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The Gazette is published in association with Secret list of Airport expansion ‘influential people’ IN THIS ISSUE funds approved drawn up NEWS: OrBorJor council con- By Sompratch Saowakhon venes; Brit shot and robbed. By Janyaporn Morel Pages 2 & 3 PHUKET: A confidential black- MAI KHAO: Airports of Thai- list of “influential people” in INSIDE STORY: What’s the land (AOT) is set to inject 5 bil- Phuket’s criminal underworld has deal with dioxins? lion baht into the expansion of been drawn up as part of a na- Pages 4 & 5 Phuket International Airport tionwide government campaign to AROUND THE REGION: Boat- (PIA) to bring its capacity up to monitor individuals who “pose a ers prepate to face-off in 11.5 million passengers by the threat to society”. Samui. Page 7 year 2016 – an increase of 77% Phuket Vice-Governor Tri over current capacity. Augkaradacha on May 26 met AROUND THE SOUTH: Fisher- men having a rough time at The announcement was senior provincial officers at Pro- sea. Page 8 made on May 23 by Deputy vincial Hall to finalize the list be- Transport Minister Songsak fore sending it to Phuket Gover- AROUND THE NATION: Thai Thongsri, who joined Phuket nor Niran Kalayanamit for ap- children need to kick the habit. Vice-Governor Worapoj Ratha- proval. Page 9 sima, PIA Director Wicha Nern- The final list was compiled AROUND THE ISLAND: Turning lop and other officials from AOT based on whether individuals are on a dime in the Phuket Jet and PIA in a meeting and inspec- known to be involved in any of Boat. Page 10 tion tour of the airport. 18 criminal activities, including In 2007, PIA had a total of offenses related to drugs, gam- CHEAP EATS: Noodle queen 38,368 flights, a 32.4% rise from bling, illegal migrant laborers, serves up a bowlful. 2006, with 5.47 million passen- smuggling, hiring hitmen and Page 12 gers using the airport, a 22.6% Phuket’s taxi “mafia”, said V/ PEOPLE: Germany’s first lady increase over the previous year. Gov Tri. is a model citizen. The sharp rise is attributed to the “To be on the list, an indi- Pages 14 & 15 growing popularity of low-cost vidual must also have a network carriers. This aerial photograph illustrates why the solitary runway at Phuket of people working for him or her, SPORTS: Swim gala at BIS; This year, AOT expects the or be known to have the support SEA Junior athletics champi- International Airport, with the Andaman Sea at one end and a main airport to accommodate 41,000 road at the other, cannot be extended much beyond its 3,000 meters. of a powerful person, such as a onship; Turtle fun run. flights and about six million pas- government officer,” he added. Pages 34 & 35 sengers. of the existing international ter- tional Airport be designated as a It was not revealed how PROPERTY: Construction Up- Following the 516-million- minal into a domestic passenger relief airport for PIA when traf- many names are on the list or date; Home of the Week; De- baht expansion of the interna- terminal, a new cargo building, fic exceeds capacity, K. Songsak whether those blacklisted have cor: Doin’ it for the kids; Prop- tional terminal completed last new roads and improved trans- said. been convicted of crimes. erty Watch: Condos aiming year, the airport can now handle port systems, a parking garage The deputy transport min- The district chief and po- for the sky. Pages 37-42 up to 6.5 million passengers per for the international terminal, im- ister on May 25 also visited the lice superintendents of each of year. provements in car parking areas, intended site of the island’s sec- Phuket’s three districts – Muang, PLUS The 5-billion-baht funding and a new airport office and air- ond bus station on Thepkrasattri Thalang and Kathu – compiled will cover the development plan line offices. Rd, near Super Cheap in Koh and passed on to the provincial QUEER N EWS 6; HAPPENINGS 16; for fiscal years 2009 to 2011, said However, the two-year Kaew. committee a list of known “influ- ANDAMAN RANT 17; LIFESTYLE K. Songsak. plan does not address the air- Construction has been de- ential people” in their respective 18 & 19; MOTORING 20; WHAT’S Beyond that, AOT will port’s main limiting factor: that layed because none of the six districts. ON 21; TAKE A BREAK 23 & need to provide more funding in its single 3,000-meter runway construction firms who took out “The governor and the pro- 24; YOUTH ’ N ASIA, PATTAYA 26; order for the airport to be able to can only accommodate 20 flights plans for the work tendered a bid, vincial police commander must BOOKS, THAI 101 27; EDITO- welcome 15 million visitors by per hour and is too short to al- which they say underestimates now sign and confirm the list,” RIAL, LETTERS 28; GOVERNOR’S 2020, he said. low for safe takeoff of fully- actual cost of materials. he said. LETTER, ISSUES & ANSWERS 29; The 2009-2011 budget will laden jumbo jets or mammoth K. Songsak advised local “We will be monitoring all LAYING DOWN THE LAW, HORO- cover the construction of more Airbus 380s. officials to review the plan and of the people on the list so that if SCOPES 30; COMPUTERS 31; taxiways and 11 parking bays for Given this restraint, AOT is adjust the bid specifications to there are any crimes we think BUSINESS AND M ONEY 32 & 33; aircraft, a new international pas- intending to propose to the Trans- bring them in line with rising mar- they are involved in, we can CLASSIFIEDS 43-55. senger terminal, the modification port Ministry that Krabi Interna- ket prices. Continued on page 2 2 PHUKET GAZETTE NEWS May 31 - June 6, 2008

From page 1 Secret list OrBorJor council gets down to business By Pathomporn Kaenkrachang the first instance, but has the power to call a consultants: Arsin Arammetapong (tourism compiled re-vote or decide on a vote in the case of a issues), Jirayut Songyot (quality-of-life is- PHUKET: In the inaugural sitting of the new deadlock. sues), Somchai Duangkhae (education) and easily arrest them,” he added. Phuket Provincial Administration Organiza- In other OrBorJor business, Sanit Jirasak Tortip (Societal issues and Islamic Although the list will not be tion (OrBorJor) council on May 21, Pradit Siriwat (Thalang District 5, Thepkrasattri) relations). released to the media, V/Gov Tri Sangjan secured 18 votes of the 24-seat coun- was voted vice-chairman and Teera Jiasakul Presiding over the provincial council ses- confirmed that all the people on cil to be elected council chairman. (Muang District 10, Wichit) was voted sec- sion was Phuket Governor Niran Kalaya- the list live in Phuket. K. Pradit, who represents Muang Dis- ond vice-chairman. namit. Also present were Phuket Vice-Gov- The list is similar to black- trict 11, in Wichit, bested Somkuan Tansakul, Kraiwut Kumban was voted OrBorJor ernor Smith Palawatwichai and Phuket Pro- lists drawn up by the government the only other candidate nominated to con- Secretary. vincial Police Chief Maj Gen Decha Bud- during Thailand’s war on drugs test the position. OrBorJor President Paiboon Upatising nampetch. under the Thaksin regime. Black- K. Somkuan represents Muang District appointed Chawalit Na Nakhon and Soratam OrBorJor Chief Administrative Officer listed individuals were targeted as 1, comprising Samkong in Phuket City. Jinda as his vice-presidents. (Palad) Manop Leelasuthanon served as sec- part of an intensive nationwide As chairman, K. Pradit does not vote in Four people were named OrBorJor retary for the proceedings. crackdown on drugs, which saw extra-judicial killings by police of more than 2,000 alleged drug deal- SIPA helps to ers. Thailand’s latest war on Phuket’s antiques fast-track drugs began on April 2 this year, although neither Governor Niran nor V/Gov Tri were available to yacht confirm or deny a link to this lat- registrations est blacklist. all accounted for American By Sompratch Saowakhon By Janyaporn Morel THALANG: After a nationwide PHUKET: The Phuket Office of commits spate of thefts and damage to the Software Industry Promotion important cultural and religious Agency (SIPA) has announced suicide in sites, Phuket Vice-Governor its plan for a first step in creating Worapoj Ratthasima on May 22 a true one-stop service for yacht Chalong paid a visit to Thalang National and crew registrations at Ao Museum to make sure its collec- Chalong pier. tion, for which the Fine Arts De- In February, SIPA was CHALONG: According to a busi- partment is responsible, remains tasked with creating a “device” ness card left at the hotel where safe. to help track yachts visiting Thai he took his life, a man found Thalang Museum Curator waters, as well as streamlining hanged in a rented room in Chalong Atjima Nukong told him all the procedures among the Marine, on May 19 was American dive museum’s items were accounted Immigration and Customs offices instructor Adrian Martin. for and being properly protected. in charge of processing the On the evening of May 13, V/Gov Worapoj’s inspection yachts, crew and cargo at the staff at Ao Chalong Mansion re- followed Fine Arts Department pier. ported to police that the guest in director-general Kriengkrai SIPA Specialist Pracha room 206, on the third-floor of the Sampat-chalit’s call for better Asawaweera, at a meeting at the Phuket Vice-Governor Worapoj Ratthasima (center) speaks to local small shophouse hotel, had used security measures at historical Phuket Provincial Administration officials about the condition of the Heroines’ Monument, which was Organization (OrBorJor) office an electrical cord to hang himself sites nationwide after high-profile built in 1967 to honor Thao Thepkrasattri and Thao Srisoonthon. from a clothesline in his room. incidents of damage and theft on May 20, said that SIPA had Found by a room maid, Mr were reported in Nakhon Ratcha- status reports from around the Thalang Museum curator studied the registration proce- Martin’s body was naked at the sima, Buri Ram and Rayong. island about important statues K. Atjima reminded tourists that dures of the three agencies and time of discovery. After meeting with staff at and other objects. Although there it is illegal to take antiques such found that they were complicated The business card, given to the Thalang museum, V/Gov were no reports of loss or dam- as Buddha images out of the and involved extensive paper- the Gazette by the hotel manage- Worapoj and his entourage age, he called on the public to country. work. ment, described Mr Martin as the stopped to inspect the condition keep an eye out to ensure that They must obtain a clear- SIPA designed a format, he proprietor of the Marina Del Rey of the nearby Heroine’s Monu- important cultural artifacts remain ance certificate from the museum said, that will bring all the infor- Dive Service. ment. Built in 1967, the statues out of the hands of smugglers and to take even replica antique items mation together into a centralized A female staffer at the ho- of Thao Thepkrasattri and Thao thieves. out of the country, she said. database that can be easily ac- tel said Mr Martin, 50, was a dual- Srisoonthorn were found to be in People should report any So far this year, the mu- cessed and updated by each of national, having been born in good condition. such activity immediately to their seum has inspected some 100 the relevant offices. Mexico and later naturalized as V/Gov Worapoj told the local administrative body, he items to determine authenticity, The registration step would a US citizen. Gazette that he had asked for added. she said. be less time consuming, requir- ing only one or two officers from the OrBorJor to help in fill in the data. SIPA has put the budget for this first phase at about 2 million baht. Phuket Provincial Informa- tion and Communications Office Chief Somnuk Wijitsarat said that the first-stage proposal will be passed to Phuket Vice-Governor Worapoj Ratthasima for consid- eration. The budget will be funded by the OrBorJor at the end of the year, he added. “The project is expected to start early next year and it will take about six months to com- plete,” K. Somnuk said. K. Pracha said that the next phase of the project involves improving security issues but that these would have to be devel- oped together with the Third Naval Command. May 31 - June 6, 2008 NEWS PHUKET GAZETTE 3 Donations needed to Gov meets over provide Burmese aid use of reclaimed By Nick Davies SorPorKor land PHUKET: Following final rulings plots in Kamala and Karon will PHUKET: Donations of equip- by the Supreme Court to return likely be landscaped as public ment to provide emergency food disputed SorPorKor land plots to beachfront land. and shelter for victims of Cyclone the state, Phuket provincial au- In the first week of June, Nargis in Myanmar are gradually thorities met at Phuket Provincial provincial and state authorities piling up at collection points Office on May 26 to discuss how will announce definite plans for around Phuket, but more dona- the land will be used to benefit how the land will be transformed. tions are needed before there is the public. “Our team from Bangkok a chance of the supplies provid- At the meeting were Anan will spend 10 days helping Phuket ing the much-needed relief. Phusitthikul, secretary-general of provincial authorities establish the The Royal Thai Navy the Agricultural Land Reform best ways to restore the returned (RTN) Third Naval Command at Office, and Phuket Governor SorPorKor land,” said K. Anan. Cape Panwa, Baan Kamala Niran Kalayanamit. He added that suggestions School and the Kusoldharm Final judgment was passed included an agricultural center to Foundation have been accepting on 98 rai of land near Kata view- help farmers increase the value donations of food and equipment point in Karon, which had been of their produce and setting aside since the cyclone devastated occupied by Tossaporn Thepa- land for tourism-related activities. large parts of the Irrawaddy butr, and four plots totaling 16 rai Ten other SorPorKor plots Delta. – two in Karon, two in Kamala – are under investigation – three by Cyclone Nargis hammered used by Charoen Thaworn- the Supreme Court and seven are the region with winds exceeding worngwong. under appeal. All are prime sites 190 kilometers per hour for more The pile of donated goods at the Third Naval Command at Cape K. Anan announced that in the popular tourist areas of than 10 hours on May 2, killing Panwa continues to grow. More donations are needed before the the 98 rai in Karon will be desig- Patong and Karon. many and leaving an estimated 2 stockpile will be transported to Bangkok. nated as a public park, while the – Pathomporn Kaenkrachang million people without food and shelter, according to the Red corrugated iron, canvas and tar- foundation.org Cross. paulin for tents, dried and canned Kamala Tambon Adminis- Brit shot, robbed in Chalong The International Federa- food, rice and drinking water. tration Organization (OrBorTor) CHALONG: Police are hunting bike pulled alongside. The man on tion of Red Cross and Red Cres- People wishing to make do- President Juta Dumluck is also two suspects who shot and the back kicked the bike, causing cent Societies estimates that up nations can take items to the fol- helping to co-ordinate relief ef- robbed a British man while he it to crash. to 95% of homes in rural parts of lowing collection points: forts. Tel: 089-4643006. was riding home on Patak Rd As the victims lay on the the country were completely de- The RTN Third Naval Com- At the time of going to press, before dawn on May 22. road, the man who had been stroyed by the cyclone, which mand at Cape Panwa between the Gazette could not confirm pre- Chalong Police Superinten- riding pillion demanded their valu- also uprooted trees and brought 8.30 am and 4.30 pm. Tel: 076- cisely when or how the donated dent Col Samarn Chainarong on ables. down power lines. 391826. items will be taken to Myanmar. May 23 confirmed that UK na- When Mr Hendren said he Director of Baan Kamala Baan Kamala School. Tel: However, Capt Sree- tional Richard Hendren, 50, who didn’t have any, he was shot in School Nawarat Samuthkota said 076-279239 (K. Pudsadee or K. charoen said that the items will runs the September beer bar on the left leg. The blast caused a that people can make donations Suda). be taken to the RTN headquar- Soi One Man in Karon, was riding compound bone fracture to add at the school to be later taken to Kusoldharm Foundation, 34 ters in Bangkok to be transported home to Chalong around 5 am to the extensive injuries he had the RTN Third Naval Command, Phun Pol, Soi 9 Rd, Talad Nua, to Myanmar by air and handed when he was attacked. sustained in the crash. as will items collected at the Phuket City (opposite James Gar- over to the Myanmar Air Force Riding pillion was Phrae- Mr Hendren was forced to Kusoldharm Foundation. den). For more information call when enough items have been wnapa Laohongse, 13, the daugh- hand over his waist pouch, which The donations include flo- 076-211706, 076-246216, 076- collected to warrant transporting ter of one of the bar staff. She contained cash as well as ATM rescent striplights and fittings, 246301. Email: info@kusoldharm them. was to return the bike to the bar. and bank cards. As the pair rounded the fi- The bandits then robbed the nal bend coming down Kata Hill girl of 200 baht and her mobile and into Chalong, two men wear- phone before riding off toward Internet petition calls for another ing full-face helmets on a motor- Karon. probe into One-Two-Go crash

BANGKOK (Daily Xpress): can sister of a man who was killed many of whom have signed the More than 4,400 people, mostly in the crash. petition – appear unconvinced. foreigners, have “signed” an In the documentary aired on Many of those who have Internet petition seeking another Australian TV last year, Udom signed the petition have also ex- formal investigation into the crash Tantisprasong-chai, the head of pressed a lack of faith that the of One-Two-GO Airlines Flight One-Two-Go and Orient Thai, inquiries being conducted by the OG269 at Phuket International denied any wrongdoing. How- Department of Civil Aviation will Airport on September 17 last ever, families of the deceased – get to the true cause of the crash. year. The petition calls for a for- mal probe into claims that the crash may have been caused by controversial management prac- tices by the airline. Relatives of some of the 90 people killed in the crash have written to Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej seeking an indepen- dent inquiry into allegations raised by a television report that the boss of One-Two-Go and its sister airline Orient Thai encour- aged pilots to adopt unsafe prac- tices, such as excessive flying hours. The allegations are detailed on the website www.investigate udom.com set up by the Ameri- 4 PHUKET GAZETTE INSIDE STORY May 31 - June 6, 2008 Saphan Hin incinerator:

espite being nearly a state-of-the-art facility uring the run-up to the recent Phuket City Munici- when it opened in mid- pality elections, the problems plaguing the waste 1999, Phuket City DMunicipality’s incineration plant Dincinerator plant at Saphan Hin became a political has been the subject of negative football, with candidates making all sorts of accusations attention in recent years. When the plant opened, of its past performance and claims of how they would im- claims by protesters that the fa- prove the facility. cility would poison local residents One issue that resurfaced was the safety of the emis- with dioxin were dismissed by engineers attesting that when sions from the incinerator’s smokestack, and whether it trash is burned at the very high has doused the local population in the carcinogen dioxin temperatures that the Saphan Hin incinerator is designed to – no – a key concern as the incinerator is located in the heart dioxin emissions are created. of a popular recreational area for Phuket City residents. However, the issue of The Gazette’s Chief Reporter Janyaporn Morel and whether the plant emits dioxin today was raised during cam- News Editor Stephen Fein report. paigning in the recent Phuket City Municipality elections. safe government standards. nearby monitoring sites within the Technically called polychlo- Bandit Jantawat, managing three-kilometer radius, including rinated dibenzodioxins, dioxins are director of BTECH Mitsu Phuket Vocational College and organic compounds that can ac- Co-operation Co Ltd, which has Suan Luang Park. cumulate in the body and – at high run the plant under a contract with With the subsequent intro- concentrations – cause muta- Phuket City Municipality since duction of technology that con- tions, birth defects and cancer. July last year, told the Gazette tinuously sprays activated carbon Although dioxin occurs that in the latest round of sam- powder over the exhaust stream, naturally in the environment, con- pling, on the late afternoon of April absorbing dioxin, the plant was centrations increase substantially 11, test samples came back from able to lower smokestack emis- through a variety of man-made the SGS lab with low concentra- sions to just 6.8ng/ Nm3 on April sources, ranging from diesel en- tions. 11, the SGS results showed. gines and incineration plants to In 1997, the Ministry of Sci- All other smokestack emis- the simple act of smoking a ciga- ence and Technology mandated sions – including particulate dust, rette. that the maximum dioxin concen- nitrogen oxide, sulfur dioxide and Emissions from the Saphan trations allowable from the plant hydrogen chloride gases – also Hin plant are tested quarterly by are 30 nanograms per cubic continue to fall within safe stan- However, until those funds needs to be incinerated by about SGS (Thailand) Ltd, both inside meter at normal temperature dards, K. Bandit said. are approved, effective waste- 40%. This would increase the the stack and from six monitor- (25ºC) and pressure (1 atm), K. As has already been widely sorting strategies could reduce plant’s efficiency, as dioxin and ing points spread out over a three Bandit explained. reported, the plant’s sole incinera- the amount of trash currently be- other pollutants are completely kilometer radius from the plant. While the levels sampled tor can only burn 250 tons of ing incinerated and lower dioxin destroyed at the kind of very high Thus far, analytical results using from the top of the stack slightly refuse a day, less than half of the emission much further, said K. temperatures that occur when the US Environmental Protection exceeded this 30ng/Nm3 standard average 550 tons of trash sent to Bandit. waste stream is free of organic Agency (EPA) methods at the in January this year, the concen- it daily. The remaining 300 tons As the main cause of cre- materials – such as leftover monitoring sites show that the trations never came close ex- continues to up on a nearby 170 ating dioxins is well known – mix- somtam and sticky rice. emissions have fallen to within ceeding safe standards at six rai landfill that is already well past ing organic matter and plastics in “Garbage separation that its safe capacity, he added. the incinerator – K. Bandit said can really make a difference can Designed to house two the problem could be eliminated be as simple as getting people to separate incinerators, the island with a little help from everyone. sort wet garbage from dry, as wet now desperately needs some 2 A comprehensive, island- garbage lowers the burning tem- billion baht in central government wide trash-sorting system could perature and lowers efficiency. funding for a second burner. reduce the amount of trash that From there, the dry garbage can be sorted into recyclable materi- als and that which needs to be incinerated. It isn’t very compli- cated,” he said. Another benefit of doing this would be the energy supply. Cur- rently, the plant produces all the electricity it needs for its own operations and sells the excess back to the local power grid. “Our capacity to generate electricity falls sharply when there is a lot of wet trash and or- ganic material in the waste stream. Currently we only produce about 1.6 megawatts per day, which is only about 70% of de- sign capacity. “Current revenue from electricity production is about 1 million baht per month, all of which goes to the municipality. So there is a great incentive to in- crease that production to full ca- pacity,” he said. Prachum Suriya, who heads Phuket City Municipality’s Envi- ronmental division, fully agrees that garbage separation is the key to the solution. The city also has expansion May 31 - June 6, 2008 INSIDE STORY PHUKET GAZETTE 5 should we breathe easy?

Wina Pikunpron, who heads the city’s Public Health Division. To encourage trash sorting, the city last year introduced a system of two different colored trash cans, green for “general waste” and blue for “organic” refuse. Unfortunately, the color schemes are counterintuitive to foreigners, who presume green as the color for organic wastes. The bins having no markings in En- glish also limits their effectiveness among foreign visitors. More recently, at fresh mar- kets, the municipality has intro- duced three different-colored bins as well as a cabinet-like structure to accept toxic wastes. “We haven’t started our When the Saphan Hin incinerator (left) opened, claims by protesters that the facility would poison local residents with dioxin were public relations campaign in ev- dismissed by engineers. However, the issue of whether the plant ery area, but have started with emits dioxin today was raised during campaigning in the recent signs in areas that produce the Phuket City Municipality elections. most waste – especially organic waste that can be collected and from just the municipality and Prachum said that Phuket City converted into fertilizer,” she province,” he said. Municipality already has a collec- said. Not willing to guess when tion point at the plant for toxic- At the start of the fiscal year, such an exemption might be waste items, such as old batter- the city will provide a 700,000 baht granted, K. Prachum said Phuket ies and spray paint cans. These budget for the first phase of the Municipality continues to study are removed from the waste campaign, which will receive sup- other waste-treatment options in stream and handed over to the port from the Phuket City Envi- the meantime. Pollution Control Department ronment Division and the 300- “We still need a budget of (PCD). member Phuket Environmental about 10 million baht to do a com- “The PCD asks us to pay a Protection Society, an NGO. of its waste-based, electric-gen- tic vehicle for the project, K. prehensive waste-management disposal cost, but so far we have K. Wina understands that eration capacity as part of its Prachum said. study that would cover all haven’t sent them any of the col- it will take a huge effort to intro- master development plan. Unfortunately, the ambitious phases from separation and lected materials so we don’t duce trash separation measures In November last year, project has been suspended be- transport to disposal. We will know how much they will charge all across a fast-growing prov- Electricity Generating Plc (Egco, cause of legal considerations and need to improve our manage- us,” he said. ince like Phuket. However, as a a private company set up by the the fact that any joint state-pri- ment, because now we have He admitted that a certain cause for optimism, she cited Electricity Generation Authority vate investment over one billion separation capabilities but no amount of toxic waste made it plants put in place by of Thailand), PTT Plc and Sepco baht needs Cabinet approval. way to transport or dispose of through the separation phase and Thepkrasattri Municipality and Asia Group signed an memoran- “Egco is studying the pro- the separated garbage. ended up being landfilled or in- Cherng Talay Tambon Adminis- dum of understanding to build a posal and will request an exemp- “In the short term, we need cinerated. tration Organization that turn 1.8-billion-baht sewage-to-gar- tion from some provisions of the a new incinerator and expanded They always say that edu- organic waste into fertilizer. bage plant that would also turn Joint Investment Act based on the landfill capacity. Our current plan cation is the key to maintaining a “We still need to do more used plastics to usable petro- fact that the project would con- is to improve our existing landfill clean environment. In Phuket City public relations work to educate chemical products. vert waste to energy. If the so that it can accept trash for two the job of informing the public people how important it is to sepa- Already, Thalang Green Co project receives an exemption, it more years,” he said. about the need to reduce, sort and rate trash and garbage at the Ltd has been formed as the juris- could move forward with approval As for toxic waste, K. recycle household waste falls to source,” she said. 6 PHUKET GAZETTE NEWS May 31 - June 6, 2008 Queer News Sacred salute gives police problems

NAKHON SRI THAMMARAT: Soon, however, people local firecracker salesman had Police in Phromkhiri district are started to question whether the closed up shop early that day. investigating why a policeman salute, using police equipment and Phromkhiri Police Superin- fired a 21-bullet salute following in a public area, was appropriate tendent Col Erp Khonklam said Kickabout academy a private visit to a temple by Edu- for a private visit to a temple – that he would explain the incident cation Minister Somchai even if the visitors were a big- to his superiors, but at present PATONG: Football star Luther Blissett (wearing blue cap) was on Wongsawat and his wife, shot government minster and sis- would reveal only that police hand at the Patong Municipality football field on May 27 to train Yaowapa, younger ter of one of the helped in the ceremony at the 30 lucky local children. The children, from Baan Sainamyen School, were taught the sister of deposed country’s most temple’s request. basics of shooting, passing and balance before playing a match at former prime min- After visiting Wat powerful figures. A source high up in Nakhon the end of the session. ister Thaksin Mahathat in Muang After hear- Sri Thammarat Police said that The event was part of the Asian Celebrity Golf Tour charity Shinawatra. district, the pair ing of the inci- the low-ranking officer respon- event, which saw players of all handicaps going head-to-head with On May 18, dent, Nakhon Sri sible for the salute would defi- British sport celebrities at Loch Palm on May 28 and 29. K. Somchai and moved on to Wat Thammarat Pro- nitely need an order from higher K. Yaowapa trav- Khun Phanom in vincial Police up before firing rounds from an eled to pay their Phromkhiri district to Commander Maj assault rifle at a place of wor- respects at a num- Gen Krachang ship. ber of temples in perform a ceremony Suwannarat or- Nevertheless, a source Call for Brits to register Nakhon Sri Tham- to King Taksin the dered the super- from Phromkhiri Police revealed marat province. Great (no relation to intendent of that a committee had been After visiting Phromkhiri Dis- formed to officially examine the with Foreign Office Wat Mahathat in the former prime trict Police to in- personal conduct of the NCO in THAILAND: The Consular Section of the British Embassy for Thai- Muang district, minister). vestigate. question. land is calling for all UK nationals traveling or living in Thailand to famed for its “I accept It was also revealed than an register through its new online registration system LOCATE. Jatukham Rama- that the visit to HK rifle was chosen for the task The service allows the Foreign and Commonwealth Office to thep amulets, the pair moved on pay respects to Taksin the Great because it is louder than an M- locate British nationals in the event of a crisis abroad. to Wat Khun Phanom in was a private outing. We have to 16, the other make of assault rifle To register, visit www.fco.gov.uk/en/travelling-and-living-over- Phromkhiri district to perform a establish whether government commonly used by police. seas/Locate/ ceremony to King Taksin the property was used in the salute. Another police officer, who The Foreign and Commonwealth Office website advises, “You Great (no relation to the former “From the preliminary in- again asked not to be named, said only need to register for the service once and then update your ac- prime minister). vestigation, it looks as if the sa- that the unfortunate NCO was count when you make a new trip abroad. You can even add planned Many observers reportedly lute did indeed happen. I met [K. being set up to take responsibility trips abroad up to a year ahead.” speculated that the couple were Somchai and K. Yaowapa] when for the incident. The order for the Regarding information privacy, the FCO website states, “Your trying to bring an end to the spell they arrived in the province, but salute had been given verbally, details will be stored on a secure database which can only be ac- of bad luck that had led to the did not accompany them to leaving the hapless shooter no cessed by staff in our embassies or our Consular Crisis Group. downfall of their powerful rela- Phromkhiri. evidence with which to defend * we will only use your details to contact you tive. “Most people light fire- himself. * we will delete the details of a trip once it has ended” After the Brahman cer- crackers after the [Taksin the Phromkhiri Police have a People who have already registered for the Foreign Office’s emony concluded, a police officer Great] ceremony,” explained week to conclude their investiga- Online Services are urged to also register on LOCATE. fired off a 21-bullet salute with Gen Krachang. tions, Gen Krachang said. Registrants will not automatically receive travel advice email his police-issue HK assault rifle. It was not reported if the Source: KomChadLuek alerts. To do so, registrants must sign up for email alerts separately. People who have difficulties registering are asked to email [email protected] Robbers nab everything – and the kitchen sink PHRAE: In the course of a typi- however, was a little out of the At 11:30 am on May 24, cal home break-in, it is hardly ordinary: the thieves not only homeowner Pawana Wilairat re- unusual for an intruder to force a broke in through a door, but once ported a burglary at her property door or break a window to gain inside, they stole other doors, in Muang district’s Tambon Pa entry. windows – and even the kitchen Mat to Sen Sgt Maj Praphan A recent case in Phrae, sink. Kaowmora of the Phrae Muang District Police. K. Pawana, 48, told the of- ficer that when she went to the house, which she had rented out to a tenant, she found that two teak doors, four framed windows, 10 screen doors and an aluminum sink had all been removed from the dwelling. Witnesses who eventually came forward said they saw men loading the fixtures into a white Mazda truck before driving off, though no-one saw it fit to notify police at the time. Police said they will try and bring the dangerous door thieves to justice as swiftly as possible. Source: Khao Sod May 31 - June 6, 2008 AROUND THE REGION PHUKET GAZETTE 7

he 7th Samui Interna- nan of Koh Pha-ngan, a position tional Yacht Regatta will that Nakorn had formerly held. once again serve as the Police investigating the crime grand finale of the Asian Yachties set to found a possible motive for YachtingT Grand Prix Champion- Pittaya’s involvement, stating ships series, with this year’s event there had been a dispute over the running from June 1 to 7. final count of votes in the Octo- Callum Laing, the new or- ber 2007 election for the post, ganizer of the event, plans to narrowly won by Pittaya. bring this year’s competition to a battle in the Gulf A small margin of only 100 new level while maintaining the votes separated the two and same laid-back island style of Nakorn asked for a recount. years gone by. K. Nakorn died from gun- “We really appreciate the shot wounds inflicted by whom huge effort the many international police believe were two hired hit participants make to attend the men, who shot him down at his Samui Regatta year on year and home and in full view of his young guarantee another great event in son. 2008,” he said. During a raid on Pittaya’s Bangkok-based MobyElite house, police found two .38-cali- will be running the event, and lo- ber automatic weapons with am- cal Samui sailing celebrity munition, along with a shotgun Francesco Brancaccio has been containing 25 bullets. appointed to head up the island The two other suspects, management team with Race Wuttichai Maspun, 21, and Sura- Officer Tony Denham making his sak Chukiow, 23, are believed to third return to take charge on the be the gunmen who actually com- water. mitted the shooting, said police. Renowned international After the raid, Pittaya was judge Mark Pryke, also from taken to Koh Samui Police Sta- Australia, will bring his vast tion for questioning. He denied knowledge and experience in any involvement with the murder. Asian regattas to bear, returning Some high-powered racing is expected in the Koh Samui International Regatta this year, with 300 His request for bail was re- as head of the jury. Meanwhile, sailors due to hit the water starting June 1. jected by Pol Maj Gen Santhan long-serving directors Marc Chayanon of Police Region 8, Ribail and Peter Plant are look- boy, who was pinned under the Ngan tambon chief Nakorn was arrested. Two other men, who said his release could impede ing forward to yet another suc- tree’s massive trunk for nearly 30 Roengrot has been arrested. both still at large, are also under the ongoing investigation. Pittaya cessful event. minutes. Soon after cutting him After a manhunt that in- suspicion for involvement in the will remain at the Samui jail while Some 35 to 40 yachts and free he was rushed to Koh Samui volved more than 80 police offic- murder. awaiting his initial court appear- 300 participants Hospital, where he ers, suspect Pittaya Inkhong, 39, Pittaya is the current kam- ance. are expected to died from his mas- join the event. sive injuries. Organizers The heavy say that Matt winds were attrib- Allen’s Ichi Ban is uted to Cyclone being shipped from Nargis, which was Dubai, fresh from reported to have her recent victory also caused large at the Maktoum waves and Cup, to fight for brought down the Premier Rac- trees elsewhere on ing class title. Koh Samui. Ray Roberts on Quantum Rac- Immigration ing, who has al- crackdown: The ready wrapped up Marine Police re- the Asian Yachting FROM THE ported that 25 ille- Grand Prix cham- GULF OF gal immigrants pionship, is also were arrested ear- expected to join the THAILAND lier this month race. He will face By Max Rogers aboard a fishing some stiff compe- boat off the coast tition from rival Frank Pong on of Koh Samui. Jelik and defending Samui cham- Eighteen of the arrested pion Bill Bremner on his new were of Burmese origin while the Foxy Lady IV, a TP52 recently others were here illegally from shipped in from the US. Cambodia, police said. Many other familiar faces Following a tipoff, officers on the Asian yachting scene are from the Koh Samui Immigration set to compete, including Sam Office and the Marine Police Chan on Ffree Fire, Neil Pryde carried out the raid on the ves- on Hi-Fi, Fred Kinmonth and sel. Nick Burns on Mandrake and Meanwhile, Pol Lt Col Chris Meads on his new Corby Jaruwat Bootsaba reported that 43 Full Metal Jacket. 70 Burmese nationals were found Full details on the event are working on a construction site on at www.samuiregatta.com the island without the correct per- mits. All were taken back to the Falling tree kills boy. On May border of Burma. 5, a nine-year-old boy was killed The government and immi- after strong winds toppled a large gration officials are said to be mango tree, causing it to fall on cracking down hard on illegal the sleeping child’s house. migrant workers after the tragic Sithichoke “Pond” Phetnui deaths of 54 Burmese who suf- was asleep with his parents focated in a truck while being Surachet Samsuwan, 40, and smuggled from Ranong to Suwipha Daoloy, 29, when the Phuket. tree crashed through the roof of his home just before dawn. Murder suspect held. The The boy’s parents, rescuers prime suspect in the April 13 and police tried in vain to free the murder of a former Koh Pha 8 PHUKET GAZETTE AROUND THE SOUTH May 31 - June 6, 2008

hile fishermen in the Gulf of Thai- land have been protesting the ef- Gulf fishermen plagued fectsW that rising fuel prices are having on their livelihoods, an out- break of piracy off the coast of Nakhon Sri Thammarat province has led Marine Police to step up by pirates, petrol prices patrols in the area. Amphol Jensetarat, presi- dent of the Khanom District Traikrit Meusanthat, deputy The sultan believed that Fishermen’s Association, on May president of Chumphon Fisher- economic prosperity could help 24 said that in the past two men’s Association, said that solve the problem in southern weeks, two fishing boats in the Chumphon has also seen a rise Thailand since poverty often area, one off Khanom district and in attacks on fishing boats, with a breeds unrest and terrorism. one off Sichon district, were number of incidents in the past In the case of Dubai, a robbed by pirates. month. small sultanate in the United Both attacks occurred at On May 20, fishermen in Arab Emirates, economic pros- about 3 am. As crews were pre- Sichon burned a boat and used perity has proved to be a key paring to head back ashore after more than 100 boats to block the driver of social stability, even making their nightly catches, a entrance to Sichon Bay in pro- though Dubai itself has no oil small fishing boat pulled alongside test of rising fuel prices. reserves. and a group of six masked men Protesters submitted a list Dubai has prospered as a armed with pistols and shotguns of seven requests to Nakhon Sri service centre for the oil-rich boarded, K. Amphol said. Thammarat Governor Wichom Middle East, while the state- The pirates Thongsuk. These owned Dubai World is currently took the nights’ included debt re- in transport and logistics, prop- catch as well as Marine police, who lief, a cap on fuel erty development, maritime fishing equipment, have increased the prices, loosening transport, commodities, financial he added. of conditions for services and other businesses. Lt Col Phi- number of patrols in employing mi- romrat Phirom- the area, have urged grant workers and Militants ‘using child soldiers’. yaphon, an in- fishermen to be on action to crack In a worrying development in the spector with Kha- down on piracy. Deep South, there is increasing nom District Ma- the lookout for any On May 24, evidence that non-state armed rine Police, said suspicious boats. Sutham Witchu- groups have used boys for pro- that these were traiphop, president paganda purposes. the first incidents of Nakhon Sri FLAMING PROTEST Boys have been used to dis- of piracy he has encountered in Thammarat Fishermen’s Asso- A fishing boat set ablaze in Nakhon Sri Thammarat’s Sichon Bay tribute leaflets and write graffiti his 10 years of patrolling the wa- ciation, said that Governor Wic- on May 20 in protest of the impact rising fuel prices are having on as well as in arson attacks and ters from Don Sak district in Surat hom had agreed to meet the pro- the livelihoods of the region’s fishermen. on some occasions to plant Thani south to Tha Sala district testers’ demands. He added, bombs, according to the 2008 in Nakhon Sri Thammarat. however, that if conditions for Child Soldiers Global Report re- The crews involved in the fishermen in the province did not more than 20 officers stormed a Mega-project given thumbs leased earlier this month. incidents told police that after their start to improve, they would take house in Village 3, Tambon Khok up. Sultan Ahmed Bin Sulayem, Citing confidential inter- boats had been boarded, they were further action. Cha-ngai in Phatthalung’s Muang the visiting chairman of the Dubai views in February last year, the ordered to lie face down on the district. There they seized 854 World group, has expressed con- report read, “Although reliable deck while the pirates robbed Forestry folly. A Krabi Provin- orange ya bah pills and one .38- fidence that the proposed logis- information was scarce, there items from the boats – even steal- cial Forestry Department officer caliber pistol. tics network and land-bridge were credible reports of the use ing some of the crews’ clothing, was arrested for possession of The house’s occupants – project in southern Thailand of children in operations by sepa- Col Phiromrat said. more than 850 ya bah (metham- Wiraphong Intharakul, 29, a for- would be successful. ratist armed groups in southern Marine police, who have in- phetamine) pills on May 20. estry officer in Krabi’s Ao Leuk Dubai World signed a me- Thailand. creased the number of patrols in Three other men were arrested district; Jakrin Somphetch, 26; morandum of understanding with “The most active of the the area, have urged fishermen in the raid, conducted jointly by Kiatsin Thiansaeree, 29; and Jarin the Thai government on May 22 separatist groups, the National to be on the lookout for any sus- Phatthalung Provincial Police and Rotsuk, 31 – were placed under to conduct a feasibility study on Revolution Front-Coordinate picious boats and to radio for help Region 9 Narcotics Suppression arrest. They later confessed to the mega-infrastructure scheme. (Barisan Revolusi Nasional- if they are approached while at Officers. selling ya bah to local youths for The sultan said the project Koordinasi, BRN-C), had a youth sea, Col Phiromrat. Following a tipoff, a team of 350 baht a pill, police reported. has a good chance of success wing with over 7,000 members, The four suspects, all from because it will connect the Middle which, together with units orga- Phatthalung, were then handed East, India and other Asian sub- nized into cells, was reported to over to Phatthalung Muang Dis- continent economies with those be responsible for much of the trict Police to be charged with in the Far East, especially China, violence.” possession of a Class 1 drug with Japan, Korea, and land-locked Thailand is among South- intent to supply. countries via a shorter transport east Asian nations where chil- route. dren are enlisted as soldiers by The Thai Cabinet granted anti-state armed groups, while approval for the feasibility study, Burma remains the only country which includes the land bridge in the region using forcible re- linking the Gulf of Thailand and cruitment and children in the the Andaman Sea and a deep-sea state armed force, it was re- port at Pakbara in Satun. An in- ported dustrial zone will also be built in The report by the Coalition the land-bridge area. to Stop the Use of Child Soldiers Transport Minister Santi provides information on the treat- Prompat said that Dubai World ment of child soldiers captured would shoulder the entire Bt200 or rescued by government million cost of the one-year fea- forces and armed groups in more sibility study and with no binding than 190 countries worldwide. conditions. The coalition’s last report “The study results will be was in 2004. disclosed publicly and interested “Southeast Asia still has a parties worldwide can join the poor record on protecting its chil- bidding,” he added. dren from conflict,” said Ryan Sultan Ahmed Bin Sulayem Silverio, co-ordinator for the said the project should benefit Southeast Asia Coalition. Thailand and other parties con- cerned since a large number of Around the South news round- jobs will be created, especially in up is sourced from the pages of southern Thailand, where there The Nation, Daily Xpress and has been unrest for years. Kom Chad Luek newspapers. May 31 - June 6, 2008 AROUND THE NATION PHUKET GAZETTE 9

World Health Organi- zation (WHO) survey has found that smok- ers in Thailand start at anA earlier age than people in most More children are other countries, some as young as 10. Dr Chai Krittiyaphicha- takul, a WHO tobacco-control expert stationed in Thailand, said young smokers become addicted more easily and find it harder to smoking: survey quit than those who pick up the habit as adults. about 30,000 baht. The survey found high rates of young smokers in Thailand, Edu-extortion. Parents should Bangladesh, Indonesia and India. expose schools demanding extra In Thailand 16% of students money despite a Constitution con- smoke, a higher proportion than dition mandating free compulsory in India (14%) and Indonesia education, Prime Minister Samak (13.5%). Sundaravej said. Tobacco manufacturers in- “Parents should pillory these vest more than 310 billion baht a schools by making public their year worldwide in promotions di- names, or by sending those rected at ever younger custom- names to me directly. I will tell ers as their old ones die off, he the public exactly what these said. schools want. This government To counter this, the WHO guarantees 12 years of compul- is mounting a campaign against sory education for free,” he said. student smoking with the slogan Government schools must “Tobacco-free Youth” from May tell parents openly how much 31, World No Tobacco Day. extra they need on top of the gov- It will urge member coun- ernment subsidy. Education Min- tries to ban tobacco advertise- ister Somchai Wongsawat will ments and tell teenagers of the make public government subsi- dangers of smoking. dies to schools and additional costs faced by parents, he added. Online lotto. The controversial two- and three-digit lottery will be Teenage wasteland. Thai reintroduced in September, with KAREN ON SHOW youth are growing up with bad players able to place wagers over Despite constant international criticism of the way Thailand treats its long-necked Karen, they have influences due to a lack of good the Internet. now become a tourist attraction in the coastal town of Sattahip in Chonburi, where 13 families are role models, a poll by the As- Finance Minister Surapong being paid 3,000 baht a month to live. Thai tourists can enter the village for 250 baht each, while sumption Business Administra- Suebwonglee said the Govern- foreigners pay 10 times that amount. Photo by Thawechai Jaowattana. tion College (Abac) poll center ment Lottery Office already has has revealed. full legal approval to move for- Those considering suicide The upcoming meeting will May 26 was around 10,000, twice More than a quarter of ward with the lottery. Delays are increased to 19.6% from 18%, he work out standard details on ap- the normal figure on a Sunday teenagers questioned say actors only required to prepare it for added. plicant qualifications to prevent before the incident. and singers are their role models, punting online, at vending ma- future disputes on matters includ- Money spent by tourists has while 21% choose politicians. Of chines or though computer- Sex, at last. Air Chief Marshal ing gender and third-sex issues, reached 4 million baht a day, up those, only 14% admire their sac- equipped agents, he said. Weerawit Khong-sak, deputy di- he said. from between 1 and 2 million baht. rifice, while only 3% said they The online version will solve rector of the King Prajadhipok’s Culture Minister Anusorn admire their efforts at national a long-standing problem of tick- Institute’s Center for the Promo- Police track vandals. Police Wongwan says security has been reconciliation. ets being sold at inflated prices, tion of National Strength on Moral believe black magic practitioners beefed up at historic sites as an Some 70% say they regu- he says. Ethics and Values, said second- were involved in desecration of immediate solution and installation larly see drunken people near Prizes will be the same as ary-school sex education should sacred idols at the historic Pha- of surveillance cameras is under their homes, and 53% say van- before: 500:1 for every baht wa- be replaced by courses that “in- nom Rung castle in Buri Ram on consideration. dalism is common. gered on the three-digit draw, and stall good values for parenthood”. May 19. The ministry is also re- The survey questioned 65:1 for the two-digit draw. The center will campaign Some 19 items were de- searching the registration of the 3,137 people between February The number of bets allowed for the learning of nationalism and stroyed, including four original Phanom Rung castle as a World 1 and May 24. may vary by draw and there might standard virtues in an “age-appro- artifacts. Heritage site, he said. be more than one first prize, or priate manner”, he told at a strat- Since the desecration, large Dusit Thummaphorn, chief Around the Nation news round- the number of tickets and prizes egy-planning seminar for 2008- numbers of tourists have been of the historical park where the up is sourced from the pages of may vary in different regions, he 2009. flocking to the site to see the dam- castle is located, said repairs will The Nation, Daily Xpress and said. “Sex education is not so ef- age. The estimated number on take around one month and cost Kom Chad Luek newspapers. Of the total revenue, 60% fective because youths still don’t will go to prizes, 28% for the gov- understand sexuality and many ernment and 12% for expenses. have underage sex. The solution is to promote good conscience School’s out. The Social Devel- and morality. We propose that sex opment and Human Security Min- education be replaced with fam- istry says lots of pupils are cut- ily studies at secondary level,” he ting class because they are “bored said. with their teachers”, according to a survey by the ministry’s Social What’s up doc? University rec- Surveillance and Warning Center tors and the Higher Education conducted in 2006 and 2007. Commission (HEC) will next Ministry Inspector-General month discuss a ban on transves- Suradech Chayakasetrin told a tites or openly gay men from en- seminar that Mathayom 3 and 6 rolling at medical schools. students skipped class less fre- The talks result from a ref- quently in 2007 than in 2006, erence at a recent meeting of the when the average was about 10 National Human Rights Commis- times a year. sion that certain medical schools Mathayom 1 truancy was had long imposed the ban. up, however, at an average of HEC secretary-general 1.6%, compared with 1.1% the Sumeth Yaemnun, who says previous year. medical schools have the right to Depression among youths impose their own regulations on also increased over the period, up applicants, admits the issue is a to 50.5% from 47.8%. sensitive one. 10 PHUKET GAZETTE AROUND THE ISLAND May 31 - June 6, 2008 SPLASH DOWN!

By Marque A. Rome

s a young man, I used to sneak off with friends on rainy nights to do donuts in our carsA on the high school playing field. Yes, Dr Moore, if you’re still alive – I was one of the heartless brats who kept spoiling your grass. Dr Moore was the princi- pal of the school and had a keen interest in maintaining the lawn. Speaking only for myself, I didn’t do it to jerk the old boy around. It was just a blast cutting ABOVE: The Jet Boat can at sea, but the boat felt nonethe- 360s in the mud. The playing field zoom up to 70kmh on less remarkably sturdy in the was the only safe place to do it. water. water.” The foregoing confession “It was designed in New was prompted by my experience LEFT: It can also spin Zealand,” Doug explained later, on water in Jet Boat Phuket’s wildly on its central axis, “and made of six-millimeter alu- astonishingly maneuverable 13- brake suddenly or come minum.” passenger excursion vessel, to a plunging halt within The design is in accordance driven by a Hamilton waterjet. the distance of one-and-a- with Lloyd’s of London stan- My prodigal youth came back half boat-lengths. dards; dimensions and weights with a rush as we fish-tailed were reviewed by naval archi- through the sea, throwing rooster- tects before the whole was as- tails this way and that. sembled. But it was plain to see that, It feels like a Rolls-Royce unlike my old Pontiac GTO, the on water – until the pilot begins Phuket Jet Boat vessel handles taking it through its paces. Then as if on rails. It turns on a dime The operation is affiliated with Oz name from the propulsion unit, the erful engine – with no add-ons it’s more Ferrari-like. and stops dead in its wake, using Jet Boating, Australia’s largest jet motive force of which is not a hanging beneath the hull. Approaching shore at Koh a mere fraction of the distance a boat operator, which is famous for propeller but a powerful water jet Waterjet propulsion looked Lone, we didn’t slow down. The car traveling the same speed its excursions through Sydney that draws water from beneath to be the ticket, but existing sand bank loomed. Our vessel takes. Harbor. the hull. It then passes through a waterjets delivered feeble perfor- sped on, running hard. Just when In fact, it’s a perfect mar- “We thought, ‘Wouldn’t jet pump to increase waterflow mance. it appeared we’d no choice but vel of engineering from stem to people sitting on Patong Beach velocity and is sprayed out Then one of his shepherds to roar up the bank and into a stern. like to try that?’” explained Doug, through a nozzle in the transom noticed that a stream of water seaside resort, the pilot turned the Jet boat rides are an An- who, together with Scott Law- just above waterline. was more powerful out of the wheel sharply left – throwing up tipodean phenomenon, but are not rence from Newcastle, New The unit in Taylor and water than in it. This simple ob- a landscape-obscuring rooster tail well known elsewhere. “This is South Wales, is developing the Lawrence’s Phuket Jet Boat, servation was key to the creation of seawater and turning the boat, the only one of its kind in South- Phuket franchise. They opened powered by a 370hp Cummins of a great industry. When Hamil- without losing speed, to tear east Asia,” said Doug Taylor, one for business last November. Turbo-Diesel, “will empty a ton moved the nozzle from below through whitewater along the of Jet Boat Phuket’s partners. The jet boat derives its swimming pool in 30 seconds” and the waterline to above it, he beach. Fab. drive the seven-meter long ves- doubled his boat’s speed and Leaving Koh Lone, we sel over the water at 70kmh. found he could plane over as little powered on to Koh Hei (“Coral Modern jet units were developed as three inches of water. Island”) lapping the island’s cir- in the 1950s in New Zealand, not Better yet, the nozzle’s cuit in minutes while dicing and by a group of university-educated force could be adjusted in any spinning among the rocky shoals engineers, but by “practical farm direction. Thus, modern jet boats that line its coast. I was left with workers” working under the lead- can spin wildly on their central the impression that no F1 racer ership of William Hamilton. axis (the so-called “Hamilton turns so sweetly or stops so Hamilton, who was later knighted spin”), brake suddenly or come quickly. Michael Schumacher for contributions to New Zea- to a plunging halt within the dis- might only wish he had so much land’s development, operated a tance of one-and-a-half boat- control of his car – yet this was a farm and sheep ranch in rural lengths – all without a rudder. The boat. Canterbury, South Island, at a latter makes it possible to speed “The manufacturer of these sheep station called Irishman through shallows impossible for has a 100% safety record,” said Creek. prop-driven boats to navigate. Doug, when I asked him about Grazing was poor, so sheep The biggest jet-driven ves- risks. “The boat is unsinkable. It’s were herded over vast rocky sels are found in ferrying and built in three sections, so if you wastes cut by numerous rivers naval applications: South Africa’s get a hole in one section, or a hole and streams, but not by roads. Valour class frigates – roughly in each section, it still can’t sink. Communication, Hamilton de- 120 meters long – are the biggest “Jet boating has been popu- cided, would be greatly facilitated jet-propelled ships – and they, too, lar in Australia and New Zealand if people could travel to the inte- are capable of performing amaz- for a long time. We’re registered rior by water. ing stops. with the Tourism Authority of Trouble was, the water- But the really fun rides are Thailand and fully insured. It’s a courses were variable: Hamilton had in vessels such as the Phuket safe trip,” he added. needed a boat capable of pro- Jet Boat. After loading 11 pas- And fun – at least as much tracted travel in mere inches of sengers and seeing they were fun as doing donuts in the mud water – something no prop- properly strapped in, Scott or- around a high school playing field. driven boat could do without dam- dered us underway. We departed age to rudder and propeller. He from Chalong Bay, tearing across For more information call 084- needed a boat that would plane the strait to Koh Lone in a few 8444332 or visit the website: on water – thus one with a pow- moments. It was a clear, calm day www.jetboatthailand.com May 31 - June 6, 2008 PHUKET GAZETTE 11 12 PHUKET GAZETTE GOOD LIVING May 31 - June 6, 2008 Putting the ‘new’ in noodles ention kuay tiow were bigger fish, or bits of moo toon (steamed steamed pork, to fry, so she con- pork noodles) to cocted a secret recipe and most people and opened her own restaurant. Mthey will think of a quick meal or “I read many cook books a bite to eat on the run, but men- and tried combining Thai and tion the finer points of delicious, Chinese herbs on the way to per- tender steamed pork and you fecting my secret recipe for might raise a few eyebrows. steamed pork,” she said. Kuay tiow moo toon is a “Every day I prepare three great meal for any time of the day, kilograms of carefully selected but it’s a difficult dish to cook if pork tenderloin, which I steam you aren’t a culinary whiz. The with herbs and my secret ingre- pork takes a long time to steam dients until the meat becomes soft until it’s tender and delicious. I steam enough, but even HEAP the pork tripe the then, if you don’t C same way, but for a prepare the meat little longer,” said K. just right, you’ll end eats Noi. up with a let-down “I love to eat of a meal. May as By Alin steamed pork and well leave it to the Boonkrungthong noodles, but there pros. aren’t many restau- The aptly named Kuay Tiow rants in Phuket that really cook it Restaurant on Tilok Uthit 2 Rd, the way I like it, which is why I Phuket City, is a small eatery run decided to cook it myself,” she by Bangkok native and kuay added. tiow-chef-extraordinaire Yao- K. Noi’s restaurant serves vamal “Noi” Auamtade. up bowls of noodles with any It has been almost two combination of steamed pork, K. Noi serves up a bowl of her famous noodle soup – MSG not included. years since a friend of K. Noi’s steamed pork tripe, pork balls and (without noodles) have the option more for gao lao than they do ing somtam, with a variety of pa- invited her to work in a noodle pork offal – all for 35 baht. of ordering steamed rice – appar- for regular noodles, but at my res- paya salad dishes in her arsenal, restaurant in Phuket. After Customers can select dif- ently a popular choice for girls taurant, every bowl of noodles is including horse crab, salted egg spending a year learning the ferent noodle types, with or with- watching their figures. the same price. I also sell and preserved egg – all for be- ropes, K. Noi decided that there out soup. Diners going gao lao “Many restaurants charge steamed rice for 5 baht a bowl,” tween 30 and 60 baht. she said. “I took a somtam course so As well as exciting custom- that I could learn how to prepare ers’ palates with her perfect pork, great dishes for my customers. K. Noi delivers a double The secret to making a good som- whammy with her soup – another tam is all in the mixing of fresh secret recipe. “I cook the soup ingredients,” she added. by boiling the water for three hours with pork bones and a few K. Noi’s restaurant, located on special herbs. I don’t use MSG Tilok Uthit 2 Rd next to the in any if my dishes,” she said. Methee Cashew Nut Factory, is K. Noi’s talents aren’t lim- open daily from 8 am to 6 pm. ited to whipping up noodles, as For more information call K. she is also a dab hand at prepar- Noi at 081-8415545. K. Noi also knows how to make a mean somtam salad. May 31 - June 6, 2008 PHUKET GAZETTE 13

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Christopher Joy and Debra Duncan from the UK were Betrothed married at Laguna Phuket’s Chapel- By Nick Davies on-the-Lagoon on April 19. met a wonderful woman at a luxury resort by the beach recently. She was modest, motivated, very pretty, and... Imarried. Her name is Elischeba Wilde and she also goes by the Supanun Supawong, of title Mrs Germany. the Gazette’s Elischeba is her homeland’s Advertising Sales team, hope for the Mrs World title. In and Chalermchai June, she will compete against Thongkate were other married women from married at the around the world when they Chamchuri Ballroom at grace the stage for the Mrs World the Phuket Merlin Hotel 2008 contest in Kaliningrad, Rus- on May 11. sia. Elischeba was in Phuket with her trusty special effects makeup artist and model Sabine Ehrmann, who is also a qualified rescue diver. Joining us was docu- Mrs Germany 2008 Elischeba Wilde (left) and model Sabine Ehrmann mentary filmmaker Martin Hel- (right) pose with film producer and photographer Martin Helmers at mers, who also produces Ger- Mövenpick Resort & Spa while on their working holiday in Phuket. man-language adventure publica- tion SeaStar Magazine. plenty of maximum-factor sun- any children yet, though she plans They were shooting scenes screen. to have a little missus or mister in for an adventure reality show Elischeba drank mineral two or three years. “I think it contest that will be broadcast in water and soon revealed that she would be nice to bring up children Germany and we were cozying is much more than just a pretty in Thailand. It would be ideal to up for an intimate chat on a large face, legs and everything else. spend summer in Germany and comfy sofa in the lobby of The Cologne native’s endearing the winter here,” she said. Mövenpick Resort & Spa on the accent is just that, but her adven- After falling in love with last day of their working holiday. turous experiences, including Phuket and having to leave it be- Despite spending two snorkeling with whale sharks and hind within 24 hours of our meet- weeks performing daily outdoor- water skiing, reveal a tough ing, the team was not looking for- adventure activities for the cam- woman who embraces the ward to the hassle of the flight eras in much more down-to- rougher parts of her job, which home with all their equipment, earth settings than the luxury re- she admitted is fun but not always which included 40 sets of clothes sort we were chatting in, as glamorous as some might and whole suitcases of makeup Elischeba looked fresh as a daisy think. and accessories. Because of their and had managed to keep her “Being a model is nice, but job, however, the airline allowed flawless skin pearly white with it is hard work. Being here is not them to carry 20 kilograms more really like a holiday as we’ve been than regular passengers. getting up very early, working Elischeba was especially not hard and going to bed late. We’ll looking forward to returning home actually need a proper holiday and having to tell her husband that after this trip,” she laughed. she had lost an expensive ring her Upon her return to Germany, gave her as a wedding anniver- there would be no time for rest, sary gift. She’d lost it while hast- Elischeba had duties to perform ily preparing for a water-skiing that go with her Mrs Germany photo shoot. “He’s such a nice title, such as moderating a Miss man that he won’t be angry, but pageant, at which her husband it’s just such a pity,” she said would also be on the jury panel, morosely. assigned with the task of select- The Mrs World pageant ing one of the beauties as a win- was founded 15 years ago, after ner. William Barron Hilton I, co-chair- The scenario brought to man of the Hilton hotel chain, mind the domestic scene between acted on his belief that being un- beauty-judge husband and married shouldn’t have to be a beauty-queen wife, with Mr requirement for beauty-pageant Wilde explaining why he made a contestants. They don’t become particular selection. Asked if she less beautiful after they’re mar- would trust her husband’s choice, ried, he’s reported to have said. she laughed and said that he al- Unlike Miss World candi- ways chooses contestants with dates, Mrs World contestants can long legs. be any age and have to present Elischeba claims that she’s their marriage certificates to be definitely married to her man allowed to take part. more than to her job, but loves “It’s good to support some- the job for its variety. “Every day thing that gets away from the is different. It’s a hobby and a job youth mania associated with the at the same time,” she said. Miss World contests. I’m look- Mrs Germany doesn’t have ing forward to meeting the most May 31 - June 6, 2008 PHUKET PEOPLE PHUKET GAZETTE 15

BEAUTY IN THE WILD: Mrs Germany 2008 Elischeba Wilde (back) and Sabine Ehrmann (front) on location in Thailand for a photo shoot. beautiful wives from the 50 other “I like the food here. Thai countries,” she said. is the kind of food I like cooking Elischeba became Mrs Ger- the most. We had some lovely many through the Oliver traditional pancakes at one of the Burghard modeling agency, bungalow resorts in Khao Lak.” which works closely with the Mrs Asked if she has to watch her fig- World contest, although she is ure, Elischeba’s reply of having free to do other modeling as her a high metabolism allowing her to contract with Oliver Burghard is eat nearly anything she wants non-exclusive. would make many wannabe mod- “Since becoming Mrs Ger- els envious. many, I’ve been very busy with What about the changes in interviews and I’ve been involved modeling careers over the years? with charity projects,” she said. What challenges does a modern Her photo shoots have taken her model face compared with those all over the world to meet a vari- of a decade or more ago? Sabine ety of people – and animals – explained that in the past, appear- most of whom were very happy ing on the cover of a fashion to have such a beauty in their magazine was considered the pin- midst. She has swum with dol- nacle of a model’s career. Once phins in Jamaica and whale a model’s face graced the cover sharks in Asia, and even joined of a high-end fashion magazine, Star Wars fans at a festival in she would be able to live off the Kaliningrad. work that followed for the rest Was modeling something of her career. she’d always aspired to? “Not But today, with the current really. When I was a teenager, proliferation of fashion media and people said I had the kind of looks the massive growth of the mod- to be a model, you know; long eling industry, becoming a cover legs, nice hair and good skin, but girl these days is just one small I didn’t start modeling until I was step in the endless struggle to 22 years old, which is relatively reach the top and the harder late to begin a modeling career. I achievement of staying there, was soon doing a lot of fashion Sabine explained. and lifestyle photo shoots for Elischeba will be represent- magazines, but it turned out to be ing Germany for the Mrs World very enjoyable,” she said. pageant on June 29. For updates, “I hope I get the title [Mrs visit www.mrsworld.com Catch World] and that it will lead to other up with Elischeba at her own things, such as being a modera- website: www.mrs-germany.de tor and maybe getting into act- With her stunning looks and en- ing. It’s a chance to do something dearing personality, Elischeba positive with charity projects, probably doesn’t need any good- too,” she added. She is already luck wishes, but the Gazette will an ambassador for Rock Gegen be cheering her on anyway. Kinderarmut (“Rock Against Child Poverty”) and children’s charity Sunshine4kids. 16 PHUKET GAZETTE HAPPENINGS May 31 - June 6, 2008 T his week

STARS LIKE US: Sirikul Amaramorn, Director of Public Relations of Phuket ANDAMAN OPENING: Deputy Permanent Secretary Ministry of Finance and Chairman of the FantaSea, welcomes Science and Technology Minister Wuttipong Chaisaeng, board of the Thai Military Bank Dr Sathit Limpongpan (3rd from left) joins Andaman Island who accompanied the team taking part in the 8th Pacific Rim Conference on Group (AIG) Director Sunanta Kolsaman (in yellow dress) and guests at the grand opening of Stellar Astrophysics at a dinner at Phuket FantaSea. the Heroine Building, home of AIG’s headquarters, on May 15.

THE BRUNCH BUNCH: Laddawan Somniyam (2nd from Left), Director of Sales & Marketing at Indigo Pearl resort, welcomes guests to the inaugural Sunday Martini Brunch at the resort’s RESTING PLACE: Kaysorn Jackson and daughter Nikki join friends at the bench Rivet Grill Restaurant on May 11. From left are Carol Fryer from Phuket International Women’s to be placed at the 4th hole at Loch Palm Golf Course in memory of Daniel Club and her husband Nick; Lilian Carpenter from Blue Canyon Golf Club; Janpen Forbes, Leroy Jackson, who passed away on April 15. The bench was paid for from Alfreda Hickman and her husband, British International School Headmaster Dr George donations collected throughout Rawai. Hickman; and Martin Carpenter of Phuket Concierge.

TEAM YOGA: Bikram Yoga celebrated the grand opening of its yoga center in Kathu on May 17. Pictured are (from left) CEO Asia Pacific Sumanta Bhattacharya, Chief Instructor ROCKIN’ ON: Hard rock AC/DC fan Gert Svensson (right) celebrates his 75th birthday Benn Lees, Sales & Marketing Manager Thanakorn Parnpeng, General Manager Sono on May 10 with his wife, Iron Maiden fan Marianne, and their son George, at Yasumoto, Managing Director Prapha Bhattacharya and instructor Sittipong Rattanapong. George’s new Rock City venue at the top end of Soi Bangla. May 31 - June 6, 2008 FEATURE PHUKET GAZETTE 17

he immaculate Douglas Adams was a ranter in a class of his own. He elevated ranting to the lofty pinnacles of sheer poetry, leav- Ting sad acolytes like Soapbox Sid merely Confessions of the gasping in his imperious wake. It was Adams who observed, “It is no coincidence that in no known language of the galaxy does there exist the expres- sion ‘As beautiful as an airport’.” terminally insane And why might that be? Clearly because airports represent a The only thing that prevents murder cide exactly with the statutory three-hour merry fairground ride with bobbing horses sort of sink of human depravity and squa- becoming a daily occurrence at the Phuket lunch break of the immo boys. and organ music had a very warped sense lor, so terrible that not even the most be- airport is the fact that most punters arrive So, rather than “Welcome to the of humor. nevolent observer could find a good word for a sun-drenched tropical holiday and are Land of Smiles”, it’s more a case of “Wel- You wait so long that cobwebs and to say about them. therefore in ultra-forgiveness mode. come to the land of miles” – of immigra- spiders cover your slumping frame while Here in Thailand, it seems we have Our airport raises the standards of tion queues. you listen to a looped piece of tap-dancing examples of the very best and very worst global airport inefficiency When you do finally music played on an out-of-key piano. representations of airports, as indeed we and brutishness to new reach the immigration desk, Eventually your case appears, bro- do for so many other categories of experi- heights. after a wait almost as long ken open and with your most embarrass- ence. First, your plane usu- as the duration of your flight ing underwear and sex toys poking out for The verdant, open-sala, palm-tree- ally comes to a standstill a from Vladivostok itself, all to see. fringed Disneyland-by-sea that purports to good 300 meters from the what you hope for is a nice As you exit the terminal, you be Koh Samui Airport is the closet any terminal building, necessi- sweetie and a welcoming brusquely fight your way through a hoard airport in the world has ever come to be- tating a hot, sweaty smile, as you get at say of touts offering everything from over- ing “beautiful”. scramble across roasting Changi or KL immigration. priced taxi rides to massages, ladyboy Little electric-golf-buggy-type trains concrete in a sun-blinding No such luck. shows and their own sisters, before meekly pootle out to pick you up after you have heat haze that makes the ANDAMAN Khun Immigration asking where the air-conditioned public disembarked. likelihood of being mowed BY SOAPBOX SID clearly hates his job, hates transport leaves from to take you to your Then, after a bit of a chat and a ciggy down by a passing baggage you for having the audac- hotel. with a couple of his mates, the driver will van almost inevitable. ity to come here on holiday After the touts have fallen about eventually consent to take you the 50 feet Upon arrival at the RANT while he’s grimly grinding laughing for about half an hour, you real- to a couple of open salas, where brightly terminal building and in des- out his horrible existence ize you should perhaps have been nicer to clad and beauteous young women will then perate need of a leak, you will find that and, most of all, hates your rotten foreign them as their over-priced rides, which have point out that your luggage has gone to every toilet has a silly sign in front of it – passport, which he stamps with a ferocity just gone up by another 50%, are the only Surat Thani. all day, every day – indicating that it’s be- and disdain that you normally see only in option you have. So, the principles of airport ineffi- ing cleaned and therefore cannot be used those extreme boxing matches where gladi- So there it is in a nutshell. ciency are upheld even at Samui Airport, for its designed purpose. ators pummel each other to near death It’s a tragedy that dear old Douglas but in a most charming Thai way. What do they do in there all day? behind high-wire fencing. Adams is no longer with us. But perhaps But not all airports are bad. Some Next, it’s time for the charming im- Now it’s baggage carousel time – it’s just as well, if he had had the misfor- are simply appalling. At the other end of migration officers to check your passport. there’s a misnomer if ever there was one. tune to visit Phuket International Airport, the airport horror spectrum we have, er, But unfortunately, the three disgorged jum- Whoever likened waiting for your luggage even his glorious sense of humor might Phuket International Airport. bos arriving from Russia happen to coin- to appear on a rotating metallic belt to a have been found wanting. 18 PHUKET GAZETTE LIFESTYLE May 31 - June 6, 2008

By Chris Husted

arlier this month, Eric Smulders of the island’s premier objets d’art Shine like source Soul of Asia, set theE bar on the island for the big- gest birthday bash of the year when he celebrated his 70th birth- day. For his platinum anniver- a diamond sary, Eric invited more guests than candles would fit on a birthday heaper, but just as stylish as the diamonds they imi- cake, flying in more than 50 fam- tate, this range of crystal-adorned accessories ily members and friends to join at adds subtle sophistication to any outfit, and even least 50 more local guests for a C party that stretched over five an especially evocative addition to eveningwear. days. These handmade jewelry designs at the Gold Miss Even the guests arriving was hectic, explained his better store in Central Festival Phuket are fresh in from Korea, half Elisabeth. “We had 10 flights the birthplace of much of Asia’s feisty fashions. arriving within hours of each The designs intertwine quartz and pearls with gold- other, so we had to organize a fleet of minivans and cars to pick and silver-plated hoops and swirls to create harmonious them all up. That’s a lot easier combinations as pendant necklaces, earrings, bracelets said than done,” she said, add- ing that Jeanette Skelton of and hair accessories. Luxury Events Phuket did a ster- The accessories are an economic alternative to pricier ling job of organizing the five-day diamond and precious-metal designs, but the craftsman- event. Among the guests attending ship of the accessories are still premium quality. the party were all six of Eric’s Ranging in price from 100 to just over 1,000 baht, the Jena (above) of Gold brothers, as well as his own chil- accessories can be combined to create earring, necklace Miss store at Central dren: Alex, a father of three who Festival shows off lives in China; Patrick; and Pier and bracelet sets. Customers can also request for designs earrings from her and his and his wife, who live in to be made to order. latest collection, Christchurch, New Zealand, and which includes who were expected to have a Gold Miss is on the ground floor of Central Festival. delicate hoop earrings newborn within four weeks of the For more information call 086-2663275. and silk necklaces party. – Natcha Yuttaworawit with drop pendants Elisabeth’s daughter Ma- (right, below and left). rine, 23, who works for Chanel, was also welcomed to the event. Unfortunately, Eric’s mother could not make the party. Although wonderfully spry con- sidering she turned 100 at the end of January, she was unable to travel to Phuket from her home in Belgium to join the festivities. In his mother’s footsteps, at 70 years old Eric is no slouch. He loves his golf, boating, diving, is heavily involved in setting up a beach club in Surin and is in the gym two hours nearly every day. So it is no surprise that his own birthday party was one, long funathon. After the new arrivals had settled and packed their jet-lag away for the week, the party started in earnest on Day 2 (May 15) with a belated 60th birthday party for Eric’s brother Paul, also

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Above and right: In addition to 50 guests being flown in for the party, the guest list included all Eric Smulders celebrates his birthday with hugs from his partner Elisabeth and her daughter Marine. sorts of locals. Photos by Soul of Eric Dan Miles. Then came Saturday: The Birthday. The rains stopped, monks held a blessing ceremony at Eric’s Kamala home and 70 birds were released. The course of events was as natural as day becomes night: a birthday lunch blended into an afternoon get-together which led to dinner that night, at which Eric arrived on a palanquin carried by his nephew and godson. Well, the night just went on and the soirée ended the next day with 35 Dutchmen and one Dutch known as “Uncle Seven” as he lady greeting the new dawn sip- is the youngest of seven broth- ping champagne in the pool. ers. Paul’s birthday is July 14, so Sunday, the traditional day he does not celebrate it on the of rest, saw guests enjoying a day as it is also Bastille Day, a barbecue lunch on the beach at national holiday in his homeland, the Norwegian-English restaurant France. Taste. This time, Eric arrived by On the Friday, the guests elephant. were boated out to a nearby is- The beach party closed with land to inspect some pearl farms sundowner cocktails before and have lunch at a floating res- guests headed back to the airport. THE BROTHERS SEVEN: (from left) Uncle Francis, 77, from Amsterdam; Uncle Robert, 75, from Monaco; taurant. They returned for dinner At the time of going to Uncle Maurice, 73, from Belgium; Uncle Eric, 70, from Amsterdam, Belgium, Japan, Hong Kong, Phuket at Rockfish restaurant in Kamala press, Eric was last seen enjoy- (and elsewhere around the world); Uncle Louis, 67, from Houston, USA; Uncle Harry, 64, from Belgium; and took in the latest FantaSea ing a well-deserved rest. Happy Uncle Seven (aka Uncle Paul), 60, from Holland and Phuket. stage show. birthday, Eric. Photo by Luxury Events Phuket. 20 PHUKET GAZETTE MOTORING May 31 - June 6, 2008

ast year, Mazda cel- ebrated 40 years of pro- ducing Rotary-powered cars. Although rotary- engineL technology was invented by German engineer Dr Felix Wankel and developed by Ger- many’s NSU (now Audi), Mazda has been the only leading motor manufacturer to persevere with the concept. In 1991, Mazda won the Le Mans 24-hour endurance race with the rotary-engined 787B, making it the first, and still only, Japanese manufacturer to cap- ture the prestigious French clas- sic. Dr Wankel first came up with the rotary idea in 1924, but it was only in the 1960s that an engine was considered a realis- tic proposition. Early motors suffered from reliability and fuel-consumption problems, mainly because of ex- cessive wear to the seals at the tips of the rotors. Despite NSU and Mazda introducing a succes- sion of models, the concept was quietly dropped by all manufac- turers – except Mazda. The Japanese automaker began with the Cosmo Sport in RX-8 Line manager Tetsu Nakazawa says the new model embodies the very essence of Mazda sports performance cars, the result of 40 years of perfecting the sports roadster. 1963 and continued to use it in three generations of its RX-7 sports car. Since its launch in 2003, the RX-8 has several top motoring awards. Line manager for the RX-8, Tetsu Nakazawa, Rotary comes full circle said, “Dating back to the Cosmo Sport, every sports car ever de- are driven through a six-speed frangible brake pedal to lessen veloped by Mazda has had the manual gearbox. injury to the driver in a crash. same fundamental mission. The The design of the RX-8, Interestingly, the front and 2009 RX-8 embodies the mission, which is closely related to the rear tires are different sizes. conveying the unique and distinc- concept vehicle Mazda showed Nineteen-inch wheels with ultra- tive Mazda brand DNA to the at the 1999 Tokyo show, features low-profile rubber at the front fullest.” what Mazda calls “freestyle” give the car a purposeful aspect, To date, Mazda has sold al- doors, where there is no center while the width of the tires at the most two million cars powered by pillar and the rear doors are back ensures excellent handling a rotary engine. The hinged at the back. in all conditions. RX-7 supercar has This allows rear- Ferrari once researched the now made way for seat passengers occurrence of punctures and con- the RX-8, which still easy access, but for cluded that the average driver contains the ultra- safety reasons the experiences a deflation only once smooth rotary prin- rear doors cannot every seven years. Therefore, ciple. Its twin-rotor BEHIND be released unless only in rare circumstances would power plant pro- THE the front doors are differing front and rear tire sizes duces a generous open. present a problem. 246bhp (184kW) at WHEEL The interior is The Mazda RX-8 is a the relatively high By Jeff Heselwood sufficiently large, unique car in more ways than one, engine speed of due in part to the The tailored interior brings together the themes sports and style. but it is spacious, relatively eco- 8,500rpm, but so smooth is the compact dimensions of the rotary discs, while the power steering is ture between engine and front nomical and comprehensively rotary motor that it sounds and engine. With so few moving parts electronic, not hydraulic, thereby bumper. equipped. feels more like a sewing machine. and a nominal displacement of minimizing any power losses. This considerably lessens Although unavailable locally Torque is less impressive, about 1300cc, the engine also al- Safety was an important the consequences of a frontal or in Thailand, the RX-8 is expected with a modest 216Nm delivered lows a low bonnet line and a short consideration in the initial design offset impact. There are “intelli- to cost around 3.75 million baht at 7,500rpm. The engine is front overhang. of the RX-8 and the rotary en- gent” front airbags that are trig- once imported. mounted in the front of the car, The brakes are six-piston gine helps even in this department, gered depending on the severity giving the RX-8 a weight distri- front calipers, four-piston rears, with the location of the engine al- of the collision, as well as head- Jeff Heselwood can be con- bution of 50:50. The rear wheels both acting on huge ventilated lowing a larger, deformable struc- protection curtain airbags and a tacted at [email protected] May 31 - June 6, 2008 WHAT’ S ON PHUKET GAZETTE 21

EVENTS CALENDAR Upcoming events on the island

Until June 1. Overgaard on June 5, is available at Phuket International Rugby www.phuketmarathon.com For 10s. TriBallistic Malaiwana Triathlon details contact Roman Floesser. Marking a decade of inter- Tel: 02-2362931. Email: direct@ national rugby on Phuket, this goadventureasia.com year’s Rugby 10s tournament June 22 will be played at Karon Munici- June 15. PC Group Therapy pal Stadium. – Chalong. Once again, the Phuket Race three of four in the TriBallistic From 10 am until midday at Rugby 10s will be raising money Malaiwana Triathlon series will be the Khun Wooody’s Sandwich for the Ronda Butler Memorial held at Indigo Pearl Resort on June Shoppe in Chalong. Fund. For more information, con- 22. Registration will be at 6 am, with June 22. PC Group Therapy tact Patrick Cotter by email: at the first race beginning at 7 am. – Patong. [email protected] Thee are three race classes: From 10 am until midday at Alternatively, visit the the Sandwich Shoppe in Patong. Phuket Vagabonds website at: • Adult sprint (swim 750m, ride www.phuketvagabondsrfc.com 20km, run 5km) June 29. Mac Group Therapy • Splash ’n’ dash (swim 50m, – Chalong. Until June 30. Boathouse Gal- From 10 am until midday at lery extends “Islands” by ride 3km, run 750m) the Sandwich Shoppe in Chalong. Laura Baum. • Junior (swim 200m, ride 6km, The much talked-about ex- run 1.5km) July 17. Asarnha Bucha Day hibition “Islands” by Laura Baum, Medals will be awarded to all (Public Holiday). at Mom Tri's Boathouse Art Gal- This full-moon day of the lery, will be extended for another finishers. eighth lunar month commemo- month. Registration is available online rates the Buddha’s first sermon Laura Baum, accomplished at www.triballisticclub.com or to his first five disciples after at- American painter of ethereal taining Enlightenment more than landscapes, was a student of contact Shaun Boulter for more 2,500 years ago. Diane Kan, disciple of revered information. Tel: 089-5902014. Email: Evening candlelit proces- Master Chang Dai Chien (1899- [email protected] Altrnatively Junior athletes will be competing in a splash ’n’ dash, sions are staged in all Thai Bud- 1983). The powerful watercolors, comprising a 50-meter swim, a three-kilometer dhist temples. with stone and mineral colors email [email protected] cycle ride and a 750m run. mixed by the artist, are painted July 18. Buddhist Lent Day on Japanese gold- or silver-leaf (Public Holiday). boards covered with rice paper. From 10 am until midday at Phuket Dance Academy at Royal For more information con- Occurs one day after the The exhibition is open daily, the Sandwich Shoppe in Patong. Phuket City Hotel. tact Cristy. Tel: 085-4734636. full-moon day of the eighth lunar from 9 am to 9 pm, until 30 June. Contact Woody Leonhard. The performance will start Email: cristy@soidog-foundation. month. Khao Pansa marks the For more information con- Tel: 089-1960940. Email: at 5 pm. org Website: www.soidog- beginning of the annual three- tact Lisa Sol. Tel: 076-330015. woody@KhunWoody. Adults: 500 baht; children foundation.org month Rains Retreat, during Email: [email protected] com Website: www.KhunWoody. under 12 years old: 250 baht. which, Buddhist monks custom- Website: www.boathousephuket. com Contact Linda Cumming for June 15. The 2008 Laguna arily stay at a particular temple com additional information. Tel: 081- Phuket International Mara- to study and meditate. June 6. Bands’ Night @ The 8937749. Email: linda@linda thon. A candle festival is held an- June 1. PC Group Therapy – Watermark. cumming.com The 2008 Laguna Phuket nually on this day. Patong. And the beat goes on… International Marathon is ex- Is your Internet connection Watermark presents the next of June 8. PC Group Therapy – pected to be another success this July 23-27. Six Senses Phuket driving you nuts? Ready to throw its Fab Fridays live music nights Laguna. year with more than 1,000 par- Raceweek. your PC out the, uh, window? – the first Friday of each month. As always, from 10 am un- ticipants in the 42km marathon, This is one of Thailand’s top Need advice on where to buy a On June 6: pop-folk duo til midday at the Sandwich Shoppe 21km half-marathon, 10km run, on-the-water events for partici- computer, or get one repaired? Steel & Pillows, followed by in Laguna. and 5km walk. There will also be pants and sponsors alike. Email: Join For Dummies… author Adrenalin Junkies and The For- a 2km kids’ run. [email protected] Website: Woody Leonhard for his weekly eign Community. Closing with a June 8. Meet the Dogs Sun- Registration, which closes www.phuketraceweek.com Group Therapy sessions from 10 DJ set by eVolutions. day Brunch by Soi Dog Foun- am to midday. They’re free. Fancy some Talking Heads, dation. Novices most welcome – The Killers, Amy Winehouse, Meet some of the special no experience necessary. Bring Jack Johnson, Radiohead, U2 or dogs from the Soi Dog Shelter, your questions, bring your com- Portishead? all of which are looking for new puter, bring your mother-in-law Come early– the venue fills homes. and your worry beads, and let’s up from 6 pm, so dust off your Hosted by your MC Gary, see if we can sort things out. dancing shoes. this event at Babylon Beach Club For directions to Sandwich Happy hour: 5-7pm. 50 baht in Bang Tao will be loads of fun, Shoppe Chalong, see the website. Heinekens. 2-4-1 cocktails. including a raffle and auction. Sponsored by the Phuket Ga- Tickets are 750 baht and zette and Khun Woody’s Sand- June 7. Showbiz. include a buffet lunch, water and wich Shoppes. Dance Performance by soft drinks. Places are limited. 22 PHUKET GAZETTE May 31 - June 6, 2008

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1. In which year was 8. In which country was 15. To the nearest Phuket’s Heroine’s that historic event? hundred million Monument built? pounds sterling, what 9. Which country adopted was Ladbrokes 2. In which year was the dollar as its operating profit for the battle that the currency that year? 2007? Heroines are famed for? 10. According to the 16. In which country is Hebrew calendar, what Ladbrokes moving to 3. In the same year as year is this? open branches this the battle, which year? Quick Crossword famous newspaper 11. Which US group had Across Down was first printed in chart success with the 17. Who wrote the London? song Runaway Train? bestselling paperback 1. Rodent 2. Web address novel The Hollow? 4. Insurgent 3. Government representative 4. What was the 12. Which train disaster 8. Brand of jeans 4. Start over newspaper originally occurred outside 18. How many New York 9. Delete 5. Equilibrium called? London in 1999? Times bestsellers has 10. Watch discreetly 6. Solo she written? 11. Pretend 7. Water 5. Who was it’s editor? 13. What was the nearest 12. Part of a gear system 10. Where sports are played train station to the site 19. What was her first 6. What business was of that accident? published book 15. Not true 13. Hold he in before called? 16. Sound transmitter 14. Fictional boxer becoming an editor? 14. Which US hotel chain 17. Blue 15. Girl’s name did British gambling 20. Which horse won last 19. Silly person 16. Digest words on paper 7. What historic aviation company Ladbrokes year’s Kentucky 20. Not old 18. Pirate tipple event occurred on own from May 1999 to Derby? Solution below May 10 that year? February 2006? Answers below Puzzle Solutions

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’m living in a little house in a crowded had any idea on how to rid the house of neighborhood in Phuket. When not at this gecko. school or out doing some other activ One suggested setting a fire in the ity, I spend most of my time in the house, as geckos hate smoke. kitchen.I Someone else suggested using ultra- When I eat I’m usually too focused sound, as the vibrations are good for scar- on the food to pay any attention to any- ing away mice, too. No way. He loves to thing else, but lately, I’ve been noticing the watch television. behavior of the variety of creatures that Getting back to the ants, most of the share my house, and it’s surprising how time I hate them because they’re simply many of them there are. annoying, but I have discovered many in- I know them all and I have started to teresting things by observing them. study their habits. I don’t think my house For example, the many species of is dirty – my mother has a phobia about ants fight each other and even amongst bacteria and cleans everything – but still themselves. But they must live together to we have many uninvited “guests”. be able to survive. Just drop a single crumb of bread on They have strong rivalries when the floor, or leave a little sugar on the fighting for control of their territory, yet counter after making a coffee and the ants they co-operate and work in a team be- start filling the house. They are like super- cause each of them is gifted with specific visors who can see with microscopic pre- abilities. cision every little morsel you’ve missed. This co-operation is, in fact, the only My dad is Italian and he, of course, shared by 100 or so frogs that have dis- fast. He’s doing a good job in the house: way they can guarantee their survival. loves spaghetti and Parmesan cheese. I’ve covered a meeting place just under the wa- he eats spiders and keeps me company in Some kinds of ants are better at sorting discovered that these armies of “supervi- terfall. the kitchen when I’m raid- the food, while others watch sors” are also addicted to Parmesan. As They put on a big frog concert ev- ing the fridge for a snack in over the transporters. soon as some appears, they immediately ery day and I suppose they must be highly the middle of the night. Youth ’n I’m sure your house march in to devour it. developed amphibians because they seem I’ve tried to shoo him has its variety of daily guests, There must be a reason why the en- to use a modern PA system to blast their away from the house be- even if they were uninvited. froggie notes over the fence. cause he scares me some- ASIA tire world loves this Italian specialty, don’t Some of them are useful, you think? After their concert, some of the times, but he’s too fast, so I By Maria Giulietta while others come to steal My neighbor, a Thai gentleman who frogs pay a visit to my garden and I’ll try talking to him instead, but your meal or to scare you. works at the airport, is very proud of his sometimes find them in my house or in he just looks at me without moving a Useful or not, the ants give us a clear homemade water feature that has a wa- my shoes. muscle. He has the bad habit of using the message: no species can survive without terfall. I sometimes see him looking at his I have a gecko in my house, too. He wall as his personal toilet. co-operation and it is impossible to face creation with affection – a love that is happily runs around the wall and he’s very I decided to ask some friends if they most situations alone.

ne thing is for certain, Fun Town is never short of stories to tickle the imagination. Of Stories from the outer limits course,O there are some classics. In August 2006, a worker at a with his colleagues, returned to back of the pickup. constables of the nearby Soi 9 po- building site near Sukhumvit High- Sattahip. The next day, employees of lice station were called to a fra- way discovered what looked to September brought a great the bank arrived to find a hole in cas between a 27-year-old En- be an unexploded grenade. Lo- story about three men from Yu- the wall where once there had glishman, a 28-year-old Thai lady cal police were called in and con- goslavia who decided that rather been an ATM. They called the and a 27-year-old ladyboy. firmed that it was indeed an ex- than making a cash withdrawal police, who, through their collec- The Thai lady told police that plosive device. at an ATM, it would be far more tive efforts, immediately sus- she had come to see her English The police called in demoli- profitable if they absconded with pected a robbery. boyfriend, but found him engaged tion experts from the nearby the entire device. Those white-skinned Euro- FROM THE in a conversation with the lady- Sattahip naval base. One of these They hired a pickup in peans were probably under the boy. experts began attacking the top Pattaya and then drove to Chon- impression that Thailand is a real STREETS She was most upset at the of the aged device with a wrench, buri where they found a target to dirt-poor country run by morons. O F sight of her true love showing attempting to remove the metal. which they returned late one Perhaps, but one thing the Thais PATTAYA more than a passing interest in Fortunately, he failed. So evening to prise the 200-kilogram are very fond of is money. Thai By Duncan Stearn another person and the trio were instead, he wrapped the device machine from its alcove. banks prefer to hang onto as soon involved in a shouting match tightly in black masking tape and, They then lugged it into the much of the folding stuff as pos- sible, which is why they usually that disturbed the peaceful and install CCTV cameras. graceful ambiance of the bars of The Europeans were Soi 8. caught on CCTV and when Thai The police took the whole television news announced the shouting match back to the Soi 9 robbery, the man who ran the station where all parties were or- car-rental agency recognized the dered to cough up 500 baht each criminals. He contacted the lo- for disturbing the peace. cal police and, as the saying goes, This final story comes from the rest is history – as are the the files of the Asia Bugle Yugoslavs. (www.asiabugle.com). The I recall that the (male) gov- owner of the Peacock Bar asked ernor of an American state once his staff to have some more busi- publicly confessed to having an ness cards printed, the same as affair with another man. I won- his old ones, with the name of the der what his wife was thinking bar, the address and a picture of as he came out. a peacock. Psychologists apparently When the new cards ar- believe a woman feels worse if rived, instead of a picture of a her partner admits to having an peacock, they were adorned with affair with another man rather a picture of a parrot. than a woman. I wonder what The owner was understand- psychologists would make of this ably upset and demanded to know next story. why the picture had been Soi 8 is a street lined for changed. much of its length by beer bars. “This bird is much prettier,” One Monday evening, the fine came the reply. May 31 - June 6, 2008 FEATURES PHUKET GAZETTE 27 Male chick lit a sad read ussell Banks is a 68-year-old “He was dangerous, and yet he was having it off with local hunting guide Hubert novelist and poet whose literary unavailable, off-limits, safe. It did not hurt St Germain. territory – upstate New York and him that he was a famous artist and hand- When Vanessa finds the two in his rural New England – overlaps some and healthy, a legendary adventurer cabin, Alicia figures she will tell Jordan. twoR of his contemporaries, William and sportsman, a roistering world traveler So she confesses her adultery to him that Kennedy and Richard Russo. He has writ- with a loving family, leftist politics, and a night and the next morning, for no explained ten 12 novels, of which I’ve read and en- lot of money.” reason, he flies off to Vanessa’s home only joyed two: The Book of Jamaica and Naturally Vanessa makes a play for to find St Germain sleeping on the porch. Continental Drift. They share a common Off the him. Now listen to him rebuff her: He had been hired to bring food to theme of white working man encounter- “Look, you’re not some pretty little the place because Vanessa had kidnapped ing the Caribbean world. Banks is presi- SHELF Chilean dance hall girl showing me her tits, her mother and is holding her hostage. dent of something called the International or a smiling round-faced Inuit girl laying Why? Because her mother wants to Parliament of Writers and holds the strange By James Eckardt naked under a bearskin blanket, or some seize her inheritance and ship Vanessa off official title of New York Author. doe-eyed model from the Art Students to a mental institute in Austria. Instead of The Reserve (HarperColllins, New from Harvard, are celebrating July 4, 1936. League dying to sleep with the famous simply refusing to sign the committal pa- York, 2008, 287pp) is his 12th novel and it Suddenly this seaplane alights on the lake artist. You’re not one of those Fifth Av- pers at the lawyer’s office, Vanessa does is awful. and onto the shore steps the dashing fig- enue society hostesses looking for a dis- sign them and kidnaps her mother instead. This is a shame because it’s got a ure of Jordan Groves, rich artist, leftist, creet tumble in the maid’s room after the But the mother is accidentally killed by a great opening scene which is replicated WWI fighter pilot and travel writer. party’s over and the other guests have gone shotgun blast and Vanessa convinces the on the cover: a tintype of a woman stand- At which point the novel turns into a home. No, you’re like me, Vanessa Von two men to bury her and then agree to say ing on a lakeshore, with a hairdo and dress chick lit comic book. Jordan Groves is ev- Henidenstamm. And people like you and that the old lady has simply disappeared. from the 1930s, while overhead hovers a ery inch the bodice ripper. He travels to me, we leave wreckage behind us. I don’t There’s more, but you really don’t biplane with pontoons. the jungles of Peru and the icy wastes of want my family to be part of that wreck- want to hear it. The woman is Vanessa Von Greenland, bedding the local women but age. That’s all I’m saying.” You might want to know that Heidenstamm (née Cole), a 30-year-old, faithful in heart to his beautiful blond Aus- Now who really talks like that? This Vanessa eventually does get it on with Jor- two-time divorcée, famed socialite and hell- trian wife and devoted to their two sons is antique women’s magazine gush. dan. She really gets her bodice ripped. raiser. The lake is in an Adirondack Moun- Bear and Wolf (yes, Bear and Wolf). Such fustian prose is put in service The Reserve is a sad spectacle of a tain reserve inhabited by rich people. Her Thus, he was “sexually incandescent to an utterly ridiculous plot. The only sur- fat cat novelist shamefully writing below parents and four other couples, all friends to certain women”. prise is that Jordan Groves’ wife Alicia is his weight class.

Voiceless Voiced pb Finding your voice

n my previous column, I ex- The first letter of the Thai / pai / “go” / baimáai / “leaf” plained “contrasting” and alphabet is / kor kài. It is a / pàak / “mouth” / bàai / “afternoon” “non-contrasting” sounds as “voiceless” sound. In English, g well as aspirated and un- is voiced. It’s a subtle distinction, / plaa / “fish” / bon / “on” aspiratedI sounds in Thai. This but it is there. week, we’ll discuss another im- The correct sound of is td portant distinction in Thai: one of those non-contrasting “voiced” and “voiceless” sounds. sounds in English, only found in To briefly recap, those words such as sky and ski. In that / tai / “kidney” / dek / “child” sounds we consciously distinguish context, our brain groups it with are called contrasting sounds. k. In Thai, since there is no En- / taa / “eye” / duai / “also” Other times, there are multiple to distinguish the two. It just so glish g sound, it’s tempting to just / taai / “die” / dam / “black” sounds that our brains automati- happens that for native speakers, let g fill in that gap, rather than cally group together as one it’s a subconscious distinction. learning to say sound properly. “sound”. That is, our brains aren’t There are many voiced- If you pronounce like En- kg trained to hear the difference. voiceless pairs in English. Many glish g, it’ll sound wrong to Thais, none These are called “non-contrast- of them are contrasting sounds, even if they can’t explain why. ing” sounds. so we don’t even realize that the Think of, say, Dracula. It’s / kài / “chicken” An example that illustrates only difference between the two like you’re saying, “I vant vun / kin / “eat” the difference between voiced sounds is the vibration of the vo- order of chicken fried rice.. mua and voiceless sounds is “th” – the cal cords. These include s and z ha ha”. Only no Dracula laugh. / kâo / “nine” scourge of all non-native speak- (“sit” and “zit”), f and v (“fan” Then again, maybe that’s why ers trying to master English. “Th” and “van”), and ch and j (“chain” they put all that garlic in the food. can be one of two sounds, as in and “Jane”). Your pronunciation “this” and “thin”. Pay close at- may vary slightly, depending on Rikker Dockum writes regu- tention to the first sound of each your dialect. larly at thai101.blogspot.com word. When pronouncing “this”, In Thai, there are only two and can be contacted at: your vocal cords vibrate, but voiced sounds, but they confuse [email protected] when pronouncing “thin”, your many people: b and d. Combined vocal cords don’t vibrate. with aspirated and unaspirated You can even feel the dif- consonants, they make a three- ference when you place your fin- way contrast in Thai. English has gers on your neck while you only two. make these sounds. Don’t be Where English has pet and fooled by the vowel “i” immedi- bet, in Thai, there are / phèt / ately following the th-sound. One “spicy”, / pèt / “duck” and of the characteristics of all vow- / bèt / “fishhook”. els is that making them always Similarly, consider ⌫ / thii/ causes the vocal cords vibrate. “time, instance”, ⌫ / tii / “hit, Focus only on the initial conso- strike” and ⌫ / dii / “good”. nant sounds, you can tell the dif- The table to the right will ference. help you sort out the difference. Other words that begin with One sound not found in Thai voiced-th are that, there, then, and is the English sound “g”. Many though. For voiceless-th, we have phrasebooks use g to spell Thai words such as think, three, words, but this is one of those thimble and through. Proper En- misleading downsides of Roman- glish pronunciation requires you ized Thai. 28 PHUKET GAZETTE EDITORIAL & LETTERS May 31 - June 6, 2008

367/2 Yaowarat Rd, Amphur Muang, Phuket 83000 Tel: 076-236555 - Since 1994 - Fax: 076-213971 Email: [email protected] Stuck in a holding pattern Plans by Airports of Thailand Public Company Limited (AOT) to fund a 5-billion-baht upgrade at Phuket International Airport come as good news, but the two-year work plan falls short of addressing the airfield’s key limiting factor: its single runway can only safely ac- commodate 20 takeoffs and landings per hour. Worse, the 3,000- meter airstrip is too short to allow for safe takeoff of fully laden jumbo jets, let alone the new generation of even larger commercial aircraft like the Airbus 380. Ideas to lengthen the existing runway, a 45-meter-wide strip of asphaltic concrete, pose a difficult but not insurmountable engineer- ing challenge – one that needs to be addressed as soon as possible if AOT’s own heady projections of having the facility serve 15 million visitors annually by 2020 are to be realized. As for extending the existing runway, there are only two op- tions. [see photo, page 1] Former Phuket Provincial Administration Organization (OrBorJor) President Anchalee Vanich-Thepabutr in 2004 slammed the idea of extending the runway inland, saying that noise pollution was already disruptive for local communities, mostly Muslim, whose prayer times are often disturbed by the sound of jet engines over- Letters head. While this may have been a shrewd, politically motivated state- The Gazette is pleased to receive mail from read- with your views for publication in our next issue. ment at the time, her alternative suggestion to extend the runway out ers. Please write to us at 367/2 Yaowarat Rd, We reserve the right to edit all letters. Pseud- into the sea at the southern end of Mai Khao Beach should be dis- Amphur Muang, Phuket 83000, fax to 076-213971 onyms are acceptable only if your full name and missed out of hand as sheer fallacy. or send an email to [email protected] address are supplied. While runways have been successfully constructed out onto reclaimed land in some places around the world, none of them have been in locations that get battered by the kind of huge surf that pre- On being gassed that stuff is. I also wonder trash lying about. And why else vails along Phuket’s entire west coast throughout the monsoon sea- whether the Public Health Office would they want to return? Per- son – which is why the Interior Ministry’s Town and Country Plan- There I sat at my desk when I thinks it is safe to pour clouds of haps for a suit or a tuk-tuk ride? ning Department correctly forbids any offshore construction there. began to hear the approach of the stuff into folks’ homes. I have Low season is a self-fulfill- One can only hope that AOT engineers would have learned what might have been an aircraft noticed in Phuket City that they ing prophecy when resorts and enough from building runways on swampland at Suvarnabhumi to – it had that turbine whine. A lo- spray only drains and always at communities quit providing ser- take on the even greater challenge of building on a beach, especially cal OrBorTor member, my land- about 4 am – not midday. vices that keep the area nice and one such as Mai Khao. Tsunami risk and gradually rising sea levels lord’s nephew, was leading a Finally, I think it imperative clean. Get with it – or quit whin- contributing to coastal erosion along most of the Andaman shoreline worker with a vacuum-sized can- that officials spraying the stuff be ing about how slow business is. make this idea totally impractical in the long term. ister around the property spray- sufficiently well trained that they Ricky Ricardo Given these facts, the only viable option is to construct a tunnel ing for mosquitoes. I didn’t think know what they are spraying and Cherng Talay under the stretch of Route 402 that passes a few hundred meters much of it until a cloud of the stuff what the right concentration is – from the existing airfield. Such a tunnel would need to be carefully – it smells rather like the silicon two things I rather doubt my lo- designed to prevent flooding and support the airfield above, but the spray, WD40 – poured through cal OrBorTor man and his side- No one deserves to technology exists and needs to be used here if AOT’s projections are my kitchen window. kick had any idea of. M be a mugging victim to be realized. – The Editor I figured it was all very well By email Do you have an opinion you want to share? to gas the drains, but had doubts In response to “There are always Email [email protected] regarding the safety of gassing two sides to a story” (Gazette, people with the stuff. Birth de- Thanks for dredging May 24 issue), what a strange fects and other illnesses associ- letter with certainly a very alter- ated with exposure to insecticides Well, all I can say is that it’s about native opinion. actually led Monsanto, the time [Royal Phuket Marina The writer says, “This kind world’s largest maker, to re-in- dredging wins Governor’s Office of thing happens so often in beach In association with The Nation Multimedia Group PCL corporate itself as a means of support, Gazette Online, May 23]. areas when farang think they can avoiding responsibility for the This channel is used by many tour get drunk and make noise, either pending lawsuits. vessels, large yachts and motor someone hates him or it’s a real Editor: Parichat Utintu When I mentioned it to the cruisers and if Thailand wants to criminal.” OrBorTor member, asking what Managing Editor: Chris Husted be the cruising playground of Is this reader actually say- kind of poison he had sprayed ing that it was the victim’s actions News Editor: Stephen Fein Southeast Asia, it had better lift through my window, he replied its game on issues such as this. that warranted a violent mugging Chief Reporter: Janyaporn Morel angrily that I should sue him. Congratulations to RPM on and also because he’s a “farang”? Editorial Team: Natcha Yuttaworawit, Sompratch Saowakhon, “I’m only asking what the its efforts. It’s a pity other mari- I don’t even know what the Semacote Suganya, Pathomporn Kaenkrachang, name of the stuff is,” I said. “You nas that will benefit haven’t circumstances were, but to make don’t know what the name of the Nick Davies, Matt Crook opened their wallets to help out. excuses for this sort of behavior stuff is, do you?” Paul Nelson shows this particular reader’s Managing Director: Oranee Pienprasertkul “The Public Health Office Phuket complete ignorance. General Managers: Niladaa Mastanawattanakul, guarantees it,” he said, “so you Phuket is Thailand’s know it’s OK.” wealthiest province outside of Natthira Susangrat “How many times has the Low-season whinge Bangkok; this is due to tourism. Publisher: The Phuket Gazette Co Ltd Public Health Office been wrong starting to wear thin Thai families are profiting from about things they guaranteed?” I soaring land prices due to foreign Contact us asked, thinking of the thalidomide We have all read about the local influence. If these violent attacks babies of years gone by and the government contracts to pick up Advertising Sales: [email protected] continue and the local authorities more recent scandal involving dis- trash on the beach, but we can’t cannot control the situation, it will Classified Advertising: [email protected] tribution of placebos instead of help but notice the complete ab- hurt Phuket’s economy big time. Website Services: [email protected] actual medicine by hospitals. “Is sence of this service lately. What I’m in Singapore, which is Gazette Guide inquiries: [email protected] it too much to alert people before happened? the safest city I’ve ever visited. you spray?” Many hotels have even quit The Thai authorities could learn Telephone: 076-236555 (10 lines) Fax: 076-213971 “You’re the only one who picking up trash on the beaches a lot from this place if they has a problem,” he shouted, then in front of them. Tourists can only The views expressed in the Phuket Gazette are those of the writers and contributors wanted to. and do not necessarily reflect those of the publisher, the editor, the shareholders, or the swore at me. be disgusted and will never re- Paul directors of The Phuket Gazette Co Ltd. Well, I wonder just how safe turn after seeing all the litter and Phuket Letters conveying views and suggestions are published here. Those seeking comment from government Copyright © 1994-2008 The Phuket Gazette Co Ltd officials and/or business owners are published in Issues & Answers on the facing page. May 31 - June 6, 2008 PERSPECTIVES PHUKET GAZETTE 29 Uzbek air carrier eyes Phuket, calls on governor

n the morning of May involve small-time dealers and 23, I was visited by addicts. representatives of Uz- Of course, we can make bekistan Airways, led The drug busts day in, day out, but I byO Sharkir Parpiev of the Governor’s think the best long-term solutions carrier’s commerce division. He are to educate young people of and his team informed me that Letter the dangers of drugs and use they plan to launch a direct ser- Phuket’s natural advantage as an vice for the seven-hour flight from n this month’s letter, Phuket Governor island to maintain strong surveil- Uzbekistan to Phuket, but that the lance measures at the Tah Chat market potential has been ham- Niran Kalayanamit discusses tourism de Chai checkpoint. pered by the problems Uzbeks velopment issues, mega-projects, security face in obtaining visas. I Mega-projects. I have worked Most of the Uzbek popula- issues related to the the recent disaster in hard to convince both the present tion is Muslim, with a similar Myanmar and the rising cost of living in Phuket. and previous central government world view as people in Turkey, Compiled by Sangkhae Leelanapaporn. administration of the urgent need they told me. for funding for many mega- They love to travel and en- projects, such as [a new incinera- joy life. They know a great deal tor] to deal with the waste-dis- about Phuket and would love to do our best to help them, progress living. However, we must be pre- bike. It happened right in front of posal crisis and tourism-related travel here, but they face too long on the visa issue will remain pared because, even though my house. developments, such as an inter- a wait and other difficulties when largely at the discretion of the Phuket does not border Myan- national conference center and applying for tourist visas. Ministry of Foreign affairs and its mar, it is not far from Ranong and Drugs. On the matter of the ille- light-rail service. Unfortunately, [Uzbekistan is not one the 42 na- security committee. is a major destination for gal trade in narcotics, there are these projects remain without tions listed on the Thai Ministry As for Phuket’s tourism smuggled migrant laborers from two opposing forces at work. It funding. of Foreign Affairs tourist visa- situation in general, we are that country. is true that the worsening I recently called a meeting exemption list – Editor] clearly in the low season now, For this reason I have asked economy might make it too ex- of all Phuket senators and MPs They also complained that especially in terms of foreign the police to be very strict in en- pensive for people to buy them, to discuss with my team the their people don’t like being pent visitors. However, we have seen forcement. but at the same time, more people island’s most urgent infrastruc- up inside the grounds of their ho- quite a good number of domes- This is only one of the se- might, out of desperation, be ture needs and we all agreed to tels with the type of package tours tic arrivals, with many govern- curity issues we can expect to tempted to deal drugs – thus mak- work together to push for this currently being offered to them. ment officials here to attend face, however. With the worsen- ing drugs more readily available. funding. When they visit, they would like meetings and seminars. ing global economy and rising Illegal drug use is endemic more freedom and outside activi- prices of essentials, such as food in developed areas all over the Voter apathy. We are seeing a ties, similar to package tourists vis- Security. Following the terrible and fuel, many businesses are world. As Phuket is an interna- decrease in the the number of iting from Russia, not East Asian effects of Cyclone Nargis in failing. As a result, there is a real tional tourism destination, I think people using their right to vote in countries. Myanmar, I have instructed all likelihood that snatch-and-run it is inevitable that there will al- elections for local administrative I advised them to put their relevant agencies to be prepared crimes and other forms of theft ways be some level of demand bodies, such as tambon adminis- concerns in an official letter and for a possible increase in efforts could increase. for narcotics here. tration organizations and munici- send a copy to the Phuket Tour- to smuggle migrant laborers into A few days ago at about 7 We are always careful to try palities. It’s not specific to Phuket, ist Association, providing informa- the province from that country. pm, a female worker at the and keep the level of drug use to but part of a nationwide trend. tion about the number of poten- This is to be expected given Phuket Public Prosecutor’s Of- a minimum because, as far as we For larger elections, such as tial tourists, economic consider- the dire situation so many people fice had her bag snatched and know, there are still no major pro- for seats in the Senate or House ations and other relevant informa- there face, with nothing to eat and was thrown to the ground as she ducers or suppliers based on the of Representatives, there is still tion. Although we will, of course, having lost any way of making a was riding along on her motor- island. The cases we see mostly a good deal of interest and high voter turnout. That may be in part be- cause of the much larger finan- cial resources candidates invest In need of Who wants in their campaigns, as well as the Issues& better-funded government cam- law and ANSWERS paigns encouraging people to get my used out and vote. Unfortunately, lo- cal elections seem to lack such parking Want to know how to get something done? cooking oil? coordination and candidate ex- posure. Can’t understand some of the dafter things Also, I think part of the turn- order that seem to go on in Phuket? Want to I would like to know if there are out in local polls reflects a cer- pitch an idea to Phuket’s authorities or any recycling facilities that col- tain degree of exasperation Why is it that even after the new lect used cooking oil. among voters who are bored with Soi Nam Jai in Rawai has been institutions? Then this is the forum for you. Jay having to go the polls so often. completed, we still do not have Submit your queries or suggestions to us Rawai Over time, they may feel it reasonable access to and from and we’ll ask the appropriate people to is not worth the effort given the our homes when the Wednesday Sumal Tilokkarn, clerk of past track records of previous and Sunday markets are on be- respond to them. Wongpanit Recycling Shop, winners in terms of local devel- cause of irresponsible parking of Write to: The Phuket Gazette, 367/2 Yaowarat Rd, Phuket Branch of the opment efforts. motorbikes and vehicles in Soi Muang, Phuket 83000. Fax 076-213971, or submit Wongpanit Group, replies: Another cause of complaint Nam Jai? your issue at www.phuketgazette.net We buy all kinds of used are the new election laws that Parking on one side of the cooking oil and use it to make bio- extend alcohol-sales restrictions road, not two, should be enforced diesel. You can bring oil to our and thus harm many businesses. by police so that we can all come cials this Wednesday to take care is located on Rawai Beach shop. As long as it is in an alumi- This law needs to be rewritten, and go frmo out homes when nec- of the traffic and organize park- Road, on the way to Promthep num container, we will pay 250 but until it is, we must adhere to essary. ing. I would like to ask anyone Cape. baht per container. it. Neil Rickards who has a problem with our man- To contact us call 076- Wongpanit Recycling Shop Rawai agement of the area to please 288651 or my personal number Phuket Branch is located at 75/3 contact the Phuket Gazette so at 081-5352422. We vow to solve Village 1, Kathu, Phuket and is Aroon Solos, Rawai Munici- that they can inform us of any problems within seven days. The open Monday to Saturday, 8 am pality Mayor, replies: issues. office is open Monday to Friday, to 5:30 pm, closed Sunday. For Niran Kalayanamit, I will send municipal offi- Rawai Municipality Office 8:30 am to 4 pm. more info call 076-203271. Governor of Phuket 30 PHUKET GAZETTE FEATURES May 31 - June 6, 2008 The incredible shrinking lease

common leasing arrangement a lease agreement cannot be recorded of- lord are not binding with any third party agreement and was granted a six-year for commercial property is a ficially. should the original landlord relinquish own- lease, this time registered with the Land three-year term with two con Upon expiry of the initial three-year ership of the property. Department to protect the lease from any secutive three-year extensions lease, Mr A was contacted by a Thai per- Mr A had the option to file a case third party, thus avoiding a repeat of events. A– a total of nine years under son claiming to be the new seeking damages from the This highlights the contract. LAYING owner of the building, com- original landlord. dangers of lease-agree- Mr A entered just such DOWN plete with evidence that he However, if he did not Mr A sought legal ment extensions. For ex- an agreement with his land- had bought the property at a agree to the lease terms as advice and ample, if the lessor dies, lord, thinking that he had a THE LAW public auction some time ago set out by the new landlord learned that you have no legal standing secure nine-year lease and and had already paid off the then he would have to move with the inheritor of the that all the rental terms had bank, making him the legal out of the property. extension options property. The same can been set for the duration. owner of the property. Taking legal action signed in an happen if the lessor sells or As happens so often in He requested that Mr against his initial landlord agreement with a loses the rights to a prop- Thailand, the landlord pledged A either sign a new lease meant that he had a good erty. the property’s lease to Mr A agreement for a higher rental chance of winning, but even landlord are not Even if the lessor against a loan from the bank price than stated in the origi- if he won the case and his binding with any honors his contractual ob- and thus, even if he wanted With Friedrich nal contract or that Mr A old landlord was ordered to third party. ligations, he will be unable to, he could not issue the lease ‘Sam’ Fauma move out as there was no pay a settlement, Mr A to authorize an extension agreement for nine years since agreement between Mr A might not receive anything of the lease. the lease would have to be registered with and the new landlord. because, it transpired, the original land- Worse yet would be if no extension the Land Department. Mr A sought legal advice and lord had lost the house after non-payments options have been agreed upon, leaving a As he had a mortgage on the prop- learned that, in such cases, extension op- to the bank. lessor free to introduce new terms once a erty, without approval from the bank such tions signed in an agreement with a land- In the end, Mr A signed a new lease lease has ended. In The Stars by Isla Star Some quirky days are in store, Gemini

GEMINI (May 22-June 21): It week when a discrepancy is high- properly understood before as- tance makes their feelings AQUARIUS (January 21-Febru- may appear that the stars are lighted. The number 9 is lucky this suming that an agreement is fi- known. ary 19): Your wit is sharp this guiding you in a rather strange di- weekend. nal. The number 4 can open a week and this can be an advan- rection as June gets underway, lucky door this weekend. SAGITTARIUS (November 23- tage when dealing with difficult but all will be revealed mid- LEO (July 24-August 22): Leos December 21): Certain stressed- colleagues. A new romantic part- month. On Tuesday, you will re- who like the idea of moving to LIBRA (September 24-October out Sagittarians could be prone to ner makes a tempting offer on ceive an offer from Scorpio that another country may be surprised 23): Opportunities come flying in a bad mood this week. To avoid Sunday, but it would be sensible is hard to refuse, but do some by news received next week. A thick and fast during the first snapping like a crocodile at friends to wait. Love has more positive background checking before ac- job you have never considered week of June and you might find and family, you are advised to astral backing next month. Home cepting. Geminis who have a doing could be involved, and the it hard to know which direction spend some quality moments improvements are on your birthday during the coming week stars are ready to support your to choose. Relocation is a strong alone. A business-related decision agenda. Tuesday is best for ap- can certainly look forward to a attempts to try something new. possibility and Sagittarius has a becomes easier to make mid- proaching a reluctant landlord. year of fulfillment. Romance is Regarding romance, another fire good housing tip this weekend. week when Libra has a useful Wear the color peach to encour- particularly well-starred in the sign would like to share a sunset Where affairs of the heart are suggestion. Money worries are age creative thought. coming year. walk on the beach this weekend. concerned, it appears that your also forecast to fade by the middle expectations are too high for a of June. Meditate on a white lo- PISCES (February 20-March CANCER (June 22-July 23): Mon- VIRGO (August 23-September new partner. Wednesday is best tus flower to encourage a more 20): If you are puzzled by your day heralds the beginning of a 23): Finances are much better for an honest conversation. The peaceful outlook. lack of success in business lately, stressful week that will be less starred this month. You will be scent of jasmine encourages a you may receive some answers tiring if you focus on resting this happy to receive a monetary calm atmosphere. CAPRICORN (December 22- this week. Taurus has some sage weekend. If you are intent on boost from overseas. A chance January 20): Capricorns should advice to help you rearrange pri- making a romantic impression, try meeting on Sunday leads to a ro- SCORPIO (October 24-Novem- have no trouble aiming for the orities and Cancer can offer prac- to control your enthusiasm. The mantic date next week and ber 22): Trying to be in too many moon as June gets into gear. Your tical financial tips. Sparks are best approach to make where dreams of finding true love could places at one time could lead to confidence level is higher and this forecast to fly in a romantic rela- Libra is concerned is to keep be fulfilled. Miscommunication is frustration this week. As June enables business to flow tionship on Sunday when your some distance. Money matters highlighted on Tuesday; make begins, take a realistic look at smoothly. The only rocky patch partner makes a sudden request. require careful scrutiny mid- sure that your words have been your schedule and streamline this week could be on Wednes- The number 7 can be lucky on commitments. Aquarius can be day, when Aries tries to get your Monday. trusted to carry out your wishes, goat. Where affairs of the heart but Pisces lacks the practical are concerned, Scorpio’s allure is ARIES (March 21-April 20): If skills to do a good job. Romance hard to resist this weekend. You you can admit you can’t take the catches you by surprise this are advised to resist the tempta- heat, you will be relieved to get weekend when a new acquain- tion to tap into savings. out of the kitchen. If you are de- termined to prove others wrong, you can look forward to a month filled with problems. Instead, fo- cus on recent success and be satisfied with the results so far this year. Romance proceeds at a snail’s pace, but brings content- ment. Wear deep-sea blue to en- courage wisdom.

TAURUS (April 21-May 21): Life looks lively and this should con- tinue well into June. A recent vow to embrace freedom more allows you to live in the moment and stop fretting about the fu- ture. Your relaxed mood draws others to you like bees to sugar and a particular Arian is hoping to make a lasting impression. May 31 - June 6, 2008 COMPUTERS PHUKET GAZETTE 31

his week, The “S” in S- most printer manufacturers are Files stands for “super not in business to make a profit FOSS software”. I re from their printers11. view free software They make money selling Tthat’s as good as, if not not better Use the FOSS ink and toner. They don’t win than, the best stuff you can buy. unless you’re forced to buy those Software built by volunteers? little bottles of colored water. Probably junk, you think. Maybe gram that restrains most of Unavailability works best you imagine semi-skilled misfits WinXP’s bad habits. If you’re for them. They receive no profit working in mom’s garage. Pay- new to computers or feeling ad- from making a sturdy, inexpen- ing guarantees better software, venturous, use Linux. sive printer that uses generic right? Wrong. The best is arguably Ubuntu parts and generic inks available Professionals know that of- and its Debian relatives. If you from a horde of competitors. ten free open-source software buy one of those tiny, sexy ASUS Printer companies are actively (FOSS) is often the best software Eee laptop PCs in Central Festi- avoiding competition and free- available. val, you will have Xandros, a market forces. Even Microsoft and its Debian Linux that can imitate I’d love to see small Pacific- cheerleaders sometimes embar- Windows so effectively it’s Rim companies making generic, rass themselves by using compet- spooky. cheap, sturdy printers that use ing1 free software. copyright-free inks and open- The Software Industry Pro- Which Office suite to use? source, copyright-free hardware. motion Association (SIPA) ac- Open Office4 has almost as Wouldn’t you? tively supports FOSS, recogniz- many features as MS Office. It ing the immense value in good, has free competitors to MS Word, LINKS free software and in skilled Thais Excel, Powerpoint and a few Twins? Photoshop CS2 on the left is nearly identical to GIMPshop, 1) www.hacktivision.com/ who can use it as Mozart used other programs. It’s compatible as seen on the right. index.php/2008/01/12/ music. Stand on your chair, cheer with all but the very latest ver- microsoft-hypocrites?blog=2 and clap for FOSS. sions of Microsoft file formats. plugins don’t work with this year’s you install an upgrade. VLC 2) www.catb.org/~esr/writings/ Why? Because commercial Open Office’s version of version. Also, even the pirate cop- works for you; WMP works cathedral-bazaar/cathedral- software is built by dedicated Word is so good that I use it ex- ies phone home. against you. bazaar/ pros. However, their teams are clusively. I use it to write in sev- However, the number-two 3) xp-antispy.org small and their code is kept se- eral languages, to create MS illustration software is GIMP. If The big bundle: WinLibre10 4) www.openoffice.org cret. Development is slow and Word documents for Toyota’s you haven’t learned Photoshop Installing these programs 5) wikipedia.org/wiki/ testing is often skimpy, rushed or headquarters in Japan and the yet, use normal GIMP. one by one is boring. How about phone_home skipped. The Phuket Ga- If, however, you have in- installing all of them, in one big 6) www.gimp.org geeks refer to zette. Its be- vested lots of time learning package? That’s the aim of 7) www.gimpshop.com this as “ivory havior is far Photoshop or want to use all WinLibre, who have combined 8) www.mozilla.com tower” pro- THE FILES more sane those great free online Photoshop the most popular FOSS into one 9) www.videolan.org/vlc/ gramming. It’s and predict- tutorials, try GIMPshop, which free 150MB package. It includes 10) www.winlibre.com/en/ more like rais- S able than imitates Photoshop’s menu and several packages I didn’t have 11) www.itotd.com/articles/295/ ing mushrooms MS Word’s. appearance. space to praise today: Blender, giving-away-the-razor- in a dungeon: it By Seth Bareiss Even better, Audacity, Inkscape and others. It selling-the-blades/ smells like fer- it doesn’t Email and Web browser: also includes some software I tilizer, the workers are kept in the “phone home”5 (communicate Mozilla Thunderbird8 and don’t recommend, such as Clam- dark and you don’t know what back with the developer) as the Mozilla FireFox8 Win (AVG from free.grisoft.com Seth Bareiss has been an IT pro- you have until you bring it up into latest Word help system does, and Microsoft’s Outlook and is far better), but during installa- fessional for two decades. If the light. it doesn’t require online activa- Internet Explorer (“Exploder”) tion on WinLibre, you can choose you’d like to chat with him about However, hundreds or thou- tion. are the most common tools used which parts of the package to in- PCs , come on down to one of sands of programmers and users Open Office’s Excel-like today, so they attract the atten- stall. the PC Group Therapy meetings write and test open-source soft- spreadsheet is just as good at tion of most virus writers. They at Woody’s Sandwich Shoppes, ware. In the words of Eric S accounting spreadsheets, though also have more than their fair The future: open-source hard- Sundays, 10 am to midday or go Raymond, “Given enough eye- it can’t do graphs as well as Ex- share of security problems. Use ware? online at the club’s website balls, all bugs are shallow.” Open- cel. Mozilla’s Thunderbird email and It’s not available now, but I www.khunwoody.com source software evolves faster Open Office’s Powerpoint Firefox Web browser. When you hope that one day we will see Seth is also the Gazette’s than commercial software, with competitor doesn’t come with as install them, they can import your computer- and printer-hardware freelance editorial cartoonist. fewer bugs and better access to many templates, but you can find settings from Outlook and “Ex- design done as open source and This week, he’s hidden a tiny user feedback2. them for free online. Better, it can ploder”. copyleft (the opposite of copy- UFO and the words “Fox” and Commercial programmers export Powerpoint presentations right). “Scully” in the editorial car- often become confused about and animations to Flash format, Movies and music: VLC9 Look at the printer industry: toon. Can you find them? who is paying their salaries and a feature that you pay extra for VideoLan (VLC), is better who their customers are. For ex- if you’re using Powerpoint. than any other media player. It’s ample, Windows Vista is less use- available for Windows, Macintosh ful and comfortable to end-users Illustrations and photos: and Linux. Compared to the Win- than the Windows that came be- GIMP6 and GIMPshop7 dows Media Player (WMP), fore it and the FOSS Linux that Photoshop and Illustrator VLC asks for fewer downloads competes with it. are the best – I don’t dispute that. and updates. Windows Vista wasn’t writ- They have heaps of third-party WMP asks unnecessarily ten to please you; it was written plugins, books and free tutorials. often, loves to phone home and to protect the companies selling Don’t applaud yet; they cost hun- sneakily overrides your don’t- software, music and movies. dreds of dollars and last year’s phone-home settings each time What you get is slow, resource- hogging, fragile spyware mas- querading as Windows. Best of all, you can legally PC GROUP THERAPY receive, install, distribute and modify FOSS. Sure, you could Join Woody and other Windows victims at his wander down Soi Bangla and buy Sunday morning PC Group Therapy sessions, co- software “worth” hundreds of dol- sponsored by the Phuket Gazette. lars, but if you use it at your of- fice, you ought to live in fear of a On June 1, we’ll have a session, at the Sandwich police raid. Wouldn’t you rather Shoppe in Patong (near Andaman Beach Suites). use the FOSS, Luke? And on June 8, we’ll be back at Woody’s PICKS OF THE BUNCH Sandwich Shoppe at the entrance to Laguna in Cherng Talay. Operating system: Windows Sessions are designed to help everybody – vs Linux If you use Windows, it’s even (especially!) complete computer novices – and hard to learn a whole new oper- they’re absolutely free. ating system. Stick with WinXP Driving instructions at www.khun woody.com but use XP-AntiSpy3, a free pro- 32 PHUKET GAZETTE BUSINESS & MONEY May 31 - June 6, 2008

aced with a massive banks such as the US Fed, Euro- credit crisis, the US Fed- pean Central Bank (ECB), Bank eral Reserve (the Fed) of England and the Swiss Na- has moved at lightning tional Bank, have, together with Fspeed, in central bank terms. Fast-acting US some other central banks, offered Short-term interest rates, mea- to exchange bank “toxic waste” sured by the Fed Funds Rate, for government-issued debt that have moved from 5.25% to 2% can be instantly transferred into within months. cash or can form a part of a The Fed is to be com- may weather bank’s Tier 1 capital. mended. A serious problem ap- The debt-swap deal offered peared and it faced it head-on. by the Bank of England was ex- The short-term outlook is still dif- pected in US-dollar terms to be a ficult, but the Americans are tak- “pick up of around US$100 bil- ing intelligent steps to mitigate an financial storm lion”; it now seems to be twice unpleasant situation. that amount. Soaring food and energy It is difficult to find an ana- prices have put pressures on lyst or economist who is positive economies across the globe. The about the UK economy. One ex- areas where prices have risen ample I saw was on CNBC’s Eu- most are exactly the items that rope Squawk Box. The analyst most affect low-wage earners. said that he was upbeat overall They, too, have seen food but felt that quite a lot of pain was and transport costs escalate rap- still to come. This seemed a bit idly, but they spend a much higher too rosy for the interviewer, who percentage of their income on ne- asked if the analyst could really cessities than their more affluent be that optimistic about the UK. counterparts. The answer was immediate: The incompetence of some Photo: Agencia Brasil “I am talking about the US governments is breathtaking. Though the country’s central bank is taking drastic measures to buoy the banks, it’s all gloom and economy”. His facial expression North Korea, Myanmar and Zim- doom in the UK. Meanwhile Brazil’s economy is giving its people something to smile about. and brief remark about the UK babwe immediately come to was that of someone that had bit- mind, but there are many more. upped the country’s credit rating probability in early 2008 to a cur- that 1% annualized, with no nega- ten a lemon. However, there are some on its sovereign debt to invest- rent likelihood of 45%. Others are tive quarters. The Bank of England is talk- success stories. In Brazil, for ex- ment grade. also seeing a slightly improved This is a very confused ing tough, citing inflationary pres- ample, inflation is under control, Back in the US, major US outlook. slowdown for the US economy; sures as the main priority. The economic growth is strong and bank Wachovia Bank announced One analyst predicted on sections of the country and some level of consumer debt, falling there has been a massive new in early May that it had reduced Bloomberg that it was possible businesses are finding times house prices and a general air of offshore oil discovery. The ma- its expectations for a US reces- that the next six quarters of US tough. On the other hand, if you gloom would have benefited from jor credit rating agencies have all sion in 2008 from an 80%-90% economic growth could be less are a West Coast US exporter some central bank support in targeting Asia, the biggest prob- clarifying interest rates. Instead, lem is probably a the central bank shortage of shipping looks badly behind containers. the curve. Soaring fuel It is going to costs have meant be a humbling expe- that if a company is rience for the Bank transporting goods when eventually it overland from, say, will have to cut in- California, to the terest rates. The midwest, it is often problem is that al- more cost efficient MONEY most every analyst to put its transport is predicting that it truck onto a train TALKS is going to happen until close to its fi- this year. nal destination. By Richard G. Watson In general, There is no Asia, excluding Ja- doubt that there is considerable pan, looks like a bastion of stabil- speculation in oil and other com- ity this year. Some countries may modity markets and it is difficult find that economic growth has to assess “real prices”. Markets been trimmed back from previ- are finding it exceeding difficult ous targets, but average growth to “price” commodities. will be the envy of North However, whatever figures America and Europe. commodity markets reach, it is much easier than the prices that Richard G Watson runs Global investment banks and their coun- Portfolios Co Ltd, a Phuket- terparts have to assume for the based personal financial-plan- exotic opaque chunks of Struc- ning service. He can be tured Investment Vehicles, Col- reached at Tel: 076-381997, lateralized Debt Obligations and Fax: 076-383185, Mobile: other similar containers of poten- 081-0814611. Email: imm@ tial financial toxic waste. loxinfo.co.th Website: www. Banks, despite central global-portfolios.com

VITAL STATISTICS: INTERNATIONAL PASSENGERS RISE 3.4% Type April 2007 April 2008

Domestic passengers 310,433 324,935 International passengers 176,883 182,829 Domestic aircraft 2,025 2,107

International aircraft 1,341 1,370 Domestic Cargo (tons) 958 995 International Cargo (tons) 427 398 Source: Phuket International Airport May 31 - June 6, 2008 BUSINESS & MONEY PHUKET GAZETTE 33 ON THE MOVE Nittaya Lokesh has been Phuket native Chaowalit Dr Suwit Thongcharoen- appointed Spa Manager at Laoprasertsiri has been sup has been appointed the Indigo Pearl resort at appointed Human Re- Pediatric Hematologist at Nai Yang. K. Nittaya has sources Manager at Bang- Bangkok Hospital Phuket. a hotel and tourism degree kok Hospital Phuket. K. A graduate from Phra- from the Prince of Songkla Chaowalit has a degree in mongkutklao College of University, Surat Thani public administration from Medicine in Bangkok, Dr campus. She has eight the Prince of Songkla Uni- Suwit completed his Pedi- years’ experience in the versity in Haad Yai and a atrics Residency training as hospitality and spa indus- master’s degree in business part of the pediatric hema- try, working in five-star administration from Ram- tologist team at the college hotels. kamhaeng University. hospital. In Phuket, she has His experience in- He began his career worked at establishments cludes 14 years working for as a General Practitioner at including the Angsana Spa Siam Cement Group, Fort Prachaksinlapakom at the Dusit Laguna resort. where he worked in Human Hospital Udon Thani. Be- Before her new ap- Resource Development fore Phuket, he was the pointment, she was Spa and then joined the Corpo- Pediatric Hematologist at Manager at the Wora Bura rate Human Resources Fort Viphawadeerungsit Resort & Spa in Hua Hin. Office. Hospital, Surat Thani. Ibis opens in Patong By Chris Husted

PATONG: Accor Asia Pacific moved into high gear with its ex- pansion into Thailand under the Ibis brand with the opening of the 260-room Ibis Patong Phuket at the north end of Patong this month. General Manager Raphael Hirsch told the Gazette that tar- get occupancy for first six months – through Phuket’s traditional tourism low season – is an aver- age of 50%. For the next high season, he expects occupancy to rise to 85%. In sourcing guests, Mr Hirsch said Ibis Patong would be targeting Australians, Russians, Germans, Scandinavians and UK nationals, as well as leisure groups from Hong Kong, Korea, Taiwan and Thailand. In reaching those markets, newspaper and Internet market- ing campaigns were already un- derway, he said. During the initial opening The Ibis Patong is one of four Ibis hotels to open in Thailand by the end of 2009. The other three will be in Bangkok, Pattaya and Samui. period, the hotel was offering a with the Baumanburi, the Dee- to international standards.” 100% no-smoking hotel. together,” said Mr Hirsch. special opening promotion, said vana Patong Resort & Spa, the Leisure facilities at the ho- The Ibis Patong is one of Together, the four new ho- Mr Hirsch. At the time of going Horizon Beach Resort hotel and tel include an outdoor swimming four Ibis-brand hotels to open in tels form part of Accor’s recently to press, Latestays.com was of- the Hyton Leelavadee. pool, table tennis, mountain bikes Thailand by the end of 2009. The launched MGallery brand, which fering rooms at the Ibis Patong “We offer the best value for and dart boards. For the business other three will be in Bangkok, aims to add 12 hotels in Thailand at prices starting at 1,424 baht a money,” he said. “We have Wi- traveler, facilities include a car Pattaya and Samui. by 2010. night. Fi in all rooms, serve snacks and hire service, a currency ex- “We will have 10 Ibis ho- This will boost the number Mr Hirsch said the Ibis drinks 24-7 and a Thai Tapas res- change, an Internet boutique and tels from the Erawan Group of Accor rooms in Thailand to Patong will serve the mid-mar- taurant. Most importantly, we are two meeting rooms. within the next two years with more than 10,000 from the cur- ket traveler, competing directly an international brand and adhere The Ibis Patong is also a which we will be working closely rent 9,338 rooms. IBAP discusses work permit issues PATONG: The topic of the next International Busi- The list of the questions already posted are ness Association – Phuket (IBAP) monthly meet- here: http://ibap-phuket.org/events.php#200806_ ing, on June 13, will be on Thai work permit issues. workpermit_ questions The event will include a panel presentation Doors will open at 6:15 pm, and the dinner led by Fabian Doppler of McEvily & Collins and will start at 6:40 pm. Kert Stavorn of Siam Legal (Phuket). The seminar on Thai work permits will start In addition, some of the front-line staff from at 7:15 pm. the Phuket Labor Office will be on hand to answer Entry costs 200 baht for IBAP members 400 questions. baht for non-members. As many questions are expected, company The entry fee includes dinner and drinks. owners in Phuket and foreigners working here are The event will be held at PG’s Steak and Rib invited to add their questions in advance to those House at The Yorkshire Inn on Soi Sansabai in already posted on the website using the online form Patong. here: http://ibap-phuket.org/events.php#200805_ For more information email: info@ibap- form phuket.org 34 PHUKET GAZETTE SPORTS May 31 - June 6, 2008 Thais top medal PATONG DARTS LEAGUE tally in SEA Junior Athletics PHUKET CITY: Thailand’s young athletes put on a strong show on the track and the field, winning 13 gold medals, 13 silvers medals and 13 bronze medals to The Queen Mary (from left): Road, league-organizer Steen, Joy, top the medal table in the third Queen Mary proprietor Steen (another one) and Anders. Other key annual Southeast Asian (SEA) players not pictured here include Billy, Mick, Halvor, Pong and Ronnie. Junior Athletics championships at Surakul Stadium on May 22 and PATONG: Queen Mary, who had already clinched their second con- 23. secutive Patong Darts League title, finished off their impressive sea- Of the gold medals, five son with an 8-1 home win over Dogs Bollocks in the last week of were won in boy’s events, eight play and hosted the league party at their place on May 20. in the girls’ competition. At the captain’s meeting held at Queen Mary on May 12, the The only Phuket athlete to league welcomed the Celtic Bar, run by Liam 154, into the league as win a medal was Tantawat the 11th team. This means teams will have an occasional bye week Tongalam, who was part of the when players will have to resort to other forms of low-season enter- gold-medal winning 4x100-meter tainment. relay team with Weerawat In a major development, the point system was changed in order Prarung, Wattana Deewong and to make every game count – as if they didn’t already with beer on Tossaporn Boonhan. the line. From now on, 10 points will be available (six in singles, three In addition, Phang Nga na- in doubles and one in the beer leg) for each match. In other news, Valhalla will now play at Hilltop. It remains to be tive Jintara Seangdee had two About 300 athletes from around the region were involved in the reasons to smile after winning seen how the high altitude venue will affect performance or how third annual SEA Junior Athletics championships held at Surakul many post-match accidents there will be with players trying to move gold medals in the girls’ 100m and Stadium on May 22 and 23. 4x100m relay. back to sea level after play. About 300 junior athletes Thailand’s gold-medal winners: Girls If possible, each home team should send an email with details from around the region braved 100m: Jintara Seangdee (11.70s) of the games to the secretary the day after play, with a CC going to [email protected] two scorching days to take part. Boys 400m: Karat Srimuang (56.22s) At the very least, captains of all home teams are required to Athletes aged under 19 400m: Suppachai Chimdee 400m hurdles: Jutamas Khon- SMS the secretary the day after each match. years old traveled to Phuket from (47.68s) kham (1:02.81) The new league starts on June 3. Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, 4x100m relay: Weerawat 4x100m relay: Atchima Engch- the Philippines, Vietnam, Cam- Prarung, Tantawat Tongalam, van, Ketsiri Wongchai, Jintara Final standings: 1. Queen Mary (48 points); 2. Piccadilly (40); 3. bodia, Myanmar, Brunei, East Wattana Deewong, Tossaporn Seangdee and Kamonchanok Offshore (31); 4. Market Bar (25); 5. Sick Buffalo (25); 6. Dogs Timor and, of course, around Boonhan (40.45s) Sorkplod (46.2s) Bollocks (24); 7. Shakers (23); 8. Beach House (23); 9. Valhalla Thailand. 4x400m relay: Suppachai Chim- 4x400m relay: Jutamas Khon- (19); 10. Simply Red (12). A large crowd of mostly dee, Rangsiwut Laenlang, Sara- kham, Jamjuree Jongruamklang, students filled the stands at wut Sirirat, Chanatip Ruckburee Karat Srimuang and Ubonwan Surakul to watch the two-day (3:18.22) Bunkaew (3:53.08) event as temperatures became High jump: Suwit Thuekaew Shot: Nochanat Rattana (13.16m) Turtle rescue fun run so hot that two dancing girls (2.05m) Discus: Apichaya Chanli PHUKET: The Mai Khao Ma- 7km course at 8:15 am, followed passed out during the opening Shot put: Pet Suwannarat (43.80m) rine Turtle Foundation will hold its by the amateurs at 8:20 am. ceremony. (15.49m) Javelin: Natta Nachan (43.35m) third annual Turtle Fun Run and After the morning’s races, Educational Day at Pru Jeh Son there will be a Turtle Fun Run Lake in Mai Khao on June 1. Rally quiz trail, with puzzles re- Registration opens at 7 am, lated to the environment placed with participants welcome to rock every 350 meters around the lake, up and pay up on the day of the with prizes, medals and trophies race. can be won. The registrations fees are Proceeds from the event will 200 baht for adults in the seven- go to the Mai Khao Marine Turtle kilometer pro race, 100 baht for Foundation. adults in the 3.5km amateur race To enter call 081-8936001 and 50 baht for all children. or email: info@maikhaoturtle The pros will set off on the foundation.com

AV 3x5 May 31 - June 6, 2008 SPORTS PHUKET GAZETTE 35 Swimmers take on Flying Fish at BIS KOH KAEW: Five hundred swimmers from around the re- gion aged 18 and under splashed down at British International Kicking it for chairty School on May 24 and 25 to take THALANG: Players from the Singapore Cricket Club (SCC) and part in the BIS Flying Fish the Hong Kong Football Club (HKFC) pose with boys from the Tawan Cruises Challenge Phuket Football Youth Home (FYH) orphanage after playing a recent 2008. memorial-charity match at the orphanage in Thalang. Competition was divided The match was held as a memorial for FYH founder Henrik into five age categories each for Lorenz, who passed away last year. boys’ and girls’ divisions. The SCC raised a donation of 328,000 baht from Singapore About 120 races were for the FYH and about 20 pairs of football boots and balls were swum over the two days, in dis- presented to the boys by both teams. ciplines from 50-meter sprints up to 200m individual medley races. Winners in the youngest ACYC YACHTING class were Jeremy Hodgson of Prem Tinsulanonda International AO CHALONG: Although Roger Harris’s Simone crossed the fin- School, with 64 points overall, ish line 13 minutes ahead of Minx, the latter won the Racing class on and Natasha Ong Min Em of corrected time in Race 5 of the ImageAsia Ao Chalong Yacht Club Singapore Island Country Club, About 50 junior swimmers from around the region took part in an (ACYC) Keelboat and Multihull Race Series 2008 on May 25. with 62 points overall. international swimming gala at British International School. A diminished fleet took to the bay for the race as many ACYC Jerome Feng Qing came regulars have left Phuket to take part in the Koh Samui International first for the boys in the 10-year- came first for the boys with 55 Swimming Club’s female contes- Regatta. One obvious omission was Ben Copely’s Katsu, which has old’s category with a score of 51 points, while Teerada Tachason- tant in the same category, Bianca won three out of the four races. points, while Erin Kwong Yie thichai of Phuket Country Home Goetz, scoring 60 points. John Fenn on The Four Winds won the Cruising class, with Chong of Cempaka Swimming swam her way to the top position In the over-14’s category, Ket Mangklaseranee and his crew on Cinders placing second and Club won the same category for with 55 points. Ferdinand Frigillana of San Beda Roger Diggleman and crew on Nerida finishing third. the girls with an overall score of Local swimmers dominated Colleges scored 61 points in the But the real battle was in the Multihull class. Roger Kingdon’s 60 points. the 14-year-old’s category, with boy’s class and Virada Audam- Moto Inzi won by five minutes on corrected time ahead of Bob In the division for 12 year Chanasorn Limkum from Phuket pongpisal from Chalermprakiat Brindley’s X-Catriot. Matt McGrath’s Typhoon finished third. olds, Lukas Ming-Menkhoff of Country Home scoring 62 points Sport Training Center scored 62 The next ACYC regatta will be on June 15. All are welcome to Aquatic Performance Swim Club overall and BIS Flying Fish in her class. join. For more information call Tony Knight at 081-747007.

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Construction Update by Janyaporn Morel Rainy season rush for pump station

The project will have 59 detached homes priced at 3.4 million or less. Mid-range housing project 50% sold DODGE THE PYLONS: The construction work has narrowed the clogged Yaowarat Rd even further. THALANG: Phuket Park Co Ltd, finished and ready for transfer of house even though they have a PHUKET CITY: With the tor of Phuket City Municipality’s under the Baan Rommai Chai ownership to the buyers by the parking space of their own on monsoon season here, work on Public Works Department, told Lay Co Ltd group, is developing end of this year,” said K. Chai- their property. a 10-million-baht pump station the Gazette the main reason for a 14-rai housing estate at Baan yasit. “Our other strong point is to relieve flooding in Samkong the delay is the difficult access Lipon in tambon Srisoonthorn, K. Chaiyasit explained that design. Our houses are designed is almost two months behind to the project site. The pump- Thalang. Phuket Park’s main attraction for in contemporary style, with spa- schedule and the project con- house is located beside a nar- Work on 130-million-baht buyers was that it offered more cious living aeas. Our three-bed- tractor is being fined almost row alley bordered on one side project started last month. Once facilities for residents than devel- room models have 130sqm of 10,000 baht for each day the by buildings and on the other by completed, the development will opments that only offer what is usable area, with the 19sqm mas- project remains unfinished past a large retaining wall running feature 59 detached homes, 38 required by law. ter bedroom featuring a 6sqm en- its scheduled completion date of alongside the canal. three-bedroom houses and 21 “Roads within the estate will suite bathroom. April 1, 2008. The onset of heavy mon- two-bedroom houses, on plots be 12 meters wide, plus there will “We offer designs for com- The pump station is lo- soon season rains and traffic averaging 240 square meters be a clubhouse and communal fortable living with functionality cated along Klong Bangyai, by congestion in the area have also each. Prices for the units range swimming pool. Other develop- in mind throughout the house, at the Samkong Bridge on Yao- slowed progress, he said. from 2.4 million baht to 3.4 mil- ments in the same price range the same price as other projects,” warat Rd, near Bangkok Hos- Work on the project began lion baht. usually don’t offer these, he he said. pital Phuket. on October 5, 2007. Already 60 Chaiyasit Huadsiri, manag- added. “We have seen that the busi- Klong Bangyai originates days behind schedule, project ing director of Phuket Park Co “From our experience in the ness growth rate in Phuket is very in hills near Bang Wad Dam in contractor Natthapong Tractor Ltd, told the Gazette that the property market, we have seen high and so is the migrant popu- Kathu and empties into Phuket Co Ltd currently faces about project is scheduled for comple- that with medium-priced housing lation coming to work here. We Bay at Saphan Hin on the far 600,000 baht in fines, assessed tion by the end of next year. projects like this, the project own- have seen that almost all people side of Phuket City. at a rate of 1% of the total “We are currently building ers offer just the minimum re- who come to Phuket don’t want When completed, the project contract amount, or two show units, which will be fin- quired by law, such as roads be- to move anywhere else; they are 9,984,500-baht pumphouse will 9,984.50 baht, daily. ished by the end of next month. ing 8m wide – and no clubhouse looking for permanent homes. comprise two pumps, each with The fines will continue to However, since our homes went or swimming pool. “Compared with other kinds a maximum flow rate of 0.7 cu- mount as the project is unlikely on the market last month, we have “For us, giving residents of developments in the property bic meters per second. to be completed until mid-Au- already sold about 50% of the wider roads helps solve problems market, these houses are easy to Mongkol Songkao, direc- gust, K. Mongkol said. project. We expect construction with parking. Many people pre- sell out and still in demand now,” of those units already sold to be fer to park their cars outside the K. Chaiyasit added. 38 PHUKET GAZETTE May 31 - June 6, 2008 May 31 - June 6, 2008 PHUKET PROPERTY PHUKET GAZETTE 39

Home of the Week Patong Patong villa offers the village life

his three-bedroom villa in Nakatani Village, a small hillside community in Patong, comes fully fur- nishedT and is surrounded by a mature garden filled with tropi- cal flowers and palm trees. Spread over two stories on 380 square meters of land, the villa features modern Thai de- signs, with all three bedrooms lo- cated on the ground floor – each with a marble lined en-suite bath- room. The master bedroom is lo- cated next to the villa’s side en- trance and close to a large laun- dry room and store. The lower-level flooring and stairs are predominantly polished hardwood, while the upper story features mostly tiled flooring. The fully equipped Western- style kitchen and open-plan din- The home is ready to move are installed inside the house in ing-and-living area is on the sec- into, with a comprehensive the gated Nakatani Village com- ond story, which leads onto a bal- range of amenities, including an munity. cony commanding green-blue on-site water well with a water- The villa is on the market views of natural surroundings and filtration system and 2,000-liter freehold for 11.9 million baht with the Andaman Sea. emergency water storage, plus Chanote title deed. The home can be accessed a septic tank in the small land- directly from the carport, which scaped garden. For more information contact has room for two cars and also The home is powered with Patrick Lusted by calling 076- features storage space behind 3-phase electricity. 288908 or by Email: patrick@ sliding wood panels. True TV and water heaters siamrealestate.com 40 PHUKET GAZETTE May 31 - June 6, 2008 May 31 - June 6, 2008 PHUKET PROPERTY PHUKET GAZETTE 41

Decor by Natcha Yuttaworawit Making room for the kids he bright and bold hand- painted watercolor de- signs on the cabinets, chests of drawers, toy Tboxes, benches, desks and lamps at Karibi Discount Shop are fine pieces of kid-friendly furniture that are perfect for decorating little people’s rooms. Shop owner Alain Giral brought his discount decor store to Phuket about a year and a half ago, stocking it with indoor and outdoor Caribbean-style furniture from Indonesia. ABOVE: Alain Giral It’s hard to miss the store and K. Yuyi at on Chao Fa West Rd. It is burst- their Karibi store. ing with bright colors and unique designs. Not only is the shop full LEFT and BELOW: of kids furniture, but adults will Bright, colorful and also find a thing or two to brighten safe for little up their home with cheap-yet- fingers, this sturdy designs. wooden furniture is Alain originally set up shop perfect for a in Patong, but moved to Chalong child’s bedroom. just over six months ago. “After four months in Patong, I realized that Chalong was a better loca- tion for the kids’ market that the designs are aimed at,” he said. “The idea for the shop came about from my love of wooden furniture and the color- ful Caribbean style, but I source the items in Indonesia and go there every month to restock,” he added. The fun furniture, which in- cludes shelves shaped like up- turned boats and benches shaped and painted to resemble friendly- faced animals is an inexpensive way to keep kids entertained in- encourage any kid to keep his or sun, but he can also perform doors. “Kids see these things and her room tidy, simply because touch-up work on faded furniture they just know the items have they’ll love playing with the cabi- to bring it back to life. been made specially for them,” net so much. said Alain with a smile. For more mature homemak- Karibi Teak Shop is located on Parents will be pleased to ers, the shop also has a range of Chao Fa West Rd, next to Soi know that they will not have to interesting furniture and decor Yodsane 1 – the road leading to fork out for fancy furniture, with items, such as benches, dressers, the Mingmongkol Buddha im- items ranging from as little as 129 bamboo sofas, fountains and fun age. Open daily except Sundays baht to about 7,000 baht. The flooring for swimming pools and from 9 am to 6 pm. Call Alain at largest kids’ furniture item at the bathrooms. 081-3826326 (English or store is a bright-green cabinet Alain warns that the kids’ French) or Khun Yuyi at 081- priced at 6,990 baht. The attrac- furniture is mainly for indoor use 4164224 (Thai). Website: www. tive, wavy design is enough to as the watercolors will fade in the karibi.net 42 PHUKET GAZETTE PHUKET PROPERTY May 31 - June 6, 2008 Demand base for high-end condos still expanding PHUKET: According to the lat- area accounted for in terms of est study by Jones Lang LaSalle supply (about 63%). During the (JLL), Phuket’s high-end and same period, prices per square luxury condominium market has meter in this area rose by 5.8% experienced strong sales during on average compared with be- the 2008 tourism high season. fore the high season. Whilst buyers from UK, US The east side of the island and the Scandinavian nations con- showed further longer-term po- tinue to generate most demand, tential as a high-end and luxury the demand base has been ex- location for the island and the panded by increased interest of average price there rose the most, buyers from Russian, the Middle by more than 20%. Construction of the Montrakira condo development continues in Patong, where condo sales are enjoying Eastern and Asian countries. Beyond location and price, a surge in sales. The study focused on the the study provided an analysis of sale of condominiums between several key factors that attract 92,000 baht and 128,000 baht per demand for Phuket’s high-end square meter between Novem- condos: ber 2007 and March 2008. • Although virtually every The study showed that the condominium in Phuket’s mar- Condo surge sky supply of high-end and luxury keted high-end and luxury seg- condos increased by 13% in ment offers sea views, given the terms of the number of units be- lack of developable sites, only ing marketed to just over 700 for 51% of the units are in beachfront the high season. projects. The average sales rate high in Patong Projects being marketed for beachfront units is roughly within the high-end and luxury 58%, slightly above the average segment are typically small in of 56%. ooking at condominium ber of Bangkok-based develop- ments, have set the bar for resi- scale relative to the broader mar- • Whilst some projects will market absorption rates ers now entering the fray. dential projects and forthcoming ket, with an average of 38 units provide estimated yield, only 11% for the past 12 months, During Phuket’s recent mixed-use projects, such as in per development or phase. Indi- of the units in this segment are along with the number of boom years, Patong lagged be- Emerald Bay and Kalim. Lnew projects in the pipeline in hind in terms of the products on Large-scale development is vidual projects offer as few as 12 sold with a guaranteed yield. Fur- and as many as 100 units under thermore, a guaranteed yield has Phuket, there are some funda- offer, with early developments already underway along the new master plans. not necessarily translated into mental concerns regarding the aimed at the low-cost condo mar- north-south road currently under Of the marketed units, strong sales, as less than 18% of possibility of oversupply. ket, along with a few high-end construction in between Rat-U- about 56% had been sold by the the units guaranteeing a yield had There has been a marked villas and freestanding properties Thit 200 Pi Rd and Nanai Rd. This end of the season, with overseas been sold. slowdown in overall sales while in fringe areas. road is destined to buyers generating most pur- • More than 63% of the a considerable number of new But now develop- become a major chases. units offered by developers com- projects are on the drawing ers are now work- north-south traffic Dan Tantisunthorn, Head of mitted to engaging international boards. ing on higher-cali- artery. To speed Research at JLL in Thailand, said, property management firms had Looking at the various ber projects, such up the flow of “While traditionally the bulk of been sold. These units also com- projects dotted around the island, as the Bay Cliff, traffic, tunnel ac- these foreigners would be Brit- manded a 4.4% premium on price there are currently more than Patong Harbour cess from Kathu ish, American or Scandinavian per square meter over the mar- 1,500 condominium units under and The Crest. may become a re- nationals, affluent individuals ket average. development in Patong alone. The The current ality. from China, Russia, India, Korea “Outlook for Phuket’s high- second most densely developing sweet spot in the PROPERTY With Patong and the Middle Eastern countries end and luxury condominium area is Kathu, including parts of market is in the 3- having 33,000 ho- are representing a growing source market remains promising. The the bypass road and the areas to-6-million-baht tel rooms and at- of demand. This trend is reflec- growing reputation of Phuket as next to Central Festival Phuket condo range, WATCH tracting regular tive of the growth in the number one of the world’s top resort des- and the Tesco-Lotus mall. which is where By Bill Barnett visitors from of tourists from these markets.” tinations will continue to attract Most of the new building most sales are be- across half the is- About 73% of the units sold buyers from around the world developments in Phuket are con- ing generated. The projects that land, it’s difficult to understand were located in Phuket’s west, looking for a holiday or retirement dominiums, which are being of- are selling fastest are units of 40 why Patong is not the govern- well above the proportion that the home overseas. fered freehold, with a large num- square meters to 60sqm, with a ment’s choice for the location of high number of Thais buying on a convention center. speculation. However, although Patong The shift from leasehold is bursting at the seems with new sales to condos is aided by the projects, there is still inadequate ease with which Thai buyers can parking, poor traffic management, obtain bank financing, leading to inefficient power infrastructure a market that is decreasingly and an inability to control public- dominated by foreign buyers. transport operators. Land prices in commercial Patong, which remains an areas, such as Patong, continue integral part of Phuket’s tourism to rise, where premium sites are economy, should be zoned as a selling for upwards of 10 million part of the island dedicated to baht. high-rise developments, which Tourism in Patong has re- would allow the incorporation of ceived a boost from more than efficient services and allow the 1,000 new hotel rooms, thanks to redevelopment of many low-end chains such as Millennium, Mer- shophouses. cure and Ibis. With all this in mind, the High-end Patong products, surge in condos is definitely worth such as Bluepoint’s luxury apart- keeping an eye on.

Bill Barnett is Managing Director of C9 Hotelworks (c9hotel works.com), a Phuket-based hotel and residential property con- sulting firm. With more than 20 years’ experience in the region, he has played an active role in some of the island’s biggest develop- ments. May 31 - June 6, 2008 CLASSIFIEDS PHUKET GAZETTE 43 Property Gazette

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Email: morn_48@ ABSOLUTE NICE PLOT VILLAGE yahoo.com WATERFRONT HOUSE IN Once-in-a-lifetime opportunity AO NANG for fractional ownership of 2 of KOH SAMUI Phuket's finest Villas. 80 SEAVIEW LAND meters of waterfront, land Hillside Seaview at Koh plots over 2 rai. Each 4-bed- 9.5 rai, beachfront. 5 min- Samui. Size: 3,200sqm, or 2 room villa has a 20 meter utes to Phuket Airport. Ask- rai. Chanote. Tel: 02- swimming pool, a fully-loaded ing price: 120 million baht. Nice plot overlooking natural 2771992, 083-6113020. pool sala, games room, wine Chanote. Must see. No lagoon behind Bang Wad 35/20 Soi 1. 3 bedrooms, 2 Fax: 02-9610072. Email: room and walk-in freezers. All agents! Contact by email: Dam. Approx 26 rai, sloped bathrooms, 2 aircon, some [email protected] For bedrooms are en suite and [email protected] Krabi. 3 bedrooms, 2 bath- land, access road, water further details, please visit: kitchens are Italian design rooms, carport, one year furniture, 50sq wah, garden. and electricity. Good for In Chalong area. For sale 4 www. LoveSamui.com with Viking Appliances. These old, near the sea, hill views. SEAVIEW LAND PLOT residential project. 2.5 mil- million baht or long-term rent, villas will be finished to the 7.5 million baht. Tel: 084- lion baht per rai (negotiable). highest international standards - YAMU BAY 8502499. must see. Contact Nina. Tel: Tel: 081-5399269. Email: 087-6899679 or tasuwan LUXURY PROPERTIES of quality. Both contain more Type of Property: Chanote title, for long-term lease with [email protected] @hotmail.com. No agents! for sale and rent in Phuket, than 1,200sqm of indoor/out- VILLA IN BANGJO Phang Nga. For details see: possibile freehold ownership. door living space. No brokers. 10 minutes to Laguna, 4 bed- www.janepropertyphuket. Price: 15.08 million baht. NEW POOL-VILLA, Only savvy investors who ap- rooms, 4 bathrooms, swim- com RAWAI preciate the finer things in life Area: 2 rai, 3 ngan, 60 wah ming pool, fully furnished. 13 PROPERTY CREDIT (4,640sqm). 400sqm. 3-4 bedrooms. need reply. Leave your contact million baht. Tel: 081-8976998 WANTED? 300m from Rawai Pier. Price: POOL VILLA details and I will be in touch. ï Wonderful sea view at 6m (english) 089-6995136 (Thai). If you want to buy and need 7.5 million baht. Tel: 086- in Bangtao. 3 bedrooms, 2 Email: [email protected] elevation credit, we have condomini- 9408914. Email: chotip07 bathrooms, big livingroom. ï Concrete access road, ums and houses available. THE HEIGHTS PHUKET @yahoo.com Tel: 084-8516121, 087- CHEAP LAND water, electricity, Internet Tel: 084-2464818. Email: 8933183. Unit C-8, 195sqm, 1 story, 2 4884sqm, filled flat land. ï House design & architec- [email protected] For 2.5km from airport road. La- bedrooms, 2 bathrooms. Beau- tural drawings included tiful pool at your doorstep. 21 INEXPENSIVE LAND more details, visit us online: guna turnoff in Tosai area. 0.5-rai Chanote lots near Mis- www.bayproject.com SPACIOUS Chanote, electricity, water, ï Perfect location for high-end million baht (or best offer). Tel: NEW VILLA individual villa or condo 081-6144799. sion Hills golf course and air- paved road around land. 1.8 port. 10 minutes to Yacht ï Close to million-dollar devel- New European-style villa in million baht per rai. Tel: 081- Haven. 1.25 million baht, not PANORAMIC quiet area in Rawai. Quality 2734212. opments BRAND-NEW CONDO negotiable. Contact at Tel: SEAVIEW LAND building, large living area and ï 20 minutes to Phuket Air- Great location near Tesco and 086-9421930. Panoramic sea view. Chanote huge terrace, 3 bedrooms LAND FOR SALE port, BIS, Central. Tel: +853- Big C. Pool, gym, fully fur- plots from 1 to 8.3 rai. Best with aircon, 3 bathrooms (en 66-827017. Email: deparis nished with washer, dryer, Chok Thip Villa, Chalong. BANG TAO LAND Chalong location. 300m from suite), 1 separate guest toi- 81sqm. Chanote, water and @macau.ctm.net fridge, aircon, TV, etc. 45sqm 4 rai,1 ngan, 18 sq wah in new 9-hole golf course. Wichit let, Western kitchen, laun- electricity. Call or mail for de- corner unit with 2 balconies. Baan Don at 2.2 million baht area. Tel: 081-8913740. dry, garage, wall and gate, tails. Tel: 084-8448589. Email: 2.5 million baht. Tel: 087- per rai. Contact Bruno. Tel: tropical garden, True TV, [email protected] KOH SAMUI 2770978. Email: koyangle99 650sqm plot, Chanote title. LAND FOR SALE @hotmail.com 080-7193785. PERFECT LAND Price: 9.5 million baht. Call 2 rai with one house, six Nearly 2 rai at Ao Bang Tao. Paula at 084-8441486. LAND IN AO NANG 4 rai in Ao Nang, Krabi. bungalows and 10 row FOREIGN FREEHOLD LAND: 13 RAI Very good location for busi- Email: meeuwissenpaula houses. Ideal for rentals. condominium in Rawai, 250m 20 minutes from Ao Nang, ness. Price: 18 million baht. No @hotmail.com Chanote. 3.5 million baht per rai. Tel: 084-8502499. Near beach. Chanote title. from the pier. 580,000 baht. Krabi. Between hills with agents! Contact at Tel: 086- Asking price: 30 million Tel: 086-9408914. Email: river. 1 million baht per rai. 9442065, or 087-6899679. baht. No agents! Tel: 087- [email protected] Tel: 084-8502499. Email: [email protected] 2709093. Email: a.pueng @gmail.com KRABI LAND 10 rai, 20 minutes from Ao LAND FOR SALE Nang, Krabi. Chanote title. 10-minute drive across Sarasin 600,000 baht per rai. Tel: 084- Bridge. Chanote, 80 rai. Road 8502499. and utilities access. Suitable for hotel or residential projects. URGENT 300m from beach. Only 3.5 REPOSSESSION SALE million baht per rai. Tel: 081- New property in Rawai. Approx 5399269. Email: talayjan@ 350sqm of living space, plus yahoo.com swimming pool. Could be used as 3-bedroom house, two 2- NEW TOWNHOUSE bedroom houses or even four 1- in Than Thong 7 project. 2 sto- bedroom suites. Includes Thai ries, 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms. limited company if required. 19 sq wah. Central location on Some finance may be available. Chao Fa East Rd, opposite Villa 7 million baht ono. Contact California. 1.9 million baht. Tel: Dave. Tel: 084-0639223, 087-2770978. 084-6722725 (Scandinavian). 44 PHUKET GAZETTE CLASSIFIEDS May 31 - June 6, 2008 Property Gazette

PANORAMIC KHAO KHAD, COCONUT KARON SEAVIEW SEA VIEW AO MAKHAM ISLAND LAND LAND FOR SALE

Chanote. 16 rai with pan- for sale. 4.5 rai, Chanote, hill- Karon land for sale. 15 oramic view near Ao Mak- side panoramic sea view, rai, Chanote title. Hillside, ham, towards Cape close to beach. 14 million panoramic sea view, quiet Panwa. Wide road access baht. Please call K. Bouddha area. Very good location directly to the site. 6 million for more information. Tel: Located between Centara for business. 15 million baht per rai. Tel: 081- 089-2900484. Karon Resort and Secret SEAVIEW LAND NEW BUILDING baht per rai. No agents! 5399269. Email: talayjan Cliff Resort. 10.5 rai with FOR SALE FOR SALE Please contact at email: @yahoo.com Chanote. Very good loca- [email protected] HILLSIDE LAND tion for business (hotel & re- PATONG sort). Asking price 250 mil- lion baht. No agents! Tel: FOREIGN FREEHOLD SUPER POOL VILLAS 087-2709093 or email: CONDO a.pueng@gmail. com Luxury, fully furnished, one bedroom, ground floor, pool- side condo. Located at the end SUPERB EXTENDED 3 rai, 3 ngan near Blue of a quiet street in the heart of HOUSE Canyon and Mission Hills Patong. Within easy walking golf clubs. 5 million baht per distance of restaurants, pubs, Beautiful view over Patong rai. Tel: 086-6123110. clubs, beach and Jungceylon 4 unique, 3-bedroom homes town, bay and sea. Nearly 5 shopping center. 65sqm. available in a tranquil part of rai of tropical forest, 5 min- LAND AND HOUSES Price: 5.9 million baht. Tel: Chalong. 9.5 million baht. utes to the north end of - House on Thalang Rd (Old 087-8879070. Tel: 085-7862869. Email: Patong Beach, very quiet Phuket Town area). info@tharapropertyphuket. area. Asking 9 million baht -House on Soi Soon-Utit, ON THE BEACH com per rai. Tel: 085-6523533 Yaowarat Rd. (Eng), 085-7952533(Thai). 1km from Heroinesí Monu- 2-bedroom apartment in ment, 147sq wah. Nice - Land at Koh Sireh: 1 rai, 1 North Patong. Foreign free- area, room for swimming ngan, 66sq wah. in busy area, Soi Sai Nam hold, top floor, pool. 9.7 mil- RAWAIYA SUITES PERFECT LAND pool. Large sala and many Contact K. Joojee for info. Yen, Patong Beach lion baht. Tel: 086-2765117. FOR SALE FROM B3.5M extras. European kitchen. Email for photos. Email: Rawaiya Suites comprises Tel: 081-3979809, 081- * 4 stories On the main road to Cherng 3 double bedrooms, 2 970- 0121. [email protected] Talay and Surin. 43 rai, 1 luxury, fully furnished, 65-sqm bathrooms, utility room, * 8 apartments on floor 2, 1-bedroom units. 70% finished. 3, 4 ngan, 85sq wah. For sale by fully furnished. Top quality, LAND IN RAWAI TOWNHOUSE To rent out next high season. * Chanote title owner. 5.5 million baht per must be viewed. 7.2 million and Nai Harn. Many small and in Than Thong 3 project. 2 bed- Prices from B3.5m. Tel: 076- rai. Tel: 081-9562406. baht inclusive. Tel: 087- big plots, special. 1772sqm. * Electricity, water rooms, 1 bathroom. 19sq 245966, 085-7842004. Email: Email: phatsarar@gmail. 9785804. Sea view, 5.9 million baht. Ne- * 2 minutes to the beach wah. Located near Khao Khad [email protected] com gotiable. Tel: 085-7955383. Asking price: 52 million viewpoint. On Phattana For further details, visit our baht. Thongtin Rd. Fully furnished. website at: www.tharadon POOL VILLA FOR Price: 1.2 million baht. Tel: PATONG GUESTHOUSE estate.com SALE OR RENT LAND IN NAI HARN Tel: 087-2709093, 081- 087-2770978. Located in Paradise Complex, 4 bedrooms with terraces, 6 with Chanote, fully developed, 8687676. Patong Beach. Furnished, 8 TROPICAL bathrooms, pool with Jacuzzi, 40m above sea level, 1,250sqm, top view, con- PROPERTY: 540SQM rooms, 4 floors. Available for POOL VILLA living room, dining room, West- sale freehold. 5.5 million baht. ern kitchen, maidís room, so- struction permit. Tel: 087- KAMALA HOUSE 300m to Yanui Beach, Rawai/ in Chalong. Brand-new, spa- Tel: 076-290393, 086-588- lar power, hot water, sala, 2980200. Email: rwberger00 Excellent investment: house on Yanui. Tel: 084-8406775. cious, 2-bedroom villa with 8383. Email: sumalee1955@ deluxe kitchen and large living BBQ, parking for 3 cars, elec- @hotmail.com large plot. 2 bedrooms, 1 bath- yahoo.com area. Priced to sell. Tel: 085- tric gate. Tropical garden set room, 2 parking spaces, sepa- 7932477. on 1,600sqm of land with rate maidís house, 120sqm SURIN BEACH living area. Land: 1,450sqm, TOWNHOUSE more than 400sqm of living PROPERTIES LAND FOR SALE FOR SALE Hill view, peacful location. 5- 3 bedrooms, 4 bathrooms, 10.5 RAI KOH YAO area. Price: 25 million baht. 1,016sqm: 6 million baht. and rent. For a more per- min drive to the beach. Archi- Western kitchen, pool, fur- On main road, 2 mins from pier, Special rate for short-term 996sqm: 5 million baht. 5- sonalized approach to your tectural plans for full refurbish- nished, Chalong. 6.7 million electricity, water. Ideal for rental. Tel: 081-9707019. mins walk to Surin Beach. property, please contact us. ment. Price: 6.9 million baht. baht. Tel: 089-6468374, business. 10 million baht. No Email: [email protected] Tel: 081-8687676. If you are a real-estate de- Tel: 076-385709, 081-252- 086-5742815. brokers. Tel: 087-8821959. ½RAI IN NAI HARN veloper or owner you may 7758. Email: gloverpete@ Best location, ready to build on. list your properties with us. hotmail.com Residential area. Chanote. 4.1 Contact K. Noi or Julie. Tel: million baht. No brokers. Tel: 081-8931360, 081-719- DETACHED HOUSE 087-8821959. 2903. Website: www. in Patong area. Fully furnished phuketproperties.com home with swimming pool, SEAVIEW POOLHOUSE Jacuzzi, aircon and automatic in Rawai: 11 million baht. Tel: SEAVIEW SPA VILLA gate. Tel: 081-5366732. 085-7839062. Website: Patong, large, fully furnished, Email: shoppingspeedy@ www.phuketdir.com/ private, pool, garden, spa, hotmail.com poolseahouse waterfall. Tel: 089-5908233. LAST PLOT NEW COMMERCIAL B180,000 FOR YOU BYPASS RD BUILDING if you find me a buyer for my 11 rai next to Leelawadee Re- for sale. 3 stories near Loch shophouse/house. See sort Project. 16 million baht Palm Golf Club. 3.9 million baht www.katahouseforsale.com per rai. Email for details. Agen- Tel: 084-3081853, 087-279- Tel: 087-8907561 (Thai) or cies are welcome. Email: 9500. 080-522136. [email protected] Looking for land to buy? See more classified ads at www.phuketgazette.net May 31 - June 6, 2008 CLASSIFIEDS PHUKET GAZETTE 45 Property Gazette

11 BIG NEW LAND IN KAMALA LUXURY PROPERTY SEA VIEW LUXURY VILLAS CHALONG IN KAMALA

Flat land from Ω rai up to 5.5 on more than 1 rai, situated rai. Good road & electricity Small plots from 1 rai up to in a secure and high stan- supply. Only 2 minutes from 100 rai with very good sea dard estate in Chalong. beach and center. Prices view. A few minutes from 600sqm of living area built from 9.5 million baht per rai. city center and beaches. with high standard materi- Tel: 086-2742308. Email: Chanote, road, electricity & in Kamala with private pool. als. 5 bedrooms, 6 bath- [email protected] water supply. Priced from Modern Thai-Balinese style. rooms, double living room, 6.5 million baht per rai. Tel: 24-hour security in a gated office, home cinema, large 086-2742308 or Email: community. Exclusive loca- European kitchen, maid's [email protected] tion a few minutes from 2 TOWNHOUSES room. Contact: (Joe) 087- beach and center. Built in Thai-style in Bangjo. 1 corner 8173019, (Tew) 083- natural surroundings on flat unit: 1.7 million baht. 1 center 1036578. Website: www. HOUSE FOR SALE land with a very good moun- unit: 1.5 million baht. Buy both oriental-realestate.com OR RENT tain view. Chanote. 4 bed- at 3 million baht. Contact Ya. rooms. Large, fully-fitted Tel: 087-3863388. Email: modern kitchen. All bed- [email protected] 1 RAI IN RAWAI rooms with separate toilets Ready to build on, very quiet and built-in cupboards. Ja- POOL VILLA and attractive area, concrete cuzzi. All rooms have air road. Chanote. 8.9 million in Bangtao. 3 bedrooms, 2 conditioning. Freehold or baht. Tel: 085-7852035. bathrooms, Sat TV, ADSL, big leasehold. 2 show homes livingroom, 2 parking spaces. fully furnished. Ready now. 4 Bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, For sale at 5.8 million baht. DESIRABLE HOME Prices from 21 million baht. fully furnished. Price: 2.95 Tel: 084-8516121, 087- House for sale. 3 bedrooms, 2 Tel: 076-279289, 086- million baht. Call for more 8933183. For further details, en suites, 3 bathrooms, living 2742308. Email: kamala info. Tel: 080-0300439. please see our website at room, kitchen/diner, study, [email protected] For http://www.phukethome.ws laundry room, garage, ADSL further details visit www. and True TV fitted. Verandas, VILLA IN KATHU kamalaparadise.com KAMALA backs onto klong, fenced gar- New villa with 2 floors. Land SEAVIEW LAND den in secure Choafa Thani area 300sqm. Fully furnished, CHALONG TOWNHOUSE 6 rai with Chanote. Can be di- compound. Price 6.9 million big wood-built kitchen. Air This immaculate 2-bedroom vided. All with good sea view. baht. Tel: 084-8439579. conditioning in every room. 4 home on an excellent estate Road, water & electricity sup- Email: [email protected] bedrooms, 3 bathrooms. Call is priced to sell. Tel: 085- ply. Priced from 6 million baht Joe: 087-8173019 or Tew: LOOKING FOR JOINT ABSOLUTE 7932477. per rai. Tel: 086-2742308. HARMONY HOMES 083-1036578. Website: VENTURE OR SALE BEACHFRONT LAND www.oriental-realestate.com Email: [email protected] 4 unique executive town- 10 RAI IN RAWAI homes at the 3rd fairway of in the heart of Rawai for villa SMALL PLOT Phuket Country Club. From 17 THAI-STYLE HOME project or can be split into 1-rai 1,832sqm in Palai, Chalong. million baht. Tel: 081-958- near Laguna. 3 bedrooms, 2 plots. Very quiet and attrac- 5.2 million baht. Chanote, 3571. Email: sweetybee2000 bathrooms, living room and tive area. Tel: 085-7852035. good road. Tel: 089-7298365. @yahoo.com kitchen. 7.5 million baht. Tel: 087-8938590. Resort in Chiang Rai situated in Khao Lak, Phang Nga. 400 KAMALA LAND in a beautiful place w/ natural rai. 4 million baht per rai. located on Kamala Hill. spec- surroundings including lychee Chanote. Separate plots at tacular waterfall view. 2-0-09 trees and 2,500 Arabica 6 million baht per rai. Urgent rai. 20 million baht. Tel: 089- coffee trees. Convenient lo- sale! Tel: 081-5399269. 6485979. cation in the middle of Email: [email protected] Chiang Rai, just a 25 min- SEA VIEW utes drive from airport, 35 PATONG BEACH IN KAMALA minutes from town, and 20 CONDO Small plots, 1 rai. Very good minutes to tourist attrac- Rare 14th floor location. Great sea view. Road, water & elec- tions. Comprises 23 guests sea views. 50sqm. Freehold tricity supply with Chanote. rooms and 1 conference or leasehold. 3.5 million baht. Priced from 7.5 million per rai. room. 50 Rai at 39 million Call Daly. Tel: 087-0312154. Tel: 087-6050365. Email: baht (negotiable). Contact [email protected] owner's representative at Email: [email protected] PERFECT LAND for more details. for sale, 260sqm, perfect for NEW KATHU house and pool. Ready to build. TOWNHOUSE Kata Beach. Chanote. Price 2.5 New 2-story, 2-bedroom, 2- 2 STORY HOUSE million baht. Tel: 081-2714261 bathroom townhouse in Phuket. Kathu area, 2 bedrooms, 1 (Thai), 089-2905594 (Eng). Golden view, close to markets, bathroom, swimming pool. 2 Email: henryasia50@ hotmail. Big C, Central etc. Lock-up gates minutes to Lotus & 3 minutes com with car space and security at to Big C. 3,990,000 baht. Tel: project entrance. Great location. 081-7876238, 087-0216542. Some furniture included. A bar- KHAO LAK INVESTMENT property. Land beside Sofitel gain at 1.8 million baht. No hag- 3.5 RAI OF LAND glers. Tel: 080-7197147. Email: Magic Lagoon Khao Lak. 5.5 Chanote title at Pasak - Laguna [email protected] rai (66mx136m), Chanote. 40 area. Good location and nice million baht total. Call Krit. Tel: view. Suitable for small villa 081-9804641. BANG TAO LAND project, road access to the land. Nearly 2 rai with Chanote Quick sale at 2.9 million baht per KRABI, NEAR title at Ao Bang Tao. Very rai. Tel: 081-5399269. Email: AO NANG good location for business. [email protected] New, luxury pool-villa. 2 bed- Price: 16 million baht. Tel: rooms, 2 bathrooms, aircon, Eu- 086-9442064, 087-689- HOUSE FOR SALE ropean kitchen, 7.25 million 9679. Email: tasuwan@ in Chalong. Bargain. 2 stories, baht. Tel: 084-3224044. Email: hotmail.com 4 bedrooms. 3.2 million baht. [email protected] For details Tel: 081-7475293. visit: www.siamsol.com 46 PHUKET GAZETTE CLASSIFIEDS May 31 - June 6, 2008 Property GazetteGazette

Properties NICE AND COZY NICE HOUSE RAWAI RENTAL: For Rent HOUSE FOR RENT BAAN SUAN POOL

NEW FURNISHED VILLAS

800m from Heroinesí Monu- Furnished and excellent lo- ment, 3 bedrooms, 2 bath- 1, 2 or 3 bedrooms. From cation, 5 mins from Rawai rooms, fully furnished, nice 9,000 baht/month. 300m & Nai Harn beaches. garden at corner. Fully fitted from Rawai Pier. Tel: 086- 162sqm. 2 bedrooms with kitchen, 2 TVs with cable 9408914. Email: chotip07 private bathrooms. 1 guest TV installed, 3 aircons, tele- @yahoo.com Close to Laguna. 300sqm, toilet. 3 aircons. Large living- phone line with ADSL. HOUSE IN KATHU PAKOK HOUSE 3 bedrooms, living room, dining room. Telephone line 21,000 baht/month for 2- RENT OR SALE kitchen and pool. Long- or with ADSL. Free water sup- year contract or 23,000 HOUSE FOR RENT short-term rent. Tel: 081- ply and garbage service. baht/month for 1-year con- 7344324. www.phuket Please contact K. Nui. Tel: tract. Tel: 081-8512280. greenlandvillas.com 087-3830936. Email: dennis.mo@hot mail.com SEMI-DETACHED HOUSE IN KAMALA HOUSE 2 houses in Kamala with 1 and LAYAN, NEW 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms. Quiet and safe area, 300m for long-term rent. Fully fur- 2 bedrooms, fully furnished, 3-BEDROOM VILLA Fully furnished, garden with from Heroinesí Monument. nished, 1 bedroom + security, quiet. Tel: 081-4761640. Long/short-term (min 2 weeks). fence, large storeroom. at Chalong in Land and Fully furnished, 3 bedrooms. peace & greenery in luxury Quiet location, 3.4km/5 mins to Only 25, 000 baht a month. Houses Park. New single 18,000 baht/month. Tel: development south of Phuket Bang Tao Beach. 3 bedrooms, Contact Bancha. Tel: 084- 2-BEDROOM house, 3 bedrooms, 2 087-8164488. City. Seeking quiet tenant. 4 bathrooms. 400sqm built-up bathrooms, 240sqm. Tel: 1896700. Website: http:// Patio, Fagor kitchen, ADSL. APARTMENT andamanhome.hi5.com at Surin. A few minutes from area, 820sqm land, 44sqm 081-5697068. Email: 13,500 baht/month. Email for pool, 18sqm sala. Fully fur- [email protected] PHUKET RENTALS photos. Email: juliettoland@ Surin & Bang Tao Beaches. Common pool, aircon, bedroom nished, security system, double FOR RENT, MAI KHAO Brand-new pool villa: 50,000 gmail.com carpark, maidís quarters, cable baht/month. Luxury pool villa at fans, timber floors, fully fur- HOUSE FOR RENT 2 bedrooms, European stan- TV, ASDL, landscaped garden. dard, quiet and safe. 10 mins to Laguna: 120,000 baht/month. nished, phone. 30,000 baht per 3 bedrooms, aircon, ADSL, 4 BUNGALOWS FOR Tel: 076-305812, 084-305- airport, 5 mins to golf and beach. Rawai villa with pool: from 500 month. Tel: 081-2731740. cable TV, furnished. Heroinesí RENT - NAI HARN 4333. Email: jurgeninphuket@ True TV, phone line, antique fur- baht/day, 9,000 baht/month. Monument area. 18,000 baht/ 2-bedroom bungalows for gmail.com For further details, niture, aircon, charming garden. Patong pool villa: 8,000 baht/ PATONG, BIG YARD month. Tel: 086-2778461. rent on private land. Phone, please see our website at 20,000 baht per month. Tel: day. Pool villa in Rawai: 50,000 ADSL, 1 or 2 aircons, carport. Located in a quiet area of www.flickr.com/photos/ Email: [email protected] baht/month. Tel: 076-326318, Patong, this house can have 089-4708926, 081-719- Tel: 087-9223242. Email: 22419624@N08/sets/ 7015. Email: [email protected] 080-7007900. Email: glory [email protected] either 2 or 3 bedrooms. Also 72157604709618393/ KAMALA @12buzz.com For details, see: has 1 bathroom and enclosed BEACHFRONT VILLAS www.12property.com yard and is partly furnished 12,000 BAHT HOUSE WITH NEW TOWNHOUSE Fully furnished to a high stan- PER MONTH and freshly painted. A must dard. Western kitchen. 3 bed- 1-BEDROOM SEAVIEW: 15,000 BAHT see. Long-term rental; up to 20 for rent. Near British Interna- Furnished house for rent. True 2 bedrooms, furnished, bal- tional School. 3 bedrooms, rooms, 2 bathrooms, lounge TV, phone line. Email for more APARTMENT years. Tel: 087-8821963. and dining areas. Large bal- Patong 1-bedroom apartment cony. Only 150m to the Email: [email protected] fully furnished. Tel: 081- info (in German or English). beach. Call or mail for more 9241447. cony overlooking swimming Tel: 089-9710774. Email: for rent off Rat-U-Thit 200 Pi info. Tel: 087-2810458. pool and landscaped garden. [email protected] Rd. Long term only. Tel: 081- 4-BEDROOM 8914381. Email: patong Email: [email protected] PHUKET CITY Stunning sea views, only POOL VILLA meters from the beach. Pri- [email protected] In front of Tesco-Lotus in Prime location in Laguna area. vately gated, parking and stor- KATA TOP VIEW Royal Street Arcade. 3-story BUILDING 4-bedroom, 5-bathroom age. True TV and ADSL. In- Luxury sea view property with shophouse is available long 2-BEDROOM HOUSE, NEAR MAKRO luxury villa close to beach. cludes daily cleaning and wash- communal swimming pool, with large parking lot. Tel: 081- term. Ideal for office or shop. LONG LEASE Casual or permanent rental. ing. Pool & gardening service. only 2km to Kata Beach. 1 2 aircon rooms, kitchen, fur- 8929208. Email: samphuket Tel: 081-8913740. Starting price: 120,000 baht Monthly rental: 75,000 baht. bedroom and 3 bedrooms nished, cable TV. 1 year: @hotmail.com per month. Close to all facili- Contact K. Suchada. Tel: 084- available for short- and long- 70,000 baht/month; 6 ties. Be quick! Rent nego- RAWAI, NAI HARN 8436837. Email: suchada_ term rental. Tel: 081-4157774 months: 40,000 baht/month. BL APARTMENT tiable. Tel: 080-7007900. Nice new luxury house for [email protected] For de- (Eng), 089-7244678 (Thai). Tel: 080-7512813. Email: New, in Kathu. Big rooms, 1 Email: [email protected] For rent. 3-4 bedrooms, 4 bath- tails, visit: www.phuket- ampm_net@ hotmail.com bedroom, 1 living room, aircon, details, see: http://www. rooms, nice, large swimming island-homes.com BRAND-NEW cable TV, ADSL, hot shower, property.12buzz.com/view pool. No furniture. 45,000 3-bedroom house, for rent with ANUPHAS GOLFVIEW garden, car park. 8,000 baht profile.php?sel=rent_ad&id_ad baht/month. Minimum 1 year. PATONG BEACH communal swimming pool near HOUSE per month. Tel: 081-6923163. =2085&view=general Tel: 081-3971835. CONDOTEL Boat Lagoon and British Inter- for rent. 3 bedrooms, 2 toilets, Patong Beach Condotel. Nice national School. Fully furnished 2 kitchens: European and Thai apartment, 56sqm. 7th floor, and fully air conditioned. Tel: style. Aircon, cable TV, wash- 1 bedroom, kitchen, living 086-9405187 (Eng), 086- ing machine, walled garden, 24- room, aircon, cable TV, ADSL. 9522070 (Thai). hour security, funiture. 25,000 Tel: 081-8913740. baht/month. Tel: 086-739- 3220, 087-2667191. LUXURY HOUSE PALAI GREEN for rent. 4 bedrooms, 4 bath- NEW HOUSE FOR 2 aircons, 2 bedrooms, hot rooms, beautifully furnished, shower, fully furnished, free RENT OR SALE pool, garden. Pool cleaning 300m from Heroinesí Monu- cable TV, ADSL Internet. Near and gardening included. 5 ment. Rent: 25,000 baht/ Chalong. 12,000 baht/month. minutes from Mission Hills For more information call K. month. Sale: 3.7 million baht. golf course. Contact Khun So. 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms. Nee. Tel: 081-8924311. Tel: 081-3444473. Tel: 087-2646808, 083- 1743880. FOR RENT, RAWAI RAWAI BUNGALOW 2-bedroom house, safe area, 3 double bedrooms, 2 bath- GUESTHOUSE, KATA aircon, cable TV, Internet, rooms, lounge, dining, Euro- Build a guesthouse on 350sqm furnished, nice walled garden, pean kitchen, aircon, fans, in Kata. 30 years rent-free. 18,000 baht in low season. True TV, Internet, garden, fully Email: [email protected] Tel: 085-7873016. furnished. Located in quiet soi off Ban Saiyuan. Long-term CHALONG HOUSES NEW CHALONG HOME rental. 20,000 baht per month. for rent near Palai Beach. 2 or 2-bedroom, furnished home Tel: 081-8943966. Email: 3 bedrooms, aircon, fully fur- for rent. Phone line, True TV, johnnychamberlain@gmail. nished, phone line. Tel: 089- aircon. Tel: 089-6521473. com 7288311. May 31 - June 6, 2008 CLASSIFIEDS PHUKET GAZETTE 47 Property Gazette

Property Property Accommodation Building Wanted Services Available Products & Services PATONG CONDO WANTED VILLA ROOM IN KAMALA Foreigner looking to buy condo MANAGEMENT 600 baht per night. Modern freehold. 2-room unit in any OFFERED furniture, cable TV, ADSL, POOL SALT condition, 1 bedroom, central by self-employed person. I parking, aircon. Tel: 089- CHLORINATOR location, near beach. Email: have 7 yearsí experience 9219986. Website: www. Self cleaning, electronic, 2- [email protected] with real estate and prop- kamalaregent.com year warranty. New ñ still erty management in Aus- in the box. 25,000 baht. LAND WANTED IN tralia. Have worked with For more info call Tel: 084- hotel management in THE LOFTS, NICE ROOMS 1368154, 086-6845368. CHALONG AREA PATONG DELUXE Approx 600sqm or 160sq Phuket resort for 3 years. SURIN BEACH Email us at info@hite Aircon, cable TV, ceiling fan, APARTMENTS wah wanted in Chalong or Can provide high-quality mp.co.za. or visit: www. fridge, restaurant, bar, pool. FOR RENT Rawai area. Price negotiable. service and villa manage- hitemp.co.za Daily rate: 500 baht. Monthly New studio apartments in Please contact Mr Roy. Tel: ment at fair prices. Can carry rate from 7,000 baht. Contact Patong for long-term rent. 081-1876940. Email: bath out professional duties set Andrew. Tel: 087-2825086. Best location on Nanai Rd. [email protected] out in the management Low price. Contact K. Kitty. Household agreement, including house- SHANTI LODGE English, German, Thai. Tel: Services LONG-TERM RENTAL keeping & maintenance of 076-340920, 081-970- property. Can organize flight Shanti Lodge, 1/2501 Bangrae wanted for family. Location: 1- and 2-bedroom loft- Rd, Ao Chalong. Swimming 1479, 081-8928526. Fax: Patong, Kata or Karon. Tel: 084- tickets and activities as well style apartment. Ultra- 076-340920. Email: peter as other requests. Tel:087- pool, WiFi, electricity included, 8989274. modern design. Open-plan Double room with fan: 6,500- @phuket-besthomes.com 1006111. Email: luckypam living at its best! Sit on @gmail.com 8,500 baht per month. Double ABOUT 1 RAI your balcony overlooking room with aircon: 10,000- WITH SEA VIEW Surin Beach. Within walk- SEASON SPECIAL 12,500 baht per month. Room – OCEAN VIEW WANTED ing distance of restau- with kitchen: 16,500 baht per at a maximum of 6 million baht. NEW VILLA rants, bars, taxis and Even though itís now the month. Tel: 076-280233, 081- ìgreenî season in Phuket, itís Kata, Chalong, Rawai, Nai WEBSITE ATMs. All apartments 5363134. For further details, Harn. Contact with details. feature 42î flat panel TVs still a great time to visit. So Looking for Phuket villas to please see our website at why not take advantage and Tel: 089-9728544. Email: advertise on my website. Ex- and fully equipped Smeg www.shantilodge.com [email protected] kitchens. From 37,500 book our 2-bedroom condo tensive advertising through- with sea views and get 15% out Europe. If you are look- baht per month. Visit: www.phuketwest.com PATONG HOTEL off the marked rate? Check LAND WANTED ing to advertise your villa our website for details. Spe- in Kata-Karon, Chalong or Phu- and get more bookings, for further information. ROOM B12,000 Special offer for mid sea- MONTH cial rates available for book- ket City. Between 150 and please call Katherine Tel: ings up to October 31. Please 800sqm. Tel: 086-1203660. 080-6992436. son: Free WiFi. Large, serviced mini-suite. 5 mins to beach, 3 mins also ask for details on long- to Bangla. All amenities: term rentals. Tel: +85-2- HOUSE WANTED 1-BEDROOM 28136093, +85-2-6100- We have a client who wants APARTMENT aircon, free Internet, WiFi, VILLA CALL-OUT etc. 2 left for limited time. 4034. Fax: +85-2-2813- to buy a 3- or 4-bedroom SERVICE, 24-HRS Patong,1-bedroom apartment 6083. Website: www.phuket- for rent off Rat-U-Thit 200 Pi Tel: 076-602191. Email: house in Chalong or Paklok. What happens when a pipe patong-condo.com Rd. Long term only. Tel: 081- [email protected] Must be on a managed estate. breaks in your roof at 2 am? 8914381. Email: patong For further details, please Up to 7 million baht. Tel: 076- What happens if you rent PATONG SEAVIEW 271315. Email: info@phuket- [email protected] see our website at www. out your villa and some- lawanresidence.com condo. Phuket Palace Resort landandhomes.com thing breaks? Who can you studio. Pool, True TV, Internet, call? We offer a complete PATONG ROOMS refrigerator. 18,000 baht, PROPERTY WANTED call-out and inspection & APARTMENTS PHUKET HOTEL long term. Tel: 086-8387570. Interested in high-end, ocean- service.Tel: 027-281327, for long-term rent. 8,000- APARTMENT Email: mauigreg@hotmail. BIG OR SMALL JOB view condo in Phuket area. 25,000 baht a month. Tel: 081-8954480. Email: Hotel apartment, best location com We can do it! A leaking tap, Reply with details and contact 076-512151, 089-2909567. [email protected] in Phuket City. Fully furnished, building work. Free estimates. info. Email: [email protected] www.brommathaihouse.com free high-speed Internet ac- KAMALA More than 10 years of ser- cess, short- or long-term Private 2-bedroom, 2-bath- vice. Tel: 084-4553536. rental. Tel: 076-232494. Fax: room bungalow, built to inter- 076-221498. Email: sutida@ national standards, walking Classified Advertisements sinohousephuket.com distance to shops and the MOVING SERVICES Please use this form to write your classified advertisement. www.sinohousephuket.com beach. Sat TV, aircon, ADSL, Leaving Phuket? Heading phone line. No pets. Tel: north? Loading, unloading. Then hand it to any of our agents. FARANG-QUALITY 076-385293, 081-893- Fair rates. Tel: 081-7761490. ROOM 1360. Email: noi@phuket |_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_| (heading) Central Patong: quiet, safe. investments.com Long lease. 4,000 baht/ PHUKET HOME month. Also have luxury fur- TWO-STORY HOUSE MAINTENANCE |_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_| nishings package for sale: WITH PORCH Construction, renovation, 90,000 baht. Can email pics. Located in quiet area and with electricians, plumbers, Please contact for additional sea view near Kata Beach. carpenters, painters, til- |_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_| details at Tel: 081-3676086. Aircon, cable TV. Very sad to ers, gardeners, keycard Email: wunchart-thannawat be leaving. Tel: 089-291- setting, sand wash and @hotmail.com 4211. gutter. Contact K. Rin. Tel: |_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_| 084-1935124. ROOM TO LET Lake-view apartment in PATONG TOWER Kathu. Monthly and daily SEA VIEW SWIMMING |_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_| rates. Fully furnished with Luxury apartment. Affordable POOLS, CHEAP aircon, fridge, True TV, hot prices. For further details, Tel: but highest quality. Reference water and car park. Tel: 076- +4550285700. Email: ken_ sites available. All sizes. Can |_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_| 202585, 089-1968449. [email protected] be set up in one hour. For fur- Email: lakeviewapartment- Visit: www.patongtower.dk ther details, see our website [email protected] at: www.pools4fun.com Classified ads are charged per line. Each line is 120 baht, with a minimum of 4 lines (heading included) per ad. All advertising must be paid for in advance. Looking for land to buy? Deadline for Property Gazette page: Friday 3 pm. Deadline for all other ads: Saturday 12 noon. See more classified ads at www.phuketgazette.net 48 PHUKET GAZETTE CLASSIFIEDS May 31 - June 6, 2008 Boats & Marine

IDEAL ISLAND BOAT CENTER CONSOLE, 9.5m Bear Cat with two 200hp HOFT STEEL YACHT 6-METER IMPORT Mariner outboard engines. Cer- Our best bargain! Quick sale for tified for commercial use. Built cash. Contact Andrew. Tel: 2003 with very low usage. Boat 081-8941530, 083-3927150. can be seen at Royal Phuket Email: wunchart-thannawat@ Marina. Asking 2.3 million baht. hotmail.com Tel: 076-328505, 081-536 2069. Fax 076-328598. Email: LIVE-ABOARD [email protected] for sale. 1991, fully equipped Good for overnight fishing, din- and well maintained. Moored ner cruise and diving. 22m/6m. 32-FOOT at Yacht Haven. Contact me 7 cabins, 3 toilets, 3 showers. CATAMARAN for further information. Tel: 330hp engine, 20-megawatt New! Open bridge, wood -ep- 086-9417475. Email: generator. 1.5 million baht. Tel: oxy composite, 4 double cab- [email protected] 081-7874690. ins, 9hp 4-stroke Honda. 590,000 baht. Tel: 087- S/S DUAL FAMILY SAILING 74618039. TRUMPET HORN DINGHY 12V, stainless steel,123dB rat- 4.52m/15ft. Easy sail for 40HP YAMAHA ing. Length:18.5î width: 8î OUTBOARD husband-wife, parent-child com- height 5î. Tel: 081-2719390. bos. It has outstanding stability Long shaft, 2st Enduro C/W, Email: [email protected] remote gear+throttle, cur- and fiberglass hull. Designed to be rent model. 60,000 EA. Tel: sailed by a man and a woman. 084-6300896. SPEEDBOAT Can deliver exciting performance BUSINESS without using spinnaker or tra- peze. Small class on island, so can ZODIAC FUTURA Thai-registered 12.90-meter Zodiac Futura, barely used. race. Four hours free tuition with speedboat, excellent condi- sale. 125,000 baht. Wind comes 35,000 baht obo. Mariner 40 tion. Takes 22 pax + 3 crew. also for sale. Tel: 076-512602, free. Tel: 081-5399560. Email: Twin Yamaha 200v6 engines [email protected] 081-7373114. and 7 different inflatables to make it all fun for your custom- HOBIE CATS ONAN MARINE AND JET-SKI ers. Life jackets and snorkeling equipment. Comes with reg- GENERATOR Hobies: 20, 17 or 16ft on trail- istered company, a Thai cap- 7.5kVA single phase, 220V. ers. Jet-ski: Seadoo 130hp, 78 tain and one boat boy. 1 million Good working conditon. Ask- hours of use and on trailer. In- baht. Tel: 081-8914381 or ing 165,000 baht. Please flatable, RIB, Gemini, 3.1 contact by Email at: contact for more information. meter. Hyperlon, as new. Tel: [email protected] Tel: 081-5368188. Email: 086-2697138. [email protected] May 31 - June 6, 2008 CLASSIFIEDS PHUKET GAZETTE 49 Island Job Mart

GUESTHOUSE MANAGER Manager needed for guest- house and restaurant in Pa- SALES EXECUTIVE SPEECH, LANGUAGE tong. Must have experince PART-TIME THERAPIST SITE BUILDING Established real estate SUPERVISOR and speak good English. Start agency is seeking motivated VACANCY Regular 1-1 sessions required at 15,000 baht per month. Sunset Plaza is a property de- Development and construc- individuals for the position of with a 4/5-year-old English child Tel: 089-9325175, 081- velopment in Karon. Require- with delayed speech. Specialist tion company seeks foreigner Sales Executive. Applicants 8278442. Email: wojidkow should be fluent in English and ments: experience essential. Email: to fill position of site building [email protected] [email protected] supervisor. Minimal experi- Thai and have good computer - Thai or foreign nationality ence required. Tel: 086- skills. Excellent salary plus - Excellent English, commission. Driving license HOUSE, CATS, 0626210. Email: patrick@ especially writing skills oceanic-global.com MASSAGE AND SPA essential. Tel: 076-527565. - Basic computer PROPERTY SITTER Fax: 076-527564. Apply to We are looking for a man- knowledge: email, etc Near Cherng Talay, July 21 - [email protected] August 12. Good pay for respon- ager, cashier and massage - Preferably experienced sible person. Care for home and GOOD COMMISSION lady. Must be service- in real-estate for Thai or foreigner with good RESTAURANT STAFF cats, supervise property worker. minded. Please contact K. Contact Ms Nathalie. Tel: English, computer skills and 2-3 Please contact for details. Tel: Pui for more information. for Black and White 24/7, 085-1111155. Email: 084-8424581. Email: info@ yearsí experience in the property Tel: 085-7859239. Kathu. Contact K. Nat (Thai). [email protected] phukethorserescue.com industry. Tel: 087-3877182. Tel: 086-9432976. Gazette Online Classifieds – 10,000 readers every day! 50 PHUKET GAZETTE CLASSIFIEDS May 31 - June 6, 2008 Island Job Mart

ENGLISH-SPEAKING CLUB ASIA FITNESS lady for morning and after- Phuketís leading fitness SALES STAFF noon help. Must have own car center requires sales staff, WANTED or motorbike. Tel: 086-745- fitness instructor and per- English speaker. Experience 8832. Email: gregmackay67 sonal trainer. Tel: 076- in sales would be an advan- @hotmail.com 354027, 089-1265671. tage. We offer excellent Fax: 076-233384. For fur- benefits and commissions. CALL CENTER ther details, please see our Contact for more informa- OPERATOR website at: www.clubasia tion. Call K. Kuno at 081- Requirements: Good com- phuket.com 9685963, or email us at: mand of spoken and written salesteam@bayproject. English. Computer skills. Able com see or visit our website to work in shifts. Tel: 076- RESERVATIONS at www.bayproject.com NURSERY STAFF ASSISTANT 257020. Fax: 076-257008. Email: info@easylinkphuket. Diethelm Travel is looking Female Thai national required com for highly qualified and ser- Employment Mon-Fri 8:30 am-4 pm. Enthu- vice-minded operations siasm and a love of children Wanted ENGLISH TEACHER staff. Good command of needed! 7,000 baht/month. 4 English and computer skills weeks paid holiday per year REQUIRED Seeking an English teacher are required. Experience in + Thai national holidays. tourism is a plus. Thai citi- RELIABLE, HARD Phone for interview. Tel: 089- with experience. Native speaker preferred. For more zens only. Tel: 081-892- WORKING 9711813. Email: info@abc 7714. Email: max.t@th. nurseryphuket.com info contact K. Joojee at Tel: Thai female, age 36, expe- 081-3979809, 081-970- diethelmtravel.com rienced in management, 0121. Send CV by email: administration and sales MARKETING [email protected] for the past 8 years. Good POSITION CHARTER knowledge in speaking Looking for keen hotel market- and understanding En- ing manager. Freelance or full JAPANESE GUEST MANAGER RELATIONS glish. I am easy-going and time. Tel: 076-239839, 081- Elite Yachting is looking for an Marketing/tour leader re- confident. Tel: 089- 2963413. Fax: 076-239838. English- & German-speaking quired by resort. Degree in 4742515. Email: tjularat Email: [email protected] foreigner to lead the charter tourism or marketing re- @hotmail.com sales & administration de- quired. Accomodation, basic partment with an enthusias- salary plus performance bo- PROPERTY CARE tic Thai team. Your core nus offered. Please email SERVICES responsibilites are contact SUCCESSFUL resumÈ, photo and date you Electronic Security Sales Ex- with clients by email, phone HOTELIER can start work. Email: ecutive required. Thai nation- and direct, issuing charter Seeking mid-level to execu- [email protected] als, degree in a related field, contracts and invoices as NIGHTSHIFT tive management position. HOTEL STAFF 2 or more yearsí sales expe- well as arranging all adminis- FRONT OFFICER Previous 250-room Ameri- rience. Please contact for TEACHING tration. Sailing experience is can hotel GM will guarantee 8,000 baht salary, age 22+, fe- Patong hotel needs 1 receptionist with good more information Tel: 076- ASSISTANT not a must. Tel: 076- you a profitable low season male, good education record. English skills. Please call 376557, 081-9586879. Thai female for pre-school class. 273476, 081-9786086. and a super high season. Tel: 076-261940, 081-296- for more details. Fax: 076-376560. Email: Must speak English well. Tel: Fax: 076-273476. Email: Tel: 085-7932477. Email: 3413. Fax: 076-261944. Email: scott @pcs.co.th 076-282232, 084-3088110. Tel: 081-8921621. [email protected] [email protected] prakaisriroj@hotmail. com Email: parryallen@ aol.com Looking for a job? Looking for a better quality candidate? Find more Recruitment Classifieds at www.phuketgazette.net! May 31 - June 6, 2008 CLASSIFIEDS PHUKET GAZETTE 51 Tout, Trader & Trumpet

SIERRA WIRELESS LORNE SAXBERG BAKERYAND BAR ON NANAI RD Articles AIRCARD 2 YEARS ON RESTAURANT Bar with large kitchen, pool For Sale 4,000 baht, call after 2pm. Lorne Saxberg will be remem- for sale. Please visit table, fully equipped. Monthly Comes with CD software. bered in Koh Kai waters www.bakeryforsale.info rent only 7,000 baht. Priced Not for Vista; XP is OK. Tel: where he accidentally for quick sale at 560,000 SONY-ERICSSON 076-296351, 081-0862772. drowned on May 6, 2006. SPORT FISHING baht. Please contact Nat. K850I Email: thewizardofrockandroll Very thankful to all the kind COMPANY Tel: 089-6514279. Email: 5MP camera, UMTS, quad- @gmail.com people of Phuket for their love for sale. Info by Email: [email protected] band, email. Black/green, & support. Tel: 087-276- [email protected] perfect condition (as new), MONGOOSE 1545. Email: brianmattu warranty. Original, complete Rockodile, 21-speed, 1 month @gmail.com BUSINESS FOR SALE PATONG with box and receipt. Comes GUESTHOUSE old: 7,000 baht. Cold-drink Privately-owned hotel land with free Bluetooth head- fridge, 2ft x 5ft: 4,000 baht. with palm and rubber trees. and bar/restaurant for sale. phone. Fixed price: 11,500 Compaq desktop computer: Business Tel: 084-8485704, 086- 18 rooms, long-term lease, baht. Tel: 087-3892160. 8,000 baht. Tel: 084-628- Opportunities 9477455. close to beach and Bangla Email: [email protected] 8450. Rd. 7.5 million baht. Tel: RESTAURANT FOR 080-6971744. SAMSUNG LCD TV OFFICE FURNITURE BARGAIN BAR FOR SALE SALE/RENT 32-inch screen, about one Armchairs, chairs, desks, Nanai Rd. League pool table, New, nicely-decorated restau- year old. 17,000 baht. Call or computer tables ñ all for ELEGANT 6-month-old 42î plasma TV, rant, situated in Phuket City email for more info. Tel: 089- sale at just half of their new SHOPHOUSE music system, DVD and large center. Fully equipped and 9728544. Email: av58phuket price. Also have an aircon pizza oven. 500,000 baht. Tel: ready to service customers. Bargain, 4-story shophouse @yahoo.com unit for sale. Only 10,000 083-6491300. Partnership can be consid- with Chanote. There is a baht. Tel: 076-346004, SPONSOR ered. Tel: 087-3839310. fully equipped restaurant on MATTRESSES st nd 087-2642598. Fax: 076- a needy child. The Phuket Inter- Email: [email protected] 1 and 2 floors. Fully fur- FOR SALE SHOP SPACE rd 346004. Email: georges national Womenís Club is a vol- nished apartment on 3 25 hotel mattresses, good on Soi Tan 3. Rent 9,000 baht th [email protected] unteer organization raising BARS, GUESTHOUSE and 4 floors. Value: 6.7 condition. 1,500 baht each. per month. Tel: 086-177- funds for educational scholar- Bangla, Nanai. Many business million baht. Now priced at Tel: 081-9684978. 9097, 085-7949687. ships. We rely on the goodwill opportunities at www.jane only 5.5 million baht. Have LIKE-NEW of donors and sponsors ñ small propertyphuket.com to move out. Tel: 081- 9-BALL POOL TABLE PRIVATE SALE and large. If you would like to STOP BAR FOR 8915602. Gurios paintings, stereo, an- Size: 4íx8í. Slate top, new put something back into the RENT/SALE tique oriental carpets. Call felt, new set of balls, all ac- BOOKS FOR SALE community in which you live, Newly set up in Soi Sea Heyno. Please contact for cessories. Delivery & instal- contact us to find out more Many language books and MASSAGE SALON more information. Tel: 080- lation included. Price: Dragon. Probably the most for sale in Patong. Brand-new. about giving a prize or being a beautiful bar in Patong. about 5,000 used books 1453483. Email: heinogeick 60,000 baht. Tel: 081-823- sponsor. Contact Carol (Tel: with bookshelves. Quick 120sqm. Great potential. - 2 units. @yahoo.com.sg 4627, 084-2901645. Fax: 087-4178860. Email: carol. sale: 350,000 baht. Please Great deal. Contact Alex. Tel: 076-264461. Email: ying@ [email protected]) or K. Sue -Top location near Soi contact to K. Pui. Tel: 084- 081-4954761. MULTIGYM phuketpooltables.com (Tel: 087-2776948. Email: Bangla. 1705552. Large, four stations, excellent [email protected]). - 12 small rooms. SEEK NANAI RD condition. Moving, so must sell - Top audio/video equipment BUSINESS quickly. All offers considered. Bulletins SALON & SPA FORMING ARTISTS’ (Bose, Behringer etc). for lease or rent with all equip- Please conact for more infor- COMMUNITY We are looking for a suitable - Running as a go-go or open ment included. In the basement space to start our business on mation. Tel: 087-2752808. International artist living in bar is possible. of Fantasia in Phuket City. Tel: Nanai Rd, Patong. Minimum Email: [email protected] Phuket wishing to organize lo- RED CORRECTION Fully equipped. Contact for 086-5930086. 50sqm is needed. Low rent. cal artists and people inter- FILTER information. Tel: 084-848- Tel: 080-5843619. Email: WATER DISPENSER ested in art to share work and Sea & Sea 4-inch (10cm) 3495 (K. Osi in German), [email protected] For both cold and warm water. ideas to better the community red correction filter in good 089-5903968 (K. Holger in ROOFTOP Sale includes 2 five-gallon and each of us individually. condition. Free for someone English). Email: stop- RESTAURANT bottles. 1,000 baht. Tel: 076- Tel: 076-381937, 087- who can use it. Email: info [email protected] Pho- for rent on the top floor of BUSINESS PARTNER 323459, 089-7291113. Email: 0716063. Fax: 076-381937. @warmwaterdivers.com tos at www.holgervolp.com Sinthavee Hotel, Phuket Looking for business partner. [email protected] Email: [email protected] City. Convenient for a res- New restaurant in Nanai, taurant or bar. Also, a disco- Patong. Tel: 086-9757336. BAMBOO VILLAGE theque on the 2nd floor (with Agents for Classified Advertising BAR license). Please contact via THAI COMPANY for sale. Excellent location email: [email protected] FOR SALE PHUKET on main road, Rawai. 3 Includes 4-bedroom luxury rooms with aircon. Kitchen, house and plot in the heritage Julapan Stationery Tel: 076-282254 seats 50, fully equipped. 2.5 PHI PHI development in Kathu. 16 mil- lion baht for all. Contact David. Chao Fa East Rd (next to Siam Commercial Bank) million baht. Tel: 087- 13-bedroom guesthouse for 2846911. sale. Tel: 081-7475293. Tel: 081-8157170. Emai: [email protected] Khun Woody’s Sandwich Shoppe Tel: 076-282403 Fisherman’s Way Business Center, Chao Fa East Rd

K.L. Mart Tel: 076-280400/3 Patak Rd, Chalong Fax: 076-280403

Earth Language School Tel: 076-232398/9 Phang Nga Rd, Phuket City Fax: 076-232398

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SEAVIEW TAILOR SHOP AT NIGHTCLUB IN GUESTHOUSE JUNGCEYLON Business KATA CENTER in Patong. Must see. Great A well-established tailor Products & location. Contact Kevin. Tel: shop at Jungceylon, Patong, Services 084-7300190. is for sale. Please contact for more information. Tel: 086- BAR FOR SALE 3287376. Email: sohailno WEBSITE, LOGO, Bangla road area. Priced for [email protected] BUSINESS CARDS quick sale at 1.2 million baht. Stylish designs at great prices! Contact Kevin. Tel: 084- THAI KARAOKE Tel: 089-2350969. Email: 7300190. Popular, high-class venue. [email protected] Website: Everything included. Best loca- http://www.lfr-asia.com GUESTHOUSE tion, open 2 years. 750,000 B1.45 MILLION baht. Tel: 084-8436400. OSTEOPATH (UK) Good lease, excellent condi- Garnett Symonds DO. tion. Prime retail space of BAR FOR SALE HMD.Tel: 081-6072343. 1,375sqm. Central Patong. – NANAI RD www.garnettsymonds.com KATA NIGHT BAZAAR Tel: 086-1588752. Bar with large kitchen, pool 2.5 MILLION BAHT table, fully equipped and ready JEAB’S JUMPING - The only nightclub in Kata- PHI PHI ISLAND to run. Monthly rent only nd CASTLES Karon and Chalong area. Ground level: open. 2 floor: 6- 7,000 baht. Price: 650,000 rd No competition! room guesthouse. 3 floor: 2 baht. Please contact Mark. 8 models. apartments with large sun- Tel: 087-3822302. Email: - 3-story (mezzanine/balcony For childrenís parties. deck. Please contact for more [email protected] included), stock room, Please contact for more information. Tel: 081-1108282. kitchen. information. Email: [email protected] RESTAURANT FOR SALE - Disco is located in a ëgov- in Rawai, excellent location. 6 Tel: 081-8939742. ernment zoning areaí. RESTAURANT & BAR months old, teakwood furni- www.phuket - Top-brand sound, lighting, FOR LEASE ture, fully equipped kitchen. jumpingcastles.com effects and visual equip- Directly opposite Patong 3+3-year lease with low rent. ment and systems, new Beach. Fantastic location. Over 1 million baht of assets. with 2-year warranties. Fabulous sea views. 14 mil- Urgent sale: only 1 million baht, TOURS IN PHUKET - Have government licence. lion baht for this business. including Co Ltd and rent paid Plan 2 cultural and jungle - All materials, equipment, Call Simon at Andaman Busi- until November 2008. Tel: tours. Full-day trips with En- furniture, air conditioning ness brokerage. Tel: 084- 084-0603477. Email: attivi glish-speaking guide. En- and coolers are new with 3047700. [email protected] trance fees, return journey, warranties. transfers, set Thai meal and - 3rd floor has 4 newly-fur- BAR AVAILABLE MASSAGE SALON drinks included. Please con- nished rooms with cable TV ON BANGLA RD FOR SALE tact for more information. and air conditioning. Prime location, frontage. 8.5 in Saiyuan Rd. Includes new Tel: 081-6911955. Email: equipment, many repeat cus- - 2 rooms with balcony and million baht. Fixed price! Call plan2 [email protected] tomers. 390,000 baht. 3 Thai gardens/city view (Kata). Simon at Andaman Business brokerage.Tel: 084-3047700. massage beds, 2 oil massage - 2 rooms without balcony beds, 2 foot massage chairs. and sea view. Contact K. Bee. Tel: 089- VISA & LEGAL FISH AND CHIP SERVICES Tel: 087-6899679. Email: RESTAURANT & BAR 5939105. [email protected] Business for lease in Patong. Great returns & low costs. RESTAURANT RESTAURANT-BAR Just 1.5 million baht. Call Kata-Karon, Taina Rd. 40 Simon at Andaman Business Urgent. Rawai, long-term seats, 2 private rooms, ADSL Brokerage. Tel: 084-304- lease. Fully equipped. 1.3 Internet. 15,000 baht monthly 7700. million baht. Tel: 085- rent. Tel: 087-8925870. 8843610. HOTEL, PATONG RESTAURANT Hotel for sale, Patong. 19 luxu- FOR SALE rious rooms (ensuite), duplex PATONG BAR Located at Nai Harn car park, penthouse, lift, swimming FOR LEASE Company registration 40 seats inside and outside. pool, sea views. Needs refur- 3-year contract, only 2,229 baht; 1-year visa Good business for past 4 years. bishment. Total cost: 49 mil- 800,000 baht. With sound 7,900 baht; retirement visa Comes with flat. Tel: 087- lion baht. Call Simon at Anda- system plus equipment. Tel: 7,900 baht; work permit 2980200. Email: rwberger man Business brokerage. Tel: 081-8936848. 7,900 baht; UK & US visa [email protected] 084-3047700. 19,999 baht. No more visa runs, get a 1-year visa for only 7,900 baht. Establish your Thai company today to buy land or start your busi- ness for only 2,229 baht. Property title search, sales contract and land registra- tion. Thailandís largest legal service network. Always low prices by our licensed Thai lawyers. Please contact for more information. Tel: 076-290376 Email: info@siam- legal.com

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ANDAMAN LEGAL BLUE CANYON LEARN THAI ADVISERS MEMBERSHIP Miscellaneous with an experienced Teacher 26 Hongyok Utit Rd, Talaad Individual. 950,000 baht. for Sale of Thai language. Tel: 084-447 Yai, Samkong, Phuket. Asso- Transfer fee 50-50. Tel: 086- 5257. Email: mikeroper2003 ciated with Advocates and 2742250. Email: pete @hotmail.com Solicitors in Bangkok, Phuket [email protected] INFLATABLE TOYS FOR SALE and UK. We provide a wide Personals range of high-quality and Computers Bargain! Hardly-used, sec- specialized legal services to ondhand inflatable swimming individual and corporate cli- pool toys and accessories. ents. Tel: 087-8820343. Email: COUPLE [email protected] - Court actions, Thailand, UK, ENGLISH Thai 40s couple seek open- HK computer man. Sales, ser- minded friends for adult vice, repair, tuition. Please CONCRETE MIXER - Legal consultations in good working order. New: lifestyle fun. Couples only. contact for more informa- [email protected] - Conveyancing and tion. Tel: 084-6257744. 19,000 baht. Will sell for commercial services 11,000 baht. Call for details. - Alien business Tel: 081-0839047. Email: RETIRED establishment aphiwat_Ed @hotmail.com GENTLEMAN - Tax planning; properties aged 49, looking for genuine, bright and caring single Thai - Bookkeeping Mobile Phones lady who enjoys nature and - Notarial services living quietly. 35/40 years old. - Trademark and patent 8GB APPLE IPHONE I live in Kamala. Contact licenses Camera, Bluetooth, color David. Tel: 085-7908241. - Immigration screen, email/Web, GPRS, BACKGAMMON and work permits GPS, IRDA, Infrared, Java Retired businessman looking - Wills, marriage, divorce enabled, MMS enabled, MP3 player, polyphonic ring for backgammon players in - Settlement agreement tones, radio, streaming Phuket. Tel: 081-5778443. - Prenuptial video, USB, vibration, war- - Juristic contract ranty. 22,500 baht. Email: Pets - Labour Law [email protected] - Translation Please contact for more Dive Gear Personal GOLDEN RETRIEVER information. puppies for sale. Dewormed, Services vacinated. Please contact for Tel: 076-236124, more information. Tel: 087- 02-5113264, 0543034. 081-9377219. Charity MASSAGE AT HOME Email: No need to go anywhere. Thai, ENGLISH BULLDOG [email protected] 2 hours: 300 baht. Oil, 2 or [email protected] puppy for sale. Male. Tel: 089- hours: 400 baht. Tel: 081- 9084873. Website: 6760871. www.haroldstock.com HP3330 LASERJET www.andamanlegal.com Looking for a good HP33 se- PLEASE HELP ME ries. Tel: 086-9508762. Email: CHAO HEALING MASSAGE Camera & [email protected] ROPE TRICKS Equipment STOLEN LAPTOP The art of Western cowboy On the morning of April 27, a performance with rope. Email: thief broke into my house and [email protected] NIKON CAMERA stole two laptops. The one that For further details, please see AF Nikkor 35-70mm 1:3.3- works is a nearly new Acer Hello. My name is Khao, a our website at: www.thai- 4.5. Vintage 1980. Includes 4320. If you can help with any recently rescued soi dog cowboy-ropertricks.com Rokinon flash attachment. info, call +61-85-8894001 or Tired of the same old mas- (though I don't really behave Needs new home where it will email: [email protected] sage where it seems the like one) and I need a loving SPONSOR ME 300K be used. Email: juliettoland staff donít know what home. I absolutely adore hu- Make 100k every 90 days. @gmail.com COMPUTER P4 theyíre doing? Go to Chao mans. Iím loyal and sociable Almost a brand name. Please AMD Athlon 1700+ 768M Massage in Rawai. K. Chao with other animals. Iím toilet contact for more information. RAM, 40GB HDD. Modem. is Wat Po trained and certi- trained (Iíll tell you when I Tel: 081-4151894. VERY SMALL Windows XP. 10,000 baht. fied, and provides Thai, oil need to go) and I want to be camcorder. New Canon Please contact K. Jannie. Tel: and therapeutic massage in included in your life. Iím a HOUSESITTER camcorder. Bought new for 085-7906062. a professional, friendly good girl in the car, calm to AVAILABLE 16,900 baht. Selling for 8,500 atmoshphere. Sergei, the shampoo, quiet in restau- Long or short term considered. baht. Tel: 081-2945441. COMPUTER windsurfer says, ìAfter a rants and playful at home Reliable and honest. Tel: 084- FOR SALE few hours of windsurfing I go and on the beach. Iím 3 4407651. Email: jennytrybulec Pentium 4. Many extras. to K. Chao for a relaxing and years old, fully vaccinated, @gmail.com Club 12,000 baht. ASCO laptop therapeutic massage. The neutered, happy, healthy HP. New, with warranty. Tel: best, most caring massage in and ready to become a valu- Memberships 081-2945451. Phuket.î Call for appoint- able member of your family. SRIRUNG THAI Available ment or stop by Chao Mas- Please contact to give me a MASSAGE sage, Ya Nui Rd, Rawai. Tel: home. Email: liz@catalyst - Thai pressure-point mas- Dive Gear 086-5299576. Email: communications.org Tel: 087-2697414. sage LAGUNA GOLF asangsai @hotmail.com - Thai herbal compress MEMBERSHIP SCUBA PRO-2 – - Foot massage Family membership at Laguna COMPLETE SETS - Oil massage golf club for sale. 16 years BCD, octopus, cressi fins, wet Take - Massage for migranes remaining. Asking price: suits (M & XL): 10,000 baht. and insomnia 400,000 baht plus transfer Underwater light: 2,500 baht. fee. Contact for more informa- me Home visit on request. Con- Tel: 086-0204386. Email: tion. Tel: 086-2779229. Fax: [email protected] home tact Sirung Hanukul. Tel: 076-327054. or Email: 086-9440242. [email protected] BAUER COMPRESSOR with FOR SALE Bauer Mariner 200E + P21/ you! Need help finding a lawyer? P31 housing. 420,000 baht. www.phuketgazette.net Tel: 089-8141092. Email: Soi Dog Foundation Tel: 081-7884222 [email protected] 54 PHUKET GAZETTE CLASSIFIEDS May 31 - June 6, 2008 Wheels & Motors

CHEVROLET CHEVROLET CLASSIC BMW 2002 Saloon Cars 480,000 BAHT OPTRA LT SS 1974 black. All original. Pickups ISUZU D-MAX CAB 4 2002 Zafira 2.2 for sale. Only 2006 model. Metallic black, Driven daily. New tires. CD 80,000km. 480,000 baht. 32,000km, one-year war- player. Taxed. 150,000 baht. TOYOTA HILUX BMW 323I SE 3 Contact Khun Nee. Tel: 081- ranty. Just serviced, excellent Tel: 086-9488139. 1996 model, 2,500cc, 4 doors, SERIES 8924311. condition. 450,000 baht. Tel: 216,000km, 250,000 baht. Year 2002, Special Edition 076-528016, 089-2262612. Tel: 084-7164826. Email: Email: [email protected] MAZDA 323 model. 2.3 litre, 6-cylinder TOYOTA COROLLA [email protected] engine. Eight air bags, trac- 5-door, cheap, 49,000 baht. OLDTIMER Good condition, air condition- 2003. 100,000km. Perfect tion control, ABS, cruise HONDA CITY V-TEC NISSAN NV control, triptronic gearbox, Top model, Sept 2004, auto, ing, stereo and lots of new condition. Runs great. 3.0L, parts. Contact Sunny for 2005 MODEL automatic, only one owner. (auto, manual, or sport 29,800km, insured, full ser- 30,000km, auto, red, guaran- setting), electric seats, vice, very good condition. more information. Tel: 083- Price: 510,000 baht. Con- 2525509, 084-1841856. tee. Asking price: 285,000 tact for more details. Tel: and MP3 stereo system 435,000 baht. Tel: 076-383- baht. Tel: 081-8937068. with iPod docking system. 280, 086-2817605. Email: 087-2709093. Email: anut [email protected] Silver with black leather. [email protected] TOYOTA AVANZA Two owners with service Metallic silver , 2005 S-ver- TOYOTA SPORT history. Full BMW dealer 1969. Green, Mini-cooper 2007 ALL-NEW sion. 58,000km. Leather CRUISER style, good condition, drives PICKUP FOR SALE inspection report included VIOS S LIMITED seats, automatic. Space for 7 Ford Ranger 2.5 turbo, four- in the price and 11 well, 50,000 baht. Tel: 089- 11 months old, only 4,000km. people. 380,000 baht. Tel: 6466871. door with gull door at rear. monthsí first-class insur- As-new condition. Top-of-the- 076-323459, 089-729- Tax and insurance. Only ance. Reduced to sell at range, new S Limited model 1113. Email: richard_melen 50,000km. Lightly used. 895,000 baht. May con- 1994 OPEL ASTRA with all extras. Full Toyota @hotmail.com 360,000 baht. Please con- sider a pickup as trade-in. 100,000 BAHT black leather interior. Auto- tact for more infomation. Tel: 081-8954480. Email: Wagon. Auto. AIG 1st-class matic. HiD headlights. Alloys. FORD LASER Tel: 081-5399560. Front and rear parking sensors. [email protected] insurance. Kenwood MP3/ TIERRA SV November 2003 model. Toyota Pearl serviced. 2-year USB audio + speaker. Good Great condition, service his- 62,400km. Diesel, auto, 2000 RANGER Toyota warranty remaining. 1991 condition. Serviced by Benz. tory. Black. 4 years old. Call for 2WD. Price: 470,000 baht. XL PICKUP Bargain at 599,000 baht. Tel: HONDA ACCORD Tel: 084-8771047. Email: details. Tel: 089-2167220. Tel: 081-7283281. Maintained, CD player, aircon, 076-398233, 081-7197776. Luxury car, 4 doors. Comes [email protected] runs and looks great. 219,000 Email: [email protected] with aircon, no rust, dark blue, CHEVROLET ZAFIRA baht. Call 086-2699145 for service records, new brakes, HYUNDAI EXCEL GLS FORD RANGER 4X4 more information. new clutch. Leather seats, 1995 sedan, 5-speed manual, TOYOTA SOLUNA 3.0L PICKUP 1.5 automatic, aircon, CD 4-wheel-drive ABS, 3.0L power steering. Insurance and aircon. In good condition. 1994 CAR FOR SALE tax are paid until 2009. Quick player. Just serviced, blue Turbo. Reduced for quick sale 130,000 baht or nearest of- Mitsubishi 4-door. Aircon, CD sale, only 99,000 baht. Tel: book. For further details call at 495,000 baht. 1.5 years fer. Tel: 086-2777647. Email: stereo. Nice car. Asking price: 083-2525509, 084-1841856. [email protected] Tel: 084-3046723. old. 29,000km. Excellent con- dition. Tel: 081-8957095. 100,000 baht. Please call for TOYOTA CROWN MIRA DAIHATSU Email: [email protected] further details. Tel: 081- 3709661. 1991 model, 2.5L 24V 1996 AUDI A4 AUTO 12 years old, red, CD player, 2.2 Sport. Only 40,000km. Auto, dual aircon, many 65,000 baht. Tel:084-509- All checks done regularly. TOYOTA VIGO 2006 new parts, reliable, needs 9652, 089-8728468. Non-smoking driver and pas- Top of the line, low mileage. CHEVROLET PICKUP new paint. 100,000 baht. sengers. Purchased for 1.4 Only 690,000 baht for quick 2007. New model,13,000km. Tel: 089-9087350. Email: OPEL CORSA million baht. Selling price: sale. Please contact for more Looks and drives as new. [email protected] FOR SALE 780,000 baht (negotiable). information. Tel: 086-9421969. 399,000 baht. Please contact Beautiful and in excellent Tel: 081-7975764. Email: Email: [email protected] for more information. Tel: 2 CLASSIC BMWS condition. Blue, fully insured. [email protected] 084-4413633. Selling for 180,000 baht or 1970 BMW 2000, 160 HP: 1.8L, 190,000km, dual air- 1996 NISSAN NV nearest offer. Please call Tel: 95,000 baht. 1973 E3 auto- bag, new aircon, trans, NISSAN TEANA Power steering and windows, 2005 087-2781583. matic 30S: 180,000 baht. Tel: brakes, radiator. Only FOR SALE great aircon, stereo, metallic MITSUBISHI STRADA 086-9488139. 190,000 baht. Tel: 081- Blue, 65,000km, 3 years old. silver, 55,000km. First-class 4-door, aircon. 30,000km. 4760380. CITROEN FOR SALE Good condition. 2,300cc. insurance. Perfect condition. Manual, insured, service CAR FOR SALE AX 1.4. Dark green. 1994 New: 1.55 million baht. Now: 130,000 baht. Please call book. 285,000 baht ono. Leaving Thailand. 1995 Nissan model. Aircon. 5-door hatch- 900,000 baht. Tel: 081- 085-7981988 for more infor- Tel: 086-2727636. Email: sedan. Perfect condition. NISSAN FOR SALE back. 110,000 baht. Contact 8337836. mation. [email protected] 180,000 baht obo. Tel: 084- Station wagon, 1999, green, to view or for more informa- 8491091. Email: jleinfelder@ new wheels. Insured until tion. Tel: 083-1720876. gmail.com August. Tel: 081-7281887. Email: [email protected] Wheels & Motors

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LANCER CEDIA 4 x 4s ISUZU DMAX Motorbikes HARLEY-DAVIDSON Rentals FOR RENT CAB4 LS VROD Best price: 10,900 baht per FORD RANGER 4WD HONDA WAVE 125 CARS FOR RENT month. Late 2003, dark blue, 1.6L automatic shift with full TURBO June 2006. 25,000 baht. Fortuner, Vios, Jazz. Short insurance. Call or email for de- 2004 model. 2 doors, with Call or email for details. Tel: or long term. Please contact tails. Tel: 076-239820, 081- covered tray and lockable 089-6524811. Email: for more information. Tel: 7373720. Email: chaiya cage. Fully serviced. Great [email protected] 086-7432011. Email: woon [email protected] condition. 350,000 baht ono. [email protected] Tel: 081-8926710. Email: YAMAHA VIRAGO 1,200cc, Thailandís most [email protected] Virago 400cc. 37,000km. Good NEW TOYOTA VIOS beautiful anniversary model CHEAP CAR FOR RENT condition. 11 years old. 50,000 FOR RENT with original chrome parts all 1st-class insurance. Special for baht. Tel: 087-2827357. Email: Honda City type Z automatic TOYOTA FORTUNNER over. 17,000 km. 2 years on long-term rent. Tel: 084- [email protected] 12,000/month. Tel: 086- 1 year 10 months old. all ex- the road. 1.2 million baht. 0511955, 084-190 8555. 7432011. Email: woon_ tras diesel auto black 1 million Tel: 086-2742308. Email: Email: [email protected] baht Tel: 086-2746511. 2004 YAMAHA [email protected] [email protected] 2007, 4WD, 3.0cc, 20,000km, FAZER 1000 FORD ESCAPE 3.0L automatic, diesel. DVD player. 17,000km. New paint, chain NEW VIOS 2005, automatic. 55,000km. and tires. Moving, must sell. 1997 HARLEY A1 CAR RENTALS FOR RENT Perfect condition, runs great, ELECTRA GLIDE Many extras. As new. Only only one owner. As new! Price: 280,000 baht. Comes with Excellent condition. Chrome 775,000 baht. Please contact 670,000 baht. Tel: 087- green book. Tel: 084-7137495. parts powder coated. Quick for more details. Tel: 089- 2709093. Email: [email protected] 2908854. Email: verhaeghe sale. Asking 495,000 baht. [email protected] 2 HARLEY- Contact for more info. Tel: HONDA CRV, 2004 DAVIDSONS 081-7348309. Email: duc Mint condition, one owner. [email protected] FORD 4X4 2008 Fatboy (105) 1584cc. 96B 725,000 baht. Call for info. Fully insured. 12,000 to copper and black with registra- Many types of car for long- Top of the line. Full options Tel: 081-2722008. 20,000 baht per month. Tel: tion:1.2 million baht. 2004 HONDA VALKYRIE term rent, from 10,000 - plus extras.Year 2001. Less Dynasuperglide 1450cc. Silver, BIG BIKE 089-8314703. Email: than 130,000km. Leaving 18,000 baht/month. Tel: FORD RANGER with book: 570, 000 baht. Tel: The ultimate cruising bike. [email protected] Thailand. 330,000 baht ono. 081-6078567. Email: island 4x4, 3.0L Turbo. Sept 2006, 081-6919346 or email: Honda, made in the US. Every- Tel: 081-6930766. Email: [email protected] blue, with Western owner. [email protected] thing good. Paper work all daniel [email protected] 26,000km. Rarely used. Reg- correct. Phuket plates. Very P.M.P. CAR RENTALS istered and insured. 545,000 FORD ESCAPE HONDA AIR BLADE good condition. 295,000 baht, New cars for rent: baht ono. Tel: 081-8957095. or swap for pickup truck. Tel: FORD & HONDA FOR SALE 2006. Black, 14,000km. A1 Toyota Vios, Email: [email protected] 081-8954480. Email: BUY OR RENT Ford Escape 3L V6, year condition, mag wheels. Price new: 55,000 baht. Asking [email protected] Yaris, Fortuner, Ford Ranger for sale: 55,000 2003, 77,000km. 650,000 Wish and Honda Jazz. baht down, plus 7,069 baht baht. Call or mail for more MAZDA 4X4 price: 35,000 baht. Tel: 084- DIESEL TRUCK 8430770 or send email to: Tel: 083-1743880, monthly. Rent: 12,500 baht details. Tel: 087-5912811, HONDA STEED per month. Honda Civic for 089-1738720. Email: lovely 2006. Just like new. Only [email protected] 400CC 087-2646808. 13,000km. 3.0L turbo diesel. sale: 520,000 baht. Rent: [email protected] Blue and white V-cruiser with 27,000 per month. Tel: 081- Power steering, ABS. Price: HARLEY-DAVIDSON blue book, road tax paid very 575,000 baht ono. Please TOYOTA VIOS, 5372657 (Eng and Thai). For 2007 Fatboy, 3,000km, oil recently. 70,000 baht or higher. more info visit: www.phuket. MITSUBISHI contact for further informa- cooler, saddle bags, like new. 1 Tel: 085-7947156. Email: 1 YEAR OLD tion. Tel: 084-6644050. for rent. Black. Full options and tripadvisor.googlepages .com/ STRADA GRANDIS million baht. Tel: 086-2778461. [email protected] phukettripadvisor6 Email: aadams [email protected] Email: [email protected] full insurance. 6,000 baht per week or 16,000 baht per MOTORCYCLE FOR 1997 MITSUBISHI SUZUKI INAZUMA month. Call for information. RENT MY 4X4 SALE: 9,000 BAHT Tel: 089-5885692. 4WD 1200CC New tires, battery, seat, forks, TOYOTA 2-door, standard. Great body, Fantastic condition, very speedometer. Red, 110cc. Tiger for 6 months, 60,000 st great engine. 270,000 baht. powerful. About 45,000 km. Contact for more info. Tel: baht, 1 -class insurance. Tel: Contact for more information. CAR & BIKE 086-0760141. Terrific bargain, comes with 086-5150234. Email: RENTALS Year 2000. 2.8-liter 4WD. Tel: 089-8743005. Email: book and tax. 190,000 baht. Manual. Full service history, [email protected] garry.kirkland@vacationclub. Tel: 087-8916438. Suzuki Caribian, new: 600 FOR RENT engine rebuilt, main bearings, baht/day; 3,800 baht/week; com Late model Toyota Fortuner in clutch, by Tiansin Mitsubishi 12,500 baht/month. Honda HONDA STEED perfect condition. 1st-class in- in Phuket. 124,000km. HONDA SHADOW Phantom, new: 350 baht/day; D-MAX LTD 3.0L 400cc. In good condition. In- surance. 25,000 a month, long 350,000 baht ono. Foreign for sale, 750cc, 2005. Im- 2,000 baht/week; 7,000 Turbo, 4x4, DVD, 11,000km. sured until March 2009. term only. Non-smoker pre- owned with papers. Rawai. maculate condition, low mile- baht/month. Contact Koiís Bar Top of the range. For long- or 120,000 baht or nearest offer. ferred. Tel: 089-4756748. Tel: 085-7829020. Email: age, 380,000 baht. Tel: at Kamala Beach for info. Tel: short-term rent. Also for sale. Please contact for more infor- Fax: 076-620002. Email: [email protected] 087-8847567. 086-2663836. Tel: 084-4243562. mation. Tel: 081-5395329. [email protected] 56 PHUKET GAZETTE May 31 - June 6, 2008

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