found to be Manager of Phuket Provincial functioning properly, broadcast- PEOPLE: Yachties gone crazy. Pages 14 & 15 Work Supply (PPWS), told the ing readings of seabed water Gazette, “The PPWS is trying to pressure to research centers on- AFTER DARK: A go-go bar for solve [the water shortage] prob- shore. couples? Page 20 lem, that’s why we built the de- MV Seafdec, the Royal CAPITAL LETTER: Taking the salination plant. We are doing our Thai Navy vessel responsible for bull by the horns. Page 23 best to have the plant up and run- deploying the buoy, returned FIRST PERSON: Thai Korean- ning as soon as possible.” safely to port at Cape Panwa on language guides. Page 29 The delays have meant that December 6. the annual high-season water Dr Smith Thammasaroj, TSOWNDINGS: A superhero you can identify with. Page 31 shortages in key west coast tour- head of the National Disaster ism areas have returned. Resi- Warning Center (NDWC), used BUSINESS & MONEY: SEC dents on Patak Rd and the beach the occasion to allay concerns in dealer in Phuket; Why the road in Karon have been suffer- STILL DRY: The desalination plant being built to serve the west the Thai press that the Japanese dollar’s down. Pages 34 & 35 coast is nearing completion, but even when it is finished it will face ing from insufficient public wa- procedural delays before becoming operational. system was far better. SPORT: Marathon results; ter supply for more than three Dr Smith said that the Japa- Beach volleyball; Games for weeks. cember 10 and 11 as electricity pects of the law, for example we nese system, aside from its cost the blind; King’s Cup Regatta; “We are under a lot of pres- supplies are not yet in place.” need to release water remaining of about one billion baht, was Darts. Pages 36 & 37 sure from both hotel operators in However, K. Jaturong told after the reverse-osmosis pro- impractical for local conditions. the areas who need the water and the Gazette that the only con- cess back into the sea,” K. Sayan The Japanese system uses PROPERTY: Construction: the province but we cannot do a cable attached to land, and Medical sciences; Decor: An- struction work remaining was said. anything until we have official since the buoy is located more tique orient; Gardening: The some internal pipelines and part “The problem is that by law agreement from the central gov- than 1,000 kilometers from plant that packs a punch; of the plant’s control system. we cannot release more than ernment agencies concerned,” Phuket, the length of the cable Home of the Week: Surin. Regardless, although the 1,000 cubic meters of water into said Jaturong Saduagkarn, Man- would be logistically impractical Pages 38-43 plant is now almost complete, the the sea from the plant as it is ager of REQ Water Service Co plant operators must wait for considered wastewater by the and could interfere with shipping Ltd, the contractor responsible government permission before it Industry Ministry. We expect to traffic. PLUS for building and operating the can begin water processing. produce 12,000 cubic meters of He went on to say that the plant. “We still can’t say when we freshwater a day, which means US National Oceanic and Atmo- QUEER NEWS, TRASH 6; AROUND The plant, which will pro- will start supplying water until we we will have to release 7,200 spheric Administration had used THE SOUTH 8; AROUND THE I SLAND duce about 12,000 cubic meters have special permission from the cubic meters of water a day back the DART system for more than 10; ALL A T SEA 13; HAPPENINGS of freshwater a day by reverse Interior Ministry, the Industry into the sea. 30 years in the Pacific without 16; AMBROSIA'S SECRETS 19; osmosis (RO), was initially ex- Ministry and the Ministry of “The Pollution Control De- any problems. DOVEN, BEHIND THE W HEEL 22; pected to be on stream by July Natural Resources and Environ- partment [of the Industry Minis- Dr Smith said that the trans- TAKE A B REAK 25 & 26; BOOKS, this year. However, its construc- ment (MNRE) to operate the try] knows about this problem mitter relayed information to the DIARY 27; EDITORIAL, LETTERS tion has suffered a series of de- NDWC headquarters in Nontha- 28; MAKING TRACKS, HORO- plant. and we have to wait to see if they SCOPES 30; COMPUTERS 32; lays. K. Sayan said, “We could This is because some parts will give us special permission or buri every hour, but once it de- CLASSIFIEDS 44-55. not conduct the tests of the sys- of the plant’s operations may not if they will amend the law,” K. tected tsunami activity, it would tem we had scheduled for De- be in accordance with some as- Sayan said. begin constant transmission.

AV Footer 2 PHUKET GAZETTE NEWS December 16 - 22, 2006 Fraud arrests 87 Burmese arrested off Koh Racha Yai on the rise By Noolek Karaket with eight Immigration Police, found a total Burma via Ranong, an Inspector at Phuket of 87 illegal immigrants on board. Almost all Immigration Officer confirmed to the Ga- in Phuket PHUKET: Marine Police have arrested 87 were crammed into the hold of the aging 50- zette. Burmese nationals who were discovered in foot vessel. Marine Police Sub-Division 5 Superin- the hold of an old wooden boat about eight The Burmese on board were taken to tendent Pol Col Anun Huengsaitong said that PHUKET: While gambling re- nautical miles west of Koh Racha Yai. Chalong Police Station, where they were he was under orders to strictly monitor wa- mains Phuket’s top vice, white- Police said that they believe the Bur- charged with illegally entering the country. ters in his area of command as boats smug- collar crime seems to be on the mese, several of whom were in their early The 32-year-old leader of the group, gling illegal immigrants into Thailand were ex- rise with 14 cases of fraud re- teens, were on their way to find work in Mong La, told police that they were Arakan pected to arrive, with most bound for Phuket. ported with five arrests made, and Phuket’s fishing industry. people from Myanmar. He said the group had Thai fishing vessels have been asked to 10 cases of embezzlement with Following a tip-off, Marine Police pa- sailed from their native Rakhine State in west keep a watch out for and report any unfamil- two arrests made. trol vessel Tor 629, under the captaincy of Myanmar and had been on board the vessel iar vessels they notice in Thai waters, he From November 1 to 30, Pol Maj Panya Chaichana, intercepted the for 11 days before their arrest. added. 188 people were arrested for old wooden boat about 6:30 am on Novem- The group were taken to Phuket Immi- Col Anun said he suspected a people- gambling offenses with 39 of ber 29, asking the two members on deck to gration Office, where deportation orders were smuggling ring involving Burmese nationals those coming from the sale of il- board for an inspection. issued. already in Phuket was helping other Burmese legal lottery tickets. About 10 Marine Police officers, along The Arakanese have been deported to to enter Thailand illegally. Three murders were re- ported, with two arrests made; three reports of rape, with one Another arrest; 10 cases of attempted murder, with five arrests; and 23 Phang Nga politician cases of assault with 18 people Burmese arrested. There were four reports of fisherman snatch thefts with four suspects apprehended. avoids assassination Thirteen motorcycles were murdered reported stolen, with nine sus- By Sompratch Saowakhon was about to get into his Mer- stamp on the arm of his attacker, pects arrested, but not one car cedes-Benz when two men rode preventing him from firing, before was reported missing in Novem- RASSADA: A Tambon Admin- up to him on a black Honda Wave running away. As Sunit fled, his near ber. istration Organization (OrBor- motorbike. attacker squeezed the trigger, but There were 114 drug-re- Tor) President from Phang Nga The man riding pillion got the gun misfired, Maj Sarit said. port lated cases in which 131 people survived what appeared to be a off the bike and called out to him K. Sunit told police that he were arrested. Forty-nine of bungled attempt on his life on in southern Thai dialect before is enrolled in a master’s degree December 2, after he wrestled pulling a 9mm pistol out of a bag in public administration in the PHUKET CITY: The body of a those cases involved ya bah man who had been stabbed to (methamphetamine), with 65 sus- the gun away from his would-be and pointing it at him, he told po- university’s weekend program. assassin at the Phuket Rajabhat lice. Maj Sarit said that police are death was found floating near the pects arrested and 9,904.5 pills fishing port at Koh Sireh on De- seized. University campus. Knowing he would be un- now looking for his two assailants, Pol Maj Sarit Butnongsang able to get his own gun from in- both described as dark-skinned cember 8. Twenty people were ar- Pol Lt Apichart Rainchana, rested for glue sniffing and other told the Gazette that Sunit Vora- side the car in time, K. Sunit and heavy set, and hope to arrest kit, 41, President of Tai Muang grabbed the man’s arm and them soon. Duty Officer at Phuket City Po- forms of substance abuse, 39 for lice Station, said that the man had possession of marijuana and two OrBorTor, reported to Phuket wrestled for control of the As the intended victim was City Police Station that he had weapon, causing both men to fall an OrBorTor President, work or been stabbed about seven times for possession of Ecstasy. Five with a sharp implement and had people were arrested for posses- finished a class in the university’s to the ground, Maj Sarit said. politics are the suspected motives science building about 2 pm and K. Sunit then managed to for the attack, he added. been dead for less than five hours sion of krathom, with 530 leaves when his body was discovered seized – 35 times the volume about 7:30 am. seized last month. El Niño increases risk of Phuket forest fires The victim was carrying no Police also arrested 69 identification and was wearing people for offenses related to PHUKET: The Phuket Environ- on the island during the coming To help control the forest only a black T-shirt and black prostitution and five for the pos- mental Health Center has issued dry season. fires, the Wildlife and Plant Con- underwear, Lt Apichart said. session and distribution of porno- a warning that global weather Ongart Chanacharnmong- servation Department request Police believe the victim graphic materials. changes resulting from El Niño kol, Director of the Phuket Envi- that people refrain from starting was a Burmese crew member on Twenty-three people were and increased global pollution will ronmental Health Center, said, fires near any forest. a fishing boat and was killed in a arrested for possession of unli- increase the risk of forest fires “We will be at the greatest risk For controlled burns, the fight, Lt Apichart added. censed firearms. of forest fires that we have been department recommends creating “The body is now being for the past nine years. a backfire to control the spread kept at Vachira Phuket Hospital. “If the El Niño effect does of the flames. If anyone thinks they may have not diminish, the forest fire sea- To report a forest fire call known the man, they can come son next year will continue the 24-hour hotline at Tel: 1362. and identify him at the hospital,” through to June.” – Supanun Supawong he said. Although Phuket rarely ex- periences natural forest fires, he Soi Dog charity Christmas party said, the island is at risk of blazes igniting from November to May, BANG TAO: The Soi Dog Foun- Tickets are 1,000 baht with the peak danger period be- dation will hold its fund-raising each. ing during the island’s driest Christmas party at Nok & Jo’s From each ticket sold, 650 months – from February to April. Beach Bar at Bang Tao Beach baht will go directly towards sup- on December 15. porting the SDF’s neutering pro- The event will start at 6:30 gram. pm with a free welcome drink. For more information or to There will be a buffet, live book a ticket contact Jenny music and other entertainment, Gardner at Tel: 076-317937 or Christmas carols, raffle prizes 086-0174525, or Email: and lots of surprises. [email protected] Scheduled blackout PHUKET: The Phuket Provincial Electricity Authority (PPEA) has announced a scheduled blackout in order to continue its work on high-voltage power lines. The blackout will occur at the following locations: December 19, from 9 am-5 pm. Chalong: West side of Chao Fa West Rd from Wat Chalong to Chalong Circle including Soi Klumyang, Soi Baan Klang, Soi Yodsanae, Soi Pradthana and Soi Anusorn. Note: This information is subject to change without notice. For more information or to check the latest status, call Tel: 076-211663. December 16 - 22, 2006 NEWS PHUKET GAZETTE 3 Island matriach Foreign labor passes away PHUKET: Khunying Kanchana Na Ranong died about 1 pm De- cember 6 after suffering a heart faces curfew attack at a Samitivej Hospital in By Gazette Staff documents of vehicles owned by Thai, Burmese and Mon. I think Bangkok. She was 84. alien workers,” V/Gov Vorapoj the announcement will be ready A well-known and much- PHUKET: Provincial authorities said. within a month because we don’t respected figure on the island, have announced plans to intro- Phuket Governor Niran want to waste any time on this Khunying Kanchana was Chair- duce tough new measures to cur- Kalayanamit urged for measures issue. woman of the Pearl Group of tail the freedom of movement of to be rapidly brought into place “This announcement will Companies, which includes the certain classes of foreign work- and said that authorities needed cover many issues but the ma- Indigo Pearl resort at Nai Yang, ers on the island. to be careful of diseases that have jor clause will be an 8 pm cur- Toyota Pearl Co and the Pearl At a meeting of the Phuket disappeared from Thailand being few for alien workers. After 8 Hotel in Phuket City. Provincial Security Council held brought back into the country by pm alien workers will not be al- She also held many other November 29 at the Thavorn alien workers as well as making lowed to leave their registered prestigious positions, including Grand Hotel, Phuket Vice-Gov- sure that island residents' safety place of abode. If they have to Chairwoman of the Phuket ernor Vorapoj Rattasima said that was not threatened by the mi- work after this time then their branch of the Royal Chitlada he had received many reports that grants. employer must be with them at Projects shop and a member of large numbers of foreigners were Boonchoke Maneechote, all times. the Phuket Provincial Red Cross Khunying Kanchana Na Ranong. working in department stores and Chief of Phuket Provincial Em- “The provincial authorities committee. increasingly severe allergy at- markets around the island and ployment Office, explained in a have the right to implement these Previously she had been tacks, which had become more that the province should deal with telephone interview December 8 measures for security reasons. President of Lay Judges at tiring for her to recover from the perceived security threat that that he is drafting the structure The punishment for alien work- Phuket Juvenile Court. Khunying Kanchana also this posed. of the measures the Province will ers who violate these rules will Khunying Kanchana, a re- had been receiving treatment in He added that he had also announce on the issue. be cancellation of their work per- cipient of the Phuket Mother of a Samitivej Hospital in Bangkok heard that alien workers had been Once the draft is complete, mit,” K Boonchoke said. the Year Award, leaves behind for more than a month after suf- seen riding motorcycles on the it will be sent for approval by the The new measures, if four children: sons K. Wichit, fering a back injury before the island. “Alien workers in Phuket Phuket Provincial Attorney’s Of- passed, will apply only to work- President of the Tourism Coun- heart attack. are not allowed to own motor- fice before finally being handed ers from Burma, Cambodia and cil of Thailand, and K. Wiboon- Khunying Kanchana’s cycles. We must start punishing to the Governor to sign, he said. Laos. Foreign workers of other chai; and daughters Wipapun body was brought back to Thai people who allow their name “We plan to publish the an- nationalities will not be affected Kusawan, President of the Phu- Phuket and was interned at Wat to be used on the registration nouncement in three languages, by the move. ket Professional Business Wichit Sangkaram on Narisorn Women’s Association, and Wi- Rd, in Phuket City, until her fu- monwan Banreangjit. neral, which will be held 1 pm, K. Wipapun told the Ga- December 16, at Wat Chalong. Four undersea volcanoes zette that her mother in recent The funeral will receive a years had been suffering from royal blessing. discovered off Phuket Brit drowns off Kata beach PHUKET (The Nation): A team of Thai and Ger- The second volcano is located 50km west of KATA: David Jeremy Cowen, 34, Col Chokechai said that man marine geologists have discovered four vol- the first volcano and is about 1,000m under the sea. from the UK, drowned while Cowen came to Phuket alone and canoes under the sea about 200 kilometers from The third and fourth volcanoes are located about snorkeling off Kata Beach on has no relatives here. Phuket, the team leader announced December 11. 60km northeast of the second volcano and are about December 10. Cowen checked in at the Dr Anon Sanitwong na Ayutthaya of Chula- 800m under the sea. His body was found by a Orchidacea Resort on December longkorn University headed a 15-day survey that Dr Anon said the survey was carried out af- fisherman at 9:50 pm, who 9 and had booked to stay until ended on December 6. It was conducted with sup- ter the 2004 tsunami, but added that the volcanoes brought him to shore and con- December 12. According to the port from the German government and from the had no apparent relation to the tsunami. tacted the police. hotel’s registration records, he National Marine Geology Institute in Kiel, Germany. He said the temperature of the water around Pol Lt Col Chokechai Suthi- checked in with “media” as his The team surveyed 1,500 square kilometers the volcanoes was about 100ºC, while the surround- mek, of Chalong Police Station, occupation. of seabed at depths of 1,000 to 2,800 meters at the ing water was about 5ºC. said that police presume that Verapol Chuayneam, Room continental rim, about 300km off Phuket. He said that the public should not panic about Cowen was knocked uncon- Division Manager at Orchidacea Dr Anon said the team had detected four mud the volcanoes as there are no indications they will scious after being thrown onto Resort, said that the hotel had volcanoes in the area. The first volcano is about erupt, adding that the existence of the volcanoes rocks by waves while snorkeling, contacted the British Embassy to 200km west of Phuket and has a base about 1km should bode well for the country as they could be but have yet to conclude their in- collect his belongings and to con- in diameter. The volcano reaches 100m from the homes to rare living creatures and might be indica- vestigation into the death. tact his relatives in the UK. seabed, which is 650m under the surface. tors of oil resources in the area. 4 PHUKET GAZETTE INSIDE STORY December 16 - 22, 2006 THE END OF AN ERA – he last of the 110 uniden- tified bodies of the 2004 s Phuket and the other tsunami-affected tsunami were buried TDecember 8. The next Aprovinces prepare to mark two years since the day, one of the bodies was ex- 2004 disaster, what remains of the Thai Tsunami humed, positively identified and repatriated to Turkey. Victims Identification Center (TTVI) has been Of 3,777 victims who re- burying the last unidentified victims at the mained unidentified in Thailand as Tsunami Memorial Cemetery in Baan Bang Muang, of February, 2005, all but 410 were identified and returned to in Phang Nga. relatives. The remaining bodies The mass burial marks an end to a sad chapter were buried at the Tsunami Me- in the region’s history, though a ray of light has morial Cemetery in Baan Bang Muang, in Phang Nga, after shone with the discovery of the identity of one of samples of their DNA and dental the unidentified victims: Yasemin Seda Tekoz, a 29- records were recorded. The cemetery, three kilome- year-old Turkish national. Her body has been ters from Khao Lak Beach, will exhumed and returned to her family. have its official opening Decem- The Gazette’s Sompratch Saowakhon and ber 26, including Buddhist, Chris- tian, Islamic, Sikh and Hindu cer- Noolek Karaket report. emonies for the victims. Creating the cemetery proved difficult in itself. The vil- by using a sample of 100 genetic and representations of broken lagers near Khao Lak were skep- lines from each country, research- buildings. tical of the cemetery’s location ers hope to narrow down the ori- There will also be four build- and worried that wooden coffins Inset: TTVI workers continue the soul-burdening task of placing gin of each body. ings at the rear of the site that unidentified tsunami victims into aluminum coffins (main photo). would deteriorate quickly, leaving Pol Col Khemmarin Hassiri, will house educational material the remains to seep into their head of the TTVI, said, “The soft- about the impact signed to the TTVI. and we had more than 200 offic- ground water. ware cannot tell us 100% what the tsunami had “This duty ers, but about half of them left. In response to their con- country the body came from, but on the region and is very challeng- We also had about two Thai staff cerns, and because it would make it will at least give us an idea, and about the bodies ing for me. It’s a for every doctor, but when we re- future exhumations easier, each give us a chance to identify the buried there. little different quested the staff to stay on, in- of the bodies was buried in an alu- bodies as Asian or from other re- “The cem- from my previous stead of 400 staff we got 50. minum coffin, which was placed gions.” etery will be taken work because “Some people may not un- inside a two-ton concrete box. The cemetery has been de- care of by the before I knew derstand why you need so many Numbers and markers signed to show the effects of the province, but it is who the victim people to work on this project, but mark each grave so they may be tsunami, to commemorate the not yet agreed was but not the the job is very complicated and it located and victims identified if nations that assisted after the upon which de- cause, but now I takes a lot of time to process. any DNA or dental matches are wave and to educate visitors partment will be know the cause “On top of that, people get later found. Each coffin is also about the identification process responsible for it. of death but I bored in this job, and it causes tagged with GPS markers so that was undertaken. It’s possible that in don’t know the very difficult spiritual problems,” they can be easily located even Col Khemmarin said there the future they identity of the vic- he said. “We have had people if rain causes the ground to shift. will be a sculpture of a wave in might turn this into tim.” who have had the dead victims DNA samples from each of the middle of the cemetery, with a center where “If a mistake has He said come back to visit them in their the bodies was sent to Chiang graves on either side. At the en- students can learn that finding work- dreams, demanding to have their Mai University, where a database trance to the cemetery will be how to identify already occurred ers for the legs back.” is being constructed to attempt to lush vegetation to represent what bodies.” then the next thing project, and mor- Col Khemmarin said that his tell the ethnic origin of the uni- the area looked like before the Col Khem- we want to do is ticians, was par- office will send an additional 600 dentified remains. Most of the tsunami, but as visitors walk past marin spent part correct the ticularly difficult. DNA samples from victims who remaining victims are presumed the wave sculpture the cemetery of his career “In my have already been identified vi- to be either Thai or Burmese, and will change to have twisted metal teaching in such a mistake.” opinion the big- sually by their families to Chiang classroom as a – Pol Col Khemmarin gest problem was Mai University and two hospitals trainer for the Hassiri, head of the the lack of staff. in Bangkok to double-check their Royal Thai Po- Thai Tsunami Victims Right after the identity. lice, as well as an Identification Center. tsunami we re- “In the first week after the active murder in- ceived profes- tsunami, there were a lot of people vestigator, before being reas- sional help from around the world, who came to see the bodies and December 16 - 22, 2006 INSIDE STORY PHUKET GAZETTE 5 AND NEW BEGINNINGS occurred then the next thing we want to do is correct the mistake. We need more time to complete that and it may take two months, but once we get the results we can compare with information we have received and with the data- base.” Unidentified The process for identifying bodies at the a body requires the family to come forward with some sort of Tsunami identifying information, either a Memorial dental record or a direct family member that a DNA sample can Cemetery are be taken from. placed in After the first level of iden- tification is conducted the body aluminum is exhumed and a second posi- coffins and tive identification is made using the dental records. concrete boxes On December 9 the body of before they are Yasemin Seda Tekoz, a 29-year- old Turkish national, was ex- buried. humed and sent with her family, through work by the Turkish Embassy. Her body was found near the Phi Phi Islands after the tsunami. Because of the possibility of families identifying loved ones at any time, Col Khemmarin said he keeps his cell phone on all the identified their loved ones or rela- tified 10% of the time. We have “The bodies taken in the bodies became swollen and the time (Tel:081-4999767) in case tives using a visual comparison. released 2,000 bodies to families, first two days should have no families identified just by looking anyone needs to reach him to In studies it has been shown that mostly using visual comparison, problems because the remains at the clothing, there might be identify a relative. bodies identified by visual identi- so that means there could be 200 were still in good condition then, some mistakes. But for now, the count is fication might be mistakenly iden- bodies with the wrong families. but after three days when the “If a mistake has already down to 409. 6 PHUKET GAZETTE NEWS December 16 - 22, 2006 Queer News

TRASHING IS THAT A 6 OR A 9? A punter studies the lucky tree at Koh Sireh for a number to play in the lottery. Phuket Going bananas KARON: This new garbage dump near the Phuket Is- land View Hotel and Andaman Seaview Hotel was cre- KOH SIREH: For almost the past month, fortune seek- across from the “monkey viewpoint” on Si Sena Rd, ated a week ago by departing construction workers who ers from as far away as Phattalung, Phang Nga and said her business has been brisk ever since, with 100 decided that people in the area might appreciate their Krabi have been traveling to Koh Sireh in the hope to 200 people visiting a day. donation of debris, carefully packed in used cement that a uniquely-shaped banana tree will somehow con- People who win lottery prizes from numbers they bags. vey to them the winning digits in the upcoming lottery discovered on the tree return to pay their respects to The soi is used regularly by tourists on their way draws. the plant, which has a unique cluster of flowers thought to Karon beach, who are certain to appreciate this re- Word of the tree’s miraculous ability to predict to resemble lotus leaves. cently installed work of art. winning lottery numbers began about a month ago, Lottery luck is obtained from the tree by rub- Got a favorite dump? Let us know and we’ll tell when punters began asking it for the winning digits – bing a mixture of powder and water on the tree’s stalk, the whole island. Send a pic and short description to and then hit it big in the national lottery. then waiting for an image resembling a number to [email protected]. A woman who sells drinks near the tree, located appear as the solution dries. – Noolek Karaket December 16 - 22, 2006 AROUND THE NATION PHUKET GAZETTE 7 DSI to investigate drug war killings he Department of Spe- bai Tardyoo received a 20,000- cial Investigation (DSI) baht reward and is to receive a is poised to intervene in plaque for his honesty in return- Tfour cases of alleged ing a bag containing 500,000 baht “silence killings” during the pre- to Swiss tourist Ramseyor vious government’s “War on Ronnial on December 7. Drugs” in 2003, Justice Minister Thongbai, who works at the Chanchai Likhitjittha said De- Metropolitan Electricity Author- cember 7. ity in Watliab District, found the The four cases are expected bag in a taxi. to pave the way for further inter- Thongbai said he took the vention by the DSI to resolve bag with him because he mistak- 2,596 similar killings under the enly thought it was his raincoat. Thaksin regime, he added. On learning that it was K. Chanchai was replying Ronnial’s bag, Thongbai at- to a query on silence killings tempted to trace him to tell him raised from the floor by National to collect it from the Phra Racha- Legislative Assembly member wang Police Station in Bangkok. Praphan Koonmee. Ronnial collected the bag K. Chanchai said police cur- and gave Thongbai 20,000 baht rently has sole jurisdiction over the as a reward. unresolved cases, unless fresh Thongbai will also be evidence was uncovered to war- awarded a plaque for being a rant the DSI’s intervention. He “good citizen”, said Pol Col urged families of victims to help Wicharn Borirakkul of Phra supply pertinent information on Rachawang Police Station. the cases. Of the 2,596 cases, 1,164 Sex-ed shakeup: The Education are reported as drug-related. Ministry has set a new sex-edu- TRUE MOVE: Driver Phichet Saengnong, whose first name roughly translates as “the most outstanding”, had a narrow escape after reversing his company pickup through the crash barrier at cation curriculum as a pilot Spineless corruption? The Zeer Rangsit shopping center in Bangkok December 6. No one was hurt in the accident though 15 project at select schools where spine boards supplied with 232 meters of crash barrier was severely damaged. students are at greater risk of high-performance ambulances becoming HIV-positive. that were bought in an allegedly- Army Aids worries: About 0.5% Army distributes condoms to sol- to Nakhon Ratchasima, appar- The curriculum will involve corrupt deal might need to be re- of Army conscripts have HIV or diers in all military units before ently skidded on the slippery road four books for students from placed, a Public Health Ministry Aids, with most based in Bangkok they leave camp and advised following rain and overturned, Prathom 1 to Mathayom 6 (about panel said after finding a sample and Rayong, a military report has them to always carry them. blocking the road. six to 18 years old). Each book to be substandard during checks revealed. The Army was also continu- A van with five passengers has six units: sexual development, on December 7. The Armed Forces Re- ally providing doctors to educate and a pickup truck with seven relationships, social skills, sexual The panel found that the search Institute of Medical Sci- Army trainers and soldiers about passengers, which were follow- behavior, sexual health, and so- spine board in a Nong Khai am- ence and the Royal Thai Army HIV/Aids. ing close behind, crashed into the cial and cultural matters. bulance bent when a 97-kilogram Medical Department report “The Public Health Minis- truck, instantly killing nine people, Teachers will be provided official laid on it. It had no poly- states that 4,152 of the 29,540 try should give importance to edu- including the van driver, Nava with details on teaching tech- urethane filling to strengthen it as conscripts and 4,299 volunteers cating youths in schools about sex Boonleum, 35. niques and activities for sex edu- specified in the supplier’s terms who have joined the Army since to try to reduce the problem,” he The pickup truck driver, cation classes. of reference. May 2004 are HIV-positive. The said. Siriwut Passada, 49, later died in The project will be intro- Panel chairman Dr Panya number was found to be increas- hospital while his wife, Oranuj duced at 80 schools around the Sornkom said the spine boards on ing in Bangkok and Rayong. Highway horror: Ten people Passada, 34, and their three-year- country. A revised version is ex- the other vehicles might also be “However, the study found were killed and two severely in- old son, Santiham, died at the pected to be online next year. substandard and the ministry that an increasing number of jured on December 6 when two scene. would have to either check each those having their first sexual vehicles crashed into an 18-wheel Police were hunting for the Around the Nation news round- one or change them all, he said. encounters were using con- trailer truck, which had over- truck driver who fled the scene. up is sourced from the pages of Chulalongkorn University doms,” Lt Gen Boonlert Chantra- turned and blocked the road, in The Nation and Kom Chad Luek lecturer Dr Tul Sittisomwong said pas, chief of the department, said. Buri Ram province. Just reward: Electrician Thong- newspapers. the neck braces supplied with the Lt Gen Boonlert said most The accident happened ambulances, which the US Em- of the conscripts were infected about midnight on the Chokechai- bassy has said might be patent- with HIV before they were re- Dej Udom road in Ban Nongman violating counterfeits, were of the cruited into the Army. “We are village, Tambon Nongki of Nong- wrong brand and looked fake as doing the utmost to prevent Aids ki District. the logo was on a sticker instead among soldiers,” he said. Police said the 18-wheeler, of being stamped into the metal. Lt Gen Boonlert said the carrying rice from Nakhon Sawan 8 PHUKET GAZETTE AROUND THE SOUTH December 16 - 22, 2006 South faces re-emergence of polio he violence-plagued nicipality the budget will be in- Deep South is consid- creased to about 100 million baht. ered the highest risk “This has led to another T area for a re-emer- group wanting to take over the gence of polio in Thailand, the administration. This group, how- Public Health Ministry has an- ever, knows that they could never nounced. No cases of polio have get enough votes to beat K. been reported in Thailand since Phirom at the polls so they hired 1997. a gunmen to kill him instead,” K. Yala, Pattani and Narathi- Aphai speculated. wat are of particular concern Nakhon Sri Thammarat because the situation there has Provincial Police Commander made it inaccessible to the nation- Pol Maj Gen Sutjai Yannarat said wide “supplementary” polio im- that he had ordered a special in- munization program, said Thawat vestigations task force to be set Suntrajarn, head of the ministry’s up to solve the case. Special at- Disease Control Department. tention was being paid to the The area is also next to weapons used in the attack and Songkhla and Satun provinces, forensic officers were examining where fishing boats arrive from the cartridge cases left at the particular islands in Indonesia scene, he said. where polio re-emerged last year In the local area, shotguns after an absence of a decade, he have been the weapon of choice said. in similar attacks, Gen Sutjai said, The ministry plans to carry adding that the use of an M-16 out a nationwide polio vaccina- implies that the attackers were tion program twice, on Decem- not locals and are likely to have ber 13 and January 17, to further come from Trang, Pattalung or safeguard against the viral dis- A LITTLE FISHY: Locals in Surat Thani scale fish removed from aquaculture cages on the Tapi River Songkhla, where the use of such ease resurfacing. following reports that a large number of dead fish were seen floating along a stretch of about 100 weapons is more common. Pakistan, Afghanistan, Ni- kilometers of the river. The motive for the crime is geria and India are the four coun- The fish were being prepared for cooking despite warnings by provincial authorities that fish likely to have been local politics tries in the world where polio is from the river may contain toxic chemicals. The cause of death had not yet been identified, but Sayan or a contracting dispute, he said. endemic, and found to be persis- Eamrod, head of the provincial fisheries office, believes it might have been caused by polluted water tent sources of polio infections in discharged from a palm oil factory in Krabi. Self-service: A day earlier in 12 other countries, including In- Haad Yai, Songkhla Province, donesia, where the virus had been ample, temporary cease-fires police found tens of cartridge The gunman then reportedly Trithep Mukem, the deputy head successfully eradicated years were agreed upon to allow the cases littered around a metallic- jumped out from the back of the of the Southern News Depart- ago. polio immunization program to gold-colored Honda Civic. The pickup, walked over to K. Phirom ment of Inside Police newspa- “We don’t know if the three reach the target population, un- car’s windscreen had been shot and shot him in the head with a per was shot by a man on a mo- southernmost provinces will fol- like in the Deep South, he said. out and the side was peppered pistol before getting back in the torcycle as he was driving back low the scenario of [those four with bullet holes. pickup. The attackers then drove from Songkhla Provincial Court. countries] or not,” said Dr Som- Thi Wang wipeout: The Presi- In the back seat police away in the direction of Huay Yot Despite being seriously in- chai Peerapakorn, the World dent of Thi Wang Tambon Ad- found the body of the car’s District. jured he managed to drive him- Health Organization’s Thailand ministration Organization (Or- owner, Phirom Ratnaphan, 45, Aphai Khiriwong, K. Phi- self to the Prince of Songkla Uni- National Professional Officer. BorTor), Thung Song District, President of Thi Wang OrBor- rom’s Deputy at Thi Wang Or- versity Hospital, where he was However, Dr Somchai said, Nakhon Sri Thammarat, was shot Tor. He had been shot in the back BorTor, said that K. Phirom was admitted to the emergency room. health workers in violence-af- dead while being driven back from of the head. a widely loved figure in the area, K. Trithep had been at the fected areas of Pakistan and Af- a funeral in the early hours of The two other passengers, a hard worker and had never had court as part of proceedings ghanistan enjoyed better working December 5. The victim’s driver K. Phirom’s driver, Bunpha Wan- any problems with anyone. against a police officer who al- conditions than those assigned to was also killed and another pas- mok, 54, and friend, Phitun Shortly before his death, K. legedly ate at his wife’s restau- vaccinate children in the violence- senger was seriously injured in the Kaeowudom, 37, had already been Phirom had said that he had heard rant but had refused to pay the plagued three southernmost prov- professional-style hit. sent to Thung Song Hospital. news that someone had paid a bill. inces. In Afghanistan, for ex- At the scene of the crime, K. Bunpha, however, died gang of professional killers K. Trithep had previously of his injuries en route to the hos- 600,000 baht to take his life, K. been accused of obstructing an pital. K. Phitun, who was shot in Aphai added. officer in his duty following a dis- the abdomen and right leg, is in a “Before this incident, some- pute with the policeman but had serious condition. one shot me, leaving me with a been acquitted. Witnesses reported that an crippled leg. The police never Inside Police is owned by Isuzu pickup truck pulled up along caught the perpetrators. I can say Deputy Commissioner-General side K. Phirom’s Civic and a gun- for sure that K. Phirom’s death of the Royal Thai Police, Pol Gen man in the back opened fire with came from his involvement in lo- Achilawit Subarnbhesaj. an M-16 rifle, causing K. Bunpha cal politics because now Thi to lose control of the vehicle, Wang OrBorTor has a budget of Around the South is taken from which came to a halt by the side about 30 million baht, and if the the pages of The Nation and of the road. OrBorTor is upgraded to a mu- Kom Chad Luek December 16 - 22, 2006 AROUND THE REGION PHUKET GAZETTE 9

ignorant egomaniacs who feel that they are the only ones with the god-given right to discover Khao Lak and that there should be a HAPPY DAYS single standing beach hut only for them ready each year – just for them, but for no one else. Let’s get real; my mom and ANDAMAN dad taught me that shared fun is double fun. Please allow others COASTING ARE HERE to enjoy Khao Lak as well! By Franky Gun Surprisingly, in talking to tourists and visiting friends who fter an agonizingly knew Khao Lak before the tsu- slow rainy season, nami, the overall feeling regard- with lots of rain and ing the reconstruction of Khao AGAIN Lak is much more positive. very few tourists, A Most said that they under- Khao Lak residents find them- selves on a steep uphill ride since be as tranquil and inno- stood that resort owners had to the beginning of December. cent as it used to be. increase the amount of rooms The amount of tourists Well, what can I say because the banks were breath- flooding the center of Khao Lak – after what happened in ing down the back of their necks; is reminiscent of the crowds seen December 2004, how but they also said that Khao Lak just before December 2004. could any area remain still has the flair and the overall It was then that every- tranquil and innocent? friendly atmosphere of pre-tsu- body believed Khao Lak would However, these on- nami times, and that they would have its best high season ever, going discussions fright- certainly continue to return de- after morphing from a dreamy ened even me. “Perhaps spite the obvious changes along backpacker haven into one of they are right”, I thought, the beachfront. Thailand’s most popular tour- even though I knew that All were impressed by the ism destinations in less than the first three-story build- speed and determination of the five years. ings were erected on reconstruction efforts. Most said Full restaurants, bars and Nang Thong beach half a that they believed it would take souvenir shops and endless year before the tsunami, at least four years to get Khao queues in the Nang Thong super- so they weren’t a symp- Lak back on its feet again, and market suggest that Khao Lak tom of the profit-mad were astounded to find it back in has recovered well from the 2004 post-disaster era. such good shape after only 24 tsunami. Negative, destruc- months. All this, plus the fact that tive and aggressive com- This is my 60th column of now more than 60 hotels and re- ments of some “Stone-age Andaman Coasting – five years sorts (21 on the beach, with a Khao Lak lovers” in of ranting, praising, complaining, combined total of 3,000 rooms) Khao-Lak-related forums reporting and philosophizing about are operational again should fill did their bit to push old Khao Lak. the hearts of Khao Lak residents Franky’s patience to the I hope that readers have and business people with pride. edge. enjoyed my Khao Lak-related We finally made it! I researched further articles and photos as much as I Of course, when there is and found that there were have enjoyed providing them. I light, there is always shadow. just two individuals post- want to thank the staff and man- Many expats say that Khao Lak ing the same stuff over agement of the Phuket Gazette, is losing its flair due to the heavy and over again. Their my friends in Khao Lak, Phuket construction going on at the ma- theme was that they had and around the world, as well as jor beaches, Nang Thong and been coming to Khao Lak The tsunami warning system has been installed and tested throughout Khao all Phuket Gazette readers for Bang Niang. since the early ’90s and Lak. Pictured above is one of the newly-erected warning towers near the their continued support and In the rainy season, not a they were angry about all Khao Lak Merlin Resort. friendship. single day passed that I didn’t the development going on in and Well, I wonder what all the senseless “back then everything A new era begins for Khao hear expats complaining about the around the area. local Thai people whose families was much better” phrases. Lak in 2007 and I am looking for- three-story resort construction In their opinion it would be depend on tourism dollars would Such people are always act- ward to guiding Gazette readers projects near the beach and their best for Khao Lak if it was say about that. It always fills me ing and talking like they own through the exciting future that fears that Khao Lak would never pushed back to the stone-age. with anger when I hear these Khao Lak, yet are nothing but lies ahead. 10 PHUKET GAZETTE AROUND THE ISLAND December 16 - 22, 2006

True colors for HM the King

By Tanisa Bunyasiwa be won included trophies and best painting overall – were the awards for the paintings and a all-girl “Team 35” from Satree he “Painting for Our total of 104,000 baht in education Phuket School. Kadsaree Koson, King” competition at scholarships. Kadkaow Sinkrajang and Amorn- The Metropole hotel, in By the final day of the com- chada Choorat, all 13 years old, Phuket City, on Decem- petition, 18 teams were selected won a trophy donated by HRH T Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn ber 2 to 4 brought together 210 to compete in a wall-painting con- students from across the island, test based on their drawings. Fi- and a 15,000-baht scholarship for with the aim of creating the best nalists had from 9 am to 3 pm to the team. street art with the theme of His transform a blank concrete fence The girls’ winning creation Majesty The King. panel in the car park behind the is an image representing Thailand A total of 70 teams each of hotel into a vision of homage and encircled by the Thai national fend our title and win the ‘best the number 60, the number of three students competed in three beauty. colors, above which are common overall’ for our school again.” years since His Majesty’s acces- education-level groups: primary Winners of the high school people’s hands joining together to Winning the vocational col- sion to the throne, and we used a school, high school, and voca- category – and winners of the hold a sod of earth. From the lege or higher education category silhouette of His Majesty instead tional college or higher. Prizes to “best of the best” award for the earth grows a bubble that enve- was all-boy Team 66, comprising of painting a full portrait of him, lopes HM The King’s Royal Apichart Chumpong, Anoosorn which is much harder. Emblem, together symbolizing the Boonto and Poramate Anantaya- “We have never done a wall embracing support of the Thai nukoon – all 16 years old – from painting before, so this competi- people for His Majesty. Phuket Vocational College. tion was very difficult for us. The “We’re really proud of our “We’re really excited about wall we had to paint had a crack work. We thought a lot about our this award because it’s from our in it, which was very difficult to painting and practiced hard in our efforts in studying art. We have work with. We had to make sure spare time, which resulted in our never won a competition before, that the paint wasn’t too thick or excellent painting today. None of so this award is the best prize too thin,” Apichart said. us studies fine art at school, but we’ve had from our education,” “We hope that an activity we like to draw and paint,” said Apichart said. like this becomes a regular event Amornchada. “We created the concept for Phuket’s young people,” he “Next year, we want to de- together. In our painting we used added.

Take me home! Soi Dog Foundation Tel: 081-7884222 December 16 - 22, 2006 PHUKET GAZETTE 11 12 PHUKET GAZETTE December 16 - 22, 2006 December 16 - 22, 2006 ALL AT SEA PHUKET GAZETTE 13 PIMEX – Showboating a success By Janyaporn Morel or anyone in Southeast Asia thinking about buy ing a boat, the 2006 FPhuket International Ma- rine Expo (PIMEX), staged at Boat Lagoon from December 7 to 10, was a must. In its fourth year, PIMEX attracted more than 100 exhibitors from 16 countries and more than 4,000 visitors. Grenville Fordham, Manag- ing Director of Image Asia, the show’s organizer, said that in the days leading up to the expo the number of boats on display and the advance registrations from international visitors were at record levels, with 600 visitors registered and another 5,500 ex- pected. Mr Fordham said that there was a good response to the first PIMEX preview in Bangkok, in October. Although the preview did not attract huge crowds, he said, it did generate a lot of inter- ON SHOW: Classy interiors, exteriors and wheelhouse est as well as some sales. posteriors were all to be seen As one of the major marine at this year’s PIMEX at the expos in Southeast Asia, PIMEX Boat Lagoon. featured more than 100 interna- tional boating brands, mostly rep- resented by local and national dis- tributors. Visitors and exhibitors ticketed at US$1 million or more, were foreigners, the international fers warranties of one year or day’s boating are quayside sun- came from all regions and ma- and most everything floating in nature of the expo was a major more. downers, for which it was no co- rine trades, with boat builders and between. draw, he explained. Thitipong Lorlowhakarn, incidence that the Watermark bar charterers comprising the bulk of From power boats to sail- Rene Stoltc from Luxem- Technical Sales Executive of the and restaurant was only an an- industry representatives. boats, the marine expo had some- bourg was selling his year-old Southern Region for Sika, which chor line away. The countries and regions thing for every budget and taste; Taiwanese Vitect boat, as he deals in imported bonding and Expo participants became represented include Thailand, some deals were limited to the wanted to upgrade to a larger sealing products, said that the patrons at the end of each day, China and Hong Kong, Taiwan, duration of the show, such as a vessel. He said the expo was a boating market was enjoying a enjoying the atmosphere with the Australia, New Zealand, Europe, Range Rover/trailer boat combi- good opportunity to show off the boom, and that its expansion had showboats as the backdrop. the UK, the Middle East and the nation. boat builder’s work as well. necessitated opening an agency Before the exhibition US. Natthapat Vanichnat, Gen- Tony Nixey, Managing Di- in Phuket. wrapped up December 10, the PIMEX 2006 had more eral Manager of Phuket-based rector of Go Boating (Thailand), David Wood, National Sales setting of the Boat Lagoon Ma- boats on display than any other NavAsia, which sells marine in- which imports boats from Dubai, Manager of Boating’s Leading rina offered many opportunities expo in the region, with 57 boats, struments such as radar and enjoyed his third year at the show Accessories (BLA), which dis- to lunch or have a drink by the including 20 in the water. They depth and wind gages, said that it – he sold a boat on the first day. tributes marine instruments, said waterside and soak up the cos- ranged from fast rigid inflatable was the first year his company Tony explained that his that although his company had mopolitan atmosphere. boats priced at US$10,000, exhibited at the show, but he ex- boats were popular with expats three or four dealers in Phuket Mr Fordham said that he through small trailer-boats at pected to garner a lot of business because they were affordable; already, he was hoping to find expects PIMEX to grow in size US$30,000-50,000, all the way to from the event. his company has outlets in Phuket, more through the expo. and popularity, and looks forward prestigious luxury motor yachts As most of his customers Pattaya and Hua Hin; and it of- A natural corollary to a to organizing the expo next year. 14 PHUKET GAZETTE PHUKET PEOPLE December 16 - 22, 2006 THREE SHEETS TO THE WIND After each day’s racing in the 20th King’s Cup Regatta, held from December 2 to 9, crews let loose their joys and frustrations at the post-regatta parties held around the island. This year the King’s Cup Regatta attracted a record 102 boats, and attendance at the parties showed that many of the newcomers did not come to Phuket for the sailing alone. The photos on these pages are from the Royal Phuket Marina party and the final-day Raimon Land party at Kata Beach Resort. All photos by Alasdair Forbes/Full Point Services.

Give a dog a loving home. Call Soi Dog: 01-7884222 December 16 - 22, 2006 PHUKET PEOPLE PHUKET GAZETTE 15 Happy Ever After Recently married in Phuket

Sriprajan Phutthajan and Herwig Weise, celebrated their wedding with a Thai ceremony and an international wedding party at The Mangosteen Resort & Spa on November 18. 16 PHUKET GAZETTE HAPPENINGS December 16 - 22, 2006 T his week

TOUR THE TOWN: Thai Peranakan Association members from Penang, Malaka, Kuala Lumpur and Singapore wave before embarking on a “Punde City Tour” of SOULED: Elisabeth Cassegrain Thomas-Smulders (center) and Eric Smulders (3rd from Phuket City on December 3. More than 100 members rode local buses around right) hosted a reception with music last week in their newly expanded Soul of Asia Phuket City to view historical sites, such as Chinese shrines and Sino-Portuguese gallery at The Plaza Surin. Well known to local residents, Soul of Asia is a top-end dealer buildings on Thalang Rd. in master paintings and fine antiques, sold through six gallery locations throughout Phuket.

STARRING ROLES: Amari Trang Beach Resort & Spa and Amari Emerald Cove Resort & Spa on Koh Chang were awarded five-star status by Thailand Standard Hotels on November 28. From left are Amari Trang’s General PEARLS OF HELP: Parents of three handicapped children accept donated wheelchairs and a Manager Andreas Mueller, Ministry of Tourism and Sports Permanent stroller from the Lions Club of Phuket Pearl as they celebrate International Lions Day with Secretary Sakthip Krairiksh, and Amari Emerald Cove’s General Manager community activities. Alexander Frenkel.

CAMP CONSERVATION: Students from Phuket, Phang Nga, Krabi and Trang THANKS: Katathani Phuket Beach Resort Chief Executive Officer Sombat Atiset (left) and take part in the Marine Resources Conservation Youth Camp, held November 18 Chief Operations Officer Suchart Vikittipong (right) welcome Frank Hoppe, Resident to 20. The camp was organized by the Phuket Marine Biological Center (PMBC) Manager of TUI Germany, and Andrea Kotas Tammathin, Destination Manager of Tischler and Coastal Habitat and Resources Marine Management at the PMBC, Cape Panwa. and Tourasia, to a “thank you” party the resort hosted for travel agencies and tour operators. December 16 - 22, 2006 PHUKET GAZETTE 17 18 PHUKET GAZETTE December 16 - 22, 2006

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Fax to 076-213971 or e-mail to [email protected] December 16 - 22, 2006 FEATURES PHUKET GAZETTE 19 Giving in to Jack Nicholson omething peculiar hap- halfway through act one, woke rather be if you had the choice: reached 30 all the highbrow stuff pens to my feet when I up just before the interval and Sitting on a wooden bench would have come back to me – in enter an art gallery any- AMBROSIA’S missed the second bit trying to watching a modern dance work- the same way that I can recite all Swhere. I should be at- find the bar. His philosophy is shop about the deforestation of the actors in The Godfather, ex- tending these things every other simple: “Why spend your life pre- South America or sitting in a hot cept the good-looking one whose day – after all I’m a Fine Arts tending to know stuff you bath with your partner drinking name I can never remember. graduate. But a leaden feeling don’t?” ice cold G&Ts? I’m not a complete culture- generally comes over me as I I agree. Grown-up parties Why do you think Stephen phobe, I just wish some people struggle inside, invite in hand. It – as opposed to “drinking copi- Hawking’s philosophical tour de would relax a bit at “arty” events takes all my strength not to skip ous bottles of wine and talking force, A Brief and not pretend the exhibition altogether and go about nothing in particular” par- History of to like things for a drink instead. ties – can be terrifying. To Time, remains By the time we reach that they obvi- “No one will ever know,” a grease the social wheels you one of the ously don’t. devilish Jack Nicholson sort of have to spend the whole time greatest unread our mid-twenties, he I did hear voice whispers in my ear. I force [email protected] feigning knowledge about poli- blockbusters in of an American myself not to look for the bar. SECRETS tics when all you really want to living memory? argued, we think we psychologist “Which would you rather have?” talk about is who’s bonking Or why annual know what we like who discovered he whispers. “High culture or a whom. membership of that for most G&T?” You’ve got the partner, the mort- Entire areas of chitchat – a film institute and what we don’t, people the urge Hyperventilating a little, I gage, the job. The kitchen exten- the Israeli-Palestinian peace pro- is like joining to try anything just about make it to the first room sion is finished. You’re all grown- cess, French grapes, Ingmar the gym? All and are disinclined to new stalls at the of the exhibition. There are people up. Suddenly, spare time is for Bergman films – can be saved those good in- age of 24. By everywhere, trying to look cul- self-improvement. for more appropriate places, such tentions of budge. This makes the time we tured and serious. The only There is an assumption that as funerals. I have been to many watching ob- perfect sense to me, reach our mid- sounds are whispers and a people actually want to visit ob- a “do” where I would have pre- scure foreign twenties, he ar- muffled shuffle of sensible shoes scure old churches while on holi- ferred to have spent the night in films with sub- and explains why gued, we think accompanied by the clicking of day in the south of France, watch the loo clutching a bottle of Bolly titles soon we know what stilettos. video BBC documentaries about instead. evaporate, and you never see old we like and Half of these people don’t global warming or book tickets Don’t get me wrong – I before you what we don’t, even know what they are look- for the latest Sam Beckett re- don’t actually want to be friends know it, you’re people in sushi bars. and are disin- ing at and the other half are pre- vival at the Barbican when in with some of these people. I’ve back to buying clined to budge. tending… Meanwhile, I feel as London. made that mistake in the past, pirated blockbusters in Patong. This makes perfect sense to me, though I’ve been injected with Being older and wiser most memorably with a guy who Sometimes I’m too ex- and explains why you never see buffalo tranquillizer, and start means turning off the television liked jazz. You know the type – hausted after a day’s work to old people in sushi bars. looking for a seat – anywhere I when your favorite soap opera builds his own turntable and flatly read the instructions on the side Personally, I think there might lie down for three hours comes on, and retiring to the sala refuses to use his CD covers as of a packet of pasta, let alone should be a self-help group for until it’s acceptable to go home or the bedroom to read a book beer mats. tackle a one-man rendition of people with culture phobia. again. instead. I do like jazz, but there’s Under Milk Wood. Surely I can’t People could meet in each oth- It’s then that I remember In Grown-up World, the 30- love and there’s luurrve. He be the only one? ers’ houses, drink gin and confess why the last time I “did” art was something should have passed once forced me to go to a jazz Of course, if my parents – “My name is Louise and last at an exhibition at the National seamlessly through the “Let’s just gig and spent the entire night hadn’t had to work so hard and night I watched The Oprah Portrait Gallery in London. At get a cheap last-minute deal to with his eyes closed in a semi- late when I was growing up in Winfrey Show on cable. The re- least there you don’t have to Bangkok” phase and taken up orgasmic state while tapping his London and I had more time to peat. And I found it funny.” spend your time with a bunch of picture-framing holidays in Tus- fingers on the table top. listen to classical music and go boring people pretending to like cany instead. Meanwhile, I spent my on watercolor courses in north Ambrosia Sakkadas, a UK- whatever has been hung on the Not wishing to appear a time wondering when the hell Devon, maybe all this cultural born Greek Cypriot and gradu- wall. complete dimwit, though, I do love each tune might end. Jazz, in my stuff would have seemed more ate of Central St Martins Col- There is a halcyon period in doing many so-called cultured opinion, would be greatly im- important to me. lege of Art & Design in Lon- your twenties when you ignore things, but there’s a time and a proved if each piece was limited I would have known before don, is an artist, designer and any pretensions to clever stuff. place for everything. I just wish to precisely four minutes. the age of seven that “Le Nozze newspaper columnist. Her new You’re past the university project some people would let their hair The jazz fan told me on the di Figaro” is not, in fact, a new ice novel, Greek Girls Don’t Cry, is stage, and life is a merry-go-round down and stop pretending once way home that the trio were im- cream with caramel topping and now available from amazon. between the pub and the wine bar. in a while. provising – in other words they dark chocolate, and when I com and amazon.co.uk You’re too busy falling in love, My father for one, although were making it up as they went falling into debt or falling over to educated and well-traveled, along. But I’d already figured out care about the latest retrospec- wouldn’t be seen dead at the op- that one for myself. I never saw tive at the Tate. era. I once took him with me to him again. Then you become settled. Covent Garden. He fell asleep Admit it – where would you 20 PHUKET GAZETTE AFTER DARK December 16 - 22, 2006 A-GO-GO GONE GOOD By Zach Fridell hink of a go-go bar where the girls keep their clothes on, and T make you smile as much as they make you leer. It may sound like a bizarre twist to Soi Bangla’s average venues, but the new Erotica bar on Soi Seadragon has found a good bal- ance, where the girls are pretty and sexy, but the emphasis is on choreographed entertainment. At Erotica the dancers are not synonymous with “sex” but “whipped” by dominatrix cops NAVEL CAREER? Erotica’s dancers perform a routine “sexy”. Think of it as a bar where during another – both pleasant to the Village People’s disco classic In The Navy. you can take a cool date or even experiences, I’m happy to re- your friend’s bachelor party. port. The trick is in the presenta- Before this sounds too raun- TEAM SUPREME: Erotica’s Directors (from left) Daniel tion. While many of Patong’s go- NICE CHAPS: A dancer gets to chy, it should be restated that Gibson, Steve Jordan and Steve Fineburg, along with go bars feature bored-looking “la- grips with Rawhide. there is no nudity. Indeed, the girls Jeremy Seear (not pictured), have put the girls dies” jiggling while waiting for French maid in lace, an all-female all wear tights. Manager Daniel through their paces to develop 25 ‘go-go’ routines. their number to be called, Erotica construction crew or a routine Gibson explained that the danc- is a bouncing, vibrant place where tailored to Madonna’s hit – you ers wear flesh-colored stockings the dancers look like they’re hav- guessed it – Erotica. There are “because it makes them feel ing fun. They trained for three currently 25 routines in the rep- more comfortable dancing”. months before the bar’s opening, ertoire, with more to come. The They also wear pasties, ensuring with assistance from a choreog- ones currently performed run the that the performances are legal rapher who worked with Thai gamut from hilarious – including and that the girls are free to dance pop star Tata Young. a “Japanese tourist” running their hearts out. Erotica is also a go-go for around taking photos of the girls Erotica also distinguishes it- the MTV generation. Girls to the classic Turning Japanese self from its peers on Soi Sea- dressed as sailors not your thing? by the Vapors – to a wipe-the- dragon by having a superb sound The next show may have a steam-from-your-glasses shower system, high-end LED lighting scene, using a real shower in the and will even feature ice sculp- middle of the stage. tures on a regular basis. Audience participation is The fully-stocked bar key to the performances. If you serves, among other drinks, small sit by the stage, you are liable to bottles of Heineken at 140 baht a be fed an ice cream cone during throw, Singha 120 baht and gin one act, or pulled on stage to be and tonics at 150 baht. December 16 - 22, 2006 LIFESTYLE PHUKET GAZETTE 21 Phuket pooches, eat your heart out

By Max Blosche, dpa

hile dog lovers in Phuket City are busy getting their Wpooches spruced at high-end canine-only spas, canine customers at a dogs-only German bakery are getting a choice of minty biscuits, muesli bars, tuna cakes, garlic cookies and other creations for the affluent, urban dog. Former florist Janine Sara- niti-Lagerin set up the business in the German city of Wiesbaden three months ago, and says de- lighted dog owners often drop in to stock up before flying out of nearby Frankfurt international air- port to distant parts of the world. The confectionery makes a nice coming-home present for man’s best friend, though it’s even more fun to take a dog shopping at Dog’s Goodies, as the shop is called. A wag of the tail indicates approval after the dog has nibbled at the range of tidbits on offer. Saraniti-Lagerin, 28, is not the first baker to cater exclusively to dogs: she was inspired by a television report about similar shops in the US, and there are several other dogs-only bakers in Germany. She says her bank was even more gung-ho than she was af- ter she presented her business plan. “They said, ‘This is so nutty that it’s bound to succeed,’” she added. Customer Jutta Schneider Janine Saraniti-Lagerin and her golden retriever Ronja show off some of the muffins on sale at Dog’s Goodies in Wiesbaden, Germany. said, “The doggy bakery is what we owners have all been talking thanks to departing passengers window to stare at the Labrador harm a dog, but they don’t bring chemical additives. She uses about when we walk our dogs.” taking purchases with them when frisking inside the bakery. much benefit either. Call them wholemeal flour. Schneider says she brings her flying out. While customers praise the mouth-fillers or entertainment. “Each week, I use about 25 Havanese-breed male, Amor, to She bakes and serves cus- products, there has been criticism They’re not really nourishment.” kilograms of ingredients,” she the shop once a week for his fa- tomers at the same time in Dog’s from those who think confection- Saraniti-Lagerin says she said. Sampling is encouraged vorite snack, potato balls. Goodies, which used to be an or- ery for dogs is ridiculous. makes no claim that the cookies when dogs and their owners Schneider is sure the tidbits dinary bakery for humans and still “Some people stop at the provide essential nutrients. come shopping. are non-fattening and free of had the oven and counter. The window and shake their heads, “You could not use them as Prices are calculated by the chemical attractants, which might recipes come from an American meaning they think I’m out of my the only thing a dog eats. They’re 100 grams on the scales, and harm her sensitive little dog. The canine cookbook but she has mind,” said Saraniti-Lagerin. snacks to give as rewards or range from 1.90 to 3.20 euros vet has warned her that Amor’s been experimenting with her own Some veterinarians are also while you’re out and about.” (about 89 to 150 baht) depending liver is no longer healthy. ideas too. lukewarm. “Dogs are carnivo- She insists there is nothing on the product. In the run-up to “So many people today are She consults veterinarians rous animals,” said Wolfgang harmful in her cookies, which Christmas, she will be offering anti-dog, but when I come in here, about what is healthy and also Altstaedten. “Baked tidbits don’t contain no fat, salt, sugar or Christmas stockings of cookies. I feel as a dog-owner that I am tests the cookies on her own La- understood,” she explained. brador bitch Ronja. Saraniti-Lagerin says she “If Ronja likes it, I put it on knows that dogs in the US, sale,” said the baker, who de- Canada, Thailand and Latvia scribes Ronja as part of the sales have already tried her cookies, team: customers often stop at the 22 PHUKET GAZETTE FEATURES December 16 - 22, 2006 Everest hits new heights

ord of Thailand recently as off road. With the two all- With annual mileage in- launched the all-new wheel-drive models, automatic creasing, maintenance schedules Everest, Thailand’s first and manual, the system can be are becoming shorter, but Ford of Fmid-sized SUV with a switched from 2WD to 4WD on Thailand offers an innovative five-speed automatic transmis- the move, at speeds up to 100 ki- package that provides a free five- sion. lometers an hour. year or 150,000-kilometer war- The new Everest offers a The new automatic trans- ranty, free five-year scheduled choice of two turbocharged, com- mission is housed in a one-piece, maintenance and free five-year mon-rail diesel engines and either die-cast aluminum casing, reduc- roadside assistance. two- or four-wheel drive. The 3- ing transmission noise and vibra- The latter includes techni- liter TDCi unit produces 156bhp tion. Ford claims the combination cal and other assistance when un- (115kW) at the low engine speed of its “intelligent” transmission expected incidents occur. of 3,200rpm, while and the frugality of Services covered in the pro- a 2.5L model gives the 3.0 and 2.5 li- gram range from a towing ser- out 143bhp at ter engines give vice, an on-site maintenance ser- 3,500rpm. Maxi- improved fuel vice, 24-hour technical consult- mum torque for both economy of up to ants and a replacement vehicle engines is impres- 22%. for use while your own vehicle is sive: 380 Nm and BEHIND On the safe- undergoing maintenance or re- 330 Nm respective- THE ty side, advanced pairs. ly, both produced at dual-stage front The new Ford Everest is just 1,800rpm. WHEEL airbags are com- Prices for the Ford Everest start at just under a million baht. now available throughout Thai- The five- By Jeff Heselwood plemented by side land, with prices starting below speed auto trans- airbags. Three- The cabin us more spacious allow getting in or out of the third one million baht. mission features an innovative point seat belts with load limiters in the new Everest, with ample row of seats. The top-of-the-range Ever- system that monitors both engine are also fitted. head, shoulder and leg room. The Greater storage space has est 4x4 3-liter with automatic speed and road conditions. It Braking performance is out- front seats feature a new sculpt- been incorporated into the new transmission sells for 1.2 million keeps the transmission in its most standing, incorporating ABS and ed seatback, wider shoulders and model and includes the industry’s baht, while the entry-level manu- efficient gear, making the vehi- electronic brake force distribution a large headrest to reduce trav- first pull-out tray within the front al 4x2 2.5-liter is 999,000 baht. cle more responsive. This allows (EBD), as well as a load-sensing elers’ fatigue. instrument panel. An audio sys- the Everest to perform well in proportioning valve to ensure op- The second row of seats tem is fitted, complete with a six- Jeff Heselwood can be contact- urban or highway driving, as well timum stopping distances. can be folded with one hand to disc CD auto-changer. ed at [email protected]

oilets are important to tative extract from a Dutch web- humans. Unlike animals, site, Het Hurktoilet, or Squat humans do not have the Toilet: Tluxury of allowing their BOGGED DOWN “Dutch displeasure in natural bodily processes to take France reaches its peak at this place wherever and whenever An English translation squat toilets. Many Thai people new toilet facilities are needed, one place both French and Dutch they feel the urge. makes that the “water room”. are accomplished squatters, but most toilets are still holes in the must visit: the toilets. According Because a visit to the “loo”, Luckily, in most of the ar- most Western and international floor and are either filthy or com- to the Dutch, squat toilets are as the English call it, or the eas of Thailand frequented by tourists are squatting virgins, a pletely wet, which makes it diffi- typical French. That’s why this “dunny” in Australia, requires the Westerners or tourists, the ablu- fact that was overlooked for many cult to find both a place to keep site is called Het Hurktoilet or removal of certain items of cloth- tion facilities are fairly adequate. years by international companies your roll of toilet tissue dry and a Squat Toilet. ing, the process is generally per- This is not the case, however, in and shopping centers. place to hang your pants. “Just when you think you’ve formed in private. the rest of the country. In recent years, however, Once you accomplish those finally found the toilets, there’s This is not normally a prob- In most public or private many of those big shopping com- tasks, you have to negotiate the only a black hole in the white lem, as our home, hotel, work- facilities throughout the Thai plexes have begun to provide in- bowl itself, avoiding the possibil- floor. place or favorite restaurant or pub countryside, and indeed SE Asia, ternational-standard toilet facili- ity of flailing arms, thrashing legs “Welcome to French toilets usually has a respectable lava- the toilets are a dreadful hole in ties, including toilet paper and and a broken tail bone as your (or Turkish toilets, as the French torium, restroom, or “comfort the floor or “squat toilet” – un- clean, dry stalls. feet slide on the call them), prob- room” (CR), as they call it in the less you are lucky enough to be The Tourism Authority of slippery tiles. LARGER ably the most re- Philippines. at Banzaan Market in Patong Thailand announced last year that Even at the viled piece of Those of us who live in Thai- that recently won an award for it was requesting roadhouses and biggest, newest THAN French furniture. land and believe ourselves to be the best market toilet in Southern service stations to provide clean roadhouses oper- LIFE Men can use the knowledgeable about things Thai Thailand. international-standard toilets. ated by interna- By Graham Doven hole as an urinal, refer to it as the hong nam. I am not grumbling about Despite the recognition that tional companies, but for the rest it with KFCs, 7-Elevens and bank- remains a problem.” ing facilities, it is still next-to im- Another website referring possible to find a Western-stan- to a French public toilet informs: dard bowl. “Put in your change, and One big roadhouse at wait for the door to automatically Chumphon, as part of its upgrad- open. Step in, and the door auto- ing, has built a very nicely-de- matically closes. If you are there signed toilet block with fishponds 15 minutes or more, the door outside the entrance, stainless WILL open. These seem dirty, steel wash basins, full-time clean- but they actually are disinfected ing staff and even a plastic toilet after each use.” tissue dispenser (free of charge) This version would have near the entrance. pleased my mother no end, as it In spite of this, although the would have put a stop to my facility was only finished last father’s habit of reading the pa- month, there are still only holes per from back to front in the loo. in the floor. Anyway, this is my advice, Many websites refer to as I do a fair bit of driving around these toilets as “traditional Thai”, Thailand: Take a toilet roll with but this is incorrect. you. It does wonders for your The culprits, my source says, peace of mind, especially after a are actually the French. They, big night. Even if you can’t find a who consider themselves to be roadhouse in time, there is always the bastion of culture and civili- the jungle. zation, are responsible for this And really, there isn’t much abomination. Here’s an authori- of a difference. December 16 - 22, 2006 FEATURES PHUKET GAZETTE 23

he mother of rude awakenings came at 11 am during my stay at T Nasa Vegas Hotel in Bangkok. A whole load of bull It was delivered by one of the receptionists asking if I plan to stay one more night, and if I night at Nana Plaza went beyond could pay my bill for the day, 2 am, though there is always the which had just begun, although CAPITAL pavement. The pavement is not not officially for another hour a bar as such; it is actually a according to hotel time. Letter stretch of pavement between I had been happy with ev- Sois 3 and 5 and serves as post- erything until that point. Minus By Stiffy Rectangle work dining for bargirls, as well this intrusive call, the Nasa Ve- as providing pirate DVD shop- gas is not bad value at 590 baht a In Nana Plaza, ping for tourists and after-hours night for a budget room. drinking for anybody who re- The view from my window Stiffy makes a quires it. overlooks Ramkhamhaeng Road beeline for the On the pavement you can at the Klong Tan end just around meet all sorts of characters or the corner from Soi 71, which Carnival Bar and a simply people-watch as the leads to the Phrakhanong end of date, not with morning approaches 3 am. It is Sukhumvit. Nasa Vegas is not a a friendly place and on many oc- new hotel (I’m guessing it has alluring danceuse casions I have been invited to been here since the early ’70s) in minimalist share a steaming pot of TYG and has a sister apartment block (Tom Yam Goong) with a gaggle opposite, sandwiching the Bang costume, but with a of girls. This time, however, fa- Sue railway line which cuts be- rodeo bull. tigue has superseded the dizziness tween the two huge beige blocks and the night is at an end for me. and the newly-erected monoliths Will Stiffy stay on? Though I hope to explore the parallel to the track, which will Or will he (as so secrets of Bangkok’s night life become one of the new BTS beyond 2am in more detail and routes. often) end up report back to you stories and I was not in Bangkok for spreadeagled on reviews of backstreet haunts long and was on a mission to try sometime in the future, alas my somewhere new in the city, a the crash pad of time in the big mango has yet mission which started and ended life? again come to an end and such at the Tango Bar on Soi 43. I ar- stories will have to wait. rived before anyone else and Read on… And so it comes to be that I supped on a small Singha as I enjoy, as always, a front seat ride watched HBO on the big screen ed. I required more than just al- the control panel and she gives I dizzily retire to my seat in a taxi – this one bright orange at the end of the impressive cohol and boobies: I was in the me a wink, which tells me I won’t and order another drink while I all over – and a friendly, albeit tip- lounge. mood for rodeo, and Nana Plaza be on for long. watch some cocky young show- sy conversation about football I hadn’t come all this way is to my knowledge the only place Before I know it I am cling- off try his luck, only to be cata- with the driver on my way back to watch TV, so after establish- in Bangkok, perhaps even Thai- ing on for dear life, leaning fully pulted off by the girl at the con- to Nasa Vegas where, for the first ing that there had been no mis- land, where one can ride a me- forward with my arms around trols. This spectacle is far more time, I actually request a wake take and that my small Singha did chanical bull. the “bulls” head, until G-force satisfying and I find myself hap- up call for the following morning cost what is said on the receipt, I Carnival is situated on the gets the better of me and I end py to join the onlookers. as I must go to that big grey shop- reluctantly parted with 330 baht third floor of Nana Plaza on the up on the red inflatable crash mat After paying my bill and ping mall with the attached air- and thought better of leaving a tip. right hand side. It is famous for below. having a wander round, I see the port – Suvarnabhumi. I was obviously well out of its mechanical rodeo bull, which It turns out I was just nine preacher men have gone and are It is from there I will depart my depth and if I had known is the main attraction in the elon- seconds away from a free beer, now replaced by ladyboy street to a city I may not love as much upon asking the taxi driver to stop gated bar. As you enter, there is but what the hell – the ride was walkers and fried insect vendors as I do Bangkok, but neverthe- at Soi 43 what I know now, I a rotating carousel of pole danc- good and I got a round of ap- at the mouth of the plaza. A little less a city that is, in my view, would have stuck to what I com- ers on the right and the famed plause from the gutless onlook- further down Soi 4 I treat myself Bangkok’s closest competitor. A fortably know when it comes to circular rodeo arena is to the left. ers who sat ringside, supping their to some grilled prawns from one city that could give old Bangers deciding where to go for a good Drunken farangs try their paid-for Heinekens and happy to of the many food stalls that adorn a run for its money. A city where night out. luck at staying on for one minute, be voyeurs rather than contes- the street. you can still party 24 hours a day: So Nana Plaza it was to be, the reward being a free Heinek- tants. Gone are the days when a Hong Kong. “sinners heaven” is an oxymoron en, though the real reward is the not far off the mark, though to- kudos of having been as skilled night the gateway was filled with as the hot-pants-and-bra-clad ex- a soapbox for three sweaty and pert who is only too willing to red-faced Americans in shirts and show off her skills. She will even ties, shouting with passion that all join you for the ride if you so wish. sinners within could be saved if After a couple of Sang Som they, like them, could see the light. and Cokes I try my luck, sway- Anyone after the light ing and rotating with one arm would be spoiled for choice as raised with all the grace and Nana Plaza is an orgy of neon, beauty of a chainsaw. I briefly but tonight I knew what I want- make eye contact with the girl at 24 PHUKET GAZETTE December 16 - 22, 2006 December 16 - 22, 2006 TAKE A BREAK PHUKET GAZETTE 25 PPUZZLESUZZLES The Cryptic Crossword

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1. House of salesmen? (15) 9. Metal coin. (6) 11. Can specialty. (8) Hidden Words 12. No dreamer in charge, it’s Hidden in the grid below are the names of at least 20 lifelike. (9) languages. The names may read vertically, horizontally 14. Brag about cardinal in or diagonally. They may also read right-to-left or down- boat. (5) to-up. Score: 10 or more, good; 15 or more, very good; 16. A man of color, we hear. 20 or more, excellent. (4) 18. Al’s got nothing, too. (4) LLDGZES JWJ I KAIW 19. Point into coconut tree to get church chant. (5) GUGKQTWHZBZ EQS X 21. A foot ailment seed. (5) ARMEN I ANSMGBRX J 22. Bird on a string? (4) JQEHMRHLGIEZAKT 23. Not mad about point and LZNEAQI PHJLUZGW an alternative. (4) 25. I’m in rocky outcrop and MI JTKELUWHWOIRK island. (5) SUAFHS INAPSTPHP 27. Theater alarm demo FTDATYK J BHAVMVT fouled up. (9) RBFRZL J FWRPE SNC 29. Rates, with 501 and a EZGSUWRAAKRRAP D letter in glows. (8) Compiled by Tortuus. © 2006 31. Consent to account with NFRIFIKJPJGICWG letter of the French. (6) 6. Type of power Ed passed 17. Small organ? Ha! Romeo CRANS FUPNABR Z I O 34. Failure to understand easily. (4) and Monica! (9) HNMI AGLOBRNWWDL mission in most of catch. 7. Back use; is echo of cold 20. Set off school in date. (8) (15) AKAMA I P BELKEAOA stores. (9) 24. A boat’s path is not 8. First lady’s roof parts? (5) asleep. (5) WNLVADL SXMPV SP G DOWN I NAVLQPAWCOS I EA 9. Not the southwest, nor the 26. Ira question: “I Arab?” (5) 2. Samuel’s teacher gets lie letter to saint. (9) 28. Pets up to dance move. HCYHSLEWTAZAWTT wrong. (3) 10. Jackie takes key to get (4) GWAMN EMR Z I L A OR J 3. Korean initials sound like beer. (5) 30. Haggard’s one who must UVLQUECHUA I LR J G they are okay. (1, 1, 1) 13. Breathe in and enthuse. be obeyed. (3) GAAUVMBSXNOXOXG 4. Sal points to man: one of (7) 32. Disks and certificates. (3) ZRMFBQRNGNN I SOP 1. (8) 15. Strengthen and consumed, 33. Pair take Arabic 5. Little sleep; give bad but exercising moderation. instrument back. (3) JWGANMJ UNAEROKN review back. (3) (9) Solution on next page OEXIOXSSSIOUXCS GOAZUHCCZHLBMBU Scribble Space HBUKFGMPWTRF TYS Rhyme Solution on next page Time Solution, tips and computer program at The words www.sudoku.com described below all rhyme with “string”. What are they?

1. Take part in EZ TRIVIA QUIZ opera. 2. Get water out of 1. In which northern pro- 6. Who presented the vince of Thailand is Doi 2006 MTV music the wash. Suthep? awards – and won two 3. Billy Jean. awards? 2. How many legs does a 4. Chinese capital. spider crab have? 7. Who currently tops the 5. Surround. Billboard Hot 100 with 3. Who stars as Ben My Love? 6. Flying Randall in the movie equipment. The Guardian? 8. What color boat did the owl and the pussycat go 7. Playground 4. Which motorbike to sea in? equipment. company makes the Smash? 9. Where is the volcano 8. Love affair. Mt Etna? 9. Hold on tight. 5. What color do you get if you mix red, blue and 10. What is the capital of Sudoku is very simple: each row, each column and each “box” of 10. Rebellion. nine squares within the puzzle must contain all the numbers from yellow? the Czech Republic? 1 to 9 with, naturally, no repetitions. Beware: there is only one solution to this puzzle, which is on the next page. Answers on next page Answers on next page 26 PHUKET GAZETTE TAKE A BREAK December 16 - 22, 2006 Get your brain in gear with The Monster Quiz Kids! Ask Mum and Dad to help you find the answers to these questions. They’re not easy but, if you do some research, you should be able to find the answers to all of them. 1. What was the ancient 8. How many Road to… 14. In which country would Egyptians’ name for movies did Bob Hope you find the city of Hermes Trismegistus? and Bing Crosby make? Lutsk?

2. In 13th century Europe, 9. Which British military 15. In which year was Pathé Conradin was king of unit, formed in 1859, News launched? which two places? became the 21st Special Air Service Regiment? 16. Who wrote the novel 3. How old was Conradin The Princess Casa- when he was executed? 10. Who commanded the massima? Quick Crossword New Model Army, with ACROSS Down 4. Sir Francis Walsingham Oliver Cromwell as his 17. Who was the first Whig 1. American soldiers. 1. Object of quest. was spymaster to which deputy? president of the USA? 3. Flower. 2. Ghost. British monarch? 7. Golf teacher. 3. Drill a hole. 18. Who was known as the 8. Fuss. 4. Killer whale. 11. Which movie won the 5. Heavy suit material. 5. In which year was the Manassa Mauler? 9. Makes a tape of. Best Picture Oscar in 6. Pondered. first Harley Davidson 10. Body of fresh water. 11. Beer. motorcycle introduced? 1992? 19. What is the original 14. Join metal. 12. Santa’s helper. meaning of “avatar”? 16. Constellation. 13. Japanese belt. 6. Which word can mean a 12. What is the old name for 17. Cow meat. 14. Dog tail movement. Ndjamena, capital of 19. Garden entrance, eg. 15. Allow. fish, an insect and a 20. In which constellation 17. Think obsessively. Chad? 24. Tenth month. curve in a sail? would you find the Crab 18. Come in! Nebula? 25. Father. 20. S American mountain range. 26. 33 divided by 33. 21. Finished. 7. How fast can a road 13. How many years are 27. Wizard of Oz character. 22. Assist. runner run? there in a lustrum? Answers below, left 28. Down in the mouth. 23. Ancient city.

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illiam Boyd is one of a trio of British novelists born within a few years of each other in Wthe 1950s – the others being A Tale of Two Women Martin Amis and Ian McEwan – who rep- resent the best of their literary generation. Boyd grew up in colonial Ghana and by London headquarters and the AAS ver. She winds up in a diner in Las Cruces used that site for his first novel A Good team is dispatched to New York to join in asking herself: what am I doing here? Man in Africa and he returned to the con- a huge effort by the British Secret Servic- “She experienced a strange form of tinent for Brazzaville Beach and the Ice es to draw America into the war. inertia, an almost palpable heaviness, as if Cream War. AAS arranges for a German courier the world had stopped turning . . . What Without straining any grand literary in Brazil to be killed in particular destiny am I effects, he writes novels of great histori- a motor accident while playing out? She felt cal sweep – most notably, The New Con- carrying a map of how she could sit on here in fessions – and is particularly good with Off the Germany plans to di- this diner in Las Cruc- female characters. vide South America es for all eternity – the Two women, a mother and daugh- SHELF into five countries. Indian man would be ter, are the narrators of Boyd’s latest nov- By James Eckardt President Roose- sweeping the floor, her el, Restless (Blomsbury, New York, 2006, velt mentions the map hamburger would re- 324pp). After graduating from Oxford, Ruth went in a speech, prompted main half eaten, the The scene is a secluded hamlet near to Germany to study for her master’s. by his chief adviser thin jazz would contin- Oxford, the year 1976. Single mother Ruth There she fell in love with a married Harry Hopkins who in ue to play. She allowed Gilmartin has come to pick up her four- German history professor and political ac- turn was prompted by the mood to linger, year-old son Jochen from his widowed tivist who fathered her son. his press secretary steeping herself in it, grandmother’s house. Sally Gilmartin gives She returned to Oxford much chang- Mason Harding who finding it oddly calm- her daughter a manuscript entitled The Sto- ed, bolder, more aggressive, untroubled by had been seduced and ing, this late-afternoon ry of Eva Delectorskaya. fears or doubts. blackmailed by Eva stasis, knowing that Unknown to her daughter these 28 She is troubled, however, by her Delectorskaya. whatever she did next years, Sally Gilmartin is actually Eva De- mother’s apparent paranoia: she’s bought She was encour- would set a new chain lectorskaya, a Russian who fled the 1917 a shotgun, she’s constantly scanning the aged in the mission by of events in motion communist revolution in Moscow to Shang- woods with binoculars. Romer, who became that would be out of hai and then made her way with her fam- Eva’s account continues with her sta- her lover in London. her control. Better to ily to France. tioning in Ostend, Belgium, shortly before Whenever they can, savor these few mo- In Paris in 1939, her brother Kolia is the war. Her small team of propagandists they sneak off for ments of stillness assassinated by fascist thugs, leading her – Actuarial and Accountancy Services or weekend trysts but otherwise keep their where apathy ruled unchallenged.” to join the British intelligence service. AAS Ltd – work under the man who re- affair a strict secret. This would be her last moment of After training in remote Scotland, re- cruited her, Lucas Romer. Then Romer has another job for her: peace. She has been set up and barely christened Eve Dalton, she will pass for Her eyewitness report of the Prens- to courier a parcel to Albuquerque, New survives an assassination attempt. Her an upper class English woman for the rest lo Incident on the Belgium-Germany bor- Mexico. revenge, aided by her daughter, would not of her life. der, in which a British agent was lured to On the train, she spots two FBI come until 35 years later. And it is very Eva’s story is alternated with Ruth’s. a meeting and kidnapped, is received well agents on her tail and ditches them in Den- sweet.

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December 16 and 17: Jazz Royale Festival. The Jazz Royale Festival – organized to honor HM King Bhumibol Adulyadej’s 79th birth- day – will be held at Karon Beach. 28 PHUKET GAZETTE EDITORIAL & LETTERS December 16 - 22, 2006

367/2 Yaowarat Rd, Amphur Muang, Phuket 83000 Tel: 076-236555 - Since 1994 - Fax: 076-213971 Email: [email protected] Necessary illegals Earlier this month 87 Burmese discovered in a hulk off Koh Racha Yai were brought in to Chalong Police Station, charged with illegally entering the country, and trucked to Ranong to be marched back across the border. A fine catch for an Immigration officer looking to bulk up his resume. Police alleged that the floating border runners were bound for work in Phuket’s fishing industry, which is hardly surprising as the port area is known for its sheer number of Burmese workers and the stream of notorious murders that take place there. The Burmese have long been a source of cheap labor in Phuket, filling large segments of the job market that are of little-to-no interest to Thais – well, at least not at the wages on offer. Yet for some reason the Koreans accused of working illegally as tour guides seem to be immune to the same summary proceedings that so often befall the Burmese. Governor Niran Kalayanamit, fol- lowing the policies of several of his predecessors, opines that there’s little a governor can do about the Koreans as they have a right to apply for work permits. Does this mean that the same right should apply to the hapless Burmese off Koh Racha? If so, and bearing in mind they’d not yet even made it to port to apply for jobs, it seems they were unlucky Letters indeed to have been handed a “no vacancy” notice so quickly. The “double standard” in enforcement policies makes us won- The Gazette is pleased to receive mail from read- with your views for publication in our next issue. der why, if rules are to be bent, they are not uniformly bent to the ers. Please write to us at 367/2 Yaowarat Rd, We reserve the right to edit all letters. Pseud- host nation’s benefit. Amphur Muang, Phuket 83000, fax to 076-213971 onyms are acceptable only if your full name and Foreign investors large and small have for years circumvented or send an email to [email protected] address are supplied. Thai law by using nominees to achieve effective ownership over their businesses, thereby enabling massive capital inflows that could Power to the PPEA real chips, mushy peas, pickled It’s going to dump all the not have occurred were the “nominee route” not available. onions and baked beans. Down commercial traffic from south of It seems that almost everyone, and particularly the national I have an office located in it went, along with a couple more the island – Karon, Kata, Rawai government at senior level, acknowledges the benefit to foreign in- Patong. The other day the elec- beers, and sent me to the land of and Chalong – onto the beach vestor and host nation alike. And so the law is allowed to languish in tricity company came by our of- contentment. I’m definitely going road, which is already so over- impotence. fice to remove the electricity back and I must try the cottage crowded with tuk-tuks, buses, So why not benefit more openly from the Burmese as well? meter due to what they claimed pie. motorbike and car rentals, and The booming construction industry has for years been fueled by Bur- was an unpaid bill of 8,500 baht. I’ve been living in Phuket tourists walking everywhere. mese labor. Few would argue that this has not benefited Thai prop- I looked through our paid now for just over a year and I On top of all that, it’s going erty owners, local and foreign developers, buyers, Thai professionals bills and found a slip of the origi- love Thai food, which I eat most to dump everyone who lives on in the job market, and, of course, Thailand itself in terms of GNP and nal invoice that was signed and days of the week. But every now Rat-U-Thit 200 Pi Rd unneces- Gross National Happiness. It has all happened because of “pragma- dated in handwriting. I found that and then, like most expats, I crave sarily onto the beach road, when tism”, or enlightened self (national) interest, in law enforcement. strange because that is not the the food I grew up with. all they wanted to do was go three So why should the fishing industry not benefit from the same? normal way a receipt of a paid So I would like to say a big blocks the other way now they Perhaps the double standard should be allowed to flourish there as invoice is done. thanks to your snout, and keep up will have to go 10 kilometers to well, but only for violations of the labor law – not for murder. I sent a staff member to the the good work. get there. – The Editor electricity company office in Mike Salans Then you dump all of Nanai Patong to get a clarification of this Phuket Rd onto the beach road when matter. drivers are trying to get to some- The manager told us that it Rap, roads and where on Rat-U-Thit 200 Pi Rd. was no problem and they would ruckus rant For example, let’s say you live In association with The Nation Multimedia Group PCL not need to remove the electric- near the Sea Sun Sand Hotel and ity meter from our office. I throughly enjoyed the volleyball you want to go to Jungceylon, you Here is what the manager tournament, of which you were will now have to go down to the Editor: Parichat Utintu from the electricity company said a sponsor. Except for one thing – narrow crossroad, back up the Managing Editor: Chris Husted about this matter: during a period the music. Do we really need to beach road (and after 5 pm Soi Editorial Consultant: Alasdair Forbes of three months, one of their staff hear such degrading and obscene Bangla will be closed), past Soi had been putting money into his/ lyrics every other set? My wife Bangla to the next road and back Chief Reporter: Sangkhae Leelanapaporn her own pocket by claiming that was appalled. down Rat-U-Thit 200 Pi Rd, Editorial Team: Stephen Fein, Andy Johnstone, Natcha Yuttaworawit, the computer system was down, On the Friday there were about 10km. Janyaporn Morel, Dominic Earnshaw, signing the original invoice by many young Thai groups there, I’m glad it’s a temporary Sompratch Saowakhon, Zach Fridell. hand and receiving the cash nine- to 12-year-olds doing their proposal. If it works I’ll be settlement. routines and they could hear this amazed. I don’t know who came General Manager: Oranee Pienprasertkul Amazing! rap. It got so bad that about 4 pm up with this proposal but of General Manager - Phuket Gazette TV and Events: Chutimon Srithep Petter the Chinese team that was trying course one group will benefit Marketing Manager: Natthira Susangrat Patong to play stopped the match and greatly from this project, and I asked the officials to turn down will leave that to your imagina- Classifieds Manager: Phatsara Raktammakit the music. tion. Publisher: The Phuket Gazette Co Ltd Good grubbin’ Why would you have rap at Next, the advertising trucks. I saw your article on the Tavern an event such as this? It presents Before it was only boxing stadi- Contact us Kata Beach and when I read an awful image of Phuket to the ums, but now we have the movie Advertising Sales: [email protected] about its cottage pie and mash, spectators from around the theaters doing it and other busi- my taste buds started to tingle. I world. nesses as well. A new law needs Classified Advertising: [email protected] went in search of this little gem At next year’s preliminary to be passed quickly about adver- Website Services: [email protected] and found it at the top of the new meetings I hope that someone tising trucks or there will be hun- Gazette Guide inquiries: [email protected] Soi Ton Tan. brings this up and changes the dreds out there making the streets The menu was full of En- music for next year. a nightmare. Telephone: 076-236555 (10 lines) Fax: 076-213971 glish grub. My eyes locked onto Next on my list is one-way Last but not least is the in- the fish and chips, and when it roads: the beach road and Rat- stallation of surveillance cameras came, it was delicious, just like U-Thit 200 Pi Rd at Patong. Is all over Phuket, taking everyone’s The views expressed in the Phuket Gazette are those of the writers and contributors and do not necessarily reflect those of the publisher, the editor, the shareholders, or the your article promised. There was no one thinking about what this is picture hundreds of times per day directors of The Phuket Gazette Co Ltd. a good, generous portion, with going to do? at every corner. It’s just another Letters conveying views and suggestions are published here. Those seeking comment from government Copyright © 1994-2006 The Phuket Gazette Co Ltd officialsofficials or and/or business business owners owners are published are published as Issues in Issues& Answers & Answers at www.phuketgazette.net. on the facing page. December 16 - 22, 2006 PERSPECTIVES PHUKET GAZETTE 29 Tough time for Thai guides t a meeting at the Royal to work. Thailand does not allow Phuket City Hotel on citizens of other countries to work October 27, Suwalai as tour guides. To be a tour guide APinpradab, Director of in Thailand you must be Thai. If Tourism Authority of Thailand people break this law they are (TAT) Southern Region 4 office, FIRST supposed to be deported, but offered a solution to the problem Korean guides continue to work of Koreans working illegally as PERSON in Phuket. tour guides in Phuket to Phuket Illegal tour guides come to Vice-Governor Vorapoj Ratha- Phuket or Thailand and their his- sima, Thai Ambassador to Korea tories have not been checked. Vasin Teeravechyan and other anomphol Thumma- Most of them come here to officials. Pchartniyom, President of work. Some of them have a crimi- For the past two years K. the Phuket Professional nal record. They bring nothing but Suwalai has supported issuing Guide Association (PGA) they benefit from Thailand. work permits to Koreans so they I don’t know if the local can work in Phuket as interpret- and Vice-President of the TAT office is ignoring this prob- ers, which has meant less work Phuket Chamber of Com- lem or not, but whenever we talk for Thai nationals working as merce, says that the Thai- about this problem they act as if Korean-speaking tour guides. they don’t hear us. The Thailand Professional land Professional Guide Just last night I saw a quote Guide Union (PGU) and the Union (PGU) and the PGA from the Region 4 office in a lo- Phuket Professional Guide Asso- have complained of Phuket cal newspaper saying that a lot ciation (PGA) disagree with this of Korean tourists are coming to and have suggested other ways not having enough Korean- Phuket now and that there are not to solve the problem. On Novem- speaking tour guides for enough Thai Korean-speaking ber 30 a group of tour guides and more than 10 years. guides to support them, so we travel agents marched to Phuket Here she explains her have to use Korean interpreters. Provincial Hall to demonstrate Some tourism businesses their frustration with the TAT. take on the problem, and of- use illegal Korean tour guides. I There are now around 200 fers a few solutions. guess there are nearly 1,000 of Thai Korean-speaking guides in them in Phuket. Some guides Phuket, but most of them don’t who have passed language have work. Some of them are fed courses to get their tour guide up. They can speak Korean but speaking tour guides have had mands for more than 10 years in aren’t quality guides because certificate can only find work as don’t have work to support them- such little work although they can related sections but TAT Region some courses are only a week or a “sitting guide”, who just sit on selves, which is disheartening, so speak Korean. Or why other 4 still says that only about 20 Thai two long. But the guides who the bus and don’t say anything. they do not want to work as Ko- guides, such as Chinese-speak- guides can speak Korean. complete the courses still get a I think the way to solve all rean-speaking tour guides. ing guides, Russian-speaking I understand that the TAT certificate for completing the these problems is for the TAT to Since 1998 the PGA has guides and so on, have enough is responsible for bringing as course. Do you think those order tourism companies to em- held Korean-language courses work to support themselves but many tourists to Phuket as they people are quality guides? I don’t ploy Thai guides who have the for Thais who want to be tour Thai Korean-speaking guides can. The TAT, like a salesman, think so. right permits. At the moment they guides for Koreans. All the tour don’t. has to offer and sell tourism to We want quality tourists, employ Thai guides, but employ guides who have completed our The TAT Southern Region tourists to make them come to not quantity. I mean tourists who them as sitting guides only. Korean-language courses have 4 office and Korean tourism op- Phuket or Thailand. come to Phuket or Thailand and If the TAT Southern Region already passed the TAT’s English erators say that Thai Korean- I think TAT should tell the spend money in local areas, use office supports the Thai Korean- course and have guide permits speaking guides cannot speak PGA or governmental tourism Thai guides and enjoy services speaking guides, it will motivate issued to them from the TAT Korean. Many other languages organizations in Thailand how such as spas, restaurants and other guides to learn Korean be- Southern Region 4 office. are more difficult to speak than many Korean tourists are ex- accommodations. I think this type cause there will be work for them. We have developed two Korean, and there are guides pected to come to Phuket or of tourist can boost the income But also Phuket Immigration Korean-language courses: 180 who can speak those languages. Thailand in the next year. generated in Phuket – and even should carefully check the back- hours and 80 hours. Some years It doesn’t make sense to say that An announcement like that Thailand – but if tourists use ser- ground of Koreans before allow we hold both courses. At first Thai Korean-speaking guides would give Thai guides time to vices provided by foreigners, them to come to Phuket. many people were interested in cannot speak Korean. prepare so they can serve that such as using a Korean tour guide We are not prejudice joining, but now that Thai Ko- TAT region 4 often says number of tourists. But TAT instead of a Thai Korean-speak- against Koreans. I know that rean-speaking guides don’t have there are not enough Thai Ko- doesn’t do that; they just suddenly ing guide, this will reduce our in- some Koreans are good and, jobs, fewer guides are taking the rean-speaking guides in Phuket, announce when the tourists are come-making potential. some are not. But if bad people courses because they know it is but why don’t they say that Ko- here that there aren’t enough All Korean guides working come do this, it is bad for Thai- useless if there isn’t work to sup- rean tourism entrepreneurs don’t Thai Korean-speaking guides. in Phuket do not have permits [is- land. However, some Korean port them. give Thai Korean-speaking The TAT has tour guide sued by the TAT] to work as tour companies are good and we ap- I don’t understand why for guides a chance to work. This is training courses, but some of the guides. They come to Phuket on preciate and welcome them to live more than 10 years Thai Korean- one reason we have made de- guides who complete the courses a tourist visa but in fact they come in here. case of privacy being taken away To little surprise, the results are Thanks for checking ers enter the water. With so many in the name of everything else. It lopsided. people it is sometimes easy to seems to me the island govern- Now it’s clear that Phuket Letters the facts overlook a struggling swimmer ing group is trying to run tourism has a long and interesting history, To my dismay, I read in several and lose sight entirely as he falls away rather than attract it. with many wats and temples aiming for a family-friendly atmo- newspapers, including People’s beneath the waves. You can call it by any other serving as reminders, but for the sphere in many of Phuket’s tour- Daily Online, that a British man But a heart attack, on the name, but to me it’s all crap, and average tourist visiting the island, ist areas. What better way to do drowned in the Laguna triathlon. other hand, is very hard to pre- not the Thai version of the word cultural sites are few and far be- that than to incorporate some As a regular reader I also vent, let alone stop once it has either. tween. cultural sites among the hedonis- checked your website, which in- begun. Mr and Mrs Aggravated Where are our art muse- tic delights? stead reported that he had suf- So I called the race orga- Karon Beach ums? Where are our theaters full All it would take is a few fered a heart attack. nizers and found out that indeed, of shadow plays and traditional converted buildings away from As I am a triathlon partici- the Gazette’s reporting was ac- Cultural conundrum dances? In their places we have the noise of the discos to draw pant (although I was forced to sit curate. The man suffered a heart copy-artist painters and little girls more discerning and perhaps out this year’s event due to in- attack while he was in the wa- Google “Phuket museum” and in traditional dress selling noisy more wealthy tourists to the re- jury), it piqued my interest. ter, and did not suffocate under the results you are likely to en- trinkets on Soi Bangla. gion. Although the unfortunate the waves. counter are the Thalang National This island is well known for There is no reason to sup- result is the same, there is a world Thank you for getting it Museum, the Phuket Sea Shell its vibrant nightlife and beautiful, pose we will rival the Louvre or of difference between the right, even when the rest of the Museum and the esteemed lobby albeit somewhat polluted, Grand Ole Opry, but it’s bound to causes. papers relied on inaccurate infor- of the Thavorn Hotel. Now beaches. turn a few heads. To me, a drowning in a mation. search for “Phuket resort,” However, the TAT and oth- Steven Clevins triathlon usually means poor man- Jennifer Rose “Phuket bar” or “Phuket beach”. ers have said that they are now Kata agement or oversight as the rac- Thalang 30 PHUKET GAZETTE FEATURES December 16 - 22, 2006

InTheStars by Isla St ar Local veterinary SAGITTARIUS (November 23-December 21): If you have been slow off the mark to plan for the holiday season you stand a good chance of being left alone under the mistletoe. Ask a Leo friend what they’ll be doing and you will be invited to join in. If it’s your birthday this week, you can expect to profit from the stars’ generosity in the com- clinics revisited ing year. The number 7 could bring good luck this Saturday. CAPRICORN (December 22-January 20): You will be disappointed ell over two years I have also listed where a Hospital. by the lack of cooperation this week. A Virgo, in particular, is unlikely ago, in response to clinic has X-ray facilities and pro- Long-established clinic. to meet their obligation with you. This is a good time to practice being a reader’s query, I vides gas anesthesia. Gas anes- Tel: 076-237385 Opening hours: 9 am – 7 pm Thur – more flexible as your high standards can be difficult for others to live gave a list of all rec- thesia has only appeared recent- W Mon, closed Tue and Wed up to. Where personal relationships are concerned, if you are single, ognized veterinary surgeries in ly in Thailand and requires a sub- Number of vets: 1 you can look forward to a romantic encounter this Sunday. Phuket and their opening hours. stantial investment. Gas anesthe- X-ray: yes. Gas: no Since that time there have sia is regarded as much safer, with Cost of surgery: 800–1500 baht AQUARIUS (January 21-February 19): Try as you may, it will be been many changes, so I thought faster recovery. I can vouch for Raksat Animal Hospital impossible to determine the cause of someone’s odd behavior this it was time for an update. this, having just had a young male Large modern clinic on Mae Luan Rd weekend. What’s at the root of this will not be unearthed for a while, Below you will find a list of dog sterilized under gas at the near Khao Rang Intersection. so focus your attention elsewhere in the meantime. Invest cautiously; every practice that I know of on Thalang clinic. Three hours after Tel: 076-211549 Cancer is about to come up with a scheme that is purely pie in the Phuket that is operated by quali- surgery he was running on the Opening hours 9 am – midnight, Mon – sky. Wear pastel colors to mellow your mood. fied vets. This is an important beach as if nothing had happened. Sun point, because it is quite legal to There is still no 24-hour Number of vets:4 X-ray: yes. Gas: yes PISCES (February 20-March 20): If you haven’t done your Christ- open a veterinary clinic here emergency vet service on Phuket, Cost of surgery: 800–2000 baht. mas shopping yet you will receive an invitation to go bargain hunting without being fully qualified, and although as I mentioned in the this weekend. If you thought you could pretend that Santa doesn’t such clinics do exist. previous article, many vets will Dr Manosh exist, think again. Someone close to you has other ideas. A differ- I have asked each practice give clients their mobile numbers At 20/6 Komarapat Rd. Turn left at lights ence of opinion with Taurus on Tuesday leaves you gasping with to quote me for a standard surgi- at Vachira Hospital coming from Tesco. and say they will respond out of Approximately 400m on right. frustration. The number nine can bring luck this weekend. cal procedure, (in this case the hours to genuine emergencies. Tel: 076-236078, 076-236341 sterilizing of a female dog); it is I would also recommend, Opening hours: 9 am – 7 pm, Mon – Sun ARIES (March 21-April 20): Your good intentions to maintain an ex- noticeable that fees charged vary particularly in clinics open seven Number of vets: 1 ercise regime and healthier eating plan are about to be put to the test. considerably. It is probably fair to days a week where there is only X-ray: yes. Gas: no Many of you will start celebrating Christmas early as surprise visi- say that the costs quoted reflect one vet, that you call before vis- Cost of surgery: 1500 baht. tors appear on the horizon. Romance with a Gemini is looking more the overall pricing policy of that iting to ensure the vet is there. Patong Clinic promising by the minute, but you shouldn’t count on commitment too clinic. On Phra Barami Rd about 200m east of quickly. A mislaid item causes panic on Wednesday; trace your tracks Why the big differences? Talang Veterinary Clinic. the beach road on the right hand side. A back carefully and you will see it. While the desire of some clinics Traveling north on the airport road, turn branch of Raksat Animal Hospital. left at Thalang lights, then take the first Tel: 076-340773 to make bigger profits than oth- TAURUS (April 21-May 21): Your fraught mood early in the week ers is clearly a factor, readers right by the market. Clinic is situated Opening hours: 10 am – 9 pm, Mon – 200 meters on the right hand side. Re- Sat, closed Sun could easily cause a misunderstanding. If you have been galloping should be aware that while some cently expanded and modernized. Number of vets: 1 around trying to get everything done at top tempo, you need to sit clinics are quite simple, and have Tel: 086-6822557 X-ray: no. Gas: no back a while. Your good intentions are not appreciated by everyone little more than basic equipment, Opening hours: 9 am-9 pm Mon-Fri, 9- Cost of surgery: 1200–1800 baht. and there is no valid reason not to put yourself first for a change. others have invested heavily in 5 pm Sat and Sun Wear a piece of jade to encourage a wiser perspective. Number of vets: 1 Phuket Animal Hospital creating modern On Chao West Fa Rd , next door to Ph- practices and X-ray: yes. Gas: yes rompan supermarket. Long-established GEMINI (May 22-June 21): Your tendency to focus firmly on the big buying the latest Cost of surgery: clinic. picture is a drawback to progress. If you can slow down and exam- equipment. Oth- 600-1200 baht Tel: 076-222362 ine the boring but essential details, you will have the best chance of ers have also in- Opening hours: 9 am – 7:30 pm, Mon – success. This advice should apply to all areas of your life; on a ro- MAKING TRACKS Sat, 9 am – 2:30 pm Sun vested in addi- Cherng Thalay mantic level, your partner will appreciate your taking time to smell tional staff as By Top Dog Number of vets: 3 Clinic X-ray: yes. Gas: no the frangipani. Next Thursday is the most auspicious day to chase well, so clearly On Soi Cherng Tha- Cost of surgery: 800-1200 baht. unpaid debts due from a Cancerian. their overheads are higher. How- lay 10. A branch of the Thalang Clinic. Tel: 081-3406127 ever, that is not the whole story, Ao Chalong Vet Clinic CANCER (June 22-July 23): Your usual relaxed approach to doing as the cheapest clinic on the is- Opening hours: 8:30 am – 8 pm Mon – On Chao Fa West Rd on right hand side Sat, closed Sun just after Wat Chalong and PTT station. business won’t work as well with an ongoing agreement. The person land uses gas anesthesia, while Number of vets: 1 Very modern clinic. concerned expects you to shape up to their demands, or there’s a some of the pricier ones do not. X ray: no. Gas: no Tel: 081-8953277 good chance they’ll be shipping out of the deal. The sandal’s on the Nearly every vet has quot- Cost of surgery: 600-1200 baht Opening hours: 9:30 am – 8 pm Mon – other foot when an Arian who recently rejected your advances de- ed more than one price. The low- Tanut Clinic Sat, 9:30 am – 2 pm Sun cides that they would like to get together after all. Money is tight er price is based on a dog weigh- At 23/75 Prachautit Rd, Samkong. Turn Number of vets: 3 later in the week due to an unexpected meeting. ing 10 kilograms or less, the higher left at the new lights just past Tesco’s X-ray: yes. Gas: yes Cost of surgery: 1200–1800 baht. on a dog weighing about 25kg. side entrance. Small clinic 50m on the LEO (July 24-August 22): Your lazy nature becomes a bone of con- This is fair as the heavier the dog, right. Chalong Clinic tention this week. If you know you haven’t been pulling your weight the more anesthetic is required. Tel: 081-8099010 Just past Chalong Circle on the Rawai at work or at home, you should take a realistic look at how often Opening hours: 9:30 am – 8 pm Mon – road; a branch of Raksat Animal Hospi- Sat, 9:30 am – 1 pm Sun you’re to be found doing nothing. The stars are smiling on your ef- tal. Tel: 076-281232 forts to impress a certain Capricorn – a hot date should take place Number of vets: 1 Opening hours: 9 am – 8 pm Mon – Sat, X-ray: no. Gas: no closed Sun this weekend. The color tangerine helps release dormant energy. Cost of surgery: 800-1800 baht Number of vets: 1 Matta Clinic X-ray: no. Gas: no VIRGO (August 23-September 23): You attempt to over-dramatize a Yaowarat Rd, virtually opposite Vachira Cost of surgery: 800–2000 baht. minor matter this weekend and you will need to summon all your patience to bring this situation down to the molehill it really is. A magnetic attraction keeps you spellbound and you find it difficult to think of anything else. Your financial luck is boosted by the stars until the end of this month. Wear an onyx stone to help stay grounded.

LIBRA (September 24-October 23): You won’t like all that you hear this weekend, but are advised to make allowances for the unreliable island grapevine. If you want to get to the truth, try asking a straight- talking Capricorn. Your romantic bubble could be burst by your partner’s jealous streak. Don’t stir the pot by talking about your past relationships. An interesting meeting on Tuesday makes up for last month’s business letdown. Number 8 may be lucky on Monday.

SCORPIO (October 24-November 22): Your ability to be as quick as lightning will be useful this weekend. Watch out for a rare opportu- nity to boost your financial status on Saturday. A Virgo proves to be helpful when you have a tricky problem on Wednesday; take care to express your gratitude appropriately. Romance is well-starred for the rest of this month, especially for those who have despaired of meeting their soul mate. December 16 - 22, 2006 FEATURES PHUKET GAZETTE 31 IT’S A DRUNK, IT’S A SLOB, IT’S… X-PAT!

y friend Fardley down to Immigration to sign in Nerdwell wants to every 90 days. promote expats as “When the maid doesn’t M cult figures. “You show up for a week, he surveys know, like cowboys,” he elabo- the wasteland of dirty laundry that rated. “Star trekkers. Kung fu engulfs his apartment with the fighters.” imperturbability of a Buddhist I was doubtful. “None of the saint. expats I know could qualify as “He does not flinch from im- cult figures,” I said. penetrable language problems “That is because of the and incomprehensible customs; squalid nature of your acquain- he faces every rip-off, scam and tances,” Fardley rejoined, a bit con game with a rueful smile.” testily. “The only expats you know “Truly a Renaissance Man,” are pathetic old broken-down I murmured. “Let’s make him an drunks. But the average expat English teacher.” has an excellent chance of be- “No!” Fardley protested. coming a cult figure among the “He has to be a detective or a pop-idol worshipers and hero- spy. Something mysterious and seekers of the world. romantic. There’s no adventure “Think of what a compel- to being an English teacher.” ling figure the expat is! Here is a “Ah, you’re wrong,” I re- modern nomad: a man who lives torted. “What could be more anywhere, yet belongs nowhere; thrilling than battling the evils of an enigmatic figure who roams native-language interference? the earth, settling down wherever What war is more worth fighting the fickle winds of fate may drop than the war against the mispro- him; a rootless man of infinite nunciation ‘nowsaday’? What adaptability.” hero is greater than that noble “In that case, some of the English teacher who finally suc- pathetic old broken-down drunks ceeds, after Herculean struggle, I know might qualify after all,” I in getting a student to pronounce suggested. a final ‘s’? You’ll find more “Here’s a potential hero for expats teaching English than do- a TV mini-series. Call him Xavier ing anything else in Thailand. If Patrick—hence his nickname, an expat is going to be a cult fig- and the name of the series: X- ure, he’s got to be a teacher.” Pat. “When he meets somebody, expat and private eye. He’s al- lights in inhaling a rich blend of “Okay,” Fardley conceded. “He embodies the noble ex- he doesn’t know whether to ready a cult figure.” death-dealing carcinogens from “With a little detective work and patriate, a tragicomic anti-hero shake hands or wai. In any res- “I’ve always wondered the polluted air. spying on the side.” who straddles taurant, he has to how Vinnie Calvino manages to “He contemplates with stoic two cultures. In struggle with his in- get a work permit,” I re- detachment the necessity of S. Tsow can be flamed at stsow the words of ner demons before marked. “Do they give work dragging his wasted body out of @yahoo.com, except when he’s the poet Robert he can decide permits to foreign detectives in bed in the morning with a Force- trying to promote expat English W. Service, whether to order a Thailand?” Ten hangover and staggering teachers as cult figures. he’s one of ‘the steak or tom yam “Vinnie must have connec- men who don’t kung. tions,” Fardley said. “The ideal fit in.’ “Yet his am- expat cult figure knows the ropes “He’s bivalence is part of of living in a foreign culture. He been in Asia so TSOWNDINGS his charismatic ap- negotiates the byzantine intrica- long his blood peal.” cies of Oriental bureaucracy with contains 2% By S. TSOW “Actually, lo- the skilled ease of a mandarin. soy sauce; and cal authors like “He snacks on grasshop- his eyes, in the immortal words Christopher G. Moore have al- pers, beetles and larvae with in- of the Duke of Edinburgh, are ready apotheosized the expat,” souciant aplomb. He welcomes getting ‘all slitty-looking.’ He Fardley mused. “Look at Vinnie insufferably hot weather, rejoices knows Thai kickboxing, Chinese Calvino, the legendary Bangkok in horrendous traffic jams and de- calligraphy and Ayuravedic medi- cine, and speaks three languages fluently.” “Most of the expats you know don’t even speak one lan- guage fluently,” Fardley inter- rupted. “Pish! Tush! Don’t be a cynic,” I scolded him, warming to my theme. “This is an ideal expat we’re talking about here. He bestrides two cultures, hence he is a conflicted individual. “His own cultural norms are always at war with the norms of his adopted land. If he were to encounter Pol Pot in the jungle, he wouldn’t know whether to shoot him dead or say ‘mai pen rai.’ 32 PHUKET GAZETTE COMPUTERS December 16 - 22, 2006 WinXP means no more WinDVD KHUN WOODY’S COMPUTER ARE YOU HOT? Here are three of the absolutely free Wi-Fi Your article on WinDVD in Q the Phuket Gazette was access hotspots on the island: just what I needed, as ever since my operating system was • Aqua Restaurant and Bar, Paradise Com- changed from Windows 98SE to XP I have not been able to watch plex, Patong. 512K ADSL, 8:30 am to 4 am. a DVD, although I have a DVD optical drive. When I try to play one, I get •Valhalla V-Plaza, Soi Sunset, Patong. 256/ a message saying I need a de- 512kbps. Available 24/7. coder so I think WinDVD is the solution. The problem is that when I tried to download the free copy • Lady Pie, 120/6 Srisoontorn Rd, Cherng it said it would take eight hours Talay (6.4 km from Heroines’ Monument, on and 36 minutes on my slow dial- up connection. north side, close to pedestrian bridge on way to Today I went looking for the Surin). 250kbps via TOT. Monday to Satur- program at the PC shops at Big day, 8.30 am-6:30pm; Sunday, 10am-6:30pm. C. None of the shops had it so my question is: do you know where it is available in Phuket? If you’re hot – and free – just drop Woody an Many thanks for any advice you can offer, including any alterna- email at: [email protected] tives. One shop wanted to sell me a DVD drive complete with Nero 4.Click Properties, and then click – but if it gets in your way, get rid software. the Advanced tab. of it. RB 5.Select “Break apart messages I have been using comput- Buying a new DVD drive larger than” check box, and Q ers a long time and am still A is overkill. Although Nero is enter a number in the box. stuck on some old MS DOS pro- a good package, if you already If upgrading to Windows XP means that your version of WinDVD no grams. Is there an easy way I can have a DVD drive there’s no rea- longer works, just download a fresh version – but it might cost you. However, the only real so- run them on a Win XP computer? son to buy a new one. lution for sending large files is to BS As far as the download ano teacher with a real-time play- had problems with that. You can’t get hooked up to a faster line. speed – if your computer has a ing length of about 10 minutes. It even do it in later versions of Running old DOS programs wireless card, when you have big took me two hours to upload it Outlook. A shouldn’t pose a problem. files to download you ought to go only to get a message that it could Here are the instructions for I recently bought a Dell Try copying the .EXE file (and somewhere with a fast connec- not be sent unless it was broken earlier versions. Just follow these Q 510 that came with a lot of supporting files) to a folder. tion – we have free fast connec- down into fragments of 256kb or instructions and un-check the software that I don’t intend to use. Right-click on your desktop, tions at my Sandwich Shoppe in less. “Break Apart Messages Larger One of the programs is Trend choose New | Shortcut, and fol- Patong, but many Internet shops Instructions on how to do Than” box. Micro PC-cillin Internet Security, low the steps to create a short- will hook you up for a modest this were given. I set the limit at To break apart large mes- which appears to only scan pro- cut to the EXE file. Double-click price. 210kb but now cannot remember sages when you send them in grams for viruses. on the shortcut, and your program Go in the morning, when how I did it. Outlook 2000 or Outlook Express: I had a Norton AV subscrip- should run. everything works much faster. Now if I try to send a joke (This procedure only works if the tion on my old PC and re-down- Admittedly, you may have In fact, if you get on a fast line, that has four or five photos it gets recipient of the message uses loaded it from Symantec to my problems with programs that do you can download the WinDVD broken into parts that the recipi- Microsoft Outlook 98 or later) new one. The problem is that PC- weird things to, for instance, your program from www.intervideo. ent cannot decipher. I would like cillin occasionally won’t let me video mode. But most DOS pro- com. to find the place I selected 210kb 1.On the Tools menu, click Ac- access email and I have to exit grams run without a hitch. A free 14-day trial is avail- and un-check it so my sent mail counts. that program to read my mail. Do able and the full WinDVD 8 Gold will go complete. Any ideas? I really need this program as I Currently, Woody Leonhard package is on sale for US$39.95. RB 2.Click the Mail tab. have the XP firewall and the ([email protected], Norton AV? www.askwoody.com) spends all I tried to send a selection As far as breaking a mes- 3.In the Account box, click the DH of his waking hours slaving Qof piano music to my old pi- Asage into chunks… I’ve always account you want to change. away on two new Windows If you have Norton and XP’s books, Windows Vista All-In- A firewall is enabled, you One Desk Reference For Dum- don’t need Trend PC-cillin. It is mies, and Windows Vista Time- good to have a second anti-virus saving Techniques For Dummies. program – and the outbound They should be available world- firewall in PC-cillin is worthwhile wide in January. December 16 - 22, 2006 PHUKET GAZETTE 33 34 PHUKET GAZETTE BUSINESS & MONEY December 16 - 22, 2006 ON THE MOVE Indigo Pearl, Nai Yang, has an- Nicole Scheideg- Marco Osterwalder, 30, from nounced the appointment of ger, 30, from Swit- Switzerland, has been appointed Samran Chaisornsarayuth from zerland, has been Food and Beverage Manager of Chiang Mai as Director of Human promoted to Cus- Baan Yin Dee, Patong. He holds Resources. tomer Relations Ma- a degree in economics from Uni- He has an MBA in interna- nager at Katathani versity Lucerne, Switzerland and tional business from Pacific States Phuket Beach Re- a degree in hospitality manage- University, Los Angeles, and has sort. She has a di- ment from the Belvoirpark Swiss held similar positions in a number ploma in teaching Hotel Management School in of luxury resorts in Thailand such from Baldegg Insti- Switzerland. as Executive Assistant Manager tute in Lucerne, His work experience in- of Anantara Resort & Spa, Hu- Switzerland. cludes more than 12 years in ho- man Resources Director of Royal She speaks flu- tels and restaurants in Europe Orchid Sheraton Hotel in Phuket ent German, English and Thailand. Before moving to and Personal & Training Manager and Italian. Before Baan Yin Dee he was the Food of Holiday Inn, Phuket. Before her promotion she and Beverage Executive Assis- moving to Indigo Pearl he was the was Katathani’s tant Manager at Blue Lagoon, Operation Logistic Manager of the Chief of Service Chaweng Beach, and the Four Seasons Golden Triangle Center for two Beachcomber Hotel in Koh Sa- Tented Camp, Chiang Rai. years. mui for a year. Auto dealer SEC opens in Phuket By Supanun Supawong PHUKET CITY: SEC Group Co SEC recently displayed a Ltd last month inked a deal with couple of shiny Lexus cars local Volvo and Land Rover deal- in the Tesco-Lotus mall. er Life Style Auto Co Ltd to open an SEC dealership next to Mu- ang Mai Motors on Thepkrasat- tacted Life Style Auto to form a tri Rd in January. joint venture in order to ensure The move is SEC’s first quality after-sales service for venture in Phuket, adding to its their customers. four dealerships in Bangkok and “The 16-person after-sales others in Khon Kaen, Hua Hin service team is currently being and Prachuap Khiri Khan. Pre- trained in Bangkok,” he added. empting the showroom’s opening To tap that market, SEC has been a campaign of mini-car Phuket will be offering a select shows at Central Festival Phuket portfolio of makes and models and the Tesco-Lotus supercenter previously not available on the in November. island. Initially, SEC Phuket will Another promotional show have a total of 52 models avail- is planned to be held at the new able on list, but will carry a sepa- Jungceylon complex in Patong rate catalog of cars costing 20 from December 20 to 29. million baht or more, namely Fer- The Phuket dealership is rari, Porsche, Mercedes-Benz SEC’s first move in targeting and BMW models, that can be tourism centers outside the cap- the future, said Life Style Auto also responsible for Sales and In particular, K. Pongnarin sourced from SEC dealers in ital. Dealerships in Chiang Mai Sales and Marketing Manager Marketing at the SEC Phuket explained, SEC is looking to at- Bangkok. and Chon Buri are planned for Pongnarin Srisombut, who is dealership. tract car buyers who are willing K. Pongnarin estimated “In the tourism cities [in to travel to Bangkok to acquire that SEC Group’s annual income Thailand] people have quite high the cars they want, or have inde- is around 3 billion baht from sell- incomes, so SEC Group believes pendent agents source the cars ing premium cars alone. The that people who live in those cit- for them. group was enjoying annual car ies have enough money to buy “There are a lot of custom- sales of more than 3,000 units in premium cars,” he said. ers from Phuket and nearby prov- the years before the tsunami. This inces who come to Bangkok to year sales have slumped to about buy premium cars. Each year 1,400 cars so far. SEC Group in Bangkok and oth- However, he added, SEC er premium car sales agents sell expects to sell at least 50 cars in hundreds of premium cars to cus- Phuket next year. tomers from Phuket and other K. Pongnarin said, “The southern provinces,” K. Pong- benefits of SEC Group opening narin said. in Phuket are that it created jobs, “This is the main reason that and customers who want to buy SEC Group wants to open a deal- premium cars won’t have to trav- ership in Phuket. SEC Group con- el to Bangkok any more.”

VITAL STATISTICS Company registrations holding steady

Type Nov 2004 Nov 2005 Nov 2006

Companies registered 104 117 108 Companies deregistered 9 16 19 Companies restructured 340 306 364

Partnerships registered 19 26 62 Partnerships deregistered 3 14 7 Partnerships changed 44 32 37 Source: Phuket Provincial Business Development Office December 16 - 22, 2006 BUSINESS & MONEY PHUKET GAZETTE 35 Greedy speculation will not hold the US dollar down oreign exchange markets ideal. China, for example, does part, for this situation. domestic markets, over-regulation can be one of the most not have a convertible currency The Sarbanes-Oxley Act, is having the opposite effect, as difficult areas in which to as it states that it is too early in which came about because of are strict immigration procedures Fpredict trends, and it was its economic development to al- corporate malfeasance in the US that are affecting tourism. merely a matter of time before low this to happen. The yuan has (the collapse of ENRON), was But everything has its price the US dollar came under pres- appreciated from a fixed ex- designed to make US-listed com- and the dollar can fall only so far. sure. America is running a vast change rate of 8.28 some 15 panies act more responsibly. At some stage it will rebound current account deficit, account- months ago to around 7.82 at the The problem is that comply- sharply. To speculate in currency ing for 6% to 7% of its Gross Do- beginning of December. ing with this legislation requires an markets is always dangerous, es- mestic Product (GDP). MONEY The Americans are trying to huge amount of time and expense pecially when the pendulum has The International Monetary allow for greater and more rapid – a classic case of over-regula- swung too far. Greed must be Fund has for decades warned TALKS appreciation from China. China tion. The reaction of many smaller combined with a healthy dose of that a current account deficit ex- is cooperating, to an extent, but firms has been to “de-list” and be- fear to ensure survival. ceeding 3% of GDP for an ex- By Richard Watson national interest comes first. come private companies. tended period of time would put China’s economy must maintain Fewer US companies are Richard Watson runs Global any economy at risk. is still in an interest-rate-increase its rapid growth to avoid social willing to list their shares on any Portfolios Co Ltd, a Phuket- The first signs of real trouble cycle and economic growth ap- problems and a “cheap” currency US stock exchange – and if they based personal financial plan- emerged in the first quarter of pears to be improving. Even the – although heavily undervalued – have chosen to list, the most ning service. He can be reached 2005, when heavy speculation UK is still showing fairly robust is an easy route. popular choice has been London. at Tel and Fax: 076-381997, pushed the US dollar down against growth and the Bank of England China has adopted a Just when America needs to Mobile: 081-0814611. Email: many other currencies. However, recently raised interest rates. creditor’s mentality regarding the increase foreign investment in its [email protected]. the US economic situation at that Any yachtie is familiar with US. A large part of its trillion dol- time was very different. The US an old definition of a yacht being lars in foreign exchange reserves Federal Reserve was increasing “a hole in the sea that you fill with is invested in US bonds. This al- interest rates – a positive sign for money”. A current account defi- lows China to say that the yuan any currency. In early 2005, pres- cit is also a hole that has to be is not undervalued but the US sure eased against the dollar, and filled – with foreign money. dollar is overvalued. as interest rates climbed, the dol- It would help America if it China does not want its cur- lar was able to recover. had significant domestic savings, rency to strengthen rapidly; this The fall of the dollar in the but it does not. In general, the would make it vulnerable to com- last quarter of 2006 has coincided corporate sector has healthy bal- petition in exports to Vietnam, with a continued massive current ance sheets with significant cash India and other competitors, account deficit. Interest rates on hand, while the average con- mostly in Asia. have apparently peaked and the sumer is under a mountain of debt. Even Thailand is feeling the economy is slowing. The latter outweighs the former impact of the rising baht, and the Oil prices have fallen, which as individual consumers account Bank of Thailand has accused has helped reduce inflationary for 66% to 70% of the economy. foreign financial institutions of pressures in the US. Combined Ideally, this would be of little colluding with Thai banks in with an economic slowdown, this concern as the dollar weakened speculating. In 1997, foreigners has made it more likely that US against most other major curren- were blamed for speculation that interest rates will either stabilize cies – imports would slow, ex- forced down the baht. Now they or even fall in coming months. ports would increase and the are accused of the opposite. All these factors combine to trade deficit, which is the largest The reality is that when a make the US dollar vulnerable. component of the US current ac- situation, in this case the US dol- Across the pond the situa- count deficit, would move in a lar, becomes a target, speculation tion is very different. It appears favorable direction. runs rife. American politicians that the European Central Bank However, the world is not also bear responsibility, at least in 36 PHUKET GAZETTE SPORTS December 16 - 22, 2006 Local boy Suwat wins Kathu mini-marathon By Supanun Supawong KATHU: Local runner Suwat Phaibul, representing Cherng Ta- lay Club, took first place in the 2006 Kathu Mini Marathon on December 10. A total of about 800 runners hailing from Phuket, Phang Nga and Surat Thani took part in the day of races. South Hunter dance team from Surat Thani receive a check for The competition was divid- 20,000 baht for winning the teenage division of the regional round ed into three race categories: 13 of the To Be Number One Teen Aerobics and Dancercise contest, kilometers for runners 15 years held December 9 and 10 at Central Festival Phuket. The team is one of four that will represent the south at the national competition old and older, a 6km race for run- in Bangkok in February. ners 6 to 15 years old, and a 2km race for runners younger than 6. Suwat took home a trophy, Phuket triumphs in beach volley a medal and 3,000 baht for his KARON BEACH: Phuket vol- chee and Chinnakorn Intharaphet, first-place finish. In second, with leyball players topped a field of while second prize went to 2,000 baht, was Sittipong Cheng- players from Bangkok, the US, Tassani Wadtakee and Sampang lai, from Cherng Talay Municipal- Phang Nga prevails: Three runners from Pearl Phang Nga Club beat Switzerland, Russia and Canada Thongsaen. ity, followed by Sinchai Sarikha, out the local talent to take the top three places in the women’s in the Amateur Beach Volleyball Phuket Amateur Beach from Pearl Phang Nga Club, who category of the 2006 Kathu Mini Marathon on December 10. Tournament on December 9. Volleyball Tournament was orga- received 1,000 baht. In an all-Phuket champion- nized by Mathew Perry of the In the female category, 1,000 baht. All three top women chart Wongjarern; 2. Sittisak ship match, the first place prize Kata-based Phuket Beach Vol- Matika Rakkhapan won first were from the Pearl Phang Nga Prabkeaw; 3. Thawatchai Ded- was awarded to Anan Rompo- leyball Association. place and received 2,000 baht, Club. duang along with a trophy and medal. All other winners received Six kilometer, female: 1. Nom Rakkhapan came in second a medal and a trophy for their fin- Suwannee Huadsrithai; 2. Phat- Blind Games set for Feb for 1,500 baht while Karuna Ni- ishes. They were: tama Keawluan; 3. Pharichat cha finished third and received Six kilometer, male: 1. Aphi- Yodkul. PHUKET CITY: The Andaman Winners of the futsal and Games for the Blind will be held goal ball competitions each will at Sapan Hin Stadium on Febru- receive 5,000 baht, with second ary 7 and 8. The games, orga- and third places in both competi- nized by the Thailand Association tions receiving 3,000 and 1,000 for the Blind, Southern Region, baht, respectively. will include competitions in futsal, Winners in the 100m run, tug-of-war, relay race, checkers, 4x100m relay race and the tug- a 100-meter dash and “goal ball”. of-war each will receive 3,000 Goal ball is a three-a-side baht in prize money, with 2,000 game developed for blind players and 1,000 baht as second- and using a rubber ball with a bell in- third-place prizes. side. The aim is to score by tak- There will also be prizes of ing the ball across the opposing 1,000 baht, 700 baht and 500 baht team’s goal line. for the top three places, respec- The competition is open to tively, in the checkers competi- any blind person in the 14 south- tion. ern provinces. Organizers expect For more information call 200 participants this year, includ- Samran Chantalee at Tel: 086- ing some 160 from Phuket. 6846933. December 16 - 22, 2006 SPORTS PHUKET GAZETTE 37 Two in a row for Drumstick By Alan Parkhouse KATA: After five days of racing in frustratingly variable winds, Toby O’Connell’s Dhevatara Drumstick won the 20th Phuket King’s Cup Regatta, held off Kata PRETTY IN PINK: Members of the Pinky Punk team strut their stuff Beach from December 2 to 9, during the opening ceremony of the Prince of Songkhla University after a protest. Phuket Campus sport competition for students, on December 11. Three-time King’s Cup win- The students were divided by major into five color groups and ner Neil Pryde protested against competed in basketball, soccer, futsal, volleyball and track. the race committee after the wrong flag was put on one of the PATONG DARTS LEAGUE marks on the course as the Rac- ing 1 class results went down to the wire. Coyote scramble to a win Pryde’s boat HiFi finished PATONG: Coyote just managed Standings: 1. Coyote Bar (11 level on points with Toby O’Con- to salvage two points in the last points); 2.= Piccadilly, Queen nell’s Dhevatara Drumstick, but double in December 5 play in the Mary (8); 4.= Shakers, Didi’s (7); according to regatta race rules Patong Darts League, while 6. Offshore (6); 7. Valhalla (5); the winner is decided on the last Didi’s lost to the Queen and Funky 8. Dogs Bollocks (4); 9. Beach race result. Monkey got their first point. House (3); 10. Funky Monkey Pryde and his crew on Hi- From the opposition’s angle, an all-too-familar view of Drumstick. (1). Fi finished fifth in the last race, – Photo by Guy Nowell December 5 results: Queen while O’Connell finished second, Mary 6 - Didi’s* 3; Piccadilly* 6 December 19 fixtures: Didi’s vs leaving Drumstick as the overall Andrew Richards on Moon Blue Bill Phelps’ Twin Sharks finished - Beach House 3; Offshore 7 - Beach House; Valhalla vs Pic- winner before the protest was finished third. in second place, while Roger Valhalla* 2; Shakers 6 - Funky cadilly; Offshore vs Coyote Bar; lodged. Peter Dyer steered his boat Kingdon’s Moto Inzi finished Monkey* 3; Dogs Bollocks* 4 - Shakers vs Queen Mary; Funky However, Pryde’s protest Madam Butterfly over the line third. Coyote Bar 5; (* winner of beer Monkey vs Dogs Bollocks. was dismissed by the jury, giving and into first place overall in the King’s Cup veteran Henry leg) (home team first.) O’Connell overall first place and Racing 2 class, while Niels Dgen- Kaye may have finished fourth the coveted King’s Cup. kolf on Phoenix finished second. in the Firefly class on Mamba, but Ray Roberts skippered Skipper Jonathon Mahony was, his old boat The Sting, with Phil- SP Property win PSU sevens Drumstick to victory in the Rac- well, happy when his boat Hap- ip Day at the helm, won the Mul- ing class last year. py Endings finished in third tihull Racing class. KATHU: After a month of competition, the SP Property Team has Peter Winklemann’s Island place. Tim Milner’s Seekronghuk pocketed 40,000 baht from the Prince of Songkla University (PSU) Fling, which crossed the finish Japan’s Kenichi Takahashi finished second, while class fa- seven-a-side soccer tournament. line two seconds behind HiFi on pulled off one of the biggest up- vorite, Benoit Lasaffre’s Atmo- The third annual sevens competition, which ran from Novem- the final day, finished third in the sets by sailing Motornet into first sphere, was relegated to third ber 4 to 26, featured more than 20 teams. class. Frank Pong on Jelik fin- overall in the Sports Boats class. place. Games were played daily at PSU’s Phuket campus with the ished fourth. Class favorite Scott Duncanson Veteran Thai skipper Rad- competition open to any teams that cared to register. The final day started with on Somtam Express was relegat- ab Kanjanavanit finished fourth A total of 78 games were played during the month to determine good wind followed by flat spots ed to second place. in the class on his boat Cedar the winners. of no wind, which led to some Shuji Hagihara finished third Swan, which has contested more Second place went to Nongmark Team, third to Tungtong A boats jumping to a big lead only in the class on Just. King’s Cups than any other boat. Police Station and fourth to Thaoruamjai Team. to stop dead in the water while To underline the strength of the rest of the fleet caught up. the Chinese contingent this year, There were some upsets in Ryuji Nakata sailed Rhythm Stick the rest of the classes as the into first place overall in the IRC1 patchy and light winds threw class. Thai boat Octopussy, skip- some of the favorites off course. pered by Jaray Tipsuk, finished Geoff Hill’s Strewth took second overall, while Peter Win- top honors in the Coutts Premier tle’s Sita finished third. class after two first places and There were no surprises, two seconds from the six races however, in the Firefly 850 class contested. with Marc Cudennec’s Chi Ma- Peter Churchhouse’s Moon chine finishing first overall after Blue II finished in second place. winning four of the seven races. 38 PHUKET GAZETTE PHUKET PROPERTY December 16 - 22, 2006

Construction Update by Janyaporn Morel New home for medical science onstruction is now un- derway on a new build- ing for the Regional CMedical Science Cen- ter Phuket (RMSCP) on 10 rai of public land at Baan Bang Jo, Thalang District. The new build- ing will house offices and labora- tories to conduct food and public health inspections. The building will be single story in Sino-Portuguese style. Construction started in Septem- ber and is about 30% complete. The project is due to be completed in March 2007 and the basement, foundations and frame are al- ready built. A budget of 13.58 million baht was provided by the Department of Medical Sciences, Ministry of Public Health. RMSCP Director Thariya Saowarun told the Gazette that the main work of the center is to analyze food to ensure it complies with food safety requirements. “Our clients are mostly from the private sector. We have about 30 companies that are our regular customers, including en- vironmental companies and the Airport Authority of Thailand. We also analyze samples of food and water taken by the Phuket Provincial Health Office from hotels, restaurants, food shops, factories, schools and other es- tablishments. On average we get about 10 samples a day,” she said. “Since its establishment, the RMSCP has also played a The new building will house special scientific instruments such The structure of the new building (above) is nearing completion. Below, role in helping the province pro- a laboratory area and administra- as an atomic absorption spec- The center’s Director, Thariya Saowarun mote tourism. We have taken tion offices. It will be 42 meters trometer, a high performance liq- part in diarrhea control and long and 19m wide with a usable uid chromatography machine and helped food producers to ensure internal area of 603 square other equipment. that their food is safe for con- meters. “Right now we’re located at sumers. We also help with sci- The laboratory area will in- Vachira Phuket Hospital. Due to ence education and research at clude two chemical labs, two mi- space restrictions, we cannot ex- Phuket Rajabhat University and crobiology labs and a media pand our work in our current lo- Prince of Songkla University,” preparation room. There will also cation. Only some of our re- K. Thariya said. be one room designed for using searchers work with the hospi- tal, so there is no need for us to stay there. “RMSCP was established in 1999 and we now have a staff of 13, but we still can’t deal with all the work in the province. At present we have to have chemi- cal testing done at another labo- ratory but with the completion of the new building we will be able to do more chemical work our- selves. “We will also expand the mi- crobiological and pathology work,” she said. When the new building is finished all the instruments will be moved from the existing office. The RMSCP is still awaiting funds to buy additional instru- ments. The 13.58-million-baht bud- get includes the cost of a waste- water treatment system, and next year a further 11.2 million baht will be spent on landscaping the area around the building. This area will also include an herb gar- bers when we move to the new designed the building and is in den, which will provide plants for building and, if need be, we may charge of overseeing the con- research. hire some temporary workers as struction. The contractor is “We will have to employ well, ” K. Thariya added. Sahayothasathapat Ltd Partner- about seven additional staff mem- Phuket Public Works Office ship. December 16 - 22, 2006 PHUKET GAZETTE 39 40 PHUKET GAZETTE December 16 - 22, 2006 December 16 - 22, 2006 PHUKET PROPERTY PHUKET GAZETTE 41

Decor by Suganya Semacote

Tibetan gaam (right) – chest or box – are traditionally marked by distinctive arrowhead metal fittings on the corners and sides to strengthen the box.

It is believed that if the doors of a yangam (below) are opened more than once a year the good luck and prosperity will escape.

Tibetan treasures uriya Thamrangsri, pro- making offerings to Mahakala contained in the yangam and that prietor of Fine Orient on (the demon protector of dharma if the doors are opened more than Chao Fa West Rd, is of in Tibetan Buddhism, an ogre with once a year, the good luck and Sfering colorful furnish- bulging eyes and green scaly prosperity will escape. ings from Tibet, Mongolia and skin) and other wrathful deities. Although similar in appear- China that he has personally se- The typical form is a cup- ance, the Mongolian pieces avail- lected and imported from the re- board with a single pair of painted able are discerned from their Ti- spective lands. doors, usually depicting Maha- betan counterparts by their darker These include reproductions kala surrounded by grisly offer- hues. and restored antiques of 100 to ings of flayed skins, human skulls Tibetan furniture has seen 200 years of age, and range from and wild animals; along with a rapid rise in value over the past large trunks and chests of draw- Citipati, the Lords of the Funeral few years due to fashionable de- ers to wardrobes and doors. Pyre, depicted as two dancing mand; but good value can be Available are examples of skeletons, and symbolizing ulti- found in many Mongolian designs, the Tibetan gaam (chest or box), mate enlightenment and re- which may soon see a similar rise used to store domestic goods and nouncement of all things worldly. in value. valuables not in everyday use. The yangam, from yang These fine pieces will en- The earliest forms were made in (luck) and gaam (box), is similar liven and add character to any thick leather on a wooden frame, to the thorgam, a cupboard with room. Prices range from 24,000 with later versions made of ce- a single pair of painted doors, but to 300,000 baht. dar or pine, usually lined with in keeping with its name is simple trade cotton. adorned with more tranquil and Fine Orient. 51/20 Moo 3 They are marked by distinc- auspicious imagery. Thepanusorn Rd, Wichit, tive arrowhead metal fittings on It is used to store precious Muang, Phuket 83000. Tel: the corners and sides which family valuables, such as vases 076-223686. Fax: 076-223047. strengthen the structure. Gaam and other ritual items with which Email: info@orient-antique. are the earliest forms of Tibetan to evoke peaceful deities. Tibet- com. Website: www.orient- furniture, some dating from as ans believe that their good luck is antique.com early as the 14th century. Gaam are commonly em- bellished with a dragon emblem superimposed on a geometrically drawn background, not dissimilar in design to the fashionable Chi- nese brocades of the day. One early gaam design that is frequently copied is the dzong. With a simple lift top and sloping sides, its design is said to have derived from the Potala in Lhasa, the traditional seat of the Dalai Lama. The most dramatic type of Tibetan furniture would be the thorgam, a cabinet used for stor- ing ritual implements and torma, flour and butter sculptures used in place of animal sacrifice when 42 PHUKET GAZETTE PHUKET PROPERTY December 16 - 22, 2006

Gardening with Bloomin’ Bert ally trust any part of it. The sap is not nice stuff, so you definitely need to wear gloves when prun- ing it, which it will need on a regu- Not so mellow yellow lar basis. Someone with far too much time on their hands came up with know you’ll find this diffi- a whole list of really stupid things cult to believe, but I have on Yellow terror: you shouldn’t do with oleander. occasion been known to be Despite its Please bear in mind that these are Ia bit cynical. I just don’t trust all things you shouldn’t do. Nei- people. I don’t trust mechanics pretty ther I, nor the publishers of the who tell me that my whole gear- Gazette, will listen to anyone who box needs replacing when there’s appearance, chooses not to read it. actually a loose nut inside that the yellow Please, don’t use stripped needs tightening. I’m wary of oleander twigs to barbecue your anyone who assures me that my oleander sausages at your next barbecue. giving them several thousand baht Don’t whittle whistles out of the is a sure-fire way to make mil- conceals a branches. Don’t let your dog or lions more. poison that cat get its roughage intake from I don’t believe the photo- the oleander. Don’t put a bee hive copier repair man at work when packs a next to a yellow oleander and he says that he’ll be round within harvest the honey. Don’t burn the the hour to fix the same problem serious punch. cuttings, as even the smoke pro- he’s been out to fix several hun- duced is still poisonous. dred times before. Inevitably, his “Just a few seconds,” he look spectacular, and do a won- near some apartments in Rawai declaration that the fault has now would always say, as that awful derful job of just doing the plant that I’m sure nobody has done EVIDENCE been cured once and for all falls sounding torture device burrowed thing, sitting in a corner and anything to for years – no water on deaf ears. He means well, but its way through the enamel, tun- brightening up the garden. But or pruning or any degree of care You may snigger in disbelief, but I know he’ll be back next week. neling down the nerve that was there’s a dark side to their char- whatsoever, but they still look all the above incidents are on Then there are the people very much doing its job, and com- acter. amazing. record as having happened. Even you know you just can’t trust. municating his actions in no un- Despite their style and good The yellow oleander can be the honey story is true – there is World leaders who try to con- certain terms. Unfortunately, the looks, many of the plants we have trained into an impressive small evidence that a woman nearly vince the rest of the world that Novocain was always distributed here are poisonous, and are just tree if you remove the suckers died from honey poisoning; all certain countries deserve to be around various random areas of itching (inevitable, I know) to get that regularly appear at the base down to the yellow oleander. invaded because they might, just my palate, with the exception of you. One of the more malevolent – there’s a bit of a warning about If you have kids who would might, be hiding the odd weapon the spot that really needed it. It good lookers in Phuket, found all this later. It also does well as a like to collect the cute “lucky of mass destruction that nobody hurt. A lot. “A few seconds”? over the island and Thailand in quick-growing screen. Plant a nuts” that appear on the yellow has been able to find. Bollocks. general, is the yellow oleander. few of them on five- to seven- oleander, or a pet that has a heart My most vivid memory of a It didn’t take long for a deep It’s also known as the lucky nut, foot centers, and a row of olean- of gold but is totally clueless, then man not to be trusted was my feeling of distrust to develop and really is out to get you. der makes a rather effective the yellow oleander isn’t the ideal childhood dentist. He was af- there. So much so that I didn’t There’s nothing lucky about this barrierbetween you and your too- addition to the garden. If neither flicted with a medical condition even bother with the Novacain – insidious plant. inquisitive-for-his-own-good next- of these apply, and your idea of that gave him uncontrollable it was easier. I’m not sure that I Just about every part of it is door neighbor. tending the garden is to sit back shakes. Every time he pro- have any faith in anything a den- extremely poisonous. Its fore- The bright yellow flowers with a beer and admire it, it’s per- nounced that a filling was in or- tist has said to me to this day. bears have certainly created that decorate the plant almost fect. der, his oscillating hand of doom There are many plants you some positive PR for the plant, non-stop are funnel-shaped, and The yellow oleander is containing genuine weapons of shouldn’t trust any more than as the almost continuous displays appear at the ends of stalks sport- sneaky, and will inflict harm upon mass destruction entered my photocopier repair men, world of bright yellow flowers are al- ing long, shiny leaves. This is a you at every given opportunity. At mouth, with malice aforethought. leaders or dentists. They may ways spectacular. That’s the clue. Generally speaking, if you least when the yellow oleander catch – it just doesn’t look as if it see a plant with smooth, shiny delivers the blow, it won’t, like would harm a hair on your head. leaves it’s very likely to be poi- your friendly state-licensed den- At least poisonous toadstools do sonous. I’m not sure why, but it tal torturer, hand you a bill for a reasonable job of warning you seems to be the case. I’m sure the privilege. off; they work on the premise that that someone who understands something as ugly as that should these things would explain. be avoided. And this one is very poison- Want to know more As a colorful addition to ous. The nastiest parts of the plant about a plant your garden, the yellow oleander are the leaves, the small green in your garden? does the job very effectively. It’s fruit that appears after the flow- another easy-care shrub that re- ers and the white rubbery latex Email Bloomin’ Bert at: quires minimal maintenance. that oozes from cuts in the stem. [email protected] There’s a whole row of them Come to think of it, you can’t re- December 16 - 22, 2006 PHUKET PROPERTY PHUKET GAZETTE 43

Home of the Week Surin PURE STYLE aster craftsmanship On the living level are two is revealed in this master bedrooms (5.6m x 5m) home, capturing a with en-suite bathrooms, living Mblend of Thai archi- room, 13m x 5m Western-style tecture and contemporary Asian kitchen-dining area, study, swim- interior design for a modern ming pool, outdoor shower and a lifestyle. The layout provides a shaded wooden deck with sala. variety of private and common A stairway leads down to the pool areas throughout. The home pump, mechanical room and ex- comprises a number of pavilions tra storage. on two main levels. One level is The interior area totals 611 clearly for entertaining, the other square meters. Each pavilion, in- for living. cluding each bedroom, living, din- The property is entered at ing and study, has solid maka dang, teak and maka woods add with natural tiles or cut stone move in, with 24-hour security, its highest level, which has a two- flooring with teak-framed glass to the exquisite look. The prop- panels, providing an excellent communal fitness room and ten- car carport. An open-air stairway patio doors leading out to a bal- erty is wired with a top-of-the- mix of rough and smooth tex- nis court. The present owners leads down to the upper of the cony or wooden deck. range sound system. tures. Tropical-style landscape have maintained and added some two main levels – the “entertain- The en-suite bathrooms, The slate-floored kitchen with spotlights make the house extra touches to enhance the ing” level. with slate, pebble wash and ce- includes an American-style fridge stand out day or night. home even further. This level comprises two ramic tiles, have a dressing area with filter for instant drinking This home is in Surin – 20 The asking price is 75 mil- guest bedrooms (5 meters x with one or two washbasin bowls, water. The cabinets are solid minutes to Phuket International lion baht and the home is being 4.5m) with en-suite bathrooms, American sanitary products and wood and plywood framework Airport, five minutes to the beach, offered freehold. poolside bar and barbecue area, handmade terrazzo sunken out- with teak veneer and have black 10 minutes to Patong and 20 min- swimming pool, outdoor shower, door whirlpool bathtubs. A walk- granite work tops. utes to Phuket City. For more information or to ar- wooden deck and seated patio/ in wardrobe and vanity area can The external area totals The home is part of Bann range a viewing contact Morna balcony. A stairway leads up to a be found in each. All curtains 777sqm. The water features, ter- Thai Surin Hill project, developed Mackintosh at CB Richard Ellis maid’s quarter with large bed- throughout the home are made races, deck and stairs have by Surin Hill Development Com- at Tel: 085-7829544 or Email: room, laundry and storage. from 100% silk. Extensive use of pebble wash and are patterned pany. It is complete and ready to [email protected] 44 PHUKET GAZETTE CLASSIFIEDS December 16 - 22, 2006 Property Gazette

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Only 35 million open kitchen, marble floor, the house is freehold (or tact me by email or mobile baht. Tel: 086-0043008. separate office, 2 telephone take over company). If you phone for details. Tel: 076- Email: [email protected] For lines, high speed Internet, 5 want to rent a seperate 290393, 086-5888383. Fax: further info, see our website aircons, includes furniture. block with two apartments standing next to main 076-290393. Email: sumalee at http://www.ayudhya.net/ Quiet location, 5km to the Newly-built. 3 bedrooms, 2 house with garden, we can Tranquil Chalong area, cul- [email protected] english/condos/index.php beach. Only 3.9 million baht. bathrooms. With open plan offer these with a long- de-sac, very modern and Tel: 086-2740010. Email: kitchen, living room. The term lease-contract. Baan stylish, 280-350sqm living [email protected] villa is fully airconditioned Suan Kamnan, is close to space, 800sqm land plot and furnished. Built on lively Patong and the new each, 3-4 bedrooms, swim- NAI HARN BEACH 360sqm, with 176sqm living shopping center Jung- ming pool, 9 to 11 million condos. 60-sqm, fully fur- area, and a beautiful gar- ceylon but enjoys the si- baht. Tel: 076-381490. nished 1-bedroom condos. Full den. The location is only 10 lence and the beauty of na- Email: info@sea-property- aircon, fully equipped kitchen, minutes to Bang Tao Beach ture. We call it busy over international.com spa bubblebath, cable TV, and 5 minutes to Laguna. here when 10 cars pass in DVD, large terrace, swimming Price 7.8 million baht. Tel: a day. pool in tropical garden, parking. NICE PATONG HOUSE 089-8131447. Email: 10-minute walk from beach. Tel: 086-7866350. With pool. 200sqm, 3 bed- [email protected] Ready to move in. Only 2 units Email: rooms, 500sqm land, 900 left. 2.7 million baht. Tel: 087- [email protected] meters from beach. Please 2815795. Email: chaussecyril For further details, please contact for more details. Tel: PATONG BEACH @yahoo.fr see our website at: 076-292596, 086-267-8477. Fully-equipped beauty salon www.patongbluepoint.com Email: tourniechristian@ and two 2-room flats above. KALIM SEAVIEW hotmail.com All aircon, furnished. Main 9.5 rai. Chanote, road access, road position. 450,000 baht great value, only 10 million Gazette Online Classifieds – ono. Tel: 085-7845236, or baht per rai. Tel: 089-729- 10,000 readers every day! 087-3825637 (Thai). 2313. 46 PHUKET GAZETTE CLASSIFIEDS December 16 - 22, 2006 Property GazetteGazette

40 RAI BEACHFRONT HOUSE FOR SALE PRIME LAND IN NAI Koh Yao Yai. Chon Lat Beach HARN AREA with famous views of Krabi Plot 1: 25 sq wah (100 and 100's of islands. 150 sqm), approximately 2km meters of white sand from Nai Harn Beach, close beachfront, water, road and to the main road. Ideal for a electricity. 3 million baht a rai. business location or for Ideal for a resort or an invest- shophouses. Price: 1 mil- ment project. Tel: 076- Located in Pa Khlok area, lion baht. Land with title 346346, 086-2726508. Fax: just 7 minutes from interna- deed. 076-346263. Email: info@ tional school. Fully-furnished Plot 2: 90 sq wah (360 phuketrealestate.com house with 3 bedrooms and sqm), approximately 1km 2 bathrooms. Ready to from Nai Harn Beach. Per- KHAO LAK & PHUKET move in. For rent at 20,000 fect for building your dream Khao Lak is back; bigger, bet- baht a month, or for sale at home. Price: 2.4million ter & more beautiful than 2.45 million baht (nego- baht. Land with title deed. ever. We have ocean view & tiable). Tel: 081-539-9269. Plot 3: Square plot of land of beachfront land on offer. Tel: 80 sq wah (320sqm), ap- 081-8931360. Email: noi@ proximately 4km from Nai phuket properties.com For HOUSE FOR SALE - Harn Beach. Perfect for further details, see our website Kathu. Fully furnished, 3 bed- building your dream home. at: www.khaolakland. com/ rooms, 2 bathrooms, fully-fit- Price: 1.6 million baht. Land land.htm ted kitchen, garden, parking with title deed. space. Quiet soi close to Coun- Please contact for any fur- LUXURY VILLAS try Club Golf Course and Cen- Rawai. Samakkea Village, Soi tral. 3.2 million baht. Tel: 076- ther information. Tel: 081- 8921057, 081-6919679. Samakkea 2. Top quality vil- 323192, 01-4998719. Email: las w/ large swimming pool, 3- SALE, CONDO NICE PATONG CONDO LAND & HOUSE [email protected] Email: angela_ prajantabut Nuntawan Park , urgent sale. @hotmail.com 4 bedrooms, fully fitted kitch- Freehold. Rawai beach condo. with pool. 60sqm, fully fur- 3-bedroom, 3-bathroom ens. From 7.3 million baht. Tel: Nice room, can register in nished. Please contact Tel: house, 2 parking spaces. STUNNING KATA 083-176-6602. Send email foreigner's name. 27sqm. 081-772-7100, 081-565- 624sqm of land. 6.2 million seaview. 400sqm, the last 900SQM, RAWAI to: info@thailandandhome Newly decorated. 300m to 7427. Email: snonticha@ baht. Tel: 076-238-777, 081- plot in Kata, Chanote title, Reduced again. Motivated .com Please see our website: Rawai Beach. Please contact hotmail.com 7371678. Fax 076-239739. asking 3.8 million baht. Tel: sale, 2.4 million baht. Has elec- www.thailandandhome.com for full details. Tel: 084-658- Email: supotpac@phuket. 089-6525664. tricity, water bore and road, 4437. Email: property1998@ PHUKET REAL ESTATE ksc.co.th with two partly-built homes. 750 RAI BEACHFRONT hotmail.com Sales. 10 years in Phuket. SMALL PLOT RAWAI Bordered by creek with nice Phuket Real Estate has EV- Reputation is everything! Tel: REASONABLY-PRICED 320sqm. Chanote title, square palm trees. Thai company also ERY beachfront plot that is left 1 ROOM CONDO 076-346346, 086-2726508. available with sale. It was house. Partly-furnished luxu- plot, nice & quiet. Perfect for on Phuket Island. If you're look- With ADSL. Top floor, aircon, Fax: 076-346263. Email: info priced at 3.7 million baht, now rious house with pool. For fur- villa. Tel: 081-5376866. ing for a 5-star hotel site or a 5- mountain view, all newly-re- @phuketrealestate.com For reduced to only 2.4 million ther details, please see star development site, we can modeled Rawai condo. Please further details, please see our baht. Tel: 076-346346, 086- www.houseatphuket.com RAWAI, 1 RAI. assist you. Tel: 076-346346, call for more information. Tel: website at: www.phuket Beautiful. Land nice & quiet. 2726508. Email: info@ 089-8715192. 086-0760141. realestate.com phuketrealestate.com BEACHFRONT LAND Chanote title, road, electric. 4.3 million baht. Tel: 087-893- RAWAI BEACH Swimming water, white sand, KATA SEAVIEW surrounded by nice villa & ho- 8747. condo. Sea view, freehold. apartment. With the best tel. Chanote, 2 rai. Tel: 089- 350,000 baht. Tel: 086-686- view, top design, high quality. 6525664. HOUSE FOR SALE 5567. Email: freeholdprop@ New 2-story house, 3 bed- Starting at 14.5 million baht. yahoo.com Tel: 089-6525664. KARON SEAVIEW rooms, 2 bathrooms, kitchen, garden. Price: 4 million baht. SMALL PLOT, RAWAI apartment. Great design, RAWAI, HALF RAI 200sqm living, private pool, Please contact for more infor- 208sqm only 700,000 baht. Asking 3.2 million baht. Nice stunning sea view, Top quality. mation. Tel: 083-1743880, Good for building house, in nice for development, water sup- Tel: 087-8938747. 087-2646808. area. Tel: 081-5376866. ply, 300m from the beach. Tel: 081-5376866. SEAVIEW LAND BEST SEA VIEW,RAWAI THE LANE For sale. Rawai location, ur- 9 rai. Beautiful, inspirational. beachfront. 1.4 rai with 50m gent sale. Half rai: 3 million Triple your investment, call to 320 SQM IN RAWAI absolute beachfront. 1-bed- baht. 1 rai: 6 million baht. Sale see! Direct from owner, no Quiet, good for house. 1.25 room house with detached ga- by owner. All land perfect sea brokers please. Call for more million baht. Chanote title. rage and guest room. 9 million view. Please call for more information. Tel: 089-652- Near center. Tel: 081-537- baht. Tel: 089-4731165. details. Tel: 089-7291391. 5664. 6866. Email: [email protected]

LAND FOR SALE In Mai Khao area. - 10 rai on the beach. Price: 170 million baht. - 1 rai 72 sq wah sea view. Price: 3.2 million baht. - 7.3 rai 500m from the beach. Price: 3.2 million baht a rai. - 3.3 rai quiet and private area. Price: 2.7 million baht. Please call for more information. Tel: 083-1743880, 087-264- 6808.

NICE BIG VILLA For sale. A well-designed villa with 4 bedrooms, fully fur- nished with teak wood indoor decoration, Thai & European kitchen. Large swimming pool with outdoor fresh water shower. Big garden with well- landscaped design. Located in quiet and secure area. Please contact now! Tel: 081-892- 1108. Email: info@grottino- beach-inn.com December 16 - 22, 2006 CLASSIFIEDS PHUKET GAZETTE 47 Property Gazette

Properties For Rent HOUSE FOR RENT STUNNING SEA VIEW LUXURY HOUSE FOR RENT A villa with 3 bedrooms and PENTHOUSE bathrooms, plus a maid's room. Location: Cape Yamu, elevated, east coast, providing some of the pret- tiest views on Phuket. Fur- nished and has a pool and Kata Beach, perfect sea gardens in a very quiet, ex- Chalong, direct beachfront, view, 3 bedrooms, open- clusive estate, 10 minutes Bungalow Kathu. Stunning 3 bedrooms, open-plan liv- plan living/dining, swimming to BCIS/Laguna. Asking only view overlooking a lake and ing/dining, large garden, no pool, sundeck, garden, sepa- 80,000 baht a month. golf course. European swimming pool, furnished, rate guesthouse with roof- Please call for more infor- kitchen, aircon, Cable TV, 75,000 baht, min 12- top sala. 140,000 baht. mation. Tel: 086-2796283. telephone line. 20,000 baht month contract, Contact for more informa- a month. Tel: 076- Tel: 076-381490. tion. Tel: 076-381490. 202585, 085-5071216. Email: info@sea-property- Email: info@sea-property- PATONG TOWER Email: lakeviewapartment- international.com SHOPHOUSE KATA PENTHOUSE international.com [email protected] Near SuperCheap. 4 stories And rooms to rent near beach. CONDO - A BEAUTY (300 sqm) with 5 rooms, 7 Swimming pool, cable, TV Beautiful Patong Tower beach condo with stunning 4-BED, LONG TERM aircons and 5 phone lines. For fridge, etc. Clean views. BUILDING SHOP 2-BEDROOM HOUSE Spacious home, 4 bathrooms, rent at 30,000 baht a month. 7,000 baht per month. 400 For rent. 1,000sqm, fully fur- 280 degree panoramic In Boat Lagoon, furnished, ser- views of the ocean, moun- spa, pool, aircon, phone, gar- Tel: 076-238777, 081-7371- baht per day. Tel: 086-276- nished & has car parking area. viced. Short term: 40,000 den, great location. Chalong. 678. Fax: 076-239739. Email: 6597. Located near Heroines monu- tains and town. Large out- baht a month. Long term: door patio and wrap-around 65,000 baht a month. Tel: [email protected] ment. Contact for more info. 35,000 baht a month. Now 086-2817605. LAGUNA AREA Tel: 089-4711585. Email: balcony. Completely reno- available. Please call for more SURIN APARTMENT House with pool, spa, poolside [email protected] vated, Internet and washing details. Tel: 086-2820567. machine. Available from EXOTIC KATA Modern, well-furnished, 2- bar, aircon, large garden, like March 1, 2007. Tel: 086- Oceanfront, 5-star, luxury 1- bedroom 100sqm apartment resort. Lease: 39,000 baht a ROOM + APARTMENT 2815349. Email: txxzt@ PROPERTY FOR RENT bedroom apartment. Spa, including: 42" Plasma TV, month. Tel: 089-5944067. Patong. For short- and long- yahoo.com For further de- Beautiful new 2-bedroom villa pool, quiet area, sea view, washing machine, SMEG ce- term rent from 800-2,000 tails, please see our website fully furnished with aircon. 2 available December. Please ramic hob, breakfast bar. BANG TAO baht a day. 13,000-25,000 at: www.PatongTower minutes to Rawai beach. Pri- contact for more information. Great Views. Available long Bungalows for rent at 15,000 baht a month + electricity. Rental.com vate pool in walled tropical gar- Tel: 089-9726017. Email: term for 30,000 baht a month. baht per month + utilities ( 6 Tel: 076-512151, 089-290- dens. Available early January. asiasail@ yahoo.com For fur- Tel: 085-8882022. Email: month minimum) or 22,000 9567. Please see our web- Minimum 6-month let: 35,000 ther details, please seeour [email protected] For further baht per month or 7,000 baht site: www.brommathai CENTRAL KAMALA baht a month. Tel: 081- website: www.koumbele. details, please see our per week, 2 bedrooms, 1 house.com 2-3 bedroom apartment fully 9701716. com/kata1 website at: www.slees.com/ bathroom with hot water, tele- furnished, UBC, phone, etc. photos/LersuangApartment phone line. Car park, gated, LARGE HOUSE 25,000 baht a month long QUIET HOUSE 3-BEDROOM HOME quiet 3km from Surin Call For rent. Kathu. 3-bedroom, 2- term. Tel: 081-8111067. For rent, Bang Tao. 2 bed- Chao Fa Rd, 207 sq wah, 3 RENT YOUR HOUSE Khun Tee Tel: 06-2786465 or bathroom, furnished house for rooms, secluded mountain bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, nice Beautiful house, views of el- Barry Tel: 076-270377. long-term rent. Phone line, BEACHFRONT setting near waterfall, quality living room, good kitchen, cool ephants and nature, big ter- UBC, garden, etc. Close to golf Nice bungalow for rent. Fully furnishings, kitchen, appli- garden, parking for 3 cars. race, 130sqm basement, KOH LANTA - LAND course & international school. furnished and has kitchen. ances, plates, linen, Internet, Fully furnished. For rent at: garage, full aircon, 2 bed- For rent. 10 rai of land for Located on quiet, private road Front of the beach at Chalong cable TV. 25,000 baht a 40,000 baht a month. Or for rooms, 2 bathrooms. Euro- short- & long-term rent at 25,000 baht a month. Tel: Bay. 15,000 baht a month. month or 9,000 baht a week. sale at: 6.7 million baht. pean style. Long-term rent: Business Center. Call Ratree, 076-323663, 089-8752532. Tel: 089-7297978, 084-658- Tel: 086-2670157. Fax: 076- Please contact for more infor- 30,000 baht a month. Come Tel: 085-8885143.Email: Fax: 076-323663. Email: 4437. Email: property1998@ 324493. Email: bannuaton mation. Tel: 081-5978315. look! Tel: 081-2711082. [email protected] [email protected] hotmail.com @yahoo.com Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] HOUSE FOR RENT OFFICE SPACE NEW HOUSE Aircon, phone, 2 bedrooms, Lovely office on Nanai Road. For rent or sale. In Kathu. 3 near Chalong. 6,000 baht per Contact Paul (English) or Noy bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, fur- month. Please call for more (Thai). Tel: 076-292133, 086- nished, garden, aircon. Near details. Tel: 087-2929967 9520088. Email: paulcamo@ Lotus, Central and Patong 081-7425884. hotmail.com beach. For rent at 25,000 baht a month. For sale at 4.5 COMMERCIAL HOUSE FOR RENT million baht. Contact K. Yupa Building. Chalong. Near traffic 7 rooms, 540sqm, on 1 rai in for further information. Tel: circle, 3 stories. Tel: 081- Sapam, Phuket City. Looking 081-7356684, 084-187- 9895487. Email: aasvogel06 for long-term rent. Tel: 086- 1939. @hotmail.com 6893289, 084-0651133. 48 PHUKET GAZETTE CLASSIFIEDS December 16 - 22, 2006 Property Gazette

Building CONSTRUCTION Property Accommodation PHUKET CONSTRUCTION A.N.T. EQUIPMENT Products Services. Building or reno- CONSTRUCTION A.N.T. Construction Ltd, has Wanted Available & Services vating a property? Frus- LTD the following equipment for trated with the standard of Builders of top-quality rent, daily, weekly or long term: HOUSE FOR RENT workmanship? We'll do the homes on the island of Bobcat skid-steer loaders Located in Kathu 1 bathroom, job professionally and effi- Phuket since 1991, so we with the following attach- LOOKING FOR LAND 1 bedroom, fenced garden, fully ciently, with an English- must be doing something ments: back hoe, concrete Phang Nga or Krabi area. furnished, phone line. Seeking The Stone Doctor speaking Thai manager to right. We are not the breaker, post hole auger, road Best with river and jungle ac- long-term renter 8,000 baht per oversee all aspects of your cheapest but are most brush, forklift. These ma- cess. Need 2 to 4 rai. Please month. Tel: 084-1896700. Specialist European stone- building project, making sure likely the best. For quotes chines are small but strong. care products and services: contact for more informa- Email: [email protected] it's completed to the stan- or advice contact Andy. Good for small spaces. Need tion. Tel: 081-8942908. • Restoration dards you expect. Tel: 081- Tel: 081-8913466. Fax: to dig a pool in your garden? Email: beatduss@orchid- HOTEL WITH INTERNET • Sealing/Protection 9697260. Or email: info 076-296160. Email: antc This is the machine for you, services.com And pool. Hotel rooms for • Maintenance @buildingphuket.com @phuket.ksc.co.th 3m long, 1.5m wide. Contact monthly & daily rental including All your maintenance, Andy. Tel: 081-8913466. free in-room Intenet (optional), protection & cleaning needs Fax: 076-296160. Email: LOCATION FOR breakfast, UBC TV & swim- for natural and manufactured antc@phuket. ksc.co.th RESTAURANT ming pool. Tel: 076-292907. stone. Our firm needs a location in Email: clubcoconut@phukets • Marble • Sandwash Kata for a restaurant of .info See our website at • Granite • Terracotta Household www.phukets.info/ccr.html • Slate • Terrazzo about 400 to 600sqm. Con- • Sandstone • Ceramics, etc Services tact for more info. Tel: 47- 90585925. Fax: 47-381- Prevent: rust, stains, mildew, 78043. Email: rkristiansen U KSENII GUESTHOUSE algae, scratches Kata. Located at Kata Night Remove: builders’ residue, PHUKET HOME @phileasfogg.no incorrect sealants, rust, stains, Bazaar. New guesthouse "U mildew, etc. Daily care & Maintenance. Construction, Ksenii" has 7 fully-furnished cleaning products also available. renovation, electricians, 1 RAI+ SEA VIEW rooms with aircon, TV, hot plumbers, carpenters, paint- Looking for up to 2 rai of Tel: 07-2824930, 076-271217 ers, tilers, gardeners, aircon & cold shower. Call Tel: 076- Fax: 076-271218 Chanote land with a sea view, 284238. For further details, Email: servicing, pest control and preferably on west coast of please see our website at: [email protected] electrical goods repairs. Phuket. Must have road access www.ksenia-guest Please contact Khun Rin for and utilities. Email: ulrichkuhl house.com more information. Tel: 084- @gmail.com 1935124. Or email us at: BANDHIT CONSTRUCTION phuket homemaintenance@ PATONG LUXURY Houses, buildings, office decor, yahoo.com RESTAURANT Apartment. Central Patong 1- projects, renovation, paint, til- Wanted. Surin. I am inter- and 2-bedroom apartments. ing, ceiling, aircon, electric sys- ested in renting a restaurant For info and photos email: tem, sand wash, steel work, in Surin/Bang Tao Beach suites247@yahoo .com plumbing. Check service status area. Open to all suggestions. online with msn live chat at: Have a great day. Email: bandhit_thongjub@hotmail [email protected] Accommodation .com Tel: 089-5913996, 087- Wanted 2636337. Email: malaisiam @gmail.com

1-5 RAI WANTED ACCOMMODATION On 3- to 30-year lease. Any CONSTRUCTION Rent or buy reasonably priced beach, prefer Bang Tao. EQUIPMENT unfurnished house, 2-3 bed- Suitably dry for horses. 2-person telescopic personal rooms, Western kitchen, cov- Water, electric, small home lift for rent, daily, weekly or ered car park, Chalong/Kathu welcome. Please contact long term. Ideal for working up area, from April 1. Tel: 087- with details. Tel: 084- high. 10m working height. Con- 2705754.Email: 8424581. Email: andaman tact Andy. Tel: 081-8913466. [email protected] horsespa@ yahoo.com Fax: 076-296160. Email: antc@ phuket.ksc.co.th NANAI ROAD BEACHFRONT Apartment. Nice apartments BIG HOME Looking for a beachfront res- available now. Contact Paul Construction, building, reno- taurant or business property (English) or Noy (Thai). Tel: vation, shopfitting, electrical, to buy or to lease. Please con- 076-292133, 086-9520088. metalwork, built-in furniture. tact for more information. Tel: Email: paulcamo@hotmail Please contact for more infor- 089-0543505. .com mation. Tel: 087-3835520. December 16 - 22, 2006 CLASSIFIEDS PHUKET GAZETTE 49 Boats & Marine

NEW GLASSFIBER SAILING DINGHY TANKER VESSEL Speedboats NorYacht 470 FOR SALE (Length: 4.70m) and 600 Last chance to buy before (Length: 6.13m) for sale with export to Australia in new or without outboard engine, year. As new condition. Buy Bimini, boat trailer. Prices for at 60% of cost to buy + boats without outboards - ship. Call Phil at Tel: 081- 470: 320,000 baht, 600: 3970905, or Robert at Tel: 510,000 baht. Tel: 087- 081-5399560. 8896904, 089-2878941. Fax: 076-200894. For fur- ELECTRICIAN ther details, prices and pics, Master electrician looking for please send e-mail. Email: a job on a mega yacht. Tel: [email protected] 086-9466617. Fax: 076- 200259. Email: norziegler@ 1.5 million baht with Thai FIBERGLASS BOAT gmx.net 5m ski boat with trailer. 85hp registration. Width 4.9m, motor. Two pairs of skis and 10FT INFLATABLE length 24m. 150,000 liters. Please contact Surin for tow lines. 350,000 baht. Semi-rigid catamaran with more information. Tel: 081- Please contact for more infor- 8hp, 4 stroke, honda. 65,000 8912333. Email: surin123 mation. Tel: 089-4731165. baht. Ready for fun! Tel: 086- @csloxinfo.com Email: [email protected] 9724805. Classified Advertisements Please use this form to write your classified advertisement. Then hand it to any of our agents.

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SALES/OFFICE OFFICE STAFF SALES MANAGER Person required. Our office in WANTED AND SALES a Karon hotel needs a Thai En- Our office in Chalong is EXECUTIVE glish-speaking person to sell looking for a Thai English- - 25-40 years old our company's excursions. speaking person with com- - Sales Supervisor experi- Good English required, and puter skills. Interested can- ence some computer skills. Phone didates please send full CV - Can speak, read and write for interview. Tel: 076- by fax or email. Tel: 076- in English 289044, 081-0817163. Fax: 282425,081-8454667. - Sales background in ad- 076-289044. Email: Info@ Fax: 076-282425. Email: simbaseatrips.com prapaipit@octopus vertising, insurance, invest- wetsuit.com ment, etc ADMINISTRATION - Own transport advanta- Assistant required by one of geous ACCOUNTANT/SALES Phuket’s leading yacht char- Contact Tel: 076-203365, ter companies. Duties in- Some English experience, good 02-3324600-5. Email: clude liason with government knowledge of Phuket projects, [email protected] departments & clients and flexible. Good salary, great fu- general administration tasks. ture. Contact for more details. Based in Boat Lagoon. Tel: 081-5376866. Send CV ADMIN STAFF NEEDED Please contact for more in- to email: info@platinum Office-based staff needed due formation. Tel: 076-273476, residencepark.com to expansion. 5 days/week, 8 081-9684188. Fax: 076- to 17:30. Experienced workers 273476. Email: Peter@ with fluent English wanted for BARTENDERS phuket-yachts.com Qualified bartenders needed. admin positions. Please send Thai ladies for elegant bar near CV with current and expected OFFICE SECRETARY the beach at Patong - Dolphin salary by fax or email. Tel: 076- OPERATIONS ASSISTANT Real estate agency's Bar. Good salary, lady drinks, 254826, 01-8937027. Fax: A recent promotion creates an Chalong branch requires tips & commissions on sale. 076-254827. Email: ianpotter opening for a Girl Friday to do female for office. Good Call Richardfor more informa- @hotmail.com sales, administration and as- written and spoken En- tion. Tel: 087-2677965. sist the operations manager- glish, computer skills and ess in a Charter/Cruise Busi- results oriented. Duties will BAR MANAGER TOP CHEF/COUPLE ness. Tel: 087-8866919. be property scouting, Wanted to run top class/ Thai lady, some English, good Email: [email protected] For telemarketing and follow- great potential garden res- customer care to lead team further details, please see our ing up listings for our prop- taurant with exciting new of six girls. Dolphin Bar, near website at www. spaboat.com erties. Salary up to 15,000 concepts in 1001 night beach at Patong. Good sal- baht + incentives settings near Nai Harn. Tel: O’MALLEYS PHUKET ary, commission on daily in- scheme. Please contact 086-2742044. Please The new management of come basis. Please call Rich- for more information. Tel: email CV to Email: O’Malleys Irish Pub in Phuket is ard for further information. 084-0535780. Email: [email protected] looking for an experienced cook [email protected] Tel: 087-2677965. for its new Irish menu! We are also looking for muscians: solo 63' POWER 20 FT SPEED DAISO FROM JAPAN CRUISER FISHING BOAT STAFF WANTED FAST performers, small jazz or blues SALES ASSISTANT All 65 baht import shop open food take-away manager. bands, acoustic guitarists and Wholesale food company is Complete new refit, built Fiberglass over wood, in Phuket City. Wanted: 6 Please send details of experi- so on, for Tuesday open mic looking for a sales assistant. for luxury, 4 double cabins, new hull 5 years ago, cashiers. Must be Thai nation- ence. Contact for more informa- nights. Please contact for more Basic knowledge of English Twin Cummins engines, full 60hp Evenrude, 6-month- als with pleasant personali- tion. Email: fastfoodtakeaway information. Tel: 085-7840608. required. Please contact for galley, water maker and old 5hp Yamaha trolling ties. Please contact Daiso [email protected] Tel: 088- Email: derek@omalleys more information. Tel: 084- huge top deck. Please con- engine, outriggers, Thai Phuket for further informa- 8939089. phuket.com 1893070. tact for more information. registered. 1-driver 6-pas- tion. Tel: 076-345998. Tel: 081-9390176. Email: senger capacity. New [email protected] GPS & fishfinder. HOUSEKEEPER 199,000 baht. Please Required for Surin Villa. Live NEW PEGASUS contact for more informa- out. Needs basic English and Online Classifieds 7.2m, fiberglass center con- tion. cooking skills. Pay based on sole, fish/dive boats from Tel: 089-6506331. ability/experience. Please 345,000 baht. Pegasus 8.2m Email: contact for more information. 10,000 readers every day! from 445,000 baht. Tel: 076- [email protected] Tel: 087-2839010. Email: 527129, 086-5950978. ceo@ huangtaylor.com December 16 - 22, 2006 CLASSIFIEDS PHUKET GAZETTE 51 Island Job Mart

LAW FIRM PHUKET Looking for lawyer & secre- FOREMAN tary. Send resume to Email: - Thai national, Male [email protected] - Bachelor’s degree - Age over 25 OFFICE STAFF - 2-3 years’ experience in related field Receptionist, admin & secretary.Good English & - Basic English computer skills. Tel: 076- - Can work at Klong Kien 260468. Fax: 076-260440. site in Phang Nga Email: admin@tactical Please send CV and cur- capital.net rent photo to email: [email protected], LOOKING FOR MAID or contact K. Sao in office RECEPTION / RESORT IN BANG TAO hours 9 am to 6 pm at Tel: Foreign couple is looking for a Looking for staff. Good En- MANAGER long-term maid with basic 087-2658865 or 076- glish speakers for restaurant/ 296321. Guesthouse/restaurant/ English. Working location: kitchen/bar/cleaning /more. tour in Krabi Town needs Kamala, in a new house. Must Please call K. Cim. Tel: 087- receptionist. You must be honest and self-motivated. 1887518. have spoken and written Maid has to stay at our place RESTAURANT English skills. Will train. for cleaning and cooking. MANAGER & CHEF Great salary, medical ben- Good salary for the right can- SALES Sunset Beach Resort is efits, and bounuses. Please didate. We offer private maid REPRESENTATIVE looking for a restaurant contact for more informa- room with bathroom, TV, etc. Highly-motivated Thai national manager & European chef. tion. Tel: 075-622993, Please call or email for inter- with excellent spoken English Please contact for more in- 081-4778786. Email: view. Tel: 086-1727974. required for busy real estate formation. Tel: 076- [email protected] Email: [email protected] office. Previous sales experi- 342482-5. Fax: 076- Please see our website at: ence not necessary. Good sal- 342500. Please send CV to: SOUS CHEF www.romsai.ch ary plus excellent commis- [email protected] Young ambitious sous chef re- sion. Please contact for more quired to work with interna- RESTAURANT STAFF information. Tel: 076- tionally known celebrity chef A new Indian restaurant 527565. Fax: 076-527564. PART-TIME WORK Keith Floyd at Floyd's at called Little India will be open- Email: cv@phuketocean Promotional staff needed in Burasari. Send resume now to ing mid-December and needs villas.com Patong for brochure distribution Chris Green. Email: chris@ the following experienced on Soi Bangla. Can be students. burasari.com staff: manager, waiter, wait- Please contact K.Jony at Tel: ress, cashier. Please send CV WORK FOR 087-8817600. INTERNET CAFE (email or fax) with details of INTERNET SHOP Full- or part-time staff wanted experience as well as previous We're looking for: to work in trendy Internet cafe and expected salary. Tel: 076- WORK CS and restaurant in Phuket City. 254827, 01-8937028. Email: -Women, Thai nationals, to @HOLYCLOTHING Tel: 076-223210, 084- [email protected] work as cyber cafe recep- .COM! tionists. Full time or night 0143121. Customer service agents time (18:00 to 24:00). Pos- needed for expanding Inter- sibility of lodging. Patong, SOLAR TECHNICIAN PROJECT net fashion retailer. Are you Phuket City or Kata. and sales. Wanted: Techni- MANAGER CS experienced, hard work- cians, sales and fitters for PV Engineer. Need good archi- -Men, Thai nationals, to do ing, a team player, computer & solar hot water systems. tectural skills, perfect En- computer maintenance savvy with fluent English? Diploma or experience with glish, experience with big work. Superior salary + bonus. solar energy is required. projects. Good salary & will- Please contact K. Yupha by Thai or foreigner. Tel: 085- Please contact. Tel: 076- ing to work for a good fu- email or by phone. Tel: 7899249. Email: gstephen 378361, 081-7722300. Fax: ture. Please contact by 076-341255, 089-471- [email protected] Please 076-244652. Email: info email: info@platinum 9712. Email:leco@ liontchai see our website: www.holy @phuketsolar.com residencepark.com .com clothing.com NIGHTCLUB STAFF REQUIRED HOSTESS/COOK Manager. Established To work with new company. Hostess/cook wanted for sail- nightclub in Phuket City is All positions require a good ing boat. Experience re- 25% Discount on Classifieds for Shopper Card Holders looking for a manager. The command of English. Thai na- quired. Please call for more successful applicant will be tionals only. info. Tel: 081-9701260. male, a Thai national and - Secretary/Research officer fluent in English. Previous (marketing) OFFICE STAFF IF YOU... experience is essential. Tel: - Computer system operator We are an Internet travel 081-7520275. Email: agency and need a Thai female comfortablynumb_18@ - Designer (web and print) Place your ad in these pages; - Accounts clerk with good communication skills hotmail.com in English. Good personality, self Present your Shopper Card; and Tel: 085-7962880. Please motivated. Experience with MS send CV and salary details. Word and Excel would be an ad- Pay for the ad at our offices, SALES DIRECTOR/ Email: [email protected] vantage. Tel: 076-342750, SALES STAFF 086-2672462. Email: shall Required: Excellent En- @loxinfo.co.th Please visit: you’ll enjoy a 25% discount* AND have your ad appear free of glish, experience in real es- OFFICE STAFF www.tropicalgolf-spa tate a must. We want only Wanted: Thai female with holidays.com charge in the Phuket Gazette Online. the best. Excellent pay very good communication plan + benefits. Phuket skills in English. Good person- ACCOUNTANT With more than 10,000 visitors a day, the Island Trader Online is based. Please contact for ality, self motivated, service Accounting manager to be re- more information. Tel: 089- minded. Tel: 076-264773. sponsible for accounting ac- Thailand’s most active classified marketplace. 1068593. Email: [email protected] tivities for mid-size com- pany. Required: Accounting *Ads may be submitted in person or online (phuketgazette.net/classifieds), but degree, more than 5 years’ must be paid for at the Gazette offices. The discount is not available when ENGLISH-SPEAKING RECEPTIONIST experience, familiar with payment is made at our agents. ACCOUNTANT Guesthouse needs recep- Peachtree accounting pro- Wanted min 2 years’ expe- tionist. English required. gram. Working directly with rience. Please contact for Salary: 6,000 baht. Please managing director, providing more information. Tel: 076- contact for more informa- financial planning and report- The Phuket Gazette Co Ltd 280447, 081-0808557. tion. Tel: 076-340677. ing to all of us. Strong written 367/2 Yaowarat Road, Phuket City Fax: 076-280447. Email: Fax: 076-340584. Email: and spoken English skills re- Tel: 076-236555 Fax: 076-213971 [email protected] [email protected] quired. Email: pat@ destinationair.com 52 PHUKET GAZETTE CLASSIFIEDS December 16 - 22, 2006 Tout, Trader & Trumpet

POOL TABLE TIME IS MONEY! Articles Used 3.5 x 7ft pool table in Business SHOPHOUSES RESTAURANT Farang offer for Thailand. For Sale good condition wanted. Also Opportunities FOR SALE FOR SALE Applications from Thai women need cues, balls, light, etc. Tel: Prime location Kamala are welcome, too! Establish- 087-6289349, 087-277- beach, well established with ment of new Thai Ltd com- SCUBA CONSOLE 0672. Email: dr_alfred33@ EJECTION SEAT seating for 100. Owner re- pany. Visa and work permit no Has depth gauge pressure and yahoo.com.au FUN RIDE tiring. Tel: 081-6777185. problem! No competition, no compass. 12,000 baht. Tel: Ejection seat bungy fun ride Email: resortinvestment@ wasting time, clients enough! 085-7855365. machine, imported from Aus- hotmail.com Start-up investment: 30,000 Bulletins tria. Full working machine and euros. Email: adventuraintern SCUBA BCD operating site, in Kathu next- Promising business location, BUSINESS OPP @hotmail.com Seaquest raider, 9 months door to go-cart track. This ride very close to Chalong circle, Ready to run. Business oppor- old. 12,000 baht. Tel: 085- launches 2 people in a safety large shop/office area, 3 tunities: hotels, guesthouses, BAR/RESTAURANT 7855365. cage 60m into the air at a bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, restaurants and bars for sale Including two rooms for rent. speed of 100kmh, in 1.8 sec- toilets, perfect for business and lease. Ready to run. Tel: Nanai Rd, Patong. Tel: 081- onds. I am looking for a work- and living in one. 3 units, MUSIC EQUIPMENT 086-0043008. Email: info@ 0809802. ing partner to invest and help from 5.5 to 6.5 million baht. Guitars, amps, drums for sale. ayudhya.net For further de- run the ride. For full details Tel: 076-381490. Email: Leaving Phuket. Call for de- tails, please see our website contact Andy. Tel: 081-891- info@sea-property- Business tails. Tel: 081-5379196. at: www.ayudhya.net/ 3466. Fax: 076-296160. international.com Email: [email protected] english/business/index.php Products & MARES DIVE Services equipment. Mares Vector BEAUTY SALON 1000s BCD with weight Beauty salon for sale in Kathu PATONG BAR(S) FOR SALE/RENT pouches, large size. Mares 150,000 baht or rent for Wishing to concentrate on Restaurant, Koh Lanta. Proton Metal Regulator, V32 8,000 baht a month. You can one bar, have the option of Seats 27 inside, 12 outside. VISA RUN first stage, Proton alternate, live inside. Please contact for either GoGo on Seadragon Lease contract to Mar 31, TO RANONG 3D console with depth and more information. Tel: 084- (6-year lease) or Beer Bar (2- 2009. Rent: 200,000 baht Now every day. Tour bus or compass. All with boxes, 8448589. Email: bb-anaiya year lease) on Happy Rd per year. Asking price: new minibus. Fully inclusive: manuals and warranty cards. @hotmail .com (next to Seduction disco). 150,000 baht. Rent until boat, Myanmar visa fee, All in like new condition! Mov- Tel: 089-9546433. Email: Mar 1, 2007 included in the lunch, water, DVD, movies, ing, must sell. Tel: 087- GREAT MASSAGE [email protected] price. Please contact K. music. Only 1,500 baht. 0071755. Email: jeremyloud And beauty. Big massage and Conny for more information Tel: 084-7457024. @yahoo.com Tel: 089-9858309. Email: professional beauty salon, 3 BAR FOR SALE staff in salon and 4-6 in the [email protected] Soi Gonzo, Bangla Road. 2 POOL TABLE massage parlor. Up and run- years left on lease. Genuine Like new, less than one year ning very well. Everything sale. 800,000 baht. Tel: 085- INTERNET-CAFE-BAR- old, hardly used. Excellent CHRISTMAS CAROL brand new, no key money, 6- condition. Paid 55,000 baht 7826492, 085-7571301. Snacks. Directly on a beautiful SERVICES year contract. Selling for fam- beach. 14kms from Chum- when new. Will sell for Add love, peace and joy to ily reason. Best location on 39,000. Contact for more KATOYS'R'US pon. 600,000 baht. Rent: your Christmas this year and Nanai Rd. Selling price only. 6,000 baht per month. Tel: details. Tel: 087-8947983. join us in singing carols and Investment back quickly. Tel: Famous Patong cabaret bar. Email: kangaloowest@ Tel: 081-8955242. Email: 084-8497208. Email: franck watching our Christmas 089-8093566. Email: [email protected] yahoo.com show with a difference! [email protected] [email protected] For further details, please see our Come together with people INVESTOR/PARTNER KAMALA website: www.katoysrus.com from all over the world at wanted. For real estate FOR SALE Phuket Christian Centre, Restaurant & bar. Famous for project with excellent return! FISH TANK pizza + Texmex. 40 seats, air KATA BEACH Phuket City, on Friday, De- Tel: 084-0572743. Email: Beautiful fish tank. New, conditioning, equipment, stock Resort & spa 12-year lease- cember 22 at 7:30 pm (Tra- [email protected] 40,000 baht, sale price ditional Carol Service) and and furniture. For sale at hold for sale. Cafe, restaurant 15,000 baht. Tel: 087- December 24 at 10:30 am 500,000 baht + rent 6,000 and subleases included. Zero 1466622. (Christmas Celebration baht per month. Tel: 086- rent, no key money: 12 million INTERNET CAFE Service). Please contact for 2878966, 086-9451642. baht. Next to beach and city Big office with 11 desks, 8 further information. Tel: Email: boomeekamala@ center too! House included & PCs, fax, ADSL fully equipped, Articles 076-246381. Email: hotmail.com can get 1-year visa and work parking. 300,000 baht. Tel: Wanted [email protected] permit. Tel: 086-5413629. 086-154-6097. Email: RESTAURANT KATA Please see our website at: [email protected] Restaurant in Kata for sale. www.phuket-massage. com POOL TABLE PHUKET CHESSCLUB 60 seats, quiet location, cheap BAR FOR SALE Wanted: Secondhand pool Saturday from 2 pm. Please rent, 30-year contract pos- BEACH RESTAURANT Popular and successful table for personal use. Please contact for more details. Tel: sible. Contact for more details Surin beach. Own beachfront, Amigos bar on Soi Seadragon call if you have, or know of, one 081-8948446. Email: info@ Tel: 086-1203660. Email: long lease. 700,000 baht. for sale. Pool table, darts, own for sale. Tel: 076-260468. southenfriedrice.com [email protected] Email: [email protected] sound system. Price nego- tiable dependant on length of BUSINESS IDEA lease required. Tel: 087-883- OSTEOPATH PRACTICE Looking for a business idea or 8721. Agents for Classified Advertising opportunity? Email: admin@ Garnett B Symonds Do Hom no1phukethomes.com For Hmd. Please call for more BUSINESS information. Tel: 076-388- PHUKET further details please visit: IN PHI PHI ISLAND www.no1phukethomes.com 524, 081-6072343. K.L. Mart Tel: 076-280400/3 Now for sale in a top loca- tion. Popular fast food cor- Patak Rd, Chalong Fax: 076-280403 DIVE SHOP IN KRABI TITLE SEARCH Mantapoint Khao Lak is look- ner and Internet business, Protect your investment. plus owner's room with bal- Earth Language School Tel: 076-232398/9 ing for an ambitious instructor Check the land title before you or instructor couple who are cony. 14-year contract and buy. We offer full legal ser- Phang Nga Rd, Phuket City Fax: 076-232398 willing to become either a low monthly rent. Please vices including purchase 50% partner of our brand- contact for more details. agreement, lease and land Sin & Lee Tel: 076-258369 new Ao Nang branch or who Tel: 081-0820039. Email: registration. Free consultation. [email protected] Thalang Rd, Phuket City Fax: 076-211230 perhaps are looking for 100% Tel: 076-345277. Please see ownership. Become a part of www.siam-legal.com/land Taurus Travel Tel: 076-344521/2 our Mantapoint network now! BAR BANGLA RD Tel: 081-2739279. Email: Main road top location, food Aroonsom Plaza Rat-U-Thit 200 Pi Rd, Patong Fax: 076-344523 [email protected] license, draft beer. Price: 4.4 JEAB'S JUMPING million baht ono. Email: CASTLES 41 Minimart Tel/Fax: 076-324312 FUN DATING BIZ [email protected] 8 different models available Srisoontorn Rd, Cherng Talay For sale. Unlimited income for children's parties. potential! Price for quick sale: BOUTIQUE HOTEL Tel: 081-8939742. Deli Supermarket Tel: 076-342275 only 500,000 baht. Please Patong. Sea view, pool, VIP www. Rat-U-Thit 200 Pi Rd, Patong Fax: 076-344314 email for information. Email: restaurant, 23 rooms com- phuketjumpingcastles.com [email protected] plete. Tel: 084-6301770. 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Miscellaneous Personals for Sale ESCORT, COMPANION, Tour guide. Do you want to be FRIENDSHIP my companion and care for Female English teacher new me during my vacation in to Phuket, young 50s, slim, Phuket in February? Do you attractive, personable seeks speak English and are you a unattached nice guy for funny and pretty Thai girl? I am good times together. Tel: German, slim, sporty, good 084-3087974. looking and generous. Inter- ested? Please answer soon with a photo to email: golfo1 Pets @freenet.de

NO EMPTY PROMISES I can't PROMISE you happi- ENGLISH BULLDOG ness, health and success. But Female English bulldog for BAR STOOLS if you are a truly genuine and sale. We have beautiful 12 barstools for sale. Good honest girl of up to 35 years of AKC English bulldog com- VISA & LEGAL condition. 400 baht each. age and looking for a loving panions. Home raised, vet SERVICES 4,000 baht for the lot. Tel: and respectful partner - and examined, shots and 087-8895736. Email: huwy you'd like to learn more about dewormings current to age. [email protected] this 50-year-old guy - let's start Health guarantee. Shipping an email friendship and see if and delivery available. WILSON STAFF it leads anywhere. You might Please contact for more Golf set. Wilson Staff golf set, be pleasantly surprised. details. Nano Tech with Ignite + I can PROMISE that I am Tel: 415-415775303. woods and Odyssey XG putter genuinely looking for that one Email: and bag – all brand new. Price: special lady to spend the rest [email protected] 40,000 baht. Contact for of my life with. I haven't met more info. Tel: 081-2739279. her yet, so maybe you are hid- Email: [email protected] ing in Udon Thani, Khon Kaen DOBERMAN or Phuket? Why not give your- Pinscher. Male, almost 1 year Company registration 2,229 BEER BAR AWNINGS self a chance at a new begin- old. Black and rust color. baht; one-year visa 5,999 Three 6-meter beer bar aw- ning for 2007? I have taken Champion bloodline (w/ certifi- baht; retirement visa 5,999 nings. Excellent condition. 1 the first step. Now it's your cate) and KC Registered (w/ baht; work permit 5,999 year old. Cost 7,500 baht each turn to tell me a bit about your- certificate) in Thailand. Tail baht; UK & US visa 16,999 new. Will sell for 5,000 baht self so I can reply. Email: docked and ears cropped. Pet baht. No more visa runs – each. Contact for more info. [email protected] passport fully up to date with get a one-year visa for only Tel: 081-0781914. Email: innoculations and jabs.Fine 5,999 baht. Establish your [email protected] SWEDISH MAN 50 looking, strong dog with Thai company today buy land Nonsmoker, likes sports, look- loveable and friendly charac- or start your business for ing for young, good lady 20-30 ter. Good with other dogs but only 2,229 baht! Property Personal years old, sms. Tel: +467- doesn't like cats. Available to title search, sales contract Services 03407279, 084-60407079. good loving home, ideally with and land registration. Thai- secure garden or yard. land’s largest legal service MALE FOR FUN 15,000 baht. No time wasters network. Always low prices Athletic, healthy Western please. Tel: 084-8507170. by our licensed Thai lawyers. PROMPT Email: rooke_simon@hotmail. TRANSLATION male for fun enjoyable times. Please contact for more in- No $. Tel: 085-2451637. com formation. SERVICE Tel: 076-345277. We offer professional trans- lations, interpreting, voice- Email:[email protected] overs, resumes, job applica- Public Notice www.siam-legal.com tion letters, legal documents and other services. We are language professionals Computers working in English and Thai. Great rates and guaranteed on-time delivery! Tel: 076- XDA 2 MINI O2 214208, 081-8936414. POCKET PC Fax: 076-214208. Email: Seldom used has retract- [email protected] able keyboard case adap- tor. 15,000 baht. Tel: 084- 8404300. LEARN THAI FLYING TRAPEZE AT HOME Charming Thai lady teacher Lessons for all ages. Fly one x COPIER SALES + one HR Patong, near Rock 'n' gives Thai lessons at your Repair. Farang fixes printers & home. Full course with con- Bowl. Open 10 am-12 pm, 3 copiers: laser, refills & toners. pm-6 pm. Unique birthday versation practice and home Call George. Tel: 086-972- study material. Beginners or parties, corporate events. K. 4805. Pee. Tel: 084-8375726, 084- more advanced. Tel: 081- 8517705. Email:kidzsole 7971497. Email: churee77 CHEAPEST TONER @hotmail.com @kidzsole.com PC devices. Phuket-based online computer store. Cheap- est toners in Phuket. HP ton- MASSAGE & SPA "ONLY EVE GETAWAY" ers (remanufactured) for A4 Escort. To your home or hotel. * 3 days/2 nights Andaman printers: 730 baht! HP toners "For man by man only". Tel: Club. * 18-hole Nicklaus golf (remanufact.) for A3 printers: 089-2228206. BEST VISA & course. * Casino: cards, slots, 995 baht! Second-hand com- ACCOUNTING roulette, blackjack. * Spa/Fit- puters for 3,000-5,000 baht. ENERGY MEDICINE prices in Thailand! With guar- ness center. * Massage/ To-your-door delivery. Credit Success when all else fails. antee! Karaoke/Billiards. * Myanmar cards accepted. Email: info Allergy, asthma, migraine and Tel: 081-0808557. village tour. * Visa stamp/all @phuket-computers.com more money back guarantee. Email: [email protected] transfer. Price: 6,999 baht. Please see our website at: Email: bioenergymed@ Tel: 083-3455540. www.phuket-computers.com gmail .com 54 PHUKET GAZETTE CLASSIFIEDS December 16 - 22, 2006 Wheels & Motors

Saloon Cars TOYOTA SOLUNA Pickups TOYOTA VIGO TOYOTA VIGO 3.0G 4-DOOR 4X4 Black, 4-door, 18 months old, SALE MAZDA 323 BMW F650 GS 1997 FORD RANGER 2001 only 12,000km. Also has 1993 model, blue color, first-class insurance. A1 Black, 16,000km with book, Very good condition, very re- 126,000km, 4 doors, auto condition: 700,000 baht. perfect condition. 230,000 liable truck, strong engine. gear, aircon, CD-radio player. Tel: 089-7292846. Fixed price: 140,000 baht. Call baht. Please contact for New tires and 1st class insur- after 6 pm.Tel: 084-8491037. more information. Tel: 089- ance. 310,000 baht. Tel: 081- Email: tomdexter2001@ 9715664. 1.5 GLI. Auto. Year 1997, 3679561. gold color, 1,500cc, Pioneer Top model ECTI, auto, Nov yahoo.de TOYOTA VIGO CD player, first-class insur- NISSAN NV WITH CAB 04. Leather interior, carry- ance (to 200,000 baht), boy, 40,000km. Full service 4X4 auto, 4 doors, silver, OPEL ASTRA CHEAP OPEL ASTRA 5 speed, 90K miles, year leather, all options. 500,000 Hatchback. GL 5-door, auto, 1995, dark blue, 1,600cc, 198,178km. Price: 230,000 2000. 180,000 baht. Please history, first-class insur- baht. Email: sweet_dec16@ ance. 620,000 baht ono. down and finance 24 x 1.6i, year 1995, green, good 16V inj. Recon engine just contact for more information. 19,995 baht. Please call for condition. 120,000 baht. registered. Electric doors, yahoo.com Tel: 086-9270293. Email: Tel: 089-9662994. Email: [email protected] more information. Tel: 081- Please contact for more infor- windows, mirrors. 5 good tires [email protected] 0918908. mation. Tel: 081-8920618. & alloy wheels. CD/MP3 with 6 speakers and auto antenna. NEW YARIS FOR SALE TOYOTA HILUX Only 125,000 baht. Tel: 089- HONDA CRV 78,000KM 5,000km, black, manual FORD RANGER 2002 X-tra Cab, 1997 model, very 8663846. Email: krsowton SUZUKI VITARA For sale 680,000 baht. Silver, gears. 550,000 baht. Please 60,000km, carryboy, chrome, good condition, 2.8l engine, @loxinfo.co.th 1999, blue, good condition. full options, 1 owner (lady). contact for more details. big stereo. First hand, good 155,000km. 150,000 baht SDR 1.6 manual. 275,000 K.Suwatchana. Tel: 089- Tel: 081-9703136. Email: condition. Farang owned. ono. Leaving Thailand so must baht. Please contact for 8736533. [email protected] 370,000 baht. Please call for sell urgently. Contact for more information. Tel: 086- FORD ASPIRE FOR more information. Tel: 081- more information. Tel: 076- 0884990. SALE 8954112. 288500, 087-8957810. HONDA JAZZ COOL II 1995, green, 5 doors, GL, TOYOTA COROLLA Email: [email protected] November 2005, excellent auto. Air conditioning and CD DX, running condition, one- condition, full insurance. Cash: player. Good condition. hand drive, very good looking, KIA SPORTAGE 330,000 baht and credit: 35x NEW VIGO HILUX 130,000 baht, negotiable. dark green, new cassette 96 MITSUBISHI STRADA Black, reliable, 4x4. Price: 9,300 baht. Tel: 084-851- Tel: 086-6862519 (Thai), player. Only 54,000 baht. Call 6121, 087-3829407. 2.8l, excellent condition. 180,000 baht. Please call 085-8811823 (Eng/Thai), Sam for more information. Tel: 250,000 baht. Please call for more information. Tel: 081-8628267 (Eng). 081-7375909, 086-687- for more information. Tel: 081-5399560. 4308. 086-9530669. TOYOTA CAMRY LANCIA 1800 BETA 2003 special edition. MITSUBISHI LANCER CHEVY COLORADO 1975 Coupe. 1,800cc, 5- 2002. In very good condition. 30,000km only, mint con- D4D, 1 month old, 2,000km. 4 x 4s dition, every extra, ga- speed manual, original parts, Car is at Chalong Land & House, good condition. 125,000 baht. Bann Parichart 35/139. Come Reason for sale: no longer raged. 950,000 baht. Tel: needed. 530,000 baht. 081-5975091. Tel: 076-345018, 081-903- and look. Selling for the best 9862. Email: yourplace_06@ offer! Tel: 358-400446770. Please call for more informa- yahoo.com Email: [email protected] tion. Tel: 076-323214-5, CHEVROLET COLORADO 081-0803414. For sale. 3.0l, 4x4, 4 doors. REFURBISHED MITSUBISHI LANCER Full insurance, 24 months old, 21,000km. 600,000 1961 JEEP Champ, dark blue, power 3.0l Turbo intercooler for MERCEDES 280SE baht. Tel: 081-9703814. The coolest car for Phuket. LPG GAS! 2jz, automatic, steering, disc brakes, in very sale. Full leather interior, 230,000 baht. Tel: 086- NISSAN NV 22" Mag wheels, full op- full options, perfect condi- good condition. Save petrol! FOR SALE/RENT 2833930. Email: taxiregio@ tion. 215,000 baht. Tel: 086- For sale at only: 85,000 baht. ISUZU D MAX AUTO tions, 1 year 1st class insur- 75,000km, year 2000, alloy ance. New price: 1.1 million freenet.de 9488139. Email: jefdejong Call Sam. Tel: 081-7375909, 2 years old, 45,000km, 4x4, wheels, stereo. 230,000 baht. Sell for 900,000 baht @gmail.com 086-6874308. full options, 1-year guarantee. baht, or rent long term at or take over finance with 680,000 baht. Please con- cheap rate. Please contact 400,000 down. Tel: 081- SAAB 900 4-DOOR tact for more information. HONDA CITY ’03 for more information. Tel: 0808557. Email: admin@ NISSAN WINGROAD 195,000 baht. Model ‘93. Tel: 086-6825208. Email: 081-3670991. no1phukethomes.com Aussie owned, 2002, carry- Nice condition, 5 speed, aircon, [email protected] boy, 5 speed, electric tinted 140,000km. Foreign owned windows, excellent condi- for three years, very reliable. tion, 65,000km. 230,000 Best offer! Tel: 077-826355, baht. Tel: 084-8462978. 087-0403007. Email: tomcox Wheels & Motors [email protected] Advertisements Full options in top condition. NISSAN CENTRA BMW FOR SALE Metallic “satellite silver” BMW 530i. 6,000km, like Please use this form to write your classified advertisement. paint. Only 60,000km. White. Many accessories, very good condition, power new inside and out. Excellent Then hand it to any of our agents. 450,000 baht. Please con- condition, have always used tact. Tel: 087-2801390 steering, central lock, elec- tric windows, etc. 115,000 car cover. Has had 3 oil |_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_| (heading) (Thai) or 081-8935709 (En- changes. Price: 2.7 million glish). Email: intertek@ baht. Call Sam. Tel: 081- 7375909, 086-6874308. baht or best offer. Tel: 076- loxinfo.co.th 280709, 085-7950779. |_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|

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Classified ads are charged per line. Each line is 95 baht, with a minimum of 4 lines (heading included) per ad. All advertising must be paid for in advance. Deadline for Wheels & Motors page: Saturday 12 noon. December 16 - 22, 2006 CLASSIFIEDS PHUKET GAZETTE 55 Wheels & Motors

KAWASAKI KSR 2006 TOP OF THE RANGE HONDA CRV 110 cc with only 650km, ex- A1 CAR RENTAL NEW CARIBIAN NEW BLACK JAZZ Ford Ranger 2001, 4X4, 4 34,000KM cellent condition. 48,000 For rent from 15,000 baht Honda Jazz for rent. CD doors. New respray, 56,000 Black metallic. 800,000 baht.Tel: 089-9715664. per month. Fully inclusive. player, great for touring km, white with black leather, baht. Woman owner, first- Kois Bar Kamala Beach. Tel: Phuket. 18,000 baht a CD, power steering, etc. hand. Tel: 087-8822462. KAWASAKI BOSS 175 087-9037933. month, weekend rate 2,000 Lady owner. Never used 2006 with only 480km, excel- baht, day rates also available. commercially. Reason for lent condition. 65,000 baht. Tel: 081-4154043. Please call for more details. Email: sale: have new SUV. Tel: 089-9715664. TOYOTA VIGO PICKUP 375,000 baht. Please con- MITSUBISHI [email protected] Cars, trucks, jeeps – fully in- For rent. 3l turbo/intercooler, tact for more information. STRADA 4WD sured for rental. Best prices fully insured, long-term rent Tel: 081-8111067. HONDA CBR 1,100 XX for long-term rental: 12,000 2002 model, black, Phuket only. 15,000 baht a month. -20,000 baht a month. Please call for more info. RENT NEW YARIS plate, like new, only 200km. Toyota Altis 1.8G, top Tel: 076-355488. Email: Auto, black, aircon. Full in- 295,000 baht. Tel: 081- model, long term only. agogniat@loxinfo .co.th surance. Tel: 076-282781, FORD RANGER 5376465, 081-8924077. Please contact for details. 081-1965212. 4X4, 4 DOOR Email: [email protected] Tel: 089-8314703, 076- Six years old, only 56,000 200900. Email: a1carrent@ MITSUBISHI CEDIA km since new. I have full Excellent condition, full ser- myway.com CHOPPER FOR SALE 2003. 1.6l, auto, dark blue, service history. Extensive vice history, many extras in- good condition, 1st-class in- Wanted work on the car with Yamaha Virago 750, nice. cluding new tires, carryboy, P.M.P. CAR RENT surance, long-term lease at carrryboy and extra seating roof rack and bull bars. Modified. 100,000 baht. Tel: And taxi service. Toyota 15,000 baht a month. Tel: plus rear aircon. 375,000 410,000 baht ono. Call Tel: 087-1466622. Wish, Camry, Vios, Yaris and 076-239820, 081-7373720. WANTED CHEROKEE baht ono. Contact for more 081-8928208. Or email: Honda Jazz for rent. Short Fax: 076-239828. Email: Please contact for more infor- details. Tel: 087- 2781835, [email protected] [email protected] mation. Tel: 081-6774545. 081-0777263. Email: HONDA SHADOW term or long term. Minibus on [email protected] tour, taxi service. Tel: 087- 2646808, 083-1743880. Car Services Motorbikes MIO 120 BHT- MITSUBISHI 4X4 HONDA 90 BHT/DAY Mega cab. 1999, 2-door, 5- HONDA CHOPPER Yamaha Mio for rent: 2,900 speed, aircon, foreign Shadow 600. Beautiful new baht a month. Honda: 2,300 owned, very nice condition, tires, chain, color, exhaust, 400cc. Excellent condition baht a month. Tel: 076- never used for work, battery. 130,000 baht. After with book. Color: blue and 288542, 086-6837162. 100,000km, CD. 375,000 5pm. Tel: 087-2790572. white. 160,000 baht. Tel: Email: somthawin_pw@ baht. Tel: 077-826355, 081-2717701. hotmail.com 087-0403007. Fax: 077- HONDA WAVE 100 CC 813145. Email: tomcox100 20,000km, 2 years old, very @hotmail.com good condition, regular ser- SUZUKI BEST 110 1 lady owner, year 2000, vice, black color. 16,000 NEW TOYOTA WISH baht. Please contact for more electric start, serviced at details. Tel: 087-1789273. Suzuki. 15,000 baht. Please For rent. Gold, top model and TIGER SPORT contact for more information. sunroof. Fully insured for CRUISER 2002 LTD KAWASAKI Z1000 Tel: 087-2689123. Email: rental. Best price for long-term rental: 25,000 baht a month. Good condition, blue, one 2004, green, 8,500km. As [email protected] Tel: 089-7117750. Email: owner, 110,000km, full ser- new. 380,000 baht. Contact [email protected] vice history, many extras, 4- for further details. Tel: 076- Rentals door, 4X4, leather interior. 386118, 084-0513473. Email: 550,000 baht ono. Tel: 081- [email protected] 7817250. Email: harvey NOUVO & MIO RENT NEW CAR RENTALS [email protected] YAMAHA TENERE 750 And sale. Nouvo 1 year old: 1995, green, 27,000km, 40,000 baht or 4,800 baht a with book, perfect condition month. Mio 7 months old: 200,0000 baht. Tel: 089- 35,000 baht or 4,500 baht a FORD RANGER 9715664. month. New car: 17,000 baht TURBO a month. Tel: 089-5885692. 4x4. Hurricane model, top of the range. 2 years old, BIKE HONDA New cars for rent. Special only 21,000km. 4-door, VF750 CHOPPER SUZUKI CARIBEINS price for long-term rental. Tel: midnight blue, immaculate 1992 model, 87hp, original, New full hire ins. 600 baht 081-5388567. Email: condition, farang owned, 59,000km. Priced for quick per day. 3,500 per week. [email protected] must be seen. Many ex- sale at: 85,000 baht ono. Tel: 11,500 per month. Includes tras. 1-year insurance. 076-385751, 086-2689475. kois bar, car rent Kamala. Price new: 830,000 baht; Email: [email protected] Tel: 087-9037933. selling for only: 580,000 baht. Tel: 081-8919461. Email: coconutgrove707@ Need wheels? Check out hotmail.com www.phuketgazette.net/classifieds 56 PHUKET GAZETTE December 16 - 22, 2006