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NEWS: Vegetarian Festival ‘problems’ medium branded a fake; Con- complex raided suls caught in land scandal. Pages 2 & 3 By Sompratch Saowakhon By Natcha Worrawut INSIDE STORY: Helmets for & Tanisa Bunyasiwa PHUKET: Bangkok native Phuket’s hard-headed motor- Niran Kalayanamit was pro- bike riders. Pages 4 & 5 NAI HARN: Two construction moted to Governor of Phuket AROUND THE NATION: Alcohol foremen were arrested and their following a Cabinet meeting in advertisement ban gets many equipment seized on October 25 Bangkok on October 31. exceptions added. Page 7 in a raid by forestry officials on Cabinet approved the pro- a resort complex being built on motion as part of a bureaucratic AROUND THE ISLAND: Loy protected forest land above Baan reshuffle of 60 Ministry of Inte- Krathong’s million little boats. Krating Jungle Beach at Ao rior officials. Page 9 Sane. Governor Niran, 52, had PEOPLE: Scholarships for a The raid was carried out by been Phuket Vice-Governor for local student: seven years 30 volunteers and officials from five years, moving to the prov- later. Pages 14 & 15 the provincial Forestry Depart- ince after tenure as Director of ment office and Muang District the Foreign Affairs Division of the LIFESTYLE: A gift list for the Office after a tip-off. Office of the Permanent Secre- filthy rich; Giddyup little cow- Officials arrested two fore- tary for the Interior. girls. Pages 18 & 19 men, identified as Virot Explaining his vision – and AMBROSIA’S SECRETS: Bring Niyomdechai, 31, of Satun Prov- concerns – Governor Niran told sex back to the movies. ince, and Viriya Yimsomboon, 25, the Gazette that Phuket has Page 21 of Nakhon Pathom. many economic, social and envi- FIRST PERSON: Taxi drivers Officials are now trying to ronmental problems that need to spruce up their skills, and their identify who ordered the con- be urgently addressed. image. Page 27 struction at the site, which has “I cannot fix these prob- 12 buildings in various phases of lems alone. All other departments COMPUTERS: Big news in the completion at the site, accessible – and staff within them – as well browser biz. Page 30 from the road that runs through as the Palad and the private sec- SPORT: Boats, bikes and Le Royal Meridien Phuket Yacht One of the government officers who raided the illegal construction tor must cooperate to succeed; beach. Pages 34 & 35 Club. site at Nai Harn admires one of the few completed bungalows. we have, after all, a shared re- Seized as evidence were sponsibility,” he said. PROPERTY: Construction: Nai two small excavating machines, trative Officer (Palad) Techin same fate as those in Central and He added tourism will re- Thon; Decor: Kitchen design; two electric generators and a Weerawong said that the Rawai Northern Thailand,” he said. main as the basis of the island’s Home of the Week: Kathu’s cement mixer. Tambon Administration Organi- However, the investigation economy. “The island’s main in- Valley; Gardening: Bush trim- In the police report, the zation would be responsible for has already got off to a sluggish come is from tourism – 85 billion ming is key. Pages 36-39 area of encroachment was listed clearing the site of the illegal start. On October 31, six days baht from 4.7 million tourists in as 9 rai, 2 ngan. dwellings, as the area of the en- after the raid, Pol Lt Col Chok- 2004 before the tsunami – but in PLUS The Forestry Department croachment falls under its juris- chai Sutthimek of the Chalong the two years since then, we have valued the land at 648,000 baht. diction. Police told the Gazette; “Now failed. TRASH, QUEER NEWS 6; AROUND Virot and Viriya were His office would conduct a the police are waiting to hear “We must help each other THE SOUTH 8; AROUND THE R EGION charged with violating Article 54 joint investigation with the Cha- from the Muang District office to get the tourists back again, to 10; MOTORING 13; HAPPENINGS of the Forestry Act of 1941, Ar- long Police in order to learn who to see who they will appoint to make them trust us again. 16; LARGER THAN LIFE 17; ticle 14 of the Forest Conserva- ordered the work and to bring work with us in the case investi- “I think we must strive to- GUEST C HEF 20; TAKE A BREAK tion Act of 1964 and Article 360 that person or persons to justice, gation.” gether for the best of Phuket,” 23 & 24; TSOWNDINGS 25; EDI- of the Penal Code. They were he said. Muang District Palad Te- Gov Niran concluded. TORIAL, LETTERS 26; ISSUES AND taken to Chalong Police Station “The important thing is that chin Weerawong confirmed that Also moved in the reshuffle ANSWERS 27; HOROSCOPES, for questioning and later released all local people play a part in the his office was still working to see was former Phuket Vice-Gover- BOOKS 28; NATURE NOTES 29; on bail. long-term conservation of our which district officer would work nor Manit Wattanasen, who was ON THE M OVE, BUSINESS 32 & A few days after the raid, forest reserves. I don’t want the with the Chalong Police to find transferred to an inactive post in 33; CLASSIFIEDS 40-51. Muang District Chief Adminis- forests of Phuket to suffer the the project owner. Bangkok. 2 PHUKET GAZETTE NEWS November 4 - 10, 2006 Motorbike enthusiasts urged to join 3 Nation Charity Ride 2006 THAI By Jenjira Ruengjarus be held at Saphan Hin Novem- the naval base in Tab Lamu to will be to the Mid Road Dog Shel- ber 17 at 6 pm. attend a ceremony to hand over ter in Thalang and to families of boosts PHUKET: All bikers are invited On November 18 riders will a nursery there, also paid for by children with cleft palates. to join this year’s 3 Nation Char- meet at Saphan Hin, before de- the clubs. Riders will wrap up the day ity Ride 2006, which aims to see parting en masse at 8:30 am for While in Phuket riders will with a party at the Royal Phuket flight more than 1,000 motorbike enthu- Phra Ratchatarn Tub Lamu hand out 100,000 baht in schol- City Hotel, on Phang Nga Rd, siasts from Singapore, Malaysia School in Phang Nga, where a arships to more than 30 students Phuket City, before starting the and Thailand ride to show their school nurse’s station paid for by from poor families in Mai Khao. ride home the next morning. schedule support for several charity pro- the charity ride will be officially The charity ride has also Next year’s 3 Nation Char- BANGKOK: Thai Airways Inter- jects in Phuket and Phang Nga. handed over. funded the building of a public ity Ride will be held in Malay- national (THAI) on October 28 A welcome party for riders The nurse’s station, fully sala by the roadside at Tah Chat sia. increased its weekly number of arriving from Penang Motor equipped with medical supplies, Chai police checkpoint at a cost domestic flights from Bangkok to Sports Club and from Team 27 cost 700,000 baht. of 250,000 baht. For more information call Phuket from 77 to 82. The in- Motorcycle Club in Singapore will Riders will then move on to Other donations to be made Sumon at Tel: 081-6919346. crease is part of its route exten- sion and adjustment plans to cope with an expected increase in air passenger traffic during the northern winter period. The ex- RARE MEDIUM WELL tra flights will continue until March 24, 2007. Service on the Bangkok- Perth-Phuket-Bangkok route will also increase, from two to three DONE AND ARRESTED flights weekly, as will weekly flights from Bangkok to Krabi, KATHU (Kom Chad Luek): spect his wounds. Amazed to find from 24 to 28 weekly. Tung Tong Police are preparing none, they pressed him for an THAI has also increased its to file charges of “deceiving the explanation. number of flights to Chiang Mai, public” against a mah song Failing to come up with one, from 72 to 77 weekly, in support (“spirit medium”) who pretended he admitted what he had done. of the Royal Flora Ratchapreuk to skewer his tongue with a The other mah song re- 2006 plant and flower show now sword during this year’s Vegetar- ported him to the shrine council, taking place in the northern city. ian Festival, but in fact ran the which convened an emergency All flights on the Phuket and blade through a pig’s tongue that meeting to discuss the matter. It Krabi routes are aboard Airbus he had secretly concealed in his was decided to expel Paitoon A300-600s or Boeing 737-400s. mouth to fool onlookers. from the shrine and report him to New international flight The incident was reported the police to be charged with “de- routes introduced during the same to Tung Tong Police Duty In- ceiving the public”. period include thrice-weekly ser- spector Pol Lt Col Passakorn But before the police ar- vice to Johannesburg in South Sontikul at 1:30 pm October 30 rived, a crowd of angry villagers Africa and three flights a week by the managing council of Kathu Nicked in real life: Paitoon is led away by police. who heard about the affair ar- to Hyderabad, Bodhagaya and Chinese Shrine, generally ac- from Chalong Village 10. Paitoon sharp-tipped saw blade – but that rived and began beating him up. Varanasi in India. cepted to be the shrine where the told police that he had been a mah he was too afraid of the pain. The head of the Kathu International routes to Bang- now-famous Vegetarian Festival song for five years, formerly at Waking up early the morn- Shrine asked police to prosecute kok from Europe increasing in fre- began more than a century ago. a different shrine. Having seen ing of the parade, Paitoon went Paitoon to the full extent of the quency starting December 1 in- The shrine’s council mem- the impressive displays of ritual to the market, where he cut the law in order to set an example clude: Stockholm-Bangkok (from bers said they had detained one self-mutilation by other shrines in tongue out of a pig’s head, for other mah song. 6 to 7 weekly flights); Rome- of their mah song after he con- this year’s street processions, he washed it and put it into his own Such behavior is unaccept- Bangkok (6 to 7) Munich-Bang- fessed to the fraud. wanted to do something new and mouth, pretending it was his own able, could threaten the festival’s kok (5 to 7); Madrid-Bangkok (4 Arriving at the scene, police impressive for the Kathu Shrine’s in the street procession, during integrity and cause a downturn in to 6); Moscow-Bangkok (3 to 4) found the man being beaten by procession on the morning of Oc- which he skewered it as planned. tourism, he said. and Zurich-Bangkok (6 to 7). an angry mob. They stopped the tober 29. Paitoon told police that no Col Passakorn said Tung The total number of flights fracas and took him to Tung Tong He told police he wanted to one suspected anything until the Tong Police said the incident was from New York and Los Ange- Police Station for questioning. impress the crowds by skewering following morning, when a group unprecedented and that charges les will also increase, from seven He was identified as Pai- his tongue bottom-to-top with both of “senior” mah song came by would be filed with Phuket Pro- to 10 weekly. toon Khopwej, 27, a woodcarver a long, pointed sword and a his quarters near the shrine to in- vincial Court. Peranakan convention heads for Phuket next month By Tanisa Bunyasiwa tend. Peranakan is the Malay as traditional dress, food, dance word used to describe people of and a display of a traditional PHUKET: The Thai Peranakan Chinese ancestry in Malaysia, Phuket-Chinese wedding cer- Association will host the 19th an- Indonesia and southern Thailand, emony. nual Baba Peranakan Convention usually referring to people who OrBorJor President An- in Phuket December 1 to 3, with have mixed heritage. chalee Vanich-Thepabutr said that visitors from Singapore, Malacca, The convention, themed the convention aims to promote Penang, Kuala Lumpur and other “Under the Golden Chain” to rep- Peranakan culture and to foster parts of Thailand expected to at- resent the connection descen- and share the common heritage. dants make between Chinese and The conference will coin- local heritage, will be the first cide with an exhibition of Per- Peranakan convention held in anakan culture that will be held Phuket. on the third floor of Central Fes- The event will include dis- tival Phuket from November 25 plays of Peranakan culture such to December 5. November 4 - 10, 2006 NEWS PHUKET GAZETTE 3

BANGKOK (The Nation): Well- known Phuket resident Tan Teik Hai, aka “Valentino”, and his wife Valentino and Suwaphat Kheereephon were released on bail of 600,000 baht each on October 29 following their arrest on charges of en- croaching on a vast plot of beach- wife bailed on front land on Koh Yao Yai in Phang Nga. Tan, a Malaysian national who serves as the honorary con- land charges sul to Morocco, and his wife, hon- orary consul to Djibouti, were arrested at their home in Muang stricted areas covering another land-grabbing scheme, and Thai District on the evening of Octo- 700 rai. nationals Krachang Kheeree- ber 29. The DSI report alleges that phon, Boonlert Kheereephon and Col Piyawat Pinket, spokes- the couple used the deeds as col- Maj Nakhon Thongmee. man for the Department of Spe- lateral for mortgage loans total- All four negotiated their sur- cial Investigation (DSI) in Bang- ing more than 400 million baht. render to police and were re- kok, said the couple were wanted The mortgages were granted by leased on 600,000 baht bail each, as prime suspects for illegally two now-defunct financial insti- calculated as 200,000 baht each A golfer contemplates his next shot as Blue Canyon enjoys a acquiring more than 1,000 rai on tutions of which Tan was a di- for three separate encroachment management takeover. Koh Yao Yai in 1994. rector. cases. After taking over the case DSI Deputy Director-Gen- Col Piyawat said the inves- from local police late last year, eral Pol Gen Tawee Sodsong said tigation involved 52 land plots and New board members take the DSI found that the couple had he had asked the Anti-Money 16 encroachment cases, with paid land officials to have title Laundering Office to investigate charges on 13 other cases ex- control of Blue Canyon deeds issued illegally on 300 rai who approved the loans. pected to be made after the DSI of public land and part of a forest Four other suspects in the has surveyed the land involved. THALANG: Yongyos Palaniti- expenses be deposited into a reserve, a DSI report said. case have since turned them- After that, the DSI investi- sena has announced that a four- Murex account. The bankbook The report also said that selves in to the DSI. gation would expand to other ar- man committee comprising him- would be kept at the court, which after 1994, title deeds had been They are Malaysian Tun Chi eas of Koh Yao District, Gen self, Chaichana Ratanatraiwirat, must first approve any withdraw- issued on other public and re- Kieng, reportedly a broker for the Tawee said. Wisut Srisnagkaew and Nunta- als. porn Asumpinapong will oversee The orders, issued October the running of Blue Canyon 19, were announced at the Phuket Country Club (BCCC) in place Reporters Club on October 25 by B1m reward for US-Thai fugitive of the full board of Murex, the Chart Chindapol, who said that he By Sangkhae Leelanapaporn Saner’s last known location company that owns the BCCC. was representing the Chindapol is Thailand. His hometowns are Yongyos made the an- clan. Chart is a relative of the BANGKOK: Thai and US law Nakon Nayok and Prachinburi. nouncement following an Octo- chief plaintiff in the case, Rewat enforcement officials October 27 Saner is currently 59 years old. ber 29 board meeting at The Chindapol. announced a 1-million-baht re- He was 150 centimeters (5' 0") Metropole hotel, attended by The day after Chart’s an- ward for information leading to tall and weighed 61 kilograms seven newly-appointed members nouncement, Pol Col Supachai the capture of Saner Wonggoun, (135 pounds) at the time of the and one long-term member. Fuenpanich, Superintendent of a most-wanted US fugitive be- murders. He had been chosen as Crime Suppression Region 5, ex- lieved to be hiding in Thailand. He had a 3.5-cm scar on the chairman, he said. ecuted a search warrant at Blue Saner, alias “Shorty” or left side of his chin and a scar on Formation of the new man- Canyon Golf Course accompa- “Buck”, is wanted in connection his left wrist. He can speak En- agement committee follows an nied by Singaporean Sia Leng with the 1994 murder of his preg- glish and has worked as an artist order issued by the Phuket Pro- Yerng, one of the original five nant wife and their eight-month- and gardener. Saner may have vincial Court to install seven new Murex board members. old unborn child. changed his name and/or appear- members to the board of direc- The search warrant was is- Saner, born in Nakon Nayok ance to avoid capture. tors of Murex, bringing the total sued October 25 by the Criminal Province in 1947, went to live in An artist’s conception of what Anyone with information on number to 12. Court in Bangkok, allowing Col the US at the age of 21. He joined Saner may look like aged 59. his whereabouts or activities is The court ruled that a quo- Supachai to remove documents the US Air Force in the mid-1970s along a deserted road in Califor- asked to immediately contact one rum of any six of the 12 mem- from the building for investigation. and became a naturalized US citi- nia. When the police attempted of the following numbers or email bers can have decision-making Throughout all the legal zen in 1978. to contact Saner for questioning, addresses. The identity of callers power, and ordered that every two wrangling, the BCCC golf course On August 1981, he married they discovered he had aban- will remain strictly confidential. months any BCCC income after has remained open for play. Sopha Yodpet and they later had doned his two children with a 24-hour hotline: 086-066- two children. neighbor and bought a one-way 1788, 086-0661782; Email: In January 1994, the body ticket to Bangkok. Thai Immigra- [email protected] of a pregnant woman, later iden- tion has confirmed that Saner ar- US Embassy Regional Se- tified as Sopha, was found wrap- rived in Bangkok on January 14, curity Office: 02-2054108; Email: ped in a sleeping bag and dumped 1994. [email protected] 4 PHUKET GAZETTE INSIDE STORY November 4 - 10, 2006

n motorbike-happy Thailand, 80% of the 20 million regis tered vehicles are motor Icycles. But the convenience of slipping in and out of traffic Phuket’s hard-headed comes at a price. Before helmet use by rid- ers became mandatory, 90% of those who died in traffic acci- As you get ready to leave in the morning you make dents were motorcycle users. sure to put on a pair of pants and a shirt, you comb MotorcycleMotorcycle AccidentAccident StatisticsStatistics forfor PhuketPhuket Almost all those deaths were due OctoberOctober 20052005 -- SeptemberSeptember 20062006 to head injuries. your hair, grab your keys and hop on the motorbike. Legislation making helmet But what about a helmet? AccidentsAccidents Deaths Deaths use mandatory was finally passed A quick look around the streets of Phuket shows that OctoberOctober ’05’05 847847 5 5 in December 1994. This law, an alarming number of people are more concerned NovemberNovember ’05’05 942942 9 9 along with subsequent enforce- DecemberDecember ’05’05 1,0711,071 13 13 ment and education programs, led with looking good than staying alive. Some take their January ’06 to a 40% decrease in head inju- vanity with them to the grave. January ’06 1,2251,225 15 15 FebruaryFebruary ’06’06 1,2591,259 22 22 ries among motorcyclists and a The Gazette’s Supanun Supawong and 24% drop in biker deaths within MarchMarch ’06’06 976976 20 20 two years. Sompratch Saowakhon report. AprilApril ’06’06 1,1541,154 16 16 According to the Phuket MayMay ’06’06 927927 10 10 Provincial Health Office (see JuneJune ’06’06 995995 15 15 table) the latest statistics show the difference helmets can make riding motorbikes, especially teen- JulyJuly ’06’06 809809 15 15 that the overall number of motor- every day. agers. I always see people who AugustAugust ’06’06 919919 11 11 cycle accidents resulting in injury Koson Komutphon, a volun- are injured because they aren’t or death is still alarmingly high, teer with the Kusoldharm Foun- wearing one. SeptemberSeptember ’06’06 1,0191,019 16 16 with 167 dead and 12,143 injured dation volunteer rescue service, “People who do wear hel- in the 12 months of fiscal 2006, responds to motorbike accidents mets get injured, but their heads TotalTotal 12,14312,143 167 167 which started October 2005. all around Phuket. are saved. The people who are Source: Phuket Provincial Public Health Office Actual numbers are prob- “Of all the accidents I’ve injured the most are the passen- Source: Phuket Provincial Public Health Office ably a lot higher, as these are just seen in Phuket, 70% to 80% are gers sitting behind the driver, be- the figures collected by the three from riding motorbikes. They hap- cause they almost never wear government-run hospitals on the pen most often happen on public helmets. I can easily say that hel- island: Vachira Phuket, Patong holidays or weekends when mets save lives during accidents,” and Thalang. people aren’t working. The he said. To illustrate the importance downtown part of Phuket City has Places where teenagers of helmets – and the danger of more motorbike accidents than like to congregate and drag race not using one – the Gazette in- any other area. Most people don’t have a high incidence of fatali- terviewed one worker who sees wear helmets when they’re ties – and a correspondingly low

incidence of helmet use, he said. comes off a motorbike, he said. “Most motorbike riders in “It’s also a problem if Phuket don’t wear a helmet they’re wearing a non-standard when they’re riding, especially in helmet, or one that does not meet the Saphan Hin area [a popular minimum requirements. In place for youth gangs]. Every Phuket, I would say that about year, three or four people are two-thirds of the people wear killed in that area from motorbike helmets that don’t meet the stan- accidents. Most motorcycle dards. If they get in an accident deaths are the result of people they can also die from brain swell- hitting hit their heads on the pave- ing. ment,” he added. “The police check only to The quality of the helmet see that people are wearing hel- one chooses to wear can also be mets, but they never inspect the a matter of life and death if one quality of the helmets. It’s impor- November 4 - 10, 2006 INSIDE STORY PHUKET GAZETTE 5

This kind of helmet is not safe at the nape of the neck, where it is easiest to sustain spinal fractures. Aware of this fact, the Thai motorcycle riders government launched numerous public education campaigns to convince riders that helmet qual- ity is important, but has met with limited success. Wilaiwan Pengsawang, owner of ST Trading Shop on Bangniew Rd, said that although her shop offers a wide selection of helmets, the cheaper ones are by far the most popular. “In the shop we have both half-head and whole-head cover helmets. The half-head models range in price from 99 baht to 299 baht. The full-head covers start at 270 baht and range up to more than 1,000 baht. All helmets are labeled with MorOrGor (the Thai Industrial Standard code), except for the 99 baht helmets. “In fact, Thai law says that we are not allowed to sell the 99 baht helmets because they don’t meet the standards, but I sell them because there is such a high de- mand for them from customers,” she said. “Full-face helmets are much more safe,” she continued. “I always encourage my custom- ers to buy a helmet that is good quality, even if it comes at a slightly higher price. “But people still prefer the 199-baht helmets the most be- cause they are cheap, even Left: Cheap plastic helmets may not keep your cranium from cracking, but they are effective though they don’t provide as protecting your wallet from police fines. Above, three vocational school students, riding without helmets, wait at a Phuket City intersection. But they did stop for the red light. much protection,” she added. Among some people, styl- tant to wear a helmet when met only when they see police, public so they can see what hap- every motorbike rider wearing a ing and design factors can play you’re riding. Any helmet can but they don’t fasten the pens if you don’t wear a helmet. helmet. The people know the law, just as important a role as pro- help at least a little, but it’s also chinstrap. “After the project, the num- so it just depends on them to wear tection when it comes to helmet important to get a standard hel- Every day we set up a ber of people who were injured one,” he said. selection, especially among young met, because they can truly save checkpoint at a different location in accidents was lower for a In Phuket, the best-selling people, she said. your life,” Sangarun Phakadang, from 9 am to 12 pm, from 7 pm while – but now it’s back up the helmet retails at just 199 baht, but “There is one 850 baht full- Head of Public Hazard Relief for to 9 pm and midnight to 3 am. In same rate.” experts warn that you get what head helmet that is popular with Kusoldham Foundation, added. fact, the traffic law states that Maj Teerawat thinks that you pay for because cheap hel- the teenagers because it has a Statistics from the Phuket passengers on motorbikes must inspecting helmets for quality falls mets offer the least protection. modern design too.” City Police Station show that hel- wear helmets too, but we com- outside the scope of his officers’ The 199 baht helmets are half- Perhaps there is some rea- met infractions account for 756 promise and let the passengers duties. head cover designs made of plas- son for hope in this regard. The out of the 3,369 traffic tickets is- off with a warning,” he said. “It’s not the duty of the po- tic. The are used primarily for 199-baht varieties are as pathetic sued in September, more than any The police see increased lice to check [quality]. Motorbike avoiding police tickets, instead of in appearance as they are in pro- other violation. public awareness as the key to users in Phuket should use hel- providing strong head protection. viding protection for the head. Pol Maj Teerawat Leam- any long-term change in attitudes mets that meet the standards, but suwan, a Traffic Inspector at about road safety, he said. there are some people who don’t. Phuket City Police Station, said “From October 1, 2005, to And if the traffic police see a mo- too many people come to realize October 1, 2006, Phuket City torbike rider not wearing a hel- the importance of wearing a hel- Municipality implemented an edu- met, they can give them a ticket met only after a tragedy occurs. cation program with every school no matter if they’re at a check- “Thai traffic laws are now in Phuket, along with community point or not. very strict about motorbike users discussions with adults, to teach “We now have 60 traffic wearing helmets. Most motorbike the public about traffic laws. We police officers and on Saturdays drivers don’t take an interest in also put up posters on public holi- and Sundays we set up a check- the importance of wearing a hel- days reminding people to wear point at Saphan Hin to check and met until they’re in an accident. helmets. We show photos of mo- ticket motorbike users who don’t Many of them will put on the hel- torbike accident victims to the wear helmets. I would like to see 6 PHUKET GAZETTE NEWS November 4 - 10, 2006 Q u eer News A BLOODY OFFAL STORY CHALONG: Residents of Chalong There was no head, no sev- Village 10 called police on the ered limbs or other evidence that evening of October 11 to report a could be used to establish whether pile of apparently-human organs the remains were those of a human tossed into a thicket along Saneh murder victim – or just those of a Soi 10. slaughtered animal. Shocked and in fear that a se- For this reason, samples of the rial killer was on the loose, they remains were collected for exami- were somewhat relieved to even- nation and analysis by medical ex- tually learn that the abandoned in- perts. nards were of canine, not human, Fearing the worst, some of the origin. gathered crowd speculated that the Responding to the call, offic- remains were human. ers led by Deputy Inspector Pol Some theorized that they had Capt Samarn Senreut arrived at the been dumped there by a reincar- scene in a 191 patrol pickup just nated See-Ouy, the notorious Chi- before dusk. nese-immigrant serial killer who They were accompanied by murdered and ate the livers of least members of the Phuket Provincial six children in Prachaup Khiri Khan Administration Organization’s and Rayong provinces during a Phuket Tourist Rescue Center and reign of terror that lasted from 1954 volunteer rescue workers from the to 1958. Phuket Ruamjai Foundation. After some time, a nurse from When they arrived, a large Bangk1ok Hospital Phuket who crowd of Thais and foreigners had lived in the area arrived. assembled around a spot in a wood- There was a large, collective ed area about 300 meters off the sigh of relief when she said that the his area next to the Armani tai- road. remains could not be human be- lor shop on Bang Tao Beach, TRASHING Squeezing their nostrils shut cause the ribs were too small. Tclose to the Laguna Beach Re- with their thumbs and forefingers Speculation among the crowd sort, has become an open-air museum to keep out smell, the crowd then shifted to more likely expla- of unwanted artifacts, donated by other Phuket gawked at a decomposing pile of nations as to how the sloppy pile of shopkeepers and restaurateurs from what they thought were human re- gore came to be deposited there, the area. mains: liver, intestines, ribs and other one of the most popular being that The fascinating exhibits include bamboo chairs, black plastic bags filled with de- internal essentials, all finely chopped someone had slaughtered and lights, light bulbs and logs. Amazingly, some people have expressed disgust at this civic- and left to rot on a clump of wild butchered a dog to eat before leav- minded attempt to turn an unused piece of government property into an educational grass. ing the remains there. facility. Missing, however, were the Officials are now reportedly Come across any other open-air museums? Let everyone know. Send a photo and a telltale signs that a murder had tak- looking for the culprit. brief description to [email protected] en place. Source: Siang Tai November 4 - 10, 2006 AROUND THE NATION PHUKET GAZETTE 7 FDA waters down booze ads ban he Food and Drug Ad- built in the capital from now on ministration (FDA) radi- would include cycle lanes. cally toned down its “to- The city will also improve Ttal ban” on alcohol ad- its sidewalks, with three new de- vertising by permitting “indirect” signs to suit specific locations – TV commercials that carry the historical areas, tourist areas and name of alcohol companies, but general areas – with an empha- prohibit showing the brand name sis on cost-effectiveness, durabil- or logo of particular alcoholic ity and ease of maintenance. drinks. “I have already instructed The agency said some ex- the relevant authorities to consid- ceptions were essential to give the er building ramps along the foot- alcohol industry more room to paths for people with disabilities,” maneuver. he said. The new rules allow any Plans to set up bicycle lanes form of advertising that does not in the busy streets of the capital carry the brand name or logo of go back to the time when its ex- alcoholic products. tensive system of canals were The name of an alcohol filled in and paved over. company is allowed to appear as a sponsor of a TV program with- Inside job: The Southern Bang- out time restriction, as long as it kok Criminal Court sentenced a is not the same name as the al- former police officer to 39 years cohol product, said Manit Aruna- in jail and a 2-million-baht fine to ku, the acting FDA Secretary- for embezzling narcotic evidence, General. consisting of ya bah (metham- As for the controversial use Shake your money-maker: A-go-go dancers strut their stuff during dancing lessons organized by phetamine) and ya K (ketamine), of attractive girls for sales pro- Empower Foundation at a bar on Patpong Rd in Bangkok. The aim is to help them to learn new, better for redistribution. motions at bars and restaurants, and safer styles of dancing – and to improve their career prospects in the process. The court initially sentenced Manit said that that will still be Pol Capt Pongsak Lilapong- allowed as long as their uniforms the six-digit lottery’s first prize fourth Rambo movie: Rambo IV: comprising 50% for children in sathorn, 34, to a life sentence, but do not bear the brand or logo of number. In the Serpent’s Eye. Scenes, the school’s catchment area, 40% reduced the punishment to 39 the product they represent. The prizes will also vary filmed in Bangkok and Chiang for those who pass an entrance years and four months because As for alcohol displays at according to the purchase price. Mai, will show Rambo living a exam and 10% for children with his testimony proved useful to the convenience stores, department A ticket bought for 100 baht would secluded life in Thailand before “special talents”. case. stores and bars, the law will not win 10 million baht, a 50-baht tick- the action begins. The film is set However, Amnuay urged As a deputy inspector at the be as strict as the ban on ciga- et would win 5 million baht; and for release in 2008. the ministry to force prestigious Forensic Science Division, Pong- rette advertising, Manit said. the 20-baht ticket would win 2.5 The two movie shoots are schools to cancel their 5% quota sak’s duty was to take narcotics Only displays of alcohol million baht, Suparat said. together expected to infuse more for children of school patrons, seized from drug crackdowns for products blatantly promoted by If the draw had no jackpot than 160 million baht into Thai- which is often embedded into the laboratory testing, the prosecution advertising will be regarded as a winner, there would be no prize land, Suvit said. 10% quota for children with spe- said, but instead he kept the drugs violation of the alcohol ban. money accumulated for the next Thailand earned 1.37 billion cial talents. Such a system is and sold them. From November 3, any vi- draw – as in the past when some baht from 372 film shoots in the against human-rights principles Pongsak was arrested in a olation of the ban will be prose- jackpots accumulated up to as first nine months of this year, an and basic ethics, he said. sting operation in his office, cuted without prior warning, Man- high as 100 million baht. increase of 45% on the same where a search conducted in it said. Instead, special prizes would period last year. Street of dreams: Under orders front of his supervisors turned up The penalty includes a max- be introduced enabling 97 people from Bangkok Governor Apirak 2,694 ya bah tablets and 20 bot- imum three-month jail term and to win smaller prizes where only Patrons apart: Activist Amnu- Kosayodhin, the Bangkok Met- tles of ya K. a maximum fine of 30,000 baht. one person would take the entire ay Sunthornchot called on the ropolitan Administration (BMA) jackpot previously, he added. Education Ministry to scrap the will develop bicycle lanes based Around the Nation news round- Odds-on favorites: The Govern- secondary school quota for the on successful models seen in oth- up is sourced from the pages of ment Lottery Office board On location: Two Hollywood children of school patrons, say- er cities. The Nation and Kom Chad Luek agreed to keep the jackpot prize movies, American Gangster and ing the system had ruined the ed- Apirak said any new roads newspapers. for the two- and three-digit lot- Rambo IV, will use Thailand as a ucation system and led to over- tery, but will limit the grand prize shooting location, Tourism and crowding and an inefficient learn- amount to 10 million baht to al- Sports Minister Suvit Yodmani ing environment. low more people to win smaller has confirmed. Amnuay agreed with the prizes. American Gangster, star- latest policy issued by Education GLO Permanent Secretary ring Academy award-winner Minister Wijit Srisa-an, which let for Finance Suparat Kawatkul Denzel Washington, will begin 430 of the most popular second- said the new method would shooting in Chiang Mai later this ary schools hold entrance exams, award punters with lottery tick- month. The US$100-million mov- while other schools were being ets that had the set number that ie will be directed by Gladiator made to admit all applicants next matched the winning set number director Ridley Scott. year. and the ticket’s running number, Sylvester Stallone will be The 430 schools would use the last six digits of which match also in Thailand next year for the the 50:40:10 student intake ratio, 8 PHUKET GAZETTE AROUND THE SOUTH November 4 - 10, 2006

staff at the store identified the escaped prisoner by a picture they had seen, and that at the time Fishermen of the offense he was wearing jeans, a white T-shirt and a pair of trainers. Despite mobilizing more than 20 officers to search for Sitichai, police had yet to find any in Trang go more clues as to his whereabouts, Col Chaiyaphon said. Pictures of Sitichai have been distributed to all police stations in the country to aid in his capture, Col Chaiya- back to sail pon added. Bad Alms: A dawn bomb attack project has been ing season, he would run sailing in Narathiwat on October 23 launched to reintro- trips for tourists to supplement his killed a soldier and injured a doz- duce sail-powered income, Sayan said. en people, including monks and A fishing boats in Trang civilians. province. Songs for death: A deputy vil- The attack prompted pro- The project’s founder, Su- lage headman was shot dead Oc- vincial Governor Pracha Therat wat Thonghom, a teacher at Sa- tober 21 as he was leaving the to condemn the bombers. He said pharachini school in Trang Town, toilet at Khon Sang Ngan, a well- Allah will punish those who com- said that after the tsunami local known “songs for life” pub in mitted violent attacks. The inci- fishermen were not able to catch Surat Thani City. dent was additionally abhorrent as as much as before and were also Phusit Chamnan, 44, Dep- it targeted innocent people and hard hit by high fuel prices. uty Headman of Village 6 in Tam- came during the holy month of Suwat worked with local bon Makham Tea, Muang Dis- Ramadan, he said. leaders and villagers to use folk trict, was pronounced dead at the The blast ripped into five wisdom to resurrect old methods scene. monks who were on their morn- of sailing so they could be adapt- He was dressed in “songs Firefighters in Songkhla City battle to put out a fire caused by an electrical short circuit on Nakhon Nok Rd on October 25. The blaze ing alms round and the military ed to modern boats. for life” style – for which Thai guards accompanying them. “It cost 4,000 baht to fit out star Ad Carabao is well known – spread to surrounding buildings, gutting three houses before firefighters were able to bring it under control. The five- to seven-kilogram the first boat, which we used to wearing a pair of jeans, a white bomb exploded at 6:30 am in front test and present the project. The tank top and a red bandanna. theory that it was a revenge kill- ported to a prison in the center of of an electronics shop on Cham- money came from the parents Before the attack, Phusit roonnara Rd in downtown Nar- and guardians of children at had been drinking with a group ing, likely sparked by a business Surat Thani City, where he was dispute. due to stand trial at the Provin- athiwat. Police said the bomb had Sapharachini School,” Suwat of friends who were all attired in been hidden in a street trash can said. similar style. After they had been Police speculate the killer cial Court, Sitichai kicked open was a hired gunman who had the cage door in the back of the and was likely detonated by mo- Suwat added that convert- drinking for about an hour, Phusit bile telephone. ing to sail boats would help pre- excused himself to go to the bath- watched Phusit until he saw an van in which he was being trans- opportunity to carry out the exe- ported. When the van stopped at The 13 injured soldiers, serve the marine ecosystem by room. As he was opening the door monks and civilians were taken reducing the amount of engine oil to leave the toilet a man shot him cution, he added. a traffic light in Village 3, Tam- It was reported that Phusit, bon Makham Tea, Sitichai jumped to a nearby hospital. leaking into the water. The once in the back of the head with Private Pramote Wanna- change would also lead to an in- a .38-caliber pistol. in addition to being a deputy vil- out of the van and made his es- lage headman, was involved in cape. suk, 22, from a Chon Buri-based crease in marine life in the area The gunman then ran out of special task force, died shortly as animals would not be disturbed the pub toward a waiting Mitsub- many businesses in the area, in- At the time of going to cluding construction projects and press, Sitichai was last seen rob- after arriving at the hospital. by engine noise, he said. ishi car. Phusit’s friends gave Three of five wounded monks Sayan Bunya, a local fish- chase, but the gunman and his rubber plantations, and was wide- bing a convenience store at a gas ly respected in his village. station in Phunphin District in the from Wat Promniwat were in erman, said that after the tsuna- accomplices opened fire, forcing serious condition, police said. mi the environment in the local them to dive for cover. None of evening of the following day. Manhunt: A prisoner on trial for Pol Col Chaiyaphon Wama- Governor Pracha, a Bud- seas had changed and fishermen the pursuers were injured, and the dhist, did not state who he thought were having to go further afield attackers drove off at high speed. murder and robbery managed to siri, Superintendent of Phunphin escape from a prison van while District Police Station reported was behind the attack, but said to bring in their catch, which of- Pol Maj Songyot Chotisu- that violence was against all reli- ten did not cover the fuel costs. wan, Duty Inspector at Surat being taken to court in Surat Thani that Sitichai had used a broken on October 26. The following day energy drink bottle to threaten gious doctrines. He had therefore decided to join Thani City Police Station, said Pracha noted it was too the project. Outside of the fish- that police are working on the he held up a convenience store staff members at the store and at a gas station, making off with made them hand over the 2,000 easy to plant bombs and acknowl- 2,000 baht in cash. baht in cash that was in the till. edged the device could have been Sitichai Phetrat, 24, was on He then rode off on a mo- set hours earlier during an elec- trial for a robbery and murder in torcycle in the direction of Chum- tricity blackout due to heavy rain. Chumphon and another murder in phon. Violence has rocked the Surat Thani. While being trans- Col Chaiyaphon added that Deep South since the beginning of 2004, with more than 1,700 people being killed in the violence since then.

Around The South news round- up is sourced from the pages of Kom Chad Luek newspaper. November 4 - 10, 2006 AROUND THE ISLAND PHUKET GAZETTE 9 LIGHT FANTASTIC By Tanisa Bunyasiwa Loy Krathong is a festival for & Noolek Karaket everyone: Families, lovers and children. The festival oy Krathong, one of the supposedly began some 700 most important festivals years ago in Sukhothai. on the Thai calendar, is held every year on the L th full moon night of the 12 lunar month, usually in November. This year millions of people across the country will gather on the banks of rivers, by the sea or even round specially-built ponds to float (loy) small vessels made from banana leaves (krathong) on the evening of November 5. The krathong are colorful- ly decorated with bright flowers, adorned with a few coins, three joss sticks or incense sticks and an orange candle. The orange represents the monkhood and lighting it is seen as a way to make merit. A popular explanation as to the origin of the festival dates back to 14th century, during the Sukhothai period. The legend ued the practice, which has One of the main beliefs as- Many other superstitions good things to come. If it quickly goes that Chief Consort Noppa- grown to the annual celebration sociated with Loy Krathong is are attached to the krathong as goes out, however, it is consid- mas made the first krathong as it is today. that it is a way to thank the god- well. Many people believe that as ered a bad omen. a gift for Lithai, King of Sukho- In memory of the festival’s dess of the water, Mae Khong it floats away, it takes with it all Floating a krathong togeth- thai. founder, beauty contests of tra- Kha, and to ask forgiveness for the bad luck from the year that er is also an important ritual for The King and his court ditionally-dressed local girls are dirtying her waters – perhaps no has passed and wishes are made young lovers and the path of the were so impressed by the image held across the country, with the small irony that many of the coun- for the new year. The candle also krathong on the water is taken of the krathong floating away winner crowned Nang Noppo- try’s waterways are choked with holds significance – if it stays lit as a sign of the potential of their down the river that they contin- mas. krathong during the festival. into the distance, it is a sign of relationship. LOY KRATHONG IN PHUKET

SAPHAN HIN, PHUKET CITY: Cel- PATONG: Events on Soi Bangla will start schools and a look thung (Thai country Beach, with Nang Noppomas contests ebrations will start at 9 am with a at 6 pm with performances by students music) contest. and performances by local schools. krathong-making and painting competi- and professional entertainers and contin- tion. Winners will be announced and prizes ue with Nang Noppomas beauty contests, KARON: Karon Park will be the venue For information about Loy Krathong fes- presented between 1:30 pm and 3 pm. a bartender contest and a krathong-mak- for events starting at 7:30 pm, and includ- tivities in your area, contact Phuket City At 5:30 pm there will be a parade ing competition. ing a performance by Thai band Santipap, Municipality at Tel: 076-221725; Patong from outside the Phuket City Municipali- traditional dancing, food and products stalls, Municipality at Tel: 076-344275 or visit ty offices on Narison Rd to Saphan Hin. NAI HARN: Events will be held by the lake and Nang Noppomas contests. www.patongmunicipality.org; Karon Festivities will continue at Saphan from 4 pm. There will be the usual Nang Municipality at Tel: 076-330478, Rawai Hin throughout the evening with Nang Noppomas and krathong making contests CHERNG TALAY: The Tambon Admin- OrBorTor at Tel: 076-288651; Cherng Ta- Noppomas beauty contests and perfor- as well as One Tambon, One Product istration Organization (OrBorTor) will lay OrBorTor at Tel: 076-271096; or Tha- mances from schools in Phuket City. (OTOP) stalls, performances by local stage festivities from 6:30 pm at Surin lang District Office at Tel: 076-311046. 10 PHUKET GAZETTE AROUND THE REGION November 4 - 10, 2006 Driven mad by golfing rumors

nswer the following skies are clear until golf trivia question: they are half way out where is the rumored into a four-day island A site of the new 18- tour. hole championship golf course in According to Krabi? our local meteorolo- gist, affectionately A. Ao Namao named Mr Will, the B. Khlong Muang total amount of rainfall C. Hat Yao hasn’t been above D. Nong Thalay normal so far – it’s just E. All of them ACROSS that the number of days it has rained is The answer is E – and prob- above average. ably a few more sites we have THE BAY Mr Will, who not yet heard about. By Gus Reynolds rarely goes by his real Rumors of a new golf name of Will Otter- course in Krabi have been circu- Narrow anger, is a retired physics teach- lating for years, to the point fairways by er from Holland, with a degree in where the locals have become favorable meteorology. completely cynical about the lat- reviews: While living in the Nether- est new story of a championship Tee-off from lands, he measured the weather course “coming soon”. hole 3 at the in his garden every day, keeping Many of the stories in re- Pakasai detailed records of rain, wind and cent years were grounded in ap- Country temperature. But since his home parent attempts to jump-start the Club. country already had a profession- real estate market in the surround- become a regulation 18-hole tember, and the reviews have so depending on the time of the al meteorological service, Mr Will ing area, or to sell developments course. So I decided to take a far been favorable. week. Clubs and other equipment kept his observations to himself. nearby. look. It is not an easy course for including carts are also available After retiring to Thailand, It was with some curiosity The course is located on the some hackers, as the fairways are for hire. Memberships are avail- he immediately saw a need for that I heard stories of the current Electricity Generating Authority narrow and unforgiving to the able for residents. better weather measurement and nine-hole golf course – the Pa- of Thailand (EGAT) property just errant tee-off. But the green fees If you don’t have time to prediction, and his hobby has kasai Country Club – actually fin- outside Nuea Khlong. The back are quite reasonable, ranging be- play 18 holes, or just fancy hit- bloomed again. He started a web ishing its expansion project to nine holes were opened in Sep- tween 400 baht and 800 baht, ting a few balls, then you can al- site, www.aonangweather.com ways head out to the Krabi Golf which takes data from a number Driving Range. of feeds in the US, Europe and This range must have one Thailand, to produce measure- of the world’s most scenic back- ments of rain, ultraviolet radiation, drops. Three-hundred-meter-tall solar energy, wind and tempera- limestone karsts encircle it, giv- ture. ing a breathtaking view and at the His four rain gages in Kra- same time making even the best bi have also showed great dispar- drives seem minuscule by com- ities in the climate, something we parison. The driving range is on locals have noticed for years. He Route 4 as you head out of Krabi has dubbed one area “Rain Al- toward Phuket, on the left hand ley”, because it receives a dis- side across from the Krabi Fish proportionate level of rain. The Farm. area, from Khlong Muang to Nong Thalay to Sai Thai and Kra- Whither the weather? This bi Town, sometimes experiences rainy season seems to be one of monthly rainfall 200% greater the wettest in years, especially to than surrounding areas. those who enjoy outdoor pursuits. Mr Will says this is just his Property developers com- hobby and that his web site is free plain that it rains every time they and open to all. It’s a great tool pour cement. Staff renovating ho- for tourists, hotel owners and tels swear that a cloudburst ap- weather enthusiasts alike. So, Mr pears every time they start paint- Will, can I pour that cement to- ing. Tourists complain that the morrow? November 4 - 10, 2006 PHUKET GAZETTE 11 12 PHUKET GAZETTE November 4 - 10, 2006 November 4 - 10, 2006 MOTORING PHUKET GAZETTE 13

BEHIND THE WHEEL By Jeff Heselwood

he Paris motor show – Mondial de l’Automo- bile – generally throws Tup a number of new of- ferings or radical concepts from the domestic French automakers, PSA Peugeot-Citroën and Re- nault. This year’s was no excep- tion, but of far more interest was the long-awaited new Volvo, the C30 compact. The C30 is expected to con- tribute significantly to the revival of Volvo’s fortunes, which have gone into decline in recent years due to the lack of new models. Although the XC90 luxury SUV is still selling well, and the face-lift S80 has been generally well received, these are, by defi- nition, niche models appealing only to a relatively limited section of the market. The C30, the Swedish manufacturer antici- pates, will significantly raise its volumes. Volvo goes compact A three-door hatchback, the C30 is Volvo’s first foray into the small-car segment since the end 1.6-liter, 4-cylinder unit, produc- ers. All this in a relatively small and the inner protective systems Volvo anticipates selling of production of the exceedingly ing a meager 100bhp (74kW), internal space. are similar.” around 65,000 C30s a year, most tedious 340 of the 1980s, which while at the top of the line is a On the road, the C30 has The front of the vehicle is to European customers. The in- in itself was based on a DAF 2.5L, 5-cylinder turbo chucking impeccable manners and in most divided into zones that are made tention is to sell three out of ev- design and built in Holland. out a healthy 220bhp. There are markets dynamic stability and of different grades of steel with ery four C30s to customers who Project director of the C30, also three diesel motors available. traction control will be standard. different deformation character- do not currently own a Volvo, Håkan Abrahamsson explained, Despite its compact dimen- Steering is electro-hydraulic on all istics, to absorb and dissipate im- broadening the marque’s appeal. “The compact format of the C30 sions, the C30 offers a comfort- models except the 1.6L gasoline pact energy in an effective – and The Volvo C30 is not yet has not prevented us from inte- able and flexible interior. Seating version, while a relatively long safe – manner. available in Thailand. For more grating much of what is best in for four adults and ample storage wheelbase for a car of this size, Dual-stage front airbags are information contact Wittayakorn the larger Volvo models,” he said. space is provided, while the seats gives excellent handling and a fitted, as are seat belt tensioners Tangsee of Volvo Phuket Tel: “Even the smallest Volvo should in the rear fold individually and well-controlled ride. on all four seats. Side airbags and 076-218839-40 or visit the Volvo provide the right premium feel, in can be folded from either inside Safety has long been a Vol- full-length air curtains prevent showroom next to the Shell gas all respects. This applies not only the car or from the glass tailgate. vo by-word and to produce a serious injury in the event of a station on Thepkrasattri Rd, to the appearance and the im- The audio system is, said small car that was anything but side impact. Volvo’s unique whip- Phuket City. pression of quality, but just as Abrahamsson, “one of the very safe would have been unthink- lash protection system is incor- much to how it is to drive and use. best factory-fitted systems in the able. porated into the front seat head- Jeff Heselwood, a regular con- Our intention is that the C30 world”. Three levels of audio are “Although the C30 is 22 rests to reduce the risk of neck tributor, can be contacted by should attract people who love available: a 4 x 20W amplifier centimeters shorter than the S40, injury. email at [email protected] driving.” with four speakers; a 4 x 40W it has the same safety level as its There is a wide range of amp with eight speakers; or a dig- sedan sibling,” Abrahamsson engines available for the new car, ital class D amplifier from Alpine said. although inevitably, they will not with an output of 5 x 130W and “The body structure is de- all be offered in Southeast Asia. with Dolby Pro Logic Surround signed in the same way to con- The smallest gasoline motor is a and 10 Danish Dynaudio speak- tribute to controlled deformation, 14 PHUKET GAZETTE PHUKET PEOPLE November 4 - 10, 2006 MAKING THE MOST OF ast year Nisa Petponsap graduated with a degree The Phuket International Women’s Club (PIWC) has in accounting from Phuket Rajabhat Uni- supported local charities and schools for 17 years, L awarding grants and scholarships to keep poor kids versity. The achievement marked the end of 19 years of schooling, in school. The club of 150 Thai and foreign women much of which was made pos- sible through Phuket International holds fundraisers and charity drives throughout the Women’s Club (PIWC) grants year to attract donations. totaling about 90,000 baht. One such scholarship student began receiving Growing up in Phang Nga, support from the PIWC seven years ago, and now, at Nisa’s childhood was hard. She grew up with her father and older 24 years old, Nisa Petponsap from Phang Nga is sister, Nongkran, after her moth- working as an accountant, keeping the books for the er and father separated when she Albatross Café & Pub in Canal Village in Laguna, was a baby. Her father, a rubber tapper, was left to raise Nisa and Phuket. Nongkran. Nisa explained to the Gazette’s Janyaporn Morel But when she was 15 her how the PIWC helped her to gain an education. father died in a motorbike acci- dent. The girls moved in with their grandmother at Khok Khloy, just north of the Sarasin Bridge, and Nisa started work to help pay her way through high school. “My grandmother and my aunt were seamstresses, so I sometimes helped them so we had more money to pay for my schooling. At that time Nongkran ‘If I hadn’t had the scholarship from was studying in Bangkok, so she the PIWC, my life was almost never home,” Nisa would be very said. different from After she graduated from how it turned out,’ high school, Nisa was admitted said Nisa. into Phuket Vocational College’s accounting program and expected to spend long hours working to pay her way through. However, she learned about the PIWC scholarships and de- cided to apply. She is now one of 250 students who have benefited from PIWC scholarships. “I was given a scholarship from the PIWC during my first at Phuket Rajabhat University to who had been supporting the fam- “My grandmother was very Nisa is now making enough year at Phuket Vocational Col- earn my bachelor’s degree in ac- ily, was killed in the tsunami. sad and took Nongkran’s death to rent a room at 2,500 baht per lege. counting,” she said. “My sister had completed hard. She died a year later, when month with a friend and get to “I was there for three But Nisa’s good luck was her diploma at a sports college in she was 82,” she said sadly. work on Laguna’s staff bus. years, and after I received my to be short-lived; on December Bangkok and then worked for the Nisa continued in school “If I hadn’t had the schol- diploma I was admitted to study 26, 2004, Nisa’s sister Nongkran, recreation section at the Sofitel until her graduation, and after arship from the PIWC, my life hotel in Khao Lak. seven years in school she found a would be very different from how On the day of the tsunami job at the Seng Ho bookstore in it turned out. I might not have she was working as a beach life- Phuket City, where she worked graduated, or I would have had guard, and she was hit by the tsu- for two months until she found a to work much harder to get the nami. We found her body a week job working as accountant and money for school,” she said. later, but she had already been purchasing agent at the Albatross “The PIWC gave me buried,” Nisa said. Cafe & Pub. 20,000 baht a year for the last “I’ve been working here two years of school. That went more than a year now. I get a sal- on tuition fees and books. I also ary of 7,000 baht and an extra worked as a seamstress and an 4,000 to 5,000 baht a month from exhibition booth saleswoman to the pub’s service charge, so it get extra money for clothes and makes my life easier,” she said. meals.” November 4 - 10, 2006 PHUKET PEOPLE PHUKET GAZETTE 15 SCHOOL Happily Ever After Recent weddings in Phuket

Making a living: Nisa is now working as an accountant with the Albatross Café & Pub in Canal Village, the shopping area in Laguna Phuket.

he PIWC will hold its Tannual fund-raising Gala Ball on November 18 at the Hilton Arcadia Phuket Resort & Spa. Proceeds from the event will go toward helping hundreds of children from Wasin Koysiripong, daughter of former poor families to complete President of the Phuket Provincial their schooling. Administration Organization Dr Prasit Tickets, priced at Koysiripong and his wife Dr Sudawan 2,500 baht, include a four- Koysiripong, married Jaipet Hatthakam course dinner and drinks. in the Columbia Garden at the Dusit They may be bought Laguna Resort on October 7. at the Phuket Gazette The couple also had a Chinese tea office, The Hilton Phuket ceremony in the Phra Pitak Grand Arcadia Resort & Spa, Ballroom at The Metropole hotel earlier West One Salon in Central the same day. Festival, Watermark Bar – Photo above by PMEDIA Studio Restaurant at the Boat Lagoon, and The Green “The PIWC didn’t ask for Man Pub and Restaurant. anything in return for the schol- For more information arships, they just told us to be good call Joan Watson at Tel: people and do good things for so- 087-2820422 or visit www. phuket.com/piwc/ ciety. They also taught us the value of money,” Nisa said. 16 PHUKET GAZETTE HAPPENINGS November 4 - 10, 2006 T his week

A SNIP OF ART: Former Phuket Senator Paiboon Upatising prepares to open the BRIGHT IDEA: Guests at Le Meridien Khao Lak Beach & Spa Resort release Yi Peng “Thailand Pictures” exhibition by French artist Jean-Claude Bessonnat (left) at Phuket ‘floating’ lanterns for good luck at the resort’s first anniversary on October 16. Art Gallery on Thalang Rd, Phuket City. The exhibition will run until November 15.

COOKIE MAN CRUMBLES: ‘Khun Woody’ Leonhard (seated, in blue shirt) celebrates his 55th birthday and the second anniversary of the opening of his Sandwich Shoppe in Patong on October WHAT, ME WORRY? Tony Knight (right), Captain of the 100-year-old S/Y 20. Seizing the opportunity and under the approving eye of his father George – who recently Seraph, smiles his best as Pracham‘Pui’ Rachai and Melanie Hilgers of Melli’s moved to Phuket – Woody proposed to long-time girlfriend Duangkhae ‘Add’ Tongthueng (sitting & Pui’s Thai Travel service give the recently launched Ao Chalong-Laem in Woody’s lap). She said yes. Phromthep cruises the thumbs-up during a media inspection cruise.

SWISS DELIGHT: Three Prince of Songkla University students received at total of 150,000 baht in scholarship assistance from Lions Club of Phuket Pearl Charter President Adrienne Tusoni (center), VILLAGE PEOPLE: Royal Phawadee Village resort owner Claude de Crissey (3rd from right) and his wife on behalf of the Lions Club Zurich-Witikon, Switzerland, on October K. Phawadee (in green dress) receive bouquets from Phuket Provincial Administration Organization 6. With them are (from left) PSU Faculty of Technology and Environ- Vice-President Suthep Thepsakul (2nd from left), his wife K. Nipa (left) and from other guests at the ment Asst Dean Juthamas Chaipetch and Dean Puwadon Butrat, October 20 opening of the resort. Lions of Pearl President Dr Kanchanamethakul and Wanida Hongyok. November 4 - 10, 2006 FEATURES PHUKET GAZETTE 17 UNCOMMON SENSE ometimes very strange foreigners to visit for a short pe- thousands of foreign business- things go on in the King- riod of time with a business visa people who have meetings in dom, especially regard- and attend meetings, congresses, Thailand. ing government regula- exhibitions, marketing promo- S one of this makes much tions. I received an email a few tions, short working periods etc/ days ago documenting the most without having to obtain a work Nsense, but neither does the recent meeting of the Joint For- permit. Thailand is the only coun- equally ludicrous restriction on eign Chambers of Commerce in try in the world which requires alcohol sales in the big supermar- Thailand (JFCCT). every foreigner to obtain addition- kets between 2 pm and 5 pm. Among the subjects dis- al to the Non B Visa also a work That’s the one place where cussed were a couple of fascinat- permit, even he attends a meet- it’s easy to control the sale of al- ing items, especially one that ing just for 1 hour. cohol to minors, and where mi- points out that anyone visiting It was suggested to abolish nors would be least likely to try Thailand to do business – of any this requirement in Thailand (in to buy it. duration – could be locked up. order to prevent that every hon- The result is an inconve- Did you know that a work est business man coming to Thai- nience to shoppers, and the mi- permit is required to have a one- land behaves illegal from the time broad for a fee of 10,000 Baht, find it, I would appreciate the in- nors continue to buy it from any hour business of entry). granting the traveller a maximum formation. small retailer in the soi – just as meeting? Can you Thailand period of 90 days in Thailand per However, the visa issue is they always have done. imagine the Japa- should either ac- arrival. causing a great deal of concern To be fair, it’s not only in nese chairman of LARGER cept the short term Details can be found of the in the property industry, especially Thailand that common sense Toyota being car- THAN working under the website of the Ministry of For- because the information released seems to be not so common. ried out, kicking LIFE Non B Visa, or is- eign affairs. is unclear, and still does not seem In Australia they used to and screaming, as By Graham Doven sue easy obtainable Immigration suggested to to address homeowners who are close the pubs at 6 pm. To beat a result of sitting Business Visa to contact the Thai embassies in the not retired, permanent residents the clock, people would race off down for a one-hour meeting with such business man. foreign countries to find out what under the Thai law or working in from work straight to the pub, the Managing Director of Toyo- It is understood that this kind of documentation is required Thailand. downing as many drinks as pos- ta Thailand, or Condoleeza Rice business visa shall NOT entitle for obtaining such a visa. But back to the work per- sible before the pub closed, usu- being frogmarched out of a meet- this foreign person to gain income Note: None of the attend- mits. If work permits are required ally about 10 drinks in 45 minutes, ing with an oil company boss? or employment in Thailand under ing representatives of the Joint for a one-hour meeting, where did before staggering home to fall Here’s the email, unedited: this business visa. Foreign Chambers of Commerce this rule come from? about and beat up the wife. have ever heard anything about As the JFCCT’s report Oddly enough, that was Summary of Meeting: New kind of Non Immigrant this kind of Visa.” states, “Thailand is the only coun- called the “happy hour”. The JFCCT with Immigration Visa: Immigration informed that try in the world that has this re- name remains today. 9 Oct 2006 foreigners can now obtain a 3 he new kind of B visa has not quirement.” Although it would Governments and politicians year multiple Non Immigrant Tshown up on the suggested appear that this regulation is not are not often known for their com- Business Visa for short term: Visa with multiple entry at every website, but if anybody more In- being enforced, otherwise the mon sense. That’s probably why Worldwide most countries allow Thai embassy or consulate a- ternet-literate or patient than I can authorities would be arresting they became politicians. 18 PHUKET GAZETTE LIFESTYLE November 4 - 10, 2006 Toys for toddlers and tycoons lready wondering what to get this coming holi- day season for that Aspecial someone who already has it all? Well, whether you’re shopping for a toddler or a tycoon, two famous gift lists published this month should give you plenty of ideas, not to men- tion a healthy overdraft. Toy Wishes magazine pub- lished its “Hot Dozen” list of must-have holiday toys, which was dominated by playthings in- corporating lavish dollops of tech- nology. Of course there are the usual dolls, with Barbie and the 12 Dancing Princesses, or if you want a little more attitude, the more streetwise Bratz Forever Diamondz. There’s even an up- dated monopoly set on the list. But be honest. If money were no object would you get a plain plastic doll, a classic board- game or a high-tech horsey such as Butterscotch? This US$300 (11,000 baht) marvel is an inter- active, life-sized miniature toy pony that uses sensors to respond to touch and sound – moving to- ward a child when its name is called or going to sleep when the A model wields a new Nintendo Wii handset, a must-have toy for the coming holiday season. lights are off. If neither of those tickle chine incorporates new technol- the difference between men and rects a perennial favorite – the ey League All-Star games; the your fancy, then how about the ogy that replaces the old toggle boys is the price of their toys. limited edition sports cars. This US Open tennis women’s final; US$40 (1,500 baht) TMX Elmo? stick and button controller with an For a mere US$3.8 million year’s offering is 50 black 2007 and a surprise bonus event. All The old Sesame Street favorite intuitive motion-sensing device. (139.5 million baht), fat cats can BMW M6 convertibles with V10 the events include meals with has been updated with sensors This operates like a television re- buy lifetime membership at Ita- engines, each of which can be had sports stars and bids for the pack- and motors that make it slap its mote control and lets players sim- ly’s Castiglion Del Bosco wine for a mere US$139,000 (5.1 mil- age at a charity auction start at knee and fall over in a fit of laugh- ulate swinging a bat, sword or estate, which includes unlimited lion baht). US$250,000 (9.17 million baht). ter after it is “tickled”. tennis racket. time at Tuscan villas built among Then there is the street-le- The luxury retailer claims it Lego makes the list with a Nintendo touts the console Roman ruins and access to swim- gal (though not in Thailand) GG does not make money on the fan- US$250 (9,200 baht) Mindstorms as the first of its kind aimed at ming pools, vehicles and spas. Quad machine – described as the tasy gifts, which it uses to pro- NXT Robotics Toolset that lets casual gamers of all ages. But If that package seems a lit- offspring of “a muscle car that mote the more mundane items in children ages 10 and older build don’t use that as an excuse to tle mundane, how about a ran off with a motorcycle” for its catalog, like US$500 (18,000 and program robots. avoid getting your special tycoon US$1.76 million (64.6 million US$56,465 (just over 2 million baht) cashmere sweaters. But the ultimate toy for the something from the fantasy gift baht) space flight? For that bar- baht). If you prefer adventure of “We choose gifts that cause holiday may well be Nintendo’s list put together each year by lux- gain price six people can blast off a different sort you might prefer people to ask, ‘Who in the world hotly-awaited new video game ury retailer Neiman Marcus. on SpaceShipTwo, the commer- a backyard water park for would buy something like that?’” console, the Wii (pronounced Its catalog of extravagance cial passenger craft under con- US$100,000 (3.6 million baht), not said Ginger Reeder, Vice-Presi- “We”). This family-friendly ma- really does prove the saying that struction by Richard Branson’s including installation. dent of Public Relations for Ne- Virgin Galactic. American sports fans can iman Marcus. “We’re particular- After the fantastic voyage, salivate over a package of tick- ly looking for things with a sense passengers will spend four nights ets to six events including the of humor. Just because you grow with Branson on his private island Super Bowl; the Major League up doesn’t mean you stop wish- in the British Virgin Islands. Baseball, National Basketball ing for things.” The annual list also resur- Association and National Hock- – Andy Goldberg, dpa November 4 - 10, 2006 LIFESTYLE PHUKET GAZETTE 19

On a wing and a prairie unslingers replaced gin slings for a night at Watermark, when Gthe Boat Lagoon bar and restaurant celebrated its fourth birthday with a Cowboys & Angels party under the guidance of heavenly host Stuart Bird. Watermark is a place where angels rarely fear to tread, and Sunday, October 28 was no exception. Darling creatures in white squeezed into their costumes, wings a- fluttering on their backs, halos hovering above their heads and, heavens above, the women came as they were. The cowboys squeezed into their chaps, and one or two cowgirls were seen easing themselves between a pair of tight chaps, too, lariats in hand, before they swapped six- shooters for six shots. Unlike a spaghetti western, there was no bad, let alone any ugly, just Phuket’s good and beautiful people. 20 PHUKET GAZETTE GOOD LIVING November 4 - 10, 2006

Rack of Lamb with AIMING FOR Redcurrant Sauce Serves one

Ingredients PERFECTION 4 lamb chops; ½ cup olive oil; ennis Cogen is a dry a reputation for some of the Rosemary; and jovial New Yorker island’s best pizzas and pasta, the Salt and pepper. who, after his success featured recipes were chosen for Method Dwith Perfection Spa, being deliciously different. Marinade the lamb chops in olive wanted to provide the residents Beginning the day with oil, rosemary, salt and pepper for of Phuket with some of his fa- breakfast – here’s one for cham- an hour and then grill under a vorite and much missed dishes pions. Nostalgic of his New York moderate heat until cooked to from home. days, Dennis has trained his gifted your liking. This he has achieved in a chef, Jup, to make Eggs Benedict, dining room filled with books, pic- named from Lemuel Benedict, a Sauce tures and music to suit anyone stockbroker who one morning 1 tablespoon redcurrant jelly; who wants to relax or unwind. popped into the Waldorf Hotel ½ cup white wine; Fashion Café, on Chao Fa East with a hangover and asked the ½ cup gravy. Rd, offers a quiet meeting place waiter for dry toast, bacon, In a pan, melt the redcurrant conveniently lo- poached eggs and jelly and mix the ingredients to- cated between Cha- Hollandaise sauce. gether. Reduce it slightly and then long and Phuket Guest The rest, as they pour over the lamb chops and City – in the same say, is history. serve with grilled vegetables. building as Perfec- chef For lunch we tion Spa. By Patsy Kitzoff hop over to France Eggs Benedict This is not for a crepe, that Serves one Dennis’ first foray into the cater- versatile and elegant pancake that ing business. Aged 15, he worked can be served with a sweet or Ingredients Hollandaise Sauce in a busy candy store on the savory filling. The word crepe is 5 egg yolks; Queens and Brooklyn border in derived from the Latin crispa 1 tablespoon of vinegar; New York. The store made a big meaning curled. Filled with spin- ½ cup melted butter; name for itself with the rich and ach and cream, it’s a winner. Salt and pepper. famous of Manhattan – thou- And for dinner it is hard to sands of dollars’ worth of exquis- beat Fashion Café’s Rack of Method itely-made candy was sold at Lamb, which, although originat- Set a pan of water to boil. Mix a few drops Christmas, Easter and Thanks- ing in France, has become one of of vinegar with the egg yolks in a bowl and giving. New York’s most popular dishes. whisk over the pan – as if it were a bain It was a challenge to choose Dennis has no doubts that marie – of boiling water until it becomes one dish to represent each of the he has satisfied his hunger to creamy. Add melted butter, salt and pepper. three meals of the day and al- serve those dishes he so missed though Fashion Café has gained from New York. Spinach Poached Eggs and Cream Crepe Serves one Crepes Serves two Ingredients Serves one Ingredients 2 eggs Spinach and Cream filling 1 muffin Ingredients 1 cup spinach, wilted; 2 rashers/slices of bacon/ham 1 cup of wheat flour; ½ cup cream; 1 cup of milk; Method 1 oz cheddar cheese; Cut a muffin in half and toast. Place two slices of 1 egg; Chopped red onion; freshly-grilled ham or bacon on each half. To another 2 teaspoons of butter; Salt and pepper. Salt and pepper. pan of gently-boiling water, add a drop of vinegar and Method break two eggs into the boiling water. The white of Method until brown on both sides. Add Heat oil in a pan and fry the chopped onion and each egg will encase its yolk. Boil for about three min- Mix ingredients together to make half the spinach mix, fold the spinach. Add salt, pepper, cream and cheese utes. Put each egg onto each muffin half. Pour a batter. Heat oil in a pan and put crepe and repeat the exercise and fry until almost dry. Leave to make the Hollandaise sauce on top. Best served with sauté po- half a ladle of the batter in it. Fry with the rest of the batter. crepes. tatoes. November 4 - 10, 2006 FEATURES PHUKET GAZETTE 21

K, picture this: sweat, For example, Donald Suth- tumescence, yelps of erland and Julie Christie in Don’t passion, and Harrison AMBROSIA’S Look Now – did they really do OFord, his face ob- Coming soon it? And what about Jack scured by a flying helmet, giving Nicholson and Jessica Lange in Lena Olin a good seeing to in Hol- The Postman Always Rings lywood Homicide with the aid of Twice? a frosted donut… to a cinema According to Karen Mon- Yup, after years of depriva- crieff, director of the indie pic- tion, it seemed as if the full-on ture Blue Car (a 10-minute sex whoop-dee-do, no-holds-barred scene was sliced to the bone, if sex scene was about to be back you’ll pardon the expression, by in vogue. But that was three years near you: sex its American distributors), “sex is ago. And in my view nothing de- back because of European initia- cent has hit our screens in the loin tive”. department ever since. [email protected] SECRETS “American audiences are Cinema-goers had been de- too squeamish about that kind of nied intimacy for years, worried stuff,” she complained in an in- by AIDS and the feeling that the And in Fatal Attraction, terview. It is quite clear that the public had maybe become tired Michael Douglas – who, as you Americans don’t know what they of seeing Michael Douglas’s may have gathered, is not one of want. bouncing bottom. my favorite actors – put the grout- If you have seen the film Directors and producers in ing round the kitchen sink through Intimacy, a British independent the 1990s appeared to give the a series of extreme tests in the movie starring Kerry Fox and thumbs down to explicit on-screen company of Glenn Close. When Mark Rylance who go for it on a material. Then, for a while, it you think about the location, grubby carpet in southeast Lon- seemed as if Hollywood was maybe he should have waited don, you will find that Moncrieff’s climbing out of its pants again. If around a couple of years for Liv sex scene could not have been a fake orgasm defines the qual- Tyler. any tamer. ity of a sex scene, at one stage Ten years on, however, and Me, I’m an old-fashioned there were certainly more of them sensibilities seemed to have girl. My personal favorite movie about than in the days of When shifted. Perhaps it was because sex scene is probably pretty dull Harry Met Sally. those in search of such things by today’s standards, but I still Monster’s Ball (should that could find them so easily on the don’t think you can beat stuff like not have been a plural?) raised a Internet or on video, but through- the butter scene in Last Tango few eyebrows – and probably out the ’90s most mainstream in Paris (Maria Schneider) or the more – with its fast-cut scene of It was just a teeny weeny frosted donut: Harrison Ford Hollywood movies, or at least the bridesmaid bonk in The Godfa- Billy Bob Thornton and Halle – Photo by EPA/Giulia Muir ones that I managed to see, were ther (James Caan). Berry going for it on the living a dark space where teenagers dis- time actor would go full frontal about as spicy as a Sophia Loren As for Mr Ford or Ms Olin, room carpet. appeared to smoke Player’s with a whole load of Harold Wil- recipe for spaghetti meatballs. they of the flying helmet and the In The Matrix: Reloaded Navy Cut and to feel each other son-era housewives. And don’t But then, and not only in baked goods, you may have seen we saw Keanu Reeves and Car- up. pretend you don’t remember, es- films but also in advertising and the film and felt unsettled by it. rie-Anne Moss indulging in an The cinema listings in Brit- pecially if you are over 30. fashion, the ball seemed to spin But you can console your- interminable bout of cybersex, ish newspapers in the 1970s were In the ’80s, mainstream round again. Shortly after we hit self with this simple thought: if it and in 8 Mile, most parents of a full of nudie entertainments of movies absorbed these influences the new millennium a rash of in- made you feel queasy or bemused, teenage Eminem fans were sur- both the highbrow and bargain and yielded a great and gruesome, dependent pictures appeared, at least you didn’t have to endure prised to see the rapper and Brit- bucket variety. in my opinion, era of above-the- some even depicting actors do- the embarrassment of waking up tany Murphy share a breathless There was the arty-farty title shagging. In 9½ Weeks, for ing “it” for real. with one of them in the morning. moment while astride some The Story of O and the trashier example, Mickey Rourke and Yep, in films like The Brown Meanwhile, I’m off to the heavy machinery. ones with meaningless titles like Kim Basinger used a jar of honey Bunny, Chloë Sevigny (an Oscar- boulangerie to do some shopping. In the days before DVDs Confessions of a Naked Virgin, to discover pleasure undreamt of nominated actress, unfortunately) And please do let me know when and the Internet, the cinema was in which some Jack the lad small- by Winnie the Pooh. gives Vincent Gallo a 15-minute, there’s a decent sex film on again. ahem, oral workout. Controversy probably still rages on Internet Ambrosia Sakkadas, a UK-born PHUKET DIARY of coming events movie sites as to the veracity of Greek Cypriot and graduate of such performances, but one thing Central St Martins College of Until November 5: World November 5: Kids TriBallis- The TriBallistic Triathlon is for sure – these scenes cer- Art & Design in London, is an Tour Phuket Thailand Open tic Triathlon Series series is presented by SILK res- tainly kick out the previous “did artist, designer and newspaper 2006 Volleyball Champion- The second SILK TriBallis- taurant, hosted by the JW Marri- they or didn’t they?” debates. columnist. ships. tic Triathlon will be held Novem- ott Phuket Resort & Spa, and The island is set to host the ber 5. sponsored by the Phuket Ga- joint Fédération Internationale de The event will be divided zette. Volleyball (FIVB), Thailand Vol- into three distance categories: the For more details call Hugo leyball Association and Pentan- “Splash ’n’ Dash” (8 years and Jones at Tel: 081-0782024 or send gle Promotions Company World under: 50m swim, 3-km bike ride, email to: hugodeb@hadyai. Tour Phuket Thailand Open 2006, 750m run); the “Junior” (200m loxinfo.co.th. a world-class volleyball competi- swim, 6-km bike ride, 1.5km run), tion for women, which started on and the “Senior” (750m swim, November 1 on Karon Beach, 20km bike, 5km run). with 75 teams competing. Registration begins at 7 am Entrance to the final rounds on race day, with an official start of the tournament is free. at 8 am. 22 PHUKET GAZETTE November 4 - 10, 2006 November 4 - 10, 2006 TAKE A BREAK PHUKET GAZETTE 23 PPUZZLESUZZLES The Cryptic Crossword

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1. The flag of Sitzerland 6. Which Dickens character The words described consists of which two says, “God bless us every below all rhyme with colors? one”? ‘spike’. What are they? 2. What is the capital of 7. Marco Polo called it Cambodia? Cipango. Which country 1. Two-wheeler. is it? 2. A long way to walk. 3. In which books would you 3. View positively. find the character Bathil- 8. The disease cirrhosis 4. Sound capturing da Bagshot? affects which organ of device. the body? 5. Sudden price rise. 4. Which city is on the bank 6. Predatory fish. of the Rio Negro in 9. In which city would you Brazil? find the Arc de 7. Stop working. Triomphe? 8. Small child. 5. Which TV presenter was 9. Similar. Sudoku is very simple: each row, each column and each “box” of recently killed by a 10. Cleopatra was queen of 10. Long spear. nine squares within the puzzle must contain all the numbers stingray? which country? from 1 to 9 with, naturally, no repetitions. Beware: there is only one solution to this puzzle, which is on the next page. Answers on next page Answers on next page 24 PHUKET GAZETTE TAKE A BREAK November 4 - 10, 2006 GetGet youryour brainbrain inin geargear withwith TheThe MonsterMonster QuizQuiz Kids! Ask Mum and Dad to help you find the answers to these ques- tions. They’re not easy but, if you do some research, you should be able to find the answers to all of them.

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Like; 4. Mike; 5. Hike; + + + + O + O + + R + + + U + 6. Pike; 7. Strike; 8. Tyke; 9. Alike; 10. Pike. + + + + + I + U A + + + R + + Solution to this + + + + + + G N S M + E + O + week’s Sudoku + + + + + + O G A S R + + K + puzzle EZ Trivia Answers + + + + + G T G A B E + + H F + + + + A A R + + V A A + T R 1. Red and white; 2. Phnom Penh; 3. The + + + R R I + + + + A C U O E Harry Potter novels; 4. Manaos; 5. Steve + + F U T R O D I N + R O R U + + E T + + + + + + + + A N D Irwin; 6. Tiny Tim 7. Japan; 8. The liver; 9. + S E + + + + + + + + + + C + Paris; 10. Egypt. November 4 - 10, 2006 FEATURES PHUKET GAZETTE 25 A discourse in Tinglish any readers will be “Take the movie Iron Ea- girlfriends. I asked what she liked It was a Volvo, and the sticker familiar with the gle,” Fardley told me one day. best about Hua Hin. She said, ‘I read ‘Volvo for Life.’” word “Tinglish”. It “Noy thought it had something to like hot.’” “That’s a new one,” I ob- Mrefers to a hybrid do with ironing an eagle, as you “Hot,” I echoed. “She served. “I’ve heard ‘Volvo’ pro- kind of English often spoken in would iron a shirt. She wondered meant the warm weather?” nounced ‘wowo’ before, but nev- Thailand. Just as we have Hing- how the eagle would react.” “Nope. Guess again,” Fard- er ‘one woe.’” lish (Indian English, achchha!), “Probably unfavorably,” I ley said. “There’s also a Khorat Ho- Singlish (Singaporean English, surmised. “Hot food,” I ventured. “She tel in Bangkok, and a famous lah!), Jinglish (Japanese English, “One of her favorite sing- ate some spicy-hot food there and country-and-western song called deska!) and a host of other in- ers is Juttin Timmerlay. Bet you liked it.” TSOWNDINGS Writing Bahboo’. Bet you can’t glishes, we also have Tinglish: can’t guess who that is.” “Nope. Try again.” tell what those mean.” Thai English, spoken with Thai That was easy: Justin Tim- I was baffled. “I like hot.” By S. TSOW I was stumped again. The pronunciation, intonation and syn- berlake. What could such a cryptic utter- hotel turned out to be the Con- tax. “There’s also the movie star ance possibly mean? The most “Sometimes she inadvert- rad, and the song was Lightning It is not my intent here to Boot Weelit.” sophisticated linguist, the most ently warns me against making a Bar Blues. make fun of the English spoken That was easy, too: Bruce skilled cryptanalyst in the bowels wrong decision,” Fardley said. “One day she was gazing in- by Thais whose mastery of the Willis. of the CIA, would tear out his “Once we were driving along and to a mirror and looking disconso- language is incomplete. Every- “Shot Put,” Fardley contin- hair in frustration if he had to de- she suddenly said, ‘One woe for late,” Fardley went on. “She body struggles when studying a ued. “Guess who that is.” cipher that enigmatic statement. life.’ I was startled. At that very sighed, ‘I am owned!’ I was puz- new language, and if the atroci- That one stumped me. It “There’s a town named Hot moment I had been daydreaming, zled. Owned? By whom? Did she ties which we foreigners commit was George Bush. up around Chiang Mai, but you wondering if I should ask her to find our relationship confining? against the Thai language could “One day she had to go to said Noy was in Hua Hin,” I said. marry me. And now, like a thun- Had she given her heart to some- be cataloged, they would fill a far the hot peter to see a friend. It “Right. Think, man! When derbolt, the possible consequenc- body else? Had she been sold into larger volume than any that could took me some time to figure that you go down to the beach at Hua es came crashing down around slavery? But no, nothing so dra- be devoted to Tinglish. out. She meant the hospital.” Hin, what’s the first thing you my ears. If I married Noy, quite matic. She meant ‘I am old!’ At But Tinglish can cause mis- “I wonder how the two of see?” possibly I would have ‘one woe the advanced age of 25 she was understandings which are often you manage to communicate at I thought. “Well, you see for life.’” imagining bags under her eyes.” amusing, and I propose to list a all,” I said. ponies on the beach giving rides “Nice of her to warn you,” “Better to be old than few. My source for these anec- “It can get frustrating,” to tourists.” I said. owned,” I philosophized. dotes is a friend, Fardley Nerd- Fardley admitted. “The time I “Exactly. ‘Hot’ means Fardley chuckled. “Yes, but well. His girlfriend, Noy, provides had the most trouble understand- ‘horse.’” it was unintentional. She had S. Tsow can be flamed, prefera- him with a steady supply of Tin- ing her was when she came back “Ah,” I said. “So Noy liked merely been reading a sticker on bly in Tinglish, at stsow@ glishisms. from a trip to Hua Hin with her riding the horses on the beach.” the back of the car in front of us. yahoo.com Horizontal dancing and a close shave f you have ever wandered to the bar where the lady of your for lung cancer and go to Swe- They offered 500 baht to The Danes offered 500 baht about the beer boozers, Si- dreams is working – but she’s not den to collect Nobel Prize”. girls willing to engage in a game – no strings attached – to any girl erra Tango bars and ogling there. Of course, none of this true of “Scissors, paper, rock”. who could win the best of three Idens, you may have taken a The bar girls who work with and any man who actually be- For anyone recently arrived games. fancy to one or two females em- your missing lady and who were lieves what he’s being told re- from fun-filled destinations like If the girl lost she was given ployed in these es- formerly very chat- ally should think about spend- Afghanistan or Iraq, I should ex- a disposable shaver and asked to tablishments. You ty and helpful sud- ing his evenings in the IVF clinic plain that this involves you and remove certain bodily hairs not may even have en- denly develop seri- armed with appropriate reading another person making one hand generally seen in polite society. gaged in some hori- ous cases of amne- matter. At least a plastic bea- into a fist, shaking your arm, She then had to return and zontal dancing with sia or Alzheimer’s ker won’t lie to you. counting to three and then either present the proof. said ladies, either in – or both. keeping your hand as a fist, open- Some of the Super Girls the dine-and-dash You ask a Super girls, super shavers: A ing it out fully to resemble a piece joined in with all the fervor of style of the Sierra simple question small group of imbibers from Den- of paper, or making a sign with gamblers on a winning roll at the Tango bars or the like, “Where is mark was once happily slurping your two forefingers to indicate craps table. more long-term FROM THE Nok?” and they away in the Super Girl ogling den scissors. At least one girl managed “Put Your Tooth- STREETS look at you as if in Soi Diamond off Walking Street The rules are that scissors to pick up 1,500 baht before fi- brush Next To O F you’ve just turned when they decided to liven the will beat paper, but not rock, while nally losing and having to retire Mine” manner. green and have a proceedings by engaging the paper will beat rock but not scis- to the bathroom armed with a However, as PATTAYA nestful of vipers dancing damsels in a game of fun. sors. shaver. other attractions By Duncan Stearn protruding from sometimes get in your ears. Alterna- the way, such relationships can tively, they simply lie. take time to flower and prosper, “Nok go Bangkok today, and the lady may well find her- you come back tomorrow”, or self still gainfully employed where “Nok day off” or “Nok find cure you first made her acquaintance. rog This can be sad when you start to feel as if you could fill an IVF test tube or 10 and you’d like to relieve yourself of some of that tension. So you decide to return 26 PHUKET GAZETTE EDITORIAL & LETTERS November 4 - 10, 2006

367/2 Yaowarat Rd, Amphur Muang, Phuket 83000 Tel: 076-236555 - Since 1994 - Fax: 076-213971 Email: [email protected] Thai culture of carelessness The argument regarding just how far the state should go in trying to protect its citizens from their own worst instincts is as old as the history of governance itself. Some argue that those stupid enough to ride motorbikes with- out proper protection for their heads should be allowed to do so. Unlike drunk car drivers, people who ride motorbikes without hel- mets will suffer the cost of their own poor judgment themselves, they argue. Taking this line of reasoning to its logical conclusion, some people maintain that those incapable of understanding that the forces of phys- ics apply to their own skulls simply do not deserve to pass their genes on to the next generation. Such arguments fail to stand up to scrutiny, however. Lifelong care for those who suffer brain damage and other disabilities from failing to wear helmets is a huge social cost to Thailand, which suf- fers from one of the highest rates of motorcycle injuries and deaths in Southeast Asia. Figures cited by the World Health Organization reveal that some 80% of the 20 million registered motorized vehicles in Thailand are motorcycles. In 1992, when helmet use was not mandatory, 90% of deaths resulting from traffic accidents were among motorcycle us- ers, almost all due to head injuries. Letters The introduction of a helmet law reduced these rates signifi- cantly, yet Thailand still suffers far higher rates of injuries from mo- The Gazette is pleased to receive mail from read- with your views for publication in our next issue. torcycle accidents than other countries in the region such as Malay- ers. Please write to us at 367/2 Yaowarat Rd, We reserve the right to edit all letters. Pseud- sia and Singapore, where traffic police don’t “compromise” on hel- Amphur Muang, Phuket 83000, fax to 076-213971 onyms are acceptable only if your full name and met law enforcement by allowing pillion riders to ride without head or send an email to [email protected] address are supplied. protection. Bulletproof – or a More than this, however, it for redundancy, now looks like it Saddest of all is the fact that it is the most innocent members of appears that Mr Watson fails to is going to take weeks to get ac- our society, the children, who are at the greatest risk and in need of loaded – argument report objectively any problems tivated. protection. Rarely does one see a child on a motorcycle in Phuket with hedge funds. Has he been Heavens Spent wearing a helmet. Far more common is the sight of an unprotected John Wright (Wright and Wrong, isolated in Phuket for too long, Samkong child – or children, sometimes as many as three – literally hanging on Letters, Gazette issue of Octo- unable to access recent news sto- to the driver, and without protective headgear. ber 28) makes fair comment ries regarding hedge funds, par- Water: not a barrel When the inevitable occurs, the incident is passed off as “fate” about the plague of whining for- ticularly Amaranth Advisors? or “bad karma”. Children who survive this neglect tend to pass on eigners. I think the chief offend- Perhaps Mr Watson will do of laughs the same careless approach to road safety to their own children. In ers are those who have made his reading public the honor of this regard, failure to wear a helmet is just one symptom of a culture little effort to understand life here giving the cons as well as the pros I couldn’t help but laugh when I of carelessness that pervades Thai society and must be changed. and to fit in with it. in future articles. read in a recent issue of the Ga- Such change should start by enforcing the existing laws limiting I am very happy to live in Colin Stropley zette that the Bang Wad reser- the number of pillion passengers riding a motorcycle to one, and en- Thailand instead of my home Kata voir had reached a record level suring that every man, woman and child who sets out on a motorbike country, and I hope Mr Wright of 6.3 million cubic meters of re- is wearing a helmet that meets basic minimum safety standards. agrees that, even as a guest here, Woody’s goodies serve water supply. – The Editor it would be sad if one was not Given the island’s ever-in- allowed the opportunity to ex- I would like to thank Khun creasing resident population, ris- press an opinion and make fair, Woody for his excellent computer ing number of visitors each year constructive criticism. A greater article “DO delivers – at a price” and the property-industry spurned culprit than the foreigners might [Gazette issue of October 28 – water catchment areas, I reckon that’s enough to last to, say, about In association with The Nation Multimedia Group PCL well be someone in authority who November 3]. is unwilling to listen to criticism I recently moved here from Songkran. and act on it. Singapore and had the usual hold- After then we’ll hear the island moan yet again about wa- Editor: Parichat Utintu I’ve been in Thailand sev- ups getting an ADSL line installed ter shortages, and hear the Managing Editor: Chris Husted eral years and feel there aremany by my landlord, so the 3G wire- everyday “problems” that could government’s same old excuses Editorial Consultant: Alasdair Forbes less Internet service from CAT be solved by simple means. A has been a real godsend that has being trotted out by the relevant Chief Reporter: Sangkhae Leelanapaporn change of attitude, a allowed me to get a lot of work government departments topped Editorial Team: Stephen Fein, Andy Johnstone, Natcha Yuttaworawit, commonsense policy, organiza- done using my laptop. up with, “Don’t blame us, we’re Janyaporn Morel, Dominic Earnshaw, tion, control and thoroughness From what I can see so far, doing the best we can.” would go a long way. One ex- Yep, roll on ’07. Sompratch Saowakhon, Zach Fridell. and my experience has been fan- Will Stokes ample is pollution, which is cry- tastic, this is a very big deal for Chalong General Manager: Oranee Pienprasertkul ing out for someone to sort out Phuket. The service is even bet- General Manager - Phuket Gazette TV and Events: Chutimon Srithep properly. If there is no action, ter than Singapore’s 3G offerings. Monkey business Marketing Manager: Natthira Susangrat surely Phuket is “shooting itself We went to the CAT office in the foot”. on Phang Na Rd to sign up for Classifieds Manager: Phatsara Raktammakit I was saddened by the story Brian Davis the service. The people there about the coffee-drinking mon- Publisher: The Phuket Gazette Co Ltd Bang Tao were very nice and within 30 min- key, Poy, in the Gazette (issue of utes or so I had my card and CD- October 28). I understand that Contact us Money balks ROM in hand. I have been doing regulars at the coffee shop think IT for decades so wasn’t wor- Advertising Sales: [email protected] it’s great, but surely they could Please, Gazette, try to encourage ried about installing it on my own. Classified Advertising: [email protected] give poor Poy something healthier Richard Watson, the veteran After glancing over the docs, the than coffee to drink. Website Services: [email protected] Money Talks writer, to report on only catch is not to put in the card They should give Poy ba- Gazette Guide inquiries: [email protected] something other than his two pet until the installation program asks nanas, nuts, surely anything but loves: Brandeaux and hedge for it. After getting back home, I an addictive substance half the Telephone: 076-236555 (10 lines) Fax: 076-213971 funds. was up and running in about three adult population in the Western Brandeaux, on average, re- minutes. world are struggling to kick as a ceives a healthy plug once a So thanks for the article. It The views expressed in the Phuket Gazette are those of the writers and contributors habit. and do not necessarily reflect those of the publisher, the editor, the shareholders, or the month, while hedge funds seem was a job-saver for me as the Hanging Around directors of The Phuket Gazette Co Ltd. to achieve double that. TOT ADSL line, which I still need Phuket City Letters conveying views and suggestions are published here. Those seeking comment from government Copyright © 1994-2006 The Phuket Gazette Co Ltd officials or business owners are published as Issues & Answers on the facing page. November 4 - 10, 2006 PERSPECTIVES PHUKET GAZETTE 27 Unfair for limo drivers resently the PBC has at least two hours in advance. about 150 limousines and These contracts with the 150 drivers. The number hotels will allow our drivers to P of fares we take to their FIRST increase income and decrease destinations has fallen, with most expenses. In the past, airport lim- of our members now making ousine drivers delivering guests to about four or five trips daily – PERSON their hotels always had to return compared to seven or eight trips to the airport empty, which is a daily at the same time last year. he Phuket Limousine and Business waste of gasoline, money and The reason that we are getting time. So this arrangement will in- few fares is simple: metered taxis. TService Cooperative Ltd (PBC), which crease our income. The price of Before, metered taxis stood holds a concession to pick up fares from the service will remain the same. by to pick up fares in the airport Phuket International Airport, recently em- Another fact we want to car park, where they have a ticket barked on a new project to improve its qual- make known is about pass- counter. Back then, it didn’t have enger’s benefits. All PBC limou- too great of an effect on our busi- ity of service. sine passengers are covered by ness, but now the airport author- The plan, aimed at increasing both first-class health and life insur- ity allows taxis to collect fares revenue and the co-op’s public image, in- ance, lost luggage insurance up right at the arrivals pick-up area. to 200,000 baht and payouts for We have a signed Memo- cludes dressing up its drivers in uniforms, accidental death of up to 1 mil- randum of Understanding (MOU) improving their English language skills and lion baht. We are also covered for with the provincial government even teaching them to drive more slowly. upto 10 million baht in the event which stipulates that metered of the death of a third party. taxis cannot pick up fares in this Here PBC President Manod Chupak But most passengers don’t area [because the PBC pays an- tells the Gazette more about the ambitious know about the benefits our pas- nually for a concession to oper- new initiative – and why it was needed. sengers have, so we will make a ate there]. But now the Airport sign at the ticket counter and print Authority of Phuket is allowing the information on the ticket it- them to do that, in breach of their self, both in Thai and English. We contract with us. on highways is 90kmh, while fore tuk-tuk drivers and taxi driv- our service will be “welcome also plan to publicize our co-op- I have already submitted a an official from the Phuket Pro- ers. drinks” and cold towels presented erative over the airwaves and letter of complaint with the pro- vincial Land Transport Office Academic Aphichart to passengers at the ticket have a plan to open our own com- vincial government, which is pro- told this newspaper that the Damdee will organize the session, counter. munity radio station. cessing the case. speed limit was100kmh] and which will involve two to three In addition, we are prepar- So the image of the PBC is I fully understand that good 80kph in built-up areas. However, hours of training in language and ing to sign a contract with seven improving all the time and I hope service, comfort and speed are we still have some cases when manners. hotels, including the Royal Para- this project will be successful important aspects of any limou- we have to drive fast, such as Communication is important dise Hotel in Patong, Patong Re- within one year. We will also en- sine driver’s work. This is espe- when we have to get a fare to for drivers. Even if some passen- sort and two more in Kata, the courage passenger feedback by cially important for an airport lim- the airport in time to check-in on gers don’t like to talk too much, names of which I cannot recall. asking them to fill out customer ousine drivers, as we are part of time for a flight. At the moment it’s still important that our drivers After we sign the agree- satisfaction forms, the results of the impression new arrivals get we have been getting fewer are able to greet customers, in- ment, we will be able to collect which will be analyzed after three on their first visit to Phuket. This complaints about our drivers troduce themselves, and get in- fares from these hotels. I have months. So far the project is still is why we have to be service- speeding. formation about their destinations. chosen these hotels specifically in its initial stages. I would esti- minded. In the past we have always The drivers also must be able to because there won’t be any prob- mate that only about 20-30% of Our new project will im- tried to improve our service and sense just how much communi- lems with other people operating the changes have been imple- prove our drivers’ service- the main reason that we want to cation the fare wants to engage taxi businesses in those areas. We mented. mindedness, ability to communi- improve the PBC’s image is to in. will also agree not to take fares We have a bit of a problem cate with passengers and driving increase both our co-op’s income In the future, we might in- from those hotels on tours into at the moment in that we are cur- standards. and service efficiency. vite American James A Mabey Phuket City. rently operating under a one-year We now have a maximum The TAT Southern Region to give them training over a 15- Under the arrangement, air- concession contract with the air- speed of 120kph on highways 4 Office in Phuket will arrange a day or 30-day period. We cannot port limousine drivers will be able port, with an annual fee of [Pol Maj Thanawat Liam- driver training session for 20 lim- start that yet, however, because to pick up fares at these hotels, 600,000. If we could secure a suwan, Traffic Inspector of ousine drivers on November 3, our new committee members just but only after receipt of a fax the long-term contract, then we Phuket City Police Station told 2006. Airport limousine drivers took up their posts on October 1. previous day. If the hotel wants would be able to keep this project the Gazette that the speed limit will be the first to receive it, be- Another improvement to to cancel, they must let us know in place continually. Issues& How do I obtain a ANSWERS permanent electricity meter Write to: The Phuket Gazette, 367/2 Yaowarat Rd, Muang, Phuket 83000. Fax 076-213971, or submit your issue at www.phuketgazette.net and my own bill? The law and naming children Our company rents a shop unit via a bank account. Why is it that ganization (OrBorTor) and have What Thai laws are there about the father alone registered the that is in a series of other shop the electricity authority cannot had house registration documents a child’s surname? Can a child child’s birth, which means that the units. All renters have a tempo- provide the same service to (tabien baan) issued to them. take a combination of the child must use the father’s rary electricity meter except the people with “long-term” tempo- Other residences that have mother’s and the father’s sur- surname.If both parents regis- landlord, who has a permanent rary meters as they do to custom- not been registered with the lo- names? Can a child have a tered the birth then the child can meter. The electricity company ers with permanent meters? cal OrBoTor and do not have a stranger’s surname, a surname use either surname. told me that only one permanent Susi Wong house number are issued tempo- completely different from father Parents can choose a new meter per registered house num- Karon rary electricity meters. However, and mother’s surnames? surname for the child but the new ber is possible. Is this true? If so, bills are issued for temporary Somsong surname must not be the same why does the electricity company Suthep Jitseree, Manager of meters, and they can be paid from Phuket as anyone else’s family name and give out “temporary” meters the Phuket Provincial Elec- a bank account. must be in Thai. which then stay temporary for tricity Authority (PPEA), re- People living in homes with Suksan Siang-ake, Kathu Dis- Although you have the right years? plies: temporary meters, but who want trict Chief Registrar, replies: to use any surname for your child, The electricity company will Permanent electricity permanent meters, must first A child born out of wedlock I suggest that the child has the not issue bills for temporary meters are provided for homes have the house registered with the automatically comes under the same surname as the parents meters, and I have been told that that have been registered with the OrBorTor and a house number custody of the mother and must because that name is unique to I cannot pay my electricity bills local Tambon Administration Or- issued to it. use the mother’s surname, unless that family. 28 PHUKET GAZETTE FEATURES November 4 - 10, 2006

In T he St ars by Isla St ar

SCORPIO (October 24-November 22): AQUARIUS (January 21-February 19): Be TAURUS (April 21-May 21): Someone LEO (July 24-August 22): If you can’t Having a short fuse could cause you to careful not to shoot yourself in the foot whose heart you thought was made of get to the bottom of a mystery, it’s time say something you will regret this week. this weekend. Your usual talent for having stone proves they do have feelings, after to ask for a second opinion. Sweeping this Remember that other people’s opinions are a way with words will probably be com- all. Good things come in threes for you matter under the carpet won’t work. On just as important to them as your outlook promised by adverse astral conditions. The this week, starting with positive news from Tuesday, you may be faced with an im- is to you. If you are celebrating a birthday, atmosphere clears toward the middle of overseas. After a flurry of activity on portant decision; insist on having the nec- it’s worth asking your partner for the moon. this month, so put important business ap- Monday and Tuesday, make rest and re- essary time to consider all outcomes. An Monday is the best day for taking a hot pointments on hold until then, if you possi- laxation priorities. An investment opportu- alluring Arian takes your breath away this property deal to the next level and Tues- bly can. Leo looks poised to make a ro- nity presented by Aries is well worth con- Saturday and you find a seductive way day for agreeing on a financial matter. mantic approach, but Scorpio isn’t avail- sideration. Wearing the colors lime green of breaking the ice. The color gold brings able. The number 1 is lucky next Thurs- and electric blue will spark off more en- luck. SAGITTARIUS (November 23-December day. ergy. 21): You should still tread with trepidation VIRGO (August 23-September 23): Pour- where personal relationships are con- PISCES (February 20-March 20): A GEMINI (May 22-June 21): Don’t get car- ing oil on troubled waters is a skill that will cerned. Your partner is likely to take inno- groundbreaking meeting will take place ried away by promises made this week- become useful midweek. As much as you cent words to heart, which could cause this week. You’ll have reason to jump for end. Leo is only too ready to offer every- don’t enjoy getting caught up in situations arguments to brew. Later in the week a joy – if you were quick off the mark last thing on a platter, but will not come up with that have nothing to do with you, this will surprise visit will brighten your day. On month. Romance proceeds at a snail’s the goods when you need them. Focus on be unavoidable. Your luck in finances is the financial front, check that you actually pace, but your patience makes this easy projects that will have short-term results set to improve slowly and surely, but you sent an invoice before chasing for non- to accept. If you are single, then forget for the time being. Seek pleasure where should streamline expenditure. Living for payment. Single Sagittarians are forecast your recent interest in Libra; this person you are certain to find it rather than head- the moment is fine until the unexpected to meet someone who could turn out to be is more of a cold fish than you realize. ing off in new directions. Number 8 looks happens. The color lavender helps you see a true soul mate. The color marigold orange encourages promising on Wednesday. the truth more clearly. virtue. CAPRICORN (December 22-January 20): CANCER (June 22-July 23): It is advis- LIBRA (September 24-October 23): If you A long walk in the fresh sea air will do ARIES (March 21-April 20): You will need able to trust your head more than your heart don’t like what’s being offered regarding wonders to blow away the cobwebs. If a good head for figures to understand a where romance is concerned; you should a new job prospect, there’s room for ne- you can’t find the time to do this, then take financial situation early next week. Be sure have taken enough lessons on board to gotiations early next week. After then, a serious look at your schedule. There’s to calculate carefully and double check. If know what is the right thing to do. An someone hungrier for the opportunity will at least one responsibility that can be off- you’re mourning the lack of a fulfilling so- Aquarian friend is down in the dumps this whisk it away from you. You should ask loaded. An ex-partner is thinking about you; cial life, then you need to get out of your weekend and expects you to do some yourself if Capricorn has ulterior motives expect contact to be made imminently. rut and look further afield. On Wednes- cheering up. Make sure to pay overdue for painting a negative picture of a situa- Those who are contemplating moving to day you may need to call in a favor from a bills before going on a mad shopping spree. tion you believe to hold promise. As for another house will probably need to settle good friend. The scent of roses promotes The color sunset pink softens your out- romance, pieces of a puzzle fall into place for less than they desire. a harmonious atmosphere. look on life. this Sunday. The source of Bubba’s magic recent edition of The through Africa, he was mobbed sory and turgid, cribbed from daily There were shameful epi- The presidential conventions of New Yorker featured by rapturous crowds. The con- diaries. But the first, when he was sodes of violent drunken abuse. that year sparked his first politi- a 30,000-word profile trast with the current US presi- writing his heart out – about his “I came to accept the secrets of cal interests. A year later, the vio- Aentitled “Being Bill dent, Remnick noted, couldn’t childhood, his schooling, his early our house as a normal part of my lence surrounding the desegrega- Clinton”. Editor David Remnick have been greater. George W days in politics – is an American life,” Clinton writes. “I never tion of Little Rock’s Central High accompanied the former Ameri- Bush has made himself the most classic. talked to anyone about them – not School led him to a life-long com- can president on a lengthy swing hated man in the world. His childhood a friend, a neighbor, mitment to racial justice. through Africa on his anti-AIDS Clinton represents a differ- itself was classic a teacher, a pastor... Overweight and clumsy in crusade. ent kind of American: warm, com- Americana: the large The question of se- high school, excluded from the On the way from New York, passionate and optimistic. In Af- Southern family fond crets is one I’ve popular inner circle of jocks, he Clinton stopped off in Berlin to rica, he is seen as the second com- of feasts and story- thought about a lot turned his energies to band mu- catch the final game of the soc- ing of John F Kennedy. telling, his hardwork- over the years. We all sic, school plays and political de- cer World Cup. Before a huge So how did Bubba get to be ing grandparents have them and I think bates. In Georgetown and Yale, crowd gathered at the Bran- the way he is? who instilled in him a we’re entitled to he found himself in the middle of denburg Gate to watch the tele- The question is answered in lifelong aversion to Off the them. They make our the turbulent politics of the 1960s. vised match, Clinton appeared the first volume of his autobiog- racism, his fun-lov- lives more interest- The climax came with the riot briefly on the giant screen and raphy, My Life: the Early Years ing hard-drinking par- SHELF ing, and when we between police and left-wing stu- was greeted with hysterical ap- (Vintage Books, New York, 2004, ents afflicted with a By James Eckardt decide to share them, dents at the 1968 Chicago Demo- plause. pp646). The second volume about dark side. His grand- our relationships be- cratic convention. The event had On his subsequent tour his presidential years is both cur- mother thought that his stepfather come more meaningful.” a huge effect on Clinton: Roger was “nothing but trouble”. When he was 10, in 1956, “The fleeting fanaticism of “She was right about the the family got its first TV set, the left had not yet played itself trouble part, but not the ‘nothing leading Clinton off on a string of out, but it had already unleashed but’,” Clinton writes. “There was 1950s memories: favorite kiddie a radical reaction on the right, one more to him than that, which TV shows, favorite movies, fa- that would prove more durable, makes his story even sadder.” vorite music (Elvis, of course). more well financed, more institu- tionalized, more resourceful, more addicted to power, and far more skilled at getting and keeping it... Unlike the kids in Chicago, they didn’t want America to come back together. They had an en- emy, and they meant to keep it.” Many of the facts of Clin- ton’s college years – including meeting his wife – are well known. Much less known are his early days of Arkansas “retail politics”, driving alone from one small town to another drumming up support for his first political race – a time he recalls with much humor and warmth. This is the jolly specter that will haunt the Republicans in 2008. November 4 - 10, 2006 FEATURES PHUKET GAZETTE 29 For trees, it’s a jungle out there hy is it that some trees are much taller than the aver- Wage canopy level? Find some old-growth jungle, such as at Ton Sai Water- fall or Khao Phra Taew, and take a look at the tallest trees. They have very straight trunks and no branches until they are above the average canopy level. This is be- cause everything in the jungle, the high canopy jungle, is struggling for sun. There’s no sense in grow- ing branches in the shade. Bran- ches have leaves, and leaves need sunlight in order for the plants to grow. Part of the rea- son why sunlight is so important is because the soil in the tropics is not that nutritious. There is a downside to this, however. For a tree to reach the upper canopy, it must grow a massive trunk – and this can take many decades. There are also opportunis- tic plants lurking everywhere, try- ing to grab a free ride to the top. So, the tree is in a battle with a bunch of other plants, but which ones? Bamboo, for example, is a very fast-growing grass. Yes, technically it is in the family Poaceae, which is the grass fam- ily. Under ideal conditions, some bamboo plants can grow up to a meter in one day. The only place you’ll find bamboo in a true pri- Behind you! The strangling fig cheats to survive by piggy-backing on existing trees, eventually killing them by blocking out the sunlight. mary/pristine jungle is where a most thorns on plants face up- stick. It immediately starts send- host and kills it by starving it of large tree has fallen, thus permit- wards instead of down in order ing aerial roots down to the ground sunlight. So the next time you ting light to reach the ground, or NATURE to protect the core of the plant. while at the same time growing happen to be out there in the on a natural edge. A rattan’s tendrils can also branches skyward. jungle, take a look up. You can If allowed to grow, the bam- NOTES grow up to a meter in length in Eventually, the aerial roots actually see what’s going on. boo will inhibit other plants – in- By Dave Williams one day. If a tree is, say, 100 will grow around the trunk of the It’s every plant for itself in cluding trees – from growing by meters tall – well, you do the unfortunate host tree. But this is the battle for sunlight and survival. eating up all of the sunlight. No They grow up towards the light math. not what eventually kills the host. light will then reach ground level, above the host so they can mo- Another plant that cheats to It’s what goes up that does the Dave Williams runs the eco-ex- so the seeds of emergent trees nopolize all the sunlight through survive is the strangling fig (Fi- most damage. pedition company Paddle Asia. will be unable to sprout and grow. their leaves. cus). This lazy parasite uses The strangling fig also grows For details, visit http://www. Another unsocial plant is The tendrils also have birds and other animals to carry its leaves higher than those of the paddleasia.com the rattan, which is in the palm downward-facing thorns, appar- out its ingenious procreation. family Palmaceae. The rattan ently to prevent them from drop- If a mature fig fruit is eaten has its main body rooted in the ping all the way to the ground in by, say, a hornbill, the bird then ground, but it also has long arms case a branch on the host tree or defecates the seed. If the horn- called tendrils. These are fast- its trunk falls. These thorns are bill happens to be sitting on a growing and actually climb trees. likely for protection too, although branch at the time the seed will 30 PHUKET GAZETTE COMPUTERS November 4 - 10, 2006

f you’ve been following the news stories, you probably know that both Microsoft Iand a small, non-profit com- Big news in the browser biz pany called Mozilla recently re- leased new versions of their re- spective Web browsers. Meanwhile, the good guys, So an anti-phishing tool that I’m still a fan of Mozilla’s er, the Firefox team came up with guards against fresh attacks has Firefox – a program that was more than a few new ideas of to co-ordinate the observations originally designed primarily by a their own, culminating in the re- and experiences of millions of college sophomore and pro- lease of Firefox 2.0 in late Octo- people, feeding the results to po- grammed by a group of volun- ber. IE has a few features that tential victims very quickly. teers. But I have to admit that aren’t in Firefox 2.0, but Firefox The only way that can hap- Microsoft is finally catching up. 2 is loaded with goodies that IE7 pen in real time on your comput- A bit of history. can’t touch. er is if your Web browser con- More than any other prod- So what’s to like about IE7? sults an up-to-the-minute data- uct, Internet Explorer (IE) re- Plenty. For starters, there’s no base of bad sites every time you flects Microsoft’s odd and tor- question that it’s more secure than move to a new site. tured approach to the Web. Af- IE6. (The Bard would have called And the only way that ter ignoring the Internet, by and that “damning with faint praise”.) can happen is if your large, for many years, Microsoft IE7 has finally picked up the Web browser checks released the first version of IE in tabbed interface – the ability to the blacklist database 1995, as an add-on to Windows open several Web pages at the to see if the Web site 95. In 1996, Microsoft built IE same time, each appearing on a you’re about to hit has version 3 into Windows itself, vi- tab inside IE itself – that Firefox been tagged as a ph- olating anti-trust laws, using mo- has had from the beginning. ishery. nopolistic tactics to overwhelm Print routines in IE7 run Because of the Netscape Navigator. That isn’t rings around IE6: you can actu- way the Web works, my opinion; it’s that of courts all ally print a Web page and not when you check the over the world. have it fall off the sides of the database you leave Keep an eye on Woody’s site (top) for updates on IE7 security holes behind an IP address. If you use Having illegally driven its sheet. There are several more and other problems. Meanwhile (above), Firefox 2.0 is now available. competitor out of business, worthwhile improvements, and at IE7, that giant database belongs Microsoft made least one feature gest you wait and listen to the bank’s logon page, or an airline’s to Microsoft, and a log of every almost no im- KHUN WOODY’S – Quick Tabs, screams of the unwitting testers reservation page or Amazon’s Web site you visit, complete with provements to IE the ability to see before installing it. I’ll be follow- book ordering page. your IP address, gets added to between August, all tabbed pages ing IE7’s progress closely. But it’ll squawk loud and Microsoft’s vaults. It’s a Web ad- 2001 and Octo- COMPUTER at once – that Ultimately, though, you will long if you venture to a page that vertiser’s data mining dream ber, 2006, when the ’Softies fi- hasn’t yet appeared in Firefox. have to install IE7. Leaving IE6 looks like, say, the PayPal or e- come true. nally released IE7. IE has be- What’s not to like about running on your computer is equi- Bay logon page, but in fact re- Firefox 2 takes a gentler – come the single largest conduit for IE7? Plenty. Much of the old IE6 valent to hanging out the wel- trieves the information you type though not necessarily better – viruses, trojans, spyware and code persists in IE7, leaving many come mat for every piece of junk and sends it to a scruffy teenag- approach. Firefox 2 doesn’t pes- crapware in computing history, to wonder how long it’ll be be- malware floating around the In- er in Kazbukistan. ter you to sign up for anti-phish- with major security patches ap- fore IE7 starts sprouting security ternet. Because of the way Mi- Before you blithely click to ing services. pearing almost every month. Mi- holes as adroitly as its predeces- crosoft built IE into Windows it- turn on Microsoft’s anti-phishing Instead, by default, the folks crosoft didn’t make any money sor. IE7 will install only on com- self, you’re exposed to IE6’s in- feature, make sure you under- at Firefox periodically download from IE, had no incentive to im- puters that pass the “Windows transigent ways even if you nev- stand the consequences of what a blacklist to your computer – a prove it, and you and I suffered. Genuine Advantage” hurdle that er use IE. Hard to believe, but you’re doing. Microsoft buries the list of known phishing sites that And then there is Firefox. I talked about in a previous col- true. details so deep it’d take a law the browser blocks. Dave Hyatt, Blake Ross, who umn – a horrendously flawed Mi- When you install IE7, you degree to get the straight story. Should you decide to sign up was a sophomore at Stanford at crosoft attempt to halt the wide- will be asked if you want to turn Because of the way the IE7 for Phirephox Phishing Protec- the time, and hundreds of volun- spread dissemination of pirate on the anti-phishing filter. anti-phishing filter works, if you tion, you will be warned, “If you teers took on Microsoft, produc- copies. The anti-phishing filter ex- agree to use the filter, you will choose to check with Google ing a fast, small, free alternative IE7 will be “pushed” onto amines Web sites as you surf to send Microsoft complete, detailed about each site you visit, Google that quickly grabbed a significant desktops soon. In fact, the push them, and tries to determine if the records on every site you visit. will receive the URLs of pages share of the browser market. may have started by the time read site is trying to extract personal Every site. you visit for evaluation... Google Microsoft responded by incorpo- this. If you have Windows auto- information from you for nefari- Understand that it isn’t Mi- will receive standard log informa- rating many Firefox features into matic update turned on, the up- ous purposes. IE7’s anti-phishing crosoft’s fault. Phishing sites go tion, including a cookie, as part IE7, which was released in mid- dater will ask your permission (!) filter should have no problem up and down quickly – a knowl- of this process.” Straight talk. October. to install IE7. At this point, I sug- when you log on to, say, your edgeable phisher won’t leave his Admirable. site up for more than a few days, and the very best have come and Currently, Woody Leonhard gone in a few hours. ([email protected], An effective anti-phishing www.askwoody.com) spends all tool needs to catch, identify and of his waking hours slaving block bad sites in a matter of away on two new Windows hours, or even minutes. While books, Windows Vista All-In- Web browsers can (and do) iden- One Desk Reference For Dum- tify bogus sites by their inherent, mies, and Windows Vista Time- uh, phishiness, nailing a site more- saving Techniques For Dummies. or-less conclusively requires hu- They should be available world- man evaluation. wide in January. November 4 - 10, 2006 PHUKET GAZETTE 31 32 PHUKET GAZETTE B U S I N E S S & MONEY November 4 - 10, 2006

ON THE MOVE

Singaporean Dick Isaac Ong Chatree Rongmuang from Hilton Phuket Arcadia Poh Chye, 48, has been appoint- Phang Nga Province has been Resort & Spa has an- ed Assistant Director of Knight appointed as the Front Office nounced the appoint- Frank’s Phuket office. Dick Manager of The Mangosteen ment of Michel WJ holds a diploma in building main- Resort & Spa. A graduate of Sri- Scheffers from Hol- tenance from Asia Pacific Inter- nakharinwirot University’s En- land as its new Food & national University and another glish program, Chatree also holds Beverage Manager. in property maintenance and fa- a degree in hospitality from Michel has worked cilities management from Sin- Sukhothai Thammathirat Univer- with several five-star gapore Polytechnic. His previous sity. He has more than 12 years’ hotels in Asia, including work experience includes em- hotel experience in Bangkok and the Dusit Thani Hotel ployment with CB Richard Ellis, Phuket. Prior to joining The Man- in Bangkok and The Standard Chartered Bank, New- gosteen. he was Room Division Victoria Angkor Hotel man & Goh Property Manage- Manager with Sabana Resort in in Cambodia. Prior to ment Property Consultants and Nai Harn. His experience on pre- his new appointment, the Oriental Hotel in Singapore. opening teams includes work he was working at La- His move to Phuket follows work with Amari Atrium Hotel, Ascott guna Beach Resort as at Knight Frank Estate Manage- International Group and Oakwood Director of Food and ment Pte Ltd in Singapore. City Residence in Bangkok. Beverage operations. LTU launches Germany-Phuket direct flights TU International Air- Tours Ltd, explained Munich, Hamburg, Berlin, Stut- ways was set to launch that LTU launched the tgart, Madrid, Rome and Athens. direct flight services be- service to cater to ris- Meanwhile, at the time of Ltween Germany and ing customer demand going to press, Scandinavian trav- Phuket November 1. in Germany. el agent TUI Nordic’s inaugural Direct flights depart Munich “The initial direct direct flight of its twice-weekly on Wednesdays and Sundays, flights to Phuket are service from Gothenburg, Swe- with direct return flights depart- 80% booked, which is den’s second biggest city, was ing Phuket on Mondays and a welcome move for due to arrive in Phuket about 1:45 Thursdays. the high season as many pm November 2. Travelers in Düsseldorf can German people want to Boeing 747-400s, with a board a connecting flight to catch fly to Phuket,” Jarub- capacity of more than 400 pas- the Wednesday flights from Mu- hani said. sengers per flight, will be used for nich to Phuket. She added that if the flights, which will land in The Thursday return flights the flights proved pop- Phuket on Thursdays, Saturdays from Phuket to Munich connect ular the airline will ex- and Sundays. with a flight to Dusseldorf. tend the service until The service will continue The flights are to use Air- the end of next year. until April. bus 330-200s, which can accom- LTU also now LTU International Airways modate 323 passengers; 18 in has an alliance with (Phuket International Airport of- business class and 305 in econo- Bangkok Airways to Aircraft in LTU’s distinctive red-and-white livery can now be seen in Phuket. fice). Tel: 076-327432. Fax: 076 my class. use Bangkok as a hub Arrivals from Germany can connect with LTU flights to des- 327433. Email: ltu.airways@ltu- Fully booked, the new flights for travel throughout the region. connect with Bangkok Airways’ tinations including Dusseldorf, asia.com have the capacity to bring in 969 LTU now offers direct in- direct flights between Bangkok tourists a week, 3,876 tourists a bound flights from Munich to and Yangon, Phnom Phen and VITAL STATISTICS: month. Bangkok on Mondays, Thursdays Siem Reap, Luang Prabang as INTERNATIONAL PASSENGERS JUMP 57% The flights are scheduled to and Saturdays, and from Dussel- well as Koh Samui, Chiang Mai, Type Sept 2006 Sept 2005 % change continue until April 30, 2007. dorf to Bangkok on Tuesdays, Sukothai and Trat. Jarubhani Palarit, Sales & Wednesdays, Fridays and Sun- Outbound LTU direct flights Domestic passengers 106,104 67,572 57% Marketing Manager of LTU Asia days. now include from Bangkok to Munich on Tuesdays, Fridays and International passengers 202,757 176,295 15% Sundays, and from Bangkok to Dusseldorf on Wednesdays, Domestic cargo (tons) 1,320 1,046 26% Thursdays, Saturdays and Mon- International cargo (tons) 1,062 728 46% days. Arrivals to Germany can Source: Phuket International Airport November 4 - 10, 2006 B U S I N E S S & MONEY PHUKET GAZETTE 33 Look East for the future he economic outlook for purchased by global financial in- the world in 2007 is en- stitutions. couraging. The growth, China has become a major Tas usual, will not be economic force and now holds equally spread and forecasting is foreign exchange reserves close by no means an exact science. to US$1 trillion. By comparison; However, based on the current the US has US$40 billion. statistics, this is what is likely to Japan, the world’s second- transpire. largest economy, is continuing The US economy will, prob- with its economic recovery. ably, record a GDP growth of Growth figures are still not im- about 2.5%. This is somewhat pressive, but for 2007 it should lower than projections for 2006, manage to achieve about 2.5%. but still represents a benign envi- Domestic demand is rising, ronment. but Japan has the same problem Markets have been antici- as many European countries – an pating the next move by the US aging and declining population. Federal Reserve, America’s cen- The central bank, the Bank of tral bank, to be a downward turn Japan, is expected to increase in interest rates. This may not interest rates in 2007, but at a happen. very modest rate to avoid upset- There are some indications ting a still-fragile recovery. that inflation will remain at the Elsewhere in Asia, many high level of the Fed’s comfort economies are still experiencing zone. With unemployment at a reasonable economic growth, on low rate of 4.6%, productivity Hyundai Motor India launched a new model in September. India has ambitions of becoming a average 4% to 6%. This is obvi- gains are unlikely to be impres- manufacturing hub to rival China. – Photo by EPA/STR ously lower than the boom times sive and there are pressures for many areas for residential prop- The coming year for Europe petite for takeovers of companies of the 1980s and early 1990s. incomes to rise. erty have removed this feeling of appears reasonable. Growth around the world. The Indian gov- Many of Asia’s more devel- The wild card for the econ- increased affluence. should exceed 2%. This may ap- ernment is acutely aware of the oped countries are feeling the omy is still likely to be a falling Economists are trying to pear slow, but for the Euro Zone, need to change laws to allow cap- competitive pressure of China’s property market, and economists gage the effect of this loss of it is a respectable figure. Econo- ital to be used more efficiently. It economic growth and low-cost are scrambling to assess the ef- wealth and many are now trying mies are still hampered by laws is also spending large sums of manufacturing. The huge change fect this will have on consumer to compare its effect to consum- that are causing high unemploy- money on infrastructure. for Asia as a whole over the past spending. The sheer size of the er behavior after a stockmarket ment and low economic growth. It will take decades for In- decade has been the massive in- US makes it diffi- crash. Exports account for a great per- dia to start to show its full poten- crease in foreign exchange re- cult to assess the The typical centage of economic activity. tial, yet with growth rates now at serves. It would be extremely dif- overall residential MONEY economic model Germany, which accounts around 8%, they are making rap- ficult, if not impossible, for the property market. tells us that the im- for around one-third of the Euro id progress. India wants to be- region to experience another 1997 Many states never pact of falling house Zone in size, is finding that there come a manufacturing hub to ri- financial meltdown. even really partici- TALKS prices is likely to be is at last some measure of con- val China; it is only hindered by The balance of economic pated in the boom in between two and sumer demand. bureaucratic obstacles that must power in the world is rapidly mov- prices; these states four times as large However, much of it is at- be removed. ing to Asia. The global economic are unlikely to be as that of falling tributed to spending ahead of an China’s economy continues pie is getting larger, and Asia’s greatly affected by stockmarkets. increase in VAT from 16% to to make rapid strides. The IPO – share of it is growing ever larger. the current turmoil. Over the past 19%, which is to be implemented initial public offering – of China’s However, the five years, the hous- in January 2007. The ECB – Eu- largest bank, Industrial and Com- Richard Watson runs Global Port- banking group HS- ing boom has result- ropean Central Bank – is expect- mercial Bank of China (ICBC) folios Co Ltd, a Phuket-based per- BC reported, in a ed in the creation of ed to continue to increase inter- recently raised almost US$22 bil- sonal financial planning service. 2005 survey of the By Richard Watson many new jobs, and est rates, currently at 3.25%. lion, the largest IPO ever record- He can be reached at Tel and Fax: US residential mar- a substantial number The real change is taking ed in the world. A significant per- 076-381997, Mobile: 081-081- ket, that 18 states were in “bub- now appear to be at risk. Con- place in India and China, which centage of these shares were 4611. Email: [email protected] ble” territory. It is these areas that sumer spending to date has still are expected to record growth the current drop in prices is likely remained on track; it is future rates of around 8% and 10% re- to cause the most problems. trends that are of some concern. spectively for 2007. Millions of Americans have Low unemployment levels have India’s corporate sector is perceived the rise in residential given overall figures a boost. showing signs of greatly in- property prices as a sign of in- The current account deficit, creased confidence and 2006 has creased wealth. Consequently, with the trade deficit as its larg- seen Indian companies show ap- they have refinanced their home est component, is of great con- loans or used them to provide cern, running at around 7% of immediate cash for consumer GDP. This is bound to have fu- spending, resulting in consumers ture ramifications, probably in the taking on record levels of debt. form of a much weaker US dol- However, falling prices in lar in the years to come. 34 PHUKET GAZETTE SPORT November 4 - 10, 2006 Moto Inzi proves a puff is enough ChineseChinese challengechallenge AO CHALONG: Roger King- Five multihulls – four from don and crew on Moto Inzi man- the Pescott/Latitude 8 stable plus aged to inch across the finish line Kellowyn, the Farrier Trimaran before light winds disappeared out of Idaho via Seattle – started altogether to win Race 13 of the the race. Moto Inzi, however, was Ao Chalong Yacht Club (ACYC) just too quick for the flotilla and Keelboat and Multihull Race Se- added more points to its season ries on October 29. tally. The regatta, sponsored by The ACYC will hold another Susan “Lady Pie” Usher, herself Family Day November 5 with din- racing on Eos, was ground out in ghies and free sailing lessons for very light winds around the is- children along with an afternoon lands to the west of Chalong Bay. barbecue. Visitors are welcome. Eos and Four Winds had their now-customary tussle in the For more information contact Cruising Class, this time with Eos Tom Howard at Tel: 081-797- taking top honors on corrected 1120 or by email at: sales@sea- time. phuket.com The Chinese ‘Sina.com’ team aboard Blue Juice in last year’s King’s Cup. They placed fifth in IRC 1 division. – Photo: www.guynowell.com KATA: Retired businessman assistance in just sending in the Chinese yacht owners were ex- Frank Pong will be leading a small entry forms for their boats. cited to enter this year’s King’s fleet of Chinese-owned yachts to “Of course, that is the eas- Cup. “I was told by various other Phuket to take part in the annual iest part of all. Race instructions owners from the Mainland that King’s Cup Regatta. are the hardest.” they too want to join,” he said. Mainland China has expe- Pong has promoted the He added that there are two rienced a growing interest in sport of sailing in China for many other possible Chinese entrants competitive sailing in the past few years. He has sailed in most of for the 2006 King’s Cup, includ- years, and with the 2008 Beijing Asia’s regattas and owns some ing Cavalier, a 40-ft catamaran Olympics approaching, the count- of the region’s fastest yachts. that sailed from France to Shen- ry’s sailors are now starting to At this year’s King’s Cup, zen last year. travel abroad to sharpen their re- Pong will be sailing his 75-foot Pong also predicted that a gatta skills. Jelik. He will be joined by coun- large crowd will be following the For the first time, a team of trymen Adam Wu and Qiu Jian Chinese yachts at this year’s re- sailors from mainland China took Min, who are entering their 41½- gatta. “It is likely you will see part in last year’s King’s Cup, foot Corby, Hummingbird. Both hundreds of [Chinese] supporters attracting a large following of owners are members of the this year, if all the [Chinese] boats Chinese media that sent daily tele- Longcheer Yacht Club in Shen- attend,” he said. vision updates to Shanghai and zen. Organizers expect that this other large cities in China. The two owners were part year’s regatta will attract a As the countdown starts to of the Chinese team that sailed record fleet for two reasons: the this year’s regatta, held Decem- in last year’s King’s Cup on char- regatta will be celebrating its 20th Pedals to the metal ber 2 to 9, the experienced Pong tered Blue Juice, a Phuket-based year and because this year marks th International marathon cyclists from Dubai zoom towards the finish has been helping some of his yacht, and they sailed Humming- the 60 anniversary of His Maj- line October 28 at the Moevenpick Resort & Spa, Karon, escorted countrymen gain international bird in the Koh Samui Interna- esty the King of Thailand’s ac- by the the manager of the resort’s Wildfire restaurant, riding the experience. But it hasn’t been tional Regatta after buying the cession to the throne. His Maj- Moevenpick’s pizza delivery bike. The cycling marathon began at easy. “A major hurdle is the lan- boat in March this year. esty, a sailor himself, is also the the new Suvarnabhumi Airport in Bangkok October 21. The 20 guage barrier,” says Pong. “They are keen and have regatta’s patron. participants, aged between 14 and 60, were primarily from Dubai, “Most [yacht] owners from been practicing regularly in the For more information about but the group also included two cyclists from Thailand’s national China do not speak English and summer,” said Pong. the King’s Cup Regatta visit cycling team. they have been coming to me for Pong said that many other www.kingscup.com. November 4 - 10, 2006 SPORT PHUKET GAZETTE 35 FIVB: A preview of the action on Karon Beach By Zach Fridell KARON: Some of the world’s best women beach volleyball players will be showing off their skills at the FIVB Phuket Thai- land Open November 4 and 5, the last stop on the Swatch FIVB Beach Volley World Tour 06. For Gazette readers ready to take in the beach spectacle, here’s a list and photos of some of the stars to keep an eye out for. Team USA’s Kerri Walsh and Misty May-Treanor, fresh off a win at the previous FIVB Players to watch for: Above left, Norwegians Nila Ann Hakedal and tourney in Mexico, have a long Ingrid Torlen celebrate beating the Brazilians; above right, Misty May- history of wins and are vying for Treanor of the US and, below, Larissa França of Brazil. top honors in Phuket. Named Association of Volleyball Profes- sionals (AVP) Team of the Year in 2003 after an undefeated sea- son of 39-0, they went on to win Olympic gold in Athens in 2004 with a winning streak of 91 games and 16 tournaments. This year the team has slowed slightly, coming to Phu- ket’s tournament seeded in sec- ond place, but a strong finish – or a possible withdraw by the Bra- zilian teams – could propel them to another FIVB tour champion- Phuket tourney, and although Jia Two teams from Thailand ship. The win in Acapulco was Tian and Jie Wang trail the two are guaranteed entry to the main their third win in seven tourna- leading teams significantly in draw event, with four other teams ments, but consistent play puts points, they have had a good sea- competing in the qualifying them in contention for the overall son as they prepare for the 2008 rounds. win. Olympics in Beijing. The semi-finals and finals Team Brazil’s Juliana Fel- Keep an eye on Norwe- will be shown live on ITV on No- isberta Silva and Larissa Fran- gians Nila Ann Hakedal and vember 4 and 5, from 3 pm to 5 ca are favorites to win in Phuket, Ingrid Torlen, who beat top- pm. The tournament will also be but organizers say – as of press seeded Brazilians Juliana and shown on Eurosport to more than time – that the other two Brazil- Larissa in Mexico to take bronze, 200 million households in Europe, ian teams have pulled out of the their first FIVB medal. Walsh and will be aired to an additional final tournament and it’s unclear said, “I would like to congratu- 20 million households in the US. whether Juliana and Larissa will late the Norwegians for their first- compete. ever medal. They played great The Phuket Thailand Open is The duo has led the pack for against us in the semi-finals and sponsored by the Tourism Au- most of the season and has the we were very fortunate to win. thority of Thailand, the Sports lead in points, but an absence or Since the Brazilians will not be in Authority of Thailand, the Phu- poor showing in Phuket is likely the season finale next week in ket Gazette, the Kata Group of to cost them their season lead. Thailand, we expect we’ll be fac- Hotels, The Swatch Group, Two Chinese teams are ing Nila Ann and Ingrid sometime Grand Sport, Mikasa Haad ranked third and fourth for the in the Phuket event.” Thip and CS Loxinfo. PATONG DARTS LEAGUE PATONG: Didi’s shook off los- Standings (one week remain- (36); 6. Shakers (32); 7. Amigos ing all three points to Coyote the ing): 1. Didi’s (52 pts.); 2. Coy- (30); 8. Queen Mary (26); 9. week before with a solid three- ote Bar (48); 3. Piccadilly (45); 4. Valhalla (24); 10. Jungle Juice (23); point win against Funky Monkey Offshore (40); 5. Dog’s Bollocks 11.= Funky Monkey, TaiLife (11). on October 24, clinching their second straight Patong Darts League title with one week of play to go. They will host the league party at Didi’s on Soi Saensabai on November 7. Play in the new league is expected to resume using the same schedule the following Tuesday, November 14, league secretary Steen said.

October 24 results: Dog’s Bol- locks 5 OffShore* 4; Amigos 2 Piccadilly* 7; Valhalla 5 Queen Mary* 4; Shakers* 8 Jungle Juice 1; Didi’s* 7 Funky Monkey 2; Coyote Bar* 6 TaiLife 3; (* = win- ner of beer leg) 36 PHUKET GAZETTE PHUKET PROPERTY November 4 - 10, 2006

Construction Update by Suganya Semacote

iling and foundation work began in September on the Pearl of Naithon Pluxury condominium pro- ject, with a total of 78 apartment and penthouse units on 7.5 rai of land at Nai Thon Beach. The project is on schedule for com- PEARLY GATES pletion by the end of next year. Project Managing Director Stephen T Hughes, who former- ly owned a telecommunications business in the United Kingdom, said investment in the project was about 20 million pounds sterling (about 1.4 billion baht) from a consortium of UK and Singapore- an investors and their Thai part- ners known as the Kingsbourne Group. Project design, in the con- temporary Thai style, is by Phuket-based architect firm Ler- thai Architects and construction is being done by Vassi Construc- cally landscaped. Additional fa- Above, computer rendering of the project as it will appear from the sea. Below, living room in one of the tion Company Ltd, also based on cilities will include a free-form three-bedroom units. the island. swimming pool with jacuzzi, a The project is divided into swim-up bar and a spa center. six four-story condominium All units will be allocated blocks, each bearing the name of spaces in an underground car a precious stone: Emerald, Jade, park. Opal, Ruby, Sapphire and Topaz. Prices range from about 10 Each block has apartments million baht for a ground-floor 2- on the ground and first floors and bedroom, 2-bathroom unit to 22.4 two-story duplex (shared wall) million baht for a four-bedroom, penthouse units above. West- four bathroom penthouse. The ward-facing units afford views of developers are targeting UK buy- the sunset over the ocean, just a ers, whom they expect to take few meters away. about 30% of the units, along with The condominium blocks Scandinavians, Americans, and are arranged around a central buyers from cities in Asia, includ- clubhouse area, facing the beach. ing Hong Kong, Shanghai and Sin- Clubhouse facilities include a gapore. About 15% of the units drop-off area, restaurant, admin- have already been sold. istrative offices and reception area, bathrooms, gym, steam and For more information visit the sauna, pool bar, swimming pool, website: www.pearlofnaithon. terrace garden and sala. com or call Stephen Hughes at Garden areas will be tropi- Tel: 087-8888066. November 4 - 10, 2006 PHUKET PROPERTY PHUKET GAZETTE 37

Decor By Natcha Yuttaworawit

or Natthakit Lertsakda- det of Kitchenette Bou- tique on Thepkrasattri Rd Fin Phuket City, a kitchen Cooking up deserves much more attention than being considered simply as the room for cooking. “Every house must have a kitchen ideas kitchen regardless of the house’s design, but the owner or the kitch- en designer must think of how the kitchen’s character, usability and materials integrate with the home’s general design,” he said. Natthakit, an MBA gradu- ate from Chiang Mai University, has been working with firms sell- ing custom-design kitchens for seven years. “Designing a kitch- en is not the same as designing other parts of the home. With both there are many styles and each designer has his or her own pre- ferred style, but with kitchens the owners often want to have a much larger say about what should be where, and then there are those owners who simply have no idea whatsoever about how they would like their kitchen to be,” he explained. “We aim to build functional kitchens. We discuss with the owner how they use Above, clean lines: an example of work done by the kitchen. For ex- Kitchenette Boutique. Left, Natthakit Lertsakdadet: ample, when they ‘Each kitchen’s design is determined by the needs of walk into the kitchen, the customer.’ what is the first thing enette Boutique fo- “We ask that they be in- they do? The answer cuses on both the volved in designing their own to that question electrical applianc- kitchen, which is unusual for makes it easier for us es and the kitchen many of them, especially the to decide what layout furniture. “I think housewives as they are not usu- we should use. this is a special ap- ally involved in designing the “We consider what activi- proach,” he said. “We use long- kitchen, they just cook in it. ties the home owner might use lasting, high-quality materials be- “We use a 3D computer the kitchen for, whether it be just cause the kitchen is one part of a program to show customers what for cooking or for parties and house that gets heavy-duty use, their finished kitchen will look eating in as well. We also con- and we use real wood to make like, and in creating the layout we sider air flow and where windows sure that the cabinets are strong consider many factors, including are positioned, right down to and that the wood is termite- basic things such as how many where the sink will be,” said Nat- proof. and where power sockets will be. thakit. “Most of our products – “All materials and electrical “So each kitchen’s design is except the electrical appliances, appliances are guaranteed by the determined by the needs of the which are imported from Germa- manufacturer, and we offer af- customer so it is as functional as ny because they are good quality ter-sales service to customers,” it can be for them. That is what – are made in Thailand. We im- he added. Kitchenette has learned from port only some wood that is not more than 15 years experience, available in Thailand.” Kitchenette Boutique. Open and the more we talk to custom- Natthakit explains that Monday to Saturday, 9 am to 6 ers the more we learn.” Kitchenette Boutique’s clientele pm. 76 Thepkrasattri Rd, near Natthakit added that Kitch- is more at the elite end. Tiny Coffee. Tel: 076-232375-6. 38 PHUKET GAZETTE PHUKET PROPERTY November 4 - 10, 2006

Home of the Week Kathu

VALLEY VIEWS Positioned high up on the side of the hillside and along the entire joying the view, are the lounge a hill, this unique house overlooks front of the home is a large ve- room, an office and the master the valley of Kathu with the hills randa. bedroom with en-suite bathroom. on the far side of the Kathu as The indoor areas cater to all At the rear of the house are the backdrop. your living needs, but the main at- two more bedrooms and another This home has been styled traction of this house is the ve- bathroom, as well as a fully for living in the tropics and de- randa and its impressive view. equipped Western kitchen to rear signed with the view in mind; the Most of the 700-square- of the lounge room. main structure sits elevated on meter plot, which is fully fenced All windows are fitted with with an electric gate, is covered mosquito screens, and the home in landscaped gardens. comes with air conditioning and A concrete driveway leads solid teak flooring throughout, to the parking area under the except the terrace, which has home that adjoins the ground- terracotta tiles. floor terrace with dining table and Priced at 11 million baht, the chairs. property is available freehold with On the upper level, the main Chanote title. deck is complete with wooden furniture, including a large dining For more details contact Rich- table that can comfortably seat ard Lusted at Siam Real Estate eight. A sofa and a matching pair at Tel: 076-288908, or email: of sun loungers complete the set- info@ siamrealestate.com, or ting. visit the website at: www. Off the terrace, but still en- siamrealestate November 4 - 10, 2006 PHUKET PROPERTY PHUKET GAZETTE 39

Gardening with Bloomin’ Bert

hatever happened and encourage it to grow in the to good telly? You direction you tell it to. used to be able to Aim for a clean, neat cut if Wswitch on and find you can, as growth behind it will at least something that was worth be quicker. watching. Maybe I’m just getting When pruning large bran- old (of course, I am) but things ches, first make a small cut un- just aren’t what they used to be derneath to stop the bark from on the box. tearing all the way down the limb. Nowadays the airwaves are If you’re not sure what your dominated by programs like The intentions are, prune in stages, a World’s Greatest Ever in the His- bit at a time; you can always take tory of Mankind Never-seen- more off, but it’s hard to stick bits before Car Chases Caught on back on again. Tape. Really, this stuff was bor- Be ruthless if that’s what’s ing even before it was “the needed. world’s greatest ever”, but it’s There are some plants for TV for the masses, so each one which pruning is essential to pro- “greater” than the one before. mote new growth. Many plants Even the Discovery Chan- have a single flower or group of nel is succumbing to the tempta- flowers on the end of a stalk ris- tion to hype things up. Gone are ing from the ground. Heliconia, the days of informative program- When pruning, aim for a clean, neat cut if you can, as growth behind it will be quicker. canna and some members of the ming – now it’s The World’s Big- lily family are examples. They are gest… or programs about disas- healthiest when whole stems are ters. It’s getting old. What do they cut back completely once their do next? flowers have finished blooming. So-called “comedy” shows Each stem will flower only once. are just plain embarrassing now, TRIMMING Should you want to take with their predictable routines and pruning to the extreme, then you canned laughter. M*A*S*H, could even sculpt your hedge into back in the ’70s and early ’80s, the shape you want. With the was incredibly popular in the UK speed of growth here, it doesn’t at the time. Why? Obviously, it take long to train your plant was hilarious, but also because ONE’S BUSH around a wire frame of just about there was no canned laughter. It any shape. left its British audience to decide female. The response from to take a break, and the fact that at this time of the year,” and so I’m a big fan of gardening for itself what parts of the show ’Arold was predictable: the im- we live in Phuket, and that she’d on. by the fairer sex. Does that make they should find funny. mortal “You dirty old man…”. decided to undertake this task in As we all know, we’re not me a dirty old man? Yes, prob- Why can’t they bring back I’m probably turning into a the heat of the day, meant that in that part of the world – we’re ably. Do I care? Not in the slight- some of the old classics? Fawlty bit of a dirty old man myself, ac- she’d become a bit sweaty. in Phuket. No need for doubtful est. I’m even happy to dispense Towers, obviously, and The Two tually. In fact there’s no “turning She hadn’t bothered wear- severity here. You can just hack advice to appropriately-dressed Ronnies would have to be there, into” about it – I think that in all ing a certain undergarment when away at whatever you want. Lit- willing lady pruners, or help to but what about that forgotten clas- likelihood I’ve been a dirty old she’d got up that morning, with erally. trim their bushes. Happy hack- sic, Steptoe and Son? man for years. There, I’ve said the result her now-sodden T-shirt There’s a lot of nonsense ing. A truly bizarre bit of televi- it. There are too many single was doing a magnificent job of put forth by so-called experts sion, Steptoe and Son was all gentlemen of my generation who highlighting a particular part of about pruning, but here are a few about a lustful old rag-and-bones try to deny it. her anatomy. Well, two particu- Bert tips, for what they’re worth: Want to know more man in London named Albert who I even found myself dis- lar parts, if you want to get tech- You can prune at just about about a plant lived with his long-suffering son, tracted in a dirty-old-man kind of nical. This is the kind of garden- any time of the year. in your garden? Harold, or ’Arold as he was way while gardening recently. A ing I like. Even pruning can be You should cut in such a known by his father. friend of mine who is younger, far fun. way that you think the whole thing Email Bloomin’ Bert at: The grubby and irritating better looking and decidedly more Talk to a gardener from the either works better or looks bet- [email protected] Albert wasn’t exactly the easi- female decided to trim her bush Western world about pruning, and ter – make it the shape you want est person in the world to live with, in her front garden. It was be- he’ll take a sharp intake of breath and the hapless son constantly did coming a little unkempt so she de- immediately, and shake his head his best to escape from his fa- cided to attack it with the prun- with doubtful severity. “Now ther. ing shears, and kind of kept go- you’ve got to be careful”, he’ll Any Brits from my genera- ing. say. “You really need to pick a tion will remember the lascivious That’s the thing about prun- suitable bud, and cut exactly an leers from the old man upon any ing – once you start you can’t inch above that. But of course you mention of anything even vaguely stop. An hour later, she decided can’t prune that particular plant 40 PHUKET GAZETTE CLASSIFIEDS November 4 - 10, 2006 Property Gazette

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2.2 rai of absolute beachfront land with Chanote title at Khok Kloy. 25 mins from Phuket International Airport. No agents please. Please contact. Tel: 07-8891717. Email: [email protected] November 4 - 10, 2006 CLASSIFIEDS PHUKET GAZETTE 41 Property Gazette

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Rooftop sun ter- beachfront. 2.5 rai with 75 APARTMENTS SEAVIEW RAWAI minute to BCIS, 1 minute to rooms, kitchen, garden, cov- race with one of the best meter beach. 5 rai seaview ered 2-car carport and ter- Two upstairs luxury apart- 2½ rai, almost beachfront. sea. 80,000 baht per sea views in Phuket! Huge with 100 meters of beach. month. Tel: 086-2796283. race. Rawai Beach. 20,000 ments in Patong, 20 mins living room, 3 double bed- Nor Sor 3 Gor title. Full in- Great for apartments, yellow baht a month. Tel: 086-940- walk to the beach. One zoning. You invest, we build, rooms with balconies, 2 frastructure, landscaped. 8914. Email: freeholdprop apartment has kitchen, bed- bathrooms, plus self-con- Public transport daily. Can manage, and sell. Guaranteed @yahoo.com room, living room and bath- tained guest studio on subdivide. Contact for map to triple your money. Tel: 087- room. The larger apartment ground level with living room picture + details. Price 8938747. has 2 bedrooms, kitchen/ and double bedroom with from 2.9 million baht. Tel: HOUSE + BIG dining room, living room and ensuite bathroom. Commu- 087-2670714. Email: QUALITY-BUILT GARDEN huge bathroom. Both have nal swimming pool and sun [email protected] HOMES OFFERED Fully furnished, 2 aircon UBC TV and full aircon. deck. Genuinely good value for sale in a prestigious lo- bedrooms, hot shower, liv- Available for short-term rent during high season. Tel: at 12.9 million baht ono. Call TITLE SEARCH cation in Phuket. Prices NEW 2-BEDROOM ing room, kitchen, garage. Greg for more details. Tel: 11,000 baht a month. Palai, 086-2672462. Email: shall Protect your investment. range from 4 to 11 million HOUSE 086-277-6698. Chalong. Tel: 081-892- @loxinfo.co.th For further Check the land title before you baht, with bank financing Unfurnished apart from two 4311. details, please see our buy. We offer full legal ser- available. Please call. Ask beds. 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Tel: 089-9726017. seaview land at Layan Beach. pleted, furnished, swimming 089-652-5664. newly-built small office offers and houses in Patong and Email: [email protected] 2 minutes to beach. One of pool. Must see! 3.2 million great value for a company of Rawai from 10,000 to 25,000 For further details, please see the last under 80 meters and baht. Maintenance: 1,400 2.5 M BAHT RAWAI 15-30 employees. All baht per month. Tel: 086-686- our website at: www. in the correct zone. Tel: 086- baht a month. Tel: 081-719- 2-bedroom, 2-bathroom amenties available. Move in 5567. Email: freeholdprop@ koumbele.com/kata1 2726508. 3962. Email: phuketvillasale@ house in quiet location in and start work right away. yahoo.com gmail.com Rawai. 2.5 million baht ono. Sell for 4.3 million baht. Long- ROOMS + APARTMENTS BIG HOUSE KAMALA Tel: 076-388685. Email: term rent: 25,000 baht a REATUARANT Patong for short- and long- On 2 ngan, beautiful place, LAST STUNNING LAND info@andamanthaiproperty month. 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Tel: 085-888- must be paid for at the Gazette offices. The discount is not available when seaview for rent. House com- Phuket. 35,000 baht a month. 2022. Email: slees@slees. prises 2 bedrooms and 3 Tel: 081-7199248, 089-875- payment is made at our agents. com bathrooms with sunken bath 1314. Email: lawtongkum@ tubs. This property has spec- yahoo.com The Phuket Gazette Co Ltd MARINA BOAT tacular views overlooking 367/2 Yaowarat Road, Phuket City Lagoon. Office for rent + Patong beach. Long lease Gazette Online meeting room. For more info Tel: 076-236555 Fax: 076-213971 available. Tel: 086-2726508. Classifieds – 10,000 please email to: scphuket Email: info@phuketrealestate readers every day! @yahoo.com .com November 4 - 10, 2006 CLASSIFIEDS PHUKET GAZETTE 43 Property Gazette

SURIN BAY AREA SHOPHOUSE BLOCK COMFORTABLE UNCLE CHAI HOME Big garden. Long-term lease VILLA FOR RENT DETACHED HOUSE 5 terraced houses for rent on HOUSE now available on 3-bedroom FOR RENT/SALE the bypass road. 35,000 baht house with aircon, 2 toilets, a month. Please call K. outdoor kitchen, opening up to Vachira for more information. 1.2 rai of screen-fenced gar- Tel: 081-3269495. den. Unfurnished or partially furnished as required. Good for PATONG SEAVIEW pets, kids & privacy. Large condo. Newly remodeled 1/1 covered outdoor area. Garden 275sqm living space, condo, 14th floor. Spectacular Located in the Chow Fah maintenance provided. Tel: 1,200sqm of land, 10m Located at Pa Khlok area, sea view. 100 meters to Thani estate. 3 bedrooms, 086-9410410, 086- pool, 3 bedrooms. Fully fur- just 7 minutes from interna- beach, Soi Bangla. Full kitchen, 3 bathrooms, large kitchen, 2692020. Email: here@ nished, Nai Harn. Price: tional school. Fully-fur- Phuket private home, a spe- granite floors. All amenities, living room, study, back and fastmail.fm Please check our 70,000 baht a month. Tel: nished house with 3 bed- cial style for the discriminat- maid service. Short or long term. front verandas, garden, website for details and photos 087-8896074. Email: info rooms and 2 bathrooms. ing renter. One bedroom, Tel: 084-1590501, 081-375- covered parking, khlong at at: www.phuket_house.here. @sea-property-phuket Ready to move in. Rental long lease preferable. 3970. Email: patongcondo@ rear, UBC TV and ADSL. fastmail.fm/%40Surin_ .com price: 20,000 baht a month 17,000 baht a month (only yahoo.com Long-term lets only. 35,000 Beach/Surin%20House%20- or for sale at 2.45 million one unit available) in baht a month. Tel: 084- %20Details.doc 3-BEDROOM HOME baht (negotiable). Tel: 081- LOVELY, 4 BEDROOMS 843-9579. Fax: 076-323- Chalong area. Tel: 081- 5399269. Chao Fah Rd, 207 sq wah, 3 Chalong, 4 bathrooms, spa, 421. Email: somlerdee@ 4926883. Please visit our bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, nice aircon, pool, garden. 800sqm, yahoo.com website: www.unclechai PHUKET B.L. home.com living room, good kitchen, cool DISCOVERY GARDENS UBC. Quiet area. 65,000 baht APARTMENT a month. Call for more details. New in Kathu. Big room, 1 garden, parking for 3 cars. Near Laguna. 2-bedroom, RAWAI STUDIO Fully furnished. For rent at newly-built, fully-furnished Tel: 086-2817605. PATONG TOWER bedroom, aircon, cable TV, condos. 1-room furnished ADSL, hot shower, garden, 40,000 baht per month or for houses with large communal condos, on 4th floor, newly- rental. The best location, best sale at 6.7 million baht. Tel: pool. Available short or long APARTMENTS seaview from one bedroom, car park. 8,000 baht per for rent. In Karon Beach, long refurbished, air con, electric month. Tel: 081-6923163. 081-5978315. Email: phuket8 term. Tel: 076-271544, 089- shower, balcony, mountain/ 16th floor new corner unit, @hotmail.com 1956722. Email: info@ or short term. Tel: 089-491- sea view. Best value for high available from December phuketmarbella.com 2496. Email: mailjjc@gmail. season, 6,000-7,000 baht a 15th. For 2 people or less. HOUSES ON MY ISLE KAMALA LONG LET com month. Tel: 076-388657, Email: coasters@earthlink. I have a big website with 2-bedroom, 3-aircon, fur- BIG SHOPHOUSE 078-917408. Email: gillies net For further details, please houses for rent and sale on the nished house, UBC, phone for rent/sale. Located in Soi OFFICE SPACE [email protected] see our website at: www. island where I was born. Wel- line, parking. 11,000 baht a Patong Resort, off Soi Bangla, Just 2 km from Tesco-Lotus patongtower-rentals.com come to Phuket! Please con- month. Please call Tom for the commercial hub of Patong on bypass road. 240sqm of- NEW HOUSE tact. Tel: 081-9680309. Email: further details. Tel: 087- Beach. Approx 180sqm on 2 fice space for rent in new 2- for rent or sale. 3 bedrooms, 2-BEDROOM HOUSE [email protected] 1789273. open-plan floors. Suitable for story building. Tel: 076-238- 2 bathrooms, fully furnished, in Boat Lagoon, furnished, www.houseinphuket.com commercial use. Unfurnished. 777 or 081-7371678. Email: garden, aircon, near Lotus, serviced. Short term: 40,000 BANGLA PATONG Tel: 076-340290. Email: [email protected] Central and Patong Beach. baht/month. Long term: BIG SHOPHOUSE area. Commercial residential [email protected] Nice, quiet area. Tel: 081- 35,000 baht per month. Now for rent/sale. Located in Soi use. 140sqm, 2 floors. Price: HOUSE FOR RENT 7356684, 084-1871939. available. Tel: 086-2820567. Patong Resort, off Soi Bangla, 250 baht per sqm a month. KARON APARTMENT in Rawai. Fully furnished, 1 the commercial hub of Patong Tel: 087-8817600. Central Karon. 50m from the bedroom, fan, 29" TV, UBC, RAWAI SEA VIEW VILLA FOR RENT Beach. Approx 180sqm on 2 beach. Newly furnished and fridge, hot water, washing DLX studio apartment, all Fully-furnished pool villa with open-plan floors. Suitable for BEDSIT, CHALONG renovated 2-room apartment machine, oven, stove, kitchen new or remodeled, refur- 3 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, commercial use. Unfurnished. Furnished large bedsit with with 2 balconies, cable TV, supplies, fenced yard, nice & nished. Long term: 7,000 garden, pool. For short-term Tel: 076-340290. Email: kitchen and bathroom. Farang WiFi, aircon. 20,000 baht a safe area, free power. Avail- baht. Tel: 084-0571420. rental. Tel: 076-381995, 084- [email protected] comfort in local area. Tel: 081- month. Long term only. able October 5, 06 to April 10, 8480907. Email: sama_ j1 9683546. Email: robin46@ Please call for more informa- 07. 15,000 baht a month. Tel: CHALONG @hotmail.com HOLIDAY HOME gmail.com tion. Tel: 086-2718254. 089-2909525. beachfront. 3 bedrooms, fur- Elegant 2-bedroom house near nished townhouse, as new, LARGE VILLA Rawai Beach. Aircon, sat TV. long term. 10,000 baht per Kamala. 300sqm, 4 bed- On Wiset Rd, third palm tree month. Tel: 089-4706104. rooms, 3 bathrooms, sepa- on the left. Tel: 089-5930986. rate granny/maid accommoda- KAMALA tion, beautiful real teak fur- MARINA VIEWS apartment. 1 year long term: nishings, plasma TV, full-size Limited selection of various 10,000 baht a month, includ- snooker table, UBC, ADSL, 2- sizes of offices & apartments ing WiFi. Short term depends /3-car garage. Set on ¾ rai for rent, from December. Stun- on season. 150m to the with tropical garden. 60,000 ning views. Use of pool and beach. Contact for more de- baht per month, minimum 1- gym. Call for more info. Tel: tails. Tel: 081-538-5285. year let. Please call for more 076-206704. Email: info@ Email: [email protected] details. Tel: 081-8111067. yacht-haven-phuket.com 44 PHUKET GAZETTE CLASSIFIEDS November 4 - 10, 2006 Property Gazette

FITTED BEDROOMS Property Wanted Accommodation ROOM TO LET Building We make & fit wardrobes, Available Products dressing tables, drawers, etc. & Services Please contact for more infor- HOUSE LONG- PHUKET LAND mation. Tel: 084-8473304. TERM RENT WANTED KARON GUEST Foreign couple is looking for Swap/exchange your HOUSE 2-GETHER a 2/3 bedroom house in Phuket oceanview prop- Rooms in guesthouse. Old Chalong, Kata, Karon or erty (any legal titles/nomi- building, inside everything Rawai (with sea view) for nees) with an exclusive new. Location: Karon Lake-view aprtments in long-term rent (minimum 1 riverfront apartment in Plaza. Room price: 1,050- Kathu. Fully furnished with year). Please send area de- Bangkok (with free and 2,000 baht per night, in- aircon, fridge, cable TV, hot scription, picture and clear title for foreign hold- cluding breakfast buffet. water and car park. Stan- monthly rent by email to: ing) - directly from owner. One free drink each night in dard room just 6,000 baht [email protected] 3 bedrooms, 4 bathrooms, the bar-restaurant from 6- per month or 500 baht per 300sqm. Brand new apart- 9pm. Sorry, we have no day. Deluxe room is 8,500 GUESTHOUSE ment with large, bright liv- photos yet, but will have baht per month or 700 baht wanted, take-over or partici- ing and dining area. The unit them on 15 November. per day. Tel: 076-202585, pation (long lease). Guest- is New York modern loft Regards, Chris and Noi. 089-1968449. Email: house should have a minimum style and has an open is- Tel: 085-2925652. Email: ketmaneeclayton61@ of 5 rooms and be in/around land kitchen. Selling for ne- [email protected] hotmail.com Patong, Karon, Kata, Nai Harn gotiable cash price or ex- or Rawai. Budget: 2 million change with oceanview baht. Friendly offers or rec- land in Phuket with value of NICE ROOMS 24-30 million baht (will GREAT FOOD LONG-STAY HOTEL ommendations to the email, PROMOTION please. Please contact for settle in cash on the differ- Small guesthouse/hotel Stay high season, pay low more information. Tel: 085- ence). Serious parties only, 300m from Karon season rates. Studio 7813814. Email: jochens please contact K. Moo. Beach.We still have some LOCK UP STORAGE rooms, 18,000 baht. 1 bed- The Stone Doctor [email protected] Brokers welcome. Tel: 02- rooms available for rent units. 24hr security, 2m 6829429, 085-5116433. daily or weekly. Tel: 076- room, 21,000 baht. 2 bed- walled compound. We rooms, 26,000 baht. Mini- Specialist European stone- KAMALA / KARON Email: tduangpo@hotmail 396931, 087-8858708. store household goods and .com For further details, mum rental:1 month. Email: care products and services: Apartment or house. I am seek- Fax: 076-286532. Email: cars. Dry & ventilated. please see our website at: [email protected] • Restoration ing a small house or apartment [email protected] Please contact for more www.geocities.com/ Please see our website: • Sealing/Protection in Kamala or Karon for long- Please see our website at: information. Tel: 081- bkkdreamapt/dreamapart www.montanaphuket.com • Maintenance term rental. Require 2 bed- www.seabreezephuket.com 0825707. ment.html All your maintenance, rooms, 1 living room and kitch- protection & cleaning needs enette. Own laundry room/ KATA BEACH PATONG APARTMENT for natural and manufactured space must also be availiable. RESTAURANT New guesthouse with every- 300m beach, clean, modern, stone. TAM Fully furnished or not. Please wanted, Surin. I am interested in thing. Facing the beach 5 comfortable. New aircon, big CONSTRUCTION • Marble • Sandwash let me know what you have. renting a restaurant in Surin/Bang minute walk, without traffic, fridge, double bed, pool & park- Quality building services, all ing. Tel: 081-0825707. Please • Granite • Terracotta My budget is 7,000 to 8,000 Tao Beach area. Open to all sug- to beach. Tel: 081-8948446. • Slate • Terrazzo jobs done by qualified staff baht a month. Must be clean gestions. Have a great day. Email: Please see our website at: see our website: www.phuket- • Sandstone • Ceramics, etc with English speaking boss! and quiet and NOT in a busy [email protected] www.southernfriedrice.com accommodation.info Fair price, free estimates. Prevent: rust, stains, mildew, area. Please contact for more algae, scratches Renovations, shopfitting, info. Tel: 089-6085808. Email: 1 RAI+ SEA VIEW ROOM AT KATA PATONG SEA VIEW Remove: builders’ residue, electrical and metalwork, [email protected] incorrect sealants, rust, stains, built-in furniture. Please Looking for up to 2 rai of Chanote Located at Kata night ba- One very nice apartment mildew, etc. Daily care & cleaning contact for more informa- land with a sea view, preferably zaar. New guesthouse has 7 available untill January 2. In LOOKING FOR LAND products also available. tion. on west coast of Phuket. Must fully-furnished rooms with Baan Suan Kamnan, just out- Phang Nga or Krabi area. Best Tel: 07-2824930, 076-271217 have road access and utilities. aircon, TV, hot & cold side Patong on the hill. Great Tel: 085-8816429. with river and jungle access. Fax: 076-271218 Email: [email protected] shower. Call Tel: 076- sea view. Large one-bed- Email: Need 2 to 4 rai. Please con- Email: 284238. For further infor- room apartment, nice furni- [email protected] [email protected] tact for more information. BEACHFRONT mation, please see our ture, ADSL Internet, UBC TV, Tel: 081-8942908. Email: Looking for a beachfront restau- website at: www.ksenia- safe and maid service. Tel: beatduss@orchid- rant or business property to buy guesthouse.com 089-7866350. Email: services.com or to lease. Tel: 089-0543505. Household [email protected] Items Classified Advertisements PATONG TOWER Modern 1 bedroom apartment HOME MOVING SALE Please use this form to write your classified advertisement. with sea view. 100 meters Persian Carpets, digital & video Then hand it to any of our agents. from beach. Long/short term. cameras, wood working tools, Please contact for more infor- golf clubs, fish poles, negative mation. Tel: 084-8473304. ION generator, leather reclin- |_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_| (heading) ers, tables and more. Please PATONG LUXURY contact for more information. Apartments. Central Patong. 1- Tel: 081-8913474. Email: |_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_| and 2-bedroom apartments. [email protected] Email for information and photos. |_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_| Email: [email protected] Household PHUKET HOME Accommodation MAINTENANCE Services |_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_| Wanted Construction, renovation, electricians, plumbers, car- ELECTRICAL penters, painters, tilers, services. UK-registered elec- gardeners, aircon servicing, |_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_| trician available to help you. 4- OR 5-BEDROOM pest control and electrical Please contact for more infor- HOUSE WANTED goods repairs. Please con- mation. Tel: 081-6919907. FOR DECEMBER tact for more information. Email: phuketelectrician@ |_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_| 4- or 5-bedroom furnished Tel: 084-1935124. Email: yahoo.co.uk house wanted for all of phukethomemaintenance @yahoo.com Classified ads are charged per line. Each line is 85 baht, December. Good price ROLLER BLINDS paid for the right property, Four new roller blinds for sale. with a minimum of 4 lines (heading included) per ad. up to 150,000 baht or BIG HOME Navy-blue cotton, 80cm wide All advertising must be paid for in advance. more if non-estate with Construction building, renova- by 195cm long. Still in packag- view and nice garden. tion, shopfitting, electrical, ing. 1,000 baht each. For sale Deadline for Property Gazette page: Friday 3 pm. Please contact for more metalwork, built-in furniture. because I bought incorrect size! Deadline for all other ads: Saturday 12 noon. information. Email: andy@ Please contact for more infor- Please contact for more infor- abairflow.co.uk mation. Tel: 087-3835520. mation. Tel: 087-2747648. November 4 - 10, 2006 CLASSIFIEDS PHUKET GAZETTE 45 Boats & Marine

TOUR / FISHING BOAT Jim Young's "Vindex" de- sign. Built in cedar strip/ep- oxy. 35 ft long, 12 ft beam. 300 hp Cummins turbo die- sel ZF gear box. Hydro stun- ning from main cabin or fly bridge. Thai built/ licensed. Price: 1.5 million baht. Tel: 081-8166940.

STEPPA 36 FOR SALE Due to an increase of our boat capacities, Sub Aqua Khao Lak is selling its speed- boat fleet. Blue Sea 1 (a "Steppa 36" fiberglass hull built by Phuket Water Taxi) is still available for sale. Best offer gets it. Please contact for more information. Tel: 076-485165, 081-787- 4043. Fax: 076-485165. Email: khaolak@subaqua- divecenter.com

RUBBER DINGHY 2.5m: 20,000 baht. 3.5m din- GAME FISHING COLUMBIA 45 ghy: 40,000 baht. 5hp en- gine: 15,000 baht. Please Aussie custom 6-meter cen- world sailer. 45 ft sailboat fully contact for more information. tre console, Thai “Flagged”, in equipped for worldwide sailing. Email: smuldersos@hotmail. commercial survey! Import Australian import duty paid com docs 100% correct. www. (US$10K+ profit for reselling kohjoy.com/makocraft her in Oz). Built 1974 with spacious interior and two cab- FOR SALE 27 ft fiberglass center console WINDSURFING EQPT ins. Life raft new in 2005, SSB radio & email. RIB dinghy with speed boat: 600,000 baht. 26 wanted. Sails, masts, booms ft open fisherman fiberglass and boards wanted. Can col- 15hp outboard. Email: aa4mw @yahoo.com boat with 200hp Yamaha: lect. Tel: 076-282864, 084- 500,000 baht. Please call for 8501340. Email: southseasurf 8-FOOT DINGHY more information. Tel: 086- @gmail.com Rubber dinghy with 5hp en- 5950978. gine, in good condition. Price: 2 YAMAHA 200 HP 60,000 baht. Tel: 081-895- NEW 35' SPEEDBOAT 2 strokes. 2003, good condi- 1724. for rent. Luxury fiberglass boat tion. Including accessories. with head, shower, cabin, etc. 250,000 baht ono for the pair. SAIL & KAYAK Rent to hotels, dive shops and Please contact for more infor- Big boat, shade, good food. private day trippers. Please mation. Tel: 076-381010. Captain + 12 people for day contact for more information. Email: dsa@evasonphuket. trips, 6 overnight. Tel: 081- Tel: 46-704534768. Email: com 6771641. [email protected] 46 PHUKET GAZETTE CLASSIFIEDS November 4 - 10, 2006 Island Job Mart

SOLAR TECHNICIAN SECRETARY/OFFICE & sales. Wanted: technicians, staff needed by dive- QUALIFIED FEMALE sales and fitters for PV & solar liveaboard company. Must THAI CHEF hot water systems. Diploma have good command of En- To live and work in the or experience with solar en- glish, basic accounting skills. Northern Territory, Austra- ergy is required. Please con- Salary dependent on experi- lia. Must be able to speak tact. Tel: 076-378361, 081- ence. Tel: 076-398367. Email: and read English and ca- 7722300. Fax: 076-244652. [email protected] pable of cooking Western- Email: [email protected] style dishes as well as Thai meals. Work alongside SALES Australian chefs. One way PERSONAL AND MARKETING airfare paid for (return air- ASSISTANT Female with marketing ex- fare will be paid for after a New international travel/ad- perience wanted to pro- qualifying period), accom- venture company with op- mote products/services of modation and duty meals erations in Nepal and Phuket-based company. provided free of charge. Indochina requires personal Must speak English and AU$40,000 per annum. assistant. Must speak En- have proven track record & Please contact for more glish and Thai; reading and customer base. Self-moti- details. Tel: 08-8972251- writing ability preferred. vated & adaptable. Excel- 1, 04-16179657. Fax: 08- Should have sales and mar- lent salary + commission 8972262. Email: petmags keting background with for suitable candidate. Full @hotmail.com travel industry experience. or part time. Send CV with Please send resume and photo to: phuketmarket@ salary requirements. Email: hotmail.com MODEL FOR ART CLASS [email protected] Excellent local international school needs someone to sit PART-TIME WORK naked for older art students to COOK+WAITRESS Promotional staff needed in draw. Required for 2 hours needed. 1 cook (5 pm-10 pm) Patong for brochure distribu- every Monday, 3-5pm. Good and 1 waitress needed. Tel: tion on Bangla Rd. Can be stu- rates of pay. No time wasters 081-8914019. Email: dents. Contact Jony at Tel: please. Tel: 084-8491323. [email protected] 087-8817600. Email: [email protected] Looking for a job? Still haven’t found the perfect candidate? Find more Recruitment Classifieds at www.phuketgazette.net! November 4 - 10, 2006 CLASSIFIEDS PHUKET GAZETTE 47 Island Job Mart

PROJECT EXECUTIVE MANAGER SECRETARY Candidate would be able to Duties require management ASSISTANT HUMAN RESOURCE manage projects for the of the administration and MANAGER MANAGER MD. Projects may be in ad- scheduling for foreign man- Energetic female 25 to 35 Requires past experience ministration, construction, aging director of aviation yrs. Healthy, outgoing per- establishing and maintaining marketing, or technology. A company. Strong computer son needed to help operate human resource activities. well-rounded person with skills and ability to commu- 2 smoothie / juice bars! F&B Proficient in both written different skill sets and expe- nicate ideas to others rience is needed. Must be a needed. Must have common MARKETING RESTAURANT and supervisory experience and spoken English with an advantage. 12,000 baht strong knowledge of Thai problem solver who can sense to solve problems COLLEAGUE MANAGER think outside the box. Sub- without supervision. Candi- WANTED a month + commission. government labor regula- Sunset Beach Resort is look- Tel: 081-8239448. Email: tions/rules required. High mit CV by email for review. date would be free to travel - Good personality ing for a restaurant man- [email protected] degree of computer skills Please contact Destination as required for training or at- ager. Tel: 076-342482-5. - Working experience in and knowledge. Qualified Air. tend trade shows in the re- marketing & sales Fax: 076-342500. Email: persons submit CV by email Email: gion. Qualified persons sub- [email protected] - University degree in busi- WEB RESEARCH for review. Please contact [email protected] mit by email CV for review. ness admin or related fields administrator. Urgently re- Destination Air. Please contract Destination Air. - Self-motivated, service quired for Internet diving ser- Email: KARAOKE HOST vices company. Come and join SECRETARY Email: minded [email protected] required. Karaoke presenter/ our friendly team. Email: /receptionist wanted. Single [email protected] Please contact: Show Nai personality. We are looking for Nam Co, Ltd 8/6 moo 7, [email protected] For fur- female, good English, friendly, a real star to shine in our new ther information, please see computer skills, responsible. Kathu, Phuket 83120 Tel: Western-music karaoke wine OFFICE CLERK 076-202580, 081-241- our website at: www.scuba- To work with foreign manager. OFFICE STAFF bar and restaurant. This is a 4u.com/web_research needed by new pool company. Tel: 076-344350. Email: 0621. Email: shownainarn Must have good command of needed. Must have very good great opportunity for the right _admin.php [email protected] English communication skills. @hotmail.com person to join a growing, thriv- English, basic accounting skills, computer literate (Excel, Tel: 076-2647702. Fax: 076- ing company in the heart of BLUE FROG RESTAURANT KARON 264773. 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We have the fol- OFFICE ADMINISTRATOR great sound and video equip- helper and waitresses. Excel- self motivated and professional lowing positions open: Thai female. Age 22 - 30, RUSSIAN GIRL team players. A generous ment and effective marketing lent salary and working con- good spoken and written En- support. All you have to do is - Divemaster/Instructor Is looking for a job in areas of package is available to the ditions for the right candidates. glish, able to use MS Office & hospitality, tourium, admin, shine. Tel: 076-340904, 087- - Salesperson/Office Manager right candidates. Please send We are located in Patong. For email. Minimum 2 years' ex- sales, translation, teaching. CV by email. Interviews to be 2834680. Email: info@ For the right candidates we an interview or for more infor- perience. Tel: 076-260468. yorkshireinn.com Ready to start! Please call arranged shortly. Tel: 089- offer an attractive salary cor- mation call Henri at Tel: 087- Fax: 076-260440. Email: for full details. Tel: 085- 4595142. Email: phuket@ responding with her / his work- 8901824 or Alain at Tel: 086- [email protected] 7820367. beautifulworldthailand.com RESTAURANT STAFF ing experience and education. 2830306 Please see our website at: Well-known Scandinavian res- Tel: 089-5918105. www.thephuketestate.com taurant in Karon is looking for SALES AGENT NEED A JOB PRIVATE VILLA waiting staff. Tel: 089- SALES REPRESENTATIVE Thai nationality, excellent NEW RESTAURANT in Phuket. For anyone who We have openings for the 0088146. International real estate com- written and spoken English, Experienced English-speaking needs a personal assistant or following positions: pany is seeking candidates for strong selling skills, self moti- manager required for new In- a fluent English-speaking em- 1. Thai chef INTERNET SHOP the above position. Applicants vated, able to work indepen- dian restaurant in Laguna ployee. I am moving with my 2. Assistant chef We're looking for female Thai must be fluent in written and dently, team player. A knowl- area. Good salary and share of family to Phuket and need a edge of real estate would be profit for the right person. job. I am a university graduate, 3. Waitress nationals, to work as cyber spoken English and Thai, have cafe receptionists. 1 full time, good computer skills and own an advantage. Please call for Please apply with your details, speak fluent English and have 4. Room maid 1 night time (6 pm to mid- vehicle. Sales experience more information. Tel: 076- including current and expected experience in secretarial work We provide excellent work- night). Possibility of lodging. would be an advantage, but 279- 2801, 081-3977899. salary. Please contact. Tel: and hotel management. ing conditions and salary. The applicant has to speak En- not necessary. Contact. Tel: Fax: 076-279282. Or send 081-8937028. Fax: 076-254- Please contact for more info. Call Tel: 086-2716850. glish. Patong area. Call K. 076-527565. Email: cv@ email to: lyndon.phillips 827. Email: sutisa.potter@ Tel: 086-5375391. Email: Yupha at Tel: 089-4719712. phuketoceanvillas.com @engelvoelkers.co.th gmail.com [email protected] 48 PHUKET GAZETTE CLASSIFIEDS November 4 - 10, 2006 Tout, Trader & Trumpet

GUESTHOUSE Annoucement Bulletins RENT FREE FRANCHISE- and restaurant. In Patong. RESTAURANT FOR 5 YEARS ANTIQUE GALLERY Nanai Road, good location - WANTED 10-year lease, large restau- Antique gallery which now opposite Mae Ubol Market. Want to rent restaurant in FEAR BLASTER RAFFLES DESIGN rant/bar in Kata/Karon area has branches in Singapore, Long-term lease 3 + 3 years. Surin/Bangtao/Laguna area. WORKSHOP, PHUKET in the heart of commercial La Reunion & Langkawi look- Fully furnished, everything Open to all suggestions. No more phobias and fears spots. Capital required: 3 in hours. Trauma, water, Design workshop con- ing for a franchisee. Pieces brand new. 5 rooms with Email: mostlind@hotmail. million baht for 49% share. are preselected to maintain aircon, fan, big fridge, cable com height, public speaking and ducted by Raffles Design Call Peter for more info. Tel: more. Money-back guaran- Institute at The Metropole standard & quality. Ship- TV, hot/cold shower. Sepa- 089-2892297. Email: peter ment comes in as ready to rate small room for staff avail- tee. Email: fearblaster@ hotel, Phuket City on Nov [email protected] gmail.com 18 and 19, 2006. Students start business. Great poten- able. Restaurant with 36 BOOK SHOP will learn more about fash- tial. Interested parties seats, kitchen fully equipped. FOR SALE please forward an email to: ion, graphic and design in BAR/RESTUARANT Including Thai company Ltd Patong OTOP book shop & [email protected] and all necessary licenses. Articles general. For more informa- in Nanai Rd, best offer. 2 years Nanai book shop. 2 shops tion, please call. Tel: 02- 4 months left on lease, with Ready to operate from first for 980,000 baht. Tel: 084- for Sale 6327666 or see our further options. Profitable day. Asking price 3 million 1705552. website at: www.rdi.in.th business, all equipment, 8 RESTAURANT baht, no key money! Price in- and apartment. Restaurant on cludes prepaid rent until July months old. 3-story building PARTNERSHIP (live in). Genuine reason for 1st and 2nd floor, apartment 2007. Tel: 087-1203082. CASIO KEYBOARD available. Successful bar-res- this urgent sale. No time wast- on 3rd floor and staff room on Email: r.schimmack@mail. New latest model LK30. ANNUAL CHRISMAS taurant. Prime location in ers, please. Tel: 084-847- 4th floor. Business for sale or isis.de 300 rhythm tones and CRAFT FAIR Patong. Sell 50% investment 8469. Email: ptpbar@yahoo. lease, possibility of buying the song bank. Paid 12,000 for 2.2 million baht. Tel: 087- Come by the shop on Satur- com.au property as well if interested. KAMALA baht. Will sell for 7,000 day to do some early X-mas Tel: 081-8915602. Email: restaurant & bar. Famous for 2706297. Email: jockams99 baht. Tel: 089-5934193. shopping, order Christmas @yahoo.com BAR FOR LEASE [email protected] pizza + Texmex. 40 seats, air goodies, and enjoy lunch or conditioning, equipment, stock On the main road, 550,000 afternoon tea. There will be and furniture. For sale at BUSINESSES WANTED baht. Tel: 081-6760125. PHUKET MEGA local artisans and crafters BUSINESS 500,000 baht + rent 6,000 urgently for waiting buyers. SALE with lovely things for sale. IN PHI PHI baht per month. Tel: 086-287- Tel: 089-5934193. BAR FOR SALE Many household & business Call Julie at Tel: 089-868- Island. Now for sale in a top 8966, 086-9451642. Email: 2639, or Kung at Tel: 076- Popular and successful [email protected] RAWAI BAR FOR RENT items. Please email or call Amigos bar in Soi Seadragon location. Fast food corner for complete list. Tel: 076- 281-274 for more informa- and Internet business, plus New bar, no key money, all tion, or to reserve table for sale. Pool table, darts, own PARTNERSHIP equipment supplied. 12,000 321402, 081-7372177. sound system. Price nego- owner's room with balcony. Email: nikki.indigosiam@ space for the sale. 14-year contract and low available. With B visa & work baht per month or less for one tiable dependent on length of permit. A unique concept in year contact. Also for sale. gmail.com lease required. Tel: 087-883- monthly rent. Call for more details. Tel: 081-0820039. food function & wedding ca- Tel: 085-8094153. 8721. tering servicing the whole of ELECTRONIC SAFE Email: asiantips@gmail. com Phuket. Minimal work re- LOCK-UP BAR - 18 items, Safe Place brand RESTAURANT quired, company car included. for sale. Bar at Karon Beach - 4 digit PIN for sale, Chalong. Mr Sopranos Tel: 086-2766626. Email: (200 meters from beach). Ex- - Extremely easy to use Restaurant & Bar. 40+ seats. [email protected] cellent location. Established Lounge area with pool and BAR RESTAURANT - Dimensions (cm): 35x40x22 for sale. Running lounge/pool since 1998 , seating for 35. sofas. Cheap rent. Tel: 089- Short- or long-term lease avail- - 1 handheld unit bar. Very good location in NAIHARN NIGHTCLUB 8605007. Email: meccar@ New entertainment venue lo- able. Low rent. For more info - Several operating levels, msn.com Phuket City near Royal Phuket City 80sqm. All furni- cated 600m from beach. call or email. Tel: 09-9711089. controlled by password plus 2 Huge bar with restaurant, pool Email: [email protected] override cards ture and materials, new OFFERING 10% kitchen, aircon, Sono-Ecran table, jacuzzi, foosball, dance - English manual and accesso- interest. Until 31 Dec 2006 for plasma screen. Very nice deco- floor, wireless Internet, 2 NICE SHOP KATA ries. 250,000 baht. European busi- ration and design. 4-year motorbikes, surfboards, etc. center. 300 m from Karon Price: 29,000 baht or best ness man has cash flow prob- lease. Price: 1.9 million baht. Everything is ready to go for beach, 120sqm for sale, offer. Cannot be sold sepa- lems for the moment (divorce). Tel: 076-383825, 081-728- high season. Attractive terms, 300,000 baht. Lease rately. Tel: 081-8933077. Money is on fixed deposit in a 8087. Email: georgeslancry low monthly expenses 300,000 a year, not available Email: goldenpalms2001@ Thai bank account! Lawyer @hotmail.com (around 200 Euro). The only per month. Can renew every hotmail.com contract and partnership pos- limit is your imagination. Tel: 3 years. Tel: 084-1853295. sibility in a newly established 085-7894539. Email: johan@ KATA BEACH JAVANESE QUEEN Thai Ltd company (if you need cityradion.se KITCHENS Cozy small Resort & Spa, 12- chairs. A pair of brand new, a visa and work permit). Email: Showroom renovation. Must year leasehold for sale. Cafe, mustard-yellow leather teak- [email protected] GUESTHOUSE sell old kitchens now as new restaurant and subleases in- framed chairs. High quality, in Patong for sale with com- ones to arrive from Malaysia cluded. Zero rent, no key stylish and unique in Phuket. GUESTHOUSE LEASE pany. 208sqm with Chanote and Germany. Hurry. Contact money, 2 bedrooms/bath- No space forces sale. 30,000 Great location in Patong. Buy title, 150m from Jungceylon. RS Venture Phuket. Email: Business rooms. Next to beach and city baht for the pair. Email for before high season, long-es- Option to open 3 shops. Can be rafael.veiga @rsventure.co.th Opportunities center too. Can get visa/work photo. Tel: 076-385932, tablished, 9 rooms. Restau- extended to 7 floors. Reason- permit. Tel: 086-5413629. 089-8681995. Email: rant, bar, family-run, good able price at 25 million baht. For further details, please see BAR WITH TERRACE [email protected] KATOYS'R'US future. Please call. Tel: 089- Fax: 076-345554. Email: our website at www.phuket- For sale, big bar and large ter- Famous Patong Cabaret Bar. 6489932. [email protected] massage.com race in busy hotel area on the PADI SCUBA BOOKS Tel: 081-8955242. For fur- beach road, 200sqm. Possibil- and more. PADI Instructor ther information, please see MUSIC LOUNGE/BAR ity to take separate kitchen Manual PAPER (with FREE our website at: www. THE BEST SITE IN SEAVIEW PROJECT Investment opportunity in also. Very good food sales and Peak Performance Buoyancy, katoysrus.com NANAI ROAD for sale. Seaview project sit- Patong. Newly-renovated mu- catering for other bars. Fully Coral Reef Conservation, and ting on 8 rai with two show sic lounge & bar for sale in fitted and furnished with 2- Project Aware specialty out- NO 1 PATONG houses already built. Only 60 Patong. Will sell up to 37.5% year lease, with 3 more years lines, and latest updates): sea view. Looking for invest- million baht. Minimum take- stake, but will not sell all. 1.7 possible. Tel: 087-2706297. 4,950 baht. 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Get ahead now! 800,000 business, good location. 6243. Email: jon@freedom more information. Tel: 084- [email protected] Please contact for more infor- baht. Email: nikki.indigosiam@ 695,000 baht ono. Tel: 086- surfing.com 8922830. mation. Tel: 089-0468603. gmail.com 7423014, 084-0627129. November 4 - 10, 2006 CLASSIFIEDS PHUKET GAZETTE 49 Tout, Trader & Trumpet

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Also has Metallic “satellite silver” new inside and out. Excellent 125,000km. Comes with CD Just 110,000km. July, first-class insurance. A1 paint. Only 60,000 km. condition, have always used car player and aircon. 140,000 2001. Good condition and condition: 700,000 baht. VOLVO V70 KC cover. Has had 3 oil changes. maintenance. 320,000 baht Price 450,000 baht. Please AWD baht. Good condition. Tel: Contact for more details. call. Tel: 087-2801390 Price: 2.7 million baht or best 081-6070041. Email: ono. Tel: 076-282170, 081- Tel: 089-7292846. 2001, 57,000km, 1 owner, (Thai), or 081-8935709 offer. Tel: 076-280709, 085- [email protected] 4761271. full service history, top con- (English). 7950779. dition. 1.45 million baht. MITSUBISHI TRITON Megacab, February 2006, 6 Tel: 081-7887109. Pickups NISSAN NV months old, 11,000 kms, beau- TOYOTA COROLLA HONDA CITY SPORT FOR SALE/RENT 1988, 1.5L, 4 doors, manual, tiful blue, as new. 499,000 baht. very tidy condition, runs well. 75,000km, year 2000, alloy Tel: 089-9091917. Email: FORD ASPIRE FOR NISSAN NV wheels, stereo. 230,000 [email protected] 89,000 baht. Please contact SALE for more information. Tel: 1,600 CC baht, or rent long term at 084-0599071. 1995, green, 5 doors, GL, cheap rate. Please contact auto. Air conditioning and CD for more information. Tel: MITSUBISHI STRADA 4WD TOYOTA SOLUNA player. Good condition. 2005, 25,000km, CD player. 081-3670991. 270,000 baht. Quick sale, 130,000 baht, negotiable. Sport wheels, expat owned, year 2001, bronze, auto, Tel: 086-6862519 (Thai), excellent condition. Selling at FORD RANGER TURBO tape only. Please contact for 085-8811823 (Eng/Thai), 550,000 baht. Tel: 089- 37,000km, 5 years old, 4 more information. Tel: 089- 081-8628267 (Eng). 7256994. Email: delatorre doors, full history and insur- 5969202, 086-6837162. [email protected] 90,000km, 210,000 baht. ance. Farang owned. Immacu- Email: somthawin_pw@ LANCIA 1800 BETA Tel: 086-9270293. Email: late, with extras. 500,000 hotmail.com [email protected] baht. Please contact for more 1975 Coupe. 1800cc, 5-speed Excellent condition, full ser- manual, original parts, good con- OPEL CORSA information. Tel: 087-27 32429. vice history, many extras in- BMW 316 E-30 dition. 125,000 baht. Please 4 DOORS NISSAN NV cluding new tires, Carryboy, Good and cheap car. Many contact for more info. Tel: 076- Auto, electric windows. 2001 model with low km. roof rack and bull bars. new parts. 80,000 baht. 345-018, 081-9039862. Email: 160,000 baht. Please con- Queen Cab. Good condition, MAZDA FAMILA 410,000 baht ono. Call Tel: Tel: 089-0114069. Email: [email protected] tact for more information. lady owner. CD player. First- TRUCK 081-8928208. Or email: [email protected] Tel: 089-9708281. Email: class insurance ’til Sep 2007. Very good condition, 10 [email protected] Please see photos of the [email protected] Sell 250,000 baht or trade for years old, aircon. 125,000 car here: OPEL CORSA bigger truck up to 350,000- baht. Tel: 081-5399612. 1.4 LITER 375,000. Tel: 081-8954480. www.s107.photobucket.com/ VIOS TURBO HONDA CRV albums/m305/Thaifun/ Very, very sporty. Only one Email: [email protected] Only 3 in Phuket. Recaro seats, FORD RANGER Auto, 2003, 1 careful lady BMW%20316/ of its kind in Thailand. Fully alloy wheels, only 12 months serviced car. In Chalong. 1999 NISSAN BIG M Open cab, 2006, silver. owner, black, 70,000 km. old. 19,000km. 595,000 baht. Great condition, grey, aircon, 395,000 baht. Tel: 089- Full insurance, no accidents. Must see! Only 155,000 Tel: 087-2696174. baht. Tel: 087-0245036. 2.7L, manual, diesel, carryboy 8314703. 750,000 baht. Call K. Yao. MERCEDES BENZ w/padded truck bed, first-class Tel: 081-0790688. AT GOOD PRICE FORD RANGER insurance until Jan 07, full main- 4 x 4s E Class & C220, 3 years old. Open cab, 2006, silver. tenance records. 280,000 baht. Price: less than 1 million baht! TOYOTA CROWN 395,000 baht. Tel: 089- Tel: 087-8821186, 087-270- TOYOTA VIGO ECTi 8314703. 2523. Or email: mark_schram Tel: 076-264433, 081- 6-cyl automatic, 2500 cc, 2005 Toyota Vigo ECTi 3.0. 4- 180hp. Top condition, 1994, @hotmail.com 4224090. Fax: 076-264255. TIGER SPORT door, black, cream leather inte- Email: [email protected] seats 8, metallic silver. Only MITSUBISHI LANCER CRUISER 2002 LTD Champ, dark blue, power ISUZU 4-DOOR rior, 50,000km, Lenzo alloys, 220,000 baht. Photo on re- Good condition, blue, steering, disc brakes, in very pickup for sale. 3.0L diesel, full Toyota service history, 1 quest. Tel: 076-333242-3, 110,000km, one owner, fsh, DAIHATSU MIRA good condition. Save petrol! 15,000km, full guarantee, quick lady owner from new. 089-6517818. Fax: 076- many extras, 4-door, 4x4, Red-white seats. Engine, For sale at only 85,000 baht. sale. 585,000 baht. Price new 650,000 baht. Please contact 333243.Email: horstkaron leather interior. 550,000 baht brakes, steering all in new con- Call Sam. Tel: 086-7375909, 690,000 baht, be quick. Please for more information. Tel: @yahoo.com ono. Tel: 081-7817250. dition. New paint, looks like 086-6874308. contact for more information. 076-386118, 084-0513473. new. Tel: 087-8866766. Tel: 084-6433915. [email protected] Email: [email protected] DAIHATSU MIRA '97 DAEWOO FANTASY MITSUBISHI GALANT Only 66,000km, all good, nice 125,000 baht. 1996 silver, Yellow, many accessories, good looking, well maintained. aircon, c/l, electric windows, condition. Price: 45,000 baht. 110,000 baht. Please contact CD/MP3, excellent condition. Please contact for more infor- for more information. Tel: Tel: 089-2879547, 086- mation. Tel: 081-7375909, 089-9091917. Email: portly2 9451- 575. Email: allymac 086-6874308. @hotmail.com [email protected] November 4 - 10, 2006 CLASSIFIEDS PHUKET GAZETTE 51 Wheels & Motors

TOP OF THE RANGE HONDA CRV Ford Ranger 2001, 4WD, 4 HONDA STEED YAMAHA FAZER Car Services A1 CAR RENTAL 34,000 KM doors. New respray, 56,000 600CC Black metallic, 800,000 km, white with black leather, baht. Woman owner, first- CD, power steering, etc. Lady hand. Tel: 087-8822462. owner. Never used commer- cially. Reason for sale; have new MITSUBISHI SUV. 375,000 baht. Please G-wagon. Auto, 2004, 1 contact for more information. As new, 2004 model. owner, white, excellent condi- Tel: 081-8111067. 1,000cc. Only 10,700km. Cars, trucks, jeeps – fully in- tion. 650,000 baht. Must be Excellent condition, great 298,000 baht. Tel: 081- sured for rental. Best prices seen. Tel: 086-2825107. sound, nicely modified to 5370331. Email: phuket@ for long-term rental: 12,000 Motorbikes look like a Harley softail, a cbre.com -20,000 baht per month. KIA SPORTAGE 4X4 beautiful bike. Only 159,000 Toyota Altis 1.8G, top Reliable, comfortable car in good KAWASAKI "CHEER" baht. Tel: 085-7932090. HONDA SUPERFOUR model, long term only. Please contact for details. condition. Genuine off-road 4x4. As new, one farang owner, 5 Only invoice, good condi- Tel: 089-8314703, 076- Please contact for more infor- years old, perfect service, only VESPA FOR SALE tion, new tires, shocks, 200900. Email: a1carrent@ mation. Tel: 081-5399560. 29,000km! Any inspection Several antique Vespas for brakes. 40,000 baht. Please myway.com Email: [email protected] welcome. 24,000 baht. sale. All can be driven home, all contact for more information. Please Tel: 081-8922824. have book, and all are in good Tel: 085-7959160. TOYOTA FORTUNER condition. Tel: 084-7625534. P.M.P. CAR RENT 3.0 D4D. All options, silver. HONDA PHANTOM Email: [email protected] HARLEY SUPERGLIDE Many types of car for rent. Cash: 500,000 baht or credit: Beautiful condition. Only Year ’98, original. 430,000 Short term or long term. Very 37 x 21,663 baht. Please con- 1,300km. Sensible extras in- SUZUKI GSX-R 750 baht. Kata. Please contact for special price for a new car. tact for more information. Tel: cluding cover. 68,000 baht. 118 hp, Yoshimura exhaust, more information. Tel: 085- Rentals Tel: 087-2646808, 083- 081-0918908. Tel: 086-2708727. Email: rebuilt carbs, K5 style fairings, 7959160. 1743880. [email protected] etc. 110,000 baht. Please contact for more information. BLACK HONDA JAZZ CARIBIAN FOR SALE WAVE 125i RENT NEW YARIS OLD HONDA BIKE Tel: 089-9087350. Email: 25,000 BAHT for rent. Excellent car for Suzuki, 1994, gray. Collectors item, 1957 original, [email protected] Auto, black, aircon. Full in- touring Phuket. Aircon, CD Black/silver injection Wave, 2 110,000 baht. Please con- working condition, 28,000 surance. Please contact for player, very good rates. Tel: yrs old. Call after 3pm. Please tact for more information. baht or swap for other bike. more information. Tel: 076- 081-4154043. Email: neil_ HONDA 110 contact for more information. Tel: 081-6078567. Email: Please call K.Tony. Tel: 089- 282781, 081-1965212. [email protected] 25,000 kilometers, well main- Tel: 089-9408639. Email: [email protected] 5934193. tained and reliable. 18,000 nojigotgamehoops@yahoo. baht. Tel: 084-0520380. Email: co.uk FOR RENT [email protected] NEW TOYOTA New Isuzu pickup, 3.0 turbo, MAZDA FIGHTER AFRICA TWIN SOLUNA 750CC manual, full options. 25,000 Year 2006, extra cab, cen- KAWASAKI Z-1000 Vans Vios for rent, 19,000 baht baht per month. Please con- tral-locking, electric win- Great bike, 47,000 km. First Green. Year 2004. 8,500 ki- per month. And new Mio tact for more information. dows, CD player. 425,000 offer. Price: 50,000 baht. lometers. As new condition. motorbike 5,000 baht. Tel: Tel: 083-1753220. Email: baht. Please contact for more Please contact for more infor- 380,000 baht. Tel: 076- 089-5885692. [email protected] info. Tel: 089-8314703. mation. Tel: 086-2791602. 386118, 084-0513473. MINIBUS FOR SALE Email: [email protected] RENT OR BUY JRD CHEROKEE FOR RENT TOYOTA HILUX SALE HONDA WAVE JRD motorcycle. 3 years Jeep Cherokee, 4L auto, CD X-tra Cab 1997 model, very old. For rent, min 1 month: 125cc, blue, electric start, 2 POWERBIKE HONDA for long-term rent with first- good condition, 2.8-liter en- 3,000 baht a month. For years old: 25,000 baht. VALKYRIE class insurance, only 20,000 gine, 155,000km. 150,000 sale: 12,000 baht. Email: Honda 110cc, nice yellow: 2002 model, black, 10,000 baht per month. Tel: 081- baht ono. Leaving Thailand so [email protected] 10,000 baht. Please contact kms, reverse gear, 1520cc, 5371050. must sell urgently. Tel: 076- for more information. Tel: flat six, 120hp. Many acces- 288500, 087-8957810. Nissan UK van, year 2004, MITSUBISHI LANCER AUTO MIO FOR RENT 089-2898628. sories and lots of chrome! manual gears, gray, 3L, CD 3,000 baht per month, or 1,000 Email: [email protected] Bike looks like new! 590,000 Cedia for rent short term or player. Price: 600,000 baht. baht per week, or 150 baht per baht. Tel: 076-388633, 086- long term. Please contact for Tel: 081-6078567. Email: day. Tel: 081-9683546. Email: 6829709. Email: weidner more information. Tel: 081- CHEROKEE, 4.0L HONDA WAVE 100 - [email protected] 7373720. [email protected] Bronze, perfect, new Sony 11,000 BAHT @loxinfo.co.th stereo, new paint and Green Honda Wave 100cc, leather seats. All services 8 years old: 11,000 baht. by Benz. 91,000km. Only Also Dream 100cc 6 years YAMAHA MIO Wheels & Motors 420,000 baht. Please con- old: 13,000 baht. Please 2005 automatic: 29,000 tact for more information. contact for more informa- baht. Suzuki 110cc, 2004: Advertisements Tel: 081-0780014. Email: tion. Tel: 086-6837162. 24,000 baht. One owner. bjarneaagaardhansen@ Email: somthawin_pw@ Please contact for more infor- Please use this form to write your classified advertisement. hotmail.com hotmail.com mation. Tel: 087-2696174. Then hand it to any of our agents.

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