Volume 14 Issue 8 News Desk - Tel: 076-236555February 24 - March 2, 2007 Daily news at www.phuketgazette.net 25 Baht

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NEWS: Swiss man stabs po- CCTV now online lice; Two die in head-on By Janyaporn Morel smash. Pages 2 & 3 INSIDE STORY: Patong Beach PHUKET: The next time you are masseuse set ablaze in having a night out on the town in broad daylight. Patong, Kata-Karon or Phuket Pages 4 & 5 City be sure to keep a smile on your face: you might be on TV. AROUND THE NATION: To Don Col Peerayuth Karachedi, Muang or not to Don Muang? Superintendent for Administrative Airlines are divided. Page 8 Affairs at Phuket Provincial Po- AROUND THE SOUTH: More lice Station, told the Gazette on than 30 bombs ring in the February 14 that a closed-circuit Chinese New Year in the television (CCTV) system has Deep South. Page 9 been fully tested and is now op- erational in the three popular PEOPLE: Club diva Barbara Tucker belts out her famous tourist locations. anthems in the name of Love. Each of the three locales Pages 14 & 15 has 16 cameras linked to a com- mand center at a local police sta- AMBROSIA’S SECRETS: Fishing tion in Kathu, Chalong and for compliments nets few re- Phuket City, respectively. sults. Page 17 Installed under a 16-million- WATCHERS WATCHING: Worawit Worrawiboonpong, Manager of CAT Telecom’s Phuket Office, shows LIFESTYLE: Strap-ons and slip- baht contract with telecommuni- cations provider CAT Telecom off the capabilities of the new high-tech surveillance system to Phuket City Police Superintendent Col ons – shoes; U2’s latest Nos Svettalekha at the Phuket City Police Station CCTV Command Center. greatest hits. Pages 18 & 19 Public Company Ltd, the CCTV system uses high-speed wireless area of coverage… but from our The ease with which the tively. The course will be taught COMPUTERS: More Windows CDMA EV-DO technology, tests we can confirm that the video images can be replayed by engineers from project con- woes, but learn how to avoid similar to the wireless network system is up and running at all and reviewed is expected to im- tractor Bosch Security System a few. Page 30 now available to Internet users three locations,” he said. prove law enforcement, security Thailand, Col Peerayuth added. SPORT: Youth Football Home; around the island. About one week was spent and traffic control, he said. Cat Telecom will be given Johnny Walker Classic up- “All the equipment is ready, testing the equipment in all three By the end of February 10 more days to fine-tune the date; Rassada Cup; Darts. but we still need to make minor areas, he added. police officers in the respective system to police requirements, Pages 34 & 35 adjustments to optimize effi- The CCTV cameras can command centers will begin a after which time the police will ciency, such as shifting camera record data for up to 30 days be- two-month training program in sign off for final payment, he PROPERTY: Gardening: Rose angles slightly to maximize the fore the data needs to be archived. how to operate the system effec- said. Apples; Design: Minimalism; Construction; Property Watch. Pages 36-39 PLUS Teenage murder suspects still at large By Sompratch Saowakhon single arrest warrant for all four All four are suspects in the mit murder in the case. TRASH, QUEER NEWS 6; ACROSS can be requested from the court. January 31 slaying of transsexual According to police, the THE B AY 7; AROUND THE ISLAND PHUKET: Almost three weeks Lt Col Adul Niraphai, an glue addict Keittirat Longnawa. youths were huffing glue with the 10; GOOD LIVING 13; HAPPEN- after a gang of nine teenagers Investigating Inspector at Phuket All were allegedly “friends” victim when one of the boys be- INGS 16; TRAVEL 20; MOTORING killed a transvestite in a glue-fu- City Police Station, told the Ga- of K. Keittirat, 31, whose body came enraged and stabbed K. 21; TAKE A BREAK 23 & 24; eled stabbing frenzy, four sus- zette he knows the full names of was found on January 31 with the Keittirat with a kitchen knife. BOOKS, DIARY 25; EDITORIAL, pects remain at large. two of the teenagers, one 17 and throat slashed near Soi Hon- High on glue, the other eight LETTERS, FIRST PERSON 26 & 27; Phuket City Police say they the other 18, but only the nick- saitong in Rassada Village 3. youths then joined in a frenzy of HOROSCOPES, PATTAYA 28; know the full names of two of names of the other two suspects: Five suspects, ranging from stabbing, kicking and hitting the TSOWNDINGS 29; BUSINESS & the remaining suspects, but are a 14-year-old girl nicknamed a 16-year-old girl to a 21-year- victim with sticks, Phuket City MONEY 32 & 33; CLASSIFIEDS waiting to learn the full names of “Rom” and 17-year-old boy nick- old man, have already been Police Station Superintendent Col 40-51. the other two suspects so that a named “Mut”. charged with conspiring to com- Nos Sawetalek told the Gazette. 2 PHUKET GAZETTE NEWS February 24 - March 2, 2007

Old Phuket Town Festival Swiss swindler arrested

PHUKET CITY: The 9th Annual Old Phuket Town Festival will take place on and around Thalang Rd from 5 pm to midnight on Feb- after stabbing policeman ruary 23, 24 and 25. The festival will start with By Janyaporn Morel handcuffs and ordered Mr Lang- a daily Chinese prayer ceremony ansand to put his hands behind his from 5 pm to 6 pm at Queen THALANG: Swiss national back. Sirikit Park. Carlos Minnig, 39, on February The undercover officer and On Friday, at 5:30 pm, there 19 stabbed a Tourist Police of- two more Tourist Police officers will be a “Phuket Culture Pa- ficer while resisting arrest on sus- doing surveillance then moved in rade”, from Saphan Hin up picion of attempting to extort to arrest Minnig, who stabbed Phuket Rd to Rassada Rd, west “protection money” from a fel- one of the officers before he to Suriyadet Circle then north to low Swiss national. could be detained. Thalang Rd, where it will turn The arrest followed com- The officer sustained only east and end at Queen Sirikit plaints from Swiss businessman minor injuries. Park. Rene Langansand, 42, that Min- On searching Minnig, offic- At 7 pm Phuket City Mayor nig claimed to be an Interpol ers found a package of cannabis Somjai Suwannasuppana will agent and offered protection ser- hidden in a cigarette packet. open the festival in the park. vices for Mr Langansand’s Koh Minnig confessed that to having There will be activities, Lanta business – for a fee. bought the drug in Koh Lanta. shows and amusements from According to a Tourist Po- During questioning at the 6:30 pm to 10 pm every night at lice press release, Mr Lang- Phuket Tourist Police Office, the park and along Thalang Rd. ansand filed a complaint at Mannig failed to produce his pass- Near the park, people will Phuket City Police Station claim- port. be able to board a gor jan boat, ing that Minnig, 39, had made Pol Maj Bundit Khaosutham (in uniform) announces the arrest of He has been charged with and travel along a section of Carlos Minnig, a Swiss national, on charges of extortion, drug extortion, resisting arrest, posses- phone calls and sent text mes- possession, illegal entry and resisting arrest. Klong Bang Yai as Phuket City sages to his wife, Atchara Yoong- sion of a Class 5 drug (cannabis) residents once used to do. thong. Phuket Tourist Police In- Tambon Thepkrasattri, Thalang. and illegal entry into the King- From 7:45 pm to 8:35 pm In the messages, Minnig al- spector Maj Bundit Khaosutham When the pair arrived at the dom. there will be a nightly light and legedly threatened to kill Mr ordered an undercover officer to scene, Minnig ordered Mr Lang- “We think that Minnig was sound show in the park. Langansand’s entire family if pro- accompany the businessman to ansand to get out of the car and not working alone,” Maj Bundit An exhibit showing photo- tection money was not paid that the arranged delivery spot, a lie face down on the ground. said. “We are now tracking down graphs from HM the King evening. house in Pru Somparn Village, Minnig then produced a pair of his accomplices,” he added. Bhumibol Adulyadej’s visit to Phuket in 1959 will run daily from 5 pm to 10:30 pm, while a display entitled “Old Sino-Portuguese Koh Yao villagers stage pier protest Phuket” will be shown simulta- neously at 63 Thalang Rd. By Sompratch Saowakhon approved during a July 20 meet- Citing arguments put for- come to a quick decision, he said. ing chaired by Phang Nga Gov- ward by the NHRC, the MNRE About a month ago, the PHANG NGA: About 30 protec- ernor Winai Buapradit. ordered that the project be post- MoT requested Phang Nga Gov- tors have been camping out for It wasn’t until late Decem- poned indefinitely while the MoT ernor Winai Buapradit to have more than a month on Klong Son ber that residents of Baan Yamee, reconsiders its approval. construction postponed until the Beach on Koh Yao Yai, demand- where the project is to be built, However, the protesters say MoT makes a decision, he ing the government scrap plans learned that the 85-foot pier they will not leave the beach un- added. for a pier to be built there by a planned by Bangkok-based de- til the MoT scraps the project At Gov Winai’s request, the large land developer. velopers Naracha Company had entirely. headman of Village 3 explained The protesters, comprising been approved in full and that Earlier this month, NHRC to the protesters on February 17 poor Muslim residents and rep- construction was set to begin Commissioner Vasan Panich told that the company cannot begin resentatives from non-govern- early this year. the Gazette that the site is part work until the ban is lifted – but mental organizations, see the The villagers sought help of “tsunami protection” zone, one to no avail. project, which includes dredging from the National Human Rights of many coastal areas protected “They refuse to budge until of 100,000 tons of seabed sedi- Commission (NHRC), which sent from development in order to the government revokes its ap- ment to build an offshore break- letters seeking reconsideration of leave intact natural barriers to proval, because they don’t be- water, as a threat to the marine the project’s approval granted by any future tsunamis. lieve that Naracha will abandon environment that they rely on to both the Ministry of Transport K. Vasan said that the pro- the project otherwise,” said the make a living. (MoT) and the Ministry of Natu- posed construction would “cer- headman, who asked that his The villagers began their ral Resources and Environment tainly” affect offshore seagrass name not be printed. protest after the project had been (MNRE). beds that sustain the area’s “I plan to set up a meeting highly-endangered dugong popu- between the protesters and a lo- lation. cal Muslim leader. They respect The NHRC has received a him, so maybe he can convince reply from the MoT agreeing to them to leave the beach and wait reconsider the project and will at home for the project to be can- continue to pressure the MoT to celed,” he said. February 24 - March 2, 2007 NEWS PHUKET GAZETTE 3 Two die in horror Crackdown ordered on foreign laborers PHUKET: Police have been or- 11,000 alien workers in Phuket head-on smash dered to crack down on alien la- whose work permits and right to borers using mobile phones or remain in the Kingdom are set to found on the streets after 8 pm, expire February 28, and 21,000 Sompratch Saowakhon Phuket Vice-Governor Vorapot whose permits are set to expire SAMKONG: A Finnish man and Rattasima said February 15. June 30. a Thai tuk-tuk driver were killed At a meeting at Provincial Both these groups, the vast in a head-on collision between a Hall, V/Gov Worapot said that he majority of whom are Burmese, tuk-tuk and a pickup truck shortly had received reports that alien can now have their permits ex- after 1 pm February 14. laborers were leaving their reg- tended for another year, V/Gov A Finnish woman and Thai istered place of abode after 8 pm Worapot explained. man traveling in the tuk-tuk were and freely using mobile phones, Employers must apply to also injured in the accident. both of which were prohibited by extend their workers’ permits at The Finns were in the back provincial order in December. the Phuket Provincial Labor Of- of a white tuk-tuk driving north- “I have met with traffic po- fice before the permits expire. bound past Steak Samkong res- lice and told them to arrest any Employers must bring their taurant on Yaowarat Rd when alien laborers they find on the workers’ current work permits, the accident occurred. streets after 8 pm. I would also “quota” documents showing how The Finn, identified as Eero like the media to look out for and many alien laborers the employ- Untamo Malim, was rushed to report any violators,” he said. ers are allowed to employ, and a nearby Vachira Phuket Hospital, The meeting was held to medical certificate for each but was dead on arrival, a nurse discuss implementing Cabinet’s worker. in the emergency ward said. Kusoldharm Foundation volunteers clear the accident scene. Tuk- December 19 resolution to extend A three-month extension Tuk-tuk driver Payao Jun- tuk driver Payao Junjue and one of his passengers, Eero Untamo work permits for laborers from costs 450 baht, a six-month ex- jue was still alive when he was Malim of Finland, both died from injuries sustained in the crash. Burma, Laos and Cambodia for tension 900 baht, and a one-year cut out of his vehicle with “jaws Two other passengers were injured. another year. extension 1,800 baht. of life” hydraulic cutting equip- A man traveling in the front Police have yet to charged There are currently about – Sompratch Saowakhon ment, but died at Vachira Hospi- passenger seat of the tuk-tuk also anyone with a crime, he said. tal about 4 pm. sustained a broken leg. However, he added that ini- Blood Bank launches blood drives Mr Malim’s companion, The driver of the pickup, tial investigations indicated that Raija Helena Engberg, was taken Lanju Saechiw, was unharmed in K. Lanju had caused the accident PHUKET: The Phuket Red from the following locations as fol- to Bangkok Hospital Phuket to be the incident, said Maj Sarit But- by driving on the wrong side of Cross Blood Bank at Vachira lows: treated for a broken leg. nongsang of Phuket City Police. the road. Phuket Hospital has announced Feb 25: 10 am to 8 pm at that it will collect blood donations the Big C supercenter. every month at locations across Feb 28: 10 am to 4 pm at the island. Phuket Provincial Court on Hundreds wed on Valentine’s Day Officers from the Red Damrong Rd, Phuket City. PHUKET: A total of 202 couples both 27-year-old Phuket natives. ter at Muang District yesterday Cross Foundation, Phuket Chap- For more information call K. chose Valentine’s Day to offi- The honor came after the pair were Anan Yomana and his wife ter, will collect blood donations Mon at 076-217293 ext 263. cially tie the knot, with 134 won first prize in the lucky draw, Yee Thongkaew, both 57. couples registering their mar- – a 21-inch television set. Kathu and Thalang District riages yesterday at Muang Dis- “Today is a day of love, so I Offices recorded 31 and 37 wed- trict office alone. choose to register my marriage dings, respectively. The number of couples wed today. But even more important, Kathu District refused to at Muang District Office was it is also my mom’s birthday,” K. process one application for di- somewhat lower than last year, Charatsri said. vorce, while one such application when 142 couples took the plunge, The couple were wed in a was accepted in Thalang. but still far more than the office’s religious ceremony November 3 “They told me they really daily average of about 10. last year, but deferred register- needed a divorce and said they Phuket Chief Administra- ing the marriage because they didn’t care whether or not it was tive Officer (Palad) Piya Bha- were busy – and because they Valentine’s Day, since the holiday ratasinlapin was on hand at wanted to wait for an auspicious is really not a part of Thai cul- Muang District Office to give a day, she explained. ture,” an officer there told the morning speech and preside over The oldest couple to regis- Gazette. a lucky draw, with prizes provided by the Muang District Office. German tourist dies of heart attack The Muang District Office weeks ago posted a notice an- KARON: German tourist Boeres week with his wife, who called nouncing that it would refuse to Reiner, 44, died of a heart attack police after Reiner suffered chest accept any applications for di- while sunbathing on Karon Beach pains and difficulty breathing vorce on February 14. on the morning of February 7. about 10:15 am. The first to be wed in Pol Lt Weerapong Rakkitoe, Reiner was rushed by the Muang District, at 9 am, were Duty Officer at Kathu Police Sta- Kusoldharm Foundation to Pa- Dewanan Chareonpornpakdee tion, said that Mr Reiner had been tong Hospital, where his condi- and his bride Charatsri Khaimook, on holiday in Phuket for about a tion worsened and he later died. 4 PHUKET GAZETTE INSIDE STORY February 24 - March 2, 2007

fter yelling at a young beach masseuse about A her crying daughter, a deranged man doused the woman with paint thinner and set her alight. As the girl’s parents ran to Masseuse torched their daughter’s aid, outraged wit- nesses pounced on the man and beat him up. The victim is now in hospi- tal, critically injured with first de- gree burns. Her attacker, a known drug addict, according to in daylight attack police, will be sent to a psychiat- ric hospital for evaluation. orking on Patong beach with her family and young Kathu Police Duty Inspec- tor Lt Col Sophon Borrirak con- Wdaughter, Somjai Phromdaen was attacked by firmed details of the attack attrib- a man described by police as a well-known nuisance. uted to him by Thai-language newspaper Thai Rath. The man, enraged that K. Somjai’s daughter was cry- The report stated that the ing, doused her in paint thinner and set her alight, leav- attack was carried out at noon on ing her with first degree burns over 30% of her body. February 13 by Sombun Kaewkhaaw, a 43-year-old na- How could this happen, and what is being done to pre- tive of Tambon Paknam in vent it from happening again? The Gazette’s Supanun Chumphon’s Muang District. Supawong and Sangkhae Leelanapaporn report. Sombun is well-known in the Loma Park area of Patong Beach, where he spent much of Instead, she walked back to the ter. They pulled off her burning his time huffing paint thinner, awning, less than sevenmeters shirt, but her bra continued to burn bothering beach vendors and ha- away, to ask K. Somjai to help with the highly volatile liquid. rassing foreign tourists. However, carry back the crying child. Left Eventually the flames were he had never before been impli- alone, the girl started screaming. doused with water, but not before cated in any violent crimes, the Her crying apparently agitated K. Somjai sustained serious burns report said. Sombun, who was in the area and over most of the front of her up- Speaking on the afternoon in possession of a green tea bottle per body. The flames also burned SUSPECT: Sombun Kaewkhaaw in police custody after his attack of February 16 at Vachira Phuket full of paint thinner. off much of her hair and left her on K. Somjai, without his beloved green-tea container full of inhalant. Hospital, where her daughter When K. Somjai went to unconscious. Somjai Phromdaen, 21, is being retrieve her child, Sombun started She was rushed by the allowing obviously disturbed Neaw School, a government pri- treated for burns to 30% of her ranting at her. Witnesses later Beach Guard to Patong Hospi- people to threaten society. mary school in Phuket City, and body, 49-year-old Pennee said the man was incomprehen- tal, where she received emer- She described her daughter, had also once held the rank of Phromdaen told the Gazette that sible. K. Somjai carried the child gency treatment. She was later who remains unable to speak, as sergeant in the Thai Army, as- on that afternoon her family was back to the awning before return- transferred to Phuket Interna- a friendly, hard-working girl who signed to a special forces unit. working as usual at Patong ing to argue with Sombun. tional Hospital and again, for fi- had followed in her own footsteps The contradictory and con- Beach. As they argued, Sombun nancial reasons, to Vachira by becoming a beach masseuse. fused nature with which he an- K. Pennee went to escort suddenly pulled out a bottle of Phuket Hospital. Doctors there K. Somjai is married to a man swered questions, and the fact K. Somjai’s two-year-old daugh- thinner, doused the girl’s shirt with estimate it will be at least a month from Trang, the child’s father, and that he had no evidence to back ter, Sairung “Ice” Parnsang, to it, and set her alight with a ciga- before she can be released. the whole family lives together in his statements up, left police skep- buy some noodle soup from a rette lighter. As flames engulfed Phuket Governor Niran a home in Chalong Village 10, she tical of anything he said, Col nearby vendor, while K. Somjai her body and she fell to the Kalayanamit has promised finan- said. Sophon was quoted as saying. and her father stayed behind un- ground, Sombun picked up a cial help for the cost of her The beating administered to Sombun was sent to Suan der the shade of an awning where sharp piece of metal, the kind daughter’s treatment, K. Pennee Sombun gave him a broken nose Saranarom Hospital in Surat they work massaging foreign used to stake down beach um- told the Gazette. and covered him with bruises. Thani, where his mental condition tourists. While walking back to the brella support cords, and was Holding the hand of her There were no reports of any will be assessed. He will be awning, the little girl became about to hit her with it, but instead daughter, whose entire upper arrests relating to the beating of charged if deemed sane, the fussy, demanding to be carried. turned and ran away, K. Pennee body was covered in bandages, Sombun. Colonel was attributed as saying. As her hands were already said. K. Pennee told the Gazette she During questioning, Sombun When asked about the cru- full with a bowl of noodles, K. Shocked, she and her hus- wanted government officers to told police that he had once been elty of the attack and what could Pennee could not carry the child. band ran out to help their daugh- help look after the public by not employed as a teacher at Bang be done to prevent similar attacks February 24 - March 2, 2007 INSIDE STORY PHUKET GAZETTE 5 Eyewitness Account

eter Bowen, a tourist from Pleasanton, California who Phappened to be in the area at the time of the attack, described his view of events in an email sent to the Gazette: “I got to the beach about 11:30 am. I walked down to the north end of Patong Beach, by the dolphins. Just as I hit the sand I see every Thai man on the beach running from every direction to one spot. They’re all hauling ass. My first thought was ‘gang fight’. I can’t help myself. I gotta see what’s going on, so I head toward where they’re all converging. Then, I see eight guys carrying a big Thai girl by the hands and feet. She’s unconscious and it looks like she’s been rolling in dirt. Then, I see a big brawl going on, twenty guys beating on one guy. Punches, kicks: a real beating. The guy goes down and they all continue the beating. The guy is down, but the beating continues. They’re all getting their kicks in. Finally the guy is not moving and the fight breaks up with a handful remaining standing over the body. I ask two tourists standing next to me what happened. You won’t believe this, but they said the guy threw gasoline AFTERMATH: Somjai Phromdaen on February 17, after the bandages were removed from her face. on the woman and lit her on fire. A Thai woman from the in the future, Gov Niran urged the twice sent him to the SDHS of- chiatric evaluation, the results of restaurant on the beach there walks up and asks what hap- public to immediately report any fice in Phuket City, hoping he which will be submitted in the pened. The tourists tell her. people whose behavior might would stay away. case file submitted to the court,” She asks, ‘Was it a big woman? With a baby?’ constitute a threat to society to “I don’t know why he keeps he explained. They say yes. the appropriate authorities, such coming back to the Patong area, Like the Governor, Col She says, ‘I know them. That man was around my res- as officials at the Phuket Social because in fact his hometown is Teeraphol encouraged the public taurant last night. My customers say that man is bad.’ Development and Human Secu- Ranong or Chumphon,” Col to report any obviously deranged She says he was breathing something. She covers her rity (SDHS) office. Teeraphol said. people they come across to po- nose and and inhales like blowing her nose. Meanwhile, one “We all have to work to- Kathu Police said they rec- lice. of the guys standing over the body of the ‘gas man’ gives gether. The public really has to ognize the threat to the tourism “We will arrest them and him a few more kicks. be the government’s eyes and industry and make a point of re- send them for evaluation,” he I walk away. I hear an ambulance. When I leave, gas ears in this, otherwise there is no moving obviously deranged said. man is gone. I never saw any cops show up. I don’t know way we can get these people the people from Patong. To find out exactly how what happened to ‘gas man’ or the woman. treatment they need,” he said. “As for people who are in- cases like Sombun’s are dealt I was thinking that if this happened in my neck of the Kathu Police Superinten- sane but manage to conceal the with, the Gazette called the woods there would have been an army of police, CSI unit, dent Col Teeraphol Thipjareon fact, I am not sure how many Phuket SDHS office. press helicopters, and the lead on CNN. Please understand Gazette told the he recognized the there are. But for people who are An official explained that that I’ve never seen any violence in a number of trips to the threat to society posed by people clearly suffering from psychosis, the Phuket Public Health Office, Land of Smiles. like Sombun, but said there is little there aren’t any in Patong now,” through its Psychiatry Depart- that police can do about it. he said, adding that it was fortu- ment at Vachira Phuket Hospi- I hope my comments indicate that this was nothing but “The police cannot do nate that no tourists were injured tal, is responsible for initial psy- an isolated incident. I like this place too much. I want to find much. We can arrest them and by Sombun. chiatric evaluation of criminal out what happened to the poor woman and the condition of send them to the responsible “He will be charged as nor- suspects. the ‘gas man’.” agency, such as the SDHS office, mal in accordance with the law, Patients found to have mild but I don’t know if they have suf- but if he is found to be insane or mental illness are treated at them with family members who and Vachira Phuket Hospital give ficient staff and resources to deal to have an abnormality in his Vachira, while more serious cases can look after them. Those whose “extra care” for K. Somjai, since with all of them. I can say for sure brain the court can take this into are sent to Saranirom Hospital in families are unwilling or unable she was an innocent victim, the that there are many crazy people account and deem him not re- Surat Thani, she said. to provide them with the care officer confirmed. walking the streets of Phuket sponsible for his actions. In The role of the Phuket they need are sent to a shelter in However, she added that as- these days.” such cases the punishment can SDHS office is to provide post- Nakhon Sri Thammarat, she said. sistance in this case would be in Sombun was no stranger to be lessened or canceled alto- treatment services. For those with In this particular case, Gov more of a morale-building capac- Kathu Police, who only last year gether. It is really up to his psy- relatives, the agency tries to unite Niran also asked that her agency ity than in direct financial support. 6 PHUKET GAZETTE QUEER NEWS February 24 - March 2, 2007 Q u eer News A self-made policeman

SONGKHLA: No one would claim the sure he knew all the high-level officers in life of a laborer in Thailand is easy; hav- Haad Yai Police District. ing to toil in the midday sun while others He did not question Thanongsak make all the money is sure to rankle. however, and willingly complied with the This is presumably the reason why “officer’s” requests. He pretended to casual-laborer-for-hire Thanongsak phone a relative, claiming that he wanted Rakngam, 31, a native of Songkhla prov- to say that he had been delayed. Instead, ince, decided to turn to a more easeful he stealthily dialed 191 and told Sub Lt occupation. Chatree Suwandon at Haad Yai District Thinking that police work looked like Police Station, of his suspicions. it might be a profitable pursuit, he decided When Lt Chatree arrived at the to appoint himself to the exalted rank of scene, Thanongsak’s face turned pale. He police lieutenant-colonel. was lost for words when Lt Chatree then In the early hours on February 11, asked to see his “superior’s” police ID Thanongsak set up his very own road card. At this point, Thanongsak, realizing checkpoint on Soi 23, Phetchkasem Rd in the jig was up, promptly confessed that Haad Yai City. At 2:30 am that same night, he was really just a casual laborer. Pol Sgt Jamrak Jitpaloh from Haad Yai At Haad Yai District Police Station, District Police station was on his way Thanongsak admitted that he had suc- home. He had been attending personal cessfully pulled the stunt on numerous business, so was out of uniform. occasions in various quiet sois in Haad As he was driving down Soi 23 he Yai where police were unlikely to pass. saw Thanongsak – whose name roughly He told police that he waved down pass- translates as “one who believes in his own ing vehicles, demanding to see the driv- power” – dressed in full uniform, signal- ers’ licenses and checking whether the ing for him to stop. Having nothing to hide, insurance and registration were up-to- he complied and pulled over. With author- date. He then convinced any offenders Say what you like about ity, Thanongsak reached over to take the that an on-the-spot fine would be far people who dump trash il- TRASHING keys out of the ignition of Sgt Jamrak’s easier for both parties than continuing the legally, they are at least motorbike. matter at the station. egalitarian. They’ll dump it On seeing the insignia of a police Thanongsak’s uniform was seized in slums, and they’ll dump Phuket lieutenant colonel on Thanongsak’s uni- as evidence. He was charged with im- it right next to signs adver- form, Sgt Jamrak became somewhat con- personating a government official and tising fabulous seaview homes selling for 9.9 million baht. This artfully ar- fused – he did not recognize this ranking wearing the uniform or insignia of an of- ranged informal dump is next to Sai Yuan Rd, at the entrance to Soi Axel’s officer asking to see his driving license. ficial without having the right to do so. Road, on the way to Nai Harn. Police lieutenant colonel is a rank of some Each charge carries a maximum sentence Got a delightful dump you fervently favor? Let the whole island know prestige, each district police force having of one year in prison and a 2,000-baht fine. about it: send a picture and short description to [email protected] only a few such officers. Sgt Jamrak was Source: KomChadLuek February 24 - March 2, 2007 ACROSS THE BAY PHUKET GAZETTE 7

rabi is finally growing shareholders to engage in real up. Tesco-Lotus has estate, it will be blocked by the arrived, or at least its Commercial Development De- K construction machin- partment for the same reason. ery has, and the local expats are What does this mean for the applauding. average expat who is looking to While many like to take a buy his holiday home in Krabi? weekend trip to Phuket for shop- While the Krabi real estate mar- ping and to get away for a few ket is immature by many mea- days, it is a nuisance not having sures, it is just starting to see any decent shopping for Western some major investment money items nearby. coming in. Finally I shall be able to buy Unfortunately, recent e- a pair of shoes without driving all vents have forced some of these the way to Phuket. investors take a step to the side- Rumor has it that Big C is lines and some to step out alto- sniffing around as well, and prob- gether. Other businesses, such as ably will build right next to Lotus. company registration and local Then we would be going from architectural and design firms, famine to feast – now all we need have also noted a significant drop is a hospital and an international in business. school. Did you say hospital? Pierre-Yves Lorier, or Again, the little fairies are whis- “Ton” as he is referred to, is the pering that an international hos- Managing Director of Ton Com- pital has been looking for land in pany Limited, an architecture, Krabi. That’s good news for us CLEAR THE WAY: The Tesco-Lotus construction site is a welcome sight for all in Krabi. engineering and construction all. management company based in The big buzz in the expat Ao Nang. business circle has been the pro- “Initially there was panic,” posal to amend the Foreign Busi- he says, referring to when the ness Act (FBA) by the Thai gov- amendment to the Foreign Busi- ernment. The Foreign Business ness Act first became public. Act dictates restrictions on for- Growing pains “Now the seasoned expats are eigners as to what types of busi- not as worried, as they have seen nesses they can operate and un- that the amendment will bring have one year to notify the gov- nominee system, the foreigners everything over the years, but it der what conditions. Probably the about is the use of voting rights ernment, and in most cases two paid for all the shares. has definitely caused a downturn most visible change to the FBA to circumvent the shareholder re- years of operation, before revert- Under the new changes, in the business of the newcom- is the stricter enforcement of 10 strictions. In the past, a company ing to a true “Thai” company. most small businesses will remain ers coming to Thailand – they rules against the use of nominees that was 49% for- In previous is- open and not face too much scru- have been scared away.” in Thai corporations. eign and 51% Thai sues we commented tiny. It seems the bad news is In the past, foreigners could effectively be on what the effect of However, when it comes to settling in, with some established would arrange for Thais to act as controlled by the for- these changes and companies investing in land and real estate players feeling the “nominee” shareholders, holding eigner through the others would have property, the story is different. amendment to the SBA is a re- shares in the interest of the for- issue of preferred on local businesses. The amendment to the FBA, jection of foreign investment. eigner and not acting as genuine shares to the for- As time has passed while not yet law, is already be- Other real-estate-related firms investors. eigner. If each for- and the issues have ing enforced in the real estate are trying to keep a happy face For a small fee, the Thais eign share receives become clearer, it is market. in light of recent developments, would act as silent partners. 10 votes and each apparent that certain Companies with foreign while still others are hoping that These laws were rarely, if ever Thai share one vote, businesses will be af- shareholders are being blocked some sweeteners will come along enforced, but all that has chang- the foreigner essen- fected to a greater from buying land in Krabi unless with this new amendment – such ed. I won’t get into the reasons tially retains owner- ACROSS degree than others. they can prove the Thai share- as an extension of the long-term why. ship of the compa- Technically, holders have paid for their shares lease from the current 30+30+30- Any company that has nom- ny and circumvents THE BAY when one opens a or can pass a wealth test. year structure to one 90-year inee shareholders is considered in the Foreign Busi- Thai-majority com- Many development compa- lease, and an increase in the al- violation of the current Foreign ness Act. By Gus Reynolds pany – 49% foreign nies which have been in existence lowed ratio of foreign buyers in Business Act regulations, regard- The amend- and 51% Thai – the for years can no longer use that condominiums from 49% to 75% less of whether the new amend- ment to the FBA will outlaw com- shares should be bought by each company as a vehicle to purchase or more. ments are approved or not. panies using this shareholder ar- shareholder to capitalize the com- additional property. If one tries to Let’s pray for some sweet- The new amendments list rangement, and stipulates they pany. As we all know, through the open a company with foreign eners! the penalties and time-frames for compliance. Any company with nominee shareholders will be giv- en 90 days to notify the govern- ment and one year to comply. The second major change 8 PHUKET GAZETTE AROUND THE NATION February 24 - March 2, 2007

economic worries and construc- tion defects at Suvarnabhumi Air- Airlines refuse port. The poll of 4,704 locals and expatriates in 20 provinces be- tween January 25 and February to move back 10 found that people in the South and Bangkok were the least happy. In calculating the index, “10” is defined as extremely to Don Muang happy and zero is extremely un- happy. on Muang Airport may Nehls was found dead in his not reopen, as few air- prison cell in Udon Thani in what Out out damn Pop! Frightened lines have shown in- was believed to be a suicide, po- of evil spirits known as Phi Pop, Dtention of moving their lice said. villagers at Kalasin’s Tambon operations back to the old airport, Nehls’ body was found on Sam Chai raised 35,000 baht to said an executive of Airports of Valentine’s Day with his wrists pay a witch doctor to exorcise Thailand (AOT). slashed and a sock stuffed down demons allegedly dwelling in two Pinit Saraithong, Director of his throat, Pol Capt Jirapong female villagers. Don Muang airport, said that only Singhasuriya said. The exorcisms were carried three airlines – Nok Air, Thai Nehls, 64, is believed to out at Baan Nong Kung Noi com- AirAsia and One-Two-Go – have died from suffocation, munity hall on the morning of were interested in moving back rather than loss of blood, because February 9 by Paithoon Sommitr, to Don Muang. The number of the slashes to his wrists, inflicted 63. The treatment involved flights these airlines operate ac- with the jagged edge of a toilet chanting magic spells and spilling counts for only about 10% of air bowl, were not deep. water over the possessed wo- traffic at the new Suvarnabhumi Police arrested Nehls, who men, who laid on the floor, Airport. is from Zeppernick in the east- screaming and crying. “How could we survive with ern German state of Sachsen- Village headman Suwit such a small number of clients?” Anhalt, on February 10 on charg- Phaitecha said that following four he asked after meeting with more es of abducting and raping a 12- mysterious and sudden deaths of than 60 airlines, including Thai year-old girl. villagers late last month, some Airways International (THAI), Corrections Department 1,000 residents contributed to pay which insisted it would not move. chief Nathee Chitsawang or- for the exorcisms. AOT had earlier expected dered officers to question 30 in- Phi Pop is believed to be a at least 30% of flights from mates in the prison and to check female ogre who by night feeds Suvarnabhumi to move to Don the closed-circuit TV near Nehls’ voraciously on human intestines Muang. cell. or the blood of animals. Sopin Daengteth, chairman Local health official Jutha- of the Airline Operators Commit- Marital law: After waging a long mas Wilasri said she had checked tee, said, “International airlines battle to legally protect wives OVER THE TOP? Actress and Thammasat University senior out the four “mysterious deaths” Not impressed, the university gave her a written warning, won’t return to Don Muang, even from being raped by their hus- Chotiros “Amy” Suriyawong wore this sexy evening gown to the and found that they were all eld- though the old airport would be bands, women’s rights activists ceremonyrequired her for to this read year’s books Subhanahongsa to the blind for Awards,15 days andthe Thaisome film industry’sother community equivalent service to the work. Academy Awards. erly persons, aged from 65 to 80, reopened for international expressed exasperation that the who died of heart disease and flights.” latest move to amend criminal strokes. The move would allow taxi- codes still failed to address their mitted a crime”. Current laws say husband and wife are acceptable. ways and runways at Suvarn- concerns. it is a crime for a man to rape a Activists have long requested that Polluters to pay: Companies abhumi could be fixed while air- The latest proposed amend- woman who is not his wife. the phrase “who is not his wife” and individuals held responsible lines operate as usual, he said. ment reads: “An individual who Women’s rights activists be cut out in order to make it ille- for groundwater contamination rapes another person who is not believe the proposed new word- gal for a man to rape his wife. will have to pay for the clean-up Cell suicide: German Helmut his/her husband or wife has com- ing implies that rapes between National Legislative Assem- if proposed new legislation and bly (NLA) member Wallop Tang- associated regulations come into khananurak said the NLA will effect. reconsider the proposed change. The Natural Resources and Environment Ministry on Febru- Happiness index wanes: ary 13 filed for Cabinet approval Thailand’s “gross happiness in- of the Groundwater Bill. If the bill dex” has fallen to 5.68 in Janu- wins Cabinet approval, it will be ary from 5.74 in November and passed on to the National Legis- December, according to Abac lative Assembly. Poll Research Center Director Dr The bill demands polluters Noppadon Kannika. cover costs of cleaning up The negative factors groundwater contamination. claimed to have dragged the hap- piness factor down were the New Year’s Eve bombings in Bangkok, Around the Nation news round- political divisions, the activities of up is sourced from the pages of ousted prime minister Thaksin The Nation and Kom Chad Luek Shinawatra, violence in the South, newspapers. February 24 - March 2, 2007 AROUND THE SOUTH PHUKET GAZETTE 9 Nine killed in night of violence string of coordinated san went inside before everyone bombings and arson else. My children and I were just attacks hit more than about to go in when I saw flames A30 targets, including a leap up in Phaisan’s room. My power plant, in the southernmost husband ran to help. I could see provinces on the night of Febru- that he managed to get to him and ary 18 and morning of February was about to carry him out when 19, the beginning of the Chinese the flames leaped up and he could Lunar New Year. not get out,” K. Im-erp said. At least two people were Lt Yutthaphong Thongjeen killed and 29 injured in the Betong from Wangwiset District Police and Muang districts of Yala in a Station said that police believe series of raids that targeted the fire was caused by an elec- karaoke bars and petrol stations. trical short circuit as the house Yala was the worst affected had a lot of messy wiring. province in the latest violence, The blaze was quickly fu- said army spokesman Col Akara eled by the large amount of petrol Thiproj, as 24 bomb blasts spread kept in the house, he said chaos and confusion around the province. No encore: Singer Somphon In Pattani a bomb struck a Phetchnakin, 26, was shot dead power plant in the Muang district on his doorstep in Thung Song at about 7pm leaving most of the District, Nakhon Sri Thammarat, province in darkness. February 10. The victim was an In Narathiwat, six bomb at- uncle of well-known Southern tacks hit various targets, includ- country singer “Kae Naphoh”. ing a karaoke bar in Sungai Kolok PHYSICS 101: A crane hoisting a full concrete pouring bucket tipped onto its rear stabilizers during Police are working on the district at 8.45pm. One man was construction of a new Faculty of Communication Science building at Prince of Songkla University, theory that jealousy or adultery killed and about 20 injured in the Pattani Campus. No injuries resulted from the mishap. provided the motive for the mur- incidents. Arson attacks were reported that the toll for the night Banlop Chalat, 32, ran into Banlop and K. Im-erp stayed der. K. Somphon was good look- also reported at schools and a had risen to nine dead and 44 in- the house after seeing flames leap with their two children in one ing, talented and always had many mosque in the province’s Sungai jured. up and hearing the cries of his room, while K. Banlop’s mother, women after him, which angered Padi and Rusoh districts, officials eight-year-old adopted brother, Lee Thaenmak, 60, and Phaisan other local youths, police said. said. Blaze engulfs brothers: A man Phaisan Saelim. He managed to lived in the other room. In Songkhla, a number of ran into his burning home to save reach the boy, but the pair were Part of the house had been arson attacks took place in Jana, his adopted brother in Trang’s engulfed by the blaze, Banlop’s converted into a small grocery Around The South news round- Na Tawee and Saba Yoi districts. Wangwiset District on February wife Im-erp Thongbua, 30, re- store, which sold whiskey bottles up is sourced from the pages of At the time of going to 15. However, both died in the ported. full of petrol to motorists. The Nation and Kom Chad Luek press, Agence France-Presse blaze. In the two-room house, K. “After we had dinner, Phai- newspapers. 10 PHUKET GAZETTE AROUND THE ISLAND February 24 - March 2, 2007 That ol’ Phuket magic By Semacote Suganya

n 2003, prestidigitator David Holbourne magically ap- peared in Phuket, halfway Iaround the world from his hometown of Nottingham, En- gland. He didn’t indicate if broom- sticks or astral travel were in- volved, but then a magician never reveals his tricks. In a more prosaic vain, he explained, “I wanted to broaden my experience and skills in an- other country, and found that there are fewer professional working magicians here. I real- ized that I had a great opportu- nity to fill a gap in the entertain- ment market in Phuket.” The magic David performs under the company name Phuket Magic is packaged into several categories: children’s magic; close-up magic, performed for adults at dinners, weddings, par- ties and corporate events; and stage magic for larger adult au- diences, which combines close- up magic with balloon tricks. David’s Thai wife, Poo, helps him with his magic shows. He may be the world’s first ma- gician to pull Poo out of a hat. “I love entertaining people. I make them happy and laugh – that’s what makes me happy, and I love to see it. To be able to per- form magic for an audience and see and hear their reaction of AN ABUNDANCE OF MAGIC: David and Poo Holbourne deftly demonstrate their palpably perfect prestidigitation. surprise is the best feeling in the world!” said David. Royal Meridien Phuket Yacht ing a wry sense of humor. This I love to entertain customers, I also the Derby Magic Circle. “I have lived in Phuket with Club, JW Marriott, The Holiday gave him an edge over local ma- used magic tricks to help sell my Does the Brotherhood use its su- my wife for three and half years, Inn and Tesco-Lotus. gicians, as it gave him a greater goods,” he told us. pernatural powers to manipulate and we have built up the reputa- Although David maintained rapport with foreign audiences, Slydini, a master of sleight world affairs? He volunteered no tion of Phuket Magic,” he said. the magicians’ tradition of never David said. of hand tricks and misdirection, information on that subject. The couple have been com- revealing his tricks, one secret of David got his start mentor- and Tommy Wonder, whose spe- David does seem to use his missioned to perform at events by his success he was willing to ing with a professional magician cialties were close-up and stage powers for good here in Phuket, many big businesses, including Le share was the advantage of hav- in Nottingham. In exchange for magic, were two modern magi- to the delight of many young and learning the ways of the wizard cians who have inspired David, young-at-heart audiences. and the source of the magical who uses a somewhat more con- His prices range from 4,000 pixie dust, David assisted his guru servative stage name for himself: baht for three-hour children’s at lectures and performances and “Paul”. shows to 7,500 baht for a four- helped him as best he could. He “I took three years to learn hour stage presentation. didn’t specify whether this in- some of their tricks, such as tear- volved being sawn asunder and ing and restoring newspaper, and Need a little magic in your life? sewn back together again, but he one called ‘Merlin’s Book’,” he For more information check out appears to still be all in one piece. said. David’s website www.phuket He sidelined as a huckster, David’s credentials are magic.com or contact Phuket putting his sleight-of-hand to good pretty impressive. He’s a mem- Magic by phone at: 087- use. “I worked at the market sell- ber of the International Brother- 8887676; or by email to: magic ing bags, belts, and so on, and as hood of Magicians (IBM) and @phuketmagic.com. February 24 - March 2, 2007 PHUKET GAZETTE 11 12 PHUKET GAZETTE February 24 - March 2, 2007 February 24 - March 2, 2007 GOOD LIVING PHUKET GAZETTE 13

hat’s in a name? Think of “Joe”: it On the could be kindly WUncle Joe Stalin, menu Joe 1 and Joe 4 or even Joe 90, Average Joe, Joe Bloggs, Joe HEY JOE… Strummer (RIP), Judge Joe Dredd or Joe Schmoe. Taking a quick spin around the world, the name “Joe” refers to Gawd knows how many res- taurants and bars. There’s the Navajo Joe restaurant in London, the Tokyo Joe’s Blues Bar in Bangkok, the Eskimo Joe eatery WITH in Stillwater, Oklahoma, and Te- Andy Johnstone quila Joe’s bar in Manila. I am even told that humble Joe Kools Phuket has at least three estab- lishments that feature the name ful Chili’s Grill & Bar, as per- “Joe” – Joe’s Downstairs and formed by Fat Bastard in Austin Joe’s South, and now Joe Kools. Powers: The Spy Who Shagged The latter is to be found at Me: “I want my baby back baby the recently-opened Ramada back baby back baby back baby Resort in Karon and is an enter- back baby back ribs, Chili’s baby prising mélange of Americana back ribs”. There is barely a dry with a somewhat…a somewhat eye – much less a dry seat – in what? Tropical twist? Eccentric the house. The ribs are damn fine. spin? Schizophrenic nature? “Mumbo Gumbo” – the tra- The first thing one notices ditional Louisiana seafood and upon entering Joe Kools is a rath- chicken soup (180 baht) follows. er large Yank tank, which looks The size of the portions prevents not unlike (but is not at all like) Main picture: Who parked that there? Inset, gumbo (above) and kids’ favorite The Painter Goes Mad. us from sampling the salads, the beast Kowalski drives in Van- burgers, enticing steaks from a ishing Point, pinioned to the wall gering 240 baht.” Perhaps that’s Resort is sincere. Painter Goes Mad”. land down under and desserts rich afore the bar. The muscle car in why the bar seats have shock The place is a veritable fairy Paint brushes – deep-fried enough to make a cardiologist grin question is reputed to be a ’64 absorbers. I’d be staggered, too, kingdom. The resort has castles, cheese sticks – come served with with anticipation. Chevy and, so the legend goes, were I a beer drinker – but I’m family entertainment, kids’ edu- various dips of green, red, yellow “Another day,” we say to “Joe” parked it up the wall acci- not. It’s shots, cocktails and wine cation zones and themed bed- and blue hues and mashed pota- each other. And we will. Good dentally. for me. rooms, and not just for the young to. It is surprisingly yummy and food, a good atmosphere – both Elsewhere it’s large pix of But closer inspection is call- ’uns – Florian says that the (as with all the children’s meals) for children and their less-mature jazz greats on the walls, car li- ed for, and I investigate the bar fairytale princess rooms are pop- good value at 150 baht. parents – and reasonable prices; cense plates, Harley-Davidson menu. Indeed, Heineken is 240 ular with Korean honeymooners. We return to the adult world whether one resides here or is on seats on shock-absorber springs baht a pint – if one buys one’s The venue is ideal for a child’s with a mighty plate of “Wild holiday. Anyway, I quite fancy at the bar… pints in girly half-pint measures. birthday party, however. West” – potato skins delivered sitting in Captain Kirk’s chair – Joe Kools basks in the soi- Be a man, not an amoeba, and The restaurant has a wel- with bacon pieces, cheddar to be found in one of the Star disant glory of being “the world’s Heineken is a more moderate 180 come mix of comfort-food faves cheese and a tangy tomato sauce Trek-themed rooms – and telling worst restaurant” and “home of baht a (draft) pint. Cocktails, by on the menu. Florian twists our for 175 baht. the mem to, “Beam me up!” lousy food and over-priced the way, are all 180 baht, unless arms into sampling the Margari- Down the hatch they go, drinks”. one buys a “Superglass” Marga- tas – one of each flavor, to ac- along with a slurp of margarita – Joe Kools, Ramada Resort Well, I know nothing about rita – classic, mango or strawber- company our lunchtime feast. the best, I suggest, this side of the Karon Beach. Visit www.joe food and never pay for a drink, ry – or a 750-baht pitcher. We decide to sample selec- Chiquito Restaurant Bar in Le- koolsphuket.com or call 076- which means that I may be the Joe Kools even – gulp – tions from the Kids Grub Galore icester Square. 396666 ext 6802. joint’s ideal customer. produces Margaritas by the ce- menu. “Octopus in the Sea” (sau- Next up is a plate of Hick- So incensed was one Ga- ment-mixer full. I kid you not. sage shapes in a sea of cheesy ory Smoked Baby Back Ribs. Al- zette correspondent that, in the Ramada Resort GM Flori- mashed potato with a fried egg though aware that Florian is a bit February 3 edition of this turgid an Hallermann is a bit of a card, for the cephalopod’s eye) is a of a rum cove, we are nonethe- organ, he wrote, “…the price of in a pleasantly understated way. possibility, as is the “Tower of less surprised to hear him intone a pint of Heineken was a stag- His enthusiasm for the Ramada Fish”, but we plump for “The the sacred mantra of the wonder- 14 PHUKET GAZETTE PHUKET PEOPLE February 24 - March 2, 2007

hrough everything she does, Barbara Tucker tries to em power people, “to give them a good feeling and to help them to feel and give love,” she says. T These are just a few of her hopes when she steps on stage, writes a song, consults with a fellow artist or shares her strength with people in need. “I have love to give people – which God has given me Barbara Tucker’s Vision of through my gift of singing – a countless ministry of love to awaken good feelings in people,” she says. contributions to the Barbara has always been club music scene involved in music. In her younger through her years she was in musical theater and sang in a church group with management, ideas her sister and cousin. “My par- and music have made ents sang, and my father still sings her one of the best- in a group called The Persua- sions. It was just a part of the known voices in the family,” Barbara explains. industry. Before her Barbara kept music in her Valentine’s Day family when she married pro- concert at The Chedi, ducer and musician Marcus Fugate nine years ago. He used this diva talked with the to tour with her, playing live and Gazette’s Laura singing duets, but he is currently Schafer about what taking time to focus on his own projects. drives her to do her “He’s more focused on his best at everything. career right now, and I think it’s fine. I would take him out of his creations so much, you know. “I just kept working for Even though I love him on stage various people, I’ve won and with me, I can’t be selfish about been nominated for many awards. it,” she says. It just keeps going,” Barbara Barbara was dancing in a says. club in 1985 when she caught the Since then she has eye of a producer. She said that launched a consultant company, the producer came up to her that toured, been involved in many night and said one of their danc- collaborations and now has her ers was sick and would she be in own music label in the works. “I’ll the background. have my own clothing line com- He didn’t know she could ing out soon, too,” she adds. sing, but after that night she soon Her source of strength and had danced in several videos and inspiration? “God gives me ideas. had begun choreographing. Bar- I can be sleeping or sitting here bara went to auditions and per- and next thing I’m brainstorming formed in nine off-Broadway pro- and I’ll be like ‘Oh wow, we could ductions as well. do this’,” explains Babara. “I’m During that period, she be- always seeing a vision.” came a club promoter and began Barbara has recorded a her list of artists whom she would Barbara’s music is fun, but the more I like it. People seem to The Underground Network, the number of collaborations with like to work with is long. she wants it to carry a message get the message and get the longest running club night in New different artists. She loves the “Mick Jagger – I think I as well. Her songs Beautiful meaning,” she says. York history. They switched their harmonies and music that they could be the Tina Turner of to- People and Most Precious Love Before every show, Bar- DJ line up at the club and even- make, and she loves when it all day with him,” she says, then are personal favorites because bara prays that her audience will tually hired “Little” Louie Vega. clicks. laughs as she thinks of another. she feels that they connect with be touched and connected by the After Vega met Barbara, the two “I just did a track with “How about Boy George? That people the most. music and then take that love collaborated on a song and she James ‘D-Train’ Williams – that would be fun. That’s what I look “Those songs are very spiri- home with them. was signed to a record label. was something,” she says. But for: interesting and fun.” tual, and the more spiritual it is “I hope what people get from my shows is to love them- selves first and to search within and don’t look for the answers on the outside because the spirit will speak to you if you are quiet enough. “I want people to not judge, just to accept people. If you can look in the mirror and accept yourself, then you can accept someone else. Because we all bleed the same,” she explains. In her rare downtime, Bar- bara serves with one of the Zoe Ministries. Some days she cleans and serves others as part of the ministry program. “It’s about em- powerment and how to make the best of your life.” She is also working on set- ting up a program for young women in the arts. She wants to give them a place to feel com- fortable and open up to their emo- tions. “It’s going to be for young girls about 13 to 18 years old who feel they are gifted. “They can go there, we can counsel them and teach them the arts. We can show them that you don’t have to sleep with people to get to where you want to go. February 24 - March 2, 2007 PHUKET PEOPLE PHUKET GAZETTE 15

‘I want people to not judge, just to accept people. If you can look Happily Ever After in the mirror and beauty accept yourself, then Recent weddings you can accept someone else. in Phuket Because we all bleed the same’

Space”. “I’m singing, I’m talking to people. I’m making them feel at home at a party. There are people from all over the world there. I keep my cool, I tell people don’t let the island control you. You control yourself on the is- land,” she said referring to the party atmosphere of Ibiza. When she travels, Barbara listens to local music. “I like to hear the music of the land. I like to hear that spirit. It is very calm- ing; it soothes me. I think they should do more live traditional Thai music. “People inspire me. Inspire ABOVE: Chalintra means ‘in spirit’– that’s where Mitwong and that word is come from. I don’t Udomsak really like to talk about the nega- Talasaitong were tive side, but if I do it’s only to married in the Phra empower people to their positive Pitak Grand side.” Ballroom at The Metropole hotel on Still one has to wonder December 29. where she finds the energy and time to do everything that she does. “Everything moves slowly, LEFT: Pornpimon and I’m very patient. I live life as Plodbut and things come up and I don’t get Christophe Durand stuck with time pressures. That’s were also married the only way I could survive I in the Phra Pitak think. I’m very patient.” Grand Ballroom at The Metropole For more information about hotel, but on Barbara Tucker and her music January 15. We’ll teach them about the ber Barbara is in Ibiza, Spain, see www.barbaratucker.com or power within,” Barbara explains. where she hosts a party every myspace.com/missbarbara From July through Septem- Wednesday called “In Bed with tucker 16 PHUKET GAZETTE HAPPENINGS February 24 - March 2, 2007 T his week

A ROYAL FANTASEA: FantaSea Phuket Chief Executive Officer Kittikorn Classy Test Drive: Managing Director Man Sooksawee of Benz Phuket Co Ltd (back center, with Kewkacha (right) welcomes the Queen of Bhutan HM Queen Ashi Tshering cap) launches the new E-Class Mercedes-Benz E200 with test drives around the island and a lunch Pem Wangchuck (3rd from right) and other members of the Royal Family at Laem Phromthep for media and guests. of Bhutan during their recent visit to Phuket FantaSea.

HOLIDAY GUIDES: Phuket Gazette Marketing Manager Natthira ‘Anna’ Susangrat LAGUNA GUIDANCE: Dusit Laguna Resort General Manager Jan Verduyn (left) and (2nd from right), and Guide Distribution Officer Thammanoon Bunteam (right), deliver edition Dusit Executive Secretary Darunee Kolsaman (center) receive the Gazette the new Gazette Guide to Holiday Inn Resort General Manager Wolfgang Meusburger 2007edition from Guide Distribution Manager Jaree ‘Nok’ Makchan. (2nd from left) and his Personal Assistant Ladawan Chuayniam.

ABOVE – SILKY STARS: On their first night in Phuket for the Phuket International Blues Festival at the Hilton Arcadia in Karon, headliners enjoyed a dinner hosted by Silk Restaurant in Surin. Pictured are (from left) British blues legend Victor Brox; daughter and diva Kyla Brox; the phenomenal guitarist Rich Harper; and Silk Restaurant General Manager Angkana Jamsrikaew.

LEFT – SNOWBALLIN’: Ken ‘Snowman’ Mihanan and lead vocalist Mary of Pattaya’s Blues Machine get rockin’ at the Phuket International Blues Festival at the Hilton Phuket Arcadia Resort & Spa in Karon. February 24 - March 2, 2007 FEATURES PHUKET GAZETTE 17

ast week I had my hair cut. Not a major chop, as I’m actually growing Lit, but a sleek re-style Okay, hands up, who which even my hairdresser was completely proud of. Did any- body notice? Did they hell! In the end I had to draw my radical encounter with my hair- dresser to about five people’s at- thinks I’m gorgeous? tention, and even then all they could muster was, “I thought the espresso I had made him, sit- ment out of your other half, don’t sive denial that a compliment can something was a bit different”. ting in my kitchen, he asked, “Is look to other men for comfort. elicit. Some days I feel as though I could it the way you are standing or are My good male friends seem to AMBROSIA’S If someone tells us we’re dye my eyebrows purple and you pregnant again?” Truly, think they’ll gain Brownie points looking great we shoot back, “No boost my double-Fs to even more things obviously ain’t what they by pretending to be in touch with I am not, I look absolutely aw- grotesque proportions and nobody used to be. their feminine side and being hon- ful.” Sadly, learning how to ap- would bat an eyelid… Don’t get me wrong. This est with me, when really I’m just preciate compliments is something It wasn’t always this way. has nothing to do with seeking fishing for compliments. most of us achieve too late in life. While at college I had a job at male approval. I’m chuffed if the Once when I commented Perhaps there is a lesson in Harrods in London as a “mobile” bag lady in the London under- on my toned arms, naturally in- all this. Maybe it’s wrong to look salesgirl. One Christmas, on the ground admires my coat. Okay, viting comparisons with the mus- to others to bolster a flagging ego, road down the side of the store, I so she’s only thinking of the cold cular Madonna, one such “friend” and as long as the important distinctly remember there were night ahead, but these are des- said, “Yes, I had noticed they people in your life appreciate you, a couple of roofers working on a perate times. were rather chunky.” that’s really all that matters. house, and on the way to work You can’t even rely on Another friend of mine was Why, only yesterday my every morning I would run the people who should know better. told, “You really are very attrac- [email protected] SECRETS nine-year-old told me I was the gauntlet of their choice com- “Do these go together?” I ask tive, but you should do a bit more most beautiful woman in the ments. Their appreciation was “him indoors”, he being the only work on your body. Your thighs world. Okay, so I asked him first, met with a frosty stare as I stuck other adult in the house. “Yeah, are very big.” There’s being “one Or, as my best mate was and yes, he knew that there was my head in the air and slinked they look fine.” of the girls”, and then there’s just told, “You’re so good at parties a packet of Maltesers riding on past in my boots and leather “Fine” in his case usually living goddamn dangerously. as you really know how to let your the answer, but still. He may not jacket. means “I don’t think those colors There are also those com- hair down,” which, translated, be a fully-formed person yet, but These days I teeter along in go together, but I’m not going to pliments that leave you suspect- means, “Your pissed-up party the boy shows some promise… my sexy kitten heels and hardly risk another debate on just how ing a backhander that Roger piece is a blast for everyone else, get a second glance. If anyone color-blind I am”. Federer would be proud of. The but, God, are you embarrassing.” Ambrosia Sakkadas, a UK-born was to say anything I’d be far Granted, my situation isn’t over-enthusiastic reception for A quick survey of my pals Greek Cypriot and graduate of more likely to giggle coquettishly as bad as that of my friend. She my new sunglasses suggested reveals one sad truth. It seems Central St Martins College of than act the offended feminist. recently said of her partner, “The that my last pair looked like a pair that while we often think compli- Art & Design in London, is an In fact the last builder who day Richard pays me a compli- of cast-offs, and the exclama- mentary thoughts, they don’t al- artist, designer and newspaper commented on my appearance ment is the day I’ll know he is tions of how flattering my jeans ways make it out of our mouths. columnist. Her first novel, Greek was the one who decorated my cheating.” were merely indicated how well One of the reasons for this could Girls Don’t Cry, is available from house. As K. No-Name drank If it’s hard getting a compli- they disguised my enormous ass. be the sometimes quite aggres- amazon.com 18 PHUKET GAZETTE LIFESTYLE February 24 - March 2, 2007

Right: Even jeans and a T-shirt look good with the right shoes. Left: Bows and open toes from Karita. Below, elegant wedge heels with open toe in neutral colors, good for work or play. From Karita.

Above: Glitter at nighttime with diamante-decorated high- heel sandals in wicked black from Pearl Jam. Right: Simple but seductive strapped sandals, also from Pearl Jam. BESTBEST FOOTFOOT FORWARDFORWARD By Supanun Supawong the owner of Karita Shoes in She added that colorful, “Some women bring in a K. Chart also emphasized Ocean Shopping Mall, outlined closed shoes with high heels piece of cloth to make a decision the importance of matching shoes ne essential accessory recent fashion developments for were popular. High-heeled, rhine- about matching the shoes to a to the rest of the outfit – for ex- to a woman’s style is the Gazette. stone-decorated ones were also dress or outfit... But for those ample, pairing red, white or black shoes – the right shoes “Red shoes are a trend now, hot sellers, especially for evening who cannot decide, I can help shoes with a red dress. Ocan make any outfit also shoes with heels around 10 soirées, and footwear with small, them choose, such as silver shoes He said that closed shoes look great. centimeters. Most women prefer translucent heels were all the with a pink dress, or black ones were the most popular at the mo- Trends in women’s shoes to buy trendy shoes, but shoe rage for a night out. with an orange dress,” K. Ta told ment, and that flats were good for are always changing, which trends change fast, almost week- For a more casual footing, us. daytime use, but for a night out would explain the over-abun- to-week. Some weeks the trend closed rubber shoes were selling “I think shoes are quite im- there was no choice but heels. dance of shoes women seem to will be blue, some weeks it’s yel- like hotcakes. K. Ta said that portant, they make a woman look need; a fashion-conscious girl low, violet or white. Women’s women often bought these every- good,” she concluded. Karita Shoes is on the second doesn’t want to miss out! shoe trends never stop,” K. Ta day shoes in several colors to Apichart “Chart” Wuthipan, floor of Ocean Shopping Mall Khattiya “Ta” Wuthiphan, said. match different outfits. her brother, is the owner of Pearl in Phuket City, open from 10:30 Jam Shoes. He agreed that am to 9 pm every day. women’s shoes were an ever- Pearl Jam Shoes is located changing fashion trend. just up the road, at the Fanta- “Colorful, small heels in red, sia intersection, and is open yellow and dark blue are popu- from 10:30 am to 8:30 pm ev- lar,” he said. ery day. February 24 - March 2, 2007 LIFESTYLE PHUKET GAZETTE 19 Too good for their own good

he buyers of 170 million Rolling Stone sky…” He was, in fact, shot onto U218, although four tracks U2 albums can’t all be magazine, Bono at 6:01 pm. were released as singles. From wrong, can they? Any cited Stay… as one With or Without You – there on in, all the usual sus- Tband that has received of his personal which recently made a pects make an appearance. 22 Grammies – whatever a favourite U2 splendid appearance as a No New Year’s Day, Where Grammy is actually worth – has songs, and perhaps 1 hit cover version on Take the Streets Have No Name to be supernaturally talented, the most underrat- Me To The Clouds Above (Tony Blair’s favorite song, I am surely? ed. So, Bono, why by Brit dance outfit LMC – told), the martial Sunday A band that has espoused is it not on U218? from The Joshua Tree fol- Bloody Sunday – apparently a such causes as Greenpeace Conspicuous lows. song about not having much to (while aiding the destruction of by its absence, too, With remains a favor- do at the weekend – follow the ozone layer by flying around is Until the End of ite on U2 tours. For anyone alongside Desire, Sweetest the world), Burmese political dis- the Worl d, also wanting to recreate the live Thing and Elevation, a thunder- sident Aung San Suu Kyi, unem- from Achtung concert experience at home, ously good mix of crashing ployment in Ireland, the Make Baby. The lyrics simply fill your living room drums, effects, guitars and a Poverty History campaign (while describe a conver- with as many people – pref- simple refrain to which the inti- lead singer Bono wore US$150 sation between erably ones you dislike – as mate audience of 55,000 souls sunglasses), anti-globalization Jesus Christ and you can, drench yourselves can sing along with ease. And (while the band promoted the Judas Iscariot. with a combination of stale oh, it was used in the 2001 film iPod) and, of course, Live Aid, Why, with the ma- beer, sweat and rainwater, Lara Croft: Tomb Raider. must be in line for four-way be- jority of U2 band YOUNGER DAYS: The cover photo goes back the time play With or Without You at The penultimate track is a atification, right? members being when the Edge had more hair... and more edge. ear-bleeding volume, and cover of The Skids’ (Richard Job- Sadly, as U2’s espousal of Christian, and the burn yourself with dispos- son, where are you now?) The important social causes has in- single’s chart-topping status, was timonious little amateur-ass per- able lighters held above your Saints Are Coming performed creased, the quality of their sonic this not selected? son wrote that simpering idiocy? head. with Green Day. output has shown a downward U218 opens with Beauti- If you ask ME, when you bleed The compilation continues The song, I read, was re- trend, as the recently-released ful Day, the poly-national No 1 to death from the bullet, you ain’t with Vertigo, a great song. In corded for – no surprise – chari- U218 Singles compilation hit from 2001’s All That You got anything left to be proud fact, it’s the best song from table purposes, this time for vic- shows. Can’t Leave Behind – the band’s with.” 2004’s How to Dismantle an tims of Hurricane Katrina or Odd to notice, too, that as 10th studio album and its fourth By the way, obsessive- Atomic Bomb. The maudlin some other worthy crowd – but, The Edge’s – he’s the British with Daniel Lanois and Brian compulsives, the final verse “re- Sometimes You Can’t Make It after having read through page guitarist of this, er… Irish band – Eno producing. The duo also pro- lating” King’s assassination, be- On Your Own – about Bono’s after page of liner notes listing hairline has receded, so has the duced The Unforgettable Fire, gins, “Early morning, April 4, late father – is the only other U2’s good works, I switched the innovation. The Joshua Tree and Achtung shot rings out in the Memphis track from How To…to make it CD off. Of course, Baby, arguably for a band that cel- U2’s best releas- ebrated 26 years es. in the biz last year, Next, it’s a it might not be sur- leap back in time prising that it’s with Track 2, I Still lost some of its Haven’t Found “edge”. ...My Singing It is only a Voice – I mean, little more than …What I’m four years since Looking For, the last U2 com- from 1987’s Josh- pilation (The Best ua Tree; before of 1990-2000), going back a fur- which was just ther three years to four years after Ear Candy Pride (In the the band’s first By Andy Johnstone Name of Love), (The Best of about Martin Lu- 1980-1990). ther King Jr. This one is an overview of their The bombastic Pride works entire output, so it isn’t too sur- only on the strength of its re- prising that a great deal has been sounding beat and big, droning omitted. bass line, not on the nobility of There is no Even Better its lyrics, which are actually un- Than the Real Thing, from 1991’s remarkable and inarticulate emo- Achtung Baby, which hit the No tional crowing. 1 spot in the States. Stay (Far- Critical reception to this away, So Close!), a Top 5 hit in song remains mixed. Music crit- both the UK and Australia, is also ic Dave Marsh wrote of Pride: absent. “I hated it, and I hate it still… In a 2005 interview with What kind of overweening, sanc- 20 PHUKET GAZETTE TRAVEL February 24 - March 2, 2007

Main picture: A funky and lush welcome at Hong Kong’s Luxe Manor. Inset, Singapore’s New Majestic (top) and Siem Reap’s One Hotel Angkor, with its single suite. CHIC BOUTIQUE eeking relief from the Given that the province paper, or imitating a Bedouin French colonial mansion, a cock- undergone a rapid transformation Chain Gang – carbon- where it stands had recently been tent – due to open shortly; how- tail-olive toss from the hip Linga from seedy to swish, with the ar- copy, corporate-branded dubbed “Shangri-La”, the hotel ever, the regular rooms are both Bar, One’s staff are drawn from rival of a cluster of smart restau- S hotels whose logos be- took its cue from the legend and roomy and tasteful, with luxuri- a training institute for underpriv- rants and boutique hotels. deck all too many destinations – duly ensured that it would blend ous, clean-lined bathrooms ileged youth and go about their Former lawyer Peng Loh Asian travelers are finding sanc- seamlessly into the landscape. sporting a rain-forest shower. tasks with a marvelous blend of led the way with Hotel 1929, and tuary in the ever-growing breed The 32 suites and lodges are The portable bedside phone decorum and style. has capitalized on that property’s of boutique resorts. genuine farmhouses – moved works anywhere in the hotel, and Dining at the ground-floor success by opening the New When the first luxury hotel from their original locations and the Internet-enabled television is bistro is a regular treat, with Majestic. opened in the Tibetan capital, painstakingly re-constructed – framed within a gilt mirror. The fresh local ingredients imagina- Each of its 30 rooms was Lhasa, it was besieged by locals augmented by mod cons such as overall effect is tively served, designed by a different young art- wanting to ride the lifts and ex- IDD and color TV. both cordial and and the adjoining ist. Four of the most intriguing periment with the restaurants’ In Hong Kong, The Luxe entertaining, TALES McDermott Gal- are variously dubbed Mirror, novelty knives and forks. Manor is a bold fusion of hi-tech, while the Italian OF A lery – showcas- Hanging Bed, Aquarium and Twenty years on, the hos- high camp and haute cuisine – a restaurant is ut- ing the work of Loft. They must be seen to be pitality learning curve is still fair- 159-room boutique in the back terly gourmet. TRAVELER young Cambodi- believed. ly steep, and sharpened some- streets of Kowloon that’s a very There’s but By Ed Peters an artists – pro- The property’s bedecked what with the opening of Banyan viable alternative to more tradi- a solitary suite at vides much in with arresting artworks, and the Tree Ringha, 3.2 kilometers tional accommodation. The One Hotel Angkor, in Siem the way of cerebral entertain- restaurant is overseen by the above sea level. Adopting a European man- Reap – but what a suite! Its lofty ment. youthful Yong Bing Ngen, who sion as its model, the Manor’s ceilings look down upon an oli- The area around Keong matches his idiosyncratic style of interior designs – think wistful, garch-sized bed; there’s an out- Saik Road in Singapore’s China- Cantonese cuisine to the wines Photoshopped Salvador Dali – at door terrace with shower, Ja- town used to be known for its of the world. once astonish and astound. cuzzi and day bed; and the ac- “short-time” hotels, which didn’t Singapore, sometimes nick- Top accommodation is cessories include an iBook, an need loyalty programs to attract named “Asia Lite” by unkinder found in the six themed suites iPod and a mobile phone. repeat guests. critics, has suddenly taken on a – perhaps with mirrored wall- Contained in a renovated Yet the area has recently very hip twist. February 24 - March 2, 2007 MOTORING PHUKET GAZETTE 21 The two faces of the new Mercedes-Benz

aimlerChrysler, or models, the new C-Class is avail- more specifically able with Mercedes’ unique an- Mercedes-Benz, re- ticipatory occupant-protection D cently took the un- system, known as Pre-Safe. usual step of launching its impor- All models are comprehen- tant new car not at an interna- sively equipped, with alloy wheels tional motor show such as on most units as well as projec- Geneva or Frankfurt but in its own tion-beam headlamps, and on backyard in Stuttgart. some versions a luxury multi- Despite being a relatively function steering wheel with 12 low-key event, buttons controlling more than 600 inter- different aspects of national media rep- the vehicle. resentatives turned There are up to view the new four engines on of- addition. fer: three gasoline The new C- BEHIND and one diesel, all Class is the first car THE developed to in- in the world to offer crease perfor- two alternative front WHEEL mance and improve ends. The more By Jeff Heselwood fuel economy. The staid of the model engines immedi- line-up will feature the traditional ately available, from the C200 pointed star on the hood, while four-cylinder unit through the the sporting versions will have a C280 and C350, offer exception- larger badge in the center of the ally smooth delivery of their re- radiator grille. spective outputs. Mercedes-Benz boss Dr Later this year Mercedes- Dieter Zetsche said, “Starting Benz will extend the range and with the vehicle’s external ap- add a C320 CDI V6 diesel unit, pearance, each customer can as well as a C180 Kompressor decide for him- or herself where (turbocharged) model and a C200 they want the emphasis to be.” CDI. The Kompressor is now a The outgoing model ac- “something-for-nothing” method counted for more than two mil- of extracting more power from a lion units, making it the most suc- small capacity unit, using an ex- cessful C-Class released. Intro- haust-driven turbo instead of the duced 25 years ago as the 190, previously used engine-driven – the “Baby Benz” has proved re- and less efficient – supercharger. markably durable in its various When all engine options are incarnations, and this latest model fully released, their respective represents the fourth generation outputs will range from 136 bhp of the car. (100 kW) for the C200 CDI to The new sedan offers out- 272 bhp (200 kW) for the C350 standing safety and comfort. V6 gas model. Technical innovations include a “Through innovative high- new “agility control” system that performance technologies we adjusts shock absorbers in-line aim to raise the bar even higher with driving conditions and a when it comes to safety, comfort brake system that intervenes ac- and agility in the segment of com- cordingly when needed. pact premium automobiles,” said Inside are seven air bags, Dr Zetsche. “The new C-Class seat belt pre-tensioners and belt- will thus set new standards when force limiters, all standard. For the it comes to providing the most driver and front passenger there sophisticated driving experience are adaptive headrests that react in its segment.” to support and protect the occu- Three versions of the new pants’ heads within a fraction of C-Class will be available at deal- a second if the vehicle is hit from ers in Europe by the end of behind. March, with the others coming In addition, the new sedan on-stream progressively through- is fitted with brake lights that out the year. Expect to pay from flash rapidly under emergency 2.69 million baht for the C180 braking to help prevent rear-end Kompressor and from about 3.19 shunts. Like the larger Mercedes’ million baht for the C230. 22 PHUKET GAZETTE February 24 - March 2, 2007 February 24 - March 2, 2007 TAKE A BREAK PHUKET GAZETTE 23 PPUZZLESUZZLES The Cryptic Crossword

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Square; 3. Rare; 4. Declare; 5. + + E + + A + I H K N + E + + Repair; 6. Millionaire; 7. Solitaire; 8. Scare; + + E + + + B T H A O + E + + Solution to this 9. Tear; 10. Khmer. + + B + + + O B H R + A P + + week’s Sudoku + + E + + L + P I + + + L + + + + D R S + E N + T + S + A + puzzle EZ Trivia Answers + + L I + L W O C + L + + + + 1. Belgium; 2. Diamond; 3. China; 4. Blue + + I P E + + B + U + + + + + + + W A + + + B G + + + + + + whale; 5. Tin mining; 6. Charles Dickens; + + + T + + + I + + + + + + + 7. Curds and whey; 8. The Hong Kong + + + + + + + G + + + + + + + dollar; 9. The elephant; 10. Africa. February 24 - March 2, 2007 FEATURES PHUKET GAZETTE 25 So who is Thomas Pynchon? homas Pynchon is a genius. In In 1966 he came out with the slen- can’t play the guitar. In fact, she labels 1963, at the age of 26, he pub- der Crying of Lot 49, a comic novel about Pynchon an “Emperor with No Clothes” lished the most amazing first novel paranoia, set in modern California. Then, and declares that his new novel is like read- Tin the history of American litera- after a seven year silence, he produced a ing one by a Pynchon imitator on Quaa- ture. giant masterpiece called Gravity’s Rain- ludes. V. is the story of a search for a mys- bow, set in World War II Europe with a If Pynchon is on Quaaludes, I’d hate terious woman who encapsulates the his- theme of death and fate symbolized by the to see him on steroids. His great high-prose tory of the 20th century and roves from V2 rocket. Judges awarded it the 1973 oceanic sentences roll like the best of New York to Paris, Cairo, German South- Pulitzer Prize, but the board rejected it, Faulkner and Proust. Here’s a sample, two west Africa, Malta and points calling the novel turgid and thirds of the way through the book when beyond. obscene, and gave out no prize two American characters are thinking The theme is the Second that year. Gravity’s Rainbow about skipping out of the oil town of Tampi- Law of Thermodynamics or did win the National Book co as the revolution in Mexico is brewing: Entropy – the idea that human- Award. “Away to the west and the Sierra, ity is running out of energy and Again another silence, in grand residences faintly visible through reverting to inanimate matter. this one for 17 years till the the mists that rose from the malarial low- A dismal idea but V. is hyster- appearance of Vineland, lands, the gringo population cringed on top ically funny, full of zany char- Off the about exiled aging hippies and of their breezy river-bluffs, waiting for acters with weird names who evil narcs in northern Califor- the native uprising they all believed im- caper about in a frenzy, every SHELF nia. This novel featured a minent, as they lay supine in their bed- so often breaking into song warmth of tone and richer rooms night after night, beset, in the few like in a Brecht play. By James Eckardt characters centered about a hours of sleep they did find, by nearly Now, as a genius Pyn- father’s love of his daughter. identical nightmares of desert flight, piti- chon is entitled to be eccentric. He is a Mason & Dixon in 1997, a historical nov- less skies, faces in which not only the iris- fanatical recluse, making J.D. Salinger look el about the famed surveyors, also drew es but the entire surfaces of eyes were like a publicity hound. He doesn’t give in- on fully-fleshed characters. black, glistening in their sockets, impla- terviews or readings and there are no pho- And now, a decade later, comes the cable, reflecting columns of flame as tographs of him beyond his schoolboy days. culmination of Pynchon’s lifework: wells blazed and exploded, nothing ahead His very whereabouts for many years was Against the Day (Penguin Press, New Pynchon: Oceanic phrases. but exile, loss, disgrace, no future any- a secret. York, 2007, 1,085pp). That’s right, 1,085 a mystical quest to understand time and place north of the Rio Bravo, voices in- Critics lumped V. in with the popular pages. And these are big pages with small transcendence. visible out in the oil-reek, from out of the black humor novelists of the day: Joseph type and scant margins. Writing in the New York Times, diseased canals, accusing, arraigning, Heller, Bruce Jay Friedman, Kurt Von- In form, Against the Day is a return Michiko Kakutani, the doyenne of Ameri- promising retribution for offenses unre- negut. But he would soon move way be- to type to his early novels with multiple can literary criticism, savaged Against the membered…” yond them and his name is perennially wacky characters and singing vaudeville Day. It was as if the chief rock critic of Now this is magnificent prose. I’ll tell mentioned for the Nobel Prize. turns, but in substance it is much broader: Rolling Stone declared that Eric Clapton you about the plot next week. PHUKET DIARY Upcoming events on the island

February 24: Lions Latino To February 25: Old Phuket from 5 pm to 10:30 pm, while the swims and off-road mountain March 3: Candlelit Dinner and Night fundraiser Town Festival exhibit of old Sino-Portuguese bike trials. Let-Your-Hair-Down Party The Lions Club of Phuket The 9th Annual Old Phuket Phuket will be open at 63 Thalang Junior athletes will compete Soi Dog’s major fund-rais- Pearl will hold a fundraising “Lat- Town Festival will start with a Rd. in a 200-meter ocean swim, 3-ki- ing event on March 3 at The Hil- in Dance Benefit” night at the prayer ceremony at 5 pm at The festival will close with lometer off-road mountain bike ton Phuket Arcadia Resort and new Latino’s Restaurant in Nai Queen Sirikit Park. a prayer ceremony, a lion dance trial and a 1.5m run. Spa features an elegant candlelit Harn on February 24. On Friday, at 5:30 pm, there performance and a puppet show. The senior division will in- dinner followed by a “Let-Your- There will be salsa, meren- will be a “Phuket Culture Pa- clude a 750m ocean swim, a Hair-Down Party”. gue and other Latin music and rade”. February 25: Silk TriBallis- 10km off-road mountain bike tri- Tickets are 2,000 baht per dancing, with a DJ and a solo There will also be activities tic’s Extreme Triathlon al and a 5km run. person and include a cocktail re- guitarist providing the rhythm. from 6:30 pm to 10 pm every Join the third of six Silk Register online at www. ception followed by a four-course Tapas and a special-recipe night at the park and along TriBallistic Triathlon Series. triballisticclub.com; or registra- dinner. punch will be served. Thalang Rd. From 7:45 pm to These events will be held at JW tion on competition day begins at For more information or tick- Proceeds from the event, 8:35 pm there will be a nightly light Marriott Phuket Resort and Spa 7 am, with the triathlon starting ets, call Maxine (086-944-7721) which will start at 6:30 pm, will and sound show. and are designed for athletes ages at 8 am. or Joan (087-2820422) or email go toward Lions’ projects, in- Photographs from HM King 6 to 60 and up. For more information see Maxine at maxandgodders@ cluding helping children at risk, Bhumibol Adulyadej’s 1959 visit This event will be an Ex- the website, or email info@ csloxinfo.com, or visit the Soi youth development, education, to Phuket will be exhibited daily treme Triathlon, with ocean triballisticclub.com Dog website at www.soidog. org work rehabilitation and disaster relief. Tickets, at 500 baht, are available from Latino’s (call Jorge at 076-388180), the Phuket Mer- lin Hotel (K. Yupa, Tel: 076- 212866), and Wittaya Sathit School (Dr Supaluck, Tel: 076- 226029). For more information, con- tact Adrienne Tusoni (Tel: 081- 4770342, Email: adriennetusoni@ yahoo.com). 26 PHUKET GAZETTE EDITORIAL & LETTERS February 24 - March 2, 2007

367/2 Yaowarat Rd, Amphur Muang, Phuket 83000 Tel: 076-236555 - Since 1994 - Fax: 076-213971 Email: [email protected] Tackling all forms of terrorism takes preparedness Much has been written and said about the “War Against Terror” since US President George W Bush began using the expression to justify his government’s actions in the Middle East after the attacks on the World Trade Center in New York City on September 11, 2004. Unlike Baghdad, Bangkok and Bali, we here in Phuket have thus far been spared from violence against civilians – at least of the kind intended to attain political or religious goals. However, there has been no lack of terror here in recent months. The latest incident was the shocking attack on February 13 of a young beach masseuse named Somjai at Patong’s Loma Park by a well-known paint thinner addict [see Inside Story, pp 4-5]. The attack, carried out by an unstable man who apparently could not bear the sound of a screaming child, came just a few weeks after two other drug-related violent crimes: the January 31 stabbing murder in Rassada of a transvestite by a gang of nine fellow glue-sniffers and the February 7 shootout between police and an amphetamine-crazed pork vendor behind Surakul Stadium in Phuket City. Both Phuket Governor Niran Kalayanamit and Kathu Police Letters Superintendent Col Teeraphol Thipjareon are correct to urge the public to report characters who indicate a threat to society. The Gazette is pleased to receive mail from read- with your views for publication in our next issue. The truth is, however, that the human time-bomb who attacked ers. Please write to us at 367/2 Yaowarat Rd, We reserve the right to edit all letters. Pseud- K. Somjai was removed from Patong by Kathu Police at least twice Amphur Muang, Phuket 83000, fax to 076-213971 onyms are acceptable only if your full name and before finding his way back to carry out this horrific attack on K. or send an email to [email protected] address are supplied. Somjai. At least Dick Turpin had the sional background of Thai teach- It is true that the assailant in this case was never implicated in Greed is killing decency to wear a mask! Get a ers with that of the foreign teach- any violent crimes before this attack, but the fact that he was al- grip on yourself Thailand, your ers? lowed to continue to lurk about a children’s playground, sniffing sol- Phuket’s tourism short-term gain will lead to long- If I was a foreign teacher vents day after day and harassing tourists, speaks volumes in itself. Since coming here I have been term pain. Whoever or whatever teaching in Thailand, I would re- Perhaps people who work in the area had already given up forced to put pen to paper by set you on this current economic/ sign tomorrow, as I couldn’t ac- reporting him, knowing full-well that he would only return again. writing to you at the Gazette financial greed trend ought to be cept the Thai teachers, students One hopes that the newly installed closed-circuit television about all the unsavory practices fired now before the damage is and parents thinking of me like a (CCTV) security systems now up and running in Patong gives police that proliferate in unchecked irreversible. criminal and pedophile! officers there a valuable new tool to spot threats to public safety – abundance on this paradise isle. You have a beautiful coun- Secondly, I was really sur- and that they effectively act upon such threats. A friend of mine was check- try, so why make it so difficult for prised about the silence, or “ no The fact that no officer appeared to have been on the busy ing his bags in for a flight that left people to enjoy it and fill your comment”, from the Gazette, as beach at midday during the middle of the high season highlights our at 1:35 am on January 23 as his coffers in the process? to the inappropriate judgment ex- unpreparedness. visa expired at midnight on the pressed about the English native- What if the next threat comes from an Al Qaeda operative and 22nd, only to be told by the check- Tired of greed speaking teachers. Probably for not a solvent-crazed lunatic? Terror is terror, and we should be pre- in staff that he would have to pay Phuket, for now the Gazette to comment on the pared to stop it in any form. – The Editor “one day overstay” as his flight was leaving after midnight! No comment about “Patong one-way streets” issue Knowing, as most people on foreigner-labeling? is more important. the planet do, that once you have Bernard Dupont gone through passport control into I attentively read the article about Thalang the departure lounge everyone is foreign teacher crackdowns pub- In association with The Nation Multimedia Group PCL then in “international territory” lished in the February 10 issue of Sounding off at (hence duty-free shopping), he the Gazette, and I was astonished the True UBC pointed out to the lady that he for two reasons. Editor: Parichat Utintu would be in the departure lounge First of all, I’ve never heard About 100 years ago radio broad- Managing Editor: Chris Husted by midnight, she in turn phoned anything so ridiculous and offen- casters discovered how to adjust Editorial Consultant: Alasdair Forbes Immigration to check. sive directed toward a category the volume of sound being trans- of people, i.e., foreign teachers mitted. Not only that, they found News Editor: Stephen Fein As it was, Immigration who work to help Thai students that commercials could be trans- Chief Reporter: Sangkhae Leelanapaporn sheepishly folded to his particu- lar point of view, which was the improve their English, their edu- mitted with the sound at the same Editorial Team: Natcha Yuttaworawit, Janyaporn Morel, only correct one anyway. But the cation and more, in terms of so- volume of the programs being Dominic Earnshaw, Sompratch Saowakhon, Supanun Supawong, barefaced effrontery displayed by cial living and civics. broadcast. Semacote Suganya, Zach Fridell, Laura Schafer. all the airport staff in trying to rip To compare all foreign It’s true! Commercials do off any tourist beggars belief. teachers to the American John not have to be about five times General Manager: Oranee Pienprasertkul It seems to me that the Thai Mark Karr is the same as to say the volume as the movie. I know Marketing Manager: Natthira Susangrat government’s so called “clamp- that all foreign teachers are po- you probably don’t believe this but Classifieds Manager: Phatsara Raktammakit down” on visa controls is back- tentially pedophiles and danger- you can verify this claim easily ous people! enough. Publisher: The Phuket Gazette Co Ltd firing horribly on themselves, as many people are vowing never to The unbelievable opinions Maybe, just maybe, if you return and opting to go spend their and comments expressed by Thai did this a husband could watch Contact us money in Laos, Vietnam, China Immigration Chief Pol Lt Gen late-night TV without waking the Advertising Sales: [email protected] and so on. Suwat Tumrongsiskul (that the entire neighborhood and a naggy crackdown is to prevent crime wife, or else he would have to Classified Advertising: [email protected] So, well done Thailand! You have really shot yourself in the and protect students…and to re- switch off the TV, which means Website Services: [email protected] foot and are actively discourag- move those with deviant sexual that he would not see the com- Gazette Guide inquiries: [email protected] ing people from returning. The behavior that could put children mercial at all. at risk) sounds impolite as well I’m sure that advertisers do Telephone: 076-236555 (10 lines) Fax: 076-213971 sympathy extended to you world- wide post-tsunami has well and as discriminating. Are Thai not like viewers having to switch truly expired, as are many visas teachers exempt from pedophilia off their costly commercials – also true, just call them. The views expressed in the Phuket Gazette are those of the writers and contributors from people who won’t be return- and crime? and do not necessarily reflect those of the publisher, the editor, the shareholders, or the ing because of your money-grab- Dear Lt Gen Suwat, why Don Aleman directors of The Phuket Gazette Co Ltd. bing greediness! don’t you compare the profes- Phuket Letters conveying views and suggestions are published here. Those seeking comment from government Copyright © 1994-2007 The Phuket Gazette Co Ltd officials or business owners are published as Issues & Answers on the facing page. February 24 - March 2, 2007 PERSPECTIVES PHUKET GAZETTE 27 Phuket sports: Lacking huket is a haven for tour four years – it is a long process ism, but not for someone and requires many governmental who loves sports. Phuket permissions. Phas had many plans in the FIRST These problems don’t ham- past to develop sports teams, but per my spirit though, and I con- things are still very quiet on the tinue to plan events and training local sports front. If you had lived PERSON in Phuket. Our latest plan is to here 10 or 20 years ago you organize a “train the trainer” pro- would notice the difference in the gram for every futsal coach in the sports scene in Phuket Province. Phuket’s Chairman of the Sports 14 southern provinces. The At that time Phuket had many Development Club Wongwara coaches will then pass along spirited football players and was Sanguansak is frustrated with the way what they learn to their players. very successful at match compe- On March 10 we will have titions. That’s not true now government officials hinder the sports a big football match between the though. But I am working to turn community. In other provinces he has had Thai Star Team (a team of Thai that situation around. an easy time organizing matches that TV stars) and a Phuket VIP team I grew up on Phuket, but were huge successes, but here he feels (mostly government officials) to headed off to Bangkok at age 18 help raise money to support our to study at Sripatum University that local officials don’t care and are activities. We have asked to use and spent a further five years at creating problems that keep events from Surakul Stadium for this match. university in the Philippines study- taking place. Next year we will host the ing engineering, then back to 2008 Senior Footballer’s Associa- Bangkok to work. tion of Thailand and the Senior I returned to Phuket eager World Cup 2008 in which many to play football for the local club. We need to change this build sports development pro- and it was very easy to do, it was countries will join in. It is hard to I was excited about representing thinking by starting with our young grams. Other things that get in the a huge success with big crowds. organize all of this, but I hope my home province in sports com- people and teaching them a love way include government officials Why can’t we get that done everyone will join in to help do petitions. I came back to Phuket of sports and encouraging their failing to grant permits to use the here? Local officials don’t care, this for Phuket. from Bangkok to play for the club love of Phuket. That will build the local facilities. they lose documents that I send I focus on Surakul Stadium – and they didn’t even pay for spirit that will grow our teams and Phuket has a great location them, and every time we try to as the condition of the field at the my bus ticket. But I didn’t care – our attitude and make us success- with excellent facilities such as organize something a problem is Saphan Hin stadium is not good. I was full of spirit for our team ful. Surakul Stadium, one of the best created that keeps it from getting I think the person who is respon- and our home. This is the spirit I am eager to develop sports stadiums in the 14 southern prov- done. They don’t co-operate sible for the Saphan Hin facility that I hope to rebuild. So many on Phuket, but there are many inces. We are ready and eager even if it is for the good of Phuket should have it repaired. It just players today don’t have the team problems in the way. I would like to organize big national and re- Province. shows that nobody cares – that spirit that we want for Phuket. to change the status of the sports gional matches, but we find gov- Reorganizing our club as a there is no harmony between the The biggest problem is that many club to that of an association. ernment officials make it very sports association, in addition to sports community and the people of the players are not from Local clubs do not have formal difficult to get a permit to use the bringing in funding, will allow us responsible for the facilities. It is Phuket, and don’t have the pride status and function primarily as a stadium. Why do they do that? to organize sports competitions important that we develop these and strong feelings about our group of volunteers. Changing the Why isn’t getting a permit an easy and use the local facilities with- programs together. home here. They are often inter- status of the organization to that process? out having to ask government of- We have to have harmony ested only in money and they look of an association will allow us to Last year I organized a large ficials for permission. I hope to first and we should do what is at it like a job. seek government funds to help match for Chumphon Province get this done in the next three to best for Phuket. Patong traffic rules, ok? When will Patong Police begin enforcing vehicle exhaust noise Write to: The Phuket Gazette, laws that have been on the books Issues& 367/2 Yaowarat Rd, Muang, for years? It would be nice to Phuket 83000. Fax 076- sleep uninterrupted through a ANSWERS 213971, or submit your issue at whole night without hearing modi- www.phuketgazette.net fied, extra-loud bikes roaring about town. Another problem is, how do front of them on the one-way Patong-Phuket City bus ser- you cross Rat-U-Thit 200 Pi Rd, system. vices, replies: against constant one-way traf- Regarding noisy motor- The bus takes the same fic that does not stop or slow bikes, police punish offending route it always has. It starts at down? I, and others, have seen motorists when we catch them, the Banzaan Market on Nanai no evidence of the 75 extra of- but it is difficult to catch them as Rd, turns west onto Sainamyen ficers the police said they had they’re driving down the street Rd, then turns south onto Rat-U- assigned. making the noise. Thit 200 Pi Rd and continues un- As the road to Banzaan Market in Patong is a private road, there is As it is, with no traffic lights til it turns right onto Prachanukroh nothing illegal about the tables and chairs that clutter the sidewalk. and no policeman, you just run like Pol Capt Parinya Rattana, Rd. hell and hope you make it. I hope Chief of Traffic Police at Kathu From there, it turns right Off on the wrong footpath that Patong Hospital is at least Police Station, replies: onto Thaweewong Rd and con- ordering extra beds The Sainamyen intersection tinues along the entire length of Are there no rules for building or Patong Deputy Mayor Chairat Last but not least, where do (with Rat-U-Thit 200 Pi Rd) and Patong Beach until the Kalim In- renovating here? Along the road Sukbal replies: I now catch the bus to Phuket Bangla T-junction (Rat-U-Thit tersection, where the bus turns from Banzaan Market to Nanai The footpath along the City? The bus used to stop on Rat- 200 Pi Rd) have always had traf- right onto Phra Barami Rd and Rd it is not possible to walk on street from Banzaan Market to U-Thit 200 Pi Rd, but now that fic police on duty, as well as traf- then continues all the way into the sidewalk because it is blocked Nanai Rd is on private land, so road is one-way – in the wrong fic lights and pedestrian cross- Phuket City. with flowers or tables and chairs. Patong Municipality has no power direction for the bus. ings. There are many bus stops In addition, parts of the side- to regulate it. Don Aleman We plan to install 10 traffic along the route, but you can hail walk have been tiled with indoor We have contacted the Patong light pedestrian crossings the bus anywhere and it should tiles, so the tiles are slippery when owner and asked for Patong throughout Patong. We have not be able to stop for you to get on. wet. That means that the only Municipality to be able to take Pol Lt Col Jakkrid Saewattana yet installed them as we are wait- Every day, including public place left to walk is literally on over that area. However, the at Kathu Police Station re- ing for budget approval from holidays, the first bus to Phuket the street. Can the municipality owner has yet to get back to us plies: Patong Municipality. City departs Banzaan Market at do something about this so we can with an answer. Police have asked the mu- 5 am and every 30 minutes to one walk safely on the sidewalk? Once that area belongs to nicipality to build pedestrian A representative of Transport hour thereafter. The last bus to Ennio Romano Patong Municipality, we will de- crossings with speed bumps in Co Ltd, which operates the Phuket City departs at 6 pm. Patong velop it appropriately. 28 PHUKET GAZETTE FEATURES February 24 - March 2, 2007 THE FESTIVAL In T he St ars by Isla St ar PISCES (February 20 – March 20): The stress of being involved in a particular business relationship will outweigh any benefits. You should aim to swim gracefully out of this liaison as soon as possible. Refrain from assessing your wealth only by how much cash is in the bank. OF PATTAYA Realize how well off you are in ways that really count. Exciting birth- day celebrations set the scene for a livelier year ahead. here’s a cruel and essen- the lower end of the musical food tially outdated joke chain. Surely, something like the ARIES (March 21 – April 20): Twisted emotions could cause you to that goes something Bolivian Orchestra (BO) or the feel edgy during the final days of February. If you have been reluc- Tlike this: “What’s the dif- Venezuelan Dancers (VD) – de- tant to face up to a love question that has been hanging in the air for ference between Australia and spite their unfortunate initials – too long you will soon receive the strength you need to do this. Try yogurt?” The answer being: ‘Yo- could be persuaded to come asking a Taurus for advice as they are usually talented at pouring oil gurt has a culture.” over. on troubled waters. Well, each year Sydney, A troupe of Lithuanian ac- Australia’s first city, stages an FROM THE robats performing selected TAURUS (April 21 – May 21): The tide is turning in the career area eponymous festival, usually for a scenes from Swan Lake; read- of your life at the moment. You remain resistant to change and ac- couple of weeks beginning in late STREETS ings of Keats’ Ode on a Grecian O F cepting the inevitable, but will soon be forced to focus on the future. January. In 2006, this allegedly Urn in Indonesian; and old-time No matter how much you think you need to remain in your current cultural extravaganza featured an PATTAYA favorites on the Wurlitzer organ, position, events are bound to force a move within the next few weeks. act entitled “Glue Your Brain”, By Duncan Stearn presented by Romania’s leading Rest assured that this will lead to a more fruitful existence. produced by the improbably- pianist and backed by the oft-for- named Erwin Wurm. ably flavored, or one that stands gotten Bratislava Fire Brigade GEMINI (May 22 – June 21): The most progress will be made if you The publicity blurb for Mr out like a glow-worm in heat. If Trio playing the triangle, accor- are prepared to adopt a fresh perspective on work. Spring is the ideal Wurm’s show reads, in part, “an it were then strung with fairy dion and gypsy violin should all season to instigate new approaches, so you should make the most of intriguing world in which people lights it could quite easily be be well within the budget. opportunities. A partner’s uncharacteristic behavior is as clear as become art, getting fat is a sculp- viewed from space, or at least be There’s absolutely no doubt mud, but you will understand the reasons behind it quite soon. Num- tural gesture, and striking a pose a featured attraction on the that infamous 1970s-era band ber 5 can bring good fortune on Wednesday. is part of a long tradition of Google Earth Internet search en- “Buster Hymen and the Pene- avant-garde art. gine. trators” – recently reformed af- CANCER (June 22 – July 23): You are advised to tie up loose busi- Essentially a sculptor, Wurm In order to assemble the ter lead singer Buster’s early re- ness ends before they start to get too tangled. You have the practical is inspired by our relationship with necessary expertise to construct lease from a correctional facility experience necessary to offer useful advice, but Scorpios have al- everyday objects from rubber something as tacky as this, a – would probably jump at the ready burned their boats in this area. If you’re not getting the atten- bands to cars to sweaters to gher- group of Australian architects and chance to play in front of a crowd tion you deserve from a close relationship, start doing your own thing kins.” I have to say, “gherkins” designers should be asked to pro- again, although they may be a more. This will soon persuade the person concerned to take action. don’t exactly strike me as every- vide the specifications. little rusty. day objects, but perhaps I’m be- After all, Australia is home Local talent could also be LEO (July 24 – August 23): Passion burns strongly this weekend. If ing too harsh. to such garishly ridiculous cre- recruited to showcase the myriad you have a hot date planned, you are certain to enjoy what tran- As the Pattaya city fathers ations as the Big Merino (that’s of artistic talent in and around spires. If you are without someone special in your life, you should continue their attempts to turn a sheep, for those of you who Pattaya. organize a night out with friends in similar situations. Wish upon the our little slime-pit by the sea into might be unfamiliar with the name The Massed Whistles of first star you see this Saturday night as the astral atmosphere is ready a place for families, well-heeled and are not from New Zealand the Tukcom Security Guard En- to back your ability to make the right business decision. The number tourists, conventioneers, exhibi- or Wales); the Big Banana (this semble could play a series of 6 can bring a change of luck on Tuesday. tioners (as distinct from exhibi- impressive erection has appar- car-parking tunes while a conga tionists) and the like, I think they ently excited many a former or line of scantily-clad and vacuous VIRGO (August 24 – September 23): You will be letting out a sigh of could do no more than take a leaf current chrome pole dancer); the employees of Lek’s House of relief that a difficult personal situation is finally behind you. Make a from Sydney’s book and orga- Big Prawn and the Big Crab Karaoke Machines could dazzle resolution not to allow yourself to become trapped like that again. A nize a Pattaya Festival of the (both, thankfully, without the at- patrons with their dexterity in new relationship with a Libra has the balance to be well-starred, but Arts. tendant smell you would expect handling a microphone. maintain a slow, steady pace for the time being. Wear the color ruby The centerpiece attraction from a decomposing crustacean); Better yet, a select group red to encourage steadier emotions. could easily be the construction the Big Pineapple, and the Big of City Hall bureaucrats might of a Giant Phallus. I realize this Flower to name just a half dozen be easily persuaded to impart LIBRA (September 24 – October 23): Contrary to your usual de- would not be in keeping with the “Big” things. their skills at sleeping in confined meanor, you are likely to be on fire this week and not at all prepared idea of promoting Pattaya in a The problem for Pattaya and noisy spaces and call their to worry about what others think. This could easily lead to a confron- different light, but nonetheless, I City Hall is that the coffers are act an “installation”. You tation on Monday or Tuesday when a close friend or partner releases believe a one-word case could just not full enough to afford the couldn’t get much more avant- some of their frustration concerning your behavior. Try to calm down be made for its construction: likes of the London Symphony garde than this. for long enough to listen to their point of view. Wednesday is the best money. Orchestra (LSO) or the Sydney Even the Wurm may have day to instigate a peace-making date. The funding for the project Symphony Orchestra (SSO) or turned by the time the festival is could come from a company such any other major musical ensemble up and running, and old Erwin SCORPIO (October 24 – November 22): Your charm is as sweet as as Durex, who would promote with three initials. could be persuaded to bring over a ripe mango. If you know how to use this to full advantage, you will the issue of safe sex by encasing OK, so Pattaya has to start his collection of rubber bands and reap a fruitful harvest. If you are single, you should get surprising the phallus in a condom, prefer- somewhere, even if it is toward gherkins. enjoyment from a blind date this weekend. If you’re stuck in a domes- tic situation that seems impossible to escape, the price of freedom is lower than you think. The color deep silver encourages planning skills.

SAGITTARIUS (November 23 – December 22): If you are strapped for cash, you should reflect on past successes. You appear to have a forgotten talent that can be further tapped into to generate extra income. An Aquarius has a tempting proposition for you this week- end, but further investigation is advisable. Fog clouding the future should begin to lift during the first week of March, which will allow you to make promises that can be kept.

CAPRICORN (December 23 – January 20): Your much-needed pri- vacy is compromised this weekend, but you will have to let some of your guard down if you want to move on to the next business-related level. This advice is also relevant where personal relationships are concerned. Someone appears to be getting a little irritated by your secretive nature. A dream you have early next week sheds light on an unsolved mystery.

AQUARIUS (January 21 – February 19): A recent romantic let-down may have left you emotionally bruised, but you should see some light at the end of the tunnel of love this week. Where you are concerned, still waters certainly run deep. Harmonious astral influences enable you to begin planning for a different future; however you should paddle in shallow water until full confidence returns. The scent of mint peps up your energy level. 28 PHUKET GAZETTE FEATURES February 24 - March 2, 2007 THE FESTIVAL In The Stars by Isla Star PISCES (February 20 – March 20): The stress of being involved in a particular business relationship will outweigh any benefits. You should aim to swim gracefully out of this liaison as soon as possible. Refrain from assessing your wealth only by how much cash is in the bank. OF PATTAYA Realize how well off you are in ways that really count. Exciting birth- day celebrations set the scene for a livelier year ahead. here’s a cruel and essen- the lower end of the musical food tially outdated joke chain. Surely, something like the ARIES (March 21 – April 20): Twisted emotions could cause you to that goes something Bolivian Orchestra (BO) or the feel edgy during the final days of February. If you have been reluc- Tlike this: “What’s the dif- Venezuelan Dancers (VD) – de- tant to face up to a love question that has been hanging in the air for ference between Australia and spite their unfortunate initials – too long you will soon receive the strength you need to do this. Try yogurt?” The answer being: ‘Yo- could be persuaded to come asking a Taurus for advice as they are usually talented at pouring oil gurt has a culture.” over. on troubled waters. Well, each year Sydney, A troupe of Lithuanian ac- Australia’s first city, stages an FROM THE robats performing selected TAURUS (April 21 – May 21): The tide is turning in the career area eponymous festival, usually for a scenes from Swan Lake; read- of your life at the moment. You remain resistant to change and ac- couple of weeks beginning in late STREETS ings of Keats’ Ode on a Grecian O F cepting the inevitable, but will soon be forced to focus on the future. January. In 2006, this allegedly Urn in Indonesian; and old-time No matter how much you think you need to remain in your current cultural extravaganza featured an PATTAYA favorites on the Wurlitzer organ, position, events are bound to force a move within the next few weeks. act entitled “Glue Your Brain”, By Duncan Stearn presented by Romania’s leading Rest assured that this will lead to a more fruitful existence. produced by the improbably- pianist and backed by the oft-for- named Erwin Wurm. ably flavored, or one that stands gotten Bratislava Fire Brigade GEMINI (May 22 – June 21): The most progress will be made if you The publicity blurb for Mr out like a glow-worm in heat. If Trio playing the triangle, accor- are prepared to adopt a fresh perspective on work. Spring is the ideal Wurm’s show reads, in part, “an it were then strung with fairy dion and gypsy violin should all season to instigate new approaches, so you should make the most of intriguing world in which people lights it could quite easily be be well within the budget. opportunities. A partner’s uncharacteristic behavior is as clear as become art, getting fat is a sculp- viewed from space, or at least be There’s absolutely no doubt mud, but you will understand the reasons behind it quite soon. Num- tural gesture, and striking a pose a featured attraction on the that infamous 1970s-era band ber 5 can bring good fortune on Wednesday. is part of a long tradition of Google Earth Internet search en- “Buster Hymen and the Pene- avant-garde art. gine. trators” – recently reformed af- CANCER (June 22 – July 23): You are advised to tie up loose busi- Essentially a sculptor, Wurm In order to assemble the ter lead singer Buster’s early re- ness ends before they start to get too tangled. You have the practical is inspired by our relationship with necessary expertise to construct lease from a correctional facility experience necessary to offer useful advice, but Scorpios have al- everyday objects from rubber something as tacky as this, a – would probably jump at the ready burned their boats in this area. If you’re not getting the atten- bands to cars to sweaters to gher- group of Australian architects and chance to play in front of a crowd tion you deserve from a close relationship, start doing your own thing kins.” I have to say, “gherkins” designers should be asked to pro- again, although they may be a more. This will soon persuade the person concerned to take action. don’t exactly strike me as every- vide the specifications. little rusty. day objects, but perhaps I’m be- After all, Australia is home Local talent could also be LEO (July 24 – August 23): Passion burns strongly this weekend. If ing too harsh. to such garishly ridiculous cre- recruited to showcase the myriad you have a hot date planned, you are certain to enjoy what tran- As the Pattaya city fathers ations as the Big Merino (that’s of artistic talent in and around spires. If you are without someone special in your life, you should continue their attempts to turn a sheep, for those of you who Pattaya. organize a night out with friends in similar situations. Wish upon the our little slime-pit by the sea into might be unfamiliar with the name The Massed Whistles of first star you see this Saturday night as the astral atmosphere is ready a place for families, well-heeled and are not from New Zealand the Tukcom Security Guard En- to back your ability to make the right business decision. The number tourists, conventioneers, exhibi- or Wales); the Big Banana (this semble could play a series of 6 can bring a change of luck on Tuesday. tioners (as distinct from exhibi- impressive erection has appar- car-parking tunes while a conga tionists) and the like, I think they ently excited many a former or line of scantily-clad and vacuous VIRGO (August 24 – September 23): You will be letting out a sigh of could do no more than take a leaf current chrome pole dancer); the employees of Lek’s House of relief that a difficult personal situation is finally behind you. Make a from Sydney’s book and orga- Big Prawn and the Big Crab Karaoke Machines could dazzle resolution not to allow yourself to become trapped like that again. A nize a Pattaya Festival of the (both, thankfully, without the at- patrons with their dexterity in new relationship with a Libra has the balance to be well-starred, but Arts. tendant smell you would expect handling a microphone. maintain a slow, steady pace for the time being. Wear the color ruby The centerpiece attraction from a decomposing crustacean); Better yet, a select group red to encourage steadier emotions. could easily be the construction the Big Pineapple, and the Big of City Hall bureaucrats might of a Giant Phallus. I realize this Flower to name just a half dozen be easily persuaded to impart LIBRA (September 24 – October 23): Contrary to your usual de- would not be in keeping with the “Big” things. their skills at sleeping in confined meanor, you are likely to be on fire this week and not at all prepared idea of promoting Pattaya in a The problem for Pattaya and noisy spaces and call their to worry about what others think. This could easily lead to a confron- different light, but nonetheless, I City Hall is that the coffers are act an “installation”. You tation on Monday or Tuesday when a close friend or partner releases believe a one-word case could just not full enough to afford the couldn’t get much more avant- some of their frustration concerning your behavior. Try to calm down be made for its construction: likes of the London Symphony garde than this. for long enough to listen to their point of view. Wednesday is the best money. Orchestra (LSO) or the Sydney Even the Wurm may have day to instigate a peace-making date. The funding for the project Symphony Orchestra (SSO) or turned by the time the festival is could come from a company such any other major musical ensemble up and running, and old Erwin SCORPIO (October 24 – November 22): Your charm is as sweet as as Durex, who would promote with three initials. could be persuaded to bring over a ripe mango. If you know how to use this to full advantage, you will the issue of safe sex by encasing OK, so Pattaya has to start his collection of rubber bands and reap a fruitful harvest. If you are single, you should get surprising the phallus in a condom, prefer- somewhere, even if it is toward gherkins. enjoyment from a blind date this weekend. If you’re stuck in a domes- tic situation that seems impossible to escape, the price of freedom is lower than you think. The color deep silver encourages planning skills.

SAGITTARIUS (November 23 – December 22): If you are strapped for cash, you should reflect on past successes. You appear to have a forgotten talent that can be further tapped into to generate extra income. An Aquarius has a tempting proposition for you this week- end, but further investigation is advisable. Fog clouding the future should begin to lift during the first week of March, which will allow you to make promises that can be kept.

CAPRICORN (December 23 – January 20): Your much-needed pri- vacy is compromised this weekend, but you will have to let some of your guard down if you want to move on to the next business-related level. This advice is also relevant where personal relationships are concerned. Someone appears to be getting a little irritated by your secretive nature. A dream you have early next week sheds light on an unsolved mystery.

AQUARIUS (January 21 – February 19): A recent romantic let-down may have left you emotionally bruised, but you should see some light at the end of the tunnel of love this week. Where you are concerned, still waters certainly run deep. Harmonious astral influences enable you to begin planning for a different future; however you should paddle in shallow water until full confidence returns. The scent of mint peps up your energy level. 30 PHUKET GAZETTE COMPUTERS February 24 - March 2, 2007 Tips for dodging Vista’s Genuine disadvantage have been using Windows Vista extensively, exhaus- tively, for more than six There are four versions of Windows Imonths. Since Microsoft of- ficially released the beast on Jan- Vista to choose from – and none of them uary 29, it’s been fun watching all the mixed reviews. is exactly easy on the wallet. I’ll stick to my original as- sessment: if you get a new PC, make sure it has Vista Home But if Vista is what you lust after, Premium installed. If you are happy with your go for Home Premium as a minimum. current Windows XP system, leave it alone. Vista’s neat, it’s Edition Full version Upgrade version Price Difference useful and it’s fun, but it isn’t a killer app – despite Microsoft Vista Home Basic 9,360 4,430 4,930 less spending five years putting it to- Vista Home Premium 11,514 5,784 5,730 less gether. Upgrade from Windows XP to Vista if you enjoy tinker- Vista Business 14,338 7,137 7,201 less ing, but if you have better things Vista Ultimate 19,218 9,590 9,628 less to do, don’t sweat it. All prices in baht from Shop4Thai in Bangkok. Many, many people are run- ning versions of Windows XP that Consequently, decent law- relative benefits of buying Win- Vista – as with most Micro- manufacturer, you lose the copy have been branded “Not Genu- abiding citizens – as well as folks dows XP or Vista. soft software – comes in many of Vista that you paid for. ine” by Microsoft’s official Win- who want all the “Genuine” good- In short, if you have to pay different versions, almost all of In my experience, installing dows Genuine Advantage pro- ies and/or to avoid the software to get a genuine copy of Win- which are available in two fla- the OEM version of Windows XP gram. police – have asked me about the dows, which version should you vors: the “upgrade” version and was very tricky, and if you blew buy? the “full” version. the installation, phone support My advice remains un- Depending on where you from Microsoft in Bangkok left changed – if you have an older shop, the full version costs up to much to be desired. Personally, I PC, don’t bother 5,000 baht more avoid OEM versions. with Vista, but if than the upgrade That leaves the upgrade ver- you have a rela- KHUN WOODY’S version. sion and the full version. There’s tively new PC You can a reason it’s called an “upgrade” with 1 GB of COMPUTER also buy an version: in order to install a Vista memory or more OEM (Original “upgrade”, you must already have and a decent video card, consid- Equipment Manufacturer) ver- a copy of Windows XP that’s been er splurging on Vista Home Pre- sion of Vista, meant for com- blessed as “Genuine” by Mi- mium. puter builders, at a consider- crosoft’s Windows Genuine Ad- However, this past week ably reduced price, but be vantage program. If your XP is there has been a startling devel- aware of the fact that the deemed not Genuine, you must pay opment that puts a new twist on OEM version can be installed for the “full” version. my advice. In order to understand on only one PC. Or must you? Brian Living- how this new development You can’t de-activate it or ston, in the latest Windows Se- changes things, you must under- install it on a different PC. If your crets newsletter (windows stand Vista’s pricing structure. PC dies, or gets sent back to the secrets.com/comp/070201) has uncovered a method that allows a “clean install” of an “upgrade” version of Vista on any PC, whether it’s running a copy of Windows XP that has been veri- fied by Windows Genuine Advan- tage or not. Anybody can do it. No squirrelly installation tricks, no doctored files. Just common sense, uncommonly applied. When he isn’t writing computer books and magazine and news- letter articles, Woody Leonhard ([email protected], www.askwoody.com) runs Khun Woody’s Bakery and the Sandwich Shoppe in Patong.

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phuketgazette.com/calendar February 24 - March 2, 2007 PHUKET GAZETTE 31 32 PHUKET GAZETTE B U S I N E S S & MONEY February 24 - March 2, 2007 Forging ahead into futures n Phuket we have a foreign knowledgeable in his field. Back metals – copper and gold; ener- investment company called to school for me. At least I don’t gy – crude oil and natural gas; “Thaisarco” that is invol- have to wear a uniform. interest rates – 30-year US trea- Ived in tin production. It is, in AMT Futures offers three sury bonds; currencies – US dol- turn, owned by AMC, Amalgam- different funds. Starting with the lar versus the British pound, Ca- ated Metals Corporation of Lon- most profitable, but most volatile, nadian dollar; and Japanese yen; don, which is the largest produc- is their IQS Fund; the other AMT agriculture – coffee, cotton, sug- er of tin in the world and a Funds will be covered in a future ar, wheat, soybeans and soya bean founder of London’s Metal Ex- article. In the period 1996 to 2006 oil. change around 150 years ago. the IQS Fund returned net to in- The attraction of futures is Thaisarco is listed as subsidiary vestors, after charges, an incred- that there is potential to profit from number 23. ible 2849% growth. By the end both rising and falling markets. This article is dedicated to of January 2007, this had topped Yes, with luck, you can have your subsidiary number 7, AMT Fu- 3,000%. “No pain, no gain” is a cake and eat it, too! tures Limited, based in London well known phrase; Brian Fudge This is not an investment for and regulated by the UK’s Finan- is blunt, “you will lose money” he the fainthearted or for anyone cial Services Authority (FSA). often says. seeking to make a quick buck. Until recently, AMT Futures Unlike hedge funds where This is also not an investment that dealt solely with institutional cli- managers are often finding them- anyone who considers them- ents, often Swiss banks. Howev- selves in a situation where returns selves sane should commit all er, associates of mine who are are falling and every year too their funds. This is simply a pos- based in Kuala Lumpur persuad- many entities are sharing the sible component in a diversified ed AMT Futures that their funds same “waterhole”, futures are a portfolio. were suitable for some retail in- law unto themselves. This is also not an invest- vestors and one of AMT’s man- Comparing IQS to both the ment like Amaranth the ill-fated agers, Brian Fudge, has rarely US Benchmark equity index, the hedge fund that “lost the plot” seen London since. Standard & Poor going long on leveraged positions The demand in Asia (S&P 500) and the in the natural gas market. IQS, has been enormous MONEY CSFB Fund Index by being computer driven, is not from China, Thai- (Credit Suisse First only “emotionless” but also does land, Japan, Malay- Boston) reveals a not have an ego. When the going sia, Indonesia. TALKS very different set of gets tough the computer quits and In January I results for the peri- moves on. met with Brian od 1996 to 2006. Minimum investment is Fudge in Bangkok The stockmarket Oil is just one element in the IQS futures portfolio. US$10,000. They will deal direct- and we simply ran returned 142.68% – Photo by Waltrau Grubitzsch, dpa ly with the public but be aware out of time to be and hedge funds that anti-money laundering re- able to discuss ev- 245.32%, but IQS interrupted global futures mar- best. All trading models must con- quirements are in force. Sorry, erything involved in saw a return of kets. tinue trading regardless of what Osama, this is yet another invest- AMT and the world 2,849.64%. However, after suffering six happens, the show must go on. ment that you cannot enter. How- of futures. He kind- By Richard Watson However, consecutive months of trading Any trader who for any reason ever, one interesting fact, prior to ly decided that he IQS has faced some losses after 9/11, the Fund bounc- cannot continue trading in any sit- 9/11 Al-Qaeda associates actu- would have a week’s family hol- hard times. The events of 9/11 ed back to gain 41.42% in 2002. uation is immediately replaced. ally sold US airlines shares, short. iday in Phuket and every day be- forced the New York Futures Good performance was not The IQS Fund, itself, is a Capitalism rules everywhere. fore embarking on holiday family market to move premises to New something of the past and 2005 computer driven system, there is AMC’s website is: www. commitments he would have a Jersey and many traders died in saw the fund make 113.64%. no human involvement, and this CFPFunds.com business meeting with me. the twin towers. Trading, when it Agreed, 2006 was not quite so is referred to as “emotionless The world of futures is ex- did resume, was initially on a very good, it made a mere 33.25%. trading”. Richard Watson runs Global Port- tremely complex and I readily limited scale and even the times Hard times indeed! The IQS system invests in folios Co Ltd, a Phuket-based per- admit to being on a steep learn- allocated were reduced to a bare AMT Futures do not employ a variety of assets, however, this sonal financial planning service. ing curve. minimum. While AMT Futures is any traders for any of their funds, is a much smaller range than is He can be reached at Tel and Fax: Fortunately, Brian is very based in London, the massive dis- all traders are external. They ap- used in other AMT Funds. IQS 076-381997, Mobile: 081-081- enthusiastic, experienced and ruption to the New York market ply the principle of best of the covers the following 15 areas: 4611. Email: [email protected] February 24 - March 2, 2007 B U S I N E S S & MONEY PHUKET GAZETTE 33

ON THE MOVE Dr Siranee Loueng- Komkritch Sirichart, Kanokwan Nokwi- tong, from Chiang Mai, from Chaiyaphum, has chien, the former Group has been appointed Assis- been named Food and Insurance Manager at tant Medical Director/ Beverage Manager of Le Max Assurance Co. Ltd. Dentistry Specialist at Royal Meridien Phuket in Bangkok, has been Phuket Laser Center in Yacht Club. Previously he appointed as the new Fi- Patong. She comes from worked in the same posi- nancial Controller at a dentistry position at tion at the Conrad Hotel Phuket Laser Center in Wachira Phuket Hospital. in Bangkok, and before Patong. She is an eco- Dr Siranee holds a degree that he was at the Sher- nomics graduate from in dentistry from Chiang aton Grande Sukhumvit. the University of the Mai University and has K. Komkritch has been Thai Chamber of Com- had traumatic restorative working in food and bev- merce in Bangkok and dentistry training from erages in the hotel indus- also holds a Master’s Prince of Songkla Univer- try for more than 20 degree from St. Mary’s sity. years. College in Kansas, USA.

By Supanun Supawong he success of a business depends not only on the quality of the work they Animating advertising Tdo, but also on the qual- “In 2005 and 2006 we were ship with the customer and their imation and 3D work. Their goal locally by eight technicians who ity of the message that they invited to provide this training on okay at each step,” says K Jitti. in the first year is to complete all attended and passed the “Pre- present to the public. Phuket and we had such great “Only when the story is laid about 18 projects at around Professional 3D Animation” The role of advertising is to success with the trainees that we out and fully approved by the cus- 700,00 to one million baht each. courses in either 2005 or 2006. create an interest in a business decided to open VR Plus here. tomer can we begin production. The company has already that brings the client to the door We weren’t initially interested in Time and price are affected by had some success garnering cli- or creates a desire to buy the opening an office on Phuket, but the complexity and details of the ents such as Grace Home at the VR Plus Co. Ltd., can be found product or service offered. the availability of well-trained lo- animation. Projects that feature Boat Lagoon, Coconut Village, at their new offices at 369/113/ How well this message rep- cal talent and the maturing of the houses with lots of details and the new Shangi-La Resort 114 Yaowarat Road, Talad Yai, resents the business and the qual- local property market told us the decoration, or flowers and vege- project, Patong Rim Talay, and Muang, Phuket 83000. Contact ity of its content and production time was right.” tation, can become expensive. Baan Sawan. “We want to start them at Tel: 076-236165 or via can make or break a business. VR Plus, through VR Digi- VR Plus’s target market is slow as our staff do not have a email at: [email protected], VR Plus Co Ltd of Phuket tal, prides itself on keeping primarily larger property busi- lot of experience yet,”K. Jitti says. or for more details, see their produces eye-catching 3D anima- abreast of the latest develop- nesses due to the expense of an- The new office is staffed website at: www.vr-plus.com tion and visualizations that allows ments in software. “If there is customers to see in-depth pre- anything new about animation, we sentations – primarily real-estate will know. VR Digital frequently projects – from an office or web- sends staff to look at new ani- site without having to take a long mation products in Europe. This drive out to a project site. means our customers will always Businesses that want to use have the latest and best in ani- this type of info-tizing (or is it mation,” K. Jitti told the Gazette. advert-mation?) no longer need Animation and 3D projects to go to Bangkok to have a 3D don’t come cheap. It is complex production put together. VR Plus and time-consuming, and thus can now do it here, using local costly, work. “Simple projects can talent trained by VR Digital Co start at about 200,000 baht per Ltd of Bangkok (the parent cor- minute [of animation produced] poration of VR Plus) through the and more complicated produc- Software Industry Promotion tions can cost as much as 500,000 Agency’s (SIPA) Phuket office. baht per minute. Their soft opening was on Feb- Most projects take about ruary 7, and a grand opening is two months to complete, K. Jitti tentatively planned for the mid- says, and an advantage to having dle of this year. the production done locally is that The Phuket Managing Di- the client can give feedback at rector of VR Plus Jitti “Joe” Aph- each stage of the project and iboon (who is also the Technical problems can be quickly correct- Support Manager of VR Digital ed and changes easily made. in Bangkok) said the beginning of “Animation has a lot of pro- the 3D animation and visualiza- cess work that must be done in tion business on Phuket came its development. We must first though the “Pre-Professional 3D create a storyboard that meets the Animation” training project spon- client’s requirements. This re- sored by SIPA Phuket. quires a close working relation- 34 PHUKET GAZETTE SPORT February 24 - March 2, 2007 PM Surayud to hand out Johnny Walker silverware

THALANG: Thai Prime Minis- There will also be three ter Gen Surayud Chulanont will players from the European Ryder visit Phuket for another golfing Cup team with Captain Ian Woos- event during the Johnny Walker nam, former Captain Sam Tor- Classic, where he will present rence and Colin Montgomerie, awards on March 4, tournament along with Mike Weir, a former officials at Blue Canyon Coun- US Master’s Champion. try Club have announced. Montgomerie has won a The tournament will be held record eight European Order of from March 1 to 4, and will be Merits during his career, and in the third time the BCCC has 2006 narrowly lost the US Open hosted the event. Championship. His last victory This follows PM Surayud’s came at the UBS Hong Kong February 11 visit to the Mission Open in December 2005. Hills golf course, where he played Because of the high-profile Footballing orphanage: Boys from the Youth Football Home in Thalang practice their skills every day. a round with the Malaysian visitors, BCCC announced that it Prime Minister. The result of that will dramatically increase secu- match was carefully concealed rity protocol around the club in an- Youth Football Home from the public. ticipation of the event. The Johnny Walker Cup, a The security measures will US$2.4 million (almost 79.8 mil- require the cooperation of the lion baht) tournament, will fea- Phuket Provincial Police, Tourist ture three of the world’s top 10 Police, Phuket Provincial Admin- to double enrollment players: third-ranked Adam OrBor- istration Organization ( By Janyaporn Morel inces, arrived at the school May cess by interviewing the children, Scott of Australia, number five Jor), Highway Police and 11, 2006. Another eight boys were then visiting their homes and fam- Ernie Els and number eight BCCC Security, said Provincial THALANG: The Youth Football selected from Phuket and Phang ilies, before the final step of test- Retief Goosen, both from South Police Deputy Commander Col Home in Phuket is going to near- Nga following a soccer camp at ing their football skills,” she said. Africa. Chalit Tinthanee. ly double its enrollment on April the school in October that year. About 50 boys will be invit- 1, when 15 more boys will be All boys were enrolled at the ed to the selection camp on April admitted into the football-orient- Thalang Phranangsang School. 1, when the field will be nar- Eight teams to contest ed boarding house. The YFH sits on 8 rai in rowed to the final 15. Youth Football Home Thalang District, about 150 The school regularly hosts (YFH) provides food, clothing, meters from Wat Muang Koma- footballers from Germany and Rassada soccer cup education, lodging and, of course, raphat. The complex includes a Britain who conduct guest train- football training to orphaned or dormitory for 32 boys, housing for ing sessions with the boys. RASSADA: The second OrBorTor Rassada Cup will kick off Feb- needy boys from across Thailand. staff and a full-sized soccer field “Children must follow our ruary 25, giving eight teams a chance to win a 10,000-baht grand Supawadee Petchtonglang, and training areas. schedules from early in the morn- prize in the football tournament. General Manager and Warden of Boys admitted into the home ing until bed-time, including train- The Rassada Tambon Administration Organization (OrBorTor) YFH, told the Gazette that they receive a full education, as well ing in football and attending is hosting the 11-a-side event at Phuket Rajabhat University Febru- would like to expand that num- as daily coaching and training. school. We provide everything for ary 25 to March 3, with two matches a day beginning at 2:30 pm. ber to an even 32 – enough for “We are looking for children children and teach them every- The tournament will feature teams from each of the seven vil- two full scrimmage teams. from anywhere in Thailand who thing, including ethical behavior lages in Rassada, along with the host team, with prizes of 10,000 baht “We already have 17 boys are destitute and who love play- and how to be good people in the for first, 8,000 baht for second, 6,000 baht for third and 4,000 baht for aged between 8 and 11 years old ing football. We are especially future,” she said. fourth place. who are studying in primary looking in the local areas of Last year’s champion, the team from Village 4, will be return- grades 1 to 6 at Thalang Pra- Phuket and Phang Nga. We have For more information contact ing this year for their second shot at glory. nangsang School. Now we want sent requirements and other in- Youth Football Home Founda- 15 more boys to bring that num- formation to many schools along tion (Phuket): 142/4-5 Moo 3, ber to 32. We have everything set with application forms that will be Thepkrasattri, Thalang District, Bowling … for encyclopedias? for 32, and that number will get collected before selecting our Phuket 83110; Tel/Fax 076-512 PHUKET: The Lions Club of 9:30 am and end about 4 pm. us two football teams,” she said. new admissions,” K. Supawadee 524, 089-5873618; or visit the Phuket will hold its inaugural There will be 28 teams of three The first group of nine boys, said. website at: www.youthfootball Charity Bowling Competition on people per round. The entry fee from Bangkok and northern prov- “We start our selection pro- home.com March 4 at CS Bowl at the Big is 3,000 baht per team and is due C Supercenter. Funds raised at time of application. from the event will be used to Bowlers can apply in per- donate encyclopedias to Phuket son at the Lions Club of Phuket schools through the Phuket Edu- on Yaowarat Rd, near the Phuket cational Area Office. Merlin Hotel, or by calling 076- The competition will start at 234539. February 24 - March 2, 2007 SPORT PHUKET GAZETTE 35

PATONG DARTS LEAGUE MONKEYS SUNK PATONG: The latest casualty in the Patong Darts League has come with the shock announcement by Funky Monkey bar proprietor Simon that his side will be dropping out of the league, with immediate effect. The team’s departure is probably due to their losing their home venue on Nanai Rd. They had been playing out of the nearby Beach House until Simon decided to throw in the towel. They lost all three points in their final match in heartbreaking form, losing 5-4 to defend- ing champs Didi’s – and then losing the beer leg. It is the second dropout this league, following Shakers decision to pack it in mid-January. Left with just eight teams, down from 12 a year ago, the league table has once again been reworked with league secretary Steen extracting all points from games left involving Funky Monkey. Benefiting one point from Funky Monkey’s departure are Piccadilly, who lost the team game at home to Funky Monkey and now don’t have to pay for it in the standings. They now sit with a one-point lead and one game in hand going into the final four weeks of play. But if they manage to hold on and take the championship will it just be from attrition? Time will tell. In the meantime, any bar interested in entering a team in the next league, which is scheduled to begin in mid-March, should con- tact owners of any of the participating bars for details or email: [email protected] Those interested should consider that failure to field a team on the scheduled night of play can result in fines – something to consider as the start of the next league coincides with traditional onset of the “low season” for tourism.

Revised standings: 1. Piccadilly (26 pts.); 2. Queen Mary (25); 3. Didi’s (18); 4.= Dog’s Bollocks; Coyote Bar (17); 6. Offshore (13); 7. Valhalla (10); 8. Beach House (6).

February 13 results: Didi’s* 5 Funky Monkey 4 (now void); Off- shore 3 Dog’s Bollocks* 6; Queen Mary 6 Coyote Bar* 3; Valhalla* 5 Beach House 4 (* = winner of beer leg).

February 27 matchups: Valhalla v Dog’s Bollocks; Coyote Bar v EXTREME: The third TriBallistic triathlon will take place Sunday, February 25, around the JW Mariott Beach House; Offshore v Queen Mary; Didi’s and Piccadilly have Resort & Spa. The “Extreme Triathlon” will include a 750-meter ocean swim, a 10-kilometer off-road byes (home team first). mountain bike trial and a 5 km run. Registration will begin at 7 am, with the first race at 8 am. This is the third of six triathlons in the Silk Triathlon Series; the next will be held March 24. BIG BOXING BOUT RESCHEDULED BANGKOK: An article in the February 17 Ga- injury, forcing a postponement of the fight to April zette, “Boxing in Thailand,” stated the super ban- 6. tamweight clash between Napapol Kittisakchokchai In addition, the bout has been downgraded (40-2, 36 KOs) and Saenghiran Lookbanyai (20-0, from an interim title fight to a title eliminator, which 15 KOs) would take place on March 2 for the WBC means the winner will have a chance to challenge interim championship title. current champion Eagle Kyowa (17-1, 6 KOs) for However, Napapol has suffered a shoulder the world title. 36 PHUKET GAZETTE PHUKET PROPERTY February 24 - March 2, 2007

Gardening by Bloomin’ Bert A Rose Apple by any other name

hings are different now. Not that many by an evergreen tree which will Not the most incisive years ago, if the po- grow up to about eight meters observation, you may lice caught you red- tall. More often the trees have a Tsay, but back in the days handed doing some- short, crooked trunk branching of my youth, our lives were a lot thing you really close to the ground, and a non- more innocent. shouldn’t have been symmetrical, open crown. We didn’t have any drugs doing, then you knew The leathery, light-green, or other such illegalities at my you were in trouble, short-pointed leaves are about 20 school, for example. Unless to- mainly due to the fact centimeters long, and almost hide bacco counts, of course – sneak- that the policeman the faintly-fragrant flowers, ing out of the school grounds for gave you a severe clip which appear in clusters of three a sly fag was about as errant as around the ear, leav- to seven. Thin-skinned and shin- our behavior got. ing you in no doubt ing, the fruit varies from white to Before any transatlantic that your behavior various shades of red. There may types start to wonder why I was “inappropriate”. be a few small seeds in the fruit, would have thought that having a It didn’t need talking but generally they’re seedless. At sly fag between classes was a through or analyzing; least you’re not likely to be spit- good idea, it has a lot more to do your physical pain and ting out seeds every few seconds. with the inhalation of tobacco ringing ears did the The trees are happiest in smoke than something signifi- job very well. Behav- “moist tropical lowlands” – Phu- cantly more unsavory. ior modified on the ket fits the bill perfectly. In theo- We got into huge trouble if spot. ry, it grows best in any area with a teacher heard us swearing, even Next was the a fairly long dry season. It’s not from a distance. Thinking about long walk home, and Perfectly suited to life in Phuket: the rose apple – chomphuu in Thai. particularly drought-resistant it now, they probably just gues- the handover to your though, and requires a reliable sed. And got it right. Today, it’s father. He’s not a happy man at was a problem – the best trees further north where it’s a little water supply. The best way to nothing for a teacher to be told to this stage – after all there’s a were always in somebody else’s cooler, but in our neck of the cheat this is to plant them along “**** off” to his face; there’s policeman at the door with an garden. woods we have to make do with the sides of streams or ponds, nothing he can do, as the child is errant son in tow. You’re now This was where “scrump- what are known in these parts as spaced five to seven meters simply “expressing himself”. A officially in trouble again, and ing” came in. It was usually a water apples or rose apples. apart. child does, of course, have the punishment number two ensues two-lad affair. One would keep Thais know it as chomphuu- The species presumably absolute right to express his indi- – more clips around the ear. This watch for that grumpy old Mr saaraek. The easiest way I know originated in Southeast Asia, but viduality in today’s world; perish time it’s doubled – one clip for Jones bloke, while the other to remember this particular Thai nowadays it appears from India the thought that some may con- the daft behavior and another for would hop over the fence, climb name is to say it exactly as it through southeast Asia to the sider his attitude to be rude. getting caught. It was a system the tree and grab all the Granny sounds: “shampoo”. Scientific Pacific islands. It even features The hands of the police are that worked. Smiths they could carry. This was types refer to it as the eugenia in Fijian mythology. equally tied. Any misdemeanors I have a romantic fondness the stage at which Mr Jones aquea. There are definite flower- by the youth of the more “devel- for apple trees. We didn’t have would inevitably appear out of They have very little to do ing seasons for the water apple; oped” nations are dealt with now- much in the way of sweets; my nowhere, waving his stick and with their more traditional cous- often two, sometimes three in a adays by do-gooder counselors treat was my grandmother giv- screaming at the top of his lungs ins, the ones more associated with year, but the timing varies from who talk through the transgres- ing me a penny all to myself to about “you bloody kids”, as we the temptation of Adam and Eve year to year. They commonly sors’ problems in an effort to spend on sweets. So we had to scampered down the back lane or inflicting cranial damage on flower early or late in the dry sea- modify future inappropriate be- improvise. Apple trees were al- – we knew that if he ever caught dead physicists with big hair. I son, and the fruit ripens 30 to 40 havior. What utter twaddle. ways a favorite target, but there us that stick would be put to ef- digress. The rose apple is, not to days after the flowers first make fective use. And we knew we put too fine a point on it, a bit bor- an appearance. would have deserved it. ing. It tastes of exactly what it Propagation is usually by We don’t have much in the most consists of – water. seeds, but if you’re an adventur- way of apple trees in the tradi- It looks a bit like a kind of ous type, or even a gardener who, tional sense here in Thailand. small, waxy pear, between five unlike myself, actually knows They do grow a few varieties and eight cm long. It is created what he’s doing, the water can be air-layered or even grafted onto some of its close relatives, such as the java apple. I’m reliably informed that it even has medicinal uses for a number of maladies – apparently a decoction of the astringent bark is a local application on certain fungal complaints. Unfortunate- ly I haven’t the faintest idea what that actually means. The water apple, or rose apple, or shampoo, whatever you want to call it, is perfectly suited to life in Phuket. The trees do a great job of filling large chunks of your garden, but I just wish their fruit tasted a little more in- teresting. Had these things exist- ed in my Yorkshire youth, I doubt we’d have bothered scrumping them. Not really worth a clip round the ear from the local bob- by for this one. Time for a sly smoke.

Want to know more about a plant in your garden? Email Bloomin’ Bert at: [email protected] February 24 - March 2, 2007 PHUKET PROPERTY PHUKET GAZETTE 37

Design By Semacote Suganya

KEEP IT CLEAN: Typical bedroom in The Lofts. Inset, developer Hans de Beer. Minimalism amid the mayhem minimalist approach isn’t something of You know, people here go to the beach, but when ten seen in Patong, but that is exactly they go back to Europe it is dark most of the time. the inspiration for the Baan Yin Dee’s So we wanted to make it bright,” said Hans. Aserviced apartment complex the Lofts “Also, we made the balconies big because in Aroonsom Plaza off Rat-U-Thit 200 Pi Rd. when people come to Thailand they want to sit out- “The rooms are minimalist in style. When you side. They sit inside when they go back to Europe say minimalist, you have a lot of floor space – you because it’s cold and dark,” he added. get modern chairs; everything is set up spaciously,” For a modern look and to add to the sense of said developer Hans De Beer. space, Hans and Alex chose steps made of glass in By using glass stairs, few partitions in the the lobby and mirrors on the elevator walls. rooms and a white decor throughout, Hans and “In contrast to the building’s main style, we partner Alex Bressers hope to give residents an used wooden pillars on ground floor where the res- open-living feeling. taurant is situated because we wanted to create a “We included a touch of European style with warm feeling in the restaurant, and wood helps to the kitchen, bathroom and balcony. The large panes create that feeling. of glass make it easy to integrate indoors and out- “The lobby could have been made to give a doors. The kitchens are open; they are not sepa- cooler feel, but we wanted to create a warm atmo- rated from any other areas. So you can eat or chat sphere – and a cooler ambiance would have re- at the bar, or you can sit at the balcony still chat quired using different materials,” said Hans. while others are cooking. So it’s not like a normal Although neither Alex nor Hans is an archi- kitchen, which is separated,” explained Hans. tect or interior designer, they came up with all of The color, or lack of it, in the Lofts also plays the interior design concepts used at the Lofts , us- an important part in the look and feel of the apart- ing their experience in creating their boutique re- ments, set off by an original painting, not a copy or sort Baan Yin Dee, and their own homes. reproduction, in each room to add a splash of color “The reaction to the design that we hear from and individualism to the room. people is amazing. This is an open area and passers- “White as a look is more than just a light color; by come in to have a look, because they are curi- it helps us to escape from being in the one country. ous. A lot of people like the look,” Hans said. 38 PHUKET GAZETTE PHUKET PROPERTY February 24 - March 2, 2007

Construction Update by Janyaporn Morel

ite clearance for a new luxury contemporary-de- sign apartment develop- Sment, Beach Front Phu- ket, at the south end of Bang Tao Beach is now under way. Construction is due to com- mence mid-year and expected to A computer- be completed by the end of 2008, generated impression Micheal Martin, Lead Agent of of how Beach Front Beach Front Project, told the apartments will look when complete. The Gazette. apartments are Beach Front Phuket, will be expected to be a four-story apartment building finished by the end of comprising 14 units, each with next year. two bedrooms and two en-suite bathrooms. The site has an area of approximately 930 square meters and has 27 meters of beach frontage on Bang Tao Beach. The building will be di- vided into three types of apart- ments. There will be four “De- luxe” apartments of 110sqm, three “Suite A” apartments of 88sqm, and seven “Suite B” of 101sqm. The Deluxe apartments will be the beachfront units on each REAL BEACH FRONT floor with a full sea view from the balcony, while the Suite A and the Deluxe and Suite B apart- Phuket without any road between all the facilities there such as res- on Scandinavia, the UK and Rus- B apartments will have a partial ments so the residents can enjoy the building and the sea. It’s go- taurants and bars. The residents sia. sea view. bathing outdoors with the sea ing to be a quality-construction can also access the Laguna Re- The apartment prices range A special design feature for view. up-market apartment with a nice sorts’ facilities to the north with from 10 million baht to 18 million Beach Front Phuket is to have a “Our project is the only ab- location on Bang Tao Beach and shopping, restaurants and the golf baht. Furniture packages will be Jacuzzi bath on the balcony for solute-beachfront apartment in is very close to Surin Beach and course. offered at extra cost. Of the 14 “There are a lot of Western apartments, one has already been people who want to live in this reserved. area. And the fact is that we are “We will have a rental re- going to be well-managed and will turn management program, which give a good rental return back to is now under negotiation with a the owners,” Mr Martin said. management company. This is a When the apartment build- high priority so the buyers will get ing is completed, a 4m x12m a premium rental return and a swimming pool and tropical gar- rental guarantee,” Mr Martin said. den will be set on the area be- Beach Front Phuket’s ar- tween the building and the beach. chitectural work and interior de- There will be covered parking for sign are from Thailand-based nine cars under the main building companies Triaxial Co Ltd, and and another five parking spaces Roof Co Ltd. Both have local at the front of the building facing experience with developments the coastal road. such as those built by the Rich- “About 50% of our target mond Group. customers are people from Hong Kong who like to come to Phuket For more information the Beach because it’s close. It’s only about Front Phuket sales office at 4/3 two-and-a-half hours by plane so Moo 5, Srisoonthorn Road, they can come easily on the Cherng Talay, Thalang, Phuket weekend,” Mr Martin said. The 83110. Tel. 076-270090, or visit remainder of the target market their website at: www.beach will be primarily Europe focusing frontphuket.com February 24 - March 2, 2007 PHUKET PROPERTY PHUKET GAZETTE 39 The battle of the brands new era of brand ma- tal appreciation may be viewed nia is currently sweep- differently in a hotel scenario ing the Phuket prop- where units must be in the rental Aerty market in the form pool and the owner does not have of “lifestyle investment”. an option to live full time in their Mixed-use hotel and resi- property. Also a factor is that dential projects are not only grab- hotel management contracts have bing headlines here, but are be- a far shorter life cycle than real coming a global phenomenon. PROPERTY property; what happens when the What’s driving this emerg- contract expires or there is a ing trend and how does it differ change of operators? How might from traditional real-estate invest- WATCH that affect performance? ing? By Bill Barnett The brand phenomenon is In the beginning, or say in here to stay, and certainly its en- the early 1990s, came Phuket’s try into the local property market first brand-managed product: the early reservations, certainly the is a plus in promoting Phuket villas at Amanpuri. brand fascination is bringing new around the globe, not only to real- For the first time luxury and buyers to the shores of Phuket. estate investors but tourists as resort pampering could be en- So what makes hotel devel- well. For investors buying on joyed not only in a hotel but in opers diversify their investment strong fundamentals, international your own private residence. Fol- strategy and mix hotel and resi- brands that have global distribu- lowing this came the Sheraton dential products into one? Cer- tion and sales and marketing net- Island Villas and then the Ban- tainly one of the most obvious is works overseas will certainly per- yan Tree, which was one of the to capitalize on a hot property form at the premium end of the earliest proponents of the private market, being able to turn supe- market. Rental returns should pool villa. rior bottom-line development benefit from this and ultimately As the resort market in the profit from sales and at the same provide an advantage in the mar- post-1997 economic doldrums in time maximizing liquidity versus The northern end of Bang Tao Bay, soon to be home to Phuket’s ketplace. At the same time, latest big brand, Shangri-La. the region suffered, so did the tying up capital in a long-term in- lifestyle investment is just one entry of new products to the mar- vestment. other words short-term gain may looking at purchasing a hotel- segment of the property market ketplace. Secondly, it is a means of be long-term pain. managed unit? Ongoing yields or and one needs to view not only Fast forward to 2002 on- alternative project financing. This leads us back to where rental returns are far more im- the immediate future but the ward, and the cusp of a property Rather than over-leveraging a we started. And what does this portant than with a more tradi- longer-term horizon. Only time boom on the island with new re- project with bank loans, develop- all mean to an individual investor tional house or apartment. Capi- will tell. sorts coming on line, and the ers are able to bring low-cost stage was set to take off from equity into a project and acceler- what the Amanpuri had started. ate the investment cycle. Equally The Banyan Tree brought important is an overall reduction new products to market, the of risk to the developer by diver- Sheraton assumed management sifying into both the tourism and of the Laguna Golf Villas, and property markets, hence hedging eventually Trisara created a simi- their bets. lar hotel and villa synergy to that As in any economic boom of the Amanpuri. though, there is a flip side to the Moving on to present day coin and some key long-term and a variety of locations and cause and effects with this type products are now poised to push of project. Initially, the restriction into the marketplace. of ongoing cash-flow potential for From Jumeirah’s Private the hotel owner who in a healthy Island Resort and Cape Yamu on hotel market would stand to make the east coast, to the Moevenpick better returns from retaining the Residence down south in Karon; units than by selling them to indi- Dusit Laguna’s new pool villas vidual lifestyle investors. and the Raffles Resort and Resi- Of greater significance is dences in Phang Nga, “mixed-use the potential to eventually sell a resort” is becoming a common hotel and cash out on a much term. larger scale. Hotels are usually One of this year’s most ea- valued on a cash flow rather than gerly awaited projects is Bang replacement basis and once you Tao Bay’s Shangri La Resort and remove a good portion of the ho- Residences, which was launched tel units from the equation – recently in Hong Kong and has though the developer was able to created a buzz throughout the re- cash out on early sales – the gion. With prices in the range of overall value of the asset has 40 to 60 million baht and strong been negatively impacted. In 40 PHUKET GAZETTE CLASSIFIEDS February 24 - March 2, 2007 Property Gazette

Properties BIG HOUSE SEA VIEW NEW PATONG VILLA WITH POOL For Sale IN KAMALA TOP LOCATION

RAWAI SHOPHOUSES

New house for sale, 285sq Very exclusive, completely-furnished, new villa with swimming wah with swimming pool. 3 pool in best residential area of Patong. Two floors, three bed- bedrooms, 3 bathrooms. 3 rooms with aircon, three bathrooms, Jacuzzi, Western kitchen min to beach. 9.5 million and dining area. Living area: 200sqm. Freehold land: 150sqm. baht. Tel: 089-7259431. 2 new, connected shop- Price: 8.5 million baht. Tel: 081-8928526. houses in Rawai, on Wiset www.phuket-besthomes.com Rd. Ground floor: sales of- SEA VIEW LAND fice, staff room, kitchen, in Nai Harn. 640sqm with Sea view is great, bay view dining room and toilet. Sec- Chanote, views to Phi Phi. 2.9 is nicer. You have the million baht. Tel: 076-288- beauty of the sea in daytime 6.9 MILLION BAHT APARTMENT ond floor: master bedroom IN PATONG with separate bath and 2 047, 081-8941660. Email: and the lights with atmo- separate bedrooms with [email protected] sphere in the evening. So NAI HARN/RAWAI here you have both. A tall connecting bathroom. Third PARADISE JUST GOT SEA VIEW floor: living room and en- house with many large bal- a little closer. An unusual suite bedroom. Living area: conies to enjoy the scenery. Chiang Mai-inspired 3-bed- 200sqm. Freehold land: Located in Baan Suan room house with pool is for 100sqm. Price 4.5 million Kamnan, green and relaxed sale. Set in lush private gar- baht. Tel: 081-892-8526. neighborhood at the south New house 4km from La- dens. Walking distance to For further details please end of Patong bay. This guna and Bang Tao Beach. New freehold apartment Rawai beach. A/C throughout, see our website at: www. (freehold) house (5 levels) Tel: 089-8131447. Email: (85sqm) located near Simon tel. and internet. 280sqm of phuket-besthomes .com has a private pool with nice [email protected] Cabaret, on a hillside in a living space on 1,100sqm of garden (Chanote land). Take 2 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms. or [email protected] green and quiet environ- land. 9.5 million baht. Rent: a look at the website or Tel: 081-9583513. Email: ment, overlooking Patong OCEANFRONT HOME 40,000 baht per month. Tel: pass by. Call owner Edwin [email protected] For with sea view, on the 4th in Chalong. Unique opportunity 089-5930986. for more info. Tel: 086- further details, please see MUST SELL, KAMALA floor. Low monthly mainte- to purchase a spectacular villa 7866350. For more details, our website at: www. New house in Kamala. 4 bed- nance. right on the sand for only 34 NAI HARN HOUSE please see our website: houseforsaleinphuket.com rooms with en-suite bath- million baht. Call Chuck for 2 floors, 170sqm, 6 bedrooms. www.patongbluepoint.com rooms. Master bedroom has more details. Tel: 076-271 Can be cut into 3 apartments. Jacuzzi. Quality-build inside & 544, 087-2095174. Email: 3.9 million baht. All new. Tel: BEST HONEST out. Solid wood floors & ceil- [email protected] 076-288070, 089-0813183. LUXURY KATA DEAL IN RAWAI ings. Western kitchen, pool. Detached 2-car garage with beach seafront. Aspasia 5- 2 plots of land with hill view. studio above. Interior over PA KHLOK LAND Star 1-bedroom apartment. Flat, ready to be built on. KARON BEACH 300sqm, walled-in plot. 50% 2 bedrooms, 2 balconies 2 1rai 79sq wah in Pointe East Pool, spa, leasehold, furnished. Chanote titles. house with pool & small gar- financing. Sale 15.5 million bathrooms, luxurious, mod- estate. 4km away from Hero- Priced to sell at 8.4 million den. Good sea view, 2 - 3,576sqm (2 rai, 96 baht. Rent (min 6 months) ern European standard, fully ines Monument. Chanote title. baht. Please contact. Tel: bedroms and bathrooms. talang wah). 35m deep x 90,000-120,000 baht a furnished, ready to move in. Good price for very nice land. 089-9726017, 089-917- End unit, tastefully fur- 107m wide. 7,000,000 month. Contact Boomer Tel: Price: 5.9 million baht. Tel: 081-8953649, 089- 1161. For more details Email: nished. Available now at 7.5 baht. 086-2878966. Email: boomer Tel: 086-2771204. 8718327. [email protected], and million baht for quick sale. - 1,252sqm (3 ngan, 13 [email protected] please see our website at: Email: [email protected] CHALONG HOUSE Tel: 081-7888280. talang wah). 27m deep x www.koumbele.com/kata1 50m wide. 3,200,000 baht. 2-story house in Chalong. Air- Email: BARGAIN BUNGALOW, RAWAI 2-STORY [email protected] Contact me for more info. Pattaya. 3 bedrooms, 2 bath- con, 4 bedrooms, Western BEACHFRONT LAND New house. 160sqm. Price: kitchen, 2 bathrooms. 4.2 mil- Tel: 089-9728544. Email: rooms, 3 aircon units, fully for sale. 1,125 square wah 1.3 million. Close to beach. lion baht. Tel: 081-9795755. [email protected] furnished, satellite/cable TV, SURIN SPRINGS 30x130 meter with norsor 3 Please contact for more infor- Stunning, luxury lakeside IDD telephone, fully alarmed. mation. Tel: 086-9408914. KATA CENTER kor, Sukorn Island, Trang. Situated on 64 sq wah 3 min- house. 4 bedrooms, 4 bath- Price: 1.6 million baht, or KRABI LAND Or contact via Email at: apartment. New one-bedroom utes from new highway to rooms, private pool. 5 minutes 800,000 baht per rai. Tel: 4 rai in Krabi, 7 kms to Krabi freeholdprop@yahoo .com apartment for sale includes Bangkok airport. 24/7 secu- walk to beach. Aircon, sat .TV, 084-8516845. For info Email: Town and Ao-nang. Mountain kitchen, bathroom + aircon. rity. Includes company, so no ADSL, furnished nicely. 25 odo_jp @hotmail.com views. 1.2 million baht per rai. RAWAI CONDO 3.7 million baht. For details problem to transfer. 10 min- million baht. Tel: 076-270- Tel: 081-747 5293. Email: for sale. 2 nice rooms Renved- Tel: 084-0639223. Email: utes to beach, Tesco, newat Rawai Condotel Price 655, 089-9084861. Email: ONE MONTH ONLY [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Carrefour, Big C. Asking 3.35 450,000/600,000 for more in- For quick sale, new 2-bed million baht. Tel: 087-127- formation. Call Tel: 084-658- apartment, Surin Beach. 5.8 RAWAI LAND 3272. Email: ken@loxinfo. 4437, 084-1899336. million baht. Please contact For sale. 1300sqm with pond. co.th via Email at: samansamphan 3.2 million baht. Tel: 081- VILLA CALIFORNIA @hotmail.com 2732409. 12 RAI IN PALAI For sale. 3-bedroom house, Flat land for sale. 12 rai total. corner plot, many extras. Ask- Road access, water, electric- ing: 3.5 million baht. Tel: 089- ity, Chanote. Ready to build. 8751154. Willing to subdivide. Price 3 million baht per rai. Please LAND FOR SALE contact for more details. Tel: Opposite Sheraton Krabi. For 087-1057320. Or via Email: business, apartments, guest- [email protected] house. Tel: 089-9709106. February 24 - March 2, 2007 CLASSIFIEDS PHUKET GAZETTE 41 Property Gazette

IMMACULATE VILLA PHUKET VILLAGE

Very private location, tropical Townhouse for sale. lush garden pool, 4 quality 70sqm. Price from 1.9 mil- bedrooms, 4 bathrooms, lion baht. Tel: 086-470- large living room, top kitchen, 4691. Email: narin@phuket huge patio. Fully furnished, village.se For futher details 450sqm living area, please visit our website at: 1,500sqm land, Chanote. www.phuketvillage.se Thalang area near Heroine’s Monument. Tel: 084-690- 7057. MODERN NEW HOUSE SEAVIEW For sale Kathu: 3 bedrooms, townhouse. Just finished. ensuite bathrooms, large liv- LAND FOR SALE - Stunning views, elegantly fur- ing room, kitchen/diner, laun- SAMUI nished. Great neighborhood. dry room, walled garden, Tel: 084-8419885. Email: private parking,modern [email protected] design, located near Interna- tional school, golf courses, supermarkets. 9 mins drive HOME / OFFICE - to beach at Patong. Price LAND IN RAWAI URGENT SALE 4.6 million baht. Tel: 076- NEW HOUSE 200sqm. Chanote title. Ideal BIG HOUSE ONLY Detached 2-story house. 3 323-421, 084-8439579. Land for sale on Samui. 6 BEDROOMS for villa, quiet location. Only 3.2 MILLION BAHT bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, 4 Nice location, just 2km to 750,000 baht. For info call Tel: We have a nice 2-story house for sale in Kathu. Open aircons, 3 telephone lines, RAWAI 1,200 SQM beach, 750 sqm. 1.7 million 081-537-6866. ADSL area. Just north of baht. Tel: 076-288860, ground floor with European plot. Beautiful mountain kitchen with ceramic cook- town, near Lotus. Excellent views, chanote title. Only 3.2 086-9474494. LUXURIOUS VILLA gateway to the Boat La- In Rawai for sale. Balinese ing plate, dining room, living million baht. Tel: 081-537- room, bathroom, store- goon, Yacht Marina and 6866. SEA VIEW RAWAI style, private pool. Only 7.5 British Int'l School. Asking million baht. For info call Tel: room, terrace and balcony. beach. 300 meters to beach. Furnished house located on The upper floor has 2 bed- price: 4.8 million baht. HOUSE FOR SALE 1½ rai. Chanote title, full infra- 089-652-5664. Please contact for further quiet lagoon at the edge of rooms with balcony, 1 Kathu. 2 bedrooms, 3 bath- structure. Ideal for apartment. aircon, and bathroom. details. Tel: 089-6474652, Phuket City and ready to 2 UNITS FOR SALE rooms, lounge, dining room, A steal at 9.5 million baht. Tel: move in. Price: 15 million There is a garden surround- 081-5375970. Email: info big kitchen, furnished. 1.6 mil- 089-652-5664. or rent. Located in Patong, Soi @yourrooms.com Please baht. Full details or viewing ing the house and a carport. lion baht. Tel: 087-2705514. Wattana Clinic. For info call Tel: Fully furnished. 5 minutes see our website at: www. HALF RAI SEAVIEW see www.phuketbb.com or 081-8269390. call and ask for Lilly at Tel: to Big C and Lotus. Big widediscovery.com/ in Rawai. 200m from the house.htm AMAZING SEA VIEW 089-6523375 . house, small price only 3.2 Land in Kata 400sqm, road, beach. Chanote. Last plot in FOR SALE OR LEASE million baht. Tel: +31- electric, water. Must view. Rawai. Asking 4 million baht. Transferable lease, 30+30 646098573. Email: shd1 PANORAMIC VIEWS Only 3.5 million baht. Tel: 089- Nice for villa. Call Tel: 081- VILLAS IN RAWAI years. 3-bedroom, 2 1/2- @planet.nl For further de- 5376866. Land for sale. 11 plots in 6525664. 2-story luxurious villas. 325 to bathroom, fully-furnished tails please see our webside: 500sqm living space on Balinese-style villa located in Rawai and Kata from 3 million 2 STORY HOUSE www.home.planet.nl/ 700sqm plot land. Starting Kathu hills. Price: 5.5 million ~duang000/house.htm baht. Tel: 081-2730080. FANTASTIC VIEW for sale,1 year old. 432 sqm Please visit our website at: of the sea. In Makam bay. from 15 million baht. Tel: 089- baht. Please call for more in- land, quiet area, hill view. 6525664. formation and details at Tel: www.landandshopforsale. 800sqm soft slope, chanote, Price 3.7 million baht. Must phuket.net electric, concrete road. 5.3 087-3865200. HOUSE FOR SALE see! Tel: 087-2711270. Email: RAWAI 300SQM Patong. 4 bedrooms, 3 bath- million baht. Be fast. Call Tel: [email protected] URGENT SALE 087-8938747. plot. Ideal for house, 50m Gazette Online rooms, big living room and Land & Houses Park, Phuket. RAWAI 1 RAI from main road. Bargain price Classifieds 10,000 kitchen. On private land and soi. Tel: 081-7879627. Email: Chalong. 825sq wah, 4.1 mil- LAND FOR SALE for sale. Beautiful area. 100 only: 1.2 million baht. Tel: 081- readers every day! [email protected] lion baht. Tel: 087-9074404. Rawai land 432sqm near meters from main road, must 5376866. For more details Email: Mangosteen resort, opposite see. Bargain at 4.2 million baht. [email protected] Stone Inn. Sale by owner. Tel: Please call for more informa- 086-2733288. tion. Tel: 081-5376866. 25% Discount on Classifieds for Shopper Card Holders IF YOU... 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NAI HARN PHUKET VILLAGE NAI HARN LAND NAI THON BEACH Properties RAWAI VILLA FOR SALE LAND PLOT FOR SALE For Rent FOR RENT Great 2x800sqm plots. Electricity + water. Chan- ote. 3.2 million baht each. No brokers. Please call for DELUXE more information. Tel: 081- 4-BEDROOM 8940580. Perfect as a holiday home Villa for sale. European stan- and a sound investment op- dard, fully furnished. Price CHALONG LUXURY 100sq wah. Ready to build 6 bedrooms, living area portunity with excellent from: 3.9 million baht. 50% house. 2 stories, 4 bedrooms, with permit, electric, water Luxury villa. Private pool 250sqm, landplot 1,064 rental prospects. These 1- loan for foreigners. Tel: 4 bathrooms, secure quiet lo- drainage. 2km from beach and gardens. 1 min to the sqm, swimming pool, guest and 2-bedroom resort-style 086-4704691. Email: narin cation, 2 kitchens, laundry behind Sakoo School. Tel: beach. Very quiet, fur- bungalow, quiet and safe cul- apartments are set in a @phuketvillage.se For fur- room, full aircon, double ga- 086-4704691, 086-686- nished, UBC, Internet. Best de-sac, ADSL, 2 telephone peaceful location, close to ther details visit our website rage, etc. Area: 292sqm. 5304. for more info Email: views in Phuket. 10 mins to lines, includes maid and pool the beauty of Nai Harn at: www.phuketvillage.se Teak curved staircase, spa, [email protected] BICS. 70,000 baht per services, 90,000 baht per beach. Starts from 2.7 mil- solar hot water, nice gardens, month. Tel: 086-2796283. month, long term only. Tel: lion baht. Tel: 076-381490. 076-381490. Email: info river views. 7.9 million baht. CHEAP LAND RAWAI For info Email: info@sea- PATONG NEW Chanote. Please call for more @sea-property- property-international.com Chanote title. 540,000 baht. SURIN BAY AREA, international.com SEAVIEW details. Tel: 076-383193, Approx 12 x 14sqm plot. big garden. Long-term lease apartment with swimming 089-7245655. Or see our Good access, and in a conve- now available on 3-bedroom pool. 30+30-year lease. website at: www.phuket nient, quiet residential area. house with aircon, outdoor PATONG TOP Start: 2.5 million baht. house4sale.com Tel: 087-2806275. Email: kitchen, opening up to 1.2 rai HOUSE FOR RENT DUPLEX FOR SALE Chanote land plots with [email protected] of screen-fenced garden. Un- Located at Baan Sorn 2 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, electric and water from SHOP HOUSE furnished or partially furnished Naramit house project. living room, kitchen, top- 450,000 baht. Tel: 081- New and fully furnished. Good THALANG CHANOTE as required. Good for pets, kids 500m from Heroine’s Monu- furnished, pool, secure es- 6917241, 089-5896144. ment. 3 bedrooms, 2 bath- location on Prachautit Rd near land plots. With electric & & privacy. Large covered out- tate. 3.3 million baht. For de- rooms, kitchen, spacious liv- Tesco Lotus. Urgent sale: only water in residential area near door area. Garden mainte- tails call Tel: 081-8940580. ing room, fully furnished, air 3.7 million baht. Tel: 076- Ton Sai Waterfall. Start from nance provided. Tel: 086- PATONG CONDO conditioned, covered park- 248639, 081-7195102. Fax: 450,000 baht. Tel: 089-291- 9410410, 086-2692020. BANGTAO BEACH Panoramic sea view, 36sqm, 076-248639. More info at ing. Contact. Tel: 081-895- best location. Newly remod- 1112. Please see website for details 6 million baht. Nice, newly- Email: orapar @hotmail.com 0784, 076-324224. eled. Furnished, pool, kitchen. & photos at: www.phuket_ built, Western-standard Freehold. 2.2 million baht. For 1 BEDROOM CONDO house.here.fastmail.fm/ house. 2 stories, 3 bedrooms, @Surin_Beach/ info call Tel: 085-7823231. fully furnished, 5 min. walk to RAWAI HOUSE 3 bathrooms, 170sqm living CONDOMINIUM Surin%20House%20- Email: guntmit @aol.com FREEHOLD beach, pool, Jacuzi, 2.4 million for rent. 2 bedrooms, 2 bath- area, nice small garden. Con- %20Details.doc rooms, furniture, kitchen. venient location 2 minutes to Cape Panwa, 106sqm living baht. Tel: 085-8864050. RAWAI LAND SALE 800m from Rawai beach. the beach and commercial space, ground floor, open- MAIN ROAD 1+rai, superb location. Slop- 8,000 baht per month. Tel: area. Please contact for more plan dining and living area HOUSE FOR SALE 3-story commercial building ing hillside plot, own access, 081-5376866. details. Tel: 087-3863388. with direct pool access, 2 story house Chanote, 4 bed- approx total floor area Chanote. 4.9 million baht. For European kitchen, 2 bed- rooms, 2 bathrooms, aircon, Fax: 076-325393. Email: 500sqm. Suitable for bank, HOUSE FOR RENT [email protected] info call Tel: 084-8504544. rooms, 2 bathrooms, fully western kitchen. 4.2 million insurance, offices, etc. Tel: Located in secure estate. 3 furnished. 6.5 million baht. baht. Tel: 081-9795755. 081-8111067. RAWAI 1 RAI HOUSE FOR SALE Tel: 076-279280, 086- bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, din- Beautiful, land nice & quiet. 5.5 million baht. Tel: 086- 2821172, 089-8746054. ing room, living room, study, RAWAI BEACH ROOM FOR RENT fenced garden, UBC, ADSL. Chanote title, road, electric. 6833964. For further details Email: condo. Seaview, freehold, Patong. Nice room at Patong For rent long-term. 30,000 4.3 million baht. For info call please see our website at: [email protected] 450,000 baht. Please contact Condotel, aircon, TV cable, hot Tel: 087-893-8747. www.housechalong.4+.com baht a month. Tel: 084-843- for more information. Tel: water, long-term rent. 5,000 9579. For more info Email: 086-9408914. Email: to 8,000 baht per month. Call somlerdee@ yahoo.com [email protected] Tel: 089-6478569, 089- 7297978. NAI HARN HOUSE for rent. 1 minute to Nai Harn TWO RARE KATA EXOTIC INVESTMENTS Beach, 3 bedrooms, aircon, 2 oceantront. 5-star luxury 1- bathrooms, kitchen, 20,000 Opportunities for investors bedroom apt. Spa, pool, quiet baht per month, minimum 1 and/or builders now exist area, ADSL, seaview. 32,000 year. Tel: 081-3971835. for purchase in Patong. baht per month. Tel: 089- 1/2 rai with outstanding sea 9171161, 089-9726017. RAWAI LUXURY view, existing plans with Email: [email protected] villa. Large, 4 bedrooms with building license for 3-story please see our website: ensuite bathrooms. UBC luxury complex with 9 www.koumbele.com/kata1 cable, ADSL, maid service, apartments with a total 50sqm swimming pool, lovely covered living area of CHALONG NEW HOME garden and sala. Short- or 900sqm. Covered area, 2-bedroom, furnished, for rent long-term rent. Tel: 086- roof terrace and space for a with telephone, UBC & aircon. 2790837. swimming pool. Driveway Tel: 089-6521473. entrance from main road, PATONG TOWER 3-phase electricity, and wa- PATONG STUDIO rental. One-bedroom corner ter. Price for quick sale: 12 Apartment, 300m to beach, unit on 16th floor of seaview million baht (approximately nice decor, clean, comfort- condo building. Good for single 250,000 euros). able. Aircon, fridge, TV, person or couple. For rent now Patong land with pan- double bed, pool, parking. Tel: at 2,400 baht a night for one oramic sea view, 1,300 081-0825707. For further week or more. Tel: 081-273- sqm (almost 1 rai). Drive- details please see website: 4212. For more infEmail: way entrance from main www.phuket-accommoda coasters@ earthlink.net For road, 3-phase electricity tion.info.details/photos further details, please see our and water. Pricefor quick website at www.patong sale: 5.5 million baht (approx- STYLISH HOUSE - tower-rentals.com imately 117,000 euros). Rawai/Naiharn. 2 air-condi- Obvious high returns can be tioned bedrooms, ADSL, cable LONG-TERM, KATHU, expected from both pur- TV. Open gallery, living & din- Fully-furnished 3-bedroom chases. Contact for further ing area. Spacious terrace & house with ADSL in Kathu, 5- information. Tel: 081-087- balcony with beautiful view. 10 minutes from Patong 3033 (Swedish, English) or Walled garden and parking Beach and Phuket City. 2 golf 089-6524090 (German, space. 18,000 baht per courses close to the house. English, Thai). Email: patong month. Tel: 076-388639, Tel: 076-202914, 087- [email protected] 083-1062680. Contact Email: 8062407. Fax: 076-202914. [email protected] Email: tse.goran @gmail.com February 24 - March 2, 2007 CLASSIFIEDS PHUKET GAZETTE 43 Property Gazette

BEACHFRONT STYLISH RAWAI PATONG SEAVIEW LAGUNA PATONG KALIM NEW HOUSE VILLA FOR RENT VILLA FOR RENT TOWNHOME FOR RENT FOR RENT

2-bedroom apartment in Only the best for you. 2-bed- Chalong, 3 bedrooms 4 bedrooms ensuite, open- Baan Suan Kamnan. Nice room apartment with big Located at Anuphas ensuite, open-plan kitchen/ plan kitchen/dining/living green and quiet neighbor- 4 bedrooms. 90,000 baht pool. Close to Patong and Manorom Village, near dining area, living room room. Living area: 323sqm. hood just outside Patong. per month. Contact Amber. almost on beach. For long Suan Luang public park and opens to outdoor terrace Land: 1,780sqm. All rooms Long-term. Price from 20, Tel: 089-2001681. Email: term only (from 1 month). about 1.5 kilometers from with swimming pool, have direct access to 000 baht. Has ADSL, UBC, [email protected] Price depending on length of Central Festival Phuket. Jacuzzi and sala, maid's swimming pool (12m x 5m) and is safe. Call Edwin. Tel: stay: 40,000-60,000 baht 82sq wah, 3 bedrooms, 3 quarters, stunning views. and garden. Maid's quar- 086-7866350. Email: per month. Call Edwin. Tel: bathrooms, fully furnished, 120,000 baht, long term ters. 110,000 baht, long [email protected] PATONG LONG-TERM 086-7866350. Email: and gardens. Please contact only. Tel: 076-381490. term only. Please contact rent. New 2-bedroom house [email protected] Mr Mongkol for more infor- Email: info@sea-property- for more details. Tel: 076- for minimum of 1 year avail- mation. Tel: 084-0628040. international.com 381490. Email: info@sea- KATHU 3-BEDROOM able 30,000 baht per month. property-international.com house for rent. Fully furnished. Please contact for more infor- HOUSE FOR RENT 2 bedrooms with aircon, 1 mation. Tel: 081-6932759. Located in secure estate. 3 CHUAN CHEN without. Cable TV, garden, se- Email: [email protected] bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, din- OFFICE FOR RENT Lagoon. Near British school, 4 BEACHFRONT CONDO cure estate, telephone. ing room, living room. Sturdy bedrooms, 4 bathrooms, fully Kalim, Patong. High standard, 20,000 baht per month. Tel: APARTMENT PATONG fenced garden, UBC, ADSL. furnished, available from Feb- fully furnished, 2 bedrooms, 087-8876101. Large 1-bedroom apartment. Long-term rental: 30,000 baht ruary. Tel: 084-0651133. kitchen, pool, many facilities. Aircon, cable TV, separate per month. Tel: 084-843- Tel: 081-8920038. KATHU RENTAL kitchen, car parking. Only 9579. Email: somlerdee@ CHALONG NEW HOME 3 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, 10,000 baht per month. Tel: yahoo.com 2-bedroom, furnished home RAWAI BEACH VILLA modern design, walled garden. 086-2790837. for rent with telephone line, Room rental. Daily or monthly Near shops, international MODERN OFFICE Thai-modern style. Located UBC & aircon. Contact at Tel: 3,000 to 9,000 baht. Aircon, school. Long-term rent only. For rent/sale. Situated min- at very good location in 089-6521473. safe, ADSL, UBC. Please con- 20,000 baht per month. Tel: LARGE HOUSE utes from Phuket City, this Cherng Talay near Laguna tact for more details. Tel: 084- 084-8439579. Email: FOR RENT newly-built small office offers on the way to Surin Beach. PATONG TOWER 3079909. Email: dyotachan [email protected] Kathu. 3-bedroom, 2-bath- great value for a company of Will be finished by March. With sea view. 1-bedroom @yahoo.com room furnished house for 15-30 employees. All ameni- To resecure or inspect Tel: apartment 100 meters from SEA VIEW, PATONG long-term rent. Telephone ties available. Move in and 081-8976984. beach. UBC, parking, pool. LAGUNA AREA Luxury 2-bedroom apartment line, UBC TV, garden, etc. start work right away. Sell for Close to golf course and in- Tel: 084-8473304. Discovery Gardens. New fully- with 3 bathrooms, UBC, 4.3 million baht. Long-term ternational school. On quiet HOUSE & GARDEN furnished, 2-bedroom houses. ADSL, large pool, lovely furni- rent: 25,000 baht a month. private road. 25,000 baht 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, SURIN SPRINGS Large pool, WiFi, cable TV, ture. Short or long term. Tel: Tel: 081-537-5970. Email: per month. Tel: 076-323- aircon, fully furnished, Euro- Long-term rent. 4 bedrooms, maid service. Excellent rates 086-2790837. [email protected] 663, 089-8752532. pean kitchen. Please contact 4 bathrooms, large luxury for 1 night or 1 year! Tel: 076- Email: paulstrong23 us for further details. Tel: 076- lakeside house, private pool, 527594, 084-8661965. KATA LUXURY @hotmail.com 333292, Fax: 076-330895. aircon, sat-TV, wi-fi Internet, Email: [email protected] FOR RENT Apartment. 2 bedrooms, 2 Email: nichaboon@peach- furnished. 5 minutes walk to www.phuketmarbella.com LAND & HOUSE bathrooms, huge terrace hill.com Surin beach. 100,000 baht per Western kitchen & bathroom BUNGALOW 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms month inclusive. Tel: 076- HOUSE FOR RENT available March 1 for short- or 1-bedroom bungalow on in Land & Houses. Fully fur- nished, 2 aircon bedrooms, 270655, 089-9084861. By Kasina. Varanee Villa on by- long-term rent. Tel: 089-592 Chalong Bay beach front for 1 aircon living room. Rental LOVELY 4- Email: [email protected] pass road. Fully furnished, 6890. Email: north8west98@ rent. Terrace, kitchen, aircon, price: 20,000 baht per BEDROOM HOUSE, cable TV, 2 bedrooms, 1 bath- yahoo.com car park 15m from house. HOUSE FOR RENT month. Please contact for CHALONG room, 1 kitchen, 1 living room, Fully furnished. 12,000 baht a 4 bathrooms, spa, aircon, or sale. 2 floors, 4 bedrooms, more details. Tel: 081-544- hot water, 2 air conditioners, RENT A HOUSE month.Tel: 084-6584437, pool, garden, UBC. 800sqm. 3 bathrooms, one big store- 0571, 087-1745511. garden, parking area, refrigera- Beautiful house, views of el- 089-7297978. Email: Quiet area. 65,000 baht a room and a large garden on tor, ADSL. Short term: ephants and nature, big terrace, [email protected] month. Tel: 086-2817605. the 80sq wah (320sqm) land 11,000 baht a month. Long 130sqm basement, garage, full KAMALA BEACH plot. It’s on Saiyuan road, 10 term (minimum 1 year): aircon, 2 bedrooms, 2 bath- 4-BEDROOM HOUSE Very nice, new apartments minutes to Nai Harn and Rawai 10,000 baht a month. Move rooms. European style. Long- for rent. Large house with 3 and homes for rent, fully fur- RAWAI SEAVIEW beaches. Direct sale for 6.5 in! (This price is not including term rent: 30,000 baht a bathrooms, gardens & park- nished, near beach. 15,000- Apartment. Deluxe studio, million baht net including 2 ADSL) Tel: 081-9796134. month. Please contact.Tel: ing. 15,000 per month. Tel: 25,000 baht per month. furnished, full kichen, hot wa- aircons and some built-in fur- Email: kasina_navamachiti@ 081-2711082. Email: happyjo 089-9085242. Email: Please call for more informa- ter, cable. 7,000 baht. Tel: niture. Tel: 084-9916654. yahoo.com @procom.in.th [email protected] tion. Tel: 084-3059606. 084-0571420. 44 PHUKET GAZETTE CLASSIFIEDS February 24 - March 2, 2007 Property Gazette

APARTMENT Property Wanted ROOM TO LET Phuket City. Convenient and The Stone Doctor Household safe location. Short- and long- Items term rent. Fully-furnished APARTMENT Specialist European stone-care room with high-speed internet. products and services: CASH PAID Looking for apartment for long- Contact Tel: 076-232494. FRIDGE AND DINING SET Condos/houses in need of term rent in Patong or Karon. Fax: 076-221498. Email: • Restoration Two refrigerators. One fridge refurbishment. Patong/ Aircon, parking, ADSL if pos- • Sealing/Protection has two open glass doors, [email protected] • Maintenance Karon/Kata/Kamala. Call sible. Would love Karon Water- For further details, please see good for display or storage. Tony for more information front, Andaman Beach Suites or our website and more info at All your maintenance, Both are in mint condition. at Tel: 076-341489, 086- similar. Good tenant – will take www.sinohousephuket.com protection & cleaning needs Large dining table and chairs. 2672646. care of property. Tel: 081- for natural and manufactured All pieces purchased brand 0888690. Email: peterxhosa Lakeview apartments in stone. new only one month ago. @yahoo.com Kathu. Monthly and daily • Marble • Sandwash Rarely used. Like new. These LOOKING FOR LAND Accommodation rate. Fully furnished with Wanted • Granite • Terracotta items are good for restaurant Would like to buy around 1 rai EQUESTRIAN CENTER aircon, fridge, cable TV, • Slate • Terrazzo or household use. 25,000 baht outside Phuket or Chiang Mai Seeks 1-5 rai to lease 3 to 30 hot water and car park. • Sandstone • Ceramics, etc obo. Tel: 086-9483314. with the following conditions: years. Near any beach, pre- Standard room 6,000 Prevent: rust, stains, mildew, 1) Chanote baht per month. Deluxe HOLIDAY RENTAL algae, scratches fer Bang Tao. Dry, cleared, My family and I are looking for 2) Water and electric suitable for horses. Water, room is 8,500 baht per Remove: builders’ residue, Household month. Tel: 076-202585, a villa or bungalow rental (2-3 incorrect sealants, rust, stains, 3) Telephone line and ADSL electric, small home desirable. bedrooms) in Phuket, Krabi or mildew, etc. Daily care & cleaning Services Contact. Tel: 084-8424581. 089-1968449. Email: products also available. 4) Price not more than 1 million lakeviewapartment Phi Phi between 14 Dec 07 and baht (cash payment). For more Email: andamanhorsespa 12 Jan 08. Preferably with Tel: 07-2824930, 076-271217 @yahoo.com -phuket @hotmail.com information email: phuket pool, beach front and Internet Fax: 076-271218 PHUKET HOME [email protected] connection in-house. Contact Email: [email protected] MAINTENANCE ROOM + APARTMENT at email: ruzdi.ekenheim Construction, renovation, Accommodation Patong for short- and long- @nutritechint .com 1 TO 3RAI LAND electricians, plumbers, car- 1-3 rai of land. Area: Chalong Available term rent from 800 to 2,000 a day, 13,000 to 25,000 a BIG HOME penters, painters, tilers, gar- or west coast. The land needs APARTMENT WANTED deners, aircon servicing, pest month. Tel: 076-512151-2, Construction, building, reno- to be in the red, orange or yel- Patong. I am looking for an control and electrical goods 089-2909567. Please see vation, shopfitting, electrics, low zone, near main roads and/ LUXURY ROOM apartment in Patong. Mini- repairs. Call Khun Rin at Tel: or services. Realistic prices our website at: www. mum requirements: ADSL metalwork, built-in furniture. 3,000 baht per month. 3 brommathaihouse.com 084-1935124. Or email: only. Please contact for more rooms only, furnished, (wireless is ok), hot water, Call for more details. Tel: 087- phukethomemaintenance@ information. Tel: 081- aircon, kitchen, cable TV. aircon, king-size bed. I will visit 3835520. yahoo.com 6768717. Email: tero@ Thailand every 3 months for Telephone. 3,000 to 4,000 RAWAI CONDO CONSTRUCTION phuketinvestmentclub.com baht per month. Long-term 30 days, so if everything is ok, Fully furnished, aircon, refrig- All kinds of construction. renter preferred. Contact I will rent the room many LOCK-UP STORAGE SEA VIEW WANTED erator, cable TV, DVD/CD, times. For now, I need to book Houses, ceiling, paint, aircon, New storage facility. Prices for more information. Tel: steel, renovation. Please con- 1-2 rai, west coast. Please car parking. 6,000 baht. from 26 March til 17 April from 500 baht per month. 076-288542, 086- tact for more information. Tel: contact for further informa- Contact for more informa- 2007. Maximum monthly Please contact for more 6837162. Email: som 089-5913996, 087-2636337. tion. Email: joe_mooky@ tion. Tel: 08-1272078. Email: rent: 10,000 baht. Please information. Tel: 081- [email protected] Email: [email protected] yahoo.com [email protected] contact me by email at 0825707. thaicheck@gmail .com

PRIVATE CASH BUNGALOWS RENT SURIN BUYER Karon Beach. Bungalows 2 bedrooms. In Building Searching for house + land and apartments at Kata- Lersuang. Furnished, Products Karon available now. See our in Phuket. Up to 5 million quiet, cable TV, swim- & Services baht to buy or 25,000 baht a special offer for low-season. ming pool, ADSL. month for long-term lease. No Tel: 076-333242, 089-651 Available short or long offers from estate agents. 7818. Fax: 076-333243. term. 27,000 baht per Contact for more informa- Email: horstkaron@yahoo month or 1,100 baht per TAM tion. Tel: 081-3697968 .com For further details, day. please see our website at CONSTRUCTION (Thai), 084-9173480 (Ger- Tel: 081-5399269. man/English). http://capt-horst.com Quality building services, all jobs done by qualified staff with English-speak- ing boss! Fair price, free Classified Advertisements estimates. Renovations, shopfitting, electrical and Please use this form to write your classified advertisement. metalwork, built-in furni- Then hand it to any of our agents. ture. Tel: 089-6500133.

|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_| (heading) Agents for Classified Advertising |_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_| PHUKET |_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_| K.L. Mart Tel: 076-280400/3 Patak Rd, Chalong Fax: 076-280403 |_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_| Earth Language School Tel: 076-232398/9 Phang Nga Rd, Phuket City Fax: 076-232398 |_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_| Sin & Lee Tel: 076-258369 Thalang Rd, Phuket City Fax: 076-211230

|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_| Taurus Travel Tel: 076-344521/2 Classified ads are charged per line. Each line is 95 baht, Aroonsom Plaza Rat-U-Thit 200 Pi Rd, Patong Fax: 076-344523 with a minimum of 4 lines (heading included) per ad. 41 Minimart Tel/Fax: 076-324312 All advertising must be paid for in advance. Srisoontorn Rd, Cherng Talay Deadline for Property Gazette page: Friday 3 pm. Deli Supermarket Tel: 076-342275 Deadline for all other ads: Saturday 12 noon. Rat-U-Thit 200 Pi Rd, Patong Fax: 076-344314 February 24 - March 2, 2007 CLASSIFIEDS PHUKET GAZETTE 45 Boats & Marine

41'JEANNEAU SAILBOAT 1990 Fully-equipped sailboat. Aircon, solar panels, dive gear. Includes Boat Lagoon berth. A great boat! US$110,000. Please con- tact for more information. Tel: 089-9726017, 089- 99171161. Email: asiasail @yahoo.com For more de- tails please see our website at: www.koumbele.com

BOAT CHARTER BUSINESS Charter business ready to operate including 31ft Sunseeker Cabin Cruiser, client contracts and a work permit. Tel: 081-895 0680. Email: trin@phuket- sunseekers.com For fur- ther details, please see our website at: www.phuket- sunseekers.com

AVON DINGHY English, 4 meters, wooden floor, 5hp Johnson outboard. 150,000 baht. Please con- FERRY FOR SALE BUYING LIVEABOARD tact. Tel: 089-8733952. Boat. Selling your liveaboard Length 30m, gross 322 dive boat? Contact for full de- tons, 244 passengers. BAYLINER TROPHY tails. Tel: 65-63487172, 65- 20ft. Engine only 50 hours, Price: 12.2 million. Please 96722511. Fax: 65-638 call Dock at Phuket. Tel: good for fishing, mooring free. 93792. Email: headoffice@ 550,000 baht. Please con- 081-4084991. fishermenscuba.com 19' RIB tact. Tel: 089-8314703. NAUTILAC RIGID Built by Cholamark. 140hp POWER HULL INFLATABLE Yamaha and 20hp spare. New CATAMARAN 550. In-board Evinrude bimini & tube covers. With 66'x23' built in 2006 with 115hp + Yam 15. 250,000 trailer. 640,000 baht. Please ply-glass epoxy, huge baht. Tel: 087-8844725. contact for more details. Tel: space! 90% finished. Best 762-200730, 084-8394868. offer! Tel: 087-8919620. Email: [email protected] DINGHY FOR SALE Rubber-fiberglass, 3.2m, red, no FRENCH SKIPPER INDONESIAN WOODEN cover, no engine, just checked 100,000+ miles and 25 Boat. Thai registered wooden and serviced. 43,000 baht. Tel: years’ experience . Good tech- boat and company for sale. 076-398364, 081-9587435. nician looking for a stable job. 65ft long, 18ft wide, 30t Fax: 076-398365. Email: Tel: 084-8528171. Email: weight. Email: shaanxi.xian@ [email protected] [email protected] vipmail.hu 46 PHUKET GAZETTE CLASSIFIEDS February 24 - March 2, 2007 Boats Island Job Mart & Marine

MAXI 77 26-FOOT CRUISE IN STYLE SAILBOAT MANAGER STOCK RECEPTION CONTROLLER We are looking for a Man- Rolly Tasker Sails (Thai) Co ager and a Receptionist. Ltd requires the services of Thai, Asian or Farang. Able an experienced Stock Con- to control staff and take troller. Requirements: Male, care of customers. Good physically strong to manage 36' Oceanrace hull, twin salary. For more informa- placement and storage of Volvo turbos, full interior, For sale with equipment. In tion, please call. sail cloth stock, good written good condition. New engine. turnkey, perfect condition, and spoken English. Will Tel: 085-7859239. 720,000 baht. Contact. Tel: 3.5 million baht. Tel: 084- have to update inventory as 086-9500313. Email: 8424861. Fax: 076-200- new stock arrives, bar-code [email protected] 191. Email: brittsplace@ inventory as it is placed into hotmail.com PART-TIME TEACHER Tefl teacher wanted. English stock, day-to-day inventory CUMMINS ENGINES PADI DIVEMASTER native preferred for teaching management, manage day- We require a PADI Divemaster SALES & MARKETING to-day consumables, com- Two 6BTA Turbo diesels PROWLER 9,000 MANAGER kids 3-5 years. Please contact Asia Marine 2 Schionning for our busy 5-star dive center on for more information. Tel: puter skills required and 180hp ex-airport tankers. Urgently required: Thai Hulls and 1 platform to be as- Phi Phi. Good salary plus com- (Thai) 084-7144104, (Eng) 087- knowledge of QuickBooks 2,500 euros for pair. For UK with experience of sales & sembled and completed for mission, food and accommoda- 1069890. manufacturing version port. Please contact for more marketing. English & com- sale. Tel: 076-239111. Fax: tion for suitable applicant. Email: would be an advantage. details. Tel: 084-8374894. puter skills are necessary. 076-238974. Email: broker [email protected] Apply to General Manager Email: [email protected] Full time, Monday-Saturday @asia-marine.net HOTEL STAFF including CV, recent photo COMPANION from 2 pm to 8 pm. Good In need of receptionist, spa and references. Tel: 076- SAILBOAT FOR SALE Housekeeper for elderly Ameri- salary plus commission. therapist and restaurant 223893. Fax: 076-223894. 1968 Islander 44 world RUBBER DUCK 10FT Please contact for more With Honda 8hp, 4 stroke. can. Age 25 to 45, unmarried, staff for 27-room hotel in Email: [email protected]. cruiser, Haven Marina 50. basic English. Permanent job w/ details. Tel: 081-9355049. Patong. Please contact for co.th For further details, Contact for more details. Perfect condition, ready for Fax: 076-381693. Email: fun. Contact George. Tel: 086- many benefits. Call. Ao Chalong more information. Tel: 081- please see our website at: Email: kustemptation44@ for app. Tel: 076-282868. [email protected] 8920038. www.rollytasker.com hotmail.com 9724805. February 24 - March 2, 2007 CLASSIFIEDS PHUKET GAZETTE 47 Island Job Mart

MARINE TECHNICIAN Dream Yacht Charter is looking for an experienced Technician. Good English is necessary. To join our team, please send resumé by email to: Email: thailand@ dreamyachtcharter.com

OFFICE ASSISTANT Bachelor’s degree, Thai na- tional, hard-working, enthusi- astic, able to communicate in English, basic accounting skills. Please send resume to [email protected] or call during office hours at Tel: 076-296321 or contact K. Ratree at Tel: 087-2658865.

EXPERIENCED WEB DESIGNER Experienced Web Designer needed. At least 2 years’ experience in a similar role. Must be proficient in HTML, PHP, CSS, Photoshop and Dreamweaver. Only expe- rienced applicants need apply. Tel: 076-280060, 089-529 2050. Fax: 076- 280060. Email: willy@ phuketdesign.com

SIMPSON MARINE Requires the services of a Charter Boat Sales and Book- ing Representative. The ideal candidate will be a Thai Na- tional, have a strong back- ground in sales and marketing, an excellent command of En- glish both written and spoken, be self motivated and confi- dent, a background in a ma- rine related field would be a strong advantage, own trans- port is essential. Initial applica- tions should be made by emailing a full resume and ref- erences to email: phuket@ simpsonmarine.com

CUSTOMER SERVICE Executive required by Prop- erty Care Services for Hygiene and Pest Control division. Preferred applicants are En- glish-speaking female univer- sity graduates aged 25-35. Previous sales experience re- quired, technical training pro- vided. Tel: 076-224658, 081-6949088. Email: sirinat @pcs.co.th

PROPERTY CARE Services Administration Assis- tant / Accountant required. Pre- ferred applicants are female, university graduates aged 25- 35 with good English skills. Self confidence and strong charac- ter a must. Excellent salary and conditions available. Tel: 081- 9586879. Fax: 076-254774. PROMOTION PERSON CHEF WANTED Email: [email protected] required. Thai national, male or Ice cream and pastry chef female, for promotion of real wanted for new restaurant in WWW.GLOBALHOME.EU estate project. English required. Jungceylon, opening next We need Sales Reps to visit Gazette Online Classifieds Tel: 086-3418781, 087-077 month. Please contact Terry. realtors. Commission-based. 8454. Fax: 076-292073. Tel: 081-3976921. Email: All regions. Send resumé to: 10,000 readers every day Email: [email protected] [email protected] [email protected]. 48 PHUKET GAZETTE CLASSIFIEDS February 24 - March 2, 2007 Island Job Mart

QUALIFIED PRIMARY TEACHER Small bilingual school re- quires native English Speaker to teach national curriculum to class of 5-9 year olds.Commences Au- gust 2007. Salary: 50,000 baht per month. Please con- tact for more information. Tel: 081-2705028. Email: laughinggecko99 @hotmail.com

EXPERIENCED MANAGER New company with patented product starting small in Phuket, but large multicountry growth potential. Short life span until copied. Need man- ager with Thai/English/com- puter/sales skills. Salary, car/ truck, profit-sharing, all owner’s profits go to orphans. Tel: 089-2300949, 089- 9171161. Email:

ENGLISH NANNIES Fully-qualified nannies. Re- cruiter in England wants link with Thai employment agency. Please contact for more details. Email: erica_ashmore@ yahoo.co.uk

RESERVATION STAFF Diethelm Travel is looking for highly qualified and service- minded operations staff. Good command of English and com- puter skills are required, expe- rience in tourism is a plus. Thai nationals only. Tel: 076- 209163, 081-8927714. Email: [email protected]

Employment Wanted

FRENCH SKIPPER 25 years experience +100,000 miles. Good tech- nician looking for a stable job. Please contact for more infor- mation. Tel: 084-8528171. Email: [email protected]

PROFESSIONAL Married couple from the UK. Occupation: retired Accounts Manager/Property Agent seek- ing a position possibly working for an owner of a guesthouse/ hotel. We are hard working, trustworthy and reliable, with many years experience in this field. Also prepared to lease NANNY MICROSOFT OFFICE guesthouse at the right price. & housekeeper needed. We Guru Travel Company looking Tel: 087-8942573. Email: are looking for a nanny for our for a person with "Guru" abili- [email protected] 2-year-old girl. We live in ties/knowledge of Microsoft Of- Patong. Good salary for the fice Excel/Access. Someone SKIPPER WANTED right person who speaks good who can help us with our expan- To take care of 2 sailing boats English. Please apply as soon as sion needs. Not full time employ- on Ko Chang and run sailing possible. Please call. Tel: 076- ment, limited project. Tel: 076- trips also for nonsailors. Farang 512- 158, 085-7947360. 246427, 081-7879454. Email: prefered. K.Peter Email: Email: [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Find more Recruitment Classifieds at www.phuketgazette.net! February 24 - March 2, 2007 CLASSIFIEDS PHUKET GAZETTE 49 Tout, Trader & Trumpet

Articles for Sale

X2 HONEYWELL FANS 7 weeks old, cost 8,000 baht. Selling for 6,000 baht ono. Tel: 087-9327805.

CLOSING DOWN Commercial gym equipment for sale. Tel: 087-3833525.

LOW INPUT HIGH Output Automatic carwash TOWNHOUSE SHOP machines for sale. Start from FOR RENT 3.9 million baht. Please con- Townhouse shop for rent tact via Email: carwash_ near Jungceylon. 2 bed- [email protected] rooms, 2 bathrooms, kitch- en outside with covering. Contract: 18 months. De- Bulletins posit: 3 months at rent of NAI HARN SITE OFFICE SALE 60,000 baht per month, or GUESTHOUSE New insulated panel site of- 320,000 plus 40,000 per 8 Bedrooms, 190sqm, land fice with aircon: 80,000 month. Please contact. Tel: 200sqm, parking, Restau- baht. Shipping container 081-9961894, 084-842- rant, BBQ. 3.2 million baht with teak cabinets and 8839. Email: sgb.fishnchips firm. New condo: 460,000 luxury fitout: 145,000 baht. @gmail.com baht. Tel: 076-288070. Tel: 081-9171345, 081- 1251873. For further de- tails please see our website: THREE BUSINESSES RARE OPPORTUNITY www.safewayphuket.com in 1 hand. 1.Car care: Fully- Luxury freehold condominium, operational carwash and oil 103sqm, high floor, 1 bedroom. change with 6 staff rooms. Full sea view of Karon beach. 8 million baht, for sale by owner. Business 2. Rustic restaurant: 90sqm, Tel: 084-8517725. Products & 14 tables, kitchen and Services seperate, modern toilet house. BANGLA BEER BAR 3. Aircon office space: Bangla road area. Call Kevin 60sqm.Suitable for real es- @TSBA. Tel: 084-7300190. tate, coffee/Internet, beauty/ massage/karaoke/etc. Big RAWAI RESTAURANT parking area. A-1location in and bar available in Rawai. Call Kathu.Lease 3 years. 25,000 Kevin at Tel: 084-7300190. baht rent per month. Sell 2.95 million baht.Call: PvB Tel: 081- 2715291. Bertrand. GUESTHOUSE in Patong, on Beach Road, VERY POPULAR B&B comprised of 16 rooms, close to Haagen Dazs and Banthai. Rated "Best in town" by Lonely Business Call Tel: 086-5962035. Opportunities Planet. Teak & red- wood, 2- story house, 12 rooms, granite & marble floors, bath & DIVE BUSINESS GUESTHOUSE kitchen. Center of Phang Nga, Well-established PADI 5-star Patong. 16 Rooms, newly busy all year. Only 9.9 million dive center for sale. Equip- ment, boats, office. Good VISA & LEGAL renovated, Internet, cable tv, baht. Tel: 081-0882179. SERVICES aircon, bar, 3 mins to beach. reputation. Please contact for Busy location, 6-year lease. SALE BEAUTY SALON more information. Email: [email protected] 4.6 million baht. Call Keith. French equipment, 70sqm. Tel: 087-0211763. Email: 680,000 baht with equipment [email protected] or180,000 baht without it. KARON BAR Wichit, Phuket next to Central. Located in well-known central PATONG BAR 4 SALE Tel: 085-782-1194. bar area of Karon. Buy for Soi Bangla bar, lounge, cafe. 450,000 baht, no key money 3x3 years lease, low rent, no SAMUI RESORT and very low rent – only 4,000 baht a month. Tel: 085-790- key money. Bargain. Call Tel: for lease. Small, well-known 0515. More info at Email: 087-8817600. More info at: Samui Resort on a 23-year andzi4@yahoo. com www.homebarphuket.com lease. 16 million baht. Low rent. Tel: 08-99731672. Email: FARANG DESIRES Company registration 2,229 GUESTHOUSE [email protected] baht; one-year visa 5,999 restaurant. In Phuket City, Patong, for sale with Thai baht; retirement visa 5,999 Chalong, Kata Beach, or company. 208sqm with BUSINESS ON WATER baht; work permit 5,999 Patong. Space 75-100sqm. Chanote title, 150m from Thai survey, 5 passengers! 6m baht; UK & US visa 16,999 Tel: 083-3908716. Jungceylon on the bypass Aussie alum import. Boat, tow baht. No more visa runs – road. Option to open 3 shops, vehicle and licenses. Sell at get a one-year visa for only extension to 7 floors. Reason- boat value only. 1.2 million OPPORTUNITY: RAWAI 5,999 baht. Establish your able price: 19 million baht. Tel: baht. For further details, please Restaurant. 8,000 baht per Thai company today, buy 086-1062566. Email: philipp see our website at http:// month. 60 seats, fully land or start your business for @loxinfo.co.th For further www.kohjoy.com/makocraft equipped. 15 years, 3.2 million only 2,229 baht! Property details, please see our website baht. Tel: 085-8843610. title search, sales contract at www.phuket-apartment. NAI HARN and land registration. Thai- info/for_sale.htm nightclub for sale. Offered for SHOP FOR RENT land’s largest legal service sale just walking distance from in Rawai beach, 7500 baht per network. Always low prices AMIGOS BAR 4 SALE Nai Harn beach is this profes- month. Tel: 081-2732409. by our licensed Thai lawyers. Popular and successful Amigos sionally-built club. More than Please contact for further bar in Soi Seadragon for sale. 1 million baht in assets alone. SHOPHOUSE information. Tel: 076-345- Pool table, darts, own sound Contact for more details. 1.4 for sale. 2.5 stories, 2 bed- 277. Please Email: info system. Price negotiable de- million baht. Tel: 085-127 rooms, 2 bathrooms. Near @siam-legal.com Website: pendent on length of lease re- 4273. Email: mjbruggink@ Kan-eng 1 Chalong bay. Tel: www.siam-legal.com quired. Tel: 087-8838721. yahoo.com 089-4736886. 50 PHUKET GAZETTE CLASSIFIEDS February 24 - March 2, 2007 Tout, Trader & Wheels & Motors

Trumpet Saloon Cars FORD HI-RIDER 2005 18 months old, 27,000km, 5- speed, alarm, excellent condi- HONDA JAZZ tion. 430,000 baht. Tel: 084- 1880896. Contact Email: Personal SELLING WIFE'S CAR Automatic. 10/2006, 4,000 km, silver, immaculate condi- dimhost@ gmail.com Services tion, airbags. 530,000 baht. Contact for more details. Tel: FORD RANGER 076-289541, 087-2815319. Open cab, 17,000km, year LEARN THAI Fax: 076-289541. Email: 2006. 355,000 baht. Call Tel: AT HOME [email protected] 089-8314703. Charming Thai lady teacher gives Thai lessons at your 1995 Opel Corsa. 130,000 HONDA CIVIC MITSUBISHI STRADA home. Full course with con- km. Automatic gear. Looks A/T,1.8 VTEC. October 02. 4-door GCAB, 2005 only versation practice and home nice. 128,500 baht or best Blue. 1 lady owner. Sony CD 8,000 km. Looks and drives study material. Beginners or offer. Please contact for player. 500,000 baht. Tel: like new. 375,000 baht. more advanced. Please con- more information. Tel: 081- 081-7873392. Info at Email: Please contact for more infor- tact for more information. 6930173. Contact Email: [email protected] mation. Tel: 089-8314703. Tel: 081-7971497. Email: [email protected] [email protected] GOOD DEAL TOYOTA VIGO 2005 Car for sale. 35,000 baht only. Automatic, 35,000km. Please contact for more infor- 600,000 baht or 270,000 down and 23x14,155 baht. ENGLISH & mation. Tel: 081-9355049. Email:[email protected] Reason for sale: going back to SPANISH CLASSES Europe. Tel: 089-2907837. OSTEOPATH Computers Female native speaker, 25 UK-trained. Call Tel: 076- years’ teaching experience. NEW TOYOTA VIOS 388524, 081-6072343. Phuket City. Please call Tel: NISSAN NV AUTO 084-3087974. 2003. 36,000km, power LOW COST VISA steering, alarm. Like new. Retirement visa for foreigners. 290,000 baht. Tel: 087- For more information please Personals 6240667, 086-2788602. contact via Email: kwan_1905@ hotmail.com DIVE BUDDY WANTED Phuket’s Most Trusted & TOYOTA AVANZA Reputable Supplier of the Finest Novice open water diver Toyota Vios 1.5L, automatic End of 2004, auto, full op- Quality Used SALOONS, MASSAGE & SPA needs buddy for many beach gears, sport wheels and tires, tions, 62,000km. 445,000 SEDANS, JEEPS & PICKUPS delivery. For men, by men dives. Have own gear. Tel: alarm, tinted windows. Like baht. Tel: 084-8411438. new. Only 6500km. You save only. Escort to your room or 085-9198114. Email: gazette New cars or trade-ins – Email: [email protected] home. Tel: 084-4413048. @robertdench.freeserve.co.uk because I'm moving. 495,000 we have what you’re baht or highest offer.Tel: 087- looking for PHUKET JET WASH CUTE FRIEND 0071755. For info Email: ISUZU PICKUP jeremyloud @yahoo.com All types of cleaning, interior & Smart and attractive guy For more info please call us at Spacecab 225,000 Baht. exterior, window cleaning, would like to make friends Tel: 076-224632, 216243 The pickup looks good and is painting. 25 years’ experience. with a cute lady. Email: www.suremotor.com 2006 HONDA JAZZ in good condition. Year 1995. Tel: 081-0867533. Email: [email protected] VTEC black. 620,000 baht (or 225,000 baht. Tel: 086- [email protected] 130,000 to take over bank 7418345. Email: [email protected] BACKGAMMON payments of 10,450 a Club Retired businessman looking TOYOTA WISH 2006 month). Used privately by for backgammon players on Low mileage, full options, ex- farang owner. In immaculate 4 x 4s Memberships Phuket Island. Tel: 076-386- cellent condition. 270,000 condition with ABS brakes, air Available 113, 081-5778443. baht down + payments. bags, CD/MP3 player. Tel: Contact for more informa- 089-8134369. For info Email: ISUZU VEGA 2800CC [email protected] LOOKING tion. Tel: 086-7423240. Year 2000, auto, 4x4, turbo FOR ROMANCE diesel. 155,000km, 5-door, LAGUNA PHUKET gold. Good condition, one GOLF CLUB COMPUTER Western woman only, Ger- AWESOME 2003 Pickups FOR SALE owner. 450,000 baht. Tel: (LPGC) Membership for man/English speaking, not Honda City. 2003 light-blue. 084-0577505. sale. 475,000 baht. Please With desk and chair, nine over 40 years. Contact. Tel: Great condition. Great aircon. contact K. Nithirat. Call Tel: months old. Price 9,000 087-8870934. Email: Airbags on both sides, CD 2001 FORD RANGER 02-6341890. baht. Call after 6 pm. [email protected] player, automatic gears. 4 Very good condition, very re- liable truck, strong engine. TOYOTA SPORT Tel: 084-8436792. doors. 168,867km. 400,000 RIDER, SR5 baht, or best offer. Please call New tires and 1st class insur- GOLF MEMBERSHIPS ance. 290,000 baht.Call Tel: Luxury version of Sport Rider, Pets Tel: 086-6303601. Email: SR 5 Limited, 3.0 diesel. Lifetime family memberships OFFICE EQUIPMENT shoopbayoop @yahoo.com 081-3679561. for sale at Phuket Country Leather seats, manual gears, Computers with Pentium4, Club and Blue Canyon Coun- BEAUTIFUL PITBULLS stereo. Well-maintained, only desks, accessories. Good 85,000 BAHT try Club: 490,000 baht and red-nosed pitbull puppies. Tel: 2002 MITSUBISHI one owner. 430,000 baht. deal! Mitsubishi Galant. 1987, 900,000 baht, respectively. 087-1466622, 087-274- Tel: 081-8934066. Email: brown color, low mileage, ex- MEGA CAB Includes transfer fee, offers Tel: 081-2945441. 1388. [email protected] cellent original condition, 2.8 Gls Mega Cab. Diesel, considered. Tel: 087-894- aircon. Call Athit for details. low kms, blue & silver, ex- 6438. Contact for info. Email: ENGLISH BULLDOG Tel: 076-280914, 089- cellent condition, extras fit- [email protected] Miscellaneous Female English bulldog for sale. 1830066. Fax: 076-222419. ted. 330,000 baht. Tel: MAZDA TRIBUTE for Sale We have beautiful AKC English For information email: eric 087-9869003. For info 3.0 V6 bulldog companions. Home- @insurance-in-thailand.com contact Email: charliecooke Club raised, vet-examined, shots @btinternet .com Memberships and de-wormings current to VIOS 2003 Wanted age. Health guarantee. Ship- ping and delivery available. Black, central locking, remote, 65,000km, manual gears, ISUZU D-MAX FULL Tel: 415-415775303 (Swit- OPTIONS+++ zerland). More info at Email: CD. Good condition. 365,000 baht. Tel: 089-8736889. 2004 D-Max, 3.0TD manual LAGUNA GC [email protected] gear box, full service history, 2004, full options in top condi- MEMBERSHIP Email: wnammatapetersen @hotmail.com 2 owners, 54,000km, over tion. White + two tone. Only WANTED MALINOIS PUPS 150,000 baht in extras, mint 45,000km. Full insurance. Laguna Golf Membership Companionship, home and condition, must be seen, Price 780,000 baht ono. wanted ASAP. Please con- family security. Tel: 086- HONDA JAZZ XTREME 620,000 baht. Call for more Please contact for more de- tact John with price and 6935025. Email: alan_ 2006, farang owner, books, details. Tel: 084-850 7170. tails. Tel: 087-2709093, 081- years to run. [email protected] like new, ABS, alloy wheels, Contact for info at Email: 9562406. More info Email: Email: [email protected] Website at: http://geocities. sports kit. 540,000 baht. Tel: [email protected] [email protected] com/yellowleafdogs 086-2695108. February 24 - March 2, 2007 CLASSIFIEDS PHUKET GAZETTE 51 Wheels & Motors

KIA SPORTAGE FORD ESCAPE KAWASAKI KSR NEW NISSAN TIENA HONDA DREAMS 4-wheel drive. Good runner. SUV ‘03. Black, 4-wheel Motorbikes 0ff-road. KSR, 110cc, 2006, for rent. Long or short term, fully 3,000 baht a month. Discount Only 160,000 baht. Tel: 086- drive, V6 petrol, 62,000km, only 900km, excellent condi- insured. Tel: 076-263169, for long-term rental. For more 1542255. leather seats, CD player, sun HONDA CB1 tion. 45,000 baht. Tel: 089- 081-9703136. Email: agogniat informationtelephone: 089- roof, V Kool film, central lock- 80,000 baht. Tax paid and 9715664. @loxinfo.co.th 4727304. TRITON 2.5 MEGA ing, sport package. Like a new ready to go! Kata. Tel: 089- Cab. 4WD, cool silver, per- car. Price: 750,000 baht. Tel: 8681982. YAMAHA FAZER 2003 NEW MITSUBISHI Wanted fect condition, 6 months old, 085-7842004. Email: ahw@ 1000cc, 19,000km. Akrapovic For rent. For long- or short- telia.com 6 months insurance. Sony HONDA SHADOW parts, perfect condition. 375, term rental. Tel: 076-263169, stereo+speakers+amplifier. 750 cc. 2006, silver blue, lots 000 baht. Tel: 089-9715664. 081-9703136.More info at MOTORBIKE WANTED 555,000 baht. Tel: 089- Email: [email protected] Must be automatic. Must run JEEP FOR SALE of extras. 365,000 baht. Tel: 9711813. 081-2722008. JRD FOR SALE and lookgood. Contact tel: Why rent when you can buy Nice motorbike: JRD JT 125 T BP RENTALS 085-8863398. a good reliable vehicle? Easy KAWASAKI ZX12R Typhoon, 12/2003, titan gray, Suzuki Caribians for 10,000 ISUZU D MAX LS to maintain, fun to drive jeep. only 15,000 km: 23,000 baht baht a month. Discount for WANTED: CHEROKEE Removable doors/windows. Ninja. Year 2004 with 16,000 kms, green book, Phuket reg- ono. Tel: 084-6032490. Email: long-term rental or limited mile- and Grand Cherokee. Please Price: 79,999 baht. Tel: 087- [email protected] age. Full insurance. For more call K. Puk with any informa- 2676024. istered. Upgrading to K1200S. Will consider serious offers info, call Tel: 089-4727304. tion. Tel: 081-6774545. around 300,000 baht. Call for Vans TOYOTA SPORT RIDER viewing appointment. Call Tel: Car Services Registered in May 2000. Only 076-264692, 081-0862112. 18,600 kms. One owner, full music system, CD, subwoofer, VIP MINIBUS amp, etc. 420,000 baht for quick Toyota Commuter, 2002, 3.0 iteq, 4x4, Jan 05, 4 doors, SUPERB CHOPPER grade A, 97,000km. Price: ABS, airbags, wide alloy sale. Tel: 081-8930272. Email: Honda Steed 400cc, chrome [email protected] 790,000 baht or best offer. Tel: wheels, MP3. Only: 620,000 + options, well maintained. 076-388256, 089-5941540. baht. Tel: 089-9662994. 120,000 baht. Tel: 081- Email: [email protected] NASTY ISUZU 9704020. Two-year-old D-max, loaded, Rentals 31,000km. 6-disc stereo, ISUZU VGS TURBO hard black cover. This is a HONDA WAVE 110 CC Only 3 weeks new. Bought strong and beautiful truck. 21,709km. 4 years old, very with full options at: 867,000 Must see. Tel: 084-5078966. good condition, regular service, P.M.P. CAR RENT baht. Sell for: 777,000 baht. red color. 15,000 baht. Please and taxi service. Toyota Please contact for more infor- TOUGH JEEP 95 call for more details. Tel: 076- Wish, Camry, Vios, Yaris mation. Tel: 089-5944017. Spent 49,500 baht for new 203365, 089-6595853. and Honda Jazz for rent. vital parts +6,000 work and Short-term or long-term. 25,000 bodywork and paint. Minibus for tour, taxi ser- TOYOTA FORTUNER Powerful engine, 2 liter. Price: BMW K1200S vice. Call for more details. 3.0 DIESEL 125,000 baht ono. Call for MOTORBIKE Tel: 087-2646808, 083- For sale by first owner (leav- more infomation at Tel: 086- BMW K1200S motorbike for 1743880. ing Phuket soon). Silver gray, 2666350. sale. Brand new, only 6,000 kms, in excellent condition. standard equipment, 24,000 SUZUKI CARIBEAN km, Nov 2005. Price: Color blue/white with side 1 year old for rent. 600 baht 950,000 baht. Available now cases and original BMW hel- MITSUBISHI 4X4 per day, 3,500 baht per week, Tel: 081-5353043. Email: met. 850,000 baht or the ex- Mega cab. 1999, 2-door, 5- 9,500 baht per month.Koi’s [email protected] isting finance can be taken speed, aircon, foreign- Kamala. Tel: 087-9037933. owned, very nice condition, over. Tel: 081-8317112. Email: [email protected] KIA SPORTAGE never used for work, 4WD 1997. Full service in De- 100,000km, CD. 375,000 RENT NEW YARIS cember. Owner for 5 years baht. Tel: 077-826355, YAMAHA R1 2003 Auto, CD, aircon, fully in- now, going back to Europe. 087-0403007. Fax: 077- 1000cc, 23,000km, Yoshi- sured. For more information 295,000 baht to include full 813145.More info at Email: mura parts, new Metzeler Tel: 076-282781, 081- comprehensive insurance. Tel: [email protected] tires. 420,000 baht. Please 1965212. 089-9723861, 081-7378662. contact for more informa- Email: [email protected] HONDA CRV FOR SALE tion. Tel: 089-9715664. 2003, black color, ABS, air- TOYOTA FORTUNER bags, leather seats, MP3 HONDA MAGNA 1998 Wheels & Motors 2005. 3.0D for trade for auto player. 715,000 baht. Contact 250cc, V-Twin, 21,600km. gear or for sale. Contact for for more details. Tel: 089- Top condition, silver. 140,000 Advertisements more information.Tel: 089- 8192313. Email: peterc_33 baht. Contact for more details. 0219504, 086-2791602. @yahoo.com Tel: 089-9715664. Please use this form to write your classified advertisement. Then hand it to any of our agents.

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