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INSIDE TODAY September 21 - 27, 2013 PhuketGazette.Net In partnership with The Nation 25 Baht ‘EVERYONE NEEDS TO BE CONCERNED ABOUT THIS’ Magic Eyes anti-littering gains ground PHUKET Magic Eyes is set to re-launch its campaign against litter this weekend as it calls on everyone in the province to take part in the multitude of cleanup events being held across CRITICAL the island. The events this weekend are part of a global initia- Dengue cases hit tive known as “Clean Up the World”. 26-year high, Gov Full story on Page 6 re-launches attack Tourist court By Irfarn Jamdukor to start taking cases Tuesday THE chief of Phuket’s Public Health Office has THE island’s tourist court admitted that the “333” anti-dengue campaign is set to open this Tuesday launched in April has failed and called for sup- to help ensure that tourists port to re-apply the program with more man- are able to quickly settle power now that dengue cases in Phuket have noncriminal disputes. The reached their highest number in 26 years. court was delayed in open- “Everyone needs to be concerned about this,” ing due to a two-week Dr Bancha Kakhong told a meeting held on Mon- fact-finding mission to day to outline his plan to bring the disease under France by officials. control in Phuket. There have been 1,885 people infected in Full story on Page 7 Phuket from January to September this year, he said. The number is more than three times the number of cases recorded in 2012 and two times Greek claims higher than the last record year, 1987, when 900 cases were recorded. he was duped Thalang is the hardest-hit district in Phuket, The government has doubled down on it’s ‘333’ plan for controlling dengue fever. Photo: Bkaree1 with 707 cases, he said. Two people died from by girlfriend dengue during the period. “We need the cooperation of every local gov- “We have officers ready to inspect every area A GREEK man who claims Phuket Governor Maitri Inthusut vowed to ernment office to solve this problem,” Dr Bancha and we also have 2,000 cans of mosquito spray to his Thai girlfriend hustled provide support for the new 333 program and said. distribute,” Dr Bancha said. him out of his home and ordered relevant departments to support “Right now, 50 people a week are being in- “We have to knock on every door,” Gov Maitri about 2 million baht, pro- Dr Bancha. fected. We want to reduce the number to three added, underlining the severity of the spreading tested his situation by ly- Present at the meeting were Vice Governor per week,” he said. problem. ing down in the middle of Sommai Prijasilpa, representatives of all hospi- As before, the campaign will be divided into In the following three weeks, officers will the road with a pack of ciga- tals in Phuket, district chiefs from all three Phuket three sections. In the first three days, officers spray identified dengue areas… rettes and a coffee mug. districts, members of local organizations and will identify dengue patients in every area of community volunteers. Phuket and have them taken to hospital, he said. Continued on Page 5 Full story on Page 3 2 PHUKET GAZETTE PHUKET NEWS September 21 - 27, 2013 Man, 79, slays wife

Property The island’s retail sector for moving to Krabi is on the verge of a boom. Page 14-15 By Kritsada Mueanhawong A MAN last week confessed to Business killing his wife with a hammer Find out what brand of because she moved to Krabi to live with her daughter, leaving him cola Phuket likes the alone in the Isarn province of most. Pages 17 Yasothon for about a year. Police found Jaran Triphoom, 79, clutching a bouquet of flow- Arts ers in a rubber plantation hours Italian DJ to showcase after the body of his wife, Sangka the best of Regae, Triphoom, had been discovered on September 12. beyond Bob. Page 36 “He wanted to pay his last re- spects,” said Capt Adisak Thabpha In focus of the Klong Thom Police. Police were notified of the mur- Don Battles reflects on der at about 7am by Mrs Sangka’s Voyager 1 and his days 48-year-old daughter, Patchara with NASA. Page 41 Saenaprom. “This morning, I came to their house to invite my mother for The 73-year-old woman’s body was found on a bed outside her home. Explore breakfast at my place, which is The fine line between nearby. Outside the house, I found Yasothon with my stepfather. I Though Mr Jaran confessed to her body, but couldn’t find my thought that because of their ad- killing his wife for having left him Hong Kong and main- stepfather,” Ms Patchara said. vanced years, it would be better alone in Yasothon, police are con- land China. Page 42-43 Officers raced to the scene to for them to stay with me. I asked tinuing to look for additional find Mrs Sangka’s bloodied body them to move to Krabi so I could motives for the killing. on a bed in front of the house and take care of both of them,” Ms “We are continuing our inves- Sport a hammer under the bed. Patchara said. tigation to find the exact motive NFL season is underway Police believe Mrs Sangka had “My mother came first and for the killing, as we believe the with some surprises in been dead for more than six hours, stayed here for a year. Five days man might be suffering from Capt Adisak said. ago my stepfather moved in,” she some form of mental illness,” Week 2. Page 47 “My mother used to live in said. explained Capt Adisak. French tourist injured in Gold thieves out of gas, out of luck THIEVES attempting to cut open showing how the thieves tried to a safe in a locked strong room at use a blowtorch to open it. Patong hotel balcony fall a gold store in Patong last Satur- “We found two 50kg gas tanks, A FRENCH tourist was severely day most likely ran out of gas for as well as a crowbar, screwdriv- injured when he fell from a fifth- their blowtorch, forcing them to ers and a kitchen knife in the floor balcony at a hotel in Patong leave empty-handed, say police. room,” Col Chiraphat explained. early Tuesday morning. Nuchapha Jetsadaruk, the 49- “It was clear that they had cut Rescue workers called to the Sea year-old sister of shop owner the power supply cables at the Sun Sand Resort & Spa at 2:50am Sasithorn Jetsadaruk, arrived to electric meter in front of the shop found Jean-Noel Gregori, 26, with open the Yaowarat Gold Shop 9 to switch off the CCTV cameras broken limbs and a head injury. on Sainamyen Road just before before they broke in,” he said. He was taken to Patong Hospi- 9am last Sunday to discover the Phuket Forensic Police have tal, but later transferred to Vachira theft attempt. collected fingerprints at the scene. Hospital Phuket for treatment of “When we closed the shop [on Police inspect the strong room “Fortunately, they were not able Mr Gregori was seriously injured in where the thieves failed to open the internal bleeding, said Pratuang the fall. Photo: Patong Police Saturday night], everything was safe. Photo: Kritsada Mueanhawong to take anything,” Ms Nuchapha Polmana of the Patong Police. still normal. I guess the thieves said. Hotel staff told police that Mr was taken to the police station for broke in during the night,” she said. Police Superintendent Chiraphat Ms Nuchapha did not elaborate Gregori had returned to the hotel questioning. The thieves had broken through Pochanaphan. on how much gold was in the with his traveling companion Mr Gergori has now been the roof and cut through ceiling- “The shop has three safes kept safe, or whether or not the gold Turan Beytullan, 27, and that both moved to Bangkok’s Samitivaj mounted bars to enter the locked in the strong-room. One of was insured. had been drinking. Mr Beytullan hospital. – Chutharat Plerin strong-room, explained Patong the safes has scorch marks on it – Thawit Bilabdullar September 21 - 27, 2013 PHUKET NEWS PHUKET GAZETTE 3 In brief… Big fat Greek hustle Motorbike taxi Expat claims Thai girlfriend swindled him of house, 2 million baht driver with axe to grind arrested By Thawit Bilabdullar A FRIENDLY talk took a serious turn on Wednesday when a Patong A DISTRAUGHT Greek was motorbike taxi driver took out an found sitting in the middle of the axe and struck a colleague two road on September 13 in front of times, sending him to the hospital. a property that he claimed his girl- When police arrived at the mo- friend had cheated him out of, torbike taxi queue in Soi Kebsap at along with about two million baht. about 9:50am, they found only a When Konstantinos Vardas’s pool of blood, said Maj Jakkrapong mid-road protest caused a traffic Luang-aon of Patong Police. jam in the vicinity of Tha Reua Sompong Pukanka, 41, had al- Temple, Thalang Police and ready been taken to the hospital Kusoldharm rescue workers were with wounds to his head and foot. called to the scene. “We learned the suspect was “We found Mr Vardas, 56, in a Saroj Chaiyasit, 34,” Maj distressed state. He was shouting Jakkrapong said, “and we tracked something about wanting his prop- him to the beach road and arrested erty back,” said Capt Narong him.” Muangduang of the Thalang Police. “We used a translator to com- In protest of his situation, Mr Vardas sat down in the middle of the road with a coffee mug and cigarettes. Patong security municate with Mr Vardas for about one hour, and learned that he was “My partner’s name is Kanwee document of property ownership would like my embassy to help guard arrested certain that his girlfriend had Wanwijit. She is 50 years old, and had been transferred. Moreover, me,” he said. cheated him out of both the prop- we had lived together for three or about two million baht had gone The Tourist Police have been on 8-year-old erty and about two million baht,” four years. We bought a house at missing from my bank account. contacted with regards to the Capt Narong said. Phuket’s Baan Charoen Sook Es- “Now I have no money to buy case, Capt Narong explained. rape charge After Mr Vardas regained his tate to live together in,” Mr Vardas any food,” he said. However, as of Tuesday, the composure, police brought him to told the police. Mr Vardas was unable to find his Tourist Police denied having been POLICE on Sunday arrested a se- Thalang Police station to try to es- “When I came back from my partner to sort out the situation. contacted by the Thalang Police curity guard at a Patong apartment tablish the facts of the case. trip to the USA, I learned that the “I’m in a desperate state, and regarding the case. complex on an outstanding war- rant for statutory rape in Samut Prakan, near Bangkok, that took place over eight years ago. Patong Police Superintendent Cops put the brakes on Chevy staffer Chiraphat Pochanaphan told the Gazette today that the man, 36, originally from Phetchabun, was wanted on an arrest warrant is- who ran off with 1.2 million baht sued by Samut Prakan Provincial POLICE arrested an employee of national Airport], in Thalang, where Court on July 4, 2005. a Chevrolet dealership in Phuket he was staying as a guest,” Phuket after the man made off with over City Police Deputy Superintendent Russian’s body 1.2 million baht of company cash. Prawit Engchuan explained. Somkit “Roon” Yukunthorn, a “A team of officers and I found in sea off 27-year-old Phuket native, worked moved in and arrested him there for about a year as a messenger at about 3:30pm on September Patong Beach for VST Autosales 2002 Co Ltd, 12,” Lt Col Prawit said. the Chevrolet dealership on the The officers also arrested Mr BEACH guards recovered the bypass road. Somkit’s friend Kriangkrai “Boy” body of a Russian man at Patong But on September 6 he failed Khaengrang, 29, at a rented room Beach Tuesday morning. to make a cash bank deposit of in Kathu. The body of Tsymbalyuk 1,231,199 baht given to him by Police seized more than 700,000 Alexey, 45, was brought to shore the company. baht cash, a gold bracelet and a at about 11am. Police suspect that After learning the hard way that brand-new Honda motorcycle as he died about three hours earlier. the over million-baht deposit had evidence. Mr Somkit (left) and Mr Kriangkrai spent over 500,000 baht in six days. “He might have gone swimming not been made, the manager at “Mr Somkit confessed that he alone, as nobody witnessed him Chevrolet called the police. stole the huge deposit from the a motorcycle, a gold bracelet, theft and Mr Kriangkrai was drowning,” said Teerasak “We found out that Mr Somkit company,” Col Prawit said. staying at the resort and eating charged with receiving the stolen Boonsaeng of the Patong Police. was hiding at the Phuket Pai Resort “Mr Somkit and Mr Kriangkrai out,” Col Prawit said. property. “There was no sign of Mr in Baan Sakoo [near Phuket Inter- spent the money on drugs, girls, Mr Somkit was charged with – Kritsada Mueanhawong Alexey being assaulted,” he said. 4 PHUKET GAZETTE PHUKET NEWS September 21 - 27, 2013 Taxi man stays in control at Central

By Saran Mitrarat “I voted for Mr Pom because he is not guilty [of the extortion A MAN facing charges of extor- charges]. He takes care of us like tion and using violence to force a big brother, and he wants to im- DEPARTMENT of Special Investigation (DSI) taxi drivers to make payments was prove taxi services and working officers arrived in Ph re-elected to head the Central Fes- conditions,” said Booncherd tival Phuket taxi group on Saekoo, a member of the taxi group September 12. operating at Central Festival. The election was part of a move “Almost all of us respect him to restructure the taxi rank at Cen- and like his ideas on how to im- tral Festival, the latest step in a prove our working conditions,” campaign to eradicate taxi mafia Mr Booncherd said. from Phuket, which has the full Mr Booncherd explained that support of the Department of Spe- the fees collected by Mr Pom were cial Investigations (DSI) and the reasonable: 200 baht a month for Phuket Land Transportation all members, and an additional Office (PLTO). daily fee of 10 baht a day for legal “We want Central Festival to be taxi drivers or 20 baht for illegal a model of taxi management for taxi drivers. Phuket,” said Maj Natapol “That money is used to help Ditsayatham, the DSI Chief In- members when they get sick or are vestigator for Phuket. “We want in need,” Mr Booncherd explained. Despite charges of extortion, Mr Pom was re-elected to run the Central Festival Phuket taxi group. every driver to be able to work When facing charges in freely without worrying about the Bangkok, Mr Pom maintained his During the meeting last week, begins,” said Mr Preecha. “They need to make all neces- mafia.” innocence, insisting that the com- where Mr Pom was re-elected, The November deadline pushed sary arrangements by September At the meeting last week, driv- plaint was filed against him by a Central Festival Phuket Operations by Central runs far ahead of the 30. This includes creating a mem- ers rallied behind 42-year-old Pom member of the group that did not Division manager Preecha PLTO extended deadline, which ber list with detailed personal Sukkasam, who was arrested on support initiatives to legalize all Ritthiratree made it clear that all asks that all taxis be registered by information of the drivers, a September 8 along with his taxis operating at the shopping taxis operating at the shopping the end of February 2014. photo of the driver and cars that brother. mall. mall must be fully legal by Novem- In addition, the Central taxi meet the legal standards to be Both men were handed three “I have been pushing to make all ber 30. group was asked to arrange them- operated as a taxi, Chief Trans- charges of extortion, and both the taxis at Central Festival legal, but “All taxis should complete reg- selves as a formal co-operative by port Technician of PLTO men deny them. this guy didn’t like it,” he said. istration before the high season the end of the month. Jaturong Kaewkasi said. Elephant heroes rescue jungle-trekking tourists

Four older elephants were called in to rescue the jungle tourists.

A RESCUE party of four elephants on four older elephants to rescue was dispatched to safely recover them,” he said. 16 tourists stranded in the jungle All 16 tourists were safely re- north of Phuket on September 11 covered, while the mahouts spent after a landslide brought on by the night in the jungle with the torrential rains cut off their return younger elephants waiting for the path and the elephants they were current to subside so they could riding balked at taking another return home. route. The Thai Meteorological De- The tourists were on an el- partment weather-monitoring ephant trek in the hills behind Baan station at nearby Takuapa town Thung Kamin in Khuk Khak, an recorded 64mm of rainfall soak- area just north of the popular ing the area between 10am and beach resort town of Khao Lak. 1pm on September 11. “Their mahouts tried taking an- Phuket also endured torrential other route back to the camp, but downpours around-the-clock on it meant crossing a canal that was September 11. flowing very swiftly because of Khuk Khak Deputy Mayor the downpour,” Khuk Khak Sirithorn urged tourists to take Deputy Mayor Sirithorn Buakaew care in the ongoing wet weather. said. “Tourists, please be warned not “The elephants they were riding to swim in the sea or play in the are relatively young and were afraid water at waterfalls during this pe- of crossing the strong current. So riod of time. The heavy rain is we called in rescue workers from making them dangerous,” he said. several stations to head into the hills – Kritsada Mueanhawong September 21 - 27, 2013 PHUKET NEWS PHUKET GAZETTE 5 Retiring Choti has one regret By Chutharat Plerin “Even though we are somewhat lacking in manpower, a lot of big cases have been PHUKET Provincial Police Commander solved, and we are still working hard on Choti Chavalviwat is troubled by only a closing others. This makes me proud to be single lingering piece of unfinished business leading the Phuket Police force,” Maj Gen as he prepares for retirement at the end of Choti said. this month – the much-needed high-reso- Phuket’s top cop told the Gazette that he lution CCTVs he sought to bring to the welcomed the help and efforts of the De- island. partment of Special Investigation (DSI) Speaking to the Gazette, Maj Gen Choti Organized Crime Center in Phuket. lamented being unable to see the cameras “Their arrival did not mean that the fitted across the island. Phuket police were unable to get the job “My principal goal as Phuket Police Com- done,” he said. “We are now working mander was to make the island a safer place closely with the DSI and assisting them, as for tourists, and I think I have achieved needed, with their cases.” that. However, I am troubled by the fact Despite his year of service in Phuket, that I was unable to bring the 2,000 high- Maj Gen Choti’s work on the island was quality CCTVs to the island during my time never able to replace the satisfaction he had serving the province,” Maj Gen Choti said. from his previous station in Thailand’s “I asked for them almost a year ago, but restive Deep South. it seems like the request was dropped some- “Phuket is good, and the police work where down the line,” he said. hard here. However, I somehow feel closer “Phuket is a tourist destination of global to Yala and Narathiwat,” he explained. renown, which means so many people “In the Deep South my team was tack- come and go that we can’t really keep track ling far bigger problems than anything we’ve of them all. Thorough CCTV coverage is faced in Phuket. It was a lot tougher down needed on this island,” he said. there – it made much more of an impres- Maj Gen Choti Chavalviwat will retire at the end of this month. Photo: Kritsada Mueanhawong To further his point, Maj Gen Choti cited sion on me,” he said. the tragic case of the execution-style CCTV, but the quality of the footage was our efforts to yield results because we have Maj Gen Choti intimated that he is aware murder of human resources director Jintana of such poor quality that we couldn’t iden- to go through what little evidence we have of who was to be named as the new Phuket Mahattanapak last year. tify the killers. very carefully,” he said. Police Commander, but was unwilling to “That was an example of how bad it can “Police are continuing to investigate the Despite the Jintana case, Maj Gen Choti reveal the name before the formal announce- get. The murder scene was captured on case. However, it may take a long time for spoke very highly of Phuket’s police force. ment on September 26. Battle against dengue restarts in Thalang

ARRESTED: Suchart Wantong, 39. Police catch cop-kickers POLICE have arrested two of the four suspects responsible for as- saulting police officers trying to make an arrest of a suspect wanted for attempted murder. A Vachira Phuket Hospital ambulance used during the first 333 campaign. “I was trying to arrest Wirat From page 1 dengue patients. ‘Kam’ Prabpet, 36, wanted for at- “During this process, we will tempted murder, possession of … for mosquitoes, hand out anti- show the number of infected illegal firearms and robbery,” said mosquito lotion, throw away people in real time on our Cherng Talay Deputy Superinten- stagnant water and teach people how website,” Dr Bancha said. dent Sommai On-khum, who was to prevent the spread of dengue. Governor Maitri formally left unconscious by the attack. In the following three months launched the new 333 campaign “But while we were trying to officers will re-check every den- on Wednesday at Baan Laemhin make the arrest, Wirat asked by- gue risk area and follow up with mosque in Koh Kaew. standers for help, claiming we were trying to assault him. Villag- ers believed him and attacked us,” Lt Col Sommai said. Police have identified the four suspects who assaulted the offic- ers, explained Phuket Provincial Police Deputy Commander Peerayuth Karachedi. On September 12, Cherng Talay police arrested two of them: Tepnarin Manaboot, 28, and Suchart Wantong, 39. “The other two suspects in the attack are still being sought, as is Mr Wirat,” he said. – Kritsada Mueanhawong 6 PHUKET GAZETTE PHUKET NEWS September 21 - 27, 2013 Phuket police ticketing luxury cars gets 80,000 YouTube hits POLICE dished out parking tickets to about and less well-off members of the public. a dozen luxury cars that were illegally “There are at least three Lamborghini parked along Phuket Town’s Dibuk Road Gallardo and a Nissan GT,” said Hong on the afternoon of September 13. Kong-based motor journalist Mark Sharp A video of the mass-ticketing of the ve- after viewing the footage. hicles obstructing traffic flow was posted The penalty for parking in a prohibited the same day on YouTube and within a area is a modest fine of 500 baht (approx day had collected over 10,000 hits. By Sep- US$15.00). tember 18 it had over 80,000 hits. But according to Mr Sharp, “the Many viewers commented to praise schadenfreude effect of the Youtube foot- Phuket police for observing the same stan- age is priceless.” dard for both evidently wealthy car-owners – Saran Mitrarat At least three Lamborghinis like this one and a Nissan GT were ticketed. Photo: Xavigivax Anti-litter campaign picked up By Orawin Narabal Organization volunteer Debra Mierczak achieved “tremendous A SERIES of cleanup events are success” with the campaign earlier to sweep the island this Septem- this year after organizing efforts to ber as Phuket gears up to celebrate tackle litter at Bang Wad Dam. “Clean Up the World” as part of After gaining the support of the the relaunch of the Phuket Magic local government, Mrs Mierczak Eyes Organization. was able to have anti-littering signs The Phuket Provincial Admin- posted and rubbish bins installed, istration Organization (PPAO) is said Mr Anthony. joining hands with the Phuket “Within five days of putting up Magic Eyes Organization and the signs and placing bins, the area Society Environmental Economy was spotless. And it has stayed Knowledge (SEEK) group to par- that way,” he said. ticipate in one of the largest Mr Anthony also praised the community-based environmental government’s positive strides campaigns in the world. against roadside litter over the last “Our campaign aims to encour- six months. age people in Phuket to take care “I was playing ‘spot the plas- of the environment. We will all tic’ from Surin to Phuket Town work together across the island,” and saw almost nothing. They are said Phuket Vice Governor doing a very good job with road- Sommai Prijasilpa, who chaired a side litter management,” he said. meeting about the event on Mr Anthony said local govern- September 13. Australian Debra Mierczak led a successful campaign against littering at Bang Wad Dam. Photo: Orawin Narabal ment was able to tackle the issue The event will see cleanups due to health concerns presented throughout the island fall in sync at 9:30am Kathu Municipality PPAO Office; at Baan Laem Managing Director of SEEK Nick by plastic bags, which can trap with cleanups around the globe from • September 20 to 22 at Phuket Tukkae on Koh Sireh; Karon Anthony told the Gazette. rain water and provide a breeding September 20 to September 23. Primary Educational Service Area Beach; Kata Beach Phuket Magic Eyes was orga- ground for dengue-carrying mos- The cleanup schedule is: Office The cleanup is being used to nized to tackle the issue of litter quitoes. • September 20, starting at 9am • September 20 to 23 at Patong relaunch the Phuket Magic Eye on the island. The project will be Those wanting to get involved at Saphan Hin in Phuket Town Municipality and Sri Panwa Hotel campaign that originally took a relaunched with the same goal. in next weekend’s cleanup can con- • September 20 to 22, starting • September 21 at 9am at the foothold on the island in 2001, Australian Phuket Magic Eyes tact Mr Anthony at 089-873 2042. Rescuers take bull by the horns QUICK action by a local Thalang villager prevented a baby buffalo from drowning in an abandoned well on September 13. Khamsue Chanpet, 37, called Kusoldharm Rescue workers to the area behind Wat Baan Don in Thalang after witnessing the graz- ing buffalo fall into the well. “I saw the buffalo walking and eating grass with the other buffa- loes, and then he fell. He must not have noticed the well,” Ms Khamsue said. “The well is aban- doned, but we don’t know what to do with it, so we just avoid it.” “A group of us arrived at the scene and quickly tied the buffalo’s horns with a rope and tied the other end of the rope to a board to keep his head out of the water,” a rescue worker said. It took the team about an hour to hoist the 2-year-old buffalo from the well. The baby bovine was then set free to join his herd in the nearby area. – Thawit Bilabdullar The buffalo’s horns were roped to keep his head up. Photo: Thawit Bilabdullar September 21 - 27, 2013 PHUKET NEWS PHUKET GAZETTE 7 Tourist court set to open Delay caused by officials’ two-week-long junket to France

By Chutharat Plerin tion will be upgraded to a “divi- and Saran Mitrarat sion” in time for the upcoming formalization of the Asean Eco- PHUKET’s Tourist Court is set to nomic Community,” Mr Sitthisak open on September 24 with a bud- said. A reassuring presence in Patong. get of 1.5 million baht. The goal of the special courts Phuket’s tourist court is the is to provide advice and informa- Tourist police second such court to open in Thai- tion, as well as to expedite the land; the first opened in Pattaya settlement of cases for tourists be- on September 5. cause they are in Thailand for only roadshow hits Five more courts will open a short time, said Tourism and across the country by year's end, Sports Minister Somsak Patong street said Sitthisak Wanachakij, spokes- Pureesrisak. TOURIST Police Deputy Com- man for the Court of Justice. The courts are part of a cam- mander Pol Col Achayon The opening of Phuket’s court paign aimed at helping tourists feel Kraithong chaired the opening cer- was delayed to allow a group of safe in Thailand, in order to facili- emony of “Thailand Tourist Police officials – judges, Tourist Police tate reaching a target of 2.2 trillion Road Show 2013” in Patong’s Soi and officers from the Department baht from tourism this year. Bangla on September 14. of Special Investigation (DSI) – Mr Somsak officiated at the “We aim to develop efficient to complete a 14-million-baht, opening of the first of seven tour- public services, enhance tourists’ two-week fact-finding trip to ist courts nationwide, in Pattaya safety and ensure that visitors to France. on September 5. Thailand are as safe as they could The fact-finding tour, which “We will provide tourists with Tourism and Sports Minister Somsak Pureesrisak (center) says the courts possibly be. And also to encour- started on September 7 and is information that can help expedite will expedite the judicial process for holidaymakers. age local people to take good care scheduled to end on September their cases. If they have to go back of visitors,” Col Achayon said. 19, is aimed at giving the experts to their country, staff will ques- the Courts of Justice. One of the two tourist courts The Thailand Tourist Police a first-hand view of how such tion them and assign officers to The Phuket Tourist Court will in Bangkok will be in Dusit Dis- Road Show 2013 is being pre- courts can operate. follow their cases and notify the be one of seven such courts es- trict, covering Wat Phra Kaew and sented under the slogan “5S, While the officials were away tourists once cases are resolved. tablished in major tourist the Khao San Road area. The other namely: smart, smile, serve, safe in France, Mr Sitthisak explained This is the best way to be fair to destinations in the country. will be in Pathumwan District. and secure.” that each tourist court would for- everyone under Thai law,” Mr Aside from Pucket’s tourist The seven courts were all to “Inside the roadshow’s trailer mally be called “Tourist Somsak explained. court and the already open Pattaya initially open on September 5, but there are brochures and digital Protections Section” under the Cases involving consumer tourist court, other tourist courts due to lack of preparedness, only facilities available for the tourists local regional Administrative fraud will be solved the fastest, are to be established in: Koh the tourist court in Pattaya has to search for information while Court. within one day, said Wirat Samui, Chiang Mai, Krabi and been launched so far, Mr Sitthisak they drop by,” he added. “The Tourist Protections Sec- Shinwinijkul, Secretary-General of Bangkok. said. Phuket’s is next. – Kritsada Mueanhawong 8 PHUKET GAZETTE PHUKET NEWS September 21 - 27, 2013 Viral videos expose monk with Phuket mistress A BUDDHIST monk was exposed by two his followers. He did not inform me where “We contacted Ajarn Reet, but he denied sensational videos this week in which he he was heading,” the senior monk added. it, saying it wasn’t him,” he said. was pictured naked with his married Excerpts of the two videos, which have Hours later, however, Ajarn Reet had a mistress in Phuket. gone viral on social media networks, were change of heart and told his superior that He has since left the monkhood. broadcast on national television on Tues- he would visit the head monk at dawn the Phra Kru Boonyapinant, the former ab- day night, showing Ajarn Reet with a married next day. bot of Wat Pamok in Kapong, Phang Nga, woman at a house in Thalang. Villagers gathered at Wat Pamok on hung up his robes at dawn on Wednesday. Two hidden cameras in the house cap- Wednesday morning. Many shared gossip “Ajarn Reed gave no reason for his be- tured Ajarn Reet and the woman in about the scandal, others cried on learning havior,” confirmed Phra Theppanyamolee, conversation, counting cash and eventually that Ajarn Reet was no longer a man of the the Lord Abbot of Phang Nga Province, disrobing. cloth. who is based at Wat Prachoomyothee in In one of the videos, Ajarn Reet can be “I believe he feels genuinely guilty for Phang Nga Town. heard saying, “It’s time.” what he did. If monks realize they have “He arrived at the temple at 4am, ask- Then both departed to the bedroom. done something against their faith, they can ing to be excused from the monkhood,” “After the video clips and pictures were just leave the monkhood by themselves,” Phra Theppanyamolee said on Wednesday. shown on national news, we began to in- Phra Theppanyamolee said. “He left the temple dressed in white vestigate the incident,” said Phra – Thawit Bilabdullar clothes and was picked up by several of Theppanyamolee. and Kritsada Mueanhawong IT’S TIME: Ajarn Reet and his mistress. Protesters rail against bridge, rubber rights

Sittiporn Karnjul was nabbed with By Saran Mitrarat Bangkok, the floods of 2011 4kg of kratom at the bus station. struck, and officers at our head- ABOUT 200 villagers rallied at quarters forgot all about it. Phuket Provincial Hall on Tuesday “I have now reminded them Six kratom, dope to push for a bridge name change and the request is underway that is already on its way and for again,” he said. peddlers bagged the right to plant and farm rubber Nonetheless, that was not all trees on land that is deemed to be the protesters were rallying for – within 24 hours within a protected forest. they also wanted the right to plant A VILLAGE headman busted five Protest leader Utai Suksiri- and farm rubber trees on land in men for possession of kratom and sampan of the Phuket and Phang Thalang that they say they had al- marijuana last Saturday. The very Nga Co-operative Network handed ready been using as a rubber next day, in concert with the the villagers’ dual complaint to plantation, but that officers at Phuket Internal Security Office, Phuket Governor Maitri Inthusut. Khao Phra Thaeo Wildlife Sanc- the same village chief arrested a Mr Utai called for Phuket’s tuary claimed was inside the park. man bringing kratom leaves from most recently completed bridge “We had cut down old rubber Trang to Phuket by bus. joining the island to the mainland trees and planted new saplings on “We found a suspicious-looking to be formally granted the name the same land – but officers de- man on the bus, so we asked to Thao Srisoonthorn Bridge – the stroyed the saplings, saying that search his bag and found 4kg of same name that has always been we had planted the trees inside the kratom inside,” said Mr Sangkom. agreed to for the structure. park,” said Mr Utai. Sittiporn Karnjul, 25, was “The bridge opened on August “I want the governor to allow charged with possession of a cat- 1, 2011, and is still unofficially Governor Maitri Inthusut (right) promised the protesters he would order us our right to cut down old rub- egory 5 drug with intent to sell. He called by its project name ‘Sarasin the relevant government agencies to investigate the complaints. ber trees and replant new ones on was enrolled in a drug-treatment Bridge 2’ set by the Phuket High- installed showing the name of the rector of the Phuket Highways Of- this land. I don’t want officers program and handed over to Phuket ways Office,” he said. bridge, so we are giving the fice, on Wednesday explained to cutting down our trees. City Police. “It doesn’t make sense. We al- government 90 days to install a the Gazette that the formal name “I want the government to Just 24 hours earlier, Mr Sang- ready have Sarasin Bridge and sign naming the bridge Thao change for the bridge has been in issue documents that permit us to kom seized 86 kratom leaves, two another bridge named after one of Srisoonthorn Bridge,” Mr Utai the works for two years. have the right to work this land,” grams of marijuana and drug para- our heroines, Thao Thepkrasattri. warned. “The request to officially name he said. phernalia from five men on Soi As Phuket has two heroines, the However, Mr Utai did not elabo- the bridge after a Phuket heroine Governor Maitri said he would Kiatsin 2 in Rassada. third bridge should be named rate on what exactly would requires permission from the Royal look into both matters. All five were charged with pos- after the other heroine, Thao happen if the deadline was not Household. “I will call the relevant depart- session of a category 5 drug. Srisoonthorn,” he said. met. “However, after we sent the re- ments to find solutions to help you – Kritsada Mueanhawong “So far there has been no sign Samak Luedwonghad, the di- quest to our head office in as soon as possible,” he said. Prison marks anniversary with deity statue A MODEST ceremony took place the 113th anniversary of the at Phuket Prison last week to prison’s founding,” he said. honor the installation of the Hindu The Corrections Department has God Chitragupta, who is deemed provided identical Chitragupta stat- special by the Department of Cor- ues to every prison in Thailand, rections in Thailand. more than 140 in total. The statues “Chitragupta is the Hindu god are made from materials blessed by tasked with keeping fastidious Brahmans – Hindus hailing from the records of all the actions of every faith’s highest social class. human being. This is why he is held “Having the god here will en- Chief Rapin at the ceremony. in high esteem by the department,” courage prison staff to keep high Prison Chief Rapin Nichanon said. standards at work, which is es- a century ago, it was designed to “The event this morning [Sep- pecially important now because of hold approximately 800 inmates. tember 13] was held to celebrate our worsening overcrowding Currently, there are 2,421 in- both the installation of the problem,” Mr Rapin said. mates, including 374 women and Chitragupta statue and to celebrate When the prison was build over two babies. – Chutharat Plerin September 21 - 27, 2013 PHUKET NEWS PHUKET GAZETTE 9 Flyover or underpass Chalong? Multi-million baht Chalong Circle traffic-congestion study underway

By Orawin Narabal

A 9-MILLION baht pre-construc- tion study on how to ease traffic congestion at Chalong Circle is un- derway, with consulting companies considering seven op- tions including several flyovers in addition to underpasses. The yearlong study will analyze traffic flow around Chalong Circle and potential effects of an underpass or flyover on the sur- rounding environment, said Director of the Phuket Highways Office Samak Luedwonghad. Three companies – NuMAP, Epsilon, and Asia Lab and Consult- ant – are now working together on the study, he said. “The information we receive from the data collected will be used to choose the most suitable of the seven proposed routes,” Mr Samak said. The proposed routes under consideration have changed from the original six underpass op- tions originally slated for the The seven proposed options utilize either a flyover or underpass to deal with the tailbacks that plague Chalong Circle. Images: Phuket Highways Office project. The newly proposed routes are: to Wiset Road 4. A one-way flyover south- bound from Wiset Road to Chao Wiset Road 1. A one-way underpass north- 3. A one-way underpass south- bound from Chao Fa East Road Fa East Road and a one-way un- 7. A two-way flyover between bound from Wiset Road (from bound from Chao Fa East Road to Wiset Road and a one-way derpass northbound from Wiset Chao Fa East Road and Wiset Road Rawai) to Chao Fa West Road. to Wiset Road and a one-way un- flyover northbound from Wiset Road to Chao Fa West Road “The study-project began on 2. A one-way underpass south- derpass northbound from Wiset Road to Chao Fa West Road 6. A two-way flyover be- August 17. It will be concluded on bound from Chao Fa East Road Road to Chao Fa West Road 5. A one-way underpass north- tween Chao Fa West Road and August 12, 2014,” Mr Samak said. 10 PHUKET GAZETTE NATIONAL NEWS September 21 - 27, 2013 Fears of ‘judicial coup’ Democrats seek court ruling on Constitution Amendment Bill THE Democrat Party will try to halt consideration of the contro- versial Constitution Amendment Bill by appealing for a Constitu- tional Court ruling, it announced Up to 5,100 train tickets were last week. refunded. Photo: The Nation Rulings by the court have brought down at least two Thaksin Shinawatra-aligned gov- Northern train ernments in recent years, leading to fears of a so-called “judicial coup”, which could spark a re- system derailed kindling of Thailand’s violent THAILAND’s rail network is in political conflict. crisis after a string of derailments Opposition whips agreed at a led the country’s railways agency meeting on September 13 to ask to suspend all North-bound trains the Constitutional Court for a rul- beyond Uttaradit until the end of ing on whether or not proposed October. changes to the charter about the In recent months, there have election of senators, now before been as many as 10 derailments Parliament, violate the Constitu- involving North-bound trains, plus tion, The Nation reported. a few other mishaps, The Nation The opposition will also seek a reported. court injunction to halt voting in Over the past two weeks there the final parliamentary reading of was another accident at a Bangkok the bill, said opposition chief whip terminal and a derailment at Hua Jurin Laksanawisit. Lamphong. Mr Jurin said that the court The State Railway of Thailand would be asked to rule on whether (SRT) is organizing vans to trans- or not the charter amendment pro- Opposition chief whip Mr Jurin takes a stand against the controversial amendment bill Photo: The Nation port travellers if their destination cess was tantamount to violating is beyond Sila At, SRT governor Article 68 of the Constitution. The members are currently appointed. sive upgrades to Thailand’s trans- Prapat Chongsanguan said. clause states: “No person shall The bill is not the only contro- port networks. Mr Prapat said the suspension exercise the rights and liberties pre- versial item on the government’s Democrat spokesperson should be lifted once tunnels in scribed in the Constitution to legislative program this year. Chavanon Intharakomalsut said Uttaradit, Phrae, Lampang and overthrow a democratic regime The government will also be more than 100 Democrat MPs had Lamphun, as well as railway with the King as head of state or attempting to push through a two- already planned to present argu- tracks at curves where derail- to acquire the power to rule the trillion-baht infrastructure loan bill, ments why the bill should not be ments have taken place are country by means that are not in which was set to receive its sec- passed into law. repaired. accordance with the modes pro- Court stops it. ond reading over two days: “It’s a major issue as, in Up to 5,100 train tickets, worth vided in this Constitution.” The opposition fears that if the September 19 and 20. Thailand’s history, there has been about 4.3 million baht, were re- A vote on the bill, which would bill is passed, the more electorally The opposition has also vowed no such huge borrowing. The turned on September 16, following make the Senate completely popular Pheu Thai Party will be to fiercely oppose that bill, which government is yet to answer why the announcement, senior SRT of- elected, will take place on Septem- able to gain control of both houses would involve taking on large it has to seek off-budget borrow- ficial Jarasphan Watcharothai said. ber 27 – unless the Constitutional of Parliament. Half of the Senate’s amounts of debt to finance exten- ing,” he said. Burning rubber – plantation protesters set fire to police vehicle MORE than 10 vehicles were smashed and sures in place to help rubber growers and Early Monday, police planned to regain set on fire when clashes broke out between was not planning to offer anything else. control of the area and re-open Highway hundreds of rubber growers and secu- Initially, most rubber growers found the 41, but protesters began gathering again rity officials at the Kuan Nong Hong Cabinet-approved 2,520 baht subsidy per around noon and youngsters started throw- Intersection in Nakhon Si Thammarat’s rai per household deal acceptable, reported ing rocks and firing slingshots at officials. Cha-uat district on Monday, reported The The Nation. However, some demanded the The police retaliated with tear gas. Nation. price for rubber be set at 120 baht per kilo- As the clash continued and security of- Many were injured in the turmoil as of- gram and the subsidy be paid to individual ficials were pushed back. Protesters ficials used tear gas to disperse the crowd farmers, even those who did not posses damaged and set fire to a detention truck and protesters used what they could find – title deeds. and several other vehicles. stones or sticks – to strike back. The failure of the government to meet A hair salon near the site was also dam- Deputy PM Kittiratt Na-Ranong said the these demands led to the road block at Kuan aged and riddled with bullets, while protester Multiple vehicles were set on fire during the government had already put sufficient mea- Nong Hong. Somnam Rachrong was shot in the leg. rubber plantation protests. Photo: The Nation BRN to demand special administration zone THE Barisan Revolusi Nasional ties shall certify that Pattani is the role is upgraded to mediator, not (BRN) will demand that part of birthplace and home of sover- just facilitator; that observers the Deep South be constitution- eignty of the Melayu-Patani from Asean, the Organization of ally recognized as a special people, who are given a chance the Islamic Conference and NGOs administration zone like Bangkok to administer the area, under a be present during the dialogue pro- and Pattaya when peace negotia- special administrative platform cess; and that all detained suspects tions over the conflict resume in under the Thai Constitution, like or imprisoned insurgents be re- Malaysia, said a source close to models put in place… [by] the leased unconditionally. the talks. Bangkok Metropolitan Administra- The BRN has said that if the The BRN sent the Thai govern- tion and by Pattaya City, through demand is agreed to, all insurgents ment a 38-page document on an establishment process which would lay down their arms and take September 4 which added the de- will be approved finally by the part in all steps of a future peace mand to its current negotiating Parliament.” process, at all levels available. program, The Nation reported. Additional BRN demands are: The document also said that According to the source, the that it be recognized as liberators, other separatists groups would BRN demand said: “Thai authori- not separatists; that Malaysia’s join the BRN negotiation team. September 21 - 27, 2013 REGIONAL NEWS PHUKET GAZETTE 11 In brief… Poll protests take hold Over 100 hostages rescued in south Philippines siege ABOUT 150 people being used as a human shield by the Moro Na- tional Liberation Front (MNLF) insurgents who have laid siege to Zamboanga City, southern Philip- pines, have been rescued, said By Prak Chan Thul Interior Secretary Manuel “Mar” Roxas II on Tuesday. THOUSANDS of opposition sup- The freed hostages were turned porters gathered in Cambodia’s over to police, military spokesman capital on Monday, a day after Lt Col Harold Cabunoc. police used force to scatter pro- – Philippine Daily Inquirer testers challenging a disputed election win by Prime Minister Malaysia denies Hun Sen, sparking clashes in which one man was shot dead. communist burial Hun Sen met opposition leader FORMER Malayan communist Sam Rainsy for talks and officials leader Chin Peng’s last wish to be said they had agreed to look at how buried in his birthplace in Sitiawan, future general elections are held, Perak will go unfulfilled as the Ma- but the long-serving premier re- laysian government will bar his fused to give in to demands for remains from entering Malaysia. an independent inquiry into the Thousands joined the rally to protest the recent election results that have kept Hun Sen in power. Photo: Reuters “The Malaysian government July 28 poll. calm. But the election had been pation of the CNRP,” he said, re- Around 10,000 protesters had will not be involved in the burial Prak Sokhonn, a senior official decided and parliament would ferring to Sam Rainsy’s Cambodia gathered in Freedom Park in of this former CPM leader [Com- of the ruling Cambodian People’s open as planned, he said. National Rescue Party. Phnom Penh, a Reuters reporter munist Party of Malaya] and we Party (CPP), told a briefing the “There won’t be a delay ... The protests present the biggest said. Some had defied the authori- believe it will be done in Thailand,” two parties had agreed to respect This meeting of parliament will go challenge in years to Hun Sen’s ties by camping there overnight. Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak King Norodom Sihamoni’s call for ahead with or without the partici- 28-year, iron-fisted rule. – Reuters told the media. – The Star

Mount Sinabung spewed ash, hot lava, and pelted small rocks onto homes in Karo district, in Indonesia’s northern Sumatra province. Photo: Reuters Nearly 6,000 flee as volcano erupts NEARLY 6,000 people have been evacuated from their villages fol- lowing the eruption of Mount Sinabung in Indonesia’s northern Sumatra. The 2,600-meter volcano erupted early last Sunday morn- ing after being dormant for three years, sending plumes of thick ash into the sky and small rocks pelt- ing neighboring villages. Thousands sought shelter in National Disaster Mitigation traditional meeting halls and places Agency spokesman Sutopo Purwo of worship. Photo: Jakarta Post Nugroho said on Monday that mountain in Karo district, Mr 5,956 people had been evacuated Nugroho said. from their homes and are being Mount Sinabung’s last eruption sheltered in seven locations. in August 2010 killed two people Most of the evacuees fled to and forced some 30,000 to flee. traditional meeting halls, or The eruption caught many sci- jambur, and houses of worship. entists off guard because the Most of the displaced were volcano had lain dormant for four from six villages located within a centuries and therefore was not three-kilometer radius of the being monitored. – Jakarta Post 12 PHUKET GAZETTE INTERNATIONAL NEWS September 21 - 27, 2013 In brief… Facebook back in Twin storms pummel Mexico By Luis Enrique Martinez Iran four years TWO powerful storms struck after being blocked Mexico as they converged from FACEBOOK became widely ac- the Pacific and the Gulf of cessible to Iranian users on Mexico on September 16, killing September 16 for the first time at least 42 people and stranding since 2009, when the website was some 40,000 tourists in the blocked amid anti-government resort of Acapulco amid some of protests. the worst flooding in decades. This is according to reports Tropical Depression Ingrid emerging from within the coun- battered Mexico’s northern Gulf try, and external monitors such as coast, shutting some of the the San Franscisco-based Elec- country's oil operations, while the tronic Frontier Foundation, a civil remnants of Tropical Storm liberties organization. Manuel lashed the Pacific coast, The new president, the moder- inundating popular tourist spots. ate cleric Hassan Rouhani who Even as Ingrid and Manuel took office last month, has sig- weakened, the storms continued nalled – on social media, no less – to unleash massive rains that have that he will adopt a much softer killed at least 42 people in the tack from that of his hardline pre- states of Veracruz, Guerrero, decessor, former president Puebla, Hidalgo, Michoacan and Mahmoud Ahmadinejad Oaxaca, national emergency ser- Marking the Jewish New Year vices said. earlier this month, PM Rouhani Landslides buried homes and and his Foreign Minister wrote on a bus in the eastern state of their Twitter accounts to wish Veracruz, while thousands were Jews a “Happy Rosh Hashanah”. evacuated from flooded areas, Soldiers search for survivors after landslide in Altotonga, on Mexico’s Gulf Coast, September 16. Photo: Reuters some by helicopter and taken to shelters. we will just have to check Gonzalez. Anthrax outbreak Residents waded neck deep in whether or not the highway re- President Enrique Pena Nieto in Hungary leads brown muddy waters, while opens,” hotel worker Martila inspected the damage in Acapulco some wended down flooded Flores said by telephone. by air. “We have a plan to arrange to farm closure streets in dinghies, pedal boats In the resort city alone, at least for government funds to help,” he and on jet-skis. Waters churned 21 people were killed as buildings told reporters. AN INFECTION of the deadly an- through streets, converting them collapsed and roads were trans- The resort’s international air- thrax disease has been identified in into dangerous rapids that swept formed into raging rivers, said port was closed due to power sheep at a farm in Jaszladany, a away cars. ists were stranded in the city. Constantino Gonzalez, an official failure, and two major highways village 120 kilometers east of State oil monopoly Pemex said The popular Princess Hotel’s with Guerrero state emergency were blocked, in the wake of Budapest, the Hungarian agriculture it had evacuated three oil plat- parking lots and golf course were services. Manuel. ministry said on September 16. forms and halted drilling at some under water, as was much of the “Unfortunately, the majority of “The storms have affected Authorities found last week wells on land due to the storms. city’s plush Diamante district the deaths have occurred here in two-thirds of the entire national that one sheep in a herd of 210 Acapulco Mayor Luis Walton home to top-end hotels. Acapulco due to landslides that territory,” a government spokes- heads died of anthrax, a disease told reporters that 40,000 tour- “Tomorrow is another day, and completely buried homes,” said man told reporters. – Reuters which can spread to humans. The farm was placed under quarantine, the ministry said in a statement. “Humans have not got the dis- Navy-yard shooter’s past peppered with violence ease yet so we don’t have that SIGNS that Aaron Alexis had a vio- flashes of violence have long Seattle police said in a report the problem,” said the ministry. lent streak surfaced at least as far pointed to Alexis’ dark side, his son told them he was deeply dis- back as 2004, when he pulled out record shows. turbed by the experience. US and Cuba in a gun, chambered a round and shot Alexis, born in New York City’s Years later, in 2010, Alexis was out a man’s car tires in a burst of Queens borough, was discharged arrested in Fort Worth, Texas, for talks about postal anger triggered by what he said from the military in 2011 after a shooting through his apartment was “disrespect.” series of what a Navy official de- ceiling into the upstairs apartment ties resumption What drove 34-year-old Alexis, scribed as “misconduct issues.” of a neighbor whom he com- CUBA and the United States are in the man the FBI believes was re- His police record reveals Alexis plained made too much noise. a second round of talks on re-es- sponsible for the murders, to enter was arrested over the tyre-shoot- Authorities did not press the tablishing direct mail services be- the Washington Navy Yard and ing incident in Seattle in 2004, and case after determining the gun tween the two countries after a open fire from a fourth-floor bal- once again on gun-related charges accidentally fired while Alexis was 50-year ban. cony overlooking a busy cafeteria in Texas in 2010, for shooting cleaning it. The US State Department, said in a spree that left 13 people dead, through his noisy upstairs’ Alexis has lived in New York, the meeting was “to work out de- including himself, is now the sub- neighbor’s floor. Washington State, Texas and tails for a pilot project to provide ject of intense scrutiny by law His father, Algernon Alexis, said Japan. At some point in his itiner- Shooter Aaron Alexis. Photo: Reuters direct mail service.” enforcement. he believed his son suffered from ant past, Alexis worked at a Thai Alexis as a friendly man and a great Both sides ended their first en- Despite his worshipping at a post-traumatic stress disorder, restaurant in White Settlement, conversationalist, but carried a counter in June with statements Buddhist temple and earning two triggered by his involvement in Texas. gun tucked into the side of his characterizing the meeting as posi- awards for service during his four rescue efforts during the tragic The restaurant owner, Kristi pants every time he worked at the tive and constructive. years in the US Navy Reserves, events of September 11, 2001. Suthamtewakul, 35, described restaurant. – Reuters Specter of creeping ‘Singaporization’ looms over Hong Kong’s press HONG KONG’s English-language daily ment of Hong Kong itself. attractions as a travel, financial and busi- South China Morning Post (SCMP) this “The determination to remain rosy and ness center. month appointed William Zheng Wei, a anodyne seems ill-advised given Hong Mr Hu’s remarks echo the Singaporean former Singapore Press Holdings editor, to Kong’s vibrant and politically diverse free- approach to news, where media outlets are head its new Chinese-language website, un- press-driven media,” said veteran Asia de facto cheerleaders for government poli- leashed earlier this year. His mandate? Don’t media-watcher John Berthelsen. cies. Indeed, concerns have been growing carry anything controversial. Robin Hu, chief executive officer of the inside SCMP in recent months, according “The softly-softly approach to the SCMP Group and himself a former to sources in its newsroom, over what territory’s news may not go far in a city Singapore Press Holdings executive, said might be termed its “Singaporization,” a ref- whose 7.5 million residents are growing the revamped Chinese-language website erence to the Straits Times of Singapore increasingly impatient with a government would avoid coverage of Hong Kong’s in- and its family of other newspapers, which that is regarded as being too willing to align creasingly rancorous political scene and enjoy a reputation for rarely criticizing the High-rises in mainland China overlooking itself with Beijing officialdom to the detri- instead play the role of booster for the city’s Singapore government. – Asia Sentinel Hong Kong’s New Territories. Photo: Nick Walker September 21 - 27, 2013 PROPERTY PHUKET GAZETTE 13 Light up your life LIGHTING is one of the remote control and can be most important aspects to illuminated in any of 16 consider when tying to brilliant colors or set to create the right ambiance cycle through them. An- for your home, restaurant other amazing feature is or hotel. Well positioned that many of the products lights set the mood and are completely water- can turn and average room or area into a proof, and can be used in outdoor settings real feature of your property. Knowing or even as pool or fountain lights. this, Franck Chaudron, owner of Alarms They are made from heavy duty Alarms Phuket Services General Manager Franck Chaudron and Staff member Oil, show some Phuket Services, seized the chance to bring polyethylene plastic and take four to six of the unique lighting products at their shop, LED Light, in Home Pro, Chalong. Photos: Supplied some innovative lighting products to Phuket’s hours to charge – once fully charged they homes and businesses. can provide up to 10 “One day a friend hours of continuous returning from a tour of illumination. They come China brought me a ball complete with remote LED [light emitting di- control and charger , ode] light. The product with prices starting at enchanted me immedi- as little as 2,000 baht. ately and I tried it in the Alarms Phuket Ser- pool without losing a vices is the exclusive moment. The lighting supplier of these prod- effect was wonderful ucts in Phuket and the and I was immediately company also plans to hooked,” said Franck. extend their business Before long, Franck into other parts of Thai- had found an exporter Many of the products are water-proof, land and even to Europe. who could offer him a making them ideal for outdoor use. “We began our dis- wide range of the durable plastic items which tribution initially in Phuket, but we already are internally lit by multicolored LEDs. have many inquiries and orders in Thailand The decorative homewares come in a wide and Europe. So we are moving one step variety of shapes and styles, some functional, after another,” said Franck. others purely decorative. They include ice If you’re looking for new lighting style buckets, flower pots, glowing cubes and in your home or business these products spheres, a range of different seats and tables. could be the perfect solution for creating a The innovative products feature low new and inviting ambiance. energy LEDs which are very durable, Franck’s first store, LED Light, just having an expected life of 30,000 hours, opened in Home Pro Chalong and there is which is many times more than conventional another dealer, Skyline, located in Cherng The plastic LED lights come in a wide range of styles and can be operated by remote control lighting products. They are operated by Talay. For more info visit: airledphuket.com with 16 different light color settings to choose from. 14 PHUKET GAZETTE PROPERTY September 21 - 27, 2013 Retail sector booms PHUKET has been famed (and defamed) the world over for its “s” attractions (and distractions) – sea, sun, sand, surf, sail- ing and sport... among others.

NOWADAYS, the island is heart. At the recent official launch increasingly associated with of its Central Festival East annexed one more “s”: shopping. Although shopping wing (Homeworks), residential projects – condos, the group’s local management housing subdivisions, hotels and hinted at plans for a new luxury villas – continue to make up shopping center to be developed most of the island’s construction on the lot to the mall’s south side, sites, a budding retail sector seems at the site of the Thainaan restau- to indicate a bright commercial rant. and economic outlook for the In the short run – more traffic, island’s not-so-distant future, with shopping and of course, more a number of newly-completed, money for the economy. In the under-construction and in-the- long run? Just have a look pipeline projects at the neighbor- CENTRALIZATION: Central Festival Phuket is the island’s 21st century retail heart. Photo: Isaac Stone Simonelli dotting Phuket’s hoods surrounding map for 2013-2014 Bangkok’s Central seven years of operations. Three the retail space will be allocated for undergoing some renovations in and beyond. BTS station (Siam prime zones being renovated food with the remaining 50% the coming months to implement Square, Chitlom, include the Banking Zone; The dedicated to clothes, souvenirs unique ‘This is Phuket’ themes. Name says it all Central World and Port, which includes bakeries, and local products. “Thalang is For example, we have plans for a so forth) – this is coffee shops and ice-cream Phuket’s cultural road, so the goal ‘Tin Mine’ corner, and other As the public and Phuket’s destiny. shops; as well as the Spa Zone, of this activity is to make people suitable themes that will highlight private sectors con- which as its name suggests, feel they are in Phuket,” says Mr Phuket’s history and unique tinue to expand on Jungceylon in Patong Patong keeping features shops selling spa Rimnanthapisit, “to achieve the character,” she explained. and invest in crucial pace products, a beautifying area, and goal reflected in the slogan Initially launched under a “kids infrastructure, Bangkok-headquar- massage parlors. “Let Phuketians be Phuketian,: play while parents shop” tered, Central Group leads the re- Looking to attract more Thai and In addition to this, Jungceylon The vendors will be encouraged concept, the current project has tail charge (no pun intended). Liv- foreign tourist shoppers, will welcome 30 more canned the original plans ing up to its name, the group’s lo- Jungceylon Shopping Center is select retailers for leading for a miniature water cal flagship retail artery, Central currently undergoing significant clothes brands, as well park, repositioning from Festival Phuket is smack in renovations to the tune of 50 as restaurants, namely, an “afternoon leisure the middle of what is rapidly million baht. Covering an area of Esprit, CPS, CC-OO, shopping” zone to a becoming the island’s 21st 3,000 sqm, this represents the Melisa Jelly Dreams, “casual and cultural century commercial-residential mall’s biggest refurbishment in Beauty Buffect and Charles evening affair”. & Keith, among others. The new owners will As for the bigger picture, utilize the area where unlike Phuket Town and the water park was Kathu, Patong is quite intended, as a zone for limited in space, but that staging special events, certainly doesn’t mean activities and even small future development will be VIBRANT: The colorful, historical Thalang road will be exhibitions, with ample capped. Look at Hong the site of a new walking-street evening market. space for setting up Kong, Honolulu or even Pattaya to wear traditional clothes like temporary booths. Bay, for an idea of where the once scoop-neck T-shirts for men and Explaining what will differentiate quiet town’s skyline will be well-fitting shirts with sarong for the market from other night heading in the coming decades. women. As for food, there will markets, the project rep said: Beyond the mega shopping be both local and international “Instead of just having a crowded malls, there’s a handful of other dishes to try because as Don market where you walk and shop, interesting if not innovative retail Rimnanthapisit, explained “Phuket we will give shoppers places to projects worth noting: is a multicultural city.” The sit down and take a rest, take walking street will be open every pictures as well as enjoy and An evening stroll in Old Town Sunday from 6pm to midnight. take part in special events or Thalang road will be closed from “Lard Yai Walking Street” is set traffic from 2pm to allow vendors to begin operating from Sunday, set up their stalls. September 29, on a section of the historic Thalang Road in Phuket Night is right Town. Out of the planned 150 stalls, more than half have already Just a few blocks east of the been booked, with 4sqm retail Weekend Variety Market on Wirat units starting from as little as 300 Hongsyok road is Suan Luang baht per day. Don Rimnanthapisit, Market, just opposite King’s Park. Project President, stresses that Suanluang Market will provide the idea is to have high quality one more stop for night market merchandise on sale. “Items to be enthusiasts, tourists and locals sold must not come from a alike. Having launched last year as factory, the sellers have to put the Benzy Mall, the project was effort to ensure they are unique,” recently rebranded following a he said. The high quality, change in ownership. eco theme of the market A project manager revealed that means no counterfeit goods and the new shopping plaza is no styrofoam. Moreover, no undergoing a transition. “We’re smoking and alcohol consumption open for business and still will be permitted. About half of accepting new tenants, and will be Suan Luang Market is Phuket’s newest September 21 - 27, 2013 PROPERTY PHUKET GAZETTE 15 TooToo muchmuch ofof aa goodgood thingthing

OUR BEAUTIFUL BACKYARD: In the present day marked by mass tourism and rapid urbanization, it’s easy to forget that we are living on a paradise island. Photo: Andy Mitchell

visited Kowloon was on the train trip to the Phuket. I’ve had the chance to revisit the There are others that want come here, airport. At the end, I traded one island for neighborhood where I grew up in the sub- for a visit or for their rest of their lives, and another one – but a very different place. urbs of Los Angeles. It’s an entirely those who came here years ago, while they My first stop in Phuket was down in different place, no longer the sense of neigh- may think themselves entitled are in reality Rawai, which oddly now I refer to as North- borhood, and sadly, even the home I grew only placeholders with a end game of mor- ern Malaysia. A trip to the airport took minutes, up in is fading fast into oblivion. tality as we all have. IN THE age of excess, is there such a thing not hours from north to south. There was no Things change the world around. A few I’m not exactly religious, though heaven as too much fun? Or too much sun, sand, Central, nor hypermarts except for Tesco Lo- Sundays ago I spent time with my children and hell are strong nightmares that come surf, or just a life spent on an island paradise? tus. And Don’s, dear Don’s down south was at Layan Beach, as we often do. The sky and go. Day by day the past thirteen years I first moved to Phuket in 2000, immigrating a bolthole for comfort food. Things changed was so blue, it hurt my eyes and the waves have rushed by like a strong wind from an urban high-rise existence in Hong over the years before our very eyes, and it’s lapping up at my feel in the emerald blue in the trees just before a rain storm. What Kong. My mind was bent, though not per- hard to imagine now that it has come to pass. waters. Sure, friendly soi dogs hunted along will the next thirteen hold? There is no way manently from life in the concrete jungle. As of late, some thirteen years later I can’t the coastline and Burmese workers fished to say, except it’s one day at a time and no I recall with angst those mornings in help but read the internet headlines or hear close by. Even a water bottle washed matter what, be it people or places, things Central Hong Kong with the stampede of expat residents talk about the island. From ashore, from some foreign place. change every day, every minute for good, office drones forging ahead at great speed bad, it goes to worse and onward to unbear- Paradise is indeed an imperfect place but bad or indifferent. Phuket is no exception and purpose. Lunchtime remains chaos as able. Which does seem odd given many of look at the island today; there remains friendly to the rule. In fact throw the bloody rule hungry groups hovered waiting for you to the same people have run business here and people and a certain pace that you cannot book out the window and just take a sec- finish eating and greedily snatch their place contributed in some way or another to the find anywhere else. Trust me, I’ve spent a ond and think what drew you here in the at the table. urban shift. The same goes for me, I’ve lifetime trying and this island is where I have first place. Can you remember? By the end of my tenure in the city, I worked on many hotel and residential landed. Will Phuket be lost to the emerging found myself leaving nearly every week- projects and indeed there is a form of shared tourism markets or urbanized beyond be- Bill Barnett is the Managing Director of C9 end or holiday to some tropical place that ownership in our present situation. lief? It’s impossible to say but Asia remains Hotelworks and can be contacted though would soothe my soul. The only time I ever Yet, everywhere changes – not just a very crowded place. C9hotelworks.com.

activities going on.” about 10 units, half of which There is parking space for The project offers two are currently occupied. 200 cars. Some shops are already primary types of retail units: opening but the grand opening three-by-four-meter, glass- Boat Avenue of Boat Avenue is planned for window units with annual le November. asing rates ranging between An eye-catching development 55,000-80,000 baht, as well as in Cherng Talay is the Boat If you build it two-by-two-meter, retractable Avenue shopping street, being metal door units available from developed on a 30 rai 48,000sqm) While this article only mentions 35,000 baht a year. plot which is just a stone’s throw several highlights of Phuket’s Most of the existing tenants from Laguna. Unofficially open up and coming retail sector (if you are selling clothes, apparel for business, the project includes think your project should have and other types of personal a container mall (shops made out been mentioned, email us on accessories, as well as souvenirs of refurbished ship- [email protected]), and handicrafts. There is also a ping containers) and it goes without “food court” zone comprising will also include a saying that the lo- “B-mall”, Villa Mar- cal economy is ket and 24 three- expanding, and rap- storey buildings. idly at that. About a tenth of re- As far as the tail lease space is still property sector available. as a whole, we need Monthly leasing Boat Avenue in Cherng Talay. not only focus on rates start from 300 the onslaught of new baht/sqm, units ranging from 25 to hotels, shoebox condos and other 100 sqm units, or 7,500 to 30,000 like-and-like residential projects baht/month. Also, there are two breaking ground, but must also be units available for sale, from 10 mil- prepared to embrace the inevitable lion baht. commercial, and eventual industrial About 30% of the space is boom to engulf our ways of life. allocated for food and beverage In short, bigger and better retailers and another 30% for shopping malls, along with new clothes. A 1,000sqm portion of the and bespoke retail projects is only development will be occupied by a precursor for... well, as the Villa Market (under construction) saying goes, “if you build it, they and the rest will be offices, ticket will come”. Make no mistake, agencies, tailor shops, spas, a bike they are indeed coming. evening market, located near King’s Park. rental shop, among others. – Phuket Gazette 16 PHUKET GAZETTE BUSINESS September 21 - 27, 2013 Mastering art of diversification EVERY financial adviser as gold, commodities, or expert will talk about currencies, real estate the need for investment and foreign equities into diversification or at least consideration. You will the importance of not putting all your eggs also need to take a look at the whole pic- in one basket. Unfortunately, diversifica- ture (as in your whole net worth). tion tends to be more of an art rather than For example – if most of your net worth an exact science, as some of the so-called is actually tied to the value of your home tools out there are rather crude. For ex- and the real estate market in your area ample subtract your age from 100 to get crashes, so will your net worth, as you were the percentage you should have in stocks not properly diversified. with the rest being in bonds. Likewise, if most of your investments The first thing most investment advisers or financial experts will tell you is not to keep all Moreover, a well-designed and diversi- are concentrated in shares of your employer your eggs in one basket – diversification is the key to sound investing. Photo: Slightly everything fied portfolio (which limits your exposure (or in companies or sectors you are per- to risk) is counter-intuitive for most sonally familiar because of your Common sense should tell you that if you suspending bond payments (Detroit for ex- investors, as it will always have something profession), you could end up like many hold 10 stocks in your portfolio and one ample), while interest rates are at near that’s not doing well (but will hopefully employees of Enron who not only lost their performs poorly or even goes bust, it will record lows in many developed countries improve if market conditions suddenly jobs, but also just about all of their retire- have a far bigger impact on your overall to the point where having US$100,000 in change), a few investments that have an ment funds. With that in mind, proper performance and net worth than if you held most CDs will yield only a few hundred average performance (but could become diversification will likely have you owning a portfolio of 100 stocks. On the other hand, dollars a year after taxes. Finally, don’t home-runs) and (it is hoped) one or two a REIT or a real estate ETF which invests do you honestly think you are capable of forget that some forms of US retirement investments that are home-runs. in various types of real estate in other geo- fully understanding 100 different stocks? income are taxable (and tax rates can graphic areas along with stocks, bonds or So called high-conviction funds or fund change) while other types of income may Think beyond stocks and bonds ETFs in companies or sectors you don’t managers tend to compromise on diversifi- not be depending upon where you live and work for or in. cation by holding portfolios of 20 to 25 stocks the accounts holding the investments. Diversification is more than just about which they take the time to thoroughly For those reasons, you need to owning different stocks and bonds – you More investments is not understand. In fact, there have been a num- consider all of your income sources in should also take other asset classes such necessarily better ber of research studies which seem to suggest retirement and ensure that you have these fund managers are right and that a con- some sort of income diversification with centrated, low-turnover investment approach any pensions, stocks, bonds, real estate leads to greater returns and less volatility. and CDs plus tax deferred retirement ac- counts all being part of the mix. If Uncertain income and taxes portfolio diversification sounds over- whelming, call me to discuss simple Many retirees with what they thought were options to get your portfolio growing. safe pensions (those from the public sec- tor for example) have found out the hard Don Freeman is president of Freeman Capital way that the income from such pensions Management, a Registered Investment Advisor can change and it can change without with the US Securities Exchange Commission warning. And it’s not just your pension (SEC), based in Phuket, Thailand. He has over income that you need to worry about 15 years experience and provides personal because there are many examples of financial planning and wealth management to stocks (automakers or the big banks im- expatriates. Specializing in UK and US pension If the majority of your net worth is tied up in your home and the real estate market crashes, mediately after the financial crisis) cutting transfers. Call 089-970-5795 or email: it could be a financial disaster for you. Photo: Respres or eliminating their dividends or bonds and [email protected] Deutsche Bank’s new Platinum X range some of these great managers with remains questionable. These kinds the exceptions of my largest port- of funds may be able to save your folios. Now even my smallest portfolio from decimation, if I am portfolios can have access to the right, that we are due for a crash kind of managers that I always in the global stock markets. DEUTSCHE Bank has recently speak of as the all-stars of Wall Lynx has averaged about 13% revamped its asset management Street. Many of these funds have over the last 12 years or so, also business, re-branding it as DBX and typically had their largest returns with all down years less than 10%. launching a series of new funds. in years when the stock market Tewksbury Trading’s trend fol- Several of these are new feeder crashes because they are able to lowing fund has a very similar funds, which allow those with take both sides of the market. steady long term performance smaller portfolios to access some With tight risk control and the despite the world economy going very good fund managers, and ability to go short (make bets that through a once in a lifetime have really caught my attention. I the market drops), it is actually environment. The funds I have have written on a few occasions easier to make money in bear mar- just discussed are only one strat- about Winton, which has averaged kets because while it may take egy, and there are many others about 15% since its inception in many years for a market to available via the new series. Many 1993 with only a few down years gradually climb higher, the panic other managers are now acces- and each less than 10%. In addi- involved when the bottom falls out sible through the new Deutsche tion to a low minimum feeder fund allows for an abnormally large Bank Platinum X line of funds at for this fund, there are also feed- percentage move in a very short a fraction of the normal minimum ers for Lynx, Tewksbury Trading, period of time. Many of these investment levels. amongs others. funds trade systematically and On top of this, they have completely remove the human David Mayes, MBA, resides in launched two new funds which element, so that historical prob- Phuket and provides wealth have a mix of great managers with abilities guide decision making as management services to expats long consistent track records. opposed to emotions. around the globe, focusing on UK What really excites me about We are now into our fifth year pension transfers. He can be these funds is that I have been re- of an advancing stock market while reached on 085-335-8573 and stricted for many years from using the underlying global economy email: [email protected]. Deutsche Bank’s headquarters in Frankfurt, Germany. Photo: Dontworry September 21 - 27, 2013 BUSINESS PHUKET GAZETTE 17

Poll: Phuket prefers Coke

JUST under half (49.6%) of respondents not choose just one. consumers’ confusion may have further been established brand is also a major factor,” to a recent Gazette poll said they prefer Despite Coke’s clear margin in the poll, fueled by Pepsi’s repositioning strategy of she said. the taste of Coca-Cola (Coke) over that Phuket area manager at local distributor moving away from Thailand’s refillable glass Serm Suk’s sales manager responsible of three other competing brands on the Nam Thip, said that the results probably bottle market, in which Serm Suk – the for Est’s distribution across Southern market – Pepsi, Est and Big Cola, did not reflect the actual market. producer of Est – has long had a logistical Thailand (based in Surat Thani), didn’t The poll, which ran online from “I definitely think we [Coke] have a stronghold over. think the Gazette poll reflected the brand’s August 2 to September 1, was answered higher loyalty and market reach in Phuket Prior to Pepsi selling its majority actual market share. by 514 unique respondents, who were than the poll results [49%]. For one, Phuket shares in Serm Suk to Thai Bev Pcl (the “As far as I know, our market penetra- asked which cola brand (sold in Phuket) has a lot of foreigners, who tend to lean producer of Chang beer) late last year, tion is not that low [5.8%]. From my point they thought tasted the best. towards Coke. Serm Suk was of view, our brand should have a better Six choices were: Big Cola; Coca-Cola “Secondly, Pepsi’s Thai result... I think the poll must reflect the (Coke); Est; Pepsi; Undecided and Don’t our market [pen- bottler and opinions of only some in Phuket, many know, haven’t tried them all. etration] reaches distributor of whom are probably foreigners that tend Respondents were broken up into three nearly 100% of nationwide to be branded to Coke. demographics as follows: Thai nationals the area, where- for nearly six “Our target customers are mainly Thai (40 or 7% of all votes); Local Foreign Resi- as the other decades. people. So, I think poll results will vary dents (335 or 65% of votes) and Tourists/ brands don’t... And despite depending on the market. All in all, it’s Visitors to Phuket (139 or 27% of votes). Coke has had Pepsi’s claim possible that preference [for Est] in Coke had an undisputed margin in all a loyal follow- that Thailand’s Phuket and the Southern region is lower, demographics, claiming exactly half the ing, around the refillable glass but it’s definitely higher in the whole of votes from both tourists/visitors as well world and in bottle segment Thailand,” she concluded. as foreign residents/expats; the iconic Thailand for a is on the de- Last but not least (well, technically, last brand had a slightly lower preference pen- long time com- cline, it is and least) – Big Cola, with its product etration rate (43%) among Thai ing, and we’re undeniable differentiation of being caffeine-free and respondents, however. definitely not fall- that this seg- competitively-priced, continues to claim Claiming the second most votes in the ing behind in ment still has a a bigger share of the pie. poll overall, and in each demographic, Pepsi Phuket,” he said. significant A Southern Thailand area representa- drew 21% or 108 total votes (20% of Thais, In distant 2nd, consumer tive of the generic brand’s local 21% of expats and 22% of tourists). Pepsi remains reach, espe- distributor, AJE Thai Co Ltd, said that the Despite commanding an undeniably ever-fluid in the cially at local Gazette’s taste preference poll results re- strong market presence in a short Phuket market. Thai eateries flect the company’s actual market share. window – now going on 11 months since The sales man- Half of Gazette readers who took the poll said that Coca- across the “Our market share in Southern Thai- cola tastes best; Pepsi came in 2nd, Est 3rd, Big Cola last. debuting on the Thai cola market – Serm ager of its local Kingdom, land is about 5%, and our sales have Suk Pcl’s Est brand failed to win over distribution arm, Supercheap, told the where as of late last year, Pepsi had van- continued to increase every month since a loyal following among Gazette readers, Gazette that the brand is starting to re- ished overnight, immediately replaced by the January. They dropped a little in June but with only 5.8% of respondents choosing claim some of the market share that it newer and similarly branded, Est cola. rebounded after that. it (8% of Thais; 7% of expats and 4% had lost late last year following the launch However, Supercheap’s sales manager “We aim to maintain our momentum in the of tourists). of similarly-branded, Est. responsible for Pepsi sales and distribu- market reinforced by our two key selling Not surprisingly, generic brand, Big “I think many customers were initially tion in Phuket, Krabi and Phang Nga points: a caffeine-free cola [sold] at a lower Cola had the least amount of votes with confused about the new [Est] brand. Since provinces, says that sales are starting to price for everyone,” she concluded. 4.3% or 22 total votes, while 4.1% or 21 it looks and tastes similar to Pepsi, I think pick up again. respondents said they were undecided and many assumed we had just changed “Consumers are more aware of the dif- Do you have a poll suggestion? Email 15.2% or 78 respondents admitted that names [from Pepsi to Est],” she said. ference in the brands now. Taste is one [email protected]. Have your say in the they had not tried all brands and thus could Not only are the two brands similar, important factor, but our stronger and more latest poll at: phuketgazette.net/poll/ Patong mall shoppers SHOPPERS visiting Patong’s same period] last year, Prawit Junceylon Shopping Center in the Janyasitthikul, CEO Phuket first six months of the year increased Square Co Ltd said. over the same period last year by According to the press release, 30%, according to a press release this year, the company has from the Patong mall’s operaters allocated a marketing budget of 42 Normally, our average [traffic million baht, half of which is for is] 45,000-50,000 persons per organizing events. The other half day, and now we’re averaging is being used for sales and com- about 58,500 to 65,000 daily. munications. Jungceylon expects There were six million tourists full year income to be about 800 coming to Phuket in the first two million baht, which would equate quarters of the year, which is 18% to a 7% increase over last year. Jungceylon looks to generate 800 more tourists compared to [the – Phuket Gazette million baht this year. Photo: S Layne 18 PHUKET GAZETTE OPINION September 21 - 27, 2013 Holiday justice THE opening of a new court to resolve non-criminal cases involv- ing foreign tourists in Phuket is a welcome step in the right di- rection, but only time will tell if the initiative will achieve its goal of bringing about prompt justice for visitors and improving Thailand’s image as a tourist destination abroad. When the idea of establishing such a court was raised earlier this year, we were skeptical. We opined that the sheer number of legal and bureaucratic hurdles that would need to be cleared to establish a new, independent court under Thailand’s rather ar- cane judicial system would probably end up becoming just another “pie in the sky” dream that would never be realized. Fortunately, we were wrong. The Administrative Court system has displayed a great deal of flexibility and efficiency in setting up the court, not as a completely independent body, but under a pre-existing mandate. The court will technically be known as the regional “Tourist Protection Section” until it is eventually upgraded to full division status (see page 7). While cautiously optimistic, we have many concerns about the functioning of the new court. Will it be administered under a framework similar to that commonly in use in “small claims” courts in the West and, if so, what criteria will be used to deter- mine which cases can be adjudicated therein? What criteria will be used to determine who qualifies to seek justice through the new body? Will it be restricted to foreigners here on tourist visas or will those with non-immigrant visas or even resident status qualify? Stateless people? Will foreigners who have overstayed – quite possibly as a result of having been victimized – be allowed to lodge cases as plaintiffs? Parking violations, a growth industry Many questions remain, yet one thing is clear: whether the Re: Gazette online, VIDEO RE- preventative. Spraying should take court is effective will depend to a large degree on whether tour- PORT: Phuket police stick it to place more often during dengue ists are aware of its existence. This will require a great deal of luxury-car owners, September 14 season and officials should find publicity and assistance from honorary consuls, district police The police should go one bet- ways to get the storm drains and branches, Immigration Police and the Tourist Police, to name ter and tow them all away as 500 klongs cleared of their mosquito baht is nothing to rich people. Do you have an opinion to voice? hatcheries. just a few. Email [email protected] A good first step would be to set up a comprehensive “tourist It would also be good to start a Cindy new growth industry on the island Gazette forum court” website detailing the exact scope of the court’s jurisdic- as little as five minutes) can make tion and procedures, accurately translated into the languages of – towing cars away, for the ben- Thailand a more secure nation. efit of both the police and the all major tourist source markets. Art Anderson public! Goodbye to Phuket’s We have reservations about the ethics of establishing a “spe- Gazette forum cial” court specifically for tourists, especially if cases involving Gt top cop Choti Thais are delayed as a result. Gazette forum Make plan B for pets The extraordinary nature of this kind of court is itself a Re: Gazette online, Single linger- cause for reflection on the extent to which Thailand relies on ... and ticket roadside ing regret for Phuket’s top cop as tourism. Re: Gazette online, Phuket Opin- he prepares to retire, September 13 Theoretical issues aside, if the court functions as hoped it could shoppers too ion: Providing a safe haven for A lot is still not corrected in be a big practical improvement over the existing system that has abandoned pets, September 15 terms of enforcement, but Gen needlessly inconvenienced and in some cases wreaked havoc on Re: Gazette online, VIDEO RE- Spay or neuter your pet so the Choti was a man to be respected. the lives of both Thais and foreigners, delivering benefits only to PORT: Phuket police stick it to problem of unwanted animals does Given another couple of years lawyers and corrupt officials. luxury-car owners, September 14 not increase. Have a plan B for your to work here, I think he could Wonderful! They should do this pets should something happen to have made a significant differ- every single day as this happens you, just as you have plans for the ence. The important thing about all over the island every day. care of your children. him was that he actually wanted A good place to do it is just be- I wish this man all the best for to do that, unlike some of his mor- fore the Koh Kaew intersection in doing such a good thing. ally handicapped predecessors. the morning when one lane of traf- The Original Steve Dave Galloway fic is often blocked as folks stop Gazette forum Gazette forum wherever it’s convenient to have breakfast. Over the rainbow The curb is red and white there; Court junket please enforce that. Get some Re: Gazette online, Think globally, money generated and help us all act locally – Environment, Septem- Re: Gazette online, Phuket tour- out! ber 13 ism court on hold, September 14 Dave Williams After a heavy rainfall, on my If it is really necessary to go Gazette forum way back from Koh Yao Noi to the somewhere, why was this not pier, I saw a rainbow pop up in done before Pattaya started oper- On the run, again the sky over the mangroves, a full ating? The budget is also way arc stretching across the stormy over the top. This is a very sad reflection on the leaders. Re: Gazette online, Phuket sky over the lighthouse and man- groves nearby. Alfadiamond Opinion: The 90-day hassle, Gazette forum September 14 A ray of hope seemed to shine Great article, and so true. down on this bustling beach town. “How can requiring foreigners to That gave me hope for the con- Help for the conned leave Thailand every three months servation and protection of the for a ‘rubber stamp’, despite the mangrove forest. Re: Gazette online, Greek claims fact that they [already] hold the req- Paiboon (Pat) Thai girlfriend swindled him out uisite documents… be good for Gazette forum of Phuket property, two million Thai businesses… or the economy baht, September 14 as a whole?” Mosquito control This is an excellent opportunity Great question. And one more: for the Tourist Police to have Mr Whenever I ask a Thai Immigra- Re: Gazette online, Phuket den- Vardas as a tenant at one of the tion officer about the real reason gue numbers critical, says public two donated bungalows built last for this absurd “visa run” process, health chief, September 17 year at their Phuket City compound Volume 20 Issue 38 I hear “National Security”. I would The government spraying by for just this type of situation. like to know how my visa runs (to vector control needs to be regu- Michael Arvin a country, where I sometimes stay larly scheduled, so that it is Gazette forum September 21 - 27, 2013 OPINION PHUKET GAZETTE 19 Hailing a new era

Prasat Pechwang, 56, is a Phuket native. He earned a BA from King Mongkut’s EVERY taxi in Phuket should be University of Technology in metered, and fare rates should be North Bangkok, majoring in Getting four on the bike isn’t on the test. Photo: Nick Walker higher than they are now. This would help eliminate violence in Electrical Engineering. He the taxi business, and also improve started working at Saudi Oger tourists’ taxi experiences in Company Ltd in 1981 and The testing paradox Phuket. moved to We-Ef Lighting OBTAINING a driver’s license on Raising taxi fares will help bring our island is a paradoxical task. Company Ltd in 1987. He has taxi drivers’ earnings in line with It is an ostensibly simple pro- By Hitchens the cost of living, and by doing so, been a taxi driver with Phuket cess, all done within one building steer them from the temptation of Taxi Meter Service Company Limited for ten years. and in eight hours, driving lessons Do you have an opinion to voice? overcharging customers. Here, he talks about overhauling Phuket’s taxi system. optional – which may rev your Email [email protected] I have heard a lot of stories confidence up – but it’s fussiness about drivers who don’t turn their has been known to trip up even ing the exam much closer to a meters on. There are a couple of kilometer. In excess of 22 kilo- to be fearful. those with decades of driving ex- memory test – with bonus points reasons why they don’t. meters, the charge is six baht per The threat of violence keeps us perience. for deciphering the English. The first reason is connected to kilometer. from providing service all over the A mere inch of yellow line- Despite the generous leeway the cost of living in Phuket, which In my opinion, the first two ki- island and prevents us from driv- overstepping during the practical during the theory exam, the prac- is higher than in other provinces. lometers set at 50 baht per kilometer ing around to pick up passengers test or a confused incorrect se- tical part is unforgiving. Never At the same time, gasoline costs is fair enough, but we should raise on the street. lection of a theory exam answer mind that you aced the multiple are constantly going up. Not only the other two rates. Up to 22 kilo- Raising rates and making every to the same question asked five choice test with 29/30 marks, if that, but Phuket is a fairly hilly is- meters, the rate should be set at 11 taxi metered would go a long way different ways are obstacles wait- you overstep or miss the yellow land, and going up hills increases baht per kilometer and in excess of towards eliminating dangerous ing to descend upon unsuspecting footpath line as you drive up to fuel consumption. 22 kilometers the charge should be friction between drivers. applicants. the registration booth at the be- With the current fare rates, it is 10 baht per kilometer. This is the We will also need strict en- As you begin to doubt your road ginning, you’re out. difficult for same rate me- forcement by polic and officials knowledge, you witness another Sure, feel free to re-take the drivers to earn tered taxis on to make sure everyone follows the driver repeatedly knock over theory test immediately after be- enough to pro- Koh Samui use. rules. boundary poles for 15 minutes ing exposed to the answers if there vide for their The next Phuket should be like Bangkok while trying to parallel park, and is time remaining, and please do families and thing we need and Singapore, where taxis must learn that despite her poor skills she parallel park in vain for 15 min- save money for to do is put a be metered and can operate freely is given a license. Why? Because utes; but missing that yellow line the future. meter in every around the city, and limousine the examiner pities her – this is her by one inch is absolutely unfor- The second taxi on the taxis are restricted to serving ho- third week’s attempt. And you are givable. Come back next week. reason is that island.We tels and their guests. reassured. It’s just Thailand. After hurdling such challenges non-metered, should not have In fact, it’s not just Bangkok But let us reminisce upon the and paying a several-hundred baht green-license- Every taxi in Phuket should have both metered and Singapore that have got it times when a 500-baht fee was fee (depending on what vehicle plate taxis one. Photo: Soranan Ananchotikul and unmetered right. “Metered-taxis only” is the sole requirement to be a legal you are finalizing a license for), charge a higher taxis. We must now the standard around the driver in Phuket. This new, you receive the freshly printed le- fare than we do for going the same all be on the same footing. world. The meter determines the though questionable method of as- gal blessing that you are able to distance. Some metered drivers Right now, the airport is the fare, not the driver. This is how sessment is considered progress mobilize a vehicle. feel this is unfair, so they don’t turn only place metered taxis can park it should be. in comparison – at least we have Then you hit the road, only to be on their meters. to wait for customers. We can’t I’m keenly aware of how tour- surfaced from the nonexistence of greeted by law-enforcement offic- Therefore raising fares would drive around the island looking ists feel. When drivers don’t turn safety procedures. ers who are too apathetic to care encourage drivers to turn their for passengers because influen- on meters or charge a flat rate, One puzzling nature of the test whether you overstep a yellow line meters on. tial taxi operators in other areas tourists can feel cheated. is the possibility of re-sitting the framing a footpath and a legal sys- At present, the first two kilo- may threaten or assault us if we Taxis are the first thing that exam immediately after the first tem in which your license will only meters is set at 50 baht per do so. tourists encounter when they ar- failed try, and the unveiling of the be asked for at a standard, static kilometer. Then, up to 22 kilome- This has happened in the past rive. Let’s make sure that we give correct answers at the end of checkpoint, unless in the case of an ters, the rate is seven baht per and it has caused metered drivers them a good first impression. aforementioned failed try – mak- accident. It is just Thailand.

Can boss dock pay to file a complaint. The staff could request that we Who is in charge of sand on the road? for unsolved theft? investigate the hotel, or report to us that they want to get their On the bypass road near the in- and find out where it’s coming from. more careful in the future. We will A large amount of money recently money back from the hotel. In that tersection with Thepkrasattri If it’s coming from trucks follow up to make sure they fix went missing from a chain hotel case, we will call the hotel owner Road, there is a lot of sand in the passing through the area, our staff the problem. in Kata. Unable to find the culprit, in and discuss the problem. motorcycle lane. I believe it will clean it up. If you continue to see sand in management decided to recuper- The correct procedure for any comes from a nearby sand sup- If it’s coming from the sand the motorcycle lane, please report ate the money by docking the pay hotel if money ‘disappears’ is to plier depot. It creates a danger for company, we will tell them to it to us at Koh Kaew Municipality. of each of their front office staff call the police and file a complaint. motorbike riders. clean it up and warn them to be Tel: 076-239263. by approximately 12,000 baht. Our office is located on Whose responsibility is it to (This is about one month’s salary Sakdidet Road in Phuket town, clean up? for a supervisor.) Is this legal? Monday to Friday, 8:30am- Safe rider Concerned Relative 4:30pm. We can also be reached Chalong Chalong at 076-220760. Pranon Kaewprang, Chief Ad- Yudhakarn Ovasith, Phuket ministrative Officer, Koh Kaew Labour Office Chief, replies: Municipality, replies: According to the labor law, it is Thank you for notifying us. not legal. However, it depends on Recently there hasn’t been con- the agreement between the staff and struction in that area, so I think the hotel. If the staff agreed already the sand is from construction to pay, then we cannot take any trucks driving by which acciden- action with the hotel. tally drop it along the road or from If the staff did not agree to this the company you mentioned. arrangement, they should come to I will send our Maintenance Ser- either our office or to a labor court vices Department staff to check it Sand can be dangerous when left unattended. Photo: Nepenthes 20 PHUKET GAZETTE September 21 - 27, 2013 HELMET GIVEAWAY AND AWARDS CEREMONY

Cape Sienna Hotel & Villas gave away helmets to all of its staff to The management team of Cape Sienna Hotel & Villas, headed by Frank Dreist (5th from left), General Manager, increase road safety and because “we care”, explained Frank Dreist proudly poses just having received for the 4th year in a row highest awards in its category by TUI Nordic, one of the – General Manager. biggest European tour operators working in Phuket.

A sixty-strong team of nature lovers from the KEE Resort & Spa in PHUKET’S MANGROVE Patong joined local school children on Friday to replenish Phuket's mangrove forests with 500 new trees. FORESTS GROW Led by KEE Resort managing director, Mr Surasak Somnam, the green-fingered hotel staff and about 30 students from Verastreeanusorn School planted the 500 mangrove saplings in Pa-Klok on the east coast of the island.

Surasak Somnam, KEE Resort managing director.

22 PHUKET GAZETTE September 21 - 27, 2013

PRIVATE SALE OF Properties HALF A RAI HOUSE IN PHUKET For Sale At Ao Makham. Land is located VILLA 5 FOR SALE opposite Port of Phuket and next to Bel Air Cape Panwa Resort. Price 4.2 million. For QUALITY more information please call: 3-BEDROOM 081-891 5932, 089-035 6702. POOL VILLAS HABITOWN, KOH KAEW 115sqm, 3 bedrooms, 2 bath- rooms, 4 aircons, includes 46sq wah, furnished, 3 built-in furniture, 2 floors. Re- bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, sale down 130,000 baht. For 3 aircons, carpark. Only more info call 089-772 7012. 3.5 million baht. Tel: 081- Email: [email protected] 787 7675. 7.9 million baht. Rental yield above 8% easily 30 RAI IN TOWN achievable. One left! Tel: D CONDO 1, KATHU Flat land near Dowroong 081-077 1765. Email: -29.94sqm, mountain view, School in Phuket Town. Tel: [email protected] price 1,278,000 baht. HOUSE FOR SALE IN 081-691 2526. -29.70sqm, mountain view, BAAN PROMPHAN price 1,280,000 baht. 2.5 floors, 5 mins to town, 2 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms. -29.79sqm, pool view, price LAND & HOUSES SINGLE HOUSE 1,330,000 baht. PARK, CHALONG Good for stay! 2.85 million baht. Tel: 083-506 9155. FOR SALE/ RENT -29.70sqm, pool view, price Email: sumitra.saetan@ 1,365,000 baht. gmail.com Contact Vutdy on 081-892 3709. CONDO IN 2 POOL VILLAS LAND NEAR KATA SUPALAI PARK NEXT TO PIA CENTER 3.5 MILLION BAHT Great location, road access, 3 BEDROOMS 5 minutes to Kata Beach and For sale. Land & Houses Park, main road, 1,450sqm with Chalong. Parichart zone. 2 Villa for sale. 4 bedrooms, title deed. Contact Lychee. In Thanapa Park View vil- bathrooms, need renovation, 3 bathrooms, fully fur- Tel: 081-891 3048 (English & lage in Koh Kaew. 57sq 260sqm, big living room, 24hr nished and equipped, gar- German). wah, with 2 bedrooms, 2 security. Email: laongfa@ den, 240sqm. Price: 6.8 bathrooms, a kitchen, a hotmail.com million baht. Tel: 083-394 HOUSE IN carpark and a garden. For sale. Near Sengho 4536 (English), 084-443 VILLA DOWROONG Sale: 2.25 million baht. NAI HARN LAND Bookstore in Phuket 5389 (English & Thai). Phuket Town. 3 bedrooms, 3 Rent: 11,000 baht per Soi Naya. Private estate plot for Town. Studio, 30sqm, bathrooms, 47sq wah. Tel: month. Contact owner. sale. Mountain view. Please call floor 15, sea view, aircon, 089-909 2771. Tel: 089-615 9719. Email: 081-370 9661, 086-478 0201. furnished. Price: 1.55 mil- LAND, SALE BY [email protected] OWNER lion baht. Ready to move in. For more info call 089- Thalang and Mai Khao plots. CONDO AT RATCHAPORN PLACE NEW HOUSE FOR 472 9118. Tel: 089-723 4278. Email: SALE, CHEAP PRICE [email protected] HABITIA KOH KAEW NEW COTTAGE ON LAND AT COCONUT ISLAND CHERNG TALAY 50sqm cottage, 319sqm land, 1 ngan, nice flat land, quiet beachfront, solar system, area, Chanote. In Pasak Soi 5. ready to move in. Tel: 089-873 Price: 2 million baht. Tel: 089- 6533 (English & Thai). Email: 472 9118. [email protected] Ready to move in. Villa 1: In Kathu for sale or rent. Near on 1,100sqm land, 16.9 HOUSE & FURNITURE Phuket Country Club Golf Modern style, Sino-Por- Twin house with 2 storeys million baht. Villa 2: on in Palm Villa, Pa Khlok, HOUSE FOR SALE 2,200sqm land, 21.9 mil- Single house, 60sqm. 2 Course. 36sqm, furnished, tuguese, area: 36.50sq IN KATA floors, 3 bedrooms and 3 5km from the Heroines lion baht. Brand-new, each aircon. 1 bedroom. Sale: wah with 118sqm living 3 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, fully toilets. In Chaiyapruek Vil- momument. Price 2.2 with 3 bedrooms, 4 bath- 1.75 million baht. Rent: space approx. 3 bed- furnished, 500m from the lage at Land & Houses Park, million baht. 35.2sq wah, rooms, 12m swimming 13,000 baht/month with 1- rooms, 2 bathrooms, 2 beach. 5 million baht. Contact Chalong. Good location and 3 bedrooms, 3 bath- pool. Guest bungalow with year contract and common car park. Sale down pay- Amorn. Tel: 081-569 6030. entrance from bypass road. area included. Tel: 089-472 ment 500,000 baht. Tel: rooms, car park for 2 1 bedroom, 1 bathroom. Built 2 years ago. Tel: 084- 9118. 087-270 9093. cars. Cheaper price than Perfectly located in a devel- 627 7001. the developer’s. Ready to 5 RAI (8,400SQM) opment with underground move in October 2013. With Chanote, between Chalong electricity and security, Contact owner. Tel: 089- and Rawai. Idea for resort. 53 only 800m from Mission 615 9719. Email: nana million baht. Tel: 082-420 7052. Hills Golf Course, less [email protected] Email: stayonphuket@yahoo. than 10 minutes to airport, com Phuket International Acad- emy and Ao Por Grand Marina. Tel: 081-343 0777. Email: montha_phuket@ yahoo.com

LAND FOR SALE Kata land plot for sale. 444sqm, part of sea view-plans, 4-bed- room villa and pool. 5.5 million baht. Tel: 086-593 3434 (Thai), 089-290 5594 (English).

PATONG SEAVIEW BUILDING LAND A large (1,048sqm) building plot on the Andaman Moun- tain, overlooking Patong Beach. Concrete road, elec- tricity and water. Only 8 million baht. Contact Ron Crane at +44-788-948 8091. Email: [email protected] September 21 - 27, 2013 PHUKET GAZETTE 23

CHEAP LAND PHUKET VILLA 5 CONDO AT FOR SALE VILLAGE ROYAL PLACE Close to Phuket Interna- tional Airport. 4 rai, Chanote title. 3.8 million baht per rai. Tel: 081-868 7676. Email: [email protected]

3-BED DUPLEX HOUSE 2.39 MILLION BAHT Great value. 3-bed Duplex House. Open-plan kitchen, liv- ing and dining room. Furnished. Tel: 085-796 3354 (English), 087-193 7825 (Thai). Email: [email protected] Condo at Royal Place For sale. Price 4.5 million Project, bypass road, oppo- PATONG TOWER 1BD site Tesco Lotus. 37sqm, 2fl, 4.2 MILLION BAHT baht. No agents, no fur- nished, with 4 aircons, 3 1 bedroom, 1 bathroom, Newly renovated on the 7th kitchen, fully furnished (2 floor facing the mountains. Tel: bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, kitchen and car park. Be- aircons, washing machine, +001-45-5239 3777. Email: refrigerator, TV, microwave, [email protected] hind Kajonkiet International School on Chao Fa West cable TV, 24 security with key card etc). Pls contact BEACHFRONT LAND Road, 5 minutes to Central Festival. For short or long- for more details. Tel: 086-476 At Naka Yai Island. 600sqm with term rent, 16,000 baht per 9612. Email: annanoi1@ house. Price: 8,xxx baht/sqm. month. Tel: 087-270 9093. hotmail.com STUNNING MAI KHAO DREAM Tel: 081-691 2446 (English). KARON VILLA LAND URGENT Email: [email protected] At Prima Villas, safe, secure 20 rai of land + 5 rai of con- SALE / RENT 1 RAI SEAVIEW LAND 4-BED HOME - estate close to beach, 3 bed- crete factory with Chanote FOR SALE 4.99 MILLION BAHT rooms, crystal clear saltwa- title. Rent or sale. Located OCEANFRONT Superb seaview land for sale, Amazing value, beautifully VILLA ter pool, open modern living, on Thepkrasattri Road (main two 1 rai plots, both plots with maintained 4-bed detached fully furnished, true gem, can road). 12km from airport. Chanote titles. Located in an home. Sound system, cin- have freehold, a must-see at Call 081-738 7099 (Thai), 084- elevated position (60m) in a ema room, mood lighting. Lo- 13.9 million baht. Everything 889 3300 (English&Rus- gated community on the cated between Laguna and done and ready to enjoy the sian). northeast cost. Services are the Heroines Monument. Tel: lifestyle. Tel: +61-8171 9468. already at the land. Price: 8 086-266 2786 (English), 089- Email: [email protected] LAND AT million baht per plot. Best view 971 5715 (Thai). Email: ben BRITISH SCHOOL in Phuket. Tel: 087-893 5052 [email protected] 544sqm at the entrance to (English), 086-547 1188 HOT DEAL - CONDO the British International Luxury brand-new villa, fully (Thai). Email: pachara07@ NEW APARTMENTS AT THE POINT School. Price: 7,xxx baht per furnished and ready to move gmail.com 612,000 BAHT sqm. Tel: 081-691 2446 (En- House in Patong. Newly in, 3 bedrooms 4 bath- Bayshore do it again. Be glish). Email: wut@tarntara built 40sq wah, near rooms with infinity 10m long 2 PLOTS REAL first! Get the best unit, starts spa.com Sea Pearl project at swimming pool and truly 180 SEAVIEW at 612,000 baht. Building Patong. 2 storeys, 3 beautiful sea view. Located 2 plots, real full panoramic 98% completed. Contact bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, seaview. +/-1 rai/each freehold, Paul. Tel: 083-643 7127 (En- PATONG LOFT in a small developement, CONDO fully furnished, 2 aircons, only 50m from the sea and at Yamu Hills. 5.5 million baht glish). kitchen with hood, refrig- 3 minutes from Ao Por per rai. Tel: 084-625 5090. erator, dining room, living Grand Marina. For sale: Email: phuket.turquoise@ LAND KAMALA 1KM room, hot water, cable 19.9 million baht or long- gmail.com FROM BEACH TV and internet. Tel: term rent: 150,000 baht per Nice, 700sqm, Chanote, 086-476 9612. month. Tel: 081-343 0777. KATA BEACH HOUSE near shops, European neigh- Email: montha_phuket@ 3 levels, 4 bedrooms with / bors, quiet. 3.3 million baht. yahoo.com without furniture. 3.3 million Tel: 080-528 1536. Email: 5 BEDROOMS, baht. Tel: 081-303 2202. [email protected] PHUKET TOWN 6.5MB Opposite Big C, 1 bed- 1 bedroom, fully fur- 70sq wah, 2-storey single room with nice view, in- nished, 67sqm living house, quiet. Tel: 089-780 Classified Advertisements cludes furniture. 55sqm. area. 24hr security, big 1888. Email: klang888@ Price: 3.2 million baht. swimming pool. Only hotmail.com For further de- Please use this form to write your classified advertisement. Negotiable. Available on 2.45 million baht. Tel: tails, please see our website rental. Tel: 082-276 1817, 089-872 6895. Email: at http://phuketcityhome. Then hand it to any of our agents. 081-614 5372. [email protected] igetweb.com/

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Classified ads are charged per line. Each line is 140 baht, Special price, modern with a minimum of 4 lines (heading included) per ad. style, 30sqm, 1 bedroom, All advertising must be paid for in advance. 1 living room, 1 pantry. In Kathu, 3km to Patong. Deadline for Property Gazette page: Friday 3 pm. Full set of built-in furniture. Deadline for all other ads: Saturday 12 noon. Ready to move in! Contact Ya. Tel: 081-797 5138. 24 PHUKET GAZETTE September 21 - 27, 2013

PATONG 2-BEDROOM SALE / RENT LAND Properties COZY HOUSE NEAR CONDO PHUKET VILLA 5 APTS For Rent NAI HARN Large 100sqm, maid, WiFi, VILLAGE House, pool villas. Email:nok cable, parking. From 30,000 [email protected] baht per month. Call for show- ing at 080-052 8082 (English & 4-BEDROOM CONDO IN KATHU Thai). Email: phvcondo@ FOR RENT POOL VILLA aol.com 4 bedrooms, all ensuite, 5 bath- rooms, 10m x 5m private pool, 600,000 BAHT YEARLY fully furnished with entertain- RENT-RAWAI ment systems in every room, A high-grade built house, fur- Rawai Beach. Siam BB Re- WiFi, cable TV and large West- nished and conveniently lo- sort. 9 rooms, bar+shop, reser- ern style fully fitted and cated minutes from Rawai vation online with Agoda, equipped kitchen. Tel: 081-397 and Nai Harn Beaches. 2 Booking.com, Asiarooms. 6921 (English), 081-956 1433 spacious bedrooms with en com. 60m to beach. Tel: 084- (Thai). Email: terryleetuck@ Short or long-term rent, suite bathrooms. 1 guest toi- 242 8914. Email: rawai4@ hotmail.com fully furnished, swimming let. Aircons. Large living-din- yahoo.com pool, fitness center, quiet ing room. Telephone line with For sale. Price: 4.2 million 5-BEDROOM POOL and secure. 12,000 baht ADSL. Free water supply HOUSE HOUSE baht. No agents! Not fur- per month. Please call. and garbage removal ser- nished, with 4 aircons, 3 Western kitchen, sundecks, Tel: 093-742 6801. Email: vice. 22,000 baht per month. bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 4 bathrooms, pool, jacuzzi, 1 [email protected] Tel: 087-383 0936 (Khun Nui). KAMALA kitchen and car park. Be- rai. Long-term: 45,000 baht Pool 14m. 3 bedrooms, 3 Email: hunt17@hotmail. hind Kajonkiet International per month. Tel: 092-323 com bathrooms, furnished. Rent: LUXURY POOL VILLA School on Chao Fa West 7087. Email: phuketrentals@ 30,000. Sale: 12.2 million Big saving on 1 year lease. Road, 5 minutes to Central yahoo.com baht. Tel: 087-382 3058. Only 25,000 baht per month. Festival. For short or long- KAMALA POOL VILLA, Email: kradanresort@gmail. Has all, near Laguna. Tel: 089- term rent, 16,000 baht per com 594 4067. 3 BEDS/2 BATHS month. Call to see 087- FULLY FURNISHED A private 3-bedroom, 2-bath- Near BIS, Koh Kaew. De- 270 9093. HOUSE room villa. Short-term and long 1-3 bedrooms, Chalong MAIKHAO DREAM KATA OCEAN VIEW tached house, 3 bed- PROPERTY term lease available now. Also rooms, 2 bathrooms, fully area + Panwa area. Start CONDO For rent or sale. 20 rai of land have other properties in Kamala furnished, garden & car APARTMENTS PATONG from 10,000 baht per month. Fully furnished, seaview and with Chanote title. Located on for rent and sale. Tel: 084-446 park. For long-term rent: Nicely furnished in a quiet lo- Tel: 081-892 4311. For further non-seaview apartments, avail- Thepkrasattri Road (main 8965 (English), 085-917 1046 35,000 baht per month. cation. Access to pool and details, please see our able for long-term rental. From road). 12km from airport. Tel: (Thai). Email: haroldmccarthy@ Tel: 081-894 9042, 081-970 parking. Only long term. Tel: website at http://palaigreen. 19,000 to 40,000 baht per 081-738 7099. gmail.com http://phuketrent 1499. 081-892 1621. weebly.com month. Located on Kata Hill. house.com/6341/kamala-villa- Tel: 076-330641. For further de- house-near-beach-3-bedrooms- FINEST SEA VIEWS! CONDOS IN PATONG tails, please see our website at furnished www.oceanic-global.com CONDO AT Luxury furnished, 3 bedrooms, Both at Phuket Palace and RATCHAPORN PLACE 2 bathrooms, pool villa, Cape Patong Tower. Long term only, ROYAL PLACE CONDO- Yamu, 15 minutes to PIA/BIS newly renovated and well fur- HOUSE AT PRIME PRIVATE Schools. Long-term: 40,000 nished. Tel: 081-892 1621. PLACE VILLAGE Fully furnished 1-bed apart- baht per month. Tel: 086-279 ment with washing machine, 6283. available October 1, 2013, SINGLE HOUSE rent negotiable. Tel: 085-069 NAI HARN BEACH FOR RENT/ SALE 0938. Email: nnorthwo@ 2-BED CONDOS hotmail.com Spacious, with large shared In Kathu for rent or sale. pool, gardens, great beach Near Phuket Country Club only 3 minutes walk. Email: LAND FOR RENT Golf Course. 36sqm, fur- [email protected] Near Heroines’ Monument. 400sqm in Soi Pasak: 9,500 nished, aircon. 1 bedroom. Furnished, aircon, 3 bed- baht per month. 800sqm in Rent: 13,000 baht per ULTIMATE LUXURY ! rooms, cable TV, kitchen. BanJo: 11,000baht per month. month with 1-year contract Massive 900sqm ocean-facing 25,000 baht per month Contact K. Porn. Tel: 087-274 and common area in- property, amazing sea views, In Thanapa Park View vil- with 30,000 baht deposit. 0680. Email: noegabriele@ cluded. Sale: 1.75 million huge villa, has everything, + lage in Koh Kaew. 57sq Tel: 086-607 7493. hotmail.com baht. Tel: 089-472 9118. more! Cape Yamu. 350,000 wah, with 2 bedrooms, 2 baht per month. No agents. bathrooms, a kitchen, a Tel: 082-420 3270. carpark and a garden. Rent: 11,000 baht per month. Sale: 2.25 million CHEAP RENT baht. Contact owner. Tel: Live in a luxury pool villa resort 089-615 9719. Email: near Laguna. Weekly/monthly. [email protected] Tel: 089-594 4067. September 21 - 27, 2013 PHUKET GAZETTE 25

DELUXE TOP-FLOOR Property Property Accommodation 1 BED Accommodation NAI HARN 2-BED Services Services Available The Trees Residence, Ka- Wanted BEACH CONDOS mala. 1 year min: 23,000 baht Terrace, 2-bed and 2- Wanted per month. Tel: 084-130 3234 bath, shared pool, garden, HOTEL/CONDO ORCHID KATHU (English). POOL VILLA WANTED free WiFi, beach 3 min- MANAGEMENT HEIGHTS utes walk. Email: resort Asset management + pre- BEACH APARTMENT Wanted in Rawai/Nai Harn area: [email protected] ELECTRICIAN Serviced apartment. Studio, 1 opening services by experi- bedroom, 2 bedrooms, 2 bath- Nice beach studio for rent 3 bedrooms, fully furnished, se- enced hoteliers. Email: resort Electrician needed to rooms, rooftop pool, free WiFi. long-term. Please email for cure villa with Western kitchen [email protected] check and determine prop- Tel: 076-203208, 081-892 0038. further info. Tel: +41-79-337 and pool. Must be in a quiet area. erty power, need to install 40,000-50,000 baht per month, 1 HOUSES 1 OR For further details, please see 8631 (English). Email: mde 2-BEDROOMS HOME RENOVATION generator and hook up. our website at www.orchid [email protected] month bond, 2 year contract. Tel: Fully furnished, WiFi, cable We provide services: home Tel: 087-884 8972. kathuheights-phuket.com 088-760 5003 (English). Email: TV, pool. From 13,000 baht and pool renovation, sauna NAI HARN BUNGALOW [email protected] per month. Tel: 089-475 and stream room construc- Nice bungalow for long-term rent, PATONG OCEAN 1200 (English & Thai). tion. Tel: 084-191 1288. For quiet location, fully furnished, 2 Property VIEW CONDO Email: info@welcome-inn. further details, please see beds, 2 baths, aircon/fans, cable VILLA WITH Furnished studio, pool, balcony, com our website at www.homere Wanted king bed, kitchen, 50" Cable TV, WiFi internet. 15,000 baht PRIVATE POOL novationphuket.com TV, WiFi, Parking. 13,500 baht per month. Tel: 087-891 7408, We are looking for a 2-bed- 087-292 5309 (English & Thai). LAND: CHALONG OR per month. Long- term. Tel: +1- room villa with private pool BUILDER CAN 808-283 4188. Email: maui Email: gillies18567@hotmail. from 12 December to 12 Household RAWAI com WORK NOW About 400sqm for house in [email protected] January 2014 on Phuket Items Home construction, repairs, existing development or built- KATA BEACH Island. Southwest pre- renovations at fixed prices. Tel: up area. Tel: 087-237 4799. HOUSE WITH POOL. 5 minutes walk from the beach. ferred. +41-79-651 3602 081-892 8526 (Khun Peter). Southern Fried Rice Guesthouse (English). Email: orca_67 Email: [email protected]. 13,000 B/MONTH SAMSUNG FRIDGE For further details, please see au Furnished, A/C, WiFi, cable (Trip Advisor Winner 2013). Offers @hispeed.ch our website at www.phuket- TV, swimming pool. Long-term, big rooms from 600 baht (low Two doors, as-new condi- besthomes.com tion. 8,500 baht. Tel: 084- WANTED VILLA FOR available now. Tel: 089-475 1200 season) including continental (English & Thai). Email: info breakfast. 1,200 baht (high sea- 443 5050 (English), 087 - HOSPITALITY MGR. LONG-TERM 026 9914 (Thai). Looking for a villa for long-term @welcome-inn.com son) includes airport pickup. 5- Holiday AVAILABLE night stay, WiFi, water and beach Hospitality GM for all types of lease ~ 50,000 per month. Pref- Homes & erences are: Hillside location, HOUSE FOR RENT towels provided. See comments pre-openings from A-Z, also on Trip Advisor. Tel: 081-894 8446. Villa Rentals HITACHI FRIDGE management of resorts, es Security, Kamala to Bang Tao, Furnished house with 2 aircon Pool, Single story. Tel: 080-319 bedrooms, 1 bathroom, a living Email: [email protected] R-W691FMSX. 180x80x tates, condos, marketing, in www.southernfriedrice.com terim management, feasibility 9255 (English). Email: 425 room and kitchen. Near the 75cm. Jan 2012, 4 doors, [email protected] Phuket Zoo. Tel: 081-537 9878 VACATION RENTALS external water dispenser, in- studies. Email: resortgm@ POOL VILLA KATA BEACH gmail.com (English & Thai), 089-729 8472 FOR RENT ternal ice maker, perfect OFFICE/RETAIL SPACE (English & Thai). Email: tiwus Superb 1, 2 & 3 bed apart- condition. Sale: 25,000 2 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, gar- ments, holiday rent at Kata PDS PHUKET DRAIN WANTED @hotmail.co.th den, swimming pool, in a very baht (new: 39,900 baht). Tel: Beach. Email: resortgm@ 081-720 4334. 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MANAGER ASSISTANT THAI NURSE OFFICE MANAGER Woman, Thai & Eng speaker, PRIVATE IN-HOME TUTOR Thai nurse. Will be trained in Thai male wanted, in Patong, computer skills. Tel: 076- detox. must speak English. know English and have 612843, 083-737 7878. Send For 6-year-old in Ao Po. Ex- Thai national. Good salary! computer skills. Tel: 081- CV to [email protected] perience and own trans- Email: [email protected] 088 1451. portation required. Email RUSSIAN SALES CV: NomadicInvestor@ NATIVE ENGLISH CLEANER WANTED CONSULTANT gmail.com TEACHER Located on Surin Beach. Flu- Experienced Russian Sales Need experienced preschool ent spoken English, cleaning Representative needed for Real teacher 10-14 children, start OFFICE ASSISTANT immediately, Chalong, 40hr and helping in the villa. Con- Estate. Good command of En- WANTED tact Jariya. Tel: 081-367 7965 glish and Russian required. Tel: week, send resume to phuket To aid in graphic design and [email protected] (English & Thai). Email: 081-968 5963 (English). Send administrative work.Thai na- [email protected] CV to c@bayshoreprojects. tional, able to communicate com ENGLISH-SPEAKING clearly in English. Computer THAI WOMAN FITNESS INSTRUCTOR skills required. Marketing and / SALES ACCOUNTANT design skills preferred. Willing- Looking for a Thai woman with Club Asia Fitness requires 2 Thai or foreigner, start immedi- ness to learn. Basic administra- good written and spoken En- Fitness Instructors and 1 ately. English is a must, Thai tive skills (email, Word, Excel) glish for office work. Computer Sales Consultant. Thai na- an advantage. Full or part Please send your resume to literacy is a must. Tel: 084-060 tional who must be able to time. Tel: 087-897 0501 (En- [email protected]. 7050. Email: info@molokophu communicate in English. Tel: glish). Email: aleksa@thai- ket.com Please see our website evagroup.com at http://molokophuket.com 080-698 5021, 087-275 3614 MAID / HOUSEKEEPER (English), 089-126 5671 (Thai). Email: coco_ivy@ FOREIGNER Expat (American) requires an HOUSEKEEPER - hotmail.com For further de- SECRETARY WANTED experienced housekeeper/ SURIN BEACH tails, please see our website Looking for a foreign national maid with good English and A self-motivated person to at www.clubasiaphuket.com secretary who has a driver’s Thai- speaking ability. Cooking clean in detail and make licence and can speak very experience a plus and can be beautiful. must love cats and live in or live out. Experience speak English. Live in villa and REAL ESTATE STAFF good English. Email: web@ bayshoreprojects.com letters and recommendations have references. Tel: 083-103 WANTED from previous employers are a 1330. We are looking for many staff must. Top notch salary will be to work with us in the pro- RECEPTION WORK paid for the right person! Con- gressing and increasing Thai female for hotel, Nanai tact Robert. Tel: 089-765 3126. SALESPERSON branches at Rawai and Road, English and computer WANTED skills required, good wage Patong. Must live permanently in and commission paid, holi- ASSISTANT MANAGER 1. Secretary/Receptionist: Thailand and organise own days. Call for more details. Tel: What we are looking for is a Thai female. residency status. Must 088-444 7801. great all-rounder as this job has 2. Sale/Rental Manager: Thai multiple roles. You will need ex- speak fluent Thai and En- or foreign national, male or fe- cellent computer skills to man- glish. Must have experience male. SHOP MANAGER age operations and you will be selling food/alchohol to ex- Both positions require: good Urgent need shop manager assisting with the sales and ecutive chefs and purchas- personality and outgoing for boutique shop in Surin, flu- marketing activities of the com- ing managers. Experienced communication skills, en- ent in English. Send CV to pany. Thai nationality 30 years in food service. Must have thusiasm, fluent written and [email protected] old with an excellent command own car. Only people meet- spoken English, good basic of English. University degree or ing all above criteria need computer skills, own car is PROMOTERS WANTED proven experience. People apply. Please send resume an advantages for Sale/ Popular bar for young management skills. Outgoing, to [email protected] Rental Manager position. "Farangs" looking for dy committed and energetic. Pre- Good salary and commis- namic people to do promo pared to work in Patong & travel EXECUTIVE FOR sion! Tel: 076-388444. Please tion. Residents and travellers across the island. Email: PROPERTY send resume and recent welcome to apply. Tel: 081- info@newspaperdirect-phuket. We are looking for new sales and photo to: info@harvest-pro 958 5394 (English). Email: com Find out about us on marketing executives, Thai na- perty.com [email protected] www.newspaperdirect.com tional only, to help us at our sales and showroom offices. You should have experience with working in a property environ- ment and taking care of local real estate agencies visiting our showrooms. Great conditions are promised. Tel: 076-341045, 081-459 0152. Please send your CV to info@phuket-condos- FRONT DESK STAFF homes.com SAMUI TEACHERS WANTED Plus Wellness Manager re- We currently have the follow- ACCOUNT quired by detox resort. Tel: 077-602096. Send CV and ing job positions available: 1 MANAGER - x full - time English teacher, URGENT! photo to fasthealing@yahoo. com female under 35 years old, – experience as account 2 WAITRESSES Degree + TEFL or CELTA. manager/chief of over 5 Must be from an N.E.S years WANTED Good salary. Speak English. country: UK, USA, AUS, – can speak, read, write Thai national only. Tel: 085-783 CD or NZ. 1 x part time En- English; good account- 0141. Email: liam@phuketfit. glish teacher, N.E.S. + SA, ing knowledge and skills; com TEFL, male/female under can close financial state- 40 years old. 1 x part-time ments, AR, AP, etc DRIVER 16,000+, Russian teacher. English – good team leader COOK 15,000+ teacher applicants must be Private villa. Thailand area. Thai good with young students. – can start soonest/im- national only. Basic English. mediately. Tel: 081-979 Tel: 091-647 5465. Email: Contact Todd. Tel: 089-005 0700. [email protected] 9911 (English & Thai). Email: [email protected]

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Bar & Business Opportunities Restaurant Equipment MAY PLAZA, SOI TA-IAD URGENT SALE SOLID CASH FLOW LONG-TERM RENTAL BANGLA BAR CHEAP! 9x4sqm commercial space. OF RESTAURANT 34 ROOMS SPACE Absolute stunner! Cheap. Start from 10,000 baht per Taina Road, Kata. Tel: 090- Buy the business and take 750sqm area for food center Aircon, 2 floors, 160sqm, month. 1 year payment in 176 7364 or send email to 8 years lease for this 34 and souvenir sales. Tel: 087- contact for photos. Only 1.8 COLD ROOM advance. Tel: 095-759 5323. [email protected] room guesthouse in Patong, 026 1362. Please contact by million baht, full fitout. Good FOR SALE Phuket. Plus the large res- email: chalongmarket@ rent option. Bargain! Please Maintained every 3 KATA NIGHT PLAZA BAR FOR SALE taurant on sub lease pays hotmaill.com call 087-881 7600. Email: months. Ready to work. Southern Fried Rice, the OTOP MARKET you 175,000 baht per month! [email protected] Please call 080-538 popular guesthouse with Good location, low rent, Please call Real Pro. Tel: 4735 (English & Thai). 076-346875, 084-078 2753. RESORT BEAUTY SALON 40-seat restaurant and 8 owner is going home. 1.2 FOR LEASE Email: momo_f@hot rooms, 5 minutes from Kata million baht. Tel: 087-893 Email: info.realpro@gmail. QUICK SALE mail.com Beach. For sale or rent. Trip 1753. com Please see our website Fully furnished beauty sa- Advisor Winner 2013. Tel: at www.realprophuket.com lon, 75sqm for quick sale. 081-894 8446. Email: sfr SPA / SAUNA LEASE 300,000 baht. Foreign cli- SNOOKER & [email protected], www. FOR SALE HOTEL + RESTAURANT ents. Busy area. Tel: 090- BABY FOOT southernfriedrice.com Busy established Spa and FOR SALE IN PATONG 154 6115. Email: aselia89 Snooker: like new 45,000 Sauna business for sale. Chanote title, central posi- [email protected] baht. Baby foot: 2,500 baht. FITNESS CENTER Great location. Junction of tion, new building, 4 years Located at Patong. Please FOR SALE Nanai Road and Nanai 2. old, 20 rooms, reception and HOTEL WITH send email to nc.residence Club Asia Fitness, Phuket’s Renewable lease. Price 2.5 restaurant fully furnished, lift. In the heart of Patong. 20 24HR RESTAURANT @gmail.com Leading Fitness Center. For million baht. Tel: 087-078 32 million baht negotiable. rooms well furnished, Top location at Kata Center, sale: 8 million baht or nearest 6379, 082-286 5171 (English Contact Stefano. Tel: 086- fully operational with very inside entertainment zone, Bulletins offer. Tel: 089-126 5671, 087- & Thai), 080-718 1226 (En- 279 8175 (English/Italian). good occupancy rates. for rent. 19 air-conditioned 275 3614 (English), 080-698 glish). Email:nanaisauna Contact Ning. Tel: 084-840 6-year lease for 6 million rooms. Email: yongyut. 5021 (English & Thai). Email: @yahoo.com 1566 (Thai). baht + rental fee 150,000 [email protected] [email protected] For baht per month. Tel: 088- SPONSOR A CHILD further details, please see 765 0165. our website at www.clubasia PROFITABLE The Phuket International phuket.com BAR & GRILL Women’s Club is a volun- HOTELS IN PHUKET FOR SALE teer organization raising SPORTS BAR funds for educational OCEAN VIEW HOTEL Contact: realestate.luxuryphuketholidays.com KARON FOR SALE scholarships. We rely Newly renovated, trendy on the goodwill of donors 1km from the beach, 3 stars hotel. 10 apartments and 14 sports bar in Karon, and sponsors – small Phuket. This bar comes and large. If you would rooms, 1,200sqm, pool, bar. For more information, please RENT BEACHFRONT GUESTHOUSE / BAR / fully equip-ped with three like to put something RESTAURANT large plasma TVs, pool back into the community call 080-528 1536 (English & RESTAURANT Thai). Email: nc.residence@ Excellent location on Surin table, two bedrooms and in which you live, contact Six rooms, all tenanted; website. Please call Profit making Sports gmail.com Beach. Fully operational with prime location – 2 minutes us to find out more about outdoor beach furniture, full +44-20-8688-4544. Bar & Grill in Nai Yang giving a prize or being a to Jungceylon and 10 min- Email: nm.windowclean Beach. Everything in- service kitchen; seating ca- utes to Bangla Road. Lease: sponsor. Contact Carol. pacity of 120+, 3-year lease [email protected] cluded. Buy today, be Please call 087-417 MASSAGE 3+3, nothing to spend. Bar open tomorrow. First BUSINESSES for 2.4 million baht + rent takings excellent, net 30,000 8860 or contact Sue. Tel: 70,000 baht monthly. For come bargain price, 087-277 6948. For more Patong main road. 1.5 to 50,000 baht a month. LAUNDRY KATHU 950,000 baht. For more million baht and 2 million more information, please call Price: 1.6 million baht. information please email 091-034 1200 (English). 975,000 BAHT information, please call us at info@phuketiwc. baht. Must sell both. Tel: Please call 087-896 5219 High capacity machines only 084-852 4257 (English). 081-303 2202. Email: issam.tawil@gmail. (English), 084-053 4365 (En- com com two years old. Wash, dry, Email: bobcoppage@ glish). Email: striker_1957@ iron, roll iron. Automatic yahoo.com hotmail.com soap dosing. Reason for sell- ing is expansion. Shophouse with 4 bedrooms. Rent: VERY POPULAR 22,000 baht per month. Pos- HOUSE&BUSINESS RESTAURANT sible cooperation for the right ON 24 RAI Top restaurant in Ka- buyer. Ready to take over. mala Beach for sale. Please call 089-882 0894 Please search by Goo- (English), 089-652 0975 gle for "Grill Bill Ka- (Thai). Email: peter@concept mala". Tel: 081-089 0543 feeling.com (English) or send email to iii_sunny_iii@yahoo. RESTAURANT com Urgent sale. Indoor-outdoor, in Chalong area, equipped. 14 months on lease. Rent: 5,000 baht per month. Con- INVESTOR NEEDED: tact Eye. Tel: 082-807 9312. MOBILE APP Zom Ammara, a famous Thai celebrity, is raising CHALONG For sale. Tried of the traf- 6 million baht from inves- 3-storey shophouse, restau- fic and high prices of tors to promote and mon- rant or bar and living quarters, Phuket? Or just want a etize on lady safety mo- near pier. Sale: 3.5 million weekend getaway? I bile app project called baht. Rent: 20,000 baht per have built in Farang spec “GuardMe”. We will gain month.Tel: 081-892 0299. and style, a beautiful re- US$4 million profit within Email: [email protected] treat, a main house with 3 years with celebrity 2 big garages, a guest- marketing strategy. house with garage, a Please contact 02-673 NO-NONSENSE bungalow and a 900sqm 9280, 081-381 5111. OPPORTUNITY exercise gym. It all rests 30 rifle laser tag system, on 24 rai and is currently complete. High potential a working shrimp farm, STEAKHOUSE income. Low overheads. but could be used for NEAR BEACH Team Building, tourist at- many purposes, located traction and local busi- 2 hours north of the is- Texas Steakhouse for sale. ness. Cash purchase land. Price: 12 million Lease on 4.5 years. Rent: 300,000 baht. Please baht, this price will not 40,000 baht per month. Staff call 089-071 0169 (En- last long, the houses are and equipment, Thai com- glish). Email: nigelburt51 worth more than 12 mil- pany included. Turnkey. 2.5 @gmail.com, www.you lion baht. Please call 081- million baht for quick sale. tube.com/watch?v=08 728 8269 or email to jrp Tel: 085-215 8660. Email : xcTTGHYU0 @loxinfo.co.th [email protected] September 21 - 27, 2013 PHUKET GAZETTE 29

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BUDS INTERNATIONAL DIVE GEAR FOR SALE SCHOOL & SLUSH MACHINE BAND IS LOOKING BLUE CANYON ScubaPro Mark 10 with KINDERGARTEN Our two-tank slush ma- FOR MUSICIAN MEMBERSHIP G250, pressure / depth Phuket's oldest international chines are great value for Blue Canyon life mem- gages. Decor BCD, with Air child care facility. High-qual- the money. We offer you bership available. Offers 2. Make offer. Tel: 081-091 ity, time-proven schedule and the cheapest rate in Thai- to Pete on 084-349 2325 4335 (English). Email: ray_ curriculum. Now in brand- land for both the machine (English). Email: peter@ [email protected] new purpose-built school. and the mix. A fantastic lifecartoons.com Experienced native English product which will give teachers to teach ages 1.5- you an even better re- We are looking for a gui- Education 10. Monday-Friday 8am- turn. Inquire now or call tarist, drummer and key- PHUKET 5pm. Bus service available us 087-139 9225. Email: board player. This is a COUNTRY CLUB from Patong, Karon, Kata, info@funfoodthailand. band for high quality/big Family lifetime member- TEACHER Phuket, Rawai and Chalong. com events. Genre: pop, rock, ship, transfer fee and this LOOKING FOR JOB Tel: 076-384638, 080-624 motown, little bit jazz/ year's subscription. 570,000 American native English 7060 (English), 087-278 5511 blues. Available for 2 baht. Please call 076-283 speaker looking for long-term (Thai), www.budsphuket.com practice sessions per 288, 081-273 7326. Fax: employment in international FREE ITALIAN week, for 6 weeks, to 076-283288. Email: keith school - Bachelor’s degree TRICK ROPING ESPRESSO prepare a show in a [email protected] & TEFL & Lifeguard Instruc- LESSONS MACHINE unique venue for every tor. Private lessons available: Coffee capsules ma- Thursday. Besides that Young children or business Showing and teaching the BALI KUTA GOLF chine on loan, good or- we will be booked for big professionals. Please call art of western cowboy rope MEMBERSHIP ganic Italian coffee, fair events, festivals and 092-371 4898 (English & tricks. For more information, 1 share ACC x 3 golf HOTEL BOOKING LIST prices, 6 blends avail- weddings. We also have Thai). Email: mayfieldlm please call 084-447 5257. courses. Life swap / Phuket SERVICE able, direct import into a recording studio to golf course. Phuket Country @gmail.com Hotel registration and moni- Phuket. Tel: 076-374760, produce/record our own / Laguna / Blue Canyon. toring on AGODA, Sawadee WHEATGRASS JUICE 088-768 1260 (English & music. Keywords: seri- Please call 085-994 0364. and Booking.com Tel: 083- Lumpoons Coffee House. At Thai). Email: fepigada ous about practice; open Personals 394 5863. Email: tperke@ Chalong. Please call 081- @yahoo.it to all music styles, dedi- googlemail.com 476 5808. cated, team spirit, fun, Shop humor, enthusiastic, en- CARE GIVER ergetic. Our motto: It is Equipment FOR AN ELDER not about what you per- Urgently looking for person form but how you perform to take care of a foreign it. If you are interested, COLD ROOM elder 24hr. Must speak En- please contact Brigitta. glish. Tel: 081-085 0801. Tel: 082-257 7102. FOR SALE Cold room for sale. Main- tain every 3 months. Personal Ready to work.Tel: 080- Fitness 538 4735 (English & Services Thai). Email: momo_f@ Equipment hotmail.com MENTAL HEALTH COUNSELOR Experienced licensed (US), PILATES Television mental health counseling for REFORMER children, adolescents and MACHINES Sets adults now available in Four years old but still in Phuket. Email: parwgk@aol. very good condition. SATELLITE TV com Ropes have recently THAILAND HD been replaced. Price: 70,000 baht each. Nego- Satellite TV Thailand. We Pets tiable with purchase of provide all sorts of satellite two or more. Includes: TV, including HD satellite box, pole, mat, straps, service. You can order on cushions, fitness circle line. We ship cash on deliv- MAINE COON and platform extender. ery anywhere in Thailand. KITTENS Tel: 076-304277, 083-107 We also accept Paypal for in- Kittens from champion 0277 (English & Thai). ternational orders. Tel: 080- available. Please call. Email: drabhishekbnys 694 0663 (English & Thai), Tel: 080-146 9270. www. [email protected] 089-821 3772. Email: sales mainecoonspalace.com @thailandpropertys.com 30 PHUKET GAZETTE September 21 - 27, 2013

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2010 MAZDA 2 TMAX 02/2012 SYM GTS 300I EVO MAZDA 2 HATCHBACK SALE FORD TOYOTA AVANZA FOR SALE MOTORBIKE Red, 1 owner, 33,000km, au- ESCAPE 495,000 Serviced by Yamaha, very 14,000km, 9 months old. tomatic transmission, air good condition. 7,700km. Sale: 110,000 baht only. bags, ABS, iPod input, power Sale: 379,000 baht. Email: Contact Wah. windows/door locks with re- [email protected] Tel: 086-267 5262. mote, extra loud horn and more. I invite your inspection. HARLEY SOFTAIL 450,000 baht.Tel: 081-085 DELUXE 2006 Rentals 4754 (English). Email: steph Vance and Hines big shot 2 years old. 1.5L. 22,000 [email protected] For sale. Model 2008, 7 pipes, staggered. New tires km, service history, seats, 1.5L, excellent (Harley Davidson), white good condition. Price: Ford Escape 3.0 XLT. CAR RENTAL HYUNDAI TIBURON condition. Price: 485,000 walls. New hand grips. No 480,000 baht o.n.o. Tel: Year 2004. 140,000km. baht. Tel: 087-270 9093. accidents. Original colour ALL MODELS 087-461 4084. 495,000 baht. Tel: 089- from factory. Green book. AUT or MT, delivery ser- 589 5453. Email: sopas Good looking bike, nice and vice, short or long term, [email protected] 1996 COROLLA clean. Tel: 087-271 0307 (En- first-class insurance. For FORTUNER 3.0 more information, please Good condition, auto, power glish). Email: aasanoel@g SMART TRD call 087-281 1211 (En- steering, CD/MP3, new mail.com White Fortuner, top model glish). 3.0V. Smart TRD, diesel for TOYOTA COROLLA tyres, new battery. 140,000 sale. Price: 800,000 baht. Imported white coupe. Late 1996 model in ex- baht. Tel: 082-416 0335. VESPA LX 125 IE Tel: 086-547 1188 (English & Year 2007, type S, ex- cellent condition. Auto- MOTORBIKES Thai). Email: pachara07@ matic, power steering FOR RENT / SALE cellent condition. Con- HONDA CITY gmail.com tact Nee. Tel: 081-892 and windows, low mile- High Street Rentals is locat- 4311. age, road tax and insur- ed in Kamala Beach on the NISSAN / HONDA ance paid. Excellent high street. Monthly motor- AUTOMATIC price 140,000 baht bike rates as low 2,200 baht 2000 Nissan NV and Honda BMW E39 o.n.o. For more informa- a month. Bikes for sale as City 2004. Price: 140,000 to Year 2000, black color, alloy tion, please call 082-412 low 18,000 baht. Also have a 320,000 baht. Tel: 086-595 wheels. 560,000 baht. Tel: 1800. Email: hilltribe 1992 Honda Accord for sale 8512, 081-970 4638. Email: 087-888 2212. Email: samia [email protected] at 110,000 baht. Tel: 084-446 [email protected] [email protected] Excellent condition, only 8965 (English), 085-917 For sale. Model 2004, 12,000km, must sell 1046 (Thai). Email: harold 1.5L, excellent condi- 75,000 baht. Patong. Tel: [email protected] tion. Price: 345,000 baht. 087-893 1753. Tel: 087-270 9093. CARS FOR RENT SALE HONDA CLICK We offer car rental at fair 18,000 BAHT HONDA CIVIC prices. Big discounts 5 years old, red-black, mag Great tuned car! 1.5L, auto. now for low season. Tel: wheels, good condition. 084-842 6147 (English & Year 1994 but many parts are Green book. Tel: 089-973 new. Looks good, runs good. Thai). Email: info@thai 5081. Email: somthawin_pw dreams.se 170,000 baht. Tel: 089-730 @hotmail.com 7172 (English). Email: no. [email protected] HONDA CBR 250R ABS 2012. Black, in good condi- NEW CARS WHITE FORTUNER tion, done about 12,500km. FOR RENT FOR SALE Sale: 85,000 baht. Tel: 080- 978 3102. Email: mikesaint [email protected]

HONDA CBR 250R (ABS) LOW MILEAGE Excellent condition, very low mileage (965km). See web Short or long-term rent, heels & otors 3.0V AT 4WD, Septem- address below. Please call delivery service, with Wheels Motors ber 2006, diesel, auto- 087-276 5105 (English & good price. Tel: 086-690 matic, leather. 700,000 Thai). Email: will@inotech 0626. Email: bcarrent@ baht. Tel: 086-478 0201. ne.com, www. technecrea hotmail.com tives.com Please use this form to write your classified advertisement.

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FOR SALE Aluminum dinghy, 3.5m, Yamaha 6hp outboarder, 12L tank, good condition. 50,000 baht. Tel: 082-415 1918 (En- glish). Email: pilotsparadise@ gmx.net

OUTBOARDER FOR SALE Yamaha 20hp, 4 stroke, tran- som height L (22.2 inch), brand-new (app 300 hours). 90,000 baht. Served as replace- ment on a transfer from Borneo, perfect condition. Tel: 082-415 1918. Email: pilotsparadise@ gmx.net

MASON 43 CUTTER (1982) SEAHORSE MARINE 36' Perkins 4108 diesel. Reduced to TRAWLER AU$79,000. For details contact 2007. Cummins 270hp diesel, Alan Giles. Tel: 084-842 6146. aircon, generator. Great little Email: alangiles@boatshed boat! US$99,950. For details phuket.com www.boatshed contact Alan Giles. Tel: 084-842 phuket.com 6146. Boatshedphuket.com Email: alangies@boatshed TAYANA 55 (1985) phuket.com Perkins 135hp diesel. Many recent upgrades. US$295,000. SELLING YOUR BOAT? For details contact Alan Giles. With high season just around Andaman Boat Sales. Tel: 084- the corner, now is the right time 842 6146. Email: alangiles@ to get her listed. Boatshed boatshedphuket.com phuket.com are always looking for new listings, big or small, PRINCESS 36 FEET power or sail, to meet the de- “RIVIERA” mand for quality boats. Con- 2 Volvo Penta 306hp, diesel, tact Alan Giles. Tel: 084-842 fully equipped includes trailer. 6146. Email: alangiles@boat Sale: 2.9 million baht. Call for shedphuket.com appointment. Tel: 089-871 2940. Email: [email protected] ONAN 12KVA MARINE GENERATOR PRINCESS 42 Fully operational generator with YACHT FOR SALE full sound shield and wet muffler exhaust. Model number 12 MDL3P, 1996 model, only 4,000 running hours. Tel: 081- 375 2590 (English). Email: [email protected]

NICE BOAT 26 foot center console. Good condition twin outboards, trailer, and more. Email for more pics Perfect size for cruises to and info. Tel: 085-691 1837, the surrounding islands. 076-054 4141. Email: mangeo Sleeps 4. Can be viewed at [email protected] Boat Lagoon. US$485,000. Tel: 083-612 6730 (English THAI WOODEN BOAT & Thai). Email: oscar.ver 36ft, Isuzu 110hp, radio, [email protected] Furuno Fish Finder. 300,000 baht. Tel: 083-102 7801.

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BOAT FOR SALE Cryptic crossword MOONSOON FOR LIVE-ABOARD SALE BOATYARD OPENING Semi-rigid 150hp, 2-stroke, SALE Hard stand, 250 baht per trailer, 100 liter aluminium tank, foot per month. Repairs GPS, Sonar. Price: 650,000 done, fiberglassing, paint- baht. Tel: 089-289 8628 ing, and stainless steel. (English), 080-144 6022 (Thai). Tel: 082-839 7701. 63FT PINISI KETCH RIVA HULL FOR SALE 10 meters long, marine ply- Well equipped, looks great, 28ft, registered for 15 pas- wood hull (not completed) for good condition. Must sell, only 2.5 million baht. Tel: 086-690 sengers. 200hp V6 Mercury Custom built for diving, com- sale. Tel: 081-968 3118 (En- motor, only 240 hours, re- glish & Thai). Email: info@pro 0444 (English & Thai). Email: pressors available, tanks [email protected] cently totally restored. Per- included. Tel: 087-891 8912. carpentering.com fect for snorkeling, diving Email: joe@similan-diving- trips, island hopping or water safaris.com taxi. Navigation system + fishfinder. 5hp spare motor. Boat and motor in very good Looking for a boat? condition. Located at Boat TASAR DINGHY Lagoon. Priced for quick sale For quick sale. Two sets sails. See more classified ads at 330,000 baht. Tel: 086- Launch and road trailer. Asking 747 9292. Email: claud price: 130,000 baht. Email: at www.phuketgazette.net [email protected] Sailingalone2001-mail@ yahoo.com 32 PHUKET GAZETTE September 21 - 27, 2013

Aircraft AIRPLAY ALTIS HAVE A PASSION TECNAM P-92 For Sale MICROLIGHT FOR AVIATION? - Price: 1.5 million baht Superb trike with Konig ra- If you have an aircraft for - Registration: U-B08 dial engine. Great economi- sale or an interest in avia- - Year of Manufacture: cal fun. Little used. Please tion and wish to learn 2002 YOUR HELICOPTER contact for more informa- how to fly or buy an air- Flying and owning your own heli- tion. Tel: 089-111 6457 (En- craft or arrange a private - Equipment: Full stan- copter has just become possible. glish & Thai), 081-397 7598 flight, etc. Website: dard equipment Free complete flight instruction (English & Thai). Email: www.aeropromgr.com/ - Engine: Rotax 912- course with your purchase. [email protected] newsletter 80HP 350hrs. Email: [email protected] Please contact for more in- formation. Aircraft is based at Klong 15. Tel: 081-840 8418.

1999 ROBIN 2160i I would like to sell my Robin aircraft or trade it for a 4-seat Cessna or Piper (based in Hua Hin). The Robin: TTAF 300hrs. SMOH 60hrs. This is a well-equipped, two-seat aerobatic aircraft. Has the Christen inverted oil system. Excellent inside and outside. King KMA24 audio panel, KX155 nav/com, KI203 vor, KY197A comm, KN64A dme, KR87 adf, KT76A tran- sponder, CSPA400 i-com, FP5 fuel computer, CHT, OAT, Pitot heat. Price: 4 million baht. Please contact Thom. Email: thos_w@ hotmail.com

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9TH TURTLE FUN RUN & KATA SURF DESTINATION MINI MARATHON 2013 NOW OPENED JW Marriott Phuket Resort & Spa’s Acting General Manager, Philip Spencer welcomes Phuket Governor, Maitri Inthusut to the 9th Turtle Fun Run and Mini Marathon 2013.

(From left) Fernando Parrella (Actor from “Sab Pra Peng” Channel 3); Acting Sub Lt. (From left): Philip Spencer, JW Marriott Phuket Resort & Spa’s Acting General Manager; Maitri Natiwith Keartworrasagul (Actor from “Sab Pra Peng” Channel 3); Pai Patith Pisitkul Inthusut, Phuket Governor; Kewalin Sukujittanon, JW Marriott Phuket Resort & Spa’s Senior (Quiksilver Ambassador and Actor from Channel 7). Marketing Communications Manager; and Sean Panton, JW Marriott Phuket Resort & Spa’s Director of CSR.

(From left) Joe Ang (General Manager, Surf House Phuket at Kata Beach); Sorrakrit Lathitham Khun Jarae Jienranai, the winner of the 10.5-km run (open category) receiving the trophy (Marketing manager, Thai Beverage); Surached Mungthong (General Manager, Quiksilver from JW Marriott Phuket Resort & Spa’s Acting General Manager, Philip Spencer. Thailand). 34 PHUKET GAZETTE September 21 - 27, 2013

Meals on wheels By Maciek Klimowicz a diner here. There’re street food Machine form Scooby Doo cartoon carts, noodle carts and they are great and an orange one going by the name WE LOVE them, we hate them, we too, but I wanted a diner. So I General Sab E-Lee after General Lee can’t live without them (or can we?) thought I’d make a miniature diner, from the Dukes of Hazard and mean- – tuk tuks have been getting a lot of a late night venue for clubbers,” he ing “very delicious!” in Isaan dialect – bad press in Phuket recently. But all explains, adding “My dad used to and ending with the menu. that is about to change thanks to do food carts and food trucks in “The menu is simple, the Tuk Tuk Tom Somsanuk, better known as the 70s and 80s in America so this cheeseburger is beef and cheese with DJ Tank, and his new business idea is our version of it.” tomato and lettuce. We have a bacon – the Tuk Tuk Diner. And it has America written all over double cheeseburger, hot dogs with “In the States we have diners, it, starting with the two Tuk Tuks chilli and cheese and we have some- where you have your burgers and in the fleet – a blue one named the thing called the ‘All-nighter’ which fries with friends, but I couldn’t find Munchy Machine after the Mystery is a spicy pork sausage sandwich with bacon and egg, crispy, yummy. The onion hash browns or chicken nuggets are awesome too,” exclaims Tom. “It’s comfort food that you can enjoy with your friends,” he adds. I begin my tasting with the chilli, Beef, pork, chicken – no vegetarian choices here. Photo: Maciek Klimowicz deep red in color, thick, with fat glis- tening on the surface. I cover my fries with some, take a bite... and lick my fingers. And I go for another bite, and another. It fills my mouth with thegreasy, spicy sensation that makes your mood fly high and your heart beg for mercy. Same goes for the burger – with every bite my smile gets wider and Tom (center), his father (second left) and the diner’s staff. Photo: Mark Knowles my arteries get narrower. The nuggets are as crispy as they get and the hot dogs puts the ones from 7-eleven to shame. And keep in mind I’m tasting all this in the midday, scorching sun. Imagine having this stuff late into the night of partying, dancing and drink- ing? Count me in! And that’s exactly where Tom sees his new Tuk Tuk fleet performing Licking one’s fingers is essential with the chilli fries Photo: Maciek Klimowicz at its best – outside of the nightlife venues of Phuket, deep into the night or even early morning hours. A spot to take a break from clubbing and replenish your energy supplies with a savory bite. “I’m aiming for people living in Phuket looking for something different, something high quality and made fresh everyday. I wanted some- thing good, fresh and Western.” And Western it is – although knowing that most Westerners living on the island manage to get used to a bit of spice in their food, Tom doesn’t skimp on chilli. After all, this food is supposed to keep you going late into the night. And if a fat-dripping, mouth-water- ing “All-nighter” won’t, nothing will.

For more on the Tuk tuk Diner watch ‘Phuket Today’, the island’s only national television show, broadcast daily on True Visions (channels 85 and 59) and KDTV Channel 4 Giving the tuk tuk its good name back. Photo: Maciek Klimowicz September 21 - 27, 2013 PHUKET GAZETTE 35

Oct 30, 6pm-12am, Halloween Sunday Italian Buffet Dinner Night at Two Chefs. at La Trattoria Restaurant, Time to find your scariest costume and get ready for the Dusit Thani Laguna yearly Halloween party at Two Chefs. We will be serving a Sep 22, 2013, 6:30pm-11pm, September 22, from 6:30-11pm large international buffet. The Sunday Italian Buffet Dinner Two Chefs band will rock the at La Trattoria Restaurant, house until the late hours. Best Dusit Thani Laguna. costume of the evening will be Have a splendid Sunday with rewarded with a Two Chefs gift family and friends! Savour our voucher of 5,000 baht. Bring special Italian buffet spread with your Two Chefs member card and a variety of choices of antipasti, get a 15% discount on all food. salads, pastas and pizzas, and For those who haven’t got it yet, a wide range of irresistible you can receive it for free at any desserts at our award winning of our restaurants. For more Italian restaurant, La Trattoria. info, call 076 330 065, email: Priced at THB 1,090++ per [email protected] person, with 50% off for children aged 6-12 years. Contact F&B Nov 13-16, 2013, 5am-6pm, Team on 076 362 999, email: Phuket International Sport [email protected] Fishing 2013. Registration will be on Novem- Sep 22, 2013, 10am-4pm, ber 13 from 5pm onwards. Phuket Youth Sailing Club Fishing days are November 13- Fun Day & Beach BBQ. 16. Prize giving party on Come and sail with the Phuket The band will be playing old the historic Panwa House at the over 30 countries will play in the the 16th. For more info, please Youth Sailing Club on one of the favorites from the 70’s and 80’s. Cape Panwa Hotel. As usual, tournament. Through a tie-up with see our website: phuket- safest and most picturesque bays Dress up “retro style” and get a booking is required but all are IMG, each tournament on the international-sportfishing- on the island, Ao Yon. The club is chance to win a Two Chefs welcome. Members: 500 baht; Beach Volleyball World Tour re- tourament.com or contact Khun open every weekend offering gift voucher of 5,000 baht. For non members and guests: 650 ceives TV coverage across five Uwe Schittek on 076 282 036, recreational sailing, club racing, more info, visit our website at baht. contact Carole Dux on continents. This event is spon- email: [email protected]. supervised boat rental, organised twochefs.com, like us on 076 316 711 or register at sored by the Phuket Gazette, This event is sponsored by the day sails, sailing courses for Facebook or just give us a call on [email protected] PGTV and ‘Phuket Today’, the Phuket Gazette, PGTV and juniors and adults, and a monthly 076 286 479. island’s only national television the nationally televised ‘Phuket family day barbeque. We have Oct 23, 2013, Chulalongkorn show, broadcast daily on True Vi- Today’ show. a large fleet of dinghies, beach Oct 8, 2013, 6-10:30pm, Wine Day sions (channels 85 and 59) and cats, keelboats, sit-on kayaks, sea List of the Year Thailand Chulalongkorn Day commemo- on KDTV Channel 4. Call 023 113 Dec 5, 2013, His Majesty the kayaks, stand up paddleboards Awards 2013. rates the reign of Rama V, who 414. E: pc@pentanglepromotions King’s Birthday and powerboats. Our facilities The Wine List of the Year Thailand is best remembered for abolish- .com, or visit their website at HM The King’s 86th birthday, also include changing rooms and Awards is a National competition ing slavery in Thailand. pentanglepromotions.com Father’s Day in Thailand. showers, a large undercover area, recognizing the efforts and exper- beach bar & restaurant and a tise amongst the hotels, restau- Oct 29-Nov 3, 2013, Phuket fantastic sandy beach. Come rants, cafes and wine bars in the Thailand Open 2013 Beach and join the fun! Contact Katy development of wine culture in Volleyball tournament at Gooch on +66-85-2159185, email: Thailand. The competition is open Karon Beach – Powered by PTT. [email protected] to all food and beverage establish- The Phuket Thailand Open will This event is sponsored by the ments with wine lists. The online attract top beach volleyball Phuket Gazette, PGTV and registration opens in May 2013 and teams from around the globe. ‘Phuket Today’, the island’s only culminates in the announcement of Leading teams to play in the national television show, broadcast Thailand’s best wine list at the tournament are: Austria, Brazil, daily on True Visions (channels 85 Awards ceremony in October. Con- China, Germany, Italy, Japan, and 59) and KDTV Channel 4. tact Jon Hyams on 080 471 8713 Netherlands, Norway, Russia, Switzerland, United Kingdom Sep 28, 2013, 6pm-12am, Retro Oct 17, 2013, 11:30am-2pm, and the USA. There will be up to 70’s & 80’s night at Two Chefs Phuket International Woman’s six Thai teams taking part in the Karon. Club at Cape Panwa Hotel. event, of which three are in the Retro Night at Two Chefs Karon. Another new and fascinating main draw and three in the Large buffet with old classics. location for our October lunch: qualifying. Over 70 teams from

KHUN WOODY’S COMPUTER CLINIC

To celebrate the re-opening, re-furbishing and re-dedication of Sandwich Shoppe Patong, Khun Woody will emerge from quasi-retirement to put on a full Computer Clinic, Sunday morning, September 29, 10am to noon.

Topics: Windows 8.1 – the future of Windows and Microsoft and why Woody’s next machine will be a MacBook Pro. (YIKES!) After a short informal presentation, we’ll throw the floor open to any questions about anything at all. (XP? Internet? Roku? Kindle? Chromecast? Galaxy? iPhone 5s? Pirate software?)

It’s a chance to pick up where the Computer Clinics left off more than a year ago. Drop by and meet many of the best and brightest computer geeks on the island. Bring your questions, comments and tales of woe. Together we just might come up with some an- swers.

Mark your calendar and get there early if you want a seat – 10am Sunday September 29 at the newly updated, still fabulous, Sandwich Shoppe Patong. One day only, so don’t miss it.

Sponsored by the Sandwich Shoppes and the Phuket Gazette. 36 PHUKET GAZETTE SeptemberJune 29 21- July - 27, 5, 2013 360 degrees of reggae

By Mark Knowles to suit the vibe of any crowd in hear all over Phuket,” says any venue. Riccardo. WHEN I wrote an opinion piece a “After 10 years of doing it, you Not having the chance to play few months ago decrying the fact realize every party is different his records in over six months, that reggae bars on the island were and you have to play different Riccardo is eager to dust them off playing Bob Marley to death, I styles of reggae. Usually you can and create a fantastic set for his figured my plea for them to play a judge it on the night. first gig in Phuket. wider variety reggae music was “If you have a reggae crowd Knowing that many people unlikely to have much effect. But that knows about the music might not have an in-depth when Italian-born DJ “Unity you can play something more knowledge of reggae’s develop- Selekta” or as he is otherwise particular. But if it’s a crowd that ment he is planning make a set known, Riccardo Palmitessa, just wants to party and have good which covers the many periods read the article he got in touch vibe, you have to keep the tempo and styles of reggae which have to let me know that he was on a up,” says Riccardo. evolved over the years. mission to bring some great He is also a die hard devotee of “I’m planning the night to be reggae to Phuket’s ears. vinyl and says there is something like ‘360 degrees of reggae’, so I When Riccardo moved from about having a DJ spin his set on will play stuff from the very London to Phuket, he left his turntables that gets them closer to beginning of reggae, right up to babies behind – a collection of over the crowd and helps to create a the modern dance-hall. I want 2,000 vinyl reggae records, fantastic vibe. to play some of the classics many of them rare, which he “I think it’s very important for from various periods of reggae,” had painstakingly collected over people to see the DJ with the he says. many years. He has now been proper vinyl records rather than Riccardo is also looking for re-united with them and he wasted just looking at a computer screen. other venues to DJ in all across no time in organizing an opportu- I can’t play reggae like that Phuket, so if you are interested nity to showcase them to a Phuket because you’re always looking at in having some unique tailor audience. the screen and never get to look made reggae beats at your bar, His vast collection runs the full at the crowd.” get in touch with him on 090- gamut of reggae styles, covering Riccardo is launching what he 951-2916. the 50-some years of continuous hopes will become a regular evolution that this unique Jamai- reggae night at the Vinyl Cafe DJ Unity Selekta will be spinning his can export has undergone. in Phuket Town on Saturday, decks through the history of Reggae “I like to play almost all the September 28. Cafe owner Yah, at the Vinyl Cafe on Saturday, styles from the very beginnings of prides herself on playing more September 28 from 8:30pm. Vinyl ska in the early 60s right up to the than just the standard pop music Cafe is located near the corner of modern dub that is coming at her venue and welcomed the Chao Fa East Road and Kwang Road out now,” says Riccardo. chance to let Riccardo hit the (the road that joins Choa Fa East and Having played sets in London, decks and play some rarely heard Chao Fa West Roads) near the Siam Miami, Barcelona and all over old-school reggae. Bank (purple bank) in the south of his native Italy, Riccardo has “The vinyl cafe likes to play Phuket Town. Look for the Real fine-tuned his DJing skills to a quality music, various styles of it, Sound Thailand sign on the front of DJ Unity Selekta, also known as Riccardo Palmitessa, will be taking patrons point where he can tailor his sets not just the commercial pop you the building. on a journey through the history of reggae at the Vinyl Cafe. A rare and brave switch DENNIS Lehane’s turf is rivals the Chicago Cubs, the housemaid Nora O’Shea, a waif who’d the Irish neighborhood when a delay on the line been rescued from hunger and cold by of South Boston, the finds him wandering into Captain Coughlan five years before. scene of his previous a meadow to join a black Danny has a love/hate relationship with crime novels Mystic American baseball team. Nora as he does with his father. Danny River and Gone, Baby, Gone. This year he The star hitter and base stealer is Luther admires him for his certainty that he was broadened his range with Live By Night, Laurence – one of the two heroes of the doing good. the tale of a Boston gangster, Joe Coughlan, novel. “The question remained as to what transplanted to Tampa, Florida, in the The other is the Boston policeman exactly the good was. It had something 1920s. But this was the offspring of a big- Danny Coughlan, older brother of the to do with loyalty and something to do with ger novel The Given Day (William Mor- future gangster Joe Coughlan who is a the primacy of a man’s honor. It was tied row, New York, 2008, 702pp) which baseball-obsessed schoolboy in 1918. up with duty . . . It was, purely of neces- marked Lehane’s first departure from the His father is Captain Thomas Coughlin, sity, conciliatory to the Brahmins on the confines of the crime novel. Irish immigrant and pillar of the Boston outside while remaining firmly anti- In this book, the crime writer has, as it Police Force. Protestant on the inside. It was anti-col- were, gone straight. The Given Day is an As a means of obtaining his detective’s ored, for it was taken as a given that the epic, sweeping historical novel about the gold shield, Danny Coughlan agrees to Irish, for all their struggles and all those state of America at the end of the infiltrate the various radical movements still to come, were Northern European and First World War. Babe Ruth is the most of the day who are waging war against undeniably white and the idea had never been prominent of historical characters who the capitalist system. to seat every race at the table, just to make populate this tale of the bloody conflict Ironically enough, he winds up taking sure that the last chair would be saved for between radicals and reactionaries as a leadership role in the nascent labor union a Hibernian before the door to the room the new decade of the 1920s dawns. for the Boston Police Force, almost exclu- was pulled shut.” as its characters join Babe Ruth on a train Making appearances are J Edgar Hoover sively Irish, with no Jewish or Italian An obtuse Boston Brahmin takes over ride from Boston to his new home with (known as John Hoover in those days), members, who are grossly overworked the police force after the Irish commis- the New York Yankees. “On the train to Calvin Coolidge, John Reed, Eugene O’Neill and underpaid. sioner dies of a heart attack. He preci- New York, everyone was drunk. Even the and US Attorney General A Mitchell Palmer, Luther Laurence, meanwhile, has taken pitates a strike by the new police union. porters. Twelve in the afternoon and who led the fight against the bomb- a job as houseman in the household of A devious governor, Calvin Coolidge, people were guzzling champagne and guz- throwing immigrant anarchists and com- Captain Coughlin. takes credit for putting down the citywide zling rye and a band played in the fourth munists of the day. He is on the run from a shootout with riots that follow. And the Coughlin family car, and the band was drunk. No one Framing the action is politically innocent black gangsters in Tulsa, Oklahoma, is in the middle, torn asunder by forces sat in their seats. Everyone hugged Babe Ruth. He is on a train with his team, having left behind his new wife and child. that run wildly out of control. and kissed and danced. Prohibition was the Boston Red Sox, and their World Series Now he finds himself working alongside But the novel ends on a note of hope now the law of the land.” September 21 - 27, 2013 PHUKET GAZETTE 37 Michael’s grand plan for Centara THE Phuket Gazette had the chance try and what keeps you going? attraction about working and to speak with Centara Grand’s new My passion for travelling came as living on the island? hotel manager, Michael Gaarde- part of growing up in a family of There is always something to do, Nielsen, who has worked on the expats. My grandparents were out- you have the beaches, the hills and island for three years – only recently side Denmark for a long period. My the city so it doesn’t really feel like joining the five-star hotel. The parents and sister were living in you are living on a island. Danish manager shared with us a Taiwan for couple of years while I little about himself, his ideas and was in college in Denmark, so my How often do you visit your the approach he has brought with urge for travel came early in life. I home country, what do you miss him to Centara Grand. believe the best jobs are in the hos- about it? pitality industry, where you have the I visit once or twice a year for What do you see as the chal- opportunity to see many parts of the Long-standing Centara employee Michael Gaarde-Neilsen brings a wealth two to three weeks at a time, I of experience to his new role at Centara Grand. Photo: Supplied lenges and what are your goals world and many different cultures. was most recently home in June, in your new role? at that time it is perfect to enjoy would like to focus on? back to a resort. It is always a In my previous job with Centara What is your motto? the bright summer evenings in Right now, just to make sure we pleasure to hear a guest recommend Kata, we were involved with a lot “To travel is to live” – a quote from Denmark. I really miss the Dan- maintain our service and standards our staff. of environmental projects, such as famous Danish writer HC Andersen. ish pastry Wienerbrod and a and that our guests return. More ISO 14001:2004 and Earthcheck traditional sandwich called objectives will become clear as I What is your approach to and hope I can continue to under- What are your hobbies? Smorrebrod. become familiar with the hotel, as managing staff? take such initiatives, as sustainability Trying to stay as active as I’ve only been here for one week! Leading by example. Basically is of great importance. possible with golf, football, squash Tell us a bit about your back- being there to support them, and tennis. The best way to keep ground and previous work. Does it differ from your listening to them if they have What was the university did stress free is by staying active. I’m originally from Denmark, but previous hotels? proposals for improvement, and you graduate from and what I’ve been working in London, Yes, as my previous Centara seeing if they can be implemented. qualification did you get? What is your favorite thing to Taiwan, Oman, Kota Kinabalu, the hotels in Kata and Karon were I obtained a Bachelor’s Degree in do/place to go in Phuket? Dead sea in Jordan, now Phuket. 4-star and Centara Grand 5-star, What is, to you, the most Hotel and Restaurant Manage- I love Phuket Town and explor- I’ve been here three years with so there are different guest important aspect for efficiency ment from Oxford Brookes Uni- ing the different restaurants. Un- the Centara branch, first at expectations to fulfill. within a hotel? versity in Oxford, UK in 2004, in fortunately many tourists miss Centara Karon then Centara Kata, Communication throughout the collaboration with Copenhagen out on Phuket Town, which is a and now I’m at Centara Grand. What is the key to a good hotel? hotel. Making sure people contact Hospitality College in Denmark. shame, since it has such an inter- Staff is one of the most important. each other, from staff to guest and esting history. What would you like to see Staff will always play the main role staff to staff. Making sure we un- What influenced you to forge a improved in Centara Grand? in hospitality and often are the derstand the needs of the guest and career in the hospitality indus- What, for you, is the biggest Are there any specific areas you reason why guests decide to come respond to them. – Phuket Gazette 38 PHUKET GAZETTE September 21 - 27, 2013 High on herbs: Intoxicating plants And if you take your gin with There are up to 6oo varieties tonic, then the slightly acerbic of quercus around the world, but taste derives from the bark of a three are especially important to tropical tree known as the the vintner or spirit maker. cinchona. If you want a sweeter, Q.robur, high in tannins which add NEXT time you stare at that eye- more personalized drink, you can pungency to wine, is also used for catching array of bottles behind steep your gin in blue-black sloe the casks that age cognac and a bar, think of all the plants that berries – a kind of wild plum – armagnac, while American white have given up their flavors and and sugar. oak (Q.alba) releases the same fragrances to make your flavor molecules tipple taste exactly how found in vanilla, you like it. peach, apricot and For a start, consider the cloves. Perfect for base ingredient, alcohol. slightly sweeter bour- Just about any plant can, bon. Japanese oak or with the help of yeast, be misunara contains transformed into molecules esters which add a of intoxicating ethyl alco- distinctive hint of co- hol. Think grapes, potatoes, conut to the whisky. sugarcane, barley, wheat, One other point is rice, apples, agaves and worth a mention. The then some. curved staves of oak But that is only the first barrels are subjected stage in the process. It to heat during the gets more interesting, as coopering process; the characteristic taste of this causes elements Mint makes a flavorful addition to many popular drinks a drink is created by the as well as a nice garnish. Photo: Kham Tran in the wood to cara- addition of leaves, fruit or melize: hence those seeds during the process of Of course we all know that the references in pretentious taste fermentation or distillation, grape (vitis vinifera), first used notes to “hints” of caramel, maybe just before the final bot- in Georgia 8,000 years ago, is the chocolate, butterscotch or toast. tling. Even then, the flavor basis for all the world’s great What has all this to do with Juniper berries, are what gives gin its distinctive flavor. Photo: Fungus Guy imparting process is not finished, wines, but the range is surprisingly Thailand’s flora? Sugarcane for as the barman adds a sprig of large. If we think cabernet one. Thailand is the fourth lead- borage or mint to your Pimms, a sauvignon, merlot, tempranillo or ing producer of sacharrum, a plant slice of lime to your gin and tonic, shiraz for most of the red brigade, responsible for much of the grenadine syrup to your agave- then there are more than a hun- world’s drinkable alcohol. And based tequila sunrise, an olive to dred other grape varietals, many grenadine syrup? An essential your dry martini or fruity extras peculiar to individual countries. ingredient in hundreds of cocktails to your cocktail. Maybe you Red wine, fermented with the from the Jack Rose to the didn’t realize you were surrounded skins still on to retain the color, aforementioned tequila sunrise, by a global botanical garden, contains beneficial anti-oxidants. this concoction is made from the but you are. But while you are congratulating juice of the pomegranate (punica Take “Mother’s Ruin” or gin yourself on your choice of tipple, granatum). As I look out from my for example – its ethyl alcohol, like remember that many alcoholic window, I can see my own taptim rum’s, generally comes from a drinks would be the poorer tree (the Thai word); one day its tropical source – sugar cane without that noble tree, the oak, seedy fruits will be pressed into (sacharrum officinale), but its quercus. Using barrels may have service as an ingredient in a aromatic taste is down to two begun as a way of storing sherry, cocktail. Exquisite. trees: the hard berries of a whisky or brandy, but people soon conifer, the juniper, and the rind discovered that contact with the If you have a question or a garden of a citrus. In fact, the white flavinoids in the wood that escape that you would like featured spirits’ name is a shortening of the in contact with alcohol, led to you can email me anytime at: Pomegranate is used to create grenadine, a dark red syrup used to flavor Dutch word for juniper, genever. wondrous results. [email protected] and color drinks. Photo: Anton Croos Tip of the week Dog of the week HI, MY name is Oreo and I am a Indoor plants again lucky dog as I was rescued from the dog meat trade in Thailand. I GET many enquiries about are understorey forest dwellers in Thank goodness I was plants that will tolerate life the wild; they do not take kindly to rescued from being skinned indoors. The short answer is the low humidity in most homes. alive and served up on some- that no house-bound plant will Oddly, one of the better indoor one’s dinner plate. I am about put up with incarceration with- performers is a desert plant, 2-3 years old and a very hand- out needing a recuperative spell yucca recurvifolia, a member of some male Thai/mixed breed. I outside in shade. “Two weeks the sun-loving agave family. It like to be top dog of the house in, one week out” is not a bad has large, bright green, strap- and get all the attention, so I rule of thumb. shaped leaves arranged as a would prefer to be adopted by a Conditions indoors are simply rosette. A vigorous grower, my family with no other pets. not natural. Few plants can potted outdoor specimens are a If you are interested in adopt- endure drafts such as are meter wide. ing me I would love to join your produced by air-conditioning, or One downside: the curved family. I make a great guard dog For additional information on adoption or see other dogs, contact: withstand permanently low leaves are serrated along their Clerodendrons struggle with who would love you forever. levels of light. Aglaonemas, edges, so be careful where you the low humidity levels in most I can be adopted into the [email protected] or visit clerodendrons and dieffenbachias position it indoors. homes. Photo: WLCutler USA, Canada, UK or Thailand. doggieheaven.net. September 21 - 27, 2013 PHUKET GAZETTE 39 BIS students fly high

Students recieve one-on-one training on the trapeze. Photos: Supplied

AT THE British International adventure activities. School, Phuket (BISP), students Students will have opportuni- are being exposed to a unique ties to develop their strength, class – quite possibly a world coordination and flexibility. first – as part of the school’s According to a National curricu- vision to provide world class lum draft document, the program experiences and opportunities in will encourage students to: its Physical Education and Sport “solve intellectual and physical programs. challenges while working as part The school has teamed up with of a team, building on trust Mid Air Circus Arts to allow and developing skills to solve students to undertake curricular problems either individually or AERIAL STUNTS: A BISP student attempts some trapeze acrobatics as part of the school’s new Cirque Ed program. and extracurricular lessons in the as a group”. just a short time on the trapeze “The muscle which defeats us is lum which will bring together flying trapeze. BISP prides itself on creativity and initial evidence shows that the brain”. It has been his enthu- aesthetic units and adventurous The trapeze enables students to and shaping a generation of lead- students perform significantly siasm and passion and that of his activities. face their fears in order to improve ers who are prepared to challenge better in cognitive tests follow- colleagues that has culminated in A further development would self esteem and self confidence, and and take risks. Head teacher, Neil ing this type of physical activity. the production of the school-based see criteria being established to dovetails neatly with the school’s Richards, is an advocate of the ini- The school would welcome program called “Cirque Ed”. implement in the Ed- excel GCSE philosophy which embraces “risk- tiative and was at the heart of the any further research into the Head of PE, Richard Stock- PE course through a local need taking” and encourages students to vision to expand the program cognitive benefits that the program ings and Athletics Director, Jeff model. Richard Stockings invites push themselves to their limits. within the school. Indeed, he was may bring and would be happy Lamantia share a vision for any school that has experience With this innovative partner- the first staff member to try the to work with any interested PE and Sport at BISP that is with a similar program or is inter- ship, the Physical Education trapeze and was completely en- university education department in centered upon providing world- ested to learn more about the Department is incorporating thused by the experience. this regard. class programs and innovative development of “Cirque Ed” to trapeze into curricular models Since its inception, many of the Founder of the Mid Air Circus opportunities for students. enter into a professional dialogue across key stages 1-4. school’s students have benefited Arts, Ben Martin, has established They have fully backed the pro- with the BISP staff. With the new PE curriculum from the thrill and focus that the a clear and structured develop- gram and are working with Mid imminent in 2014, trapeze is an trapeze offers. mental program, which builds Air Circus to explore its future This article was written by Richard area of activity which underpins Though limited, school-initiated on belief, timing and technique growth and development. Modules Stockings, Head of Physical much of the subject content research into this activity suggests before translating it into confi- are being planned to create Education at the British International in gymnastics and outdoor that the brain is stimulated after dence and strength. In his words: schemes of work in the curricu- School, Phuket. 40 PHUKET GAZETTE September 21 - 27, 2013 Sea Bees awarded

The 9th Thailand Tourism Awards recently were announced and Phuket’s Sea Bees Diving has been honored with an award for Outstanding SEPTEMBER 21 Performance:Tour Programmes. This award signifies 1792 France was declared a republic. “Quality and excellence in 1934 A large typhoon killed 3,036 people in Japan. tourism and hospitality 1937 JRR Tolkien’s The Hobbit was published. operations and demonstrates 1942 The B-29 Superfortress maiden flight. a readiness to support and 1964 Malta became independent from the United Kingdom. strengthen Thailand’s tourism 1991 Armenia was granted independence from Soviet Union. industry.” Holger Schwab, proud SEPTEMBER 22 owner and Managing Direc- tor, will collect the award in 1499 Switzerland became an independent state. Bangkok on September 27 at 1869 Richard Wagner’s opera Das Rheingold premiered. the awards ceremony. 1888 First issue of National Geographic Magazine was published. 1955 In the UK, the television channel ITV went live. Automobile 1908 Photo:Ford Motor Company For more information, contact 1980 Iraq invaded Iran. Simone All ne at Sea Bees Diving on marketing@ sea-bees.com or on +66 (0) 83 SEPTEMBER 23 596 0018. 1846 Discovery of Neptune. 1909 The Phantom of the Opera was first published. 1913 Roland Garros’ first flight across the Mediterranean. 1941 The first gas chamber experiments conducted at Auschwitz. 1999 Celebrate Bisexuality Day was first observed in the US. 2002 The first public version of Mozilla Firefox released.

Arena 1957 Photo:Mutari

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768 Charlemagne crowned the first King of the Franks. 1664 The Dutch Republic surrendered New Amsterdam to England. 1946 Cathay Pacific Airways was founded in Hong Kong. 1948 The Honda Motor Company was founded. 1957 Camp Nou, the largest stadium in Europe, was opened in Barcelona. 2007 Largest anti-government protests in Yangon, Burma in 20 years.

SEPTEMBER 25 Competition 2002 Know your Disney princesses: Ariel, Belle and Mulan. Photo: Loren Javier 1066 The end of the Viking invasions of England. 1955 The Royal Jordanian Air Force was founded. 1977 About 4,200 people took part in the first Chicago Marathon. Mulan – from the 2003 A magnitude 8.0 earthquake occured just offshore Hokkaido. 2008 China launched the spacecraft Shenzhou 7. heart for the heart SEPTEMBER 26 PIDA Dance Academy, a leading dancing institute originating 1580 Sir Francis Drake finished his circumnavigation of the Earth. in Australia, together with the Rotary Club of Sino Phuket, is 1934 Steamship RMS Queen Mary was launched. organizing a stage performance of “Mulan the Musical” to be 1950 United Nations troops recaptured Seoul from North Korean forces. delivered by Phuket’s Simon Star theater students on September 29. 2008 Yves Rossy flew a jet engine wing across the English Channel. In the past, PIDA Dance Academy organized stage performances of “Tarzan” and “Beauty and the Beast” and got Neptune 1846 Foto: NASA a very good response from the audience. This year, the academy got a chance to work with the Rotary Club of Sino Phuket. The performance will also see more singers with extra voices coming from Yamaha Thailand Music School (Phuket). SEPTEMBER 27 There will be more than 200 people working on the play. The income form the event will be donated to the Vachira 1590 Pope Urban VII died 13 days after being chosen as the Pope. Phuket Hospital’s Heart Center Fund which was established on 1777 Lancaster was the capital of the United States for one day. World Heart Day (September 29) in 2010.The collected funds 1821 Mexico gained independence from Spain. will be used to develop the facilities and provide necessary 1908 The first Ford Model T automobile was built equipment for patients with heart diseases. 1937 Balinese Tiger declared extinct. The organizers expect more than 1,200 spectators to attend 2005 Tom&Jerry aired its final episode for the first time. the event.

Mulan The Musical will be performed twice, at 12am and at 3pm. Chase 2005 Photo: momokacma September 21 - 27, 2013 PHUKET GAZETTE 41

VenturingVenturing intointo thethe unknownunknown

An image of Jupiter’s moon Europa captured by the Voyager 1. Photo: NASA

By Don Battles mer and contributed greatly to not know what it has accomplished, mission carried very many of the developments of let alone understand that the deep little political weight on NASA’s Voyager 1 spacecraft astronomical hardware. holes of space are not known nor the voters. Dr Von recently became the first human- In 1960, it was determined that understood. It took us 20 years to Braun [a former Nazi made object to venture beyond the many planets would be in a line at develop the Hubble Telescope and scientist who after the boundaries of our solar system and a point in the future and if we it has given us visions into another second World War, led into what is known as interstellar could do a fly-by, we cold capture part of the universe that we never the US rocket/space space, a part of space which our a lot of information from many dreamed of knowing. programs] fully be- own sun has little to no influence By the early sixties we needed lieved that we could get on. The 36-year-old probe is now high-lift capability to reach the outer to outer deep space and about 12 billion miles (19 billion fringes of outer planetary space. land on other planets. kilometers) from our sun. New and The Voyager work started in He was a great vision- unexpected data indicates Voyager 1972 and launched in 1977. People ary. When he was taken 1 has been travelling for about a year wanted to know what was beyond out of his job and given through plasma, or ionized gas, the solar system away from the a desk job in Washing- present in the space between stars. control of the sun. We never ton, it was the end of Aside from all the self-proclaimed dreamed that its [Voyager 1’s] these dreams. He died “trekkies” (someone who has an plutonium power supply and in 1976 in Washington obsession for Star Trek), also radio transmission equipment would DC. All of my other Voyager 1 spacecraft. Photo: NASA celebrating the news right here in last 36 years and is expected to last German Rocket friends Thailand, is former Phuket expat, to 2025. Now Voyager is some 19 I knew have died. Most of us old over our manned space business Don Battles, who spoke to the billion miles away from the sun. We Rocket Engineers don’t die, we to the private sector for earth Gazette via phone from his current Don Battles Photo: Private archive were just praying to get into deep just fade away. At 80, I have faded orbit and resupply of the Interna- home in Chiang Rai. Before his Thai outer space and after that anything away to a small farm in the foot tional Space Station. Elon Musk chapter commenced decades ago, different planets in the nearby would be a bonus. hills of Doi Hang in Chiang Rai, and his Space X was the first Don was a NASA engineer who [section of our] solar system that Besides the Apollo Project where which is not so bad. private company to build a new worked on the team responsible for we were familiar with. This we landed a total of 12 men on the As many know, I disagreed rocket and a maneuverable launching Voyager 1. The Gazette program was called “Grand Tour”. moon in 6 missions, I think that with the future of NASA and the resupply space craft from scratch. asked Don to comment about and Our launch vehicles then were the following missions were great Space Shuttle as I saw nothing He launched it from Cape reflect on this latest milestone and quite limited and some depended and gave us a lot of insight into the new to be learned from the Canaveral and represented the first this is what he had to say: on converting Intercontinental world that we have such a limited International Space Station and its private company to do this. He is “I started to work on a rocket Ballistic Missiles equipped with an knowledge of: the Hubble Tele- low earth orbit mission. I was now well into the development of launch team at Cape Canaveral upper stage to do deep space scope and the Mars Lander Rover. classified as a non believer a manned 7-person resupply ve- Florida in 1958 shortly after missions. This is how we put After working with the German and given the opportunity of hicle for the International Space graduating Aerospace Engineer- John Glen into earth’s orbit for Rocket Team for 17 years, we being fired or taking an early Station. Currently we are paying ing. As you might imagine, we the first time. We used an Atlas were well on our way with a retirement. I took the early the Russians US$70 million per were in a cold war and missile Rocket. These Ballistic Missiles manned mission to Mars using a retirement but miss the exciting man for our resupply. race with the Russians. We had were not designed for these mis- nuclear powered rocket. We work that we did. If the world were behind this to work night and day to accom- sions but we had to further would have landed on Mars in Starting with Nixon, future kind of the work, the human plish: Strategic Missile Parity; develop them and the rocket 1986 but the program was killed presidents thought more of war resources are available and the Communication Satellites and engines were reasonably depend- by the Nixon Government when than they did space. The Bush hardware and work could be Outer Space exploration. able. We had to modify them to they decided they could not keep boys set the record with dragging done by the private sector to The initial Pioneer Satellites meet our missions. the war in Vietnam and also go to us into three wars. They did keep an important mission for were the beginning, followed by Thank god we had scientists Mars. He needed to maintain the nothing to further outer space man to explore the planets and Voyager. I would like to note that then that wanted to explore outer war to get re-elected. The Mars exploration. We now have turned black holes.” I am not an astronomer but love space along with a government everything that I have ever learned that believed in what we were about it. My best friend in high doing and they funded the work. school, Lavonne Hales, tried to get I think that very few people me to study astronomy with him understand or appreciate the in college. I was more of a hard- importance of the Voyager mission ware and systems guy from my and how successful it has been. The previous experience in the USAF. work started long before many He went on to be a great astrono- people were born and they still do Voyager Planetary Space- craft according to NASA THE Titan III-E/Centaur, first launched in 1974, had an overall height of 48.8 meters (160 ft). Designed to use the best features of three proven rocket propulsion systems, this vehicle gave the US an extremely powerful and versatile rocket for launching large spacecraft on planetary missions. The Titan III-E/Centaur was the launch vehicle for two Viking spacecraft to Mars, and two Voyager spacecraft to Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune. It also launched two Helios spacecraft toward the Sun. All provided remarkable new information about our solar system.The Vikings and Voyagers produced spectacular color photographs of the planets they explored. The Titan III-E booster was a two-stage liquid-fueled rocket with two large solid-propellant rockets attached. At liftoff, the solid rockets provided 10.7 million newtons (2.4 million lbs) of thrust. The Centaur stage, still in use today, produces 133,440 new- tons (30,000 lbs) of thrust from two main engines, and burns for up to seven and one-half minutes. The Centaur can be restarted several times which allows for more flexibility in launch times. 42 PHUKET GAZETTE September 21 - 27, 2013

A village on the edge

By Nick Walker for non-Chinese visitors. tweet away in the boughs of vast centu- best-preserved ancestral halls. San Tin’s population hovers around just ries-old banyan trees, and in the bamboo The Man Lun Fung Ancestral Hall was IN THE bad old days of the Cold War and under three thousand, and the majority groves that flourish between old masonry. declared a historical building of notable Mao’s Cultural Revolution, this part of Hong of inhabitants here are still surnamed Man. And bullfrogs croak at dusk. merit by the Hong Kong government in Kong, San Tin, used to be called the While most of the New Territories – the The village truly belongs to an earlier, 1983, nearly 400 years after it was con- “Bamboo Curtain” – the 30-kilometer rural land between the sky-rises of the gentler, less consumerist age. Unlike most structed in honor of Man Lung-fung, an border, and a few kilometers either side, Kowloon peninsula and Shenzhen – has other Hong Kong communities, San Tin is 8th generation Man patriarch of great between what was a British Crown colony become increasingly urbanized as Hong not a 24-7 beast. She sleeps soundly from distinction. The building, a baked-brick and the People’s Republic of China. Kong’s suburbs encroach northwards, dusk to dawn, when the only sounds are structure, features exquisitely ornamented Just to the southwest of the Lo Wu San Tin remains quirkily undeveloped. the faint traffic noise carried on the breeze fascia boards depicting scenes from border-crossing between Hong Kong and Indeed, many parts of the town resemble from the mainland. Chinese folklore. mainland China – the second-busiest movie-sets for productions of the Hong The most unifying aspect of the village The “soul tablets” of ancestors are placed land-crossing in the world after San Diego’s Kong of the 1960s. is hereditary. The Man Clan cherishes its in the middle hall to honor deceased Mans San Ysidro into Mexico – lies a remarkable There’s not a single dwelling over five- past. And because many Mans stay here in the after-life. The hall remains in use in village that time seems to have forgotten. storeys, and large number of centuries-old, for evermore (or return on retirement), the the traditional manner, as a place for There are no ATMs or convenience stories uninhabited buildings are crumbling village is home to one of Hong Kong’s worship of ancestors and a focal point or glaring illuminated shop-signs here. And to the ground, especially in the heart of the in futuristic, fast-paced Hong Kong, San village. These give San Tin the appearance Tin is the largest of now just a handful of of a ghost-town when the sun arcs down villages that are unique in their total lack of into the nearby Mai Po marshes at the end modernity. of each day. San Tin literally means “new rice-pad- A still-intact protective wall constructed dies” – and was named by the first by villagers during the Yuan Dynasty of inhabitants, members of the Man clan the 14th century, can be found in the who arrived in this swampy corner of village’s center, though it takes some present-day Hong Kong, in the 14th Cen- effort – and often the assistance of an tury, from their homeland in China’s Jiangxi obliging Man – to find it. province, approximately 700 kilometers During the day in San Tin, there’s a to the north-east. gentle buzz in the streets. Old-timers play At that time, Kublai Khan and his hordes mah-jong in the open-fronted fan-cooled were rampaging through the Middle ground-floor rooms of Qing Dynasty Kingdom, and the Man Clan was one of shophouses. Young children make their many Han Chinese clans displaced by the own fun, playing tag, catching frogs, Mongolian invasion. fishing, playing cards, riding their bicycles Since then, San Tin has been the turf of and enjoying other non-digital joys long- this clan, one of the five major historical forgotten by the rest of Hong Kong’s youth. clans of Hong Kong, who are all descen- The village is a pocket of poverty in a dants of the 13th century scholar-general wealthy city, and very few people of work- Man Tin Cheung. More on him later. ing age can be found in this corner of Asia’s Today, San Tin – in places a shantytown – most economically dynamic city (as the city is a time-warp border-village with an long, has dubbed itself). There are simply no epic past and a precarious future. employment opportunities in San Tin or At night the skyscrapers of the China’s its environs, except for drivers for the Shenzhen City cast reflections in neon shuttle-buses to the nearby Lok Ma Chau colors on the duck ponds between San Tin checkpoint, and the village’s two cha chaan and the mainland. And yet 21st century China tengs (cheap, no-frills eateries). Most of seems eons away, as dragonflies San Tin’s denizens are poor, but commu- flit in elliptical circles above the greenery nity life is rich. and wetlands around the village, the kinetic Neighbors natter about the weather clatter of mah-jong playing reverberates instead of the Hang Seng index. Traditional through the the maze-like alleyways, and festivals are fulsomely enjoyed and feature feral dogs yip-yap in the distance. communal feasts prepared by the clan’s Since the 1980s – the blink of an eye in welfare organization. And residents watch the history of one of the world’s longest out for each other, and their children. continuous civilizations – Shenzhen has Mandarin has a much greater verbal mushroomed out of the paddy-fields north presence here than other parts of Asia’s of what is now simply called “the bound- premier Cantonese city. Indeed, San Tin is ary” by both the mainland and Hong Kong basically bilingual, and linguistically feels governments, and into a city with a bigger like an offshoot of Shenzhen, which is a population than Hong Kong itself. This 15-minute bus ride away. boundary however is still very much a The non-human sounds of San Tin are The Shenzhen River snaking between the high-rises of mainland border, and a rather expensive one to cross pleasing to the ear. Plovers and lapwings September 21 - 27, 2013 PHUKET GAZETTE 43

during cultural festival and ceremonies, In the post-war years, the Man clan of which there seems to be one every has spread overseas, principally to the other week. United Kingdom and the Netherlands, Nearby stands the Tai Fu Tai Scholar’s where westward-travelling Mans have House. Built in 1865 during the Qing opened and operated a large number of Dynasty, this was originally the residence Chinese restaurants. As such, the first of the bookish Man Chung-luen. question a rare Western visitor to the vil- Recently restored, this most impressive lage is asked is the quaintly odd: “Are you structure is one of the best-preserved Dutch or British?” examples of traditional scholar-gentry As timeless and restful as this unspoilt Qing architecture in greater China, and village feels today, a faster pace of life is features a beautifully decorated roofless rapidly approaching. Work has already started room that Chuen-luen on a mass-transit rail link retreated to in order to pen that will join Hong Kong’s poetry under the moonlight West Rail route to Shenzhen and the stars. by means of a spur-line with The most famous Man, three new stations. And one though, throughout the of these proposed stops clan’s long history re- will be San Tin. mains the scholar-general When this happens, Man Tin Cheung, one of nobody – in the village or the great heroes of the outside – will be able to Song Dynasty. And a me- keep the 21st century at bay. morial statue of the great And San Tin’s time-warp soldier – revered for his bubble will burst. A small business located in the maze of alleys in the center of San Tin village. strict moral righteousness Completion is expected – stands atop a hill just in the next three years. In rest. But how much will it lose, and who east of the village. Per- other words, the San Tin will record the loss? haps the second most of centuries gone-by now The Man Clan are set to see more How to get there: famous Man is Wen has a visit-by date. turbulence than at any time since the TAKE Hong Kong’s MTR subway Qimei, who was the Two duck-ponds south of the Currently it takes over 1960s, when Mao’s Red Guards bellowed to Yuen Long station, located in mother of Zedong (Wen is border. Photos: Nick Walker two hours to reach San Tin revolutionary slogans across the Shenzhen the northwest New Territories. the Mandarin form of the from downtown Hong River, and fear of an invasion by the From Yuen Long, take a taxi or a Cantonese surname Man). Kong, by means of two buses, to reach People’s Liberation Army was very real. red-top mini-bus (number 17) to San Life in San Tin has changed little over San Tin. But the new line will cut that time Today, however, the threat is emanating Tin yau gok, m’goi (San Tin Post the centuries – with one abrupt exception – by two thirds, and will likely wipe the from the south. Office, please). With the PO to your the dark days of the Pacific War. The village off the time-travellers’ map. Barely discernible in the mix of birdsong right, walk directly into the village. Japanese occupation of Hong Kong was The statue of Man Tin Cheung will and clattering mahjong tiles is the faint The Tai Fu Tai Scholar’s House will especially harsh here, with random killings then gaze down on a vista of a homogenized bass-heavy pounding of construction soon appear on your left. Hong Kong of villagers of all ages being a routine New Territories settlement with, like work from the direction of the encroach- Airlines and Dragonair fly direct occurrence. So many were slaughtered all the others, a vast anodyne shopping ing transportation link. It’s snaking Phuket to Hong Kong daily. that a mass grave had to be dug behind mall built adjacent to the station. San Tin north – and will surely gobble-up San Tin the ancestral hall. will get its own Golden Arches and all the like a tiny rodent.

China (right) and the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region. 44 PHUKET GAZETTE September 21 - 27, 2013 BrightBright futurefuture forfor solarsolar

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By David Arturo Teran dropped more than ity these systems – The incentive program, in its early phase 80%. Currently, this thanks again to known as ADDER, has drawn global de- WE modern Homo Sapiens are addicted to price has gone down reductions in manu- velopers such as SunEdison and Kyocera, energy. Energy is the main driver for de- to lower than $1 per facturing costs and 99% of this capacity addition comes from velopment and economic growth and for watt – a price that is technological ad- large-scale solar farms (with installed ca- over a century, we have been powering our competitive with the cost of traditionally vances – have an ever-increasing potential pacity that exceeds 1 MW). addiction with fossil fuels. As someone that generated energy in many areas around the to not merely pay for themselves, but to Currently there is positive news for solar comes from an oil producing country and world. Over the past five years, solar PV generate actual revenue. rooftop development in Thailand. After three having worked with different indigenous has averaged an annual growth rate of over years of a pause in support, the Thai govern- communities in the Ecuadorian Amazon that 50%. This drop in the price of PV produc- For developing countries ment reopened a feed-in tariff (FiT) program have been affected by oil production, I have tion and distribution has become a global for rooftop and ground-mounted solar power seen the decline of their livelihoods, envi- trend, resulting in great strides in the The European market that historically has investment in July, 2013. The government will ronmental resources, culture and the trig- technology’s availability for the general led global solar demand is slowing as support 200 MW of rooftop solar power gering of different types of diseases. population worldwide. regional market conditions become less through these policies. The FiT rates send a You don’t need to be a scientist or a PhD On a global scale, solar could provide attractive. The dependence for the demand strong signal to attract foreign investment as to realize that it has been a fiasco; we have about 30% of global total electricity by and production from European and North well as to inspire local start-ups to enter the caused irreparable damages to our environ- 2050, up from the 0.1% it provides now. American markets have faded due to the business of solar power installation. In the ment and have put our future generations One can imagine the repercussions this loss of incentive programs in many of these past, complex and lengthy permitting at grave risk. This is why I believe renew- could have on the way we as individuals countries coupled with economic processes have been a persistent barrier to able energy resources hold promises for the use energy. The fact that solar is becoming instability since 2008. the expansion of Thailand’s solar market. development toward a more sustainable a possibility for the average person to ac- Now, when we consider the continued To bring solar PV to the mainstream, obstruc- future, a future in which we can live in har- quire is a global economic game changer. development of incentive policies in devel- tive laws and regulation would have to be mony with pachamama (mother earth) and It is a stepping stone for individuals to be oping nations – along with the decreasing overcome. It remains to be seen if such strong countries with vast natural beauty, like Thai- able to be energy self-sufficient, not to system costs, it is clear the solar power in- incentives will result in a vibrant residential land do not have to become victims of our mention the positive effect this could have dustry will have increased importance and rooftop market. past mistakes. for climate change. Despite this positive priorities in countries like Thailand. Indeed, Solar PV (photo-voltaic) is currently the scenario, the solar PV market is still in a the growth in Thailand is in line with many renewable energy of choice for most coun- phase of growth but it’s safe to say that the industry reports predicting that emerging tries. Solar PV attracts more capital for PV industry has reached a point of matu- markets in Asia Pacific, Latin America, the private investment and public spending than rity and is now considered a viable and Middle-East, Africa and “emerging Europe” any other types of renewable energy. Ac- promising energy resource for the future. will help strengthen the solar industry in cording to a new report from Navigant According to a study by Chi-Jen Yang, 2013. According to IHS Solar Emerging Research, annual worldwide revenues from “Reconsidering Solar Grid Parity,” From Markets report, “up to 30 GW of PV will be solar PV installations will surpass US$134 2000 to 2010, global solar PV deployment added throughout various emerging markets billion by 2020. increased from 0.26 gigawatts (GW) to in the next four years, helping to stabilize an This is a result of different forms of 16.1 GW with an annual growth rate of industry that’s strengthening itself against the incentives to induce consumers to invest more than 40%. Government incentives for elimination of critical incentives in several in solar power. Developed countries have consumers and producers, coupled with European markets.” traditionally led the market (particularly technological innovations that significantly Thailand has been recognized as a poten- the EU countries, Japan and the US), but reduced manufacturing costs, are at least tial solar PV leader due to its strong since last year there has been an impor- in part responsible for the more widespread year-round solar radiation, and with Thai- tant shift toward developing countries that deployment and use that PV cells have land importing more than 60% of its fuel, David Arturo Ter n has a BA in International are now proving to be the future for the enjoyed in recent years. Studies have pre- the argument for renewable, domestically- Relations and Political Science with a development of the PV market. So what dicted an additional 438GW of solar PV to produced energy seems obvious. It was Minor in Environmental Law from the does this mean? be installed between 2013 and 2020, by among the first countries in Asia to intro- Universidad San Francisco de Quito. He is which time it is believed that solar PV would duce incentive policies for the generation of a graduate student in the Environment, For consumers be cost-competitive with retail electricity electricity from renewable energy sources, Development and Sustainability Program at prices, without subsidies, in a significant leading to rapid growth, particularly in solar Chulalongkorn University, where he also When the technology first became com- portion of the world. power. Due to the country’s abundant solar works as a Research Assistant with the mercially available in the 1970s, the total The initial investment in transitioning capacity and attractive solar feed-in tariffs Energy Research Institute. He can be cost to produce one watt of electric power from fossil fuels to solar power for a pri- offered between 2007-2010 and recently in contacted through 0849105232 or email: from a PV cell was close to $100. Since vate residence, for example, may still seem mid-2013. Thailand has most of the ingredi- [email protected] then, the price of solar PV panels has like a significant one to many, but in real- ents for solar power to play a major role. September 21 - 27, 2013 PHUKET GAZETTE 45 46 PHUKET GAZETTE September 21 - 27, 2013

Across: 8. Or point out the part (7) 9. Gosh, rank rearranged! New in Thai festival (9) 13. Cooked pea is brown color! (5) 14. Hold down a news medium (5) 15. Retained energy open, try anew (7) 16. Searcher for long time, right? (7) 17. Weight of stone in a cart traveling (5) 18. Tipsy Liberal I put out (3,2) 20. Gun disturbed, fire out of line (5) 22. Pirates may be not with a band (6) 23. Past one, caught back in, caught a meal outside (6) 25. The French sang out a recipe from Italy (7) 27. In this place involuntary movement of unbeliever (7) 30. Can a father make this country? (6) Down: of estate (11) 31. Fine angle change in the 1. Catch for each policeman (6) 26. Also as a name scattered all collar (6) 2. Liberal in strange squeeze (8) round Phuket! (7,3) 32. Quickly moving a large 3. Maybe soon cramps one in 28. It's closer maybe to covered number of vessels (5) similarities (11) walks (9) 35. Mails out to a religious 4. Pressed, man, against text (9) 29. Not sure which lane cur persuasion (5) 5. Concur with a welcome messed up (7) 36. Ruffle father badly (5) round (5,2) 30. About Sir turning up, is an 37. Note, primed about the 6. Ah, clean tie arranged by the emergency! (6) outer skin (7) hostess! (10) 32. Fine, correct, note new alarm (8) 39. Sort of perfume to 7. Goa's pudding? (4) 33. My, I let out at the right enrage (7) 10. Request to behave in a moment (6) 41. Indefinite area in treatise (5) provocative manner (3,3) 34. Crime not on, seen rotten (7) 42. House let back as 11. Copper merry about Roman 38. To obtain by force former establishment providing god (7) wife, a legally wrongful act (6) accommodation (5) 12. Short-sighted copy I'm editing (6) 40. Firm about South American 43. Cry, so case thrown out for 19. Listen out! Echo can be stimulant (4) accomplice (9) stretched (7) 44. Re. scare about ways of 21. Ann fell out with smooth talk (7) Cryptic crossword compiled by making a living (7) 24. Respectful, put off settlement Patong Bill. Solution on page 31.

LIBRA (Sept 24-Oct 23): focus on a heart to heart talk TAURUS (April 21-May 21): by misunderstandings this weekend The little things in life are clearing the air with another fire The stars indicate that – another water sign is particularly forecast to bring Librans sign. Your talents in the world of certain Taureans may likely to take your words the wrong most happiness during work are forecast to be in demand have to settle for being way. Romance is low key and those the last part of September. You as others fail to meet the mark. second best. If this relates to who are single are encouraged to have extra reason to be grateful Those who are single and shy can missing out on promotion in the consider what they are really for friendships. Another air sign find they have a lot in common world of work, you could soon looking for in a partner. is forecast to give good advice this with a water sign this weekend. be relieved that someone else has weekend and a water sign’s PISCES (Feb 20-Mar 20): the extra responsibility. Freelance LEO (July 24-Aug 22): generosity can be welcome to CAPRICORN (Dec 22-Jan 20): Meeting people outside projects are better starred, with This is an auspicious those with shaky finances. If your Your preference for their usual social circle focus on dreams of opportunities week to tackle issues birthday is due in the coming dealing with logic can is highlighted to make overseas becoming reality by the that have been causing week, romance should be steadier cause ripples in the world this a week to remember for those end of the year. Money matters you stress. The astral atmosphere in the year ahead. of work this week. The stars born under the sign of Pisces. improve as you get used to living is ready to support Leos who are advise Capricorns that thinking The cosmic climate encourages on a tighter budget. tired of living with financial SCORPIO (Oct 24-Nov 22): more creatively can open up you to be more outgoing, which worries. Those who have been Physical exercise takes interesting possibilities. An air will lead to some meaningful GEMINI (May 22-June 21): considering taking out a loan are on more importance for sign colleague’s ideas are not as encounters. Your enthusiasm to Many of those born advised to wait a while as the end Scorpios who are wild as they first appear and a fire try new places is appreciated by under the sign of Gemini of the month is forecast to bring inclined to be couch potatoes. The sign has the right experience to turn a romantic partner who is tired will be glad to have a good news. In the realm of stars suggest that this could be dreams into reality. Where romance of staying at home. Those who quiet few days this weekend. A romance, an earth sign partner has connected to a recent romantic is concerned, it would be wise to are single have more opportunity social whirl since the start of a practical approach to problems. interest – whatever the reason for remember that no-one is perfect. to change this status. September gives way to a quieter your newfound determination to period as this month draws to a VIRGO (Aug 23-Sept 23): get fitter, a healthier routine will AQUARIUS (Jan 21-Feb 19): ARIES (Mar 21-Apr 20): close. You may be able to influence Encouragement comes bring many benefits, including Major decisions should be Plans that were pushed a fire sign friend who has been from an unusual source sharper mental power. Affairs of postponed until the end of up into the air can take burning the candle at both ends, for those born under the the heart continue to be well September. The stars shape again, with Arians but tact is advisable. Finances are sign of Virgo this week. Those starred until the end of the month. show that influence from others who needed to take a break fortunate midweek. who have been struggling with Money matters are auspicious on can send Aquarians in the wrong seeing this happen. Those who work related matters should Monday and Tuesday. direction this week. This is an ideal have been trying to get a new CANCER (June 22-July 23): receive a boost from a water sign. time to gather more facts, with an business venture off the ground The stars advise If changes in your personal life SAGITTARIUS (Nov 23-Dec 21): earth sign predicted to give helpful are helped by an influential earth following up on delayed have been hard to accept, a fire The stars suggest that information this weekend. Those sign. Romance is hot this communication this week. sign’s words of wisdom will help downcast Sagittarians involved with a fire sign can be weekend as Cupid works on your There are hints that crossed wires you see light at the end of the should brighten up this faced with an awkward question behalf to encourage a relationship can cause problems, particularly tunnel. There are signs that week. Personal relationships this weekend. Love is luckiest on with another fire sign. Finances where work is concerned. On a unattached Virgoans will appreciate become easier to maintain, with Wednesday and Thursday. are most fortunate on Wednesday. social level, friendships are affected their single status more. September 21 - 27, 2013 PHUKET GAZETTE 47 Don’t like my style? I don’t care MAROUANE Fellaini joined Manchester United to win trophies, not friends, and will not be changing the abrasive style that made such an impression during his time at Everton. The fuzzy-haired Belgian midfielder, who joined United for 24 million pounds on the final day of the transfer window, gave his first news conference since joining on Friday and left no one in any doubt about what he will bring to the party. “I came here to win trophies. For me, it’s a dream to join the biggest club in the world,” Fellaini, who is in line to make his debut against Crystal Palace on Saturday, said. “I will prove myself on the pitch. Some people don’t like my qualities, but I don’t care. The manager, staff and players here know me. The manager gave me confidence (when he signed him at Everton). I didn’t know anyone, but he helped me.” Manchester United’s new signing Marouane Fellaini poses with a club shirt during a photocall at the club’s Old Trafford stadium in Fellaini was United’s only high-profile Manchester. Photo: Reuters/Phil Noble addition to the United squad that won the many reasons, including his size. But you had left it so late to sign Fellaini when he Wayne Rooney against Palace, especially title last season in former manager Alex can’t overlook his technical ability,” Moyes, had been linked with a move to Old Trafford with the Champions League starting in mid- Ferguson’s swansong. who signed him from Standard Liege, said. from the moment Moyes left Everton to week and the derby against Manchester City A strong, powerful player who is not “He is effective in different areas of the replace Ferguson. next weekend. afraid to mix it, he is not from the same field. If he keeps improving as he has done, “We didn’t want to give up on (Everton Rooney missed both of England’s World mould as the likes of Paul Scholes, but we could have a really top player on our defender) Leighton Baines so we kept the Cup qualifiers with a gashed head sustained manager David Moyes believes Fellaini will hands. Every time I watch Belgium, Felli is deals together and only split it (for Fellaini) in training ahead of the defeat by Liverpool have a big impact. the best player.” at the last minute,” Moyes said. and while the wound has healed, Moyes “Fellaini’s presence is very noticeable for Moyes was asked to explain why United Moyes is not sure whether to risk striker said there was a risk of it re-opening. Texans, Dolphins impress in week 2 By Somchai Huasaikul Viewing tips AFTER nine long months of hype and wait- ing, Phuket fans of American Football can For computer-savvy fans who want once again indulge themselves in the to enjoy all the action with minimum National Football League, heading into a distraction, downloadable torrent files third week of play this weekend. of every game are now available, with There are too many games and story lines all the time-outs and huddles removed. to cover comprehensively, so we’ll just look Be warned it’s like crack for NFL fans. at some of the trends that have emerged The 11+GB files, which must take a from the first two weeks of play and long time to edit and upload, typically provide some tips on how to enjoy the become available on torrent sites games here in Phuket. around midweek. The file for Week 1 is labeled NFL2013.W01.CG Parity prevails Feedback: [email protected] In the days leading up to opening week, the so-called experts took part in an annual orgy including several top-rated teams and a few of speculation and the release of so-called surprises, while eight other teams are “power rankings”. These are subjective, team- win-less and the remaining 16 are in “par- by-team rankings based on a variety of ity land”: 1-1. factors: personnel, coaching and management, Among the surprises at 2-0 are: the ease of schedule, performance last season, Houston Texans, who came back from a injuries and a host of other factors. These 24-7 deficit to beat San Diego Chargers on change from week-to-week in what may be the road in Week 1 and then pulled out one of the world’s most highly organized ex- another come-from-behind overtime win at ercises in establishing “conventional wisdom”. home against division rivals the Tennessee To my knowledge, most national soccer Titans in Week 2. leagues on the planet reward teams that play The Texans, who lost in the second well with championships or promotion to a round of the playoffs last year, play in the higher division, while those that do poorly AFC South, regarded by many as one of face “relegation”. Teams that do well also the weakest divisions in the NFL . As such, typically enjoy big fan-bases and can rake they are well positioned to make the play- in ever more money and buy up all the best offs again for a third straight year. players, thus ensuring further success in Despite some preseason buzz, another Baltimore Ravens QB and reigning Super Bowl MVP Joe Flacco was a topic of discussion in the future. surprise at 2-0 are the Miami Dolphins, who Week 2, when he took the field an hour after the birth of his second child. Photo: Keith Allison The opposite is the case in the NFL, also benefit by playing in a weak division: where a “salary cap” is in place and the the AFC East, which has been virtually A third surprise at 2-0 are the Kansas to another convincing 41-23 win in “Man- teams that perform the worst are, in fact, owned by arch-rivals the New England City Chiefs, who pounded the hapless ning Bowl III” against a New York Giants handsomely rewarded with the top picks in Patriots over the past decade. All that could Jacksonville Jaguars in Week 1 and then team led by his younger brother, two-time the next season’s draft as well as an easier change this year, however, because the clipped the Cowboys in Week 2. However, Super Bowl MVP Eli Manning. schedule. Dolphins are now not only 2-0, but got there they will have to fight it out in the AFC Over in the NFC, the Seattle Seahawks with consecutive road wins. The Patriots West with the high-flying Denver Broncos, will likely lead in many power rankings af- Flying starts are also 2-0, but only by squeaking out also 2-0 with a pair of very impressive ter crushing highly-rated division rivals, the After the first two weeks, eight of the narrow, unimpressive victories against the outings under star quarterback Peyton San Francisco 49ers. Chicago and New league’s 32 teams have emerged at 2-0, Jets and Bills. Manning. Last week Peyton led his team Orleans also remain among the undefeated. 48 PHUKET GAZETTE September 21 - 27, 2013 Ronaldo sparkles By Martyn Herman “Things couldn’t have started club began their first European better for us. Scoring six goals is venture without Alex Ferguson at CRISTIANO Ronaldo’s hat-trick really good and will give us a lot the helm since 1985. for Real Madrid illuminated an of confidence,” Ronaldo, who Ferguson, who twice steered opening night goals bonanza as the performed a stunning silky dribble United to Champions League leading contenders began the for his third goal in stoppage time, success, watched as Rooney’s Champions League group stage told reporters. double and goals from Robin Van with a bang on Tuesday. While Real, beginning their Persie and Antonio Valencia gave Thirty goals rained in around quest for a long-overdue 10th new boss David Moyes a pleas- Europe with Real trouncing European crown, issued a pow- ing, if sometimes anxious, first Galatasaray 6-1 in Istanbul, holders erful statement of intent, the taste of the group stage. Bayern Munich winning 3-0 at home strength of some of their rivals for “I said several months ago to CSKA Moscow and Manchester the silverware would not have Wayne Rooney could join the real United putting four past Bayer gone unnoticed by Ancelotti. greats with his goalscoring. He Leverkusen at Old Trafford. could have got a hat-trick tonight,” Paris St Germain fired a First goal Moyes said of the England striker warning that they will be a real Less than four months after whose double took him to 200 threat with a 4-1 victory away Arjen Robben’s last-minute goal goals for United. to Olympiakos Piraeus while secured the trophy for Bayern “Robin van Persie’s goal was Manchester City won 3-0 at Czech Munich, the Bundesliga giants also great. If we can get those two outsiders Viktoria Plzen. registered the first goal of this scoring, they can be formidable Ronaldo’s reign as the world’s season’s group stage after only for us.” most expensive footballer ended four minutes courtesy of David this month when Real paid Alaba’s powerful free kick. Better omens Tottenham Hotspur 100 million Robben was on target again along Striker Edinson Cavani justified euros ($133.49 million) for Gareth with Mario Mandzukic as Bayern’s Paris St Germain’s faith in sign- Bale but he underlined his role as new coach Pep Guardiola’s saw his ing him from Napoli with the chief conductor of Los Blancos side ease to victory. opening goal in their Group C vic- with a dazzling display. Guardiola, who twice conquered tory over Olympiakos in Greece, Bale, who is still building up his Europe during his glittering reign although he played second fiddle match fitness after missing most at Barcelona, said he was relieved to Italian midfielder Thiago Motta Real Madrid’s Cristiano Ronaldo smiles after scoring a goal against Galatasaray in Istanbul. Reuters/Osman Orsal of pre-season, had the honour of to start another Champions League who scored twice. becoming the world’s most costly journey without any stumbles. The Parisians could even afford Europe and goals from Edin winners Benfica enjoyed a 2-0 substitute until he joined the party “I’m very satisfied with the a late missed penalty by Zlatan Dzeko, Yaya Toure and Sergio victory over Anderlecht but not all in the second half, playing a part performance,” he said. “The Ibrahimovic. Aguero provided a launchpad for the European aristocrats had things in Ronaldo’s second goal. first game after winning the The omens look better for the challenges ahead, which in- their own way with Juventus Midfielder Isco began Real’s Champions League is never easy. Manchester City after the disap- clude facing Bayern. being held to a 1-1 draw in rout while their France forward Everyone always thinks it is, but pointment of group stage exits in “Winning away in the Champi- Denmark against FC Copenhagen. Karim Benzema scored twice in a it’s not.” the previous two seasons despite ons League is very important,” said Real Sociedad’s return to the satisfying evening for Real’s new Ronaldo’s former Manchester the hundreds of millions spent Pellgrini who took Malaga to the Champions League group stage coach Carlo Ancelotti who was United team mate Wayne Rooney assembling their squad. quarter-finals last season. “Those for the first time since 2003-04 treated to a feast of counter-at- scored twice in the English cham- Wily Chilean coach Manuel three points might be very impor- also went flat as Shakhtar Donetsk tacking football by his expensively pions’ 4-2 victory over Bayer Pelligrini was recruited with a mis- tant in getting to the next round.” returned from Spain with a 2-0 assembled side. Leverkusen as the Old Trafford sion to improve City’s form in Twice former European Cup victory in Group A. – Reuters Rooney hits 200, but has plenty left yet WAYNE Rooney scored twice against left out of key games last season under Alex him going further. performances like tonight.” Bayer Leverkusen on Tuesday to reach Ferguson, who also took to playing him in “I remember coming in and saying Moyes had long said Rooney was 200 Manchester United goals as he more of a midfield role as Robin van Persie you’ve got a real chance to be one of the training well and was in a good frame of enjoys a new lease of life under David took the goalscoring glory. all-time leading goalscorers at this club mind and slowly but surely he has been Moyes who thinks he can become one of Rooney is fourth on United’s all-time and I tell you what if he keeps playing proven right as the striker - deployed in his the club’s greatest predators. leading scorers’ list, behind Bobby like he did tonight he will get there,” more traditional role - has enjoyed a good The striker’s commitment to Old Charlton (249), Denis Law (237) and Jack Moyes told a news conference. start to the season. Trafford had been questioned and he was Rowley (211), and his manager can see Along with the rousing reception Having been United’s best player in last Rooney has been getting from the Old month’s 0-0 draw with Chelsea in the Trafford crowd, despite a turbulent few Premier League and having scored from a months, Moyes’ faith in him seems to free kick in Saturday’s 2-0 win over have lifted the England striker’s mood and Crystal Palace, Rooney took his perfor- his game. mance to a new level against Leverkusen. Ferguson had said in May that Rooney He volleyed in a 22nd-minute opener, wanted to leave the club, triggering a close netted the third with a right-footed shot season of speculation over his future and to bring up 200 for United and then passed an ultimately unsuccessful but very superbly to assist the fourth scored by public pursuit by Chelsea and Jose Antonio Valencia. Mourinho for his signature. His goals have come since he started As the rumours swirled, Rooney him- wearing a headband to protect his fore- self never spoke publicly on the matter and head after suffering a deep gash and, on Tuesday when asked about it he was whether that is a lucky charm or a mere still keen to avoid the issue of whether he coincidence, Rooney is delighted to have wanted to stay or go. reached another milestone. “Listen, I will concentrate on my “It’s something I’m very proud of, I’m football as I have done all summer,” he told pleased to score 200 goals for a club like ITV after a 4-2 victory over Leverkusen in Manchester United and hopefully there is their Champions League opener. “I got my more to come,” he said. head down in the summer, worked hard “I’m delighted to be back playing and and I’m concentrating on my football. scoring and this was a good result. The “The fans here have been fantastic with first game in the Champions League is me and the reception I get here is great. always important and thankfully we got Wayne Rooney (right) has notched up his 200th goal for Manchester United. Reuters/Phil Noble Hopefully I can reward them with goals and the victory.” – Reuters September 21 - 27, 2013 PHUKET GAZETTE 49

Patong Cricket Club Captain, Antony Van Blerk blocks a delivery from Ball (Youth). Photos: Michael Way Village sneak victory, Patong in finals IN THE final round of the Outrigger T20 With such a large target to chase, The winner of the afternoon match remains in second place ahead Patong who league, Laguna took on the Village in the Laguna needed to get off to a good start. would secure a place in the semi-finals secured third on net run rate, with Laguna morning session, while Patong faced the Openers Shoeib Mushtaq (22) and Manish so both teams had everything to play for. taking the other semi-final spot. Youth side in the afternoon session, on Sadarangani (62 not out) did just that start After winning the toss, the Youth side Next Sunday September 22 sees the Sunday, September 15 at the Alan Cooke until Mushtaq holed out with a skied ball decided to bat first looking to set a solid semi-finals take place in the Outrigger T20 Ground (ACG). with the score on 42 in the 7th over. The target. However, they got off to a less league with ICC taking on the Patong in In the first match, the Village team next over saw Laguna capitulate with three than perfect start losing 3 early wickets match 1, and the Village versus Laguna in batted first to set a solid total of 183-4 from golden ducks Damian Clowes run out, to be at 36-3 in the 7th over. Opener match 2. Play commences at 10:00 am. their 20 overs but were almost chased down Mudasir Rehman bowled, followed by Andrew McMillan (90 not out) anchored by Laguna in a thrilling match that went down Tassawar Ali trapped in front LBW off the the innings, batting all the way through, to the last ball. In the second match, the Youth bowling of Craig Murphy. With Laguna and was unlucky not to score the first side hit a competitive total of 151-6, thanks reeling at 46-4 in the 8th over, it looked like century of the T20 season. He was well largely to an excellent 90 not out by Andrew an impossible task with 12 runs an over supported by Pan, and together they put McMillan, but Patong secured the win, and a required to reach the target. on a 111 run partnership to guide their semi-final spot, with 152-4 in reply. Pir Sami (18) and Sadarangani got the side to 151-6 after 20 overs. In the morning match, the Village team innings back on track with a 54 run Patong got off to a great start with won the toss and elected to bat. They lost partnership before Sami fell with the score openers Imtiyaz Mushtaq (60) and Paddy captain Paul Stamp (7) in the fourth over on 100 in 14th over. When Stuart Reading Morton (30) setting a solid platform of with a great in-swinger from paceman Sohail (29) joined Sadarangani in the middle and hit 78 runs before the loss of their 1st wicket Rehman. However, fellow opener Roshan three successive boundaries, there looked shortly before the drinks break. Kevin Jayasuriya (54) and Simon Wetherell (45) to be a glimmer of hope. He and Sadarangani Bishop (4) supported Mushtaq as they then combined for an awesome display of put on a 54 run partnership from just 25 combined to take the score to 107-2 big-hitting churning out an 88 run partner- balls to take the score to 154 before Reading before Bishop was stumped early in the ship before Jayasuriya fell in the 13th over was bowled by Craig Patterson, leaving 30 14th over. With 45 runs required from 46 with the score on 101. The onslaught con- runs from the final 20 balls, to set up for a balls to win, Patong just needed to keep tinued when Martin Foster (43 not out) joined thrilling finish. Sohail Rehman (18 not out) cool heads and captain Anthony Van Blerk Wetherell for a 61 run partnership to take joined Sadarangani for the final assault (26 not out) did just that to guide Patong the score to 162 before Wetherell fell in the but Laguna finished just 4 runs short of home for the win in 17.3 overs. 17th over. By the end of their 20 overs, the the target with a total of 180-6 from their The standings after the final round sees Village had reached 183-4. 20 overs. the Village go through undefeated, while ICC Patong Captain Anthony Van Blerk strikes again

Amazing Thailand AM LP Championship 2013 at Loch Palm Golf Club. PLAYERS enjoyed a challeng- score of 70. In Flight A (HC 0- Flight C (HC 19-24) Surasit ing day of competition at Loch 12) honors went to Kenneth Kekinak (HC 20) prevailed Palm Golf Club on Saturday, Abday (HC 9) with a score of with score of 92. Finally, September 7. Tae Kon Park, 81. In Flight B (HC 13-18) the Flight D (HC 25-36) winner with a 0 HC (handicap), won winner was Yossakrit Tengrung Nithikorn Chandadaan (HC the Overall Low Gross with a (HC 14) with a score of 86. In 25) scored 98. 50 PHUKET GAZETTE September 21 - 27, 2013 Masters grow on court AUGUST and September have definitely been two busy months for many aspiring young tennis players in Phuket. There were about 100 junior tennis players who joined the Chang LTAT jun- ior championship Southern Zone #7 competition last weekend. In two weeks, the SUPERKIDZ tennis cup #3 event will commence, to feature more exciting com- petitions between talented players. All the players look to be raising the bar in order to win a trip to train with Thailand’s National Tennis Coach in Bangkok.

Upcoming event dates: •SUPERKIDZ Tennis Cup #3: Oct 6 •Yonex Junior Championship: Oct 12-13

The overall leading score juniors of SUPERKIDZ tennis: 1. Tinnapat Tientawach (21 points) 2. Lerdchai Ronnarong (18 points) 3. Thanrada Totarat (14 points) To participate in upcoming tournaments, send your inquires to [email protected] or apply at the club’s activities desk. Photos: Supplied Run for a good cause Changes in MAI Khao Marine Turtle Foundation, in con- Marathon while also aiming to encourage in junction with JW Marriott Phuket Resort & people a healthy lifestyle is a collaborative latitudes Spa and supporters, held the 9th Turtle Fun effort by the Mai Khao Marine Turtle Foun- Run and Mini Marathon 2013 on September dation and JW Marriott Phuket Resort & Spa 15, with more than 700 runners participating to raise funds and awareness of the conser- in the event at Pru Jeh San Lake, Mai Khao vation work done by the Phuket Marine Beach, Phuket. Biological Center and its The Injured Sea The event started in the early morning with Turtle Rehabilitation Program to rescue, re- “CHANGES In Latitudes/Changes In a keynote address from Phuket Governor, habilitate and release injured turtles, dolphins, Attitudes” is a song by Jimmy Buf- Maitri Inthusut and a welcome speech from whales and dugongs. fet. Perhaps you’ve heard it or JW Marriott Phuket Resort & Spas Acting Phukets sea turtles are facing multiple depending on your age and taste in General Manager Philip Spencer who is act- threats and their numbers have severely music, perhaps not. The interesting ing chairman of the Mai Khao Marine Turtle depleted in recent years. Commercial fishing thing about this song is the idea that Foundation and followed with the 3.5 km kills thousands of them every year. Many more the further south Mr Buffet travels, and 10.5 km races, along with the environ- die from eating or becoming trapped in plas- the more his mood improves! Many ment activities. tic debris littered in the ocean times, something as simple as differ- For both runs, trophies were awarded for ent surroundings can improve our 1st-5th place getters and cash prices of 800- For more information about the foundation, mood. But more often, simply de- 1,500 baht for 1st-3rd place getters (male and please contact Mai Khao Marine Turtle ciding that we are going to act differ- female category). The first 600 registered Foundation Coordinator, via email ently will bring us a positive change. runners received a running shirt and medal. [email protected] or call I tell people that when they are not The annual Turtle Fun Run and Mini +6689-733-8830. in the best spirits, they should have Victory for runners, victory for turtles fun or fake it. The power of positive thinking has been proven to be very effective at helping us change our mood and our actions. Unfortunately, Patience pays for two the power of negative thinking can cros- court side-T (Side-T is where the be just as destructive. If we are feel- service line meets the singles sideline). ing tired, and complaining to anyone With either of these targets, your goal is that will listen, then it shouldnt come to keep it away from the receiver’s part- as a surprise that we are going to look ner. As soon as your ball goes past the and act tired. When that happens, are MANY players try to win the point with net person, it is a great idea to move for- we training ourselves to be better or their first or second shot. Have a little bit wards to the net if you are not already to be tired? When this happens, we more patience and give yourself a plan moving in. Remember, in doubles your need to step back, change our lati- for the first two shots, don’t try to kill goal is to GTTN (Get To The Net!) tude, and start to act how we want either of those balls! If you are the receiver, you basically to feel. Put a smile on your face, If you are the server, of course have the exact same two targets. You give a genuine compliment to some- your first shot will be the serve; your should aim cross-court so that you take one around you and let the positive second shot will either be a volley, chip the server’s partner out of the point and power take over. Soon youll be in a or a ground-stroke. You should have move forwards if you can. Before the better state of mind and able to focus a definite plan for your second shot, serve comes to you, it is a good idea to on the tasks at hand! this is where most doubles breaks already have your target in mind. This week, see if there are times down and the play becomes random. The key point though is to mentally put Strategy is as impoartant as fitness when you are training yourself to be Be disciplined and strive for rhythm the leash on and try and not make an third ball as your opponents will have made a tired. If so, adjust your attitude and during the set and with your second error for the first two shots you hit. Hit the mistake by then. see if that doesn’t help change that shot. Let most of the points start the serve and make the 2nd shot cross-court, or Be patient, have a plan, make the first rut into a groove! same with the goal of you moving in hit the return and make your second shot two shots. The key is realizing they after you hit cross-court. cross-court. If you can make these two shots don’t have to be great shots, they just This tip was written by Thanyapura’s You have two valid targets on the and move in, you will have many opportuni- have to be in. Aquatics Head Coach, Randy Simon. second shot. You should either aim for ties at the net to put away the third shot. Also, To contact Thanyapura’s director of tennis Roger Email: [email protected] the deep cross-court corner or for the many times you won’t even have to hit the Cochrane Email: [email protected] September 21 - 27, 2013 PHUKET GAZETTE 51 Phuket tamed by Stallions Only six games left, relegation threat looms

By Steven Layne

ALLEGATIONS of fixed matches and crooked referees have become rampant in the Facebook fan club forums of several Thai football teams, including Phuket FC, as the Yamaha League One enters its final stretch of the 2013 season. Although no concrete ties have been made between match-fixing and the shooting earlier this month of controversial Thai referee, Thanom Barikut, there is no question of a con- nection in the eyes of many fans. “It’s no wonder Thai referee’s are getting shot, it’s 100 per cent clear this match was fixed,” wrote one fan in response to a video clip posted of the highlights between Rayong FC and Phuket FC. The match, both sides 28th of the 34-fixture season, was played out to a 1-0 scoreline on Saturday in Rayong, the winning result going to the home team thanks to a penalty kick that was granted after what many Phuket supporters deemed a questionable call. Netting the spot kick for Rayong was Chanatphon Sikkhamondol. Although Phuket had put the ball In two meetings with Phuket this season, lower-ranked Rayong earned past the goal line at least once in the four points. Above: Geoffrey Doumeng (right) defended by Rayong player. match, they were denied by the official’s checkered flag. team league, Rayong are in imme- season, as there will be 20 teams in Two red cards were given, one diate danger of being relegated to the first division next season. to Rayong’s Anukorn Sangram for the Division 2 regional leagues, and The Islanders return home for accumulating two yellow cards in the it’s clear that only wins will save their next match, this Saturday 43rd and 45th minutes, and likewise, them from relegation. against Trat FC – the White El- to Phuket’s Tongchai Kuenkhunthod However, motive and suspicion ephants. Kickoff will be at 6:30pm for yellow cards in the 26th and 55th alone do not equate to actual evi- at Surakul Stadium. minutes. dence. Win, lose or draw, Phuket look In the end, the result was deter- “Although it’s obvious and in ahead to their final fixture in Sep- mined by a spot kick – never easy to your face that these calls [against tember, away against Southern swallow for any team. Phuket] were bogus, we all know rivals, Krabi FC – the Andaman Fans of at least two more teams why Phuket will not appeal [as] Eagles. suspect Rayong of match fixing, nothing will come out of this,” read After that, the Islanders have with the second-to-bottom team also another comment. two more home matches – on recently beating the 3rd placed Port With 35 points, nine points October 6 and 26 vs Gulf Saraburi Lions and 10th placed Trat FC thanks ahead of 17th place, the final rel- and Rayong United – and two away to questionable calls, similar to those egation spot, 10th placed Phuket are matches, against PTT Rayong on made in their Phuket fixture. still not safe from relegation. Only October 19 and against Nakhon Dwindling in 17th place of the 18- two teams will be relegated this Ratchasima on November 2. Futsal league THE Thailand Futsal Premier nize the TFPL for the next five League (TFPL) is scheduled to years, from 2014 until 2018. kick off with a new season on In addition to the league, SMM January 25-26, 2014, to be orga- will also have the rights to orga- nized by Thai sports media nize the Thailand Futsal FA Cup company, Siam-Inter Multimedia during the same five year period. company (SMM). The TFPL 2014 season will The news was announced fol- most likely include 16 teams like lowing a recent meeting between before, but official confirmation the Football Association of Thai- has yet to be given as to which land (FAT) and SMM, held on teams will compete, as it September 12 at the Golden Tulip depends mostly on the finances hotel in Bangkok. (or lack thereof) of each team At the meeting, FAT, the gov- who has priority. erning body in Thailand for both Phuket United, who finished 5th 11-a-side outdoor soccer as well in their first ever year in the TFPL as 5-a-side indoor “footy”, or – the most recent 2012-2013 futsal, signed a contract with season – have not yet confirmed SMM, securing the exclusive whether or not they will send a rights for the company to orga- team. – Phuket Gazette 52 PHUKET GAZETTE September 21 - 27, 2013