Volume 14 Issue 36 News Desk - Tel: 076-236555September 8 - 14, 2007 Daily news at www.phuketgazette.net 25 Baht

The Gazette is published in association with OrBorJor to revamp Phaya Thai IN THIS ISSUE Hospital NEWS: OrBorTor elections set; Korean guides MOU. Pages 2 & 3 By Natcha Yuttaworawit

INSIDE STORY: Phuket Prison PHUKET CITY: The long aban- running out of space. doned Phyathai Hospital building Pages 4 & 5 is due a major makeover with the confirmation by press release AROUND THE SOUTH: Insur- that the Phuket Provincial Ad- gents go after top teachers. ministration Organization Page 8 (OrBorJor) last month com- AROUND THE ISLAND: Little pleted its 327-million-baht pur- rooster with a big heart. chase of the site from Thai As- Page 9 set Management Corporation. After surveying the hospi- PEOPLE: Corporate guru tal building and its facilities, lo- ditches material desires. Ten vendors’ shops were destroyed when a fire broke out along the beach road in Patong in the early cated on 14 rai of land, it was Pages 14 & 15 hours of September 3. announced that OrBorJor will NEW! GOOD VIBES: Music spend about one year making and band reviews from the improvements. Medical services Gazette guru, Matt Crook. are expected to begin in the sec- Page 18 ond half of 2008. Blaze devastates The private hospital will LIFESTYLE: un- accommodate about 200 beds leashes her jelly joy. and offer services similar to those Page 19 of other private hospitals, but at FIT FOR LIFE: You're only as reduced prices. The site of the old as you feel. Page 29 Patong shophouses hospital, on at Sri Sena Rd in Phuket City, has sat unused for SPORTS: Saphan Hin races; By Natcha Yuttaworawit caused a risk of electrocution until The fact that it seemed no- the past seven years. Kata surf contest; Darts; the power could be shut off. body was present when the fire The move comes in re- ACYC; Mini-Volleyball. PATONG: A shophouse fire It was still too early to as- started might make it difficult to sponse to Phuket’s ever-increas- Pages 34 & 35 along the beach road in Patong sess the total damage, said Col pin down the exact cause, he ing population, which officially PROPERTY: Gardening: Plants gutted 10 small vendors’ shops Grissak. Among the tourist-ori- added. stands at 324,891 people. How- drink too; Decor: Going green; before dawn September 3. It ented goods destroyed in the con- Col Grissak said he would ever, that figure is thought to be Property Watch: Seasonal was the third such blaze in 15 flagration were clothes, watches, also investigate the possibility of only about half the number of changes; Construction up- months. eyeglasses and other souvenirs, insurance fraud or other motives. Thais living and working in the date. Pages 36-39 No injuries were reported. he added. Police were awaiting re- province, according to a recent Kathu Police Superinten- Noting the similarity be- ports of assessed damages from estimate by the Ministry of Inte- PLUS dent Pol Col Grissak Songmoon- tween this blaze and two fires the shop owners, who were not rior. nark told the Gazette that the fire that broke out in June and No- identified, he added. Government hospitals in QUEER NEWS, TRASHING PHUKET broke out about 5 am inside a vember last year, Col Grissak Asked whether any pro- Phuket are struggling to cope 6; AROUND THE N ATION 7; ACROSS shophouse between the Holiday said police were collecting evi- gress had been made in the cases with the number of people requir- THE BAY 10; LETTER FROM LANTA Inn Resort and Soi Kebsab. dence to determine the cause and of the two blazes in 2006, Col ing treatment, in large part be- 13; HAPPENINGS 16; MOTORING Firefighters from Patong whether the fires are related. Grissak said investigators were cause the island’s tourist-oriented 17; AMBROSIA’S SECRETS 20; and Karon municipalities took While arson has yet to be still awaiting results from a po- private hospitals are too expen- LARGER THAN LIFE 21; TAKE A about 90 minutes to extinguish the ruled out, Col Grissak said it was lice forensics lab. sive for many islanders; BREAK 23 & 24; BOOKS, PHUKET blaze. more likely that low-quality elec- On June 14, 2006, four OrBorJor President Anchalee DIARY 25; EDITORIAL, LETTERS As with previous fires trical work was the cause of the shophouses on the corner of Vanich Tephabutra hopes that 26; TSOWNDINGS, HOROSCOPES along the beach road, firefighters’ fire. When setting up new busi- Thaweewong Rd and Soi Phyathai Hospital will bridge the 28; KHUN WOODY’S C OMPUTER efforts were hampered by dan- nesses, many people in Patong Phermpong Phattana 2, just south gap in the market by offering lo- 30; BUSINESS & MONEY 32 & 33; gling electric wires that limited tap into old transformers and pay of Banthai Beach Resort, were cals affordable, private health CLASSIFIEDS 40-51. their access to the flames and little regard to safety, he said. Continued on page 2 care. 2 PHUKET GAZETTE NEWS September 8 - 14, 2007

From page 1 Fire guts shophouses Rains fail to deter damaged by a fire that broke out about 2 am and took two hours to extinguish. ‘turtle’ lovers Five months later, at about 4 am on November 16, another PHUKET CITY: The incessant rain on August 29 did not fire broke out in a row of shops, stop Phuket City’s ethnic Chinese from turning out en masse to pay their respects to the dead on the first day also near the Holiday Inn Resort. of the annual “Por Tor” festival. The two-hour blaze destroyed The festival, officially opened by Phuket Governor eight vendors’ stalls and caused Niran Kalayanamit, saw hundreds lighting joss sticks and an estimated 10-million baht in offering cakes in the shapes of turtles, the Chinese damages before firefighters symbol of longevity, throughout the afternoon. could put it out. Stalls selling food, snacks and handicrafts were In all three cases, live elec- set up along the road, many with turtle cakes on display. trical wires hanging from power The turtle cakes are not for sale, though many are given poles between the shops and the away as a way to make merit. road caused problems for The festival was held between Suriyadej Circle and firefighters. The presence of so Jui Tui Shrine on Ranong Rd which had been closed to many dangling cables along the traffic. beach road has long been a The festival concluded on August 31 with a source of complaint from tourists ceremony at Bang Niow Shrine on Phuket Rd, just south and local shop-owners alike. of Ong Sim Phai Rd. Patong Municipality had re- quested that the cables be in- stalled underground as part of the Disabled Tourism Authority of ’s post-tsunami redevelopment plan OrBorTor elections for the area, but the request was man beaten denied. to death Half of Phuket’s set for October 7 KOH KAEW: Police are seek- population still ing two men wanted in connec- By Pathomporn Kaenkrachang Tor before elections can be held. councilors, 9,100 voters. tion with the murder of a disabled unregistered The MoI announced on In other election news re- man on Thepkrasattri Rd about August 22 that the three OrBor- leased by the PEC, 2008 will see 8:30 pm September 2. PHUKET: Phuket Governor PHUKET: The four-year terms Tor would be elevated to munici- a number of other elections for Phuket City Police Duty Niran Kalayanamit’s campaign to of eight tambon administration pality status effective on August other elected local bodies whose Officer Pol Lt Theeradet Jiraksa encourage people to register organizations (OrBorTor) in 30, K. Supap said. terms are set to expire during the identified the victim as Somchai themselves as citizens of the is- Phuket ended August 29, with The PEC is prepared for the year: Mingpijaan, 23, an employee of land resulted in some success this elections to replace them to be October 7 elections, which will Phuket Provincial Adminis- the Michelin tire store on the by- month, with Phuket’s official held on October 7, Phuket Elec- involve 62,227 registered voters tration Organization (OrBorJor): pass road. population increasing by 1,231 to tion Commission (PEC) Director casting ballots for 60 representa- term ends March 13, elections One eyewitness told police 324,891 people between July 21 Supap Akkam has told the Ga- tives, he added. must be held on or before April that four or five men were seen and August 20. zette. A breakdown of council 27. drinking beer at a small table op- Launched last year, the cam- Would-be representatives in size and number of eligible vot- Phuket City Municipality posite the Isuzu showroom. paign aims to increase the num- the eight constituencies will be ers was given as follows: (tessabaan nakhon Phuket): Police were unsure whether ber of Thais whose names appear given from September 4 to 8 to Chalong OrBorTor: 10 term ends April 4, elections must K. Somchai was among them. on household registration forms. register their candidacies with the councilors, 12,769 registered vot- be held on or before May 18. An argument later broke Muang District saw the big- Phuket Election Commission ers; Karon Municipality (tessa- out and two men left the group gest leap with a net increase of (PEC). Cherng Talay OrBorTor: 6 baan tambon Karon): term ends on a motorbike. They returned 811 registrations, including 109 Polling in three other Or- councilors, 7,500 voters; May 1, elections must be held on later and hurled a beer bottle at births against just 43 deaths. Net BorTor whose terms also ended Kamala OrBorTor: 6 coun- or before June 15. K. Somchai, then set upon him, increases were also recorded in yesterday – Rawai, Rassada and cilors, 3,647 voters; Patong Municipality (tessa- beating him with heavy objects, Thalang (268) and Kathu (152) Wichit – will be postponed, prob- Koh Kaew OrBorTor: 7 baan muang Patong): term ends the witness told police. over the reporting period. ably until the end of October, K. councilors, 6,535 voters; June 19, elections must be held K. Somchai, who had the Gov Niran recently told the Supap said. Mai Khao OrBorTor: 7 on or before August 3. use of only one leg, was unable Gazette that statistics revealed The Ministry of Interior councilors, 9,100 voters; Kathu Municipality (tessa- to flee, Lt Theeradet said. that the number of unregistered (MoI), which has elevated all Sakoo OrBorTor: 5 council- baan tambon Kathu): term ends Police arrived about 20 min- residents living in Phuket is three OrBorTor to tessabaan ors, 3,500 voters; July 17, elections must be held on utes to find K. Somchai alive but around 323,600 – that about half tambon (municipality) status, Srisoonthorn OrBorTor: 8 or before August 31. unconscious amid scattered beer the Thais living in Phuket are reg- needs more time do redraw con- councilors, 10,076 voters; Pa Khlok OrBorTor: term bottles. His head was bleeding istered in other provinces. stituency maps for those OrBor- Thepkrasattri OrBorTor: 11 ends July 24, elections must be and he had bruised arms. He was held on or before September 7. rushed to Vachira Phuket Hospi- The PEC will be respon- tal, but died on the way. sible for organizing polling in Police still do not know the Phuket for the national general exact cause of death or what trig- election, set for December 23 this gered the beating. year. – Sompratch Saowakhon September 8 - 14, 2007 NEWS PHUKET GAZETTE 3 Agreement reached over Israeli man drowns as illegal Korean guides another boat sinks By Semacote Suganya By Sangkhae Leelanapaporn and four crew members into the sea. PHUKET: Phuket Governor PHI PHI ISLANDS: An Israeli Israeli Nissim Lugasi, 26, Niran Kalayanamit, representa- tourist died September 4 when a drowned when he became tives of the Tourism Authority of boat sank off Maya Bay after be- trapped under the boat. Thailand (TAT) Southern Region coming overwhelmed by stormy Several nearby boats came 4 office and representatives of conditions. to render assistance to the sea- Korean tour operators on Sep- The boat was returning to stranded victims and transported tember 4 agreed on the conditions Koh Phi Phi Don from a diving them back to Koh Phi Phi Don. to be included in a Memorandum trip, said Suriya Kitimonthon, Another Israeli man, Adam of Understanding (MOU) that chief of Krabi Marine Office. Berbichevsky, 23, suffered deep will ensure that Korean tour op- Fifty-five tourists were out lacerations to his legs from the erators hire Thai guides. diving when Suriyan Sroyson, dive boat’s propeller. He was Signatures to the MOU will captain and owner of the Jor taken to Phi Phi Hospital. be Governor Niran, TAT South- Kingfisher, noticed dark clouds Adverse weather condi- ern Region 4 office Director beginning to form and called the tions delayed his transfer by Suwalai Pinprabap, Kim Tae divers back to the boat, said K. speedboat to Phuket Woen, Phuket Tourist Associa- Suriya explained. However, he eventually ar- tion President Maitree Narukat- During the journey back to rived at Phuket Hospi- pichai, Ton Sai Bay, a heavy storm set tal at 3 pm. Promchote Traivate of the in and the boat was bombarded Mr Berbichevsky is recov- Phuket Office of Sports and Rec- South Korean Ambassador Han Tae-Kyu (left) and Phuket Governor with large waves and began tak- ering at Bangkok Phuket Hospi- reation Development, Phuket Niran Kalayanamit amicably discuss the problem of Koreans working ing on water, he said. tal while the other tourists have Professional Guide Association illegally as tour guides in Phuket. About 11 am the boat cap- returned to their hotels on Koh President Panompol Thumma- sized, forcing all 55 passengers Phi Phi Don. chartaiyom and Chairman of guides who do not pass the lan- identify them as official Korean- Phuket Chamber of Commerce guage test or have the appropri- speaking guides. Pamuke Atchariyachai. ate qualifications. To be issued the license, It was agreed to sign the 4. Korean tour operators Thai guides must pass a panel TAT roadshow targets MOU on September 19. will allow provincial officers to interview comprising four native Kim Tae Woen, Chairman check whether Thai guides work- Korean speakers: two appointed of the Korean Association in ing for the operators are doing the by the Korean Association in Indian MICE travelers Phuket and the Korean Consul in work of guides and to appropri- Phuket and two appointed by the PHUKET: Representatives of dian tourists came to Thailand, up Phuket, in his role as representa- ate standards. Korean tour opera- Thai Guide Association. the Tourism Authority of Thailand 22% from the previous year. Be- tive of the 54 Korean tour opera- tors also agree to develop their Rapeepat Na Nakorn said (TAT) Southern Region 4 Office tween January and April this year tors in Phuket, today verbally Thai guides’ Korean-language that the provincial government set off on September 1 for the there was a further 11% increase agreed to the following conditions: skills through internal and exter- will pick up the 50,000-baht tab subcontinent for a nine-day in the number of Indian tourists 1. Korean tour operators nal training. for organizing the Korean-lan- “Amazing Thailand Roadshow to arriving in Bangkok by plane com- will hire Thai guides within 15 5. Thai guides must pass the guage tests, which will be held at 2007”, with stops in New pared with the same period last days of them passing the Ko- Korean-language test every three Phuket Community College at Delhi, Mumbai and Bangalore. year, she added. rean-language test (set by the months to maintain their employ- Saphan Hin from September 28 The road show, with fund- Some 4,300 Indian tourists provincial government); with stan- ment with Korean tour operators. to 30. Applications will be ac- ing by the Phuket Provincial Ad- visited Phuket in 2005, with the dard remuneration and work con- 6. Korean tour operators cepted September 10 to 21. ministration Organization (Or- figure almost tripling to 12,685 in ditions and employing them to agree to improve the quality of The revised conditions fol- BorJor), was to promote Phuket 2006, she revealed. conduct “Full Tour” work as per their tours through delivery of lows the August 30 meeting of tourism and facilities to Indian Arrival figures for the first TAT standard. useful cultural information to the Korean Ambassador Han Tae- travel agencies, the Indian press half of 2007 recorded over 15,700 2. Thai guides already tourist and to promote the good Kyu with Gov Niran. and the public to boost the num- Indian visitors, she added. working for Korean tour opera- image of the province. Ambassador Han said that ber of Indian tourists visiting The most popular time for tors must sit the Korean language In addition, it was agreed most Korean tour operators in Phuket. Indian tourists to visit Thailand is test. that the Thai guides who are quali- Phuket would like to save the Suwalai Pinpradab, director between May and June, when 3. Korean tour operators fied to work Korean tours be is- expense of hiring Korean guides, of the TAT Southern Region 4 schools in India are closed for va- have the right not to hire Thai sued “silver” guide licenses to but that the local guides simply Office, said that India is the big- cation. lacked the language skills to keep gest tourism market in Southeast A second influx occurs late- Chalong fire claims five motorbikes Korean tourists informed and Asia, with enormous spending October to early-November, entertained. power. The number of Indian when many Indians celebrate the CHALONG: A fire at Chalong sleeping inside when the fire broke “We want to have Thai tourists visiting Phuket has been Hindu New Year Diwali, which Circle before dawn on August 30 out. guides, but they must be able to gradually increasing. falls on November 9 this year, K. reduced five motorcycles to It took bystanders about 10 do the job properly,” he said. In 2006, some 430,000 In- Suwalai said. charred frames. minutes to put out the fire, which The fire, reported to police was fueled by the petrol from about 4:30 am, quickly engulfed burning gas tanks, he said. five motorbikes parked side-by- The owners of the bikes told side in front of the “Ha Yak Mo- police that they had no enemies bile” mobile phone shop, opposite and could not suggest any reason the Bank of Ayudhya Chalong why their vehicles may have been Branch. deliberately set alight. Pol Capt Parichat Jatu- The value of the bikes was ronphan of the Chalong Police not more than 200,000, as they told the Gazette that three of the were all secondhand, Capt Pari- bikes belonged to staff at the chat said. The cause of the fire is mobile phone shop who were still being investigated, he added. 4 PHUKET GAZETTE INSIDE STORY September 8 - 14, 2007

ast year Phuket Provin- cial Prison held 969 pris- oners, on average. Al- Lthough the prison was built to accommodate up to 750 inmates, this year the average Cramped conditions number is up to 1,075. Of these, about 10% are women. Of the total inmate popula- ocated on just six rai on Damrong Rd in Phuket tion, 593 are being held on City, Phuket Provincial Prison is home to 1,064 charges relating to drugs, 215 for L offenses against property, 88 for inmates – about 300 more than its capacity. offenses against life, 41 for sex- Eighty prison staff currently have their work related offenses and 50 for a va- cut out for them taking care of the surplus inmates riety of other crimes. These figures include “tem- as well as keeping the 105-year-old facility in or- porary” inmates such as Bur- der. mese prisoners, almost all of whom are being detained on im- With little realistic hope of the number of in- migration-related offenses. They mates decreasing, Prison Director Paisal Suwan- typically stay in the prison for raksa looks forward to the grave prospect of wel- about one month, during which time they are kept in separate liv- coming even more inmates to his already-cramped ing quarters from the rest of the prison. population. After their release they are usually deported to Semacote Suganya and Sompratch Sao- Burma, explained Prison Direc- wakhon investigate. tor Paisal Suwanraksa. By law, Phuket Prison can- not refuse to accommodate a person who has been sentenced to a jail term, no matter how crowded it may be, he explained. So far, life at the prison is maintaining its rhythm. “All pris- oners are woken at 6 am, bathe FRUSTRATED: As the number of inmates under his control continues at 8 am and then have breakfast. to rise, Phuket Prison Director Paisal Suwanraksa admits he is feeling For the rest of the day, they take the strain. part in activities, such as the pris- oner-training programs. They all delays in the time needed to check loads, fearing that they may cause have enough time to go to the toi- the prisoners for diseases. It now the staff family problems because let and eat before returning to takes a few days, whereas be- they spend so much time away their cells by 6 pm every day,” fore it would take only one,” K. from home. K. Paisal explained. SILENT SIGN: The little-known sign on Thepkrasattri Rd that leads Paisal said. However, maintained this to the Baan Bang Jo detention center in Thalang. Compounding the over- IMPROVEMENT routine with so many inmates re- uling. All 1,000-plus prisoners scheduled. Prisoners sleep in crowding problem are limitations quires extra-long work hours by must use the toilets between 3 am separate, “open” dormitories. The placed on the number of employ- Despite the lack of space at guards and other staff – along and 6 am. Currently there are 70 sleeping quarters were originally ees and other budget constraints. Phuket Prison, there are some with some help from inmates toilets without doors for males designed for five inmates per “Due to the surplus prison popu- positive aspects to inmates’ lives. themselves. and 10 toilets with doors for fe- “sleeping space”. But the same lation, one officer is responsible One of the ways the prison is set “Due to the limitations on males. area is now occupied by the 12 for about 15 prisoners, so you can up to help inmates is through staffing numbers, some of the To help relieve the inevi- prisoners a night. “It is crowded,” imagine how overworked every- skills-training programs. better-behaved senior prisoners table congestion, K. Paisal said K. Paisal said. body is,” he added. “The prison policy is to im- are used to help control the in- he already has budget approval Despite the high number of All 28 prison guards and K. prove the prisoners’ vocational creasing numbers by supervising to install 20 more toilets for men. inmates, K. Paisal says that health Paisal must live within the con- skills. We teach them crafts and the newer prisoners and maintain- Only so much can be issue is not yet a major concern. fines of the prison. All guards skills, such as making rattan fur- ing order,” said K. Paisal. achieved by scheduling tactics, This is in large part due to the fact must work seven days a week, niture, and sell items at the an- Another tactic used to deal however. For example, sleeping that each prisoner must pass a he added. nual prison exhibition held at with the limited facilities is sched- arrangements cannot be re- health examination by a Phuket Furthermore, all guards Saphan Hin. Provincial Health Office doctor must work the day shift from 8 “Half of the profits are kept before being admitted to general am to 4.30 pm, then work night for the prisoners for when they population. shifts on an alternating basis. are released. This way, when they However, the rate of new The extra pay for the longer leave the prison, they have both arrivals is starting to have an ef- hours is little reward. Working any skills and some money behind fect. “At the moment, there are of the other three shifts – 4.30 them to help them integrate back pm to midnight; midnight to 3 am; into the outside world,” said K. and 3 am to 8 am – earns an ex- Paisal. tra 300 baht a day Monday to At the prison’s Product Ex- Friday and an extra 420 baht on hibition at Saphan Hin, held June Saturdays and Sundays. 28 to July 7 this year, a total of K. Paisal said he was con- eight million baht was raised, said cerned about excessive work- K. Paisal. The fair included stalls September 8 - 14, 2007 INSIDE STORY PHUKET GAZETTE 5 torment island inmates In stark contrast to Phuket Prison is the Thai Department of Corrections second facility on the island. Superiors agreed to build the Bang Jo Detention Center on 104 rai in Tambon Srisoonthorn, Thalang. Despite being on such a generous tract of land, the cen- ter comprises just two buildings: one for prisoners and one for staff. Opened three years ago, the facility is home to just 46 “low- risk” prisoners serving out their final months of incarceration. During these final months they are exposed to daily life out- side prison walls to ease their re- integration into society. The site is also used to train prisoners in farming and agricul- tural techniques. Plans to build a new, full- security prison at the Bang Jo site, however, have continued to hit stumbling blocks as the Thai De- partment of Correction refuses to grant the 400 million baht needed for its construction. First requested three years ago, the Department of Correc- tion has for three years running cited its numerous priorities around Thailand in turning down the request. A lot of red tape must be cut before the budget will be ap- proved, K. Paisal conceded. “At the moment we are NO ESCAPE: More than 1,000 criminals are detained at Phuket Provincial Prison, well beyond its capacity of 750. A budget request of 400 waiting for a budget to build the million baht to relocate Phuket Provincial Prison has been turned down for three consecutive years by the Thai Department of Corrections. new prison, but we cannot wait forever. organized by prisons from all 14 and training in skills such as air- ers in come with help from the people. They will then be the “I understand that the com- Southern provinces. conditioner maintenance and private sectors, including voca- people that society wants them mittee of the Department of Cor- Other initiatives set up by computer repair. These programs tional colleges. We want to edu- to be and they will be welcomed rection receives many requests the prison to relieve some of the are coordinated by local educa- cate the prisoners. They are here when they are released,” added for money, but I want people to burden of the difficult conditions tion institutions, such as Phuket because they made mistakes. K. Paisal. understand our problem down include inviting monks in to teach Vocational College, whose teach- We have to give them a second Perhaps not surprisingly for here. moral training, English-language ers come to the prison to conduct chance. The monks come here Phuket, the most popular course “We cannot refuse to take lessons, barber or beauty salon the courses, said K. Paisal. to try and change prisoners’ atti- among inmates is “English for prisoners, but we are simply run- training (low-risk prisoners only), “The skills we train prison- tudes and teach them to be good tourism”. ning out of space.” 6 PHUKET GAZETTE September 8 - 14, 2007 Q u eer News

Women, animals and plants can rest easier in Nakhon Sri Thammarat now that the province’s most notorious serial rapist is behind bars. FETID ATTRACTION: This mountain of earth and TRASHING construction materials on the side of Soi Nakok, off Chao Fa West Rd in Chalong, is evolving into part of the local topography and growing by the day. Phuket Cops collar This is a lane off the main road that leads up into the hills, where at least three large luxury properties are currently under construction. Coachloads of tourists are driven past this unique scenery on the way to their luxury residence in what banana tree rapist is for many their first glimpse of the island’s exotic scenery. NAKHON SRI THAMMARAT: his previous successful escape – “Banana Tree Aek” – feared when officers were left holding rapist of women, domestic ani- his shirt and trousers while he US Consular Services to visit Phuket mals and fruit trees – was finally raced off to freedom in just his PHUKET: The Consular Section Applicants are asked to Social Security: Regarding taken into custody by police Au- underwear. of the American Embassy in bring the exact amount for all translations for the Social Secu- gust 27. His excuse for his ani- This time Aek was not so Bangkok will hold an outreach services for which there is a rity Administration (SSA), that mal raping antics was, according lucky. He was tackled in a ditch visit to Phuket on Friday, Septem- charge. agency now needs only a photo- to police, “everybody does it”. by a police officer. ber 14, in the Coconut Grove NOTE: Until further notice, copy of a Thai and an English Aekarat Dapngen, 23, was Back in the hut, officers Room of the Hilton Phuket the Consular Section will no translation stamped by the Con- wanted for the rape of several found a tin of uncooked rice, Arcadia Resort & Spa in Karon longer able to complete process- sular Section office. women and animals in Nakhon some glue and a large knife. Writ- from 8 am to 12 pm. ing of extra visa pages during These documents no longer Sri Thammarat City’s Ton Wah ten on the floor in correction fluid The following consular ser- outreach trips. need to be ratified by the Thai community, where he had been were descriptive accounts about vices will be available: Applications will be ac- Ministry of Foreign Affairs as this the subject of a month-long man- what was apparently Aek’s ob- - Passport renewal applica- cepted, but passports must be will be done by the SSA office in hunt by police and a local vigi- ject of desire at the time: cows. tions (US$67 or 2,546 baht for brought back to Bangkok for fi- Baltimore. lante squad. The last victim of the The compositions consisted adult passports; US$82 or 3,116 nal processing. Passports will Absentee ballots: Online sword-wielding glue addict was of sentences such as nong wua baht for a child’s passport); then have to be picked up in per- versions of the Federal Post Card reported in July, when he raped na rak jang (younger sister cow - Notarial Services and Cer- son, or by a friend upon presen- Application and Federal Write-In the mother of a newborn baby. how cute you are) and nong wua tified Copies (US$30 or 1,140 tation of a letter of authorization Absentee Ballot can now be Aek’s reign of terror ended khon suay (younger sister cow baht); signed by the applicant. saved once completed. at 4 pm August 27, when offic- you are a beauty). - Absentee ballot application Additionally, Consular Re- Visitors to the Federal Vot- ers led by Pol Lt Col Chawasil On hearing of Aek’s arrest, and voting abroad information; ports of Birth cannot be pro- ing Assistance Program (FVAP) Bunpradit, Deputy Superinten- local villagers rushed out to get - Social security, VA or other cessed during consular outreach website www.fvap.gov are now dent of Investigation at Nakhon a glimpse of the madman who federal benefits questions will be trips. able to save their completed Sri Thammarat Provincial Police had been terrorizing their com- limited, but consular staff will try In other news of interest to Online Federal Post Card Appli- Command, sneaked through munity. to provide forms and answers; US citizens: cation (OFPCA) and Online Fed- woods to launch a surprise raid Police said that under ques- eral Write-In Absentee Ballot on a shack in the middle of a field tioning Aek had confessed to the (OFWAB) to their computer for in Tambon Kaphaeng Sao. rape of the young mother and said future use, using Adobe Acro- The raid followed reports that he had been hiding in the bat Reader version of 7.0 or that the deviant was hiding out in shack and living off uncooked higher. the shack, about four kilometers rice. Asked what had possessed For more information email: from his home. him to rape cows and satisfy him- [email protected] or visit: Cautiously approaching the self with banana trees, police said www.fvap.gov. hovel and peering in, officers saw Aek replied, “Everybody does it.” Alternatively, for more infor- Aek lying on the floor writing. No mention was made of mation email [email protected] After spotting the approaching what charges will be brought or call the American Citizen Ser- cops, Aek raced across the sur- against Aek. vices Unit at 02-2054049. rounding field trying to emulate Source: Kom Chad Luek September 8 - 14, 2007 AROUND THE NATION PHUKET GAZETTE 7 Underwater wedding sparks backlash ocal officials in Trang weekend market and reported males and 756 females) suc- have expressed opposi- that their bags or valuable objects ceeded. tion to a plan to wel- had been stolen. Most victims were people come same-sex couples Seventy-six cases involved aged 30-39 acting out of depres- L sion or with problems associated to the southern province’s fa- thefts at shopping malls and de- mous “underwater wedding” cer- partment stores, with MBK Cen- with money, family, society and emony in February. “I will not join ter being the most popular venue politics, he said. the event. I will not support it,” for thieves. Transport terminals The top five provinces for Provincial Culture Office chief and bus stations were the scenes suicides were Lamphun, Chiang Prayoon Noosuk said August 27. of 50 reported cases, while 46 Mai, Chiang Rai, Phayao and According to K. Prayoon, cases were reported at Pratunam Mae Hong Son, while the lowest the event is part of the beautiful, Market and commercial nightlife rate was in Narathiwat. traditional southern-style wedding areas on Silom Rd. The most common method and thus inappropriate for same- The remaining cases were was by hanging, followed by sex couples. reported by tourists who visited shooting and taking pesticide. “Have the organizers Town (11 cases), ML Somchai said the over- thought about the feelings of the Sukhumvit Rd (seven) and Suan all suicide rate last year was older generation? What will they Lum Night Bazaar (five). lower than the previous three feel to see same-sex couples ty- Altogether, only five sus- years – 6.3 in every 100,000 in ing the knot? Will the younger pects have been arrested. Most 2005, 6.9 in 2004, and 7.1 in 2003. generation finally see the same- are from neighboring countries, Thailand’s suicide rate is sex marriage as something com- Tourist Police Commander Maj lower than other Asian countries mon?” he asked. Gen Chuchart Suwannakom said. such as (35 in every Suntaree Sungayut, who 100,000), (25.3) and South heads the National Archives Di- Night shift. Academics at the Korea (25.2), he said. vision in Trang, said that she sym- “Preparation of Labor Organiza- pathized with and respected ho- tions for the Approach of an Eld- Alcohol tax hike. The rise liquor mosexuals, but felt their inclusion erly Society” held August 28 at and tobacco taxes approved on in the ceremony might not be in the Amari Watergate Hotel in August 28 came from the interim line with its objectives. Bangkok urged the government government’s determination to In response, Pongthorn to start a “Baby Bonus” project restructure alcohol taxes – and Janluen of the Fahsiroong gay to encourage employees to take its belief that the task was almost rights group said same-sex mar- time off work and have children. impossible for an elected govern- riages were no more against tra- Such a move would help ment, a source at the Finance dition than underwater weddings. balance population levels and Ministry said. Event organizer Natcha counter the disparity in numbers The tax hike on liquor af- Voratanavanit said that it was the of elderly and young people un- SAME SAME BUT DIFFERENT: Same-sex couple Nisa Charoen- fects only local brands, while the duty of Trang Tourism Associa- der 18 years of age. The project pornwattana and Chutirat Sappong took part in a press conference increase in tobacco tax covers tion and Trang Chamber of Com- would also establish a welfare on Trang’s underwater wedding festival to be held next Valentine’s both local and imported brands. merce to explain the event to lo- fund to support elderly people. Day. Prices for the locally-dis- cal people. The Labor Ministry also News that couples of any sexual orientation would be tilled lao khao (“white liquor”) “The presence of same-sex unveiled a project, expected to welcomed set off a conservative backlash in the province. with alcohol content of 28% to couples would boost tourism in start within two years, to encour- 40% and blended liquors with al- the province,” she said, adding age retired people to become vo- cated for lack of payment. mon offense, followed by failure cohol content of 38% to 40% in- that many same-sex couples had cational trainers. Four police stations have no to wear helmets. Most offenders creased by 9 baht to 12 baht per already contacted her to register. Chulalongkorn University space left to keep the motor- are teenagers. 625-milliliter bottle. Trang Tourism Association professor Kua Wongboonsin said cycles, and police have been Piti Bhirombhakdi, advertis- President Wichai Rattamanee the number of elderly people in forced to post guards to stop Grim figures. A total of 3,612 ing manager for Boonrawd Trad- said all couples should be wel- Thailand would increase to 10% owners from stealing them back. Thais killed themselves last year ing Co, said that in practice the comed, regardless of sexual ori- of the total working-age popula- To alleviate the problem and the highest suicide rates were tax hike is unlikely to change con- entation. tion of about 10 million by 2025. police are now recording license in the North, Mental Health De- sumer behavior, especially of “Love is so delicate,” he By 2030, the number of working- numbers or taking driver’s li- partment chief ML Somchai those who consume white spir- said. age people taking care of the eld- censes instead of impounding Chakrabhand told a press confer- its, because vendors tend to split erly would not be sufficient. The vehicles. Meanwhile, officers are ence on August 27. the alcohol into smaller contain- Thieves market. Foreign visitors ratio of working-age people to using checkpoints to catch mo- Speaking at the conference ers for retail sale. to Bangkok suffer more thefts at elderly citizens would be 2:1 com- torists who have outstanding to prepare for World Suicide Pre- Chatuchak Weekend Market pared with 7:1 at present. fines. vention Day on September 10, Around the Nation news round- than anywhere else in the coun- According to police records, ML Somchai said some 30,000 up is sourced from the pages of try, according to the Tourist Po- A fine mess. The Transport De- motorcycles with loud or modi- Thais tried to take their own lives The Nation and Kom Chad Luek lice. partment announced that about fied exhausts are the most com- last year; 3,612 people (2,856 newspapers. During the first eight one million people in Chiang Mai months of this a year, the Tourist owe a total of about 424 million Police received reports of 280 baht in unpaid fines – and hun- robberies throughout the metro- dreds of motorcycle owners in the politan area. province have failed to reclaim Eighty-five of these were vehicles from police stations filed by tourists who visited the throughout the province confis-

Ad- Kan Eang @ Pier 3x4 K. Able 8 PHUKET GAZETTE AROUND THE SOUTH September 8 - 14, 2007 Insurgents target top teachers

ncreasingly more selective in on rape and theft charges, he their choice of targets, mili- added. tants in the Deep South are Nakhon Sri Thammarat Inow targeting teachers with Provincial Police Commander outstanding reputations, a senior Pol Maj Gen Sudjai Yannarat de- Education Ministry official said scribed Somkhuan as a depraved August 28. killer and great danger to women. Khunying Kasama Worawan During interrogation, Somkhuan na Ayutthaya, secretary-general of had remained completely calm the Office of the Basic Education and showed no remorse for what Commission, said the murder of he had done, Gen Sudjai said. teacher Kesine Timthep, shot dead Urging for the trial to be in front of her school in Pattani on conducted as quickly as possible, August 27, was an example of the Gen Sudjai said the suspect new strategy. should be sentenced to death. “Kesinee was one of the Some 300 police officers will most outstanding teachers in the be marshaled to provide security province. This shows that the for the accused during a re-enact- militants have changed the target ment of the crime to prevent him of their attacks from normal from falling into the hands of irate teachers to outstanding ones in the locals, Gen Sudjai said. past few months,” she said. K. Kesinee, 42, was shot in Misdiagnosis death: A Trang the head in Sai Buri District while Health Security Office subcom- entering Sasana Suksa School. An mittee on August 29 approved eyewitness said one of two men 200,000 baht in financial aid for on a motorbike fired at the teacher, the family of an 11-year-old girl who collapsed in front of several who died as a result of alleged students walking with her. She was misdiagnosis at Nayong Hospital admitted to a district hospital, but on August 5. doctors could not save her. Subcommittee head Dr K. Kesine had taught at the Sukit Atthopakorn said the school for nearly 20 years. seven-member panel had ap- The Ministry of Education proved the payment, the highest will support the slain teacher’s amount possible under Article family and provide scholarships 41of the the Health Security Act, for her children, K. Kasama said. to the family of sixth-grader She asked school administra- Customs Officer Rungchai Janwatthana announces a find of 48 pangolins found in a box hidden next Apinya “Nong Pop” Taemtao. tors in the Deep South to monitor to the fence of the customs-house parking lot in Sadao District, Songkhla. Officers suspect the Nong Pop was pronounced situations carefully and take more anteaters, with an estimated black market value of about 50,000 baht, were being smuggled into the dead in Trang Hospital on August Kingdom from . Pangolin meat is highly-prized for its reputed health-giving properties, precautions to protect teachers. particularly by ethnic Chinese. 9 after being transferred from “If a teacher receives re- Nayong Hospital, where she was peated threats from militants, he initially admitted at 4 am the pre- or she should be given priority two million baht on August 27. en route to meet an agent in Haad native of Phichit province, was vious day with diarrhea, vomiting when requesting a transfer out of Five other men were later ar- Yai. They said that they had done arrested later the same day after and a slight pain in her left ribs. the area,” she said. rested in a follow-up raid in Haad the trip “many times” and were neighbors reported seeing him As the girl’s condition dete- In reference to the tempo- Yai, Songkhla. paid a total of 50,000 baht per hanging around the crime scene riorated during her five-hour stay rary closure of many southern Officers from Phatthalung trip. From Haad Yai, the drugs about an hour before Chalanicha’s at Nayong Hospital, her relatives schools because of violence, K. Provincial Police Narcotics Sup- were to be sold on to dealers in lifeless body was discovered. believed it was the fault of the Kasama said it was up to each pression unit together with Nar- the Deep South and Malaysia. Another neighbor said that he on-duty doctor and nurses for school whether to suspend cotics Suppression Bureau offic- Based on the suspects’ bought a caged bird from misdiagnosing and not properly classes until the situation im- ers set up a road checkpoint to statements, Haad Yai Police then Somkhuan – one that belonged to treating her. proves. stop two pickup trucks – a Toyota detained Somjit Phasuk, allegedly Chalanicha’s father but was sto- The grieving family ap- Students whose classes and an Isuzu – suspected of be- a large-scale drug dealer, along len at the time of the attack. pealed to Trang Governor Anont were suspended should be com- ing used to transport cannabis. with four associates. Police are Pol Lt Col Wijak Tarom, an Manaswanich, who set up a com- pensated with extra classes so When the vehicles arrived working on locating the source of investigating inspector at Nakhon mittee to investigate the charges. that they can keep up with their at the checkpoint, officers asked the drugs in Nong Khai. Sri Thammarat Muang District Dr. Sukit said Nong Pop had studies, she added. to conduct a vehicle search. They Police Station, said that died from a severe Type-I diabe- discovered 99 kilograms of Killer caught: A man has con- Somkhuan at first denied the tes that had not shown up until Smugglers weeded out: After pressed cannabis packed into fessed to the rape and murder of charges but later changed his she suffered severe diarrhea and receiving a tip off that drugs sacks hidden in the back of the 11-year-old Chalanicha story and admitted that he had vomiting, causing acid in her would be transported through their two vehicles. The vehicles’ four Inthasuwan who was found killed Chalanicha. Somkhuan said blood level to spike. province, Drug Suppression Po- occupants were arrested. strangled in the bathroom of her that he had been attracted to the Assistance was provided to lice in Phatthalung arrested four Under interrogation, the sus- family home in Nakhon Sri victim for a long time and had the family even though no con- men and netted pressed cannabis pects admitted they had driven the Thammarat on August 25. spent days planning the attack. clusion has yet been reached as with a street value of more than drugs from Nong Khai and were Somkhuan Panthong, 38, a He has previously been in prison to who was at fault, Dr Sukit said. The investigating committee will check to see whether the medical staff at Nayong Hospi- tal were at fault. If it is found they did not do their jobs properly, then the fam- ily could file for compensation. Lead investigator Dr Withoon Leungdilok said 10 witnesses, in- cluding Nong Pop’s parents and relatives, the on-duty doctor, nurses and patients, had been in- terviewed. The report should be ready in a week.

Around The South news round- up is sourced from the pages of The Nation and Kom Chad Luek newspapers. September 8 - 14, 2007 AROUND THE ISLAND PHUKET GAZETTE 9

FOR WHOM THE COCK CROWS: Bantam rooster ‘Tik’ gives his morning call to customers during a hard day’s grind working on his owner’s mobile food stall. Little rooster just keeps on giving By Natcha Yuttaworawit when a penniless customer of- fered to exchange a bantam ailed by his owner as rooster for some sticky rice. “The Phuket’s only chicken first time I saw Tik, I really felt working at a food- sorry for him. He looked very Hvending stall, rooster sick and I thought he was too ‘Tik’ has risen to fame as one half small – even for a bantam.” of a food-selling double act near From that moment, Tik and Phuket Technology School on K. Suwan became the best of Thepkrasattri Rd. friends, but it wasn’t until two Every morning, Suwan years later that Tik began work- Boonphacharoen from Chiang ing on the food stall. Rai can be heard talking to his “Tourists always ask to take rooster and preparing for the pictures of me with Tik. Most of day’s customers. “Maa leaw! the time I don’t understand what Maa leaw!” calls K. Suwan, to the tourists are saying, but when which Tik usually replies with a they show me the camera I get chorus of clucks. it. Normally they give me some Tik is a bantam rooster, money for the pictures.” which means that he’s a minia- Initially wary of his food ture, about one quarter the size stall and a bantam rooster being of a regular rooster. Never one treated as a circus exhibit, K. to let his size get him down, Tik Suwan was reluctant to accept spends his days working with K. money from tourists. “At first I Suwan by calling out to custom- didn’t want to, but then a friend ers and enticing them to buy told me that I should take the food. money to pay for Tik’s food, even Of the many treats at the though he doesn’t eat very stall, K. Suwan offers such de- much.” lights as fruits, deserts, sticky rice Tik is no ordinary rooster and pork grill. K. Suwan and Tik when it comes to his diet, either. drive on their mobile food stall Passing over rice and paddy for from their regular pitch on more exotic meals, Tik likes noth- Thepkrasattri Rd to other areas ing better than to tuck into a juicy around Phuket Town all day until rose apple. they sell out of food. “I hope Tik will stay with “I came to Phuket from me for a long, long time,” added Chiang Rai four years ago,” ex- K. Suwan. “I know I will be sad plained K. Suwan. “Phuket is an when he is gone. He’s always island of many nationalities and with me, almost 24 hours a day. cultures. Every morning I wake Sometimes when it’s raining hard up and go to work and see Kore- I don’t want to bring him out with ans, Japanese and farang. I know me. He’s only a bantam; he’s not it’s nothing out of the ordinary for as large as you and me. I get most people, but I came from a afraid that he will be tired.” small village in Chiang Rai prov- ince where there weren’t any To catch the Suwan and Tik foreigners,” he said. show call K. Suwan at 084- K. Suwan and Tik were 6291164 to find out where the first introduced four years ago duo have parked their food stall. Riding a motorcycle? Please . . . Thai law requires that motorcycle drivers Wear Me! and passengers wear a safety helmet with the chin strap fastened at all times – 24 hours a day. PHUKET PROVINCIAL TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT 10 PHUKET GAZETTE ACROSS THE BAY September 8 - 14, 2007 Rebuilding the depths

meshing and trays are fixed to the floating pallets. In effect, it is an underwater farm. Since October 2006, Hewett and his team of divers have planted some 1,100 speci- mens of coral. The most time-consuming and laborious task in this process is monitoring their growth after they have been planted. Each month, divers must clean the frames of algae and ACROSS other growth, then photograph and examine each coral fragment. THE BAY Hewett also monitors fragments By Gus Reynolds that have been transplanted to their permanent homes. ast week I revisited Phi For Hewett, whose focus Phi Island for the first has always been on the environ- time since just after the ment, this project fits in well with Ltsunami. his philosophy. He feels projects My first trip to Phi Phi was like this should be promoted to back in 1992. A second trip in the public – especially divers – 1998 left me a bit disappointed as to help them understand the im- to the direction the island was portance and fragility of coral taking, so I didn’t venture back reefs. there until the week after the tsu- Andrew also sees the po- nami – to try and help our in the tential to use this as a new form recovery as best I could. of eco-tourism that complements I went with two other for- his Adventure Club business. eigners, a Dutch friend who was After having his business volunteering at the morgue in washed away by the tsunami, and Krabi Town and an American volunteering countless hours to attached to the US Embassy clean up Ton Sai Bay, we hope working with the foreign service. Andrew is successful not only in We were on a mission to rebuilding his business, but also assess the damage and to visit the in rebuilding and sustaining the site of Phi Phi Island School. One coral reefs of Phi Phi Island. of the people whose name kept coming up at that time and in the New Tesco Lotus: August 31 ensuing months was Andrew saw the grand opening of the new Hewett. The Phuket Marine Biological Center coral nursery grow small fragments of coral until they are large Tesco Lotus in Krabi. While this Andrew, who started his enough to be transplanted on to the artificial reef. may not have been much of a eco-tourism company the Adven- cause for excitement among the ture Club on Phi Phi six years ear- been to educate people about the is essentially their plan. Andrew sources) took small fragments of town’s expat residents, for the lier, spearheaded the clean up of fragility of nature and especially and his team have already posi- coral from the sea and to grow locals it was an event not to be Ton Sai Bay after the tsunami. that of coral reefs, the health of tioned 100 rectangular concrete them in nurseries until they are missed. Through his efforts and those of which is the key to sustaining structures forming three under- strong enough to be replanted in The resulting traffic jams dozens of other volunteers at the marine life for future generations. water pyramids. areas that were damaged by the and 30-minute queues for park- Phi Phi Dive Camp, over 300 His latest project goes one step Each concrete section mea- tsunami. ing ensured that a fun time was tonnes of debris was removed further than protection, however: sures 1.5 cubic meters and This was no simple task as had by all. from the bay. its goal is to actually rebuild the weighs about 1,000 kilograms. coral is delicate and a special While there were a few We have highlighted his reefs that were damaged or de- This installation work, which underwater nursery had to be fender benders outside, the shop- work on these pages in the past stroyed by the tsunami. took several months, is the foun- designed. ping lanes inside were also dan- and we are happy to report that Working with biologists dation for the coral farm. First, the main frame was gerous with first-time shopping- Andrew is not only alive and well from the Department of Marine The next step was the es- constructed of truck pallets. cart drivers plowing through the on Phi Phi, but active with a new and Coastal Resources, Andrew tablishment of coral nurseries to These were bolted together and crowds, with reckless abandon project. and his team have set out to build grow coral that could later be floated by inner tubes attached to and no concept whatsoever of Anyone who knows An- new reefs by placing concrete transplanted onto the artificial their underside. Once connected, common courtesy. drew, knows that his first concern structures on the sea bed and reefs. Researchers from the the whole structure was tethered We wish the shopping cen- is with the preservation of the “planting” farmed coral on them. Phuket Marine Biological Center in place by ropes. ter all the success and hope that environment. While the technique is ac- (which is part of the Department The coral fragments to be more people come for shopping His goal over the years has tually a lot more complicated, that of Marine and Coastal Re- grown are placed on a sheet of than sightseeing in the future. September 8 - 14, 2007 PHUKET GAZETTE 11

Ad- Home Pro Full page K. Ann 12 PHUKET GAZETTE September 8 - 14, 2007 September 8 - 14, 2007 LETTER FROM LANTA PHUKET GAZETTE 13 Dream ideal baffles property buffs

espite the slow pace of hood as a fishing family was that life being the main rea- their two longtail boats were son for foreigners be- smashed to pieces by the waves. ing attracted to living With pride and resolve, D Kay’s family was one of the first on a “developing” tropical island such as Koh Lanta, the lack of to start rebuilding their boats be- Western-standard amenities and fore the throngs of relief volun- infrastructure is baffling property teers arrived to offer assistance. experts as to why land prices on When Johanna and Anna Lanta are skyrocketing. first approached the family about In theory, the lack of infra- including their son in Johanna’s structure and limited access to book, the family readily agreed, Western-style services, such as mainly because of their belief in world-class hospitals and double the Thai concept of naam jai, or lattes are overlooked in exchange generosity, including the karmic for a simple beach life, where land belief that if you help others, you and homes are relatively cheap will be helped in return. and real Thai life unfolds around Kay’s parents were excited you. about the potential benefits for Unfortunately, as with any Kay and his education with his emerging tourist destination story being published in a wealthy around the world, Koh Lanta is foreign country. Trusting that the suffering from growing pains as benefits would flow back to them, it transforms from a 1980s the family never signed an offi- backpacker’s haunt into an inter- cial release form of permission to national tourist and home buyers’ publish Kay’s story. destination. LL Forlaget Publishing, is Similar to Phuket 30 years now selling Kay from Koh Lanta ago, Koh Lanta is like an awk- online for 120 Swedish krona (562 ward teenager trying to define baht), and have refused to make herself. She wants the world to a donation to Kay’s education take her seriously as an adult but fund, even after several polite underneath the stuffed bra and requests by locals. cheap makeup is an inexperi- Anyone interested in mak- enced child who’s bound to make ing a donation to Kay’s educa- mistakes. tion fund, which will be managed One comment heard more by Kay’s mother and a local frequently in recent years is the teacher, can email them at overpricing of land for sale on the For a price, this view on Koh Lanta could be yours. but is Lanta’s land overpriced? According to some [email protected]. island compared with land avail- experts land prices on Koh Lanta are starting to rival those on Phuket. Photo by James Walsh. The fund will allow Kay to able on more developed islands, Sarot Roskumjon, a 34- another promising young life. Forlaget, a publishing company have private English lessons while such as Phuket or Samui. year-old man from Nakhon Sri partially funded by the Swedish he continues to work in the fam- According to southern Thammarat, was arrested for the The thin brown line. There is a government. ily fishing business, so that one Thailand premium property ex- late-night murder of Itthiphon new top cop in town: Superinten- When Swedish author day he can work as a longtail boat pert, Merv Baines of Indigo Real Ungsanaruk, also 34, from Bang- dent Pol Col Teeraphol Thip- Johanna Starkenberg-Frojd and guide for tourists. Estate, Lanta’s land prices don’t kok. jaroen has arrived from his pre- photographer Anna Rehnberg make sense. “While Koh Lanta Police said that Sarot had vious post in Patong to head up arrived on the island shortly after Duane Lennie is an internation- is slowly emerging from its shell, confessed to the murder, claim- Lanta’s men in brown. December 2004, they were look- al marketing consultant based it is still a long way ing that uncontrol- As the island continues to ing for a real-life survivor’s story in Lanta who owns www. best from being born,” lable jealousy led to grow, so does the crime rate, par- and soon realized that Kay and ofkolanta.com, www.kolanta he says. LETTER his crime of passion ticularly high-season crimes tar- his family were the ideal subjects. realestate.com and the Mango “Unfortu- because he loved geting tourists, such as bungalow Kay’s family home was House Boutique Resort. You nately, local land- FROM his foreign girlfriend break-ins and shady Thai-for- damaged by the tsunami, but can contact him at info@best owners have taken so much. eigner business partnerships – more devastating to their liveli- ofkolanta.com advantage of the KOH LANTA Sarot’s vio- something that Col Teeraphol has current interest, By Duane Lennie lent nature was al- no doubt become an expert in mainly from the ready known to the dealing with on the streets of Scandinavian market, with land local police, who had escorted Phuket. prices starting to rival her sister him off the island just a few island, Phuket. months earlier. Bound to benefit. Twelve-year- “How can you justify prices Reneging on his promise to old Kay Sayluu from Lanta Old of 12 million baht per rai on never return to the island – and Town now has a Swedish-lan- Lanta’s Klong Dao beach and six never to return to the cooking guage book written about his tsu- to eight million baht per rai in the school where he previously nami experience. far south of the island, when the worked – has left his life in ruin, The book, entitled Kay from nearest airport and shopping mall but more importantly destroyed Koh Lanta, is published by LL is a two-hour drive and two ferry rides away?” As a comparison, Mr Baines says land at Mai Khao Beach in Phuket has an asking price of up to 15 million baht per rai for beachfront land and is only 10 minutes from the international airport, 15 minutes from main shopping areas, two international hospitals and is all accessible by a four-lane highway.

Jealousy returns. The buzz around the island last week was the sad news about a Thai-For- eigner-Thai love triangle that went sadly awry at a popular Thai cooking school on Klong Dao Beach. 14 PHUKET GAZETTE PHUKET PEOPLE September 8 - 14, 2007

Happily Ever After Recent weddings in Phuket A woman n a business card the size of a beer mat the oanne Baylis is a new-age business woman words, “Unlock your Suangsuda business potential” lay and corporate guru. She has the calculating Saelim and O below three uniform rows of sil- mind, drive and discretion it takes to be a Nattavut ver squares with a gold star boldly J Seesavat were shining among them. The star is success, while spiritual intuition lights her path married at what Joanne’s clients become Phuket when they invite her into their and those of the people and businesses she Ballroom of the world. comes into contact with. Royal Phuket On the back of her card, City Hotel on “Inspiration, direction, guidance, Here she explains to Nick Davies how she August 23. clarity and insight” are printed in went from material girl to a complete being on a large, tasteful letters. The words pique interest and make you want path to greater riches. to know more about this woman and what she actually does. For many, this initial introduc- tion and the intrigue that follows, leads to a voyage of self discov- ery that is a turning point for both businesses and individuals. Joanne’s clients range from individuals to businesses, who discover her through rec- ommendations and her reputa- tion. When she is called in by them, it is often at a point where they are in need of outside guid- ance to pull them through a rough spot in their personal life Nittaya Niyomsat or career. and Pomkiat Joanne’s talent is being able Joanne Baylis enjoys her birthday with friends. Since searching beyond Angsakul were to instantly recognize the issues married at Pra the trappings of a materialism, life has taken on a richer meaning. that are holding a company or in- Now she inspires other people to achieve what they want. Pitak Grand dividual back and suggesting ways Ballroom of The to move on from stagnation. Her turn the company back into a equals success. I find that some Metropole Hotel on flourishing business. of the people I meet are work- August 23. method is to be brutally honest yet non-judgmental and demand the Often, a single meeting with ing day in, day out, just focusing same in return from her clients. Joanne is enough for a client to on the destination of a restful and As a person who is com- chart a course for change that will prosperous retirement but miss- pletely at ease with herself, take a prosperous path with almost ing the enjoyment of the actual Joanne wears whatever she feels instantaneous positive results. journey. comfortable in, regardless of the Many of the people Joanne They are often so busy fo- kind of client she’s going to meet. works with are high-caliber ex- cusing on this long-term plan Turning up for a meeting with a ecutives and businesspeople, who though, that they are losing them- board of directors wearing loosely project an image of success to a selves in the rat race, ignoring the fitting white cotton, she finds that world that worships material present and the things they really some people initially have diffi- wealth. Outwardly, they seem to have a passion for,” Joanne ex- culty taking her seriously. have everything but inside, they plained. Doubts about her compe- feel as if there is still something “A company has a person- tence soon disappear though, missing in their life. ality, just like the individuals in it. when she demonstrates her abil- “We are conditioned from The combination of their personal ity to lay bare the roots of under- a very young age to behave and perspectives of the company lying issues affecting progress react to situations in certain make a huge difference to the and give sound advice on how to ways, and that material wealth overall success of the business,” she added. So how does one become successful enough for other suc- cessful people to take your new- age business advice seriously? Joanne’s own success was an early one, though it had little to do with academic attainment. She struggled with learning diffi- culties and an institution that branded her as unteachable at a time when dyslexia wasn’t part of teachers’ vocabulary. Despite her dyslexia, Joanne had little difficulty read- ing the signs along the path to success. She knew at an early age, that she would set up her own business and become successful with all the trappings of life in the fast lane. After getting out of school and into the world of money and materialism as soon as she could, Joanne went on to establish sev- eral businesses, including a high- September 8 - 14, 2007 PHUKET PEOPLE PHUKET GAZETTE 15 Giving is good he Rotary Club of Laguna Phuket held its fund-raising charity auction at The Wa- Ttermark Bar & Restaurant, at Boat Lagoon, on September 1. A multitude of prizes in full were up for grabs, with The Watermark’s regular fun crowd pitching in to raise 114,311 baht to go towards helping poor villagers in Tah Chat Chai, at the north end of the island. In the Silent Auction, Arnaud Verstraete won the bidding for Panasonic Viera 32" LCD flatscreen TV for just 27,000 and Kae Wattana picked up a Toshiba notebook for 20,501 baht. Both prizes were donated by Courts Megastore. Sales of the raffle tickets raised 30,810 baht and The Watermark donated 20,000 baht. Prizes were also donated by Dusit Laguna Resort Phuket, Albatross/Mediterraneo restaurant, Wine & Taste, The Watermark, Norman Dawkins, Chem-Dry and Anand Jagota.

Ratchada “Kui” Campanoi, of Phuket Gazette Advertising Sales, receives a prize from Supradit Chariyasophit, assistant director of corporate sales – Courts Megastore.

profile dating agency, anti-aging to deal with them. Much of Martin Holmes (above, left) of Lee Marine clinics and property development. Joanne’s advice involves gaining joins Stuart Bird of The Watermark to From the outside, Joanne the right perspective on a situa- cheer himself for winning the Live Auction was a shining example of some- tion; seeing problems in a posi- bidding for the water-purification system. one who had achieved success tive light rather than negative and while still in her early twenties, as having potential that’s just but inside there was a hollow and waiting to be unlocked. With Martin Carpenter (left) as MC, hungry soul, craving more than As a dyslexic who proved Phuket Gazette reporter Sompratch material assets could satiate. her teachers wrong in her abil- Saowakhon hands Anand Jagota’s chillout This hunger drove Joanne ity to get on in a life, much akin Sailing on Sound CD to BIS art teacher to search for answers to life’s to a Tom Wolfe novel, Joanne’s Samantha Fruin. more philosophical questions and next project is to publish her prompted a meeting with some- own book, which will be a dys- one who asked her to respond lexics’ essential guide to suc- truthfully to the question; “How cess, she hopes to inspire oth- are you?” ers struggling with the label “stu- Forced to reply honestly pid” to achieve success and about her true feelings at the time, enjoy a fruitful life. Joanne began a voyage of self For much of her life, Joanne discovery that gave her insight didn’t pick up books or newspa- into the way we interact and re- pers because she believed she act to other people and life’s pres- couldn’t read, but recently found sures and demands. that her so called dyslexia was “A lot of my business cli- purely down to a matter of per- ents have wonderful products or sonal interest. something unique to offer but they “It was only a few years ago have lived with it so long, they no that I realized my refusal to read longer see its true value. My job was a result of outside pressure is to help clients unlock the po- to ‘fit in’ as a particular kind of tential in themselves, their com- person and my rebellion against it. pany and their products,” Joanne “When I got rid of the bag- explained. gage loaded with society’s expec- “Nurturing a business be- tations and started pursuing the gins with nurturing the individu- things that really made my heart als within it,” claims Joanne. She sing, I realized that being dyslexic does this by encouraging the was simply a matter of choice; people concerned to be totally my choice.” honest with themselves and the negative feelings they have, Businesses and people in need which are ultimately what stand of that magic ingredient of di- in the way of progress. rection can find out more about The root causes of the Joanne and her insight consul- company’s existing issues are laid tations at Email: joanne@ bare and advice is given on how joannebaylis.com 16 PHUKET GAZETTE HAPPENINGS September 8 - 14, 2007 T his week

BIENVENUE: French Ambassador to Thailand Laurent Aublin (4th from right) joins Louis SMOOTH SAILING: Thai singer and actor Mathew Dean poses with staff from Bronner (3rd from right), General Manager of Mom Tri’s Boathouse, and members of the Tour By You charter service during his visit to their offices at Royal Phuket Marina. French business community in Phuket for lunch at the Boathouse Wine & Grill.

CLASS ADJOURNED: New Barrister-at-Law Nootnapin Sabaijit (center), IN ACCORDANCE: Teachers gather on the steps of British International School, Phuket (BIS) after a former student at Satree Phuket School, is congratulated by her mother, completing a 20-hour course in Thai language, culture and professional ethics. The course, held by Nuanla-or Sabaijit, who teaches at Satree Phuket, and her brother, K. BIS and Rangsit University, was needed to comply with Ministry of Education requirements. Tanapon, after joining the bar.

HIGH SPIRITS: Puccini Italian restaurant, Sheraton Grande Laguna Phuket held a celebratory Italian dinner and wine tasting with (From left) Michel Conrad, Brand Manager for Independent WE ARE FAMILY: Shicartzy Ovadia (center) and Benjamart Chaisorn (left), Wine and Spirits Thailand Co Ltd; Executive Chef Alessandro Frau; Sheraton Grande Laguna owners of The Family Mediterranean Food restaurant in Rawai, celebrate the Phuket Hotel Manager Torsten Richter; and Filippo Mangione, sommelier for Casa Vinicola re-opening of their restaurant with a buffet dinner and acoustic music. Zonin in Vicenza. September 8 - 14, 2007 MOTORING PHUKET GAZETTE 17

he Frankfurt auto show is one of the most impor- tant events in the motor- Ting world. Taking place THE FUTURE IN FRANKFURT: every two years – the show al- ternates with Paris – it is the high point for all European manufac- turers, but none more so than those based in or nearby . The Verve Ford, which makes sedans at its plants throughout Europe, is set to unveil what many insid- ers believe will be a replacement for the Fiesta. Whatever it is called upon final release, the new Verve con- cept is an exciting glimpse into the automotive future of the world’s current number three motor manufacturer. “Verve Concept is pre- sented in Frankfurt as a bespoke concept car to generate reactions while our production plans are taking shape,” says John Fleming, President and CEO of Ford Eu- rope. “Our design team took an unrestrained approach to how our future small cars could look, and this eye-catching concept is the result. Ford concept car the Verve, pictured here at it’s launch at the Frankfurt motor show, offers a sleek unltra-modern design and high-end “If we get the reaction we fashion materials to complete the interior. Ford are looking to use many of the Verve’s features in its next generation of small cars. expect, I am certain that the team rior Designer for Ford of Europe. company is hoping to judge public important factors in the ultimate be contributing to the design will incorporate elements of this The center stack structure reaction to the Verve in Frankfurt. direction small-car design will DNA of our next generation prod- advanced design vision into our flows into a center console, which Ford’s European design chief take at Ford. ucts,” says Mr Smith. final production model.” provides stowage areas, includ- Martin Smith says that this show “The Verve Concept is a The hood of the Verve is ing a tray for a mobile phone or and other opportunities in the near dynamic first public expression Jeff Heselwood can be con- dynamically sculpted, combining MP3 player as well as a large bin future for public feedback will be of some of the thinking that will tacted at [email protected] with rearward stretching head- for a purse or shoulder bag near lamp units that incorporate two the parking brake, projector beams and LED arrays. “The center stack is like the From the side view, the con- art gallery of the car,” Vidakovic cept has a pur- says. “The com- poseful, cab-for- bination of the ward look of en- sculpture of the ergy in motion. upper instrument With pillarless panel, the rich in- side windows the terior colors and profile continues BEHIND materials and the to the car’s inte- THE jewelry-like grated tailgate brightwork is spoiler. WHEEL very distinctive.” The interior By Jeff Heselwood From the is also of an ad- instrument panel vanced design with a multi-func- to the seats, the Verve Concept tion center stack that separates is trimmed in a blend of magen- the controls and buttons of the tas, the materials inspired by the entertainment system, positioning fabrics and leathers used in haute them in an optimal ergonomic lo- couture. cation that resembles the logic of “Color is very important in a mobile phone. emotionalising our products,” says This new approach intro- Chief Designer, Colors & Trims duces a completely new aes- for Ford Europe, Ruth Pauli. “We thetic, says Ford, a new aspect are striving for a very precise ex- to the form and function of inter- pression of a certain style. Ex- acting technologies. The unique pressive colors in the right har- architecture also embraces other monies and contrasts. Soft yet key systems, including navigation intense. and in-car phone controls. “Good materials like glove- “A new generation of buy- leather that’s beautiful to touch. ers raised with mobile electronic These details are helping us bring devices would feel right at home a feeling of a premium vehicle in this new automotive interior, into the volume car world.” one that exceeds the standards As product development of typical in the small-car segment,” a new generation of small Fords says Niko Vidakovic, Chief Inte- continues behind the scenes, the Riding a motorcycle? Please . . . Thai law requires that motorcycle drivers Wear Me! and passengers wear a safety helmet with the chin strap fastened at all times – 24 hours a day. PHUKET PROVINCIAL TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT 18 PHUKET GAZETTE LIFESTYLE September 8 - 14, 2007 GOING UNDERGROUND here is so much good Thai music out there, all you have to do is dig a Tlittle. Beyond Carabao and Bodyslam and Four Mod is a vibrant music scene often over- looked by major record labels and music enthusiasts. At the forefront of innova- tion in the Thai music scene are Montonn “Jay” Jira and Joni Anwar, who together form Katsue. You might remember Montonn from last year’s Sony PSP commercial, or the movie Pop Star, or as an MTV VJ in the late ’90s. Joni started out life as one half of rap duo Raptor, then went on to star in movies including Dek Ra Bead and Ahingsa-Jikko Mee Gam. Jay and Joni are typi- cal poster boys – look kreung, pale skin, gorgeous eyes – but their CD And So it Goes is one of the best Thai electronica al- bums yet. And So it Goes fused Jay’s immaculate production skills – he’s worked with Justin Timber- lake and Pharell from N.E.R.D – with Joni’s sublime voice to cre- ate a down-tempo, sweeping LP full of simple beats and dreamy keys. The album is polished with lyrics in English language. At the other end of the spectrum are Kid Insane, an up- and-coming indie band who have been making waves in recent Sam Burns, lead vocals with Kid Insane, takes the mic at the Fat Festival in Bangkok. Kid Insane, though currently still inexperienced, are months thanks to a killer debut one up-and-coming Thai band to keep an eye out for in the next few years. album. The band could be described enormous potential this band have raised in London, Sam’s move to mild nostalgia this can be fun, but Tracks such as the beautiful So- as a combination of Radiohead for creating innovative, inspiring Thailand followed a similar path if a band are that good and they Hi blend Art’s luscious vocals and the Smashing Pumpkins. sounds. The album took two to many luk kreung: commer- can play their instruments that with frontman Kris’s production “The sound is dirty, the drums are years to produce and is radically cials here, movies there and the well, there should be more origi- work. spliced and diced, and the guitars different to the usual honey- obligatory modeling shoots. nal music. The album has lazy Sunday are distorted,” said lead singer coated pop on MTV and Chan- Kid Insane are still inexpe- If you’re looking for some afternoons written all over it. The Sam Burns. nel V. rienced and their lives shows genuine original material, then 15 tracks are sugary and dream- Insomniac is an album with Like Montonn Jira and Joni have been known to drag on, with one of the most interesting Thai ily melodic; a touch more serene Thai- and English-language lyr- Anwar, Sam Burns is another luk the band performing far too many albums of the past than Katsue’s ics. The title track is a moody, at- kreung trying to make it big in cover versions. In the future, 12 months was And So it mospheric number that shows the the Thai music industry. Born and though, Kid Insane will be a band Garuna’s Vanity Good Goes. But it to look out for. Project, an LP doesn’t end On the subject of cover ver- that captured the vibes there. If sions, one of the reasons the Thai essence of mod- By Matt Crook you’re into indie scene finds it so difficult to ern living with its real, powerful, evolve is because the vast ma- blissed-out electronic sounds. It guitar-driven music then check jority of unsigned, newer bands was such a simple idea and it was out Goose, who are as close to a don’t play their own songs in pub- so inoffensive that most people Thai version of Explosions in the lic. The karaoke mentality is re- overlooked the album. Sky as you are likely to find. flected – and reinforced – when Lead singer Art explained, After opening for Keane bands simply choose to cover “It’s about we as humans being during the English trio’s visit to other people’s songs. vain. We are surrounded by things Thailand, many people were left For quick entertainment or without true lasting value.” wondering who were this band who didn’t say anything to the crowd, but instead pounded them with riff after riff on multiple gui- tars. Goose are Thailand’s origi- nal post-rock band. Formed in 2002 by five friends in Bangkok, Goose won the “best group” award at last year’s Fat Festival. If you can get hold of the albums Goose and 20 Guns Pointing in Your Face then you will be in for a treat.

For more information about these bands in Thailand visit: www.myspace.com/katsueband, www.myspace.com/kidinsano www.myspace.com/garuna and www.myspace.com/verygoose September 8 - 14, 2007 LIFESTYLE PHUKET GAZETTE 19

iss Universe is the ence at Central Festival that with envy of women, the these things at hand, once in a fantasy of men and while she can make herself a Mthe darling of the couple of sandwiches or a salad. media. Her glamorous appear- Along with her diet recom- ance often overshadows the lev- mendations, Natalie had a secret els of commitment needed to ful- recipe that she prepared on stage. fill her role. Once crowned, Miss “All you need to do is make some Universe is bombarded with jelly,” she beamed. tasks, commitments and appear- Natalie used lychee-, apple- ances that leave the young daz- and grape-flavored jelly, all mixed zler all flustered with very little together in a bowl. She then added time to bask in her own glory. low-fat yogurt into the mix before Winning the coveted title in pouring it over some cereal. A 2005, was sud- few raisins later and the dish was denly subject to a myriad of press complete – all it needed was for calls and public showings, yet she Natalie to place a cheery on top still looks immaculate every time et voila! she appears in public. Rumormongers were given Being Miss Universe isn’t a smattering of meat to sink their all champagne and cakes, as an teeth into as Natalie revealed that audience with Natalie Glebova she will wed tennis-playing boy- heard during her visit to Central friend Paradorn “Ball” Sri- Festival Phuket on August 25 to chaphan later this year. promote “Natalie by BSC”, a Back to business, Natalie new beauty supplement from had a new range of beauty BSC Cosmetology. supplements to promote. “Natalie Panadda “Boom” Wong- by BSC” comes in capsule form, pudee, veteran beauty queen and but the audience was most ex- Miss Thailand 2000, was desig- cited about the flavored-jelly nated the task of asking Natalie Miss Universe 2005 Natalie Glebova poses with her new line of jelly supplements. supplements (the capsules and questions and translating the an- jellies achieve the same effect). swers of the 25-year-old Russian- Whether you’re after pow- Canadian beauty for the Thai- erful antioxidants to improve your speaking audience. general health, a boost of collagen For every woman, the first E to help your skin or a heavy step to beauty is to believe that Jelly: a solid dose of amino acids to help your you are beautiful, said firm-be- muscles, Natalie’s range of jel- liever Natalie. lies has everything covered. “You have to start from the Although the jellies taste like inside and it will show from the candy, Natalie assured her audi- outside. The truth is, everyone ence that they contain no sugar, can look good. The first step is to will not make you fat and are good believe that it can happen for you. start to beauty for your health. One a day should “I do not want people to keep the doctor away. think that because I am Miss By Anand Singh and ways time available. Just half an healthy food. Her suggestion was Universe I have to look beauti- Pathomporn Kaenkrachang hour a day, you can take that time to plan ahead. Natalie always has Natalie’s jellies and capsules ful,” explained Natalie, who went and do something special for your- an abundance of fruits and veg- (seven jellies for 140 baht, 30 on to outline the various methods Natalie’s other helpful tips self. Taking care of yourself can etables in her home and she jellies for 560 baht, 30 capsules she uses to maintain her beauty. for forms of exercise included mean a lot of different things. makes an effort to stay stocked for 1,000 baht) are available at When it comes to skin, going for walks, running and You can eat better, cook up on lean meats and cereals. the BSC counter on the first Natalie has a few secrets: the swimming. “You can also go to healthier, treat yourself to a Though admittedly not the floor of Central Department first is plenty of rest. When you the gym and lift weights,” she massage – all these things are best cook, Natalie told the audi- Store, Central Festival Phuket. are well rested your wellbeing will added. “You can do anything!” essential for your health. If you shine through in your skin condi- Natalie’s advice to women are healthy then it will show on tion, she said. who find that they don’t have time the outside and you will look The second secret is to drink to exercise was to “spare some beautiful.” a lot of water. Although not a rev- time to take care of themselves”. Like the rest of us, Natalie elation, this is worth emphasizing, She continued, “There is al- doesn’t always find it easy to eat she explained, because drinking water can bring a freshness and radiance to your skin thanks to

H2O’s natural qualities. Natalie’s final revelation was that “you are what you eat”. Eating healthy, nutritious food will benefit your skin by supplying it with the essential supplements it needs, she said. Though born with perfect cheek bones and enviable curves, Ad- Grove Gardens Natalie said that looking beauti- 2x6 ful isn’t as easy as you might think for the former most beauti- K. Ann ful woman in the universe. She said that she wasn’t born with a forgiving metabolism that allows some people to eat everything, do nothing and still look great. Natalie proved to the audience that she is in fact human by say- ing that she has to watch what she eats and exercise every day. Sharing a few of her exer- cise tips, Natalie said, “A lot of people think that to have a slim and well-toned body you have to spend hours and hours in the gym every day. The truth is that you can just take half an hour every day.” 20 PHUKET GAZETTE FEATURES September 8 - 14, 2007 Swinging back to sexy f a fear of cracking the ceil- preoccupations with finding a ing has made your chande- partner and spending time think- lier-swinging days a thing of ing what you want from your Ithe past, but you still fancy next sexual relationship – and yes, a bit more fun in the bedroom, there will be one. Anxieties about read on. Whether you are single, getting naked with someone new newly loved-up or have been to- and feeling shy in bed, though gether forever, here is some natural, can be overcome by tongue-in-cheek advice on how boosting your confidence all to spice up your sex life. round. Most of us live with the Sex psychologist Dr Petra thought that everyone else is hav- Boynton suggests to “stop think- ing better sex than we are. The ing about what a new partner may good news is that whatever your or may not want from you.” age, it is easier She contin- than you think ues, “Your sex life to be ecstatic has to satisfy you about the sex AMBROSIA’S – and that means you are having knowing what now. makes you feel For special during sex. freshly gradu- Get to know how ated single- your body works tons, seeing and good sex can just one epi- be yours.” sode of Sex Whether And The City this involves a trip can have you to a lingerie shop, fearing for a few handy props

your sex life. [email protected] or more time Yet with one in SECRETS thinking about sex, five Western only you can say. adults over the One thing is cer- age of 20 living alone, the single tain, though: discover the secret life doesn’t have to equal a fluffy to what makes you click, tick and cat, dinner for one and a take- whir (or purr), and you’ll have whatever’s-on-offer sex life. good sex every time and be more you’ll think about as you get ready and use it as a jumping off point,” sex on tap. Not only are you likely to be likely to be the kind of enthusias- for work in the mornings is how she says. “Then develop a fan- “The sex-starved crave fitter and healthier than the aver- tic lover men adore. sexy your knickers look to your tasy around the thought and tell/ someone to touch their naughty age married person, but on the Your social life may have man. email/text your partner the details bits,” she says, “whereas long- whole you are twice as likely to you in raptures and even new One in six dual-income-no- before you see them. The idea is term lovers don’t get a chance to venture somewhere new – and shoes can make you shake with kids couples works more than 48 that you’ll both get used to sim- build desire as it’s always been also more than likely to do some- excitement, but hand on heart, can hours a week, so it’s not surpris- mering (and triggering) desire satiated.” thing exciting in your spare time. you honestly say your sex life gets ing that to keep a passionate edge before you meet.” If that sounds like you, bear According to the aptly you ecstatic now that you have on a relationship you need to put Sex needn’t be long-winded in mind that 62% of men and named Tracey Cox, author of moved in together? some thought into your actions. and Olympic standard to be fan- 73% of women say that their Supersex (published by Dorling If it doesn’t, don’t worry: The good news is that this tastic. Choose the sex that best partners are sexier now than Kindersley), “Newness and the that initial got-to-have-sex-at- does not mean choosing sex over fits the time you have: if you’re when they first met. thrill of conquering unknown ter- any-cost feeling disappears for all work or vice versa. A University running late, opt for a quickie – So the solution is not a new ritory is the important advantage of us; eventually normal life takes of Wisconsin study says it is a fast and satisfying. Better still, lover but adding variety to your you have over couples.” over and, even though the pas- myth that the more dedicated to perfect your favorite position. current sex life. You wouldn’t This means forgetting your sion is still there, the last thing work a person becomes, the more Surveys show most people use have the same meal every night, their sex life suffers – career- the same three positions every so don’t have the same sex. A motivated women seem to have time they have sex – missionary simple thing like sex in a differ- sex more frequently than other still rating as a British favorite, for ent room or at a different time women, apparently. example. can be all it takes to put things To keep feeling like the de- “Feeling comfortable with back on track. sirable sex bomb you were when each other, talking openly and Start by having a conversa- you first met, Tracey Cox recom- enjoying a total lack of inhibition tion about what you like about mends an American technique – these are the advantages long- your sex life. While you’re at it, known as simmering. term lovers have over new ones,” if you will excuse the pun, go “Every time you have an says Cox. However, one poten- back to basics. A study from Re- erotic thought during the day, tial turn-off of monogamous long- late, a London-based company wherever you are, write it down term sex could be that you’ve got dealing with couples and their problems, showed that couples who had sex a lot but did not kiss Ad-Shades were more likely to break up than couples who kissed a lot but had 2x5 less sex. K. Ann So it is not always about orgasms; it’s all about romance. Devote time to making your sex life more varied and you will reap the rewards. Just pucker up and get kissing…

Ambrosia Sakkadas, a UK-born Greek Cypriot and graduate of Central St Martins College of Art & Design in London, is an artist, designer and newspaper columnist. Her first novel, Greek Girls Don’t Cry, is avail- able from amazon.com September 8 - 14, 2007 FEATURES PHUKET GAZETTE 21

ome things are a mystery to me. I have four friends here in Phuket – four at Stractive, intelligent and Waiting for the dream caring girls who seem to have many things in common in addi- Why would they go and lock of these relationships, it simply tion to the fact that they are all themselves away in the dark, cold doesn’t work out – for a multi- Thai. misery of an English winter with tude of reasons. I have a number of other as- a grumpy, jealous, possessive boy- Yet another of my friends sociates and friends around the friend who doesn’t have the waited for four years for her En- country, many of whom are also slightest understanding of Thai glish boyfriend to make a com- Thai ladies who have the same ways and who thinks “culture” is mitment. When she finally put the things in common as these four the changing of the guard at pressure on, he backed away and here in Phuket. Buckingham Palace? Why would left a broken-hearted and deeply- They all have good jobs and they be happy in a place where wounded lady behind. successful careers, good person- you never get to meet – or want Holiday romances often do alities, make excel- to meet – your not stand the test of time when it lent company, next-door neigh- comes to the harsh realities of dress beautifully LARGER bor? It’s totally be- working life and huge cultural dif- and are generally yond my under- ferences. This is always going to terrific. There’s THAN standing. be a problem as long as Thailand one other thing that LIFE Pining away, is a holiday destination and has they have in com- By Graham Doven dreaming of living such beautiful women. Unfortu- mon: they all have in another country nately, relationships need more foreign boyfriends, ex-boyfriends, far across the sea, the notion of than beauty and exoticism to divorced husbands or boyfriends romance from afar… I guess the One of these boyfriends, to shout at him.” That’s certainly bridge the distance and inevitable that they don’t really want – but grass is always greener on the during his 10 daily telephone calls believable. More likely, however, homesickness. don’t know how to tell them. other side. But why consider from the UK, tells my friend that is that she went crazy with his I have another friend who’s In the case of my four spending the rest your life serv- she cannot have any friends apart possessive jealousy and ran waiting for an Australian boy- friends, their partners all happen ing a sentence of weekly visits to from him or go to the beach. He away. friend. She’s also pretty and has to be English. Now there lies the the supermarket, crowded trains, also asks her who she is having That’s just one story. An- a good job. I suppose if that one major part of the mystery. Why long hours of darkness, cold and lunch with, who she is having din- other friend was married in En- ever develops into a full relation- would a beautiful Thai lady want incessant drizzle – not to mention ner with, where she was on her gland for several years. Now she ship, the only thing I can say is: if to leave the warm, sunny coun- British soap operas and comedy day off. He also threatens to lives in Thailand by herself with- you’re going to be miserable and try of her birth? Half the world shows? Mind you, the Brits are make trouble at her workplace if out her husband and her child – lonely, it might as well be in a nice would love to live in a place like the best at making you laugh. The she doesn’t do what he tells her could freedom possibly come at place. this, where everybody in the vil- British sense of humor is without to do. All this rubbish – and a higher price? Without the By the way, while I was lage is part of your family and doubt the finest in the world. It they’re not even married yet! father’s consent, she has no le- writing this story the Australian there is always somebody taking must have been developed as an My friend says that he’s gal right to take the child from boyfriend rang my friend and told care of somebody else. Also, antidote to the world of Mr lonely because he’s just separated England. The reasons for all this her that he wasn’t able to come there are plenty of nice guys to Crippen and Jack the Ripper. from his wife. I asked her why is another matter; there are al- on holiday to Thailand – and that love them who actually live in Laughter in the face of adversity, he separated. “I don’t know,” she ways two sides to every story. she had better find herself an- Thailand or nearby. perhaps? replied. “He says his wife used But the point is that, as with 80% other man… 22 PHUKET GAZETTE September 8 - 14, 2007 September 8 - 14, 2007 TAKE A BREAK PHUKET GAZETTE 23 PPUZZLESUZZLES The BIG Crossword Hidden Words Hidden in the grid below are the names of at least 25 characters in The Simpsons. The words may read vertically, horizontally or diagonally. They may also read right-to-left or down-to-up. Score: 15 or more, good; 20 or more, very good; 25 or more, excellent. Solution on the next page.

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1. Ada Lovelace was the 8. What branch of medicine 15. What is the meaning of first person to write focuses on the ear, nose, the title of Adolf what? and sinuses? Hitler’s book, Mein Kampf? 2. From which country did 9. What does the acronym the board game chess SETI stand for? 16. What does the name of originate? the Irish nationalist 10. How long did it take to political party, Sinn Fein 3. Which US president was make a Model T Ford mean? shot five days after the when the assembly line Quick Crossword end of the American was first introduced? 17. After oxygen, which is Civil War? the most common ACROSS DOWN 11. Where was the idea for element on Earth? 1. Mathematical snake? 1. Changed 4. Which team sport has the World Wide Web, now 3. Legs on a glass. 2. Try periods of play called called the Internet, 18. Who was the first 7. Bend. chukkas? conceived? children’s author to win 4. Polite behind the Whitbread Prize for 9. Arm joints. 5. Heavens above Book of the Year? 10. Washington state? 5. Which language has the 12. What are the names of 6. Curr 12. Foe most native speakers? the two bones in the 19. Who was the last man 11. Naturally grown rock forearm? 14. Not now on the moon? 15. Carry out 13. Not one 6. Which of the body’s 19. Imbibes 15. Muscle-to-bone joiner systems controls 13. What does the now- 20. What do sailors call the 17. Norse god hormones? household acronym DVD belt of low atmospheric 20. Electric fish? stand for? 21. Stared 18. River island pressure near the 7. What new token was equator? 22. Before CDs 20. Doctor's brain test added to Monopoly in 14. What does the adjective Solution below 1999? “ovine” refer to? Answers below, right Puzzle Solutions

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Radius and Ulna; 13. Digital Versatile Disc + + U Y + + + + U + + T + B + or Digital Video Disc; 14. Sheep; 15. My + N + + O + + M + O R + + M + struggle; 16. Ourselves Alone; 17. Silicone; 18. T O T T O R + + R A B + + I + + + + + + + + + B S + + + U + Philip Pullman, for The Amber Spyglass; 19. + + + + + + + + + + + + + Q + Harrison Schmitt; 20. The Doldrums. September 8 - 14, 2007 FEATURES PHUKET GAZETTE 25 Aging hippie leads motley crew f you’d wandered into the Superstar chines that squeezed out even more air, re- loaded with fish when DEA agents Bar on Patpong Rd a quarter-century ducing the space ever further and signifi- swarmed aboard. The crew was calmly ago, you’d might have noticed a table cantly delaying the onset of molding.” drinking coffee, without so much as a Ifull of young, laid-back, tanned men Daniels’ most successful partners single joint in evidence. – yacht captains all of them. They were were the Shaffer brothers: Chris, a yacht During the next year, the DEA man- also a smuggling brotherhood, sailing boat- captain, and Bill, a aged to infiltrate the loads of Thai sticks down to the northern former Green Beret. ring and everyone was coast of . Their most audacious eventually busted for The business would prove so lucra- Off the haul came in 1987 with the failed 1988 ship- tive that in 1988, a 180-foot oil-rig tender a load of 42 tons of ment of 72 tons of would strike out for California with a marijuana. Their dope. Daniels is still in highly-trained uniformed crew, laden with SHELF mother ship Manuia prison and not sched- 8,250 bales of primo cannabis – 72 tonnes met two Vietnamese uled for release until of the stuff. By James Eckardt fishing boats dispatched 2010. Having gone The evolution of the dope trade from by Daniels a couple- through millions in happy-go-lucky amateurs to highly sophis- land, Laos and . He moved to the hundred miles off the mansions, yachts and ticated logistical professionals is the tale Northeast, immersed himself in the study coast of Thailand. race cars, the Shaffer behind Reefer Men (Hodder & of Thai language and culture, and drifted The Manuia pro- brothers copped a plea Stoughton, London, 2007, 406pp), subtitled away from his farang friends at the Su- ceeded to Alaska and were released in “The Rise and Fall of a Billionaire Drugs perstar. In short order, he turned into a where it was to link up 1998. They launched Ring”. Author Tony Thompson has al- perverse sort of Peace Corps volunteer, with an American fish- their own entertain- ready written two books on Britain’s advising local farmers on how to improve ing boat named ment company in criminal gangs and he approaches this one their new cash crop: marijuana. Stormbird for the final Santa Monica. with relish. “Not only did Daniels guarantee the run down to Washing- “In 1999 they al- “The smugglers who met up at the farmers a market, he also helped introduce ton State. But a disaf- legedly sold the film Superstar were as unlikely a band of broth- new seed stock, advanced fertilizers, and fected member of their rights to their story for ers as there has ever been, ranging from better methods of irrigation,” Thompson gang was feeding in- $1 million. Brat Pitt helicopter pilots and former members of writes. formation to the DEA was lined up to play the army’s special forces to college drop- He also tackled a perennial problem and the Shaffer brothers knew they were Bill Shaffer and the project, provisionally outs and spoilt brats living off their trust in marijuana smuggling: the great bulk of being tailed as their scanners picked up titled Smugglers Moon, was due to begin funds,” Thompson writes. “But chief the product and susceptibility to mold on the conversations of the drug agents. filming after Ocean’s Eleven. The film among them was an aging hippie by the long sea voyages. “He adapted a trash com- The brothers hired another fishing has, however, stalled at the development name of Brian Daniels.” pactor to squash the drugs down to a more boat, Blue Fin, transferred the cargo by stage and no progress has been made since Daniels’ life changed when he mar- manageable size, which meant that more conveyor belt and landed the stash in broad the original announcement.” ried a high-powered Thai wife with police marijuana could fit into a smaller space. He daylight in a Washington port disguised as For now, you’ll have to settle for the and military connections throughout Thai- also introduced vacuum packaging ma- fish crates. The original Stormbird was book. EVENTS CALENDAR Upcoming events on the island

Until September 13. Rugby bottle of wine for 1,000 baht per enue Department Head Office in tember or early October. White Elephant (1941), the only World Cup live. person. Live band, fireworks, Bangkok. Sacred rituals are per- remaining full-length, English-lan- IRB kicks off, pow- lucky draws – everything for a The seminar will be held at formed at all Chinese temples in guage feature film made entirely ered by Guinness. Watch all the great Saturday night. the Royal Phuket City Hotel from Phuket. The processions from in Thailand. action at Angus O’Tool’s Irish For more information con- 9 am until 4:30 pm. Tickets are each temple show spectacles of Check the Gazette for Pub, Karon Beach. Let the tact Pascal at Email: fb.phuket@ priced at 2,675 baht per person. strict vegetarians, known as devo- more-detailed information. games commence! Big men play wineconnection.co.th or Tel: 087- Book before September 5 and tees, ostensibly possessed by Want to be one of our vol- hard on two big screens because 8896074. reserve an early-bird ticket for gods, piercing their tongues, unteers? Call 076-209000 or email size does matter! Broadcast live 2,033 baht. Anybody who has at- cheeks and other parts of the [email protected] from France with English com- September 22. The 8th Phuket tended a previous NAT tax semi- anatomy with sharp implements. For further information visit mentary. Late games will also be International Beer Fest. nar will receive a further 10% www.phuketfilmfestival.com shown. A celebration of probably discount. October 21-27. Phuket Film Open from 10am until the best beers and most ardent The seminar will be in Thai Festival. October 23. Chulalongkorn drunk. Eat, drink and sleep rugby beer drinkers in the world at the language only. Phuket will see this festival Day – Public Holiday. at O’Tool’s! Watermark bar and restaurant. For more information please realized with the Gala Opening on Chulalongkorn Day com- For further information con- This is your chance to show contact NAT, Phuket Branch, at October 21. On that day, the fes- memorates the reign of Rama V tact John. Tel: 076-398262. Email: the world, or at least Phuket, your 076-212 989, or K. Sriruan at tival will present the newly re- who is best remembered for abol- [email protected] favorite beer. Yes! YOU supply 089-6523229. stored Thai film The King of the ishing slavery in Thailand. the beer – in the hope that it wins September 15. Splash for the prestigious accolade of “Win- September 30. Phuket Yacht Trash – Underwater Clean ner of The 8th Phuket Interna- Club Sailing Open Day and Up. tional Beer Fest”. Each competi- BBQ. Take the plunge on Interna- tor must supply 12 bottles or cans Family fun, BBQ and beach tional Clean Up Day, September of their nominated international activities. Try out sailing on a 15, with Dive Asia and Sea Fun beer. All entries are required to catamaran, small yacht or dinghy. Divers, Phuket’s only PADI 5- register in advance. Come and see the junior fleet or Star CDC Centers. Entry fee: 12 beers plus 800 try dragon boat racing sponsored Participants must be certi- baht. by Sail in Asia. fied divers and must register due Tip: bring back the best beer The Phuket Yacht Club of- to limited space on the boats. from overseas while you’re trav- fers sailing-training sessions for Participation is free and ev- eling this summer! For more in- juniors throughout the year. Next eryone is welcome. Boats will formation call Stuart Bird at 081- sailing course starts October 7. leave Chalong Pier at 8:30 am, 7376184. Booking recommended. returning at 5 pm. For more information con- For further information call September 22. Tax Seminar tact Katy Gooch. Tel: 085- 076-330598 or 076-330124, email for Value Added Tax (VAT). 2159185. Email: ktfirmin@ [email protected] or visit Network Advisory Team yahoo.co.uk www.diveasia.com Ltd (NAT) will hold a full-day seminar focused on VAT issues October 11-19. Phuket Veg- September 15. Wine Dinner on Saturday, September 22. You etarian Festival. BBQ @ Wine Connection will have a chance to learn and This festival is an annual Chalong. ask questions directly from the event held during the ninth lunar BBQ dinner for just 390 director of the Bureau of Tax month of the Chinese calendar, baht, or BBQ dinner with one Auditing Standards of the Rev- which normally falls in late Sep- 26 PHUKET GAZETTE EDITORIAL & LETTERS September 8 - 14, 2007

367/2 Yaowarat Rd, Amphur Muang, Phuket 83000 Tel: 076-236555 - Since 1994 - Fax: 076-213971 Email: [email protected] It’s a crime After more than 100 years in continual service, Phuket Provincial Prison is an ideal candidate for designation as a historical site. While the prison may lack the same historical pedigree as the Tower of London, the fact remains that it is older than the most “Sino-Portu- guese” shophouses in the section of the city commonly referred to as Old Phuket Town and it is touted as a tourist attraction. Phuket Prison is also older, by about a decade, than San Fran- cisco Bay’s Alcatraz, which annually attracts about 1.4 million visi- tors, most of whom pay the adult admission fee of US$10. Of course, there is a major obstacle stopping the prison from finally being decommissioned: its current population of more than 1,000 inmates – already 300 more than its maximum capacity [See Inside Story, pp 4-5]. Unfortunately, while the number of inmates continues to grow apace with the island’s swelling population, the prison itself is re- stricted to the six rai of land it currently occupies. The wardens – and the inmates themselves – should be given credit that thus far there have been no mass breakouts or deadly gang violence associated with this overcrowding, as has happened numerous times at other prisons in the country in recent decades. Despite this run of good luck, it doesn’t take an expert to see Letters where the current trend is heading. Existing laws requiring all provin- cial prisons to accept any and all convicts sentenced there by the Courts – even if they are already dangerously overcrowded – con- The Gazette is pleased to receive mail from read- with your views for publication in our next issue. stitutes little more than an institutionalized recipe for disaster. ers. Please write to us at 367/2 Yaowarat Rd, We reserve the right to edit all letters. Pseud- Amphur Muang, Phuket 83000, fax to 076-213971 onyms are acceptable only if your full name and Fortunately, the solution to the overcrowding at Phuket Prison or send an email to [email protected] address are supplied. is a simple one – at least in theory. Unlike with so many other press- ing development issues facing Phuket, skyrocketing land prices are not the problem. The Thai Department of Corrections already has at Let the Burmese in their filtering arrangements, but Keep pushing the its disposal a large 104-rai site at Baan Bang Jo, in Tambon all that needs to be done is to put Srisoonthorn, that could easily be developed into a modern, new fa- have their concert what they favor such as bottles, right buttons cility if funding were available. Okay, the British have problems plastic and paper in a separate Congratulations to Ignacio Evans One way to raise such funding might be to sell the six rai of getting over the last war with area or bin. for one of the best Gazette ar- prime, hillside real estate that the prison currently occupies. While Germany some 62 years ago, but This service needs to be ticles (“Pushing Buttons”, p. 30, the site was no doubt conveniently located on the outskirts of town the last time Phuket was invaded officially recognized and actively August 18) I have ever read in when it was built, that is hardly the case now. Sold as a block, the by the Burmese was nearly 200 encouraged and promoted by the this newspaper regarding any- land would fetch more than enough on the open market to fund a years ago. It’s time to move on powers that be. Especially when thing. What a courageous piece better and much larger prison at the new site. and let bygones be bygones. By many local people burn their rub- of candid journalism. While this would end any semi-tongue-in-cheek plans to build a that, I am referring to May bish nightly. I am not an IT guy; I am museum there, it might prevent a future riot or similar disturbance. Kyawt Shin’s proposal to stage a This would then negate the one of those suckers who bought Prison riots, it should be noted, are not good for tourism, especially concert here for Burmese work- cost of extra bins and additional the Acer laptop with the Home when the prison is conducting tours there. collections by the authorities. – The Editor ers. What better way could there Vista software. I miss and love be of showing a magnanimous Getting back to the incinera- the XP compared to this Vista Do you have an opinion you want to share? tor issue, many years ago a man- Email [email protected] offer of reconciliation and appre- garbage. I really have a hard time ciation for all their good work and ager at the Saphan Hin plant told figuring out the different methods labor than by staging this cultural me that the existing plant wasn’t of doing just about everything and event? working anywhere near capac- I find Vista makes me work As for requesting their em- ity due to a lack of repairs and harder to do what was easy and ployers to attend, I’m sure they maintenance. common sense with XP. would not resent giving up their It would be interesting to Everyone I know that owns In association with The Nation Multimedia Group PCL time for the day. In fact, I have confirm whether or not this is still an Apple said they just got sick no doubt that they may well en- the case and, if so, to highlight the of Microsoft and flew the coop. joy it too. This only leaves the fact that even the existing plant I love your part on politics. Editor: Parichat Utintu powers-that-be and what kind of isn’t working to full capacity due You sure do know Thailand. I priority they wish to attach to this to lack of funding, casting doubt have lived here for over 30 years Managing Editor: Chris Husted as to whether we need a new News Editor: Stephen Fein venture of good will. Regarding and you are on top of things. Keep all the regulations that have to be one. up the good work. Chief Reporter: Sangkhae Leelanapaporn met and adhered to, I’m sure that Keeping it clean James Pearson Editorial Team: Natcha Yuttaworawit, Janyaporn Morel, where there’s a will there’s a way. Phuket Phuket Sompratch Saowakhon, Semacote Suganya, Let’s give them a break as they It’s about balls Nick Davies, Ryan Nerone, Matt Crook. truly deserve one. A welcomed guest Pirated goods for I have noticed many complaints Managing Director: Oranee Pienprasertkul Phuket charity over the recent weeks about the General Manager: Niladaa Mastanawattanakul poor quality of “footy” on True Marketing Manager: Natthira Susangrat Solving Phuket’s The recent burning of pirated Visions. I recommend these goods is such an environmental whingers get cable TV at 350 baht Publisher: The Phuket Gazette Co Ltd trash woes disgrace. At the very least, a month and watch real men play A current hot topic is the recy- Phuket Provincial Police should real “footy” on the Australia Net- Contact us cling issue and the purchase of a recycle them. work every weekend. Advertising Sales: [email protected] second incinerator. First of all, on Why not give these items to Unlike soccer, these men do the recycling issue, it’s already a worthwhile charity, school or not fall down in mortal agony at Classified Advertising: [email protected] here. 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have been on the community committee for 40 years. I was born here and I have Iwatched our community grow up and have followed with Flooding just another interest the ensuing problems. The problem now is simply that there are more people in the village and much more traffic – it’s getting crowded. Now there are many build- symptom of progress ings on land where once there was a natural waterway, or nicipality collects the garbage klong. Flooding started becom- every few days, we have to put ing a problem four to five years IRST up with the stench from the trash ago when one by one, people F until it is collected. filled in the klong so they could Adding to this, there are build their buildings, blocking PERSON many stray dogs in the area now where the water would have and they scavenge through the flowed. he deluges that fell upon Phuket early this trash for food. The dogs leave A storm drain was built to month saw the usual places in Phuket City trash strewn all over the place, channel away the water that the T leaving a stinking mess. Then klong used to, but it’s not big flood while the drains struggled to channel the when it rains, the trash starts to enough. The klong was about 1.2 water away. One black spot for flooding, well rot and the smell gets even meters wide, but the storm drain known to motorists, is along Thepkrasattri Rd, worse. is only 80 centimeters wide. In the past it was much bet- So now when there is from Soi Siangtai all the way up to Supercheap. ter living here because there heavy rain, which we have ev- Anurak Hongwongpaisarn, 67, was were less people, much fewer ery year, the road floods. This born in Soi Bangcheelao, which runs next to buildings and not so many prob- has caused many accidents lems. When there was flooding along this stretch of road and Supercheap. we could go out by boat, but it’s many villagers have complained Here he tells the Gazette about the different now. about this. development he has seen in the area over the Many other villages in the Often the water is so deep years and how the flooding is just one of the area are growing, too. I’m wait- that it blocks one lane, especially ing to see what solutions the lo- in front of Supercheap. This many growing pains of progress. cal administrations will come up leaves all traffic to use just one with. lane, causing traffic jams. For example, the storm Many times the water is too zation) and they used to come and departments have no suggestions number of buildings in the area drain in front of Kiatsin Village is deep for motorbikes and they stall pump the water out, but using a as to what we should do when it also increased. full of trash and stinks. Rassada or break down. I often help pump is not enough when the rain does flood. Another related problem is OrBorTor said that this drain is people to push their bikes out of is falling heavily or there is more In the past, it used to flood trash. Many times when it floods, the responsibility of Phuket City the water as it can be too deep water to be pumped than the truck just in front of the Esso petrol sta- it is because a lot of garbage and Municipality, but Phuket City for one person alone to push a can contain. tion (near Supercheap). Back leaves blocks the drains, restrict- Municipality said that this area motorbike out of it. That’s nor- It’s not the right solution. then Thepkrasattri Rd was two ing the amount of water that can belongs to Rassada OrBorTor. mal here when it rains. The solution is to make the storm lanes. Now the road has been flow away. I’m really tired of hearing We used to report the drain bigger. In the rainy season, expanded to four lanes. The road Now that there are more that same old excuse. flooding to Rassada OrBorTor there is no warning when the road is better than it was before, but people in the area, there are not Compiled by (Tambon Administration Organi- will flood and the government when the road was widened the enough garbage bins. As the mu- Natcha Yuttaworawut Can I insure my pets? Where in Phuket Is there an insurance company, in Bangkok or Phuket, that offers animal insurance? Issues& can I play Alistair Beveridge Rawai ANSWERS

Gazette columnist Top Dog re- Write to: The Phuket Gazette, 367/2 Yaowarat Rd, Muang, badminton? plies: Phuket 83000. Fax 076-213971, or submit your issue at I am not aware of pet in- www.phuketgazette.net surance being available in Thai- I would like to know if there are Talad Nua, in Phuket City, fea- land, but you would need to check any badminton courts in Phuket. ture four rubber courts and four with a good broker to be sure. Eric Dohlon of insurance bro- another of the same breed, sex I am looking to play either friendly cement courts that meet compe- Pet insurance is a relatively kerage firm PCD Consultants and pedigree up to aggregate limit matches or join a court that re- tition requirements and the same recent introduction in the West, replies: stated in the Schedule in respect quires a membership. standards as the Saphan Hin bad- but it is already a huge business The majority of insurance of all the insured’s pet(s). Joe Dan minton courts. there because of the very high companies that provide insurance Except: Phuket We are open daily from 10 veterinary charges in the West. packages for houses will cover a) Any physical defects, ill- am to 10 pm. The fee to use the In Thailand, vet charges are the liability from injuries and dam- ness or disease known to the In- The Phuket Gazette replies: rubber courts is 150 baht per generally around 10% of what ages caused by your pets, but only sured when the Policy was taken Saphan Hin in Phuket City hour and the cement courts cost you would pay in the West for a on the premises. up or at renewal and not accepted is the center of badminton on the 100 baht per hour. major operation. Thai Sri Insurance [formerly in writing by the Company. island, with public badminton If needed, badminton This, of course, begs the Thai Zurich Insurance Company] b) Aged under 3 months or courts open in the day and early equipment is available to rent. question as to whether pet insur- provides a higher level of cover over 5 years old. evening. Membership costs 1,200 ance is really necessary here. in this respect. c) Undergoing or has under- Standard-sized courts are baht per year, which entitles you They will also cover the loss gone surgery not necessitated by available on a first-come, first- to a 20% discount and to reserve Khao Rang Pet Hospital re- of a pedigree dog or cat. accidental bodily injury not nec- serve basis. courts with just a phone call. plies: A section of their Home essary to save the pet(s) life, There are also some private One of the big advantages Private insurance compa- Care Premier Insurance policy which results in its death. badminton courts at the back of of using commercial badminton nies, such as Mittare Insurance reads: This extension shall not ap- the OTOP Shopping Plaza on courts is that you can play for as Co Ltd, based in Bangkok, offer The company will indemnify ply to pet(s) other than dog and Rat-U-Thit 200 Pi Rd in Patong. long as you want and do not have animal insurance for pet owners the insured for the cost of replac- cat. to worry about hurrying off the throughout Thailand. ing the pet(s) in respect of acci- If you need more insurance Kanpitcha Srikitjaroenchai, court because other people are Contact them for more in- dental death caused by violent information you can visit our of- owner of Andaman Badmin- waiting for it. formation at 026-407799, then external and visible means, oc- fice in Phuket City or send an ton, replies: For more information about press 0, or email sombatp@ curring whilst the pet(s) is/are email to: eric@insurance-in- Our facilities, located at 106/ our services or to reserve a court mittare.com confined within the premises with thailand.com 1 Phattana Thongtin Rd, Tambon call me at 089-6452848. 28 PHUKET GAZETTE FEATURES September 8 - 14, 2007

et us now meditate on the won- der that was Anna Nicole Smith. Not long ago, the world was con- Lvulsed with excitement to learn Mourning Anna Nicole that the father of her baby was not her saturnine lawyer and long-time lover, friend in the face, then he demonstrates Christmas tree: bleached-blonde hair, Howard K. Stern; nor the husband of Zsa his stud-muffin prowess by fathering Anna mascara’ed to the nines, bright red lipstick Zsa Gabor and occasional sampler of her Nicole’s baby!” and flaming fingernails, breastworks like charms, Frederic Prinz von Anhalt; nor Such would have been his prestige the twin moons of Mars, cleavage like the anyone from the legion of other candidates that the Republicans would have unques- Grand Canyon, make-up falling off her who have trooped through her boudoir. tionably nominated him to succeed George face in slabs. No, a DNA test finally proved that W as president while Hillary and Obama, Anna Nicole symbolizes the flash, the father was the merry photographer, aghast at being confronted by such an un- glitz, and dysfunctionality of contemporary Larry Birkhead. That was a victory of the beatable opponent, would quickly have pop culture. When future historians look forces of light over the forces of darkness. TSOWNDINGS withdrawn their candidacies and fled. back upon this decade, they are bound to Even so, I was crushed; for I con- But come! I am digressing into fields identify her as its dominant icon and cel- fess to a secret fantasy. Like many other By S. TSOW of fantasy at a time when propriety re- ebrate her glorious bimbosity. men, I would like to have been the father quires us to lament Anna Nicole’s passing When detractors of our culture sneer, of Anna Nicole’s baby. This is not a fan- lar”; and indeed, to judge from the stories and shed a tear at her demise. “What have you got to offer that can tasy born of lust, for in men of my ad- going around, she seems to have enjoyed Critics will grouse that she was a counter the appeal of our stern creed?” vanced years that sordid urge has ceased more traffic than the Lincoln Tunnel. woman for whom the term “bimbo” was all we’ll have to do is wheel out Anna to exercise any compelling influence. There was a second fantasy that I specifically invented. They will complain Nicole’s spectacular image to turn them It is a question of prestige. To have had cherished; but that too was blown that she was nothing more than a two-bit pale with fright and send them scurrying “scored” (I am trying to be tasteful here…) away by the DNA results. That was the imitation of Marilyn Monroe, who in turn back to their caves. with Anna Nicole would have been a tro- hope – alas! now forlorn – that the father was a two-bit imitation of Jean Harlow. We need a little flash in our drab phy conquest, much like climbing Mount would turn out to be… are you ready for They will grumble that our culture lives, and Anna Nicole provided it. Like Everest. Unfortunately, I have to admit that, this? Dick Cheney. gets more two-bit with every passing gen- others who have blazed like comets by the time I got there, that particular Yes! If it had transpired that Dick eration – and will wonder fearfully what through the night sky of our lives, she achievement, like climbing Mount Everest, Cheney was the father of little Dannielynn, future two-bit horrors may be coming crashed and burned early, giving new cre- would have become so commonplace that it would have silenced all the jeering that down the line. dence to the immortal injunction, “Live fast, it would not even rate a mention in my greeted him when he shot his friend in the Yet even her fiercest critics must play hard, die wasted and middle-aged.” obituary. face with a 28-gauge shotgun. “Boy,” I admit that Anna Nicole was larger than Fox News commentator Greta Van can hear the masses murmuring in awe- life. Born in Texas, where bigness is a pre- S. Tsow has lived slow, played easy and Susteren noted that Anna Nicole was, in a struck admiration, “What a macho dude requisite, she was a Big Girl in every re- will die wasted and old, but you can particularly felicitous turn of phrase, “popu- that Dick Cheney is! First he shoots his spect – gaudy, brassy and all lit up like a still flame him at [email protected]. In The Stars by Isla St ar Know your stars, know your life VIRGO (August 23-September takes an entertaining twist when but others are ready to take ad- 20): You will be like a cat on a GEMINI (May 22-June 21): Con- 23): Virgos who prefer to let their you hear how someone really vantage of this. Be prepared to hot tin roof this weekend. A long- serve your energy this weekend birthday pass without fuss should feels this weekend. Wear lemon take a story you hear on Sunday awaited conclusion is finally as business will need you moving make this clear as friends have a yellow to sharpen your wits. with a dose of salts. Regarding reached. If this applies to busi- quickly at the last minute after surprise in store. As the year business, focus on developing ness, you will be swimming in a Monday. Those of you who are ahead is action-packed, it may be SCORPIO (October 24-Novem- your managerial skills. Setting lim- new direction by the end of the normally adept at thinking on your best to kick it off with a suitable ber 22): If work is getting you its should be a priority. The at- month. However, if it relates to a feet will find this talent useful celebration. For Virgos consider- down, rest assured that the winds mosphere at home lightens when personal situation, you may need during September. If you don’t ing moving, this week you will of change have started to blow. a family member finally sees the a few days to come to terms with know where you stand in a ro- receive news of a good housing An offer to collaborate with light. The scent of jasmine en- changed circumstances. Sagit- mantic situation, Sunday is a good prospect and should follow it Gemini comes out of the blue and courages love to blossom. tarius is as supportive as you wish day to ask the right questions. The through sooner rather than later. is worth serious consideration. them to be, but Capricorn cannot color amethyst enhances your Scorpios who have been feeling CAPRICORN (December 22- be relied on. charm. LIBRA (September 24-October under the weather should make January 20): Although this week 23): Details are important this rest a priority. Energy levels will may be tinged with difficulties, ARIES (March 21-April 20): An CANCER (June 22-July 23): week; You tend to be vague and benefit from more raw fruit and you can relax in the knowledge offer is about to be made that Feeling pressure to do well at this should be curbed unless you vegetables in your diet. The num- that the second half of Septem- could be a dream come true. If work could cause stress this want to land in hot water. Wed- ber 6 can be lucky on Thursday. ber should bring a smoother pas- this doesn’t feel like the right week. Others’ unrealistic de- nesday is best for finalizing agree- sage towards your goals. Coast- time to give up what you’ve been mands are probably a result of ments and Capricorn can be SAGITTARIUS (November 23- ing along quietly during the com- trying to achieve since the start their own failings and this will trusted. Leo may not have your December 21): You are in the ing days is your best option. Ar- of the year, then trust your in- soon be revealed. A love affair best interests at heart. Romance mood to be generous this week, ies would like to draw you into a stincts. Wednesday is most aus- brings light relief and there’s no heated discussion on Monday, but picious for making property in- reason to rush it onto the next this will not achieve anything. quiries. Libra has the key to the level of commitment. Tuesday is Wear ultramarine blue to enhance door you would like to open. Num- the best day for making contact your energy. ber 8 is lucky on Thursday. with a friend you fell out with recently. Wear sky blue to en- AQUARIUS (January 21-Febru- TAURUS (April 21-May 21): Try- courage tranquility. ary 19): A dream you have this ing to get ahead will receive an weekend can shed some light on astral boost this week. Motiva- LEO (July 24-August 22): Daily a personal problem, but you al- tion comes from an unlikely routine could get you down this ready know what you must do to source, but stimulates your cre- week, but excitement is waiting solve it. Ignoring it will only make ative energy. Your usual caution around the corner. Your social life matters worse. Tuesday is a regarding finances should help is due to become busy after the good day to visit the bank man- you spot a mistake midweek, but middle of the month and a new ager, but make sure you have all try to give the person concerned Scorpio friend knows all the right the necessary paperwork at hand. the benefit of the doubt. Those people to introduce you to. De- A travel plan becomes tangible, of you already in a relationship vote quality time to personal ad- with November best for taking will be pleased by a special ges- ministration this weekend as an off. ture made by your partner this overlooked matter will arise next weekend. If you’re single, you will week. The number 3 could bring PISCES (February 20-March be subject to an instant attraction. fortune on Thursday. Looking for love? Or maybe just a friend? Check out the personal ads in the Phuket Gazette Classifieds September 8 - 14, 2007 FEATURES PHUKET GAZETTE 29 Discovering the fountain of youth f you are older than 40 and key word and there are plenty of not doing any physical exer- FIT options available in Phuket be- cise then it is time to get FOR sides bar-hopping and 16-ounce Imoving. Fortunately, Phuket LIFE beer curls. has a great range of activities to By Nick Dobyn If you are over 40 and in- choose from. Not only are there active, your first step is mental. some of the most beautiful Make a commitment to yourself beaches in the world to walk on incorporating regular activity into – or even a friend or loved one. or swim at when conditions are our lives. Meet down at the beach and go safe, but we also have quality Many people who suffer a for a walk, call in to the local fit- spas offering full heath-and-fit- decline in fitness, strength and ness facility and talk to a fitness ness programs, commercial gym- physical output with age do so professional about how they can nasiums and personal training stu- from lack of activity – not just the help. dios that can devise specific ex- normal aging process. As we You may be surprised; a ercise programs for you. age, we may have to work harder structured training session can be For recreational ways of in order to reap the same ben- fun as well as both physically and keeping fit, facilities include golf efits gained from training as we mentally rewarding. Programs courses and driving ranges, ten- did when we were younger. that can be performed at home nis courts, fitness centers that Our bodies’ recovery abili- without equipment can also be offer individual or group yoga ties may be a little slower than a devised for you. classes, pilates, aerobics, dancing younger persons, but gains in Get moving, get strong, get A membership to one of the many fitness centers on Phuket is a and aqua exercise classes. For muscle strength, cardiovascular fit and you will stay young for good first step to keeping healthy and strong well into your golden the more adventurous, there is fitness, balance and flexibility longer. years. mountain biking, sea kayaking and can all be expected with regular mountain trekking tours – to name physical work – regardless of just a few. age. Research shows that physi- After the age of 40, muscle cal inactivity is detrimental to mass begins to decline at a rate people in all age groups, but es- of about 1% per year. This re- pecially for people 40 and over. duction leads to a natural slow- Once you hit 40, the aging pro- ing of the body’s metabolic rate cess really starts to set in for that in turn results in weight gain people who make no effort to and a gradual loss of mobility and keep it at bay through exercise. flexibility. Bone density loss, joint Efforts to slow down or stop arthritis and eventually problems the aging process span recorded with daily tasks like climbing history, with the apocryphal tale stairs and walking are common of Juan Ponce de León’s quest among those who fail to impede for the Fountain of Youth just one the process through sensible, of many recorded in cultures regular exercise. from around the globe. Research consistently re- Despite advances in sci- veals that exercise can improve ence and medicine over the quality of life for the elderly by years, the concept is as strong as significantly reducing the risk of ever today. Just browse through dementia, improving memory and the spam in your email account basic body functioning – even to see the various ways Internet among those who have conditions hucksters try to sell you ways to or habits that endanger their keep young without much effort hearts, such as diabetes, high – except of course for sending blood pressure or smoking. them your hard-earned money. If the word “exercise” con- The simple truth is that we jures up images of torturous and cannot stop the aging process, but painful gymnasium sessions, we can slow it down simply by don’t be put off. Activity is the Nick Dobyn is the manager of Phuket Personal Trainers Co Ltd, a Rawai-based personal fitness consultancy specializing in per- sonal fitness training. For more information call 086-2514801, or email [email protected] or visit www.phuketfitness.net

Want to know what sports is happening in your neighborhood? Check out Gazette Sports on pages 34 and 35. 30 PHUKET GAZETTE COMPUTERS September 8 - 14, 2007 Alternatives to AirCards I have been reading your pressed with it and found it very 2. Then click Options. Q on-going series of articles easy to set up. The WLAN 3. Then click More Options. on the CAT EV-DO service and works well and again my laptop 4. Then click Export Con- associated news with great inter- found the service and hooked up tacts under Customize your con- est. I hope that the following to the Internet instantly. My only tacts. news might add to the helpful complaint is that the signal You can then import the .csv service you bring. strength meter never changes no file using either MSN Hotmail or I have had my Sierra Air- matter where you position the Windows Live Hotmail. Card 580 plugged into a laptop for router, so you never know if the Phew! 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When he isn’t writing computer Windows Live account. Step two. Synchronize your books and magazine and news- You can’t export a contacts contacts to Outlook Express: letter articles, or knocking list to a .csv file in the MSN ver- 1. In Outlook Express, se- Microsoft around on his sion (although you can import), lect Address Book in the Tools website, Woody Leonhard but you can with the Windows menu. ([email protected], Live version. Anyone with an 2. On the Tools menu of the www.askwoody.com) runs original MSN Hotmail account Address Book window, click Khun Woody’s Bakery and the can change to a Windows Live Synchronize Now. Your contacts Sandwich Shoppe in Patong. Hotmail account for free by in Hotmail will be downloaded clicking on the green button “Get into Outlook Express. 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If you’re hot – and free – just drop Woody an email at: [email protected] September 8 - 14, 2007 PHUKET GAZETTE 31 32 PHUKET GAZETTE B U S I N E S S & MONEY September 8 - 14, 2007 ON THE MOVE Dan Simmons, from the Hratch Khatchanian, Denis Martin has been US, has been appointed from France, has been pro- appointed Director of Food Director of Sales and Mar- moted to Hotel Manager at and Beverage at Le keting for Laguna Phuket. Le Meridien Phuket Beach Meridien Phuket Beach He will be responsible for Resort. Resort. Mr Martin has ex- the Laguna Village villas, Mr Khatchanian has tensive experience in food townhomes and residences, been with the company for and beverage management and Dusit Laguna villas. He two years in their food and positions and has worked graduated with a business beverage operations. for several five-star hotels degree from the University He has more than 17 in Bangkok, including Le of Texas and has worked years of experience in the Meridien, The Landmark as Operations Manager for food and beverage aspect and the Dusit Thani. He is CitrixOnline.com and for of hospitality, working at a currently working on imple- Hewlett-Packard technical variety of luxury resorts menting the resort’s 10 support before joining La- throughout the Middle East world-class restaurants and guna Phuket. and Europe. bars.

By Alasdair Forbes CHERNG TALAY: A loose con- Property consortium to tackle sortium of property developers with solid track records of com- pleting projects in Phuket met recently at the Laguna Beach ‘misperceptions’ in Hong Kong Resort to hammer out details of a property show to be held in Hong Kong next month. dragging down prices. Many Hong than one coup – I think it’s four Thanks to the short flight Kongers who had already bor- or five if I add them up… Against time between there and Phuket, rowed large amounts to speculate all of that, the picture has been Hong Kong has long been one of in property were lumbered with [one of] rising demand in terms the prime markets for sales of large mortgages on property that of Thai property and prices – it’s high-end holiday homes on the was now worth much less than [still] a fraction of the cost of the island. Developers will be hoping they had borrowed. Caribbean and Hawaii. for good sales prospects, if not Had the government not “The market will absorb and actual signatures on contracts. stepped in, however, there was get on with it.” The consortium will be a considerable probability that Other potential buyers of working to address what they prices would have risen much Phuket property have been made regard as “misperceptions”, par- higher and the bubble would have a little anxious by the government ticularly in the Hong Kong mar- burst with much more drastic re- considering further tightening of ket, about Phuket and about Thai- sults. existing rules in an effort to pre- land in general. The members of Phuket vent foreigners not only from One of these mispercep- Select argue that bubbles occur owning land, but also from con- tions was an opinion voiced in a only when large amounts of trolling land they have paid for. speech by a senior Hong Kong credit are involved. This is most However, Mr Simister banker that the Phuket property unlikely to happen in Phuket, they pointed out, “The first thing to market is a bubble set to burst. say, because the Phuket market The Phuket Select consortium of property developers prepares to note is [that] it’s a proposal – Hong Kong is particularly is driven by cash, not mortgages. dispense some ‘misperceptions’ about the Phuket property market very often in Thailand things are sensitive to bubbles in property In a recent article in the at their property expo in Hong Kong next month. proposed and time marches on markets. In the mid-1990s, for Hong Kong magazine Square ence, the majority of buyers do Another factor slowing the and nothing happens.” example, the then-British govern- Foot, Martin Phillips, managing not take up any form of loan. Phuket property market has been Speculation is focused on ment moved to head off a prop- partner of Engel & Volkers Thai- “The positive result of this buyer nervousness in the wake of whether the winners of the De- erty bubble by reducing permit- land, was quoted as saying, “It is is that it is difficult to create a the coup in September last year. cember election – at this stage ted mortgages from 95% of the very difficult for foreigners to ob- speculative bubble in the Phuket This is likely to ease, however, most likely the Democrat Party purchase price to 70%. tain financing inside Thailand to market. Bubbles may occur following the recent national vote – will take up this particular war- As a result, demand fell, buy property and, in our experi- when financing is easy to obtain in favor of the new constitution, cry. In any case, many develop- and overall demand is driven by clearing the way for a national ers in Phuket now sell properties speculators. election in December this year. on 30-year leases and few report “Because cash is used to David Simister, chairman of much sales resistance. purchase a significant amount of CB Richard Ellis (Thailand), was What is slowing the Phuket property, this scenario is not likely recently quoted (also in Square property market to some extent to happen [in Phuket].” Foot) as saying, “I’ve seen more – at least as it relates to Hong Kong – is the cost of cash. With the Hong Kong dollar still pegged to the falling US dollar, property priced in baht has been becom- ing steadily more expensive. It seems likely that Phuket’s other two main property sales markets, Britain and , whose currencies are not dollar- linked, will assume greater im- portance. On the other hand, with the US dollar looking likely to go on falling, making the baht yet more expensive, some would-be buy- ers from Hong Kong may decide to jump into Phuket property now rather than wait.

The Phuket Select exhibition will take place on October 27 and 28 at the Mandarin Oriental Hotel in Hong Kong. For details contact Graham Doven at Tel: 081-8970225 or email info@ phuketselect.com September 8 - 14, 2007 B U S I N E S S & MONEY PHUKET GAZETTE 33

hile the issues of the subprime fallout were causing fear Wand uncertainty in Yen carry trade rallies global credit markets, reducing the appetite for risk in general, another potential “bubble” was forming on the other side of the world with the yen carry trade against subprime fallout becoming the next victim. This situation arose from extremely low lending rates. Huge cult to establish “bid” prices as makes Japanese exports less global markets. In addition, Chi- an undisclosed but substantial sums of money were being bor- the trades were in one direction competitive and threatens to re- nese nationals are being allowed amount of this invested in US rowed on yen and invested in back into the Japanese yen. duce exporters’ profits. to invest in the Hong Kong stock treasury bonds could cause havoc bond and currency markets of In late August, a meeting Estimates in US dollar market. This gave an immediate by moving these funds to other countries such as Australia and of Japan’s Central Bank (The terms for the value of the yen by boost in share prices after the re- countries. New Zealand. This extended to Bank of Japan) voted 8 to 1 to the end of 2007 vary from 105 cent sell-off. A cartoon in the Economist countries that offered high inter- keep interest rates on hold at by Citigroup to between 115 and It is essential that China was particularity apt. It depicted est rates, including the South Af- 0.5%. A mixture of factors in- 120 by Mizuho – Japan’s second finds an outlet for its giant domes- Uncle Sam complete with top hat rica and even Brit- fluenced this deci- largest bank. tic savings; Hong Kong certainly approaching a dam wall and po- ain. sion. Tepid Japa- The yen carry trade, al- welcomes this investment at litely requesting a Chinese dragon Investors in MONEY nese economic though dented, is still apparent present, but is very aware that to consider raising the value of the yen carry trade growth combined and recent statistics reflect that there will be spillover effects in its currency. ranged from pro- TALKS with a low inflation it may be enjoying something of the future if the Chinese stock The Dragon, perched on top prietary-trading rate were the pri- a revival. market bubble bursts. of the wall, is holding a rope con- operations of banks mary reasons, but China watched the global There are also important trolling the sluice gates contain- to hedge funds to the increase in turmoil while its stockmarkets political considerations with the ing a dam of US$1.33 trillion. The large numbers of value of the yen reached record highs. The China-US economic relationship. dragon asks if uncle Sam remem- individual Japanese had already caused economy is awash in liquidity Election year is looming in bered to bring his swimming cos- investors: the monetary policy to and has yet to react to domestic America and already some poli- tume. fabled Mr and Mrs tighten. interest-rate hikes – the latest ticians, mainly Democrats, are Watanabe. Even Bank of Ja- being just last month. China is proclaiming that China must re- Richard G Watson runs Global pension funds, es- pan Governor Fukui aware of the dangers of an as- value its currency to reduce the Portfolios Co Ltd, a Phuket- pecially Japanese, By Richard G. Watson announced that he set-price bubble forming in both massive trade deficit. based personal financial-plan- joined the search for a higher re- wanted to raise interest rates, but the stock market and the prop- A senior economic advisor ning service. He can be turn on their capital. the current situation made it im- erty market. to the Chinese government re- reached at Tel: 076-381997, It is often stated, sometimes possible. The Chinese government cently advised that China was not Fax: 076-383185, Mobile: cynically, that investors have only The Bank of Japan has two announced that more investment helpless to retaliate in this situa- 081-0814611. Email: imm@ two emotions: fear and greed. reasons for wanting to raise in- funds were being established to tion. China, with US$1.33 trillion loxinfo.co.th. Website: www. The turmoil in global credit terest rates. Most important is to enable their investors to access in foreign exchange reserves and global-portfolios.com markets credited to the US raise them high enough so that the subprime fallout immediately bank can reduce them during the spread to the yen carry trade. next economic downturn to The result was a stampede stimulate the economy. to the exit doors. Currencies such This would allow them to as the New Zealand dollar fell at have some influence on mon- one stage by 20% against the US etary policy. Second, the bank dollar, but as the Japanese yen would prefer that vast sums of appreciated substantially against money not be held in the yen all major currencies, the real ef- carry trade. fect was the 25% rise in value of In reality, the yen carry the yen against the New Zealand trade was helping Japan by re- dollar. ducing the value of the currency. It was even reported at one This allowed exports to flourish, stage that the New Zealand cur- which is important while the yuan rency market was finding it diffi- is at such low levels. A strong yen

VITAL STATISTICS: INTERNATIONAL PASSENGERS UP 31% July 2006 July 2007 Change

International passenger (total) 237,333 278,980 +30.96% Domestic passengers (total) 118,772 155,538 +17.55% International Aircraft movements 1,088 1,204 +10.66% Domestic Aircraft movements 1,361 2,037 +49.67% International Cargo movements 217 384 +79.96% Domestic Cargo movements 721 827 +14.70% Source: Phuket International Airport 34 PHUKET GAZETTE SPORTS September 8 - 14, 2007

Phuket Vice-Governor Worapoj Ratthasima (center), Phuket City Deputy Mayor Sunan Lhimjanon (white jacket), and AeroThai Deputy Director Somsak Poonsawat (black jacket) on August 30 announce the AeroThai Mini Volleyball tournament. Taking part will be girls from Baan Samkong School and boys from Kajorn Kietsuksa School, who won last year’s Phuket final. Phuket prepares for mini-volleyball PHUKET: Aeronautical Radio of the best young volleyball sides Divers line up for the start of the Vios One Make Race Lady Cab race. One driver escaped serious injury Thailand (AeroThai) broke good from Phang Nga, Krabi, Ranong when he slammed into a barrier and lost a wheel in the wet conditions. news for sports fans on the is- and Satun. land on August 30, when they The top two teams will announced that the regional finals compete in a national tournament of their national mini-volleyball in Bangkok in January. Thrills and spills during tournament for youngsters will be Phuket Vice-Governor held in Phuket, which is expected Worapoj Ratthasima said, “The to soon get funding for two new Thai Volleyball Association is ex- volleyball courts from the Thai pected to confirm 12 million baht Saphan Hin motor racing Volleyball Association. in funding for the construction of The mini-volleyball tourna- two modern outdoor volleyball By Sangkhae Leelanapaporn ond place will receive 100,000 driving Car 14, escaped serious ment is open to kids born after courts: one court at Saphan Hin baht and third place 50,000 baht, injury in the Yaris One Make January 1, 1995. This week, Sport Complex and the other at PHUKET CITY: Despite heavy with prizes also going to drivers Race, but had to retire from the Phuket City Municipality and Cherng Talay Wittayakom rains, thousands of excited spec- in the individual classes. race when his car overshot a bend AeroThai joined forces to host the School.” tators lined the roads of Saphan Simon Yates, who scored and crashed into a barrier. Aviation Radio Mini-Volleyball Funding of the volleyball Hin on September 1 and 2 to high in this year’s previous races The next two races in the Tournament at the sports stadium court at Saphan Hin has already cheer on competitors as they sped in Chiang Mai and Udon Thani, Toyota Motor Sport 2007 series in Saphan Hin. been confirmed, with the second along wet roads for the third of beat 60 other drivers to secure will be in Ubon Ratchathani (Oc- Thirteen teams will compete court expected to be approved five races in the Toyota Motor first place overall after 20 laps that tober 20 and 21) and Chonburi for a top cash prize of 4,000 baht, this month. A memorandum of Sport 2007 series. totaled 28.5 kilometers. (November 10 and 11). with the top two teams going on understanding (MOU) confirming Competitors raced in three The wet conditions made to represent Phuket in the re- both projects is due to be signed categories: Vios One Make Race driving difficult in the Vios One RESULTS gional competition at the same this month by V/Gov Worapoj and Lady Cab, Vios One Make Race Make Race Lady Cab series that Vios One Make Race Lady venue from November 12 to 17, the Thai Volleyball Association. and Toyota Yaris One Make Race kicked off on the day of racing. Cab: 1. Pareerat Pangboonvong when they will compete against – Pathomporn Kaenkrachang 2007. Each event is being held in The race was stopped when one (30,000 baht); 2. Kenacha Yen- a different province. driver crashed into a barrier, los- manoch; 3. Araya A. Hargate. The overall winner will re- ing a wheel. Total of nine entries. KTO golf tournament Apichai Phankongchuean, ceive a Toyota Hilux Vigo. Sec- Vios One Make Race: 1. Simon Yates (30,000 baht); 2. Chinda Srisansuchart; 3. Anucha Pan- postponed until 2008 dan; 4. Alongkorn Yangyuen; 5. KATHU: The Kids Tee Off sters in the 10 different age cat- ML Navaphat Yukon. Total of 29 (KTO) Junior Challenge Golf egories, with up to 80 children par- entries. Tournament, originally scheduled ticipating. Yaris One Make Race: 1. for September 5 to 7 at Laguna Unfortunately, the number Traithanit Chimtawan (30,000 Phuket Golf Club, has been post- of entrants fell short of the tar- baht); 2. Kitta Kongsurat; 3. poned to a date to be confirmed get, leaving several age brackets Chaleeya Nuya; 4. Phatcyhara in 2008. Organizers had hoped with too few competitors. As a Kittipongpattana; 5. Thaneth that the tournament would attract result, organizers then decided to Wanitchakul. Total of 17 entries. significant interest from young- postpone the tournament until next year, said KTO Managing Director Pamela Wigglesworth. The lack of entries in the tournament was likely due to con- flicting school school schedules, she added. Over the next few months, KTO will study ways to improve the competition and attract more entries in time for next year, said Pamela. The organizers will also seek ways to reduce operational costs for the tournament, perhaps a concession that the US$285/ player (9,420 baht) registration fee may have put off some par- ents from signing their kids up. All participants already reg- istered are entitled to full refunds. September 8 - 14, 2007 SPORTS PHUKET GAZETTE 35 Record year for Kata Surf Contest By Sangkhae Leelanapaporn KATA: The seventh Kata Surf- ing Contest took place at Kata Beach August 31 to September 2 with a record number of en- trants battling it out on the waves. The surfing contest was split into five categories: long board, short board, grommet (children), girls and body board. Organizer Wallop Nadon, chairman of the Phuket Board Riders Club, told the Gazette that READ MY TRANSOM: Asia Spirit shows the fleet her behind as she this year’s contest received great heads off to win yet another ACYC regatta on September 2. feedback from all the competi- Photo by Leslie Hand for Image Asia Events. tors, who totaled about 140 surf- ers, 50 more than last year. Participants from as far afield as Japan, Malaysia, Indo- Asia Spirit spirits nesia, Singapore, the US, Europe and competed in the contest. Although 2006-short-board away ACYC win champion Christian from South Africa was unable to compete By Chris Husted In the two-boat Multihull this year, there was still an abun- class, Roger Kingdon on Moto dance of skilled surfers present. AO CHALONG: Despite heavy Inzi was too quick for Bob “We realize that most of the rain delaying the start of the race Brindley on XCatRiot. surfers are tourists who enjoy the by 30 minutes, Race 10 of the Ao John Fenn showed he was sport. They are not professional Chalong Yacht Club (ACYC) surfers because Phuket’s waves A surfer ‘takes the back door’ during the Kata Surf contest. A record worth his salt, winning the Cruis- number of surfers turned up to compete in this year’s Kata Surf Keelboat and Multihull Race Se- ing class on his distinctively yel- are too small for pros,” said K. Wallop. Contest. A few spots of rain was not enough to dampen the spirits ries got off to a good start on low Four Winds, ahead of Tony of those in attendance. September 2, with winds gusting Knight on Fidji. K. Wallop went on to ex- up to 20 knots on Chalong Bay. The Image Asia Encourage- plain that surfing contests such as with his use of the bottom-turn from Kata won the girl’s contest; Race officials set the course ment Award went to John Clayton this one help to promote tourism snatch maneuver which involves and South African Graig was the from the channel markers in on Millennium for his effort in in Phuket by building activities for a surfer moving to the bottom of top dog in the body-board cat- Chalong Bay round Koh Kaew having the most varied crew of visiting sports lovers to take part a wave before turning his body egory. and back. It was a fast beat up- the day – from very experienced in. The number of competitors at around to face the opposite direc- The winners of each cat- wind to the island, giving the sailors to absolute novices – and this year’s event bears testament tion. Dylan fended off stiff com- egory received a trophy and 4,000 foredeck crews more to do than making sure that not a single visi- to its success and helps increase petition from 80 other surfers baht, with 3,000 baht for the run- usual. The wind calmed down for tor was left on the beach. interest in surfing among locals. spread over 16 heats and won ner up and 2,000 baht for third the downwind leg back, letting the Lady Pie sponsored the Indonesian surfer Dylen first prize on a day mired with place. racers fly their spinnakers in full day’s racing, providing 300 baht overcame fierce competition rainy spells. The event was organized bloom. worth of pies to first place, a from Kata’s Nopphasit “Koh” In the long-board division, with support from Karon Munici- Anthony Gates on Ben bottle of local whiskey to second Bunchuai in the final of the short- Koh won first prize this time; luk pality, Kata-Karon Hotel Busi- Copely’s Asia Spirit spirited away place, and an ACYC coconut board division. kreung Sebastien took the glory ness Association and Tourism for another win the Racing class, concoction going to third place. Dylen won the judges over in the grommet division; Ying Authority of Thailand. followed by Ket Manghlasera- The next ACYC regatta will nee on Cinders. be on September 23. All are wel- John Clayton on Millen- come to join, regardless of sail- nium placed third in the class, ing experience. For more infor- while Kevin Gillow on Minx, a mation call Tony Knight at 01- regular Racing class winner in 7470074 or visit www. the ACYC series, finished fourth. acycphuket.com. PATONG DARTS LEAGUE n the second week of play in the young league, Market Bar won their first-ever match by the narrowest of margins, slipping by IValhalla 5-4 before losing the beer leg. Queen Mary is now the only team to have taken all six points from their first two matches and now sit in first. Defending Champs Dog’s Bollocks got back to their winning ways by scooping all three points from Piccadilly, while Shakers kept some pride by salvaging the beer leg after an 8-1 thrashing by Off- shore.

August 28 results: Piccadilly 3 Dogs Bollocks* 6; Queen Mary* 8 Beach House 1; Shakers* 1 Offshore 8; Valhalla* 4 Market Bar 5. Simply Red = bye. (* = winner of beer leg)

Standings: 1. Queen Mary (6); 2. Offshore (5); 3. Shakers (4); 4.= Market Bar, Dogs Bollocks (3); 6. Piccadilly (2); 7. Valhalla (1); 8.= Simply Red, Beach House (0).

September 11 matchups: Queen Mary v Market Bar; Piccadilly v Beach House; Offshore v Valhalla; Shakers v Simply Red; Dogs Bollocks = bye. (home team first) 36 PHUKET GAZETTE PHUKET PROPERTY September 8 - 14, 2007

Gardening by Bloomin’ Bert

ustralians. Bless. They don’t do much to satisfy the wa- mean well, even if they ter requirements of a plant grow- do talk through their ing in the hot, dry soil of Phuket. Anoses and make every Quenching the thirst Watering this way encourages sentence a question. In reality, ev- shallow root systems, which in- ery Australian walking the planet creases susceptibility to damage is lucky to be alive and foreign- if you fail to water for a few days. ers are lucky to survive their holi- Water should be applied days there. only as fast as the soil will ab- There are just too many sorb it. Watering with a hose rather nasty, poisonous things nozzle turned on full force can do around. I once read that eight of more damage than good. Fast- the 10 most deadly creatures flowing water runs off quickly, choose to live in and around Aus- carrying soil with it. It also may tralia. In the middle of the outback expose plant roots to the sun, or while you’re having a dip in which isn’t ideal in Phuket. It’s the sea, you can bet that there’s more efficient to use soaker a nasty animal lurking nearby, hoses and sprinklers. Soaker waiting to pounce. hoses do a good job, but they don’t And why is it seemingly a cover as large an area as sprin- requirement for Australian nouns klers. to be adapted so that they end What you need to avoid is with the letter “o”? Afternoon is soggy soil, as this really is the kiss arvo, a smoke break is a smoko, of death to most plants. They sim- a bin man is a garbo, a petrol sta- ply can’t get oxygen through their tion a servo and a tramp a derro. roots, because the water fills ev- Perhaps the daftest of all is that ery little space in the soil that an off-license, or shop selling al- would have oxygen in it. The cohol, is known as a bottlo. My roots rot and the plant dies a slow spell check is working overtime death. here. Over-watering is perhaps Perhaps the most irritating The simple task of watering plants is more complicated than one might think. It requires knowing the the cause of more plant deaths thing about Australians – and this proper time, quantity and method to water in order to help plants thrive. than anything else in the garden. one isn’t even their fault – is the Photo courtesy of Poznan University of Technology. The problem is made more diffi- fact that Americans think that all cult because the symptoms of Brits are from down under – most common topics of conver- has no rules as such because should be watered when the soil too-wet soil are similar to those something I’ve never quite under- sation in the UK, which seems to when to water and how much to around them feels dry and crum- of too-dry soil, so the tendency is stood. We’re rather confused have been imported by the Brits water depends on the kinds of bly. to panic and keep watering, about Australians, too, come to now living in Phuket. The hot sea- plants, type of soil, time of year Recent plantings need spe- thinking the plant needs more, but think of it. The feeling is very son, having prompted so much and the weather. cial care. When your new plant only making the problem worse. much mutual; they don’t quite heat-induced whining, was over The bottom line is to water was in a container in the nursery, To check, stick your finger in the understand us Brits, either. some time ago. only when plants need watering. it was watered every day. It got soil and water only when the soil One thing that Brits are re- Then the inevitable rain That may sound a bit daft, but it’s rather used to it. Also, during the is dry one whole knuckle down. nowned for down under is started to appear, prompting my true. It doesn’t rain every day and first few months after being Plants do complain, but only whingeing. This is no stereotype; countrymen to then whinge when the temptation is to assume that planted in the garden, new plants when they have good reason to. I rather think we especially ex- they got a bit damp on their mo- they already have enough water still have small root systems and They certainly don’t whinge like cel in this area. The Aussies call torcycles on their way home on the dry days – not necessarily can absorb water from only a lim- Brits – they actually understand us “whingeing poms”. Being Brit- from the pub. They seemed to true. ited soil area. They still think that it can get a little warm here ish, I should defend my fellow ignore the fact that the tempera- The leaves of many plants they’re in a pot. and they drink what they need. countrymen in all regards, but I ture had dropped by 15 degrees. will begin to curl in the early Watering should be done in Actually, Australians are famous think on this one, though I hate to For me, one of the benefits stages of a water shortage. Later, the early morning, when winds for drinking only one thing: beer. admit it, the Australians have got of the rainy season is that I can the leaves will become very limp and temperatures are low. Late Lots of it. Per capita, more than it right. be a little more lenient with the and will wilt. Plants should always morning, midday and afternoon anywhere other nation on the We’re a nation of whingers. hosepipe in the garden. This is the be watered before they wilt. Al- irrigation usually results in loss of planet, so it seems. Based on this Back home, we complain if our perfect time of year for an idle lowing them to reach this stage water from evaporation. Also, alone, there’s hope for them yet. winters are too cold and we have gardener. I’m all for it. will often result in the plant drop- strong winds are more likely to to turn the heating up a bit. In One of the most important ping its leaves. If plants are wilted blow at these times, resulting in Want to know more about summer, we complain if we’re factors in gardening is knowing for days, they may never revive. poor distribution of water over the too hot – exactly the scenario when and how to water. Many To make things more com- lawn. a plant in your garden? we’ve spent the winter yearning gardening factors, such as fertil- plicated, some plants may not When watering, give the soil Email Bloomin’ Bert at: for – and we’re still not happy. izing and pruning, have a number show symptoms of a water short- a thorough soaking. Frequent, [email protected] The weather is one of the of rules to follow, but watering age until it is too late. Such plants light sprinklings waste water and September 8 - 14, 2007 PHUKET PROPERTY PHUKET GAZETTE 37

Decor by Natcha Yuttaworawit

y the side of the road near the back entrance to Phuket Rajabhat The green way to breathe easy BUniversity is a small park – a small roadside haven of attracting insects or ants. Just serenity amidst cars zooming by, sprinkle some anti-insect powder students roaring past on their around the flowerpot.” motorbikes and local residents Other tips K. Wichate of- going to and from their homes. fered were to choose plants that Just a glimpse of the park do not require much sunlight and quietens the mind during the to make sure that the plants see morning drive to work. some direct sunlight – about As I was driving past it re- twice a month is usually enough. cently the thought struck me – A common mistake people the park is naught but open make with indoor plants is over- space; it’s the plants that inspire watering, K. Wichate said. “Do the feeling of ease. Gardens and not water your plants too much parks are perfect for relaxing because it may damage the outdoors in the daytime, but when roots,” he said. do I get any time to relax during K. Wichate’s last tip was to the day? periodically move corner plants to Then the thought hit me: different corners so that they having plants indoors can add a don’t get a steady diet of sunlight sense of tranquility to the home always from the same direction at any hour of the day. – with the inevitable results. To find out more I visited “Even though most people Cannana Garden Co Ltd in know that plants grow towards Kathu, where managing director sunlight, they do not think to Wichate Nakead explained that move plants to different corners indoor plants actually have many so that the plants right them- benefits apart from just décor. selves and grow straight, mak- “Potted plants are very use- Using a varierty of indoor plants can liven up a room while leaving it odor-free. ing them look much more attrac- ful as dust filters and they clean tive,” he said. the air of unpleasant odors, such the home, leaving it smelling fresh not have sharp angles that offend bathroom because they like damp It seems that even for as from synthetic substances like and clean,” he said. the eye.” air. They can be made more col- plants, a change in routine is paint and plastic or natural ones “In addition to making the Certain plants are better for orful by using painted flower- needed once in a while. like dust and mildew from car- house smell clean, potted plants different parts of the home, K. pots,” he suggested. pets. can be attractive decorations and Wichate explained. As for plants inviting little Cannana Garden Co Ltd. 113/ “As they ‘breathe’ they re- are perfect to fill odd corners and “Ferns and water plants are intruders into the home, he said, 68 Anuphas Golf Ville, Kathu. lease oxygen into the air inside spaces in rooms because they do well-suited for decorating the “Don’t worry about indoor plants Tel: 081-6934075. 38 PHUKET GAZETTE PHUKET PROPERTY September 8 - 14, 2007 Wet season brings cyclical cynics hose of us involved in the property business in Phuket over the past six years know that it’s T FAITH IN been a bit of a wild roller coaster ride, with its ups, downs and in- MARKET FORCES? betweens. But each year as the rains To put Phuket’s come and our seasonal market property market, currently valued at dips to its annual lows, out come some 40 billion baht, the doomsayers with their tired into perspective – old question: “Is this the end for consider that the the Phuket real estate market?” Jatukham industry It’s been a phenomenon as nationwide this year steady as clockwork and might has been valued at 50 be compared with the groundhog billion baht. coming out at the end of winter and giving the thumbs up or down for an early spring. Luckily, we live in a climate of endless summers and to the best of my knowledge there are no groundhogs on this island. Hence, in assessing the market we have to look at something more solid than a furry animal ued to rise. Tourism recovered by foreign buyers, the holiday Research team, in its Focus pub- retreat on a disastrous scale (as that spends it’s winters under- from a post-tsunami low and was market provides as good a barom- lication, valued the condominium in 1997) and it would be a soft ground. close to 80% last year. eter as any for real estate fore- market in Phuket alone to be landing. During the past six years, Depending on the source casts. worth 20 billion baht. As the market in time would Phuket has experienced spec- one uses for statistics, tourist ar- According to the indepen- Realistically, if we are look- pick up again, the price base in a tacular double-digit capital appre- rivals in Phuket soared to four to dent Agency for Real Estate Af- ing at the total property market, market such as Phuket would far ciation within the property sec- five million people in 2006, and fairs, the Bangkok property mar- including not only condominiums exceed those in leveraged do- tor. Despite 9/11, SARS, bird flu, year-to-date figures show contin- ket in 2007 is projected to be but also villas, homes, apartments, mestic markets. land scandals, a tsunami and a ued impressive growth for 2007. worth 145 billion baht. retail space and land plots, the As for the national coup d’etat, prices have contin- In a property market dominated In 2006, Raimon Land’s total market value could easily economy, the SET (Stock Ex- exceed 40 billion baht. change of Thailand) remains one To provide some scale to of the best buys in the region. In the market, con- the mid-1990s, the sider the gov- exchange traded up ernment figures over 1,500 points, that show the but today, with all the total spent on growth over the past books and few years, it’s trad- newspapers in ing at less than half the entire coun- of that mark. It’s an try at 60 million astonishing fact baht, though (bi- PROPERTY when comparing it zarrely) the fast- with other major in- est-growing en- dices in the region terprise in the WATCH and should provide entire Kingdom By Bill Barnett confidence for in- is amulets, vestors in the upside which were fueled by the recent potential here. Jatukham Ramathep craze. The But in the words of Jerry Kaisikon Bank Research Center McGuire, “We live in a cynical has estimated this market at more world.” It’s the same world than 50 billion baht a year, with where businesses made annual the amulets now trading regularly business plans that were carved on eBay in the US and Europe. in stone. Today, with technology, But getting back to property, we live in a fast-food frenzy of from an investment standpoint information and reactions. Mar- property in Phuket is a golden kets can be made or unmade child in Thai real estate circles. overnight. We now look at CNN, It continues to be dominated by BBC or the Internet and make overseas investors who cannot long-ranging decisions with a few obtain local financing, which keystrokes on the computer. means we do not have the specu- At face value and by the lative domestic markets that one numbers, the Phuket property finds in Bangkok, Hua Hin or market looks set for a continued Pattaya. run of prosperity, though, as we Most projects continue to be all know, business cycles do not built by smaller developers and run to a set schedule. Certainly what is under construction in most from a developing market per- cases has been sold already and spective, the island has grown and paid for with no bank leveraging. will continue to see supply and In the worst case scenario of a demand lines blur in the coming meltdown either within Thailand years. or the region, as in 1997, there As for the groundhogs, let’s would not be significant bank see what the high season will foreclosures, so prices would not bring.

Bill Barnett is managing director of C9 Hotelworks (c9hotel works.com), a Phuket-based hotel and residential property con- sulting firm. With more than 20 years’ experience in the region, he has played an active role in some of the island’s biggest develop- ments. September 8 - 14, 2007 PHUKET PROPERTY PHUKET GAZETTE 39

Construction by Janyaporn Morel Vighit Resort gets B415m makeover RAWAI: The renovation of beachfront-bungalow property Vighit Resort on Wiset Rd is about 10% complete. The makeover Newly-named Vijitt includes rebranding of the resort Resort Phuket will to Vijitt Resort Phuket, operating provide luxury as a four-and-a-half-star boutique accommodation just resort hotel, due to open Septem- below five-star level to ber 2008, said General Manager ensure guests can relax James Sullivan-Tailyour. without having to put The Vighit Bungalow Re- on airs. sort had been operated for more than 25 years by the Khoopong- sakorn family, who have owned the location for more than 60 years. The 40-bungalow resort was classed as three-star accom- their time here. Parents can re- modation. lax safe in the knowledge that Having recognized that the their children are not sitting in large expanse of land could be put front of a Playstation for eight to better use, the Khoopong- hours, as the children will be en- sakorn family decided to develop tertained and educated at the kids the project to keep up with club. Some families have very Phuket’s expanding tourist indus- little time to spend together, and try. Total investment into the so we want to encourage family project, entirely from the family, activities,” he added. is about 415 million baht. afresh,” he said. The resort will demographics. “We are aiming at great villas spread over two The main construction con- “We have 44 rai of land that comprise 72 Deluxe Villas, three two targets of guests: One is floors, as well as a fantastic kids tractor for Vijitt Resort Phuket is runs from the main road down to Family Pool Villas, four Vijitt Pool couples, particularly honeymoon- club. We really want to appeal to Bangkok-based RTH Co Ltd. the beach, so two years ago the Villas and 13 Prime Pool Villas. ers because of the attractive style people with our relaxed, fun at- The system contractor is Q Plan family decided to take the next The new villas will be larger of the villas; the other group is mosphere,” he said. Co Ltd and the project manage- step because they realized how than their predecessors, with ar- families, because we have these “We want families to enjoy ment company is En Plus Co Ltd. profitable this land could be to eas of 70 square meters in the them,” said Mr Sullivan-Tailyour. Deluxe Villas up to 260sqm in the Although the family was Vijitt Pool Villas. approached by many hotel devel- The resort will boast a res- opers, they decided to keep the taurant, 14- by 15-meter swim- resort at a size they could man- ming pool and a kids club with an age and chose to invest in the activities center. project themselves, with an aim Mr Sullivan-Tailyour contin- of keeping the logistics of the ued, “The new resort, based on new project as similar to the old the theme of a fishermen’s vil- one as possible. lage, will be built to the highest Bangkok-based architect quality, and yet we are position- Movida Co Ltd, which was cho- ing ourselves just below five-star sen for the design work of the level to give the resort a relaxed new project, is focusing on blend- and friendly environment. ing the construction work with the “We want people to feel at resort environment, which con- home, but we don’t want them to tains some 3,000 trees. feel like they have to dress up to “There will be a lot of space go for dinner or feel uncomfort- between the villas and we will able in any of our bars. We want keep as many trees as possible. all guests to enjoy their experi- Many of the trees are rubber ence with us. trees, and we will use them as Mr Sullivan-Tailyour said part of the resort experience by that the resort will look chic and tapping the trees to show guests that the design is not strictly con- a little about how rubber is pro- temporary. The focus is on using cessed,” explained Mr Sullivan- Thai materials and Thai concepts, Tailyour. and so the resort will be a mix- “We will have 92 individual ture of modern designs with tra- villas dotted around the 44 rai. We ditional Thai ideas. have removed every structure He is confident that the new from the resort and started resort will have a wide range of 40 PHUKET GAZETTE CLASSIFIEDS September 8 - 14, 2007 Property Gazette

Properties AO POR LAND 180SQM NEW TROPICAL VILLA KARON LAND BEAUTIFUL HOUSE For Sale URGENT SALE PENTHOUSE FOR SALE FOR SALE FOR SALE

BEAUTIFUL NAI YANG LAND

Panoramic sea view, 2-3 15 million baht per rai, 150 rai, Chanote, panoramic bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, Living area: 600sqm. Gar- Chanote, hillside, pan- sea view. From 2.3 million kitchen, large living room. den area: 6,400sqm (4 rai). oramic sea view, quiet baht per rai. Contact for From 8 million baht. Please Large 250sqm terrace. 3 area. Please contact for contact me for a viewing. 5 mins to Phuket airport, more information. Tel: 089- bedrooms & 1 master bed- additional information. Tel: 081-9685963. Email: close to the beach, 10 rai. 7727012. Email: se_rim@ room with en-suite bath- Tel: 089-7727012. Email: [email protected] For 120 million baht. Must see. hotmail.com room. Open-plan kitchen, [email protected] further details, please visit Tel: 089-7727012. Email: living room, Jacuzzi, swim- 51.47sqm, in Chanakran our website: http://www. [email protected] ming pool, 100sqm of arti- Property Village, 3 bed- bayproject.com/invest/ ficial rivers and charming RAWAI 2-STORY rooms, 3 bathrooms. Be- SUPERIOR HOUSE index.htm island, 3-car garage & exte- hind TOT Public Co Ltd in LAND FOR SALE for rent or sale. Situated in rior parking. Completely fur- HOUSE 140sqm, 2 bedrooms, 2 Chalong. The house is un- 1,728sqm of beautiful land. a secure and most desirable nished, foosball table and der construction and will Just 150 meters off Bang bathrooms, close to the estate off Chao Fa West PATONG HOUSE snooker table. Located at Pa be ready within one month. Niang Beach in Khao Lak. Rd. 2 stories, 3 bedrooms Khlok, 5 mins from Ao Por, beach. 1.5 million baht. Call FOR SALE Tel: 086-9408914. Email: Price: 3.9 million baht. Price: 4.5 million baht. Tel: (2 w/ en-suite bathrooms). marina, golfing, etc. No sea Please call for more de- 076-485614, 081-8912134. Large, quiet hillside loca- [email protected] Living room, kitchen/diner, tion, 270sqm living space. view. Company formed tails. Tel: 081-9562406. Fax: 076-485613. Email: study. Laundry room, ga- since 2002. Chanote title. [email protected] 3 to 4 bedrooms, 4 bath- rage, fenced garden. ADSL/ rooms, living, dining, Euro- Price: 49 million baht. HILLSIDE HOMES UBC. Price: 6.9 million baht. pean kitchen, aircon, wood Project by international ar- for sale/barter. 4 brand-new, SEAVIEW PLOTS PHUKET Tel: 084-8439579. Email: flooring throughout. Double chitects. For info, contact quiet, natural, luxurious 2-bed- IN BANG TAO COUNTRY CLUB [email protected] carport, 4 balconies, small Tel: 081-8935270. Email: room and 2-bathroom villas. Fantastic view, ready to Unfinished duplex renovation garden, partial sea views. [email protected] Fully furnished with outdoor build, underground utilities. project, directly on the 15th Please visit our website: Starting at 3 million baht. POOL VILLA Price: 7.8 million baht. Call whirlpool. Approx 180sqm on a fairway. Tel: 087-5074395. Tel: 087-2681170. www.tropical-house.net 100sq wah plot of land. In the Call to view. Tel: 089-590- Email: [email protected] FOR SALE 3665, 086-2670157. Email: Bang Tao, 3-4 bedrooms, 2 most guarded, prestige estate Please visit our website: of Saraburi. For sale at 4.75 mil- [email protected] www.fairway15.com bathrooms, kitchen, sat TV, NEW SEA VIEW LUXURY APARTMENT Internet, auto door. Tel: 084- CONDOMINIUM IN PATONG lion baht each or barter with 8516121. Email: phuketmat@ seaview-land plots or condo THAI BUNGALOW 18 ROOMS FOR SALE Variety of units at 60, 120, with lots of elegant furniture. yahoo.com Visit our website: and 180sqm. Overlooking 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, development in Phuket. Con- Rural Ban Liphon, Thalang. 18 rooms/bungalows on 5 rai www.phukethome.ws Chalong Bay and Rawai Bay. well-equipped kitchen. Club- tact Tel: 081-8142040. Email: 2 bedrooms with aircons, of land with 14 years remain- Priced from 1.8 million baht. house including swimming [email protected] Visit lounge, dining room, large ing on land lease. Lots of our website: www.ziam.com Contact Kuno at Tel: 081- pool, snooker, sauna and bar. back patio with garden. 8 room for expansion. Photos 2-STORY mins to Boat Lagoon, 15 mins TOWNHOUSE 9685963, 081-9685963. Comes with new Toyota For- and price provided on request. RAWAI BEACH CONDO to the airport. 920,000 baht Living area: 98.5sqm. Land plot: Email: [email protected] tuner. You can have private Tel: 081-7193375. Email: Sea view, foreign freehold. ono. Call Clare at Tel: 083- 144sqm. 3 bedrooms, 2 bath- swimming, just open the side [email protected] 550,000 baht. Tel: 086-940- 3906700, or evening Tel: rooms, carport, and garden. BEACHFRONT door. Best views of Patong, 8914. Email: freeholdprop@ 086-4702787 (English). Tel: 618,000 baht. Last payment: POOL VILLA especially when standing out- HOUSE FOR SALE yahoo.com 086-0918355 (Thai). 1,472,000 baht. Tel: 081- Located on a private beach. side on the balcony. 190sqm 3 bedrooms, 1 bathroom, Priced at only 9 million baht. in a nice location. Take your garden, big kitchen, balcony, 4940450. Fax: 076-264517. Email: [email protected] Contact Tel: 084-4422510. baggage to stay immediately. HOUSE FOR SALE HILLSIDE LAND aircon, tank, furnished, near Email: admin@thaisunshine Please contact the owner. Located near Laguna area. 1,760sqm. Chanote, quiet Kathu waterfall. Tel: 076- developments.com For de- Tel: 085-1982577. Living area: 150sqm. Land and exclusive area, private 323696, 084-7597880. SEAVIEW tails, visit our website: www. area: 650sqm. 7.5 million access. Located 1.2km west APARTMENT thaisunshinedevelopments. BIG GOLF VILLA baht. Tel: 087-8938590. of Rawai Rd. 4.5 million baht. BIG HOUSE FOR SALE 2 bedrooms, top floor, north com/sichon_beach .htm Big luxurious villas for sale Tel: 085-7827551. Patong, 20 steps to the beach, Thalang area, 3 bedrooms, 2 from 9 million baht. Only 25 SHOPHOUSE IN bathrooms, 532.2sqm, fur- freehold. Price: 9.7 million RAWAI BEACH VILLA meters to Loch Palm Golf baht. Tel: 086-2765117. For CHALONG FOR SALE NEW 3-STORY nished, nice view, quiet. 8 mil- 400sqm house, pool, 3 bed- Club. Please contact for de- As new condition, excellent lo- COMMERCIAL lion baht. Tel: 086-7401969. photos, please send email: rooms, 3 bathrooms. Garden tails at Tel: 081-9685963. [email protected] cation. Many extras. 4.3 mil- building. 2 bathrooms. Price: and covered terrace. Price: Email: [email protected] lion baht. Tel: 085-7987156 4 million baht. Please con- SURIN LAND 6.5 million baht. Tel: 086- (Eng), 085-8831695 (Thai). tact Tel: 086-7432011. FOR SALE SEA VIEW 9408914. Email: freeholdprop SIMPLY THE BEST 1,016sqm: 6 million baht. 3 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms. @yahoo.com value in Patong. 12 studio 996sqm: 5 million baht. 5-min- Sea, bay and hill views. Great apartments to be sold. Up- ute walk to Surin Beach. Call location. Tel: 081-6932250. RAWAI BEACH market resort. 5 minutes to Tel: 081-8687676. Email: [email protected] DUPLEX beach, Jungceylon, Bangla 15-year lease, 107sqm du- Rd and use of fantastic facili- plex house, pool, carport, gar- ties. Great investment oppor- den. Price: 1.5 million baht. tunity at 2.5 million to 2.7 Tel: 086-9408914. Email: million baht. Contact Jeff at [email protected] Tel: 083-2807152. September 8 - 14, 2007 CLASSIFIEDS PHUKET GAZETTE 41 Property Gazette

CHERNG TALAY- KALIM HOUSE FOR SALE MANIK BEACHFRONT LAND IN SAI YUAN

2 rai, hill views, Chanote, Beautiful land for sale. 21- Single house built in mod- wall around land. Price: 3-49 rai at Kalim Beach, ern style and designed 5.9 million baht. Call Tel: Chanote title, water, elec- with European conve- 086-2746511. tric. Tel: 081-7474742. nience, features 2 spa- cious bedrooms with air conditioning, 2 en-suite HIGH-QUALITY bathrooms, living room HOME furniture, well-equipped kitchen, large garden and surrounded by wall and gate. Parking space for car is available. Ideal for 20-46 RAI IN 58 RAI 6 RAI IN KAMALA those seeking privacy KAMALA BEACHFRONT LAND and solitude lifestyle. Facilities include: 2 stories, 4 bedrooms, 1/2 rai - Air conditioning in Rawai. Separate building - 2 bedrooms with maid's unit, storeroom, - Living room space laundry, large kitchen. 300m - Bathroom - bathtub & to Chalong Circle. Large living shower Nice land with sea view and areas, two-car garage. Too - Swimming pool All land has a fantastic sea Koh Yao. Chanote. Half the good road access. Chanote many features to list. Price: view and good road access. land is flat with 300 meters title. Thai owner. 6 million - Furniture 12.5 million baht. Tel: 081- Chanote. Land can be sold of beachfront and behind a baht per rai. For more info, 4776662. Email: verndono@ - Tablewares, cutlery in divided plots. Thai owner. calm river crossing. Ideal for please contact Sakorn. yahoo.com - Oven Price: 6 million baht per rai. yacht pier. The rest of the Tel: 087-6050365. Email: KOH YAO YAI - Electric hot plates Please contact Sakorn at land has a little slope with tim.kamalaparadise@ OCEANFRONT VILLA LAND FOR SALE - Water storage tank Tel: 087-6050365. Email: nice sea view. Thai owner. hotmail.com tim.kamalaparadise@ Price: 3.5 million baht per 5-star, on the beach, sale di- 4.5 rai, Chanote, hillside pan- - Garden rect by owner. Only 29.5 mil- oramic sea view, close to hotmail.com rai. Please contact Sakorn. lion baht. Tel: 085-7839062. - Parking space - 80sq Tel: 087-6050365. Email: beach. Please contact for wah LAKESIDE HOUSE more information. Tel: 086- tim.kamalaparadise@ Price: 5.5 million baht. KATHU GOLF hotmail.com REDUCED 1 MILLION 5955574. Email: kraisorn@ VIEW LAND Boutique hotel for sale. 6 Contact Miss Kob. Tel: ppfashionworld.com 1.9 million baht per rai. Near rooms, busy restaurant-bar- 081-2733303. Email: info@ Loch Palm Golf Club and BIS. tour desk on Nanai Rd. Only sariyahouse.com 250 HOUSES The land totals 70.5 rai (Nor BEAUTIFUL CONDO 2.5 million baht. Call Andrew. FOR SALE Sor 3 Kor). Quiet and scenic FOR SALE Tel: 087-2825086. We've got what you are look- FIRST CHOICE with access to water, elec- Immaculate 126sqm con- ing for look. Ask Marc at Tel: PATONG tricity and road (800 meters dominium for sale overlook- 130sq wah of land. 2- 6 HOUSES, BANG TAO 085-7839062. Visit www. New real estate agency look- is roadside). Please contact ing Nai Harn lagoon and only story house, 4 bedrooms, All 6 for only 12.5 million phuketmarbella.com ing to sell your property, Sumon for details. Tel: 076- a two-minute walk from the 2 bathrooms, kitchen, liv- baht. Unique investment. Call condo, villas or commercial 352069, 081-6919346. Fax beach. 2 bedrooms each ing room, Chuanchuen la- Marc. Tel: 085-7839062. TOWNHOUSE or residential land. Contact 076-261028. Email: sumon@ with en-suite bathroom, goon. Contact Peggy. Tel: FOR SALE Mimi at Tel: 087-9766385 ridethailand.com lounge, dining room with 081-8914664. HOUSE FOR SALE Chalong, fully furnished, all (English/French), or Linjee at kitchen and balcony with Villa California, Chao Fa East teak furnishings, 3 bedrooms, Tel: 081-4940450 (Thai). URGENT SALE stunning views. Fully air Rd. 2 bedrooms with aircons, 4 bathrooms, 2 kitchens, 2- Tel: 076-600151, 087-976- Khao Lak. Bang Niang bunga- conditioned and tastefully RAWAI LAND 2 bathrooms, fully-fitted car garage, utility room and 2 6385. Fax: 076-600153. low-apartment resort. 8 bunga- furnished. 8 million baht. 3.25 rai development site kitchen. 1.3 million baht. balconies. 7 million baht. Tel: Email: mimi@firstchoice- Tel: 076-388809, 081-084 for condo, etc. Good sea view lows with 2 rooms and 2 bun- nd Tel: 089-8684644. 076-280709, 085-7950779. real-estate.com galows with 3 rooms. 6m x 9566. Email: nicholas@ from 2 floor, power on the 12m swimming pool. Sauna, idecnet.com block. 6 meters from road. Jacuzzi, restaurant. All rooms 5.5 million baht per rai. Tel: 081-0825707. 25% Discount on Classifieds for Shopper Card Holders with aircon, TV, DVD player LUXURY and ADSL. Parking available. SEAVIEW VILLA 9 million baht. Tel: 076-346- Direct from owner. 32 mil- KAMALA HOME @ 2.89 MIL BAHT IF YOU... 065, 081-8914844. Email: lion baht or rent. No agents. Furnished, 2 bedrooms, 2 [email protected] Tel: 089-4742958. Email: bathrooms. Land: 200sqm. Place your ad in these pages; [email protected] HOUSE FOR 100m to beach. Call Tel: 038- 720980, 083-1206042. Present your Shopper Card; and URGENT SALE 110 RAI Large 4½ -bedroom house in Fax: 038-720215. Email: BEACHFRONT LAND [email protected] Pay for the ad at our offices, Chalong. Up for urgent sale due Absolute beachfront land. to relocation. Selling at 10.5 Price: 2.6 million baht per SEA VIEW CONDO you’ll enjoy a 25% discount* AND have your ad appear free of million baht only. A bargain rai. Call Tel: 087-2849541. Two bedrooms including kit- deal. Tel: 076-282211, 081- Email: [email protected] charge in the Phuket Gazette Online. 8926251. Email: mrsouza@ chen and aircon. 72sqm and hotmail.com For further de- beautiful sea view. Only 33 With more than 10,000 visitors a day, the Island Trader Online is tails, visit our website: www. APARTMENT BUILDING million baht. Tel: 086-004- Thailand’s most active classified marketplace. phuketdreamhome.com Profitable business, return- 3008, 084-0535780. Email: ing a healthy 12% yield. [email protected] *Ads may be submitted in person or online (phuketgazette.net/classifieds), but Apartment building, consist- ing of 21 studios, manager's must be paid for at the Gazette offices. The discount is not available when ABSOLUTE BEST BEACHFRONT cottage, mini mart and other RAWAI POOL VILLA payment is made at our agents. land and villas for sale at the associated businesses. Cur- 2 bedrooms, 150sqm, fur- best prices in Thailand. Email: rently trading at 75% occu- nished, ready to move in. The Phuket Gazette Co Ltd [email protected] For info, pancy. A great business Price: 4.3 million baht. 367/2 Yaowarat Road, Phuket City please visit our website: with scope to expand profits Please contact for more Tel: 076-236555 Fax: 076-213971 http://www.thaisunshine further. Tel: 087-9484300. information at Tel: 085- developments.com Email: grants.construction@ 7839062. gmail.com 42 PHUKET GAZETTE CLASSIFIEDS September 8 - 14, 2007 Property Gazette

NAI THON SOI NAYA HOUSE LUXURY HOUSE 3-STORY HOUSE Properties For Rent LAND PLOT FOR SALE WITH GREAT VIEW FOR SALE RAWAI SEAVIEW KAMALA VILLA APARTMENT Large 4- to 5-bedroom villa, 3 New deluxe studio. Full kitchen, bathrooms, quality teak kitchen, cable, DVD, great view, fur- side-by-side fridge, full-size nished. Long-term rent: 6,000 snooker table, 42" plasma TV. baht per month. Tel: 084- Broadbrand Internet. 3- to 4-car 2km from beach, ready to 60sq wah, Nai Harn area. House with the most amaz- 0571420. garage, set on ¾ rai with beau- build. Price: 15,000 baht 2.5 million baht. Contact K. ing view of Patong Bay for tiful tropical gardens. Part of per sq wah. Includes per- Pee at Tel: 084-0513731, sale or lease. 2 bedrooms, NEW CHALONG HOME private boutique estate of 4 mit. Tel: 084-0526400 085-7864509. 2 bathrooms, living room. Furnished, 2-bedroom home villas. Garden maintenance, (Martin), 086-6865304 This property, if improved for rent with telephone, UBC, house cleaning, cable TV. All in- (Narin). Email: martin@ slightly by adding an infin- and aircon. Contact for price. cluded. Long-term: 55,000 baht Tel: 089-6521473. per month. Tel: 081-8111067. phuketvillage.se LAND AT SAI YUAN ity pool, extending the liv- ing area and doing some general upgrading would CHALONG MODERN CONDO near Chalong circle. 405sqm, RENTAL PATONG PATONG HOTEL resell for minimum US$2 fully furnished, 3 bedrooms, SHOPHOUSE Rent an ultra-modern, spa- FOR SALE million. Very sound invest- 4 bathrooms, aircon, garage This new 3-story shophouse cious 95sqm, fully-furnished, Built 1 year ago. Successful. ment. Tel: 081-8921108. for 2 cars. Good location for is available for long-term hotel serviced apartment 60 million baht. Tel: 085- Fax: 081-345821. Email: your business. Contact lease. Ideal for home office/ from Phuket's renowned 7839062 (English), 086- giulio@phuketrealestate Tel: 089-8742960. Email: shop accommodation. Inquir- BYD Lofts. Built-in TEKA 2767510 (Thai). solutions.com Please visit [email protected] ies at Tel: 089-6521473. Sea view over Rawai Beach our website: www.phuket kitchens with all utensils, with private access. Nor Sor realestatesolutions.com terrace, bath, 43" plasma 58 RAI Sam Kor. 7-3-81 rai at 6.5 4 BEDROOMS BEACHFRONT LAND NAI HARN HOME EN-SUITE TV, DVD, free Internet. Just million baht per rai. Contact bring your clothes. Rental on Koh Yao island. Chanote. W/ POOL Large luxury villa in Rawai. Tel: 081-5384989. Email: LAND FOR SALE rates @ 5,500 baht per day - Half the land is flat with 300 Private, secluded, 2 bed- For short- or long-term rent. [email protected] 756sqm in Jomthong Village, net, inclusive of an excellent meters of beach front and be- rooms, 2 bathrooms, cus- Plasma TV, UBC, cable, air- 15 mins from Phuket City, breakfast spread. Valid only hind a calm river crossing. Ideal tom pool, located on over a con, big pool, garden. Tel: 086- 150 meters from main road, until 3rd week of October for yacht pier. The rest of the BEACHFRONT ½ rai. 9.5 million baht. Tel: 2790837, 081-5377137. SEAVIEW LAND suitable for villa or shophouse. 087-2095174. 2007. Tel: 076-343024-7. land has a little slope with nice 4.5 million baht. Contact 25 rai of fantastic beachfront Fax: 076-343028. Email: sea view. Thai owner. Price: Tel: 084-0908811. Email: TWO-STORY land. 5-200 rai sea view plots NAI YANG LAND [email protected] 3.5 million baht per rai. Contact [email protected] SHOPHOUSE Sakorn. Tel: 087-6050365. in Patong and all over Phuket. for sale. 1km to the beach. for rent on the beautiful is- Email: tim.kamalaparadise@ Tel: 081-5395454. Fax: 076- Three plots: 20m x 22m 2-BEDROOM land of Koh Tao. Ideal for a APARTMENT IN hotmail.com 260311. Email: mk@phuket- HOUSE FOR SALE (440sqm each), road ac- business and perfectly situ- no1.com For further details, cess. Price: 900,000 baht. SURIN New 2-story house with ated in the main market. Rent please visit our website: Call Tel: 089-7241140. A few minutes from Surin open-plan kitchen, dining from 23,000 baht per month www.phuket-no1.com & Bang Tao Beaches. Com- NEW 3-BEDROOM room, living room plus 2 with no key money. Terms mon pool, aircon, bedroom quiet home. Lovely outlook, seperate living rooms, 4 2 BEACHHOUSES negotiable. Contact Ricky. LAND INVESTMENT FOR SALE fans, timber floors, fully fur- 2 bathrooms, pool, kitchen, bedrooms, 3 en-suite bath- Tel: 089-4852635. Email: nished, phone. 30,000 baht carport with storage. Land: 30 rai full of palm trees in rooms, laundry room, big Kamala: 15 million baht. schizm72@ hotmail.com Kapong, Phang Nga. Priced Rawai Beach: 29.5 million per month. Contact Harry. 450sqm. 5.5 million baht. verandas, 2 car parks. Lo- Tel: 081-2731740. Tel: 086-2817605. Email: at only 120,000 baht per rai. cated in Chalong area. Call baht. Both are ready to move BARGAIN SEAVIEW [email protected] Financing available. Email: Frank. Tel: 086-6831964. in. Contact Marc at Tel: 085- HOUSE [email protected] 7839062. BANG TAO HOUSE 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, large FOR RENT 1-story villa with its own swim- LAND IN KAMALA 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, ming pool, lawned big garden. pool,2 levels, big living room. All with Chanote. 5.5 rai in the Private development. Cape most exclusive area near Ka- Tel: 084-8516121. Email: Yamu. Close to British Interna- [email protected] mala center on flat land: 8.5 tional School. Great sea views. million baht per rai. Also, 6 rai Only 35,000 baht per month. 100SQM FURNISHED with good sea view: 6 million Tel: 086-2796283. baht per rai. 20 rai with best sea STUDIO view in Kamala: 6 million baht Over looking lake, golf and QUIET AND SAFE Kathu Valley. Most private per rai. Tel: 086-2742308. SINGLE HOUSE Email: [email protected] and quiet area. Pool, Internet, 5km from Laguna Phuket. UBC. Long-term rent: 16,000 Furnished, UBC, satellite TV, baht per month. Contact Noi. LAND FOR SALE telephone line, Internet, big Tel: 087-2698492. 8 rai coconut farm near Tapee garden. 3 bedrooms, 2 River in Surat Thani. 80m aircons, 2 big bathrooms, wide. Electricity and water. bathtub, hot water. Short- or KARON STUDIO Price: 4.5 million baht. Con- long-term rent. 16,000 baht APARTMENTS tact for more information. per month or 13,000 baht for New, luxury rooms. Good Tel: 089-0927697. Email: 1-year lump sum. Contact prices & 5 mins to Karon [email protected] Tel: 087-4172757 (English), Beach. ADSL. Five room or 086-6829804 (Thai). styles. Daily: from 550 PATONG baht. Monthly: 9,000 baht. CENTER HOTEL BEACHFRONT HOUSE Tel: 076-398436-7, 086- for sale. 1 year old, proven for rent. 1-4 bedrooms. Con- 5945121, 089-7247148. success. 18 rooms. Price: tact for specific details. Tel: Fax: 076-398436-7. 60 million baht. Tel: 085- 076-381181, 076-381189. www.karonstudio.com 7839062, 086-2767510. SEAVIEW HILLSIDE PATONG HOUSE HOUSE FOR SALE APARTMENT RENT/LEASE 2-stories in a most desir- 5-star seaview studio apart- Beautiful house on 50 Pi Rd. able and secure estate. 3 ment with swimming pool 2 bedrooms, large living room bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, near Lotus. Daily, monthly, or with open kitchen, sea view, study, living room, kitchen, yearly rates available. Only garden, parking, etc. Can take laundry room, set in fenced 12 units in apartment. Yearly over the lease. 7 years and 7 garden. Furnished, ADSL, rate: 12,500 to 44,500 baht. months left. Buy the lease as UBC. Price: 7 million baht Tel: 081-8779292. Email: an investment for 2 million obo. Tel: 084-8439579. [email protected] baht. Minimum 1-year lease: Fax: 076-323421. Email: For further details, visit our 30,000 baht per month. [email protected] website: www.gracegardens Tel: 083-2802424. Email: phuket.com [email protected] September 8 - 14, 2007 CLASSIFIEDS PHUKET GAZETTE 43 Property Gazette

PATONG BAY HOUSE FOR RENT TROPICAL VILLA RAWAI/NAI HARN PATONG TOWER HOUSE FOR RENT VIEW HOME CONDO

Soi Ruam Nanachart, near Rawai Beach. 2 bed- New, large, luxury house for Already paid for 2 months. Enjoy the views from this Saiyuan, Rawai. 2 bed- rooms, 2 bathrooms, Euro- rent. Large swimming pool, Beautiful Patong Tower If you take it, you have to 2-bedroom, 2-bathroom rooms, 2 bathrooms, big pean kitchen, aircons, UBC garden, 5 bedrooms, 6 bath- beach condo with stunning pay 8 months and then we house. Full kitchen, dining garden, aircon, furnished, TV, telephone, furnished, rooms, big sala. Minimum 280-degree panoramic views will make a new contract. area, pool, ADSL, UBC. telephone, ADSL, 5 minutes private pool and garden and 1-year lease: 75,000 baht of the sea, hills and town. 1 million baht in furnishing. The view says it all! Price: to Nai Harn Beach. Long- fully maintained. Minimum per month. 30-year lease: Large outdoor patio and wrap Possibility to sell furniture 50,000 baht per month. term rent, only 35,000 baht 6-month lease: 35,000 18 million baht. Contact Tel: around balcony. Completely separately or as a whole. Tel: 087-8821963. Email: per month. Tel: 076-215- baht per month. Tel: 087- 081-3971835. renovated, Internet and wash- Located 600 meters from [email protected] 367, 081-5351570. 2810452, 087-8931180. ing machine. Available from beach. Rent: 13,000 baht March 1, 2007. Contact Tel: per month. Tel: 084-446- MISSION HEIGHTS BOUTIQUE VILLA +11-861-381-6344147. 3002. Email: mariodiams CHALONG HOUSE Luxury 4-bedroom house for FOR RENT Email: For more details, visit @yahoo.fr PALAI GREENHOUSE for rent in Land & Houses. rent. Large swimming pool, Luxury Balinese villa. 2 or 3 our website: www.patong AND BIG GARDEN 3 bedrooms, fully furnished, garden service included. Long bedrooms with private swim- towerrental.com Fully furnished, 2 aircons, aircon, TV, UBC. Tel: 081- SUPER RENTAL or short term. 60,000 baht ming pool. Available for short- 2 bedrooms, hot shower, 9560241, 089-4740645. or long-term rent. Tel: 076- OFFER living room, kitchen, gar- per month. Call K. So. Tel: MODERN HOUSES, Fully furnished, 2 bedrooms, 081-3444473. 282394, 084-0535780. age. Price: 11,000 baht Email: [email protected] For QUIET LOCATION Cherng Talay area. 25,000 per month. Palai area. CHALONG baht per month. Also, Laguna B.L. APARTMENT more details, visit our website: 2 houses in Nai Harn for long- Contact for more informa- LONG TERM term rent only. 2 bedrooms, en- area for 30,000 baht per Nice area. Swimming pools. New in Kathu. Big rooms, 1 www.villasuksan.com tion. Tel: 081-8924311. suite bathroom, UBC, ADSL, month. Tel: 085-7839062. 3 bedrooms: 35,000 baht per bedroom, 1 living room, alarm, full aircon, ceiling fans, month. 4 bedrooms: 60,000 aircon, cable TV, ADSL, hot BOAT LAGOON big terrace, tropical garden, NEW NAI HARN baht per month. Negotiable shower, garden, car park. HOUSE AT THE SANDS VILLA Two bedrooms, lagoon- fenced in, small pets allowed, Attached to the Sands re- to right tenant. Tel: 076- Price: 8,000 baht per month. fronted townhouse, modern Private gated, furnished, cable garage w/ 100sqm storage. 5 sort with the benefit of all 383059, 086-281-7605. Tel: 081-6923163. fully-fitted kitchen, use of TV. Yearly rent: 300,000 baht. minutes to the beach, beautiful resort facilities. Overlooking Fax: 076-383059. Email: communal swimming pool Tel: 081-3709661. Email: SPACIOUS HOME view. Only 25,000 baht per a lagoon to the front and na- [email protected] near international school, [email protected] Beautiful view, 4 bedrooms, month. Tel: 089-8744050. tional park to the rear. Living shops, etc. 30,000 baht per 4 bathrooms, pool, aircon. Email: [email protected] room, kitchen, toilet and yard PENTHOUSE month. Tel: 081-8337836. on the ground floor. Two RAWAI BEACH VILLA FOR RENT Long term. Price: 60,000 baht per month. Tel: 086- TOURIST INFO SHOP bedrooms each with king- Furnished house, pool, 3 12th floor, 2 bedrooms, hall, 2817605. Email: nigelnpixie@ Small shop for rent in Karon in size beds, en-suite bath- bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, hot water, aircon, TV, cable, PANWA BEACH yahoo.com.au front of guesthouse. Good rooms, dressing rooms and garden, terrace and covered swimming pool. Mr Harry. HOUSE balconies on the first floor. 2 rooms, nice terrace. For location. Tel: 086-2718254. carport, UBC, safe. Rent: Patong Grand Condominium. Private rooftop sala. Email: PATONG HOUSE rent in September or for long 35,000 baht per month. Tel: Tel: 089-8745227. Email: [email protected] available for long-term rent. term. 12,000 baht per month. 086-9408914. Email: [email protected] For details, please visit our [email protected] Two bedrooms, fully furnished Tel: 081-2717071. BRAND NEW house in central Patong. No PATONG CONDO website: www.phukethouse smokers, pets or children. rental.co.uk RAWAI BEACH Beautiful 1-bedroom condo BOAT LAGOON 35,000 baht per month. Tel: HOUSE FOR RENT in best location, quiet. Sea STUDIO LUXURY 081-6932759, 081-6932759. Fully furnished, 3 bedrooms, 2 3-BEDROOM HOUSE Furnished, kitchen, ADSL, and hill views, all amenities. Waterfront townhouses Email: [email protected] bathrooms, aircon, cable TV, Long-term rent. Call for de- 3 aircons, fully furnished, UBC, aircon. 4,500 baht per for rent. 2 & 3 bedrooms, ADSL. 18,000 baht per month. Western kitchen. Long-term month. Contact Khun Noki. tails. Tel: 081-9701479. UBC, TV. Long- or short- STUNNING SEAVIEWS Tel: 089-9732917. Email: Email: [email protected] rent: 12,000 baht. Tel: 081- Tel: 086-6865567. term rent from 35,000 Colonial mansion set in gar- [email protected] 3705956. baht per month. Call K. So. dens with amazing views in APARTMENT Tel: 081-3444473. every direction. Recently re- FOR RENT stored to high standard. 3 New apartment with swim- large bedrooms, 4 bathrooms, ming pool and security SHOPHOUSE BLOCK furnished, swimming pool. In guard. From 18,000 baht 5 terraced houses for rent on Cape Yamu area, central east per month. Call for more the bypass road. 35,000 baht coast. 10 mins to BIS. No info. Tel: 081-9685963. per month. Please contact K. dogs. 80,000 baht per month. Email: [email protected] Vachira. Tel: 081-3269495. Tel: 086-2796283.

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Property LONG-TERM Accommodation NAI HARN HOUSE TAM Wanted RENTAL WANTED Available for rent near the beach, 2 CONSTRUCTION Retired British couple pres- bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, Quality building service. All ently living in Phuket require space for 6 people, fully fur- jobs done by qualified staff RESTAURANT OR a 2- to 3-bedroom spacious nished. Ideal for holiday, with English-speaking boss! GUESTHOUSE villa or apartment with good rates! Tel: 076- Fair price, free estimates. Wanted for rent only, central pool, all in secure environ- 388621, 084-8519072. Renovations, shopfitting, Patong. Please contact for ment. Internet and cable TV Email: goodtasteforgoodlife electrical and metalwork, more information. Tel: 081- required. Must be of high @yahoo.de built-in furniture. Please 0907809. standard and well present- contact for more informa- ed. Your property will be tion. Tel: 089-6500133. very well taken care of! HOTEL PROMOTION WHEN YOU WANT Contact via email: phuket for the low season. Long-stay LAND [email protected] beachfront hotel includes for commercial building or American breakfast, facilities. WANTED FOR RENT homes in Phuket. We KARON BUILDING PLOT 18,000 baht per month. Con- House or apartment near have quality choices from We want to purchase a build- tact for more information. Tel: sea between Kamala and a variety of locations for ing plot in or around Karon or 076-345518, 081-8920038. Kata. Please contact for you. Please contact for Kata suitable for one small more information. more information. Tel: house or bungalow. 200 to Tel: 089-2878418. 085-2575711. Email: 400sqm plot size ideal. Must Building [email protected] have Chanote, electricity, Products water and telephone avail- able. Owners only. Please & Services Household WOULD LIKE TO email with your complete de- KATA LUXURY Services RENT LONG TERM tails. We will reply to all re- SURIN APARTMENT Nice condominium or house Oceanfront 5-star, 2-bed- sponses. Email: ken.devitt@ 1-bedroom apartment with access to communual room apartment with spa, PHUKET btopenworld.com available now until Dec. The Stone Doctor swimming pool. Minimum 2 pool , ADSL, gym. 60,000 HOME MAINTENANCE Gated community, shared bedrooms. Rent up to 30,000 baht per month. Email: construction, renovation, elec- pool, small development, Specialist in European stone- baht per month. Needed from LAND WANTED [email protected] For tricians, plumbers, carpenters, 24-hour security. Fully fur- care products and services: February 1, 2008. Danish per- details, please visit our site: painters, tilers, gardeners, air- Cash buyer would like to nished. Please contact for son, happy to receive details by www.koumbele.com/kata2 • Restoration con servicing, sandwash and purchase around 2 rai of competitive rates. Tel: email. Tel: 086-9974572. • Sealing/Protection curtains. Contact K.Rin at seaview land, preferably sea 813-34517073. Email: • Maintenance Email: [email protected] CHALONG ROOM Tel: 084-1935124. and island views, on the [email protected] northeast coast of Phuket. Hot water, aircon, TV, DVD, All your maintenance, Wi-Fi and fridge. 5,500 per protection & cleaning needs Land must have electricity for natural and manufactured PATONG TOWER and good access road. month. Please contact for Household more information. Tel: 089- ROOMS FROM 430 condo with a sea view. Should not be overlooked Services and should be suitable for 4727304. BAHT PER DAY • Marble • Sandwash Keen buyer ready to pur- • Granite • Terracotta Needed building a house. Immediate for a 1-month stay or daily chase. Please contact with BEACHFRONT HOTEL • Slate • Terrazzo more information if you decision and payment of- for 600 baht. Aircon, TV, Low season, long-stay promo- have one available for sale. fered for right plot. Prefer fridge, sat TV, maid service, tion, pool, spa, free Wi-Fi. Prevent: rust, stains, mildew, #1 LIVE-IN MAID Tel: 084-447 1978. Email: details by email. Tel: 086- close to Yanui Beach. Con- 18,000 baht per month. Con- algae, scratches Female maid needed for West- [email protected] 9446288. Email: phuket tact for more information. tact for more details at Tel: Remove: builders’ residue, ern family. Live-in required. Must [email protected] Tel: 087-8844663. incorrect sealants, rust, stains, 081-8920038. speak and write English and mildew, etc. Daily care & cleaning Thai. Housekeeping, cooking LAND WANTED products also available. required. Basic computer skills Suitable to build house, quiet KATA SMALL LAND RAWAI SEAVIEW THAI-STYLE VILLA apartment. New deluxe stu- Tel: 087-2824930, 076-271217 and supervisory experience area with trees, prefer sea PLOT FOR SALE 16 million baht. Thai-style dio. Full kitchen, cable, DVD, Fax: 076-271218 preferred. Please contact Tel: view, near electricity/water, 244sqm land located in the Email: villa. 610sqm. For utility great view, furnished. Long- 076-271711, 081-8451492. access to road, proof of own- center of Kata. Tel: 076- [email protected] area. Contact Chaya at term rent: 6,000 baht per Fax: 02-9603159. Email: ership. Will pay up to 1.5 mill- 381755, 083-3888076. Tel: 081-3317693. Email: month. Tel: 084-0571420. [email protected] ion baht. Contact David at [email protected] Fax: 076-381755. Email: Tel: 085-7908241. [email protected] Agents for Classified Advertising Classified Advertisements PHUKET Please use this form to write your classified advertisement. Then hand it to any of our agents. K.L. 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TWIN ENGINE SAILBOAT speed boat everything reno- 1968 islander for sale. 44-ft FERRY FOR SALE vated and brand new. Must world cruiser, lying in Yacht Length: 30m. Gross: 322 see! 1.2 million baht obo. Tel: Haven Marina. US$50,000. tons. 244 passenger 12.2 084-6644050. Email: aadams Email: temptation44@ million baht. Docked in [email protected] hotmail.com Phuket. Tel: 081-4084991.

SCUBA TOUR BOAT Excellent condition, quality construction, well main- tained, built 2005, 14m long, 3.5m wide. Galley, sundeck, toilet, shower, dive deck, bridge, diving platform. Solid hardwood. Hino 6-cylinder 189hp diesel engine. Tank holders x 36. Price: 1.6 mil- lion baht. Tel: 081-6489628. Email: [email protected]

FIBERGLASS DIVE CATAMANRAN 36-ft Cougar catamaran for sale. Twin 230hp Volvo Penta diesel engines. Price: 5.5 mil- lion baht. Contact for more info. Tel: 076-485614, 081- 8912134. Fax: 076-485613. Email: [email protected]

KENWOOD SSB Kenwood SSB RadioTele- phone, model TKM-707, com- plete with aerial tuner kit. Like new. 35,000 baht. Please contact for specific details. Tel: 086-9270293. 46 PHUKET GAZETTE CLASSIFIEDS September 8 - 14, 2007 Island Job Mart

IT DEV MANAGER YACHT BASE BUNGALOW RESORT IN BANGKOK MANAGER ALL POSITIONS IT development manager for our new base in Lang- * Restaurant manager required. To be located in kawi. You must have experi- * Receptionist Bangkok. Male/female, Thai ence in the yacht charter * Cook or foreigner, Bachelor's or business and have good tech- masters degree in infor- nical skills. Please send your * Waiter/waitress mation technology, com- resume via email. Tel: 081- * Cashier puter science or related 9704020. Email: thailand@ * Maid fields. Must have know- dreamyachtcharter.com * Beach boy/girl ledge in the following areas: Project management, XML, * Trainees and more... Web development, Java de- You should be motivated, velopment, PHP develop- ANYTHING IS service-minded, with pleas- ment and SEO requirements. POSSIBLE ant personality, an energetic Must also be highly respon- Vibrant Thai company with individual, have minimum of sible, enthusiastic, self moti- Australian expertise wants 2 years experience and good vated, creative, and well or- you and your energy, ideas command of English. Please ganized. Good English skills and enthusiasm. Come and send your resume, expected are a must. Salary range: talk to us for more informa- salary and recent photo to 50,000-150,000 baht, de- tion. Tel: 084-1845162. email: pia@phuket-bangtao pending upon experience. Please visit our website: lagoon.com Tel: 02-233-82603. Fax: http://www.shades.co.th 02-2338152. Send a de- tailed CV and recent photo COPYWRITER to email: wireddesheiko@ SWEDISH & Siam Real Estate urgently re- hotmail.com For more info, GERMAN SPEAKING quire experienced copy- please visit our website: writer to write up property http://wd-travel.com Siam Safari Nature Tours are now looking for Swedish-, listings. Preferably English Danish- and/or German-speak- and can work from home. ing staff for the upcoming high Please contact for add- BYD LOFTS season. Tel: 076-280116, itional details. Tel: 076- RECEPTION STAFF 081-7973420. Fax: 076- 288908. Email: richard@ TELEMARKETING STAFF FOR INTERNET 280107. Email: landersson1 siamrealestate.com OFFICE ASSISTANT business in Rawai. Thai fe- The BYD lofts in Patong EXECUTIVE (URGENT) are upmarket hotel-apart- @spray.se Visit our website: male staff wanted part time on http://www.siamsafari.com We have a number of oppor- Bachelor's degree Saturday and Sunday with ments. We are urgently seeking the following CALL CENTER tunities to work in an ex- - Good English computer skills and basic En- SEEKING GERMANS panding company in south- team players: - Organizational skills glish knowledge. Good salary. Intercallservice Co Ltd are east Asia. Are you money ori- - Reception (male or fe- P/T ASSISTANT - Neat appearance Contact Mr. Rudi or Khun Nat. seeking a native German- entated, goal driven, have Please contact Tel: 076- male) Personal assistant. Thai lady Please contact for addi- speaking person for our call confident & polite telephone 288808, 081-0909640. - Night auditor (male) required part time with very center in Phuket to support manners? Interested in work- tional information at Tel: Email:info@phuket-car- flexible hours. Must have good 076-296321. Please send - Maids and roomboys our customers in Germany. ing abroad? If so, apply now rentals.com English and computer skills. We offer a 5-day week with by sending your CV to email: resume or contact to email: - Restaurant staff Tel: 086-2790837. [email protected] Please contact for details good social benefits and work [email protected] ENTHUSIASTIC per-mit. For details, call Mr Native English speaker only. at Tel: 076-343024-7. PERSON Fax: 076-343028. Email: GET A NEW JOB Korn at Intercallservice Co Flights and accomodations Telephone assistant, perfect PHUKET LAW FIRM for small guesthouse in Karon. [email protected] Ltd. Please contact us for will be paid for. Please con- Looking for 2 Thai lawyers. English, good service, tele- Take care of reception, staff, For further details, please additional information at tact for more information at Interested applicants, send phone marketing/sales expe- tourists, give info, etc. Please visit our website: www. Tel: 076-280929, 089- Tel: 087-7731327. Email: your resume/photo to email: rience. 6 hours per day. Great contact for more details at bydlofts.com 8739123. Email: korn@ [email protected] [email protected] Tel: 086-2718254. future. Tel: 089-7286752. intercallservice.com

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GRAPHIC DESIGNER WANTED We are expanding and are looking for a graphic designer with strong skills in Adobe CS3, specifically Photoshop, Illustrator and InDesign. Thai nationals only. Tel: 076- 282211, 081-892 6251. Email: [email protected]

CHALLENGING MODEL CASTING Challenging model casting for 3- to 13-year-old boys and girls, Western-mixed Thai and Thai at MyClip Studios. Contact K. Varin- tara for additional details. Monday to Friday, 9 am to 6 pm. Tel: 076-380610, 081-7370623. Fax: 076- 380612. For more details, please visit our website: www.myclipstudios.com

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GM OR RM AVAILABLE SOON I am looking for a new chal- lenge as of November 2007 as a hotel general manager or resident manager. By now, I have several years work ex- perience in Thailand, including openings and SLH properties. I am up to the latest trends and I am very modern and innova- tive. More of a 'trend-setter' and not a person who only likes to copy others. I have an ongoing focus on revenue SECRETARY/ opportunities, costs, HR sys- ASSISTANT TO GM tems and service standards. I Foreign GM requires single am very detailed with stan- Thai person to assist in the dards, guest experiences and running of a residential con- all financial issues. If you are in dominium property. Ac- need of an ethical manager counting work (petty cash, with solid values, email me for accounts payable, payroll a detailed CV/resume. Also, taxation). Thai-English trans- please include the name of lation. General secretarial your resort or hotel. Email: work and knowledge of [email protected] Microsoft Office (Word, Ex- cel). Liaising with owners, tenants and staff. Previous PART-TIME experience essential. Con- HOUSEKEEPER tact Tel: 076-344350, 087- I wish to work part time for 2646354. Fax: 076-344- foreign clients only. Limited to 350. Email:brendon@kalim the Ao Makham area only. residence.com Please contact for more details. Tel: 084-6279610. HOTEL JOBS We currently require 1 cook, 1 English-speaking receptionist CERTIFIED ENGLISH and 2 waitresses. Email: TEACHER [email protected] American female English teacher available for imme- diate F/T or P/T work. Ex- TEACHER NEEDED ADMINISTRATOR NANNY WANTED with good English skills, age tensive background in hos- We are looking for an English- We need motivated/friendly 18-25, single and must have pitality & business. Please speaking nanny in Patong. teachers for public schools in driver's license. Also, teacher contact me for CV. Tel: Please contact for more Phuket. Send your CV to for children. Contact Tel: 076- 085-7858150. Email: details at Tel: 084-6470468. email: [email protected] 239209, 084-1885828. [email protected] Looking for a job? Still haven’t found the perfect candidate? Find more Recruitment Classifieds at www.phuketgazette.net! 48 PHUKET GAZETTE CLASSIFIEDS September 8 - 14, 2007 Tout, Trader & Trumpet

TEACHING OFFICE BEER BAR BANGLA Articles PIWC GALA BALL The place is ready for teaching Please call K.Kevin. Tel: 084- for Sale The Phuket International or to make an office. Includes 7300190. Women's Club announces parking. 32sqm, 2 aircons, the most prestigous event telephone and Internet with PRIME BUSINESSES RESTAURANT/ this year - the annual Gala Ball ADSL. Please contact for for sale. Cheap restaurant, CATERING on Saturday, November more details. Tel: 076-296- beauty salon, Internet cafe equipment. Commercial fridge 24th at the Indigo Pearl in 613, 083-3906709. Email: plus rental shops. Five 2-level and freezer, oven, serving Nai Yang Beach. Watch for [email protected] shophouses. Chalong. Only sets and more. Contact Tel: more details. Tickets will be 1.6 million baht. Pay ½ 081-5369079. in great demand. Contact RESTAURANT & BAR deposit and balance for 6 Carol at Tel: 087-4178860, for sale/lease. Rawai area, fully months. Be quick. Tel: 085- FRENCH ROTISSERIE email: carol@aplusplus equipped, ample customer 7850074. Email: tonydudley for chickens. Can hold up to software.com or Sue at parking. Tel: 089-9711038. @eznet.co.nz 20 chickens. 220v. 80,000 Tel: 087-2776948, email: Email: [email protected] GUESTHOUSE baht. Tel: 083-1025444. [email protected] SMALL BEAUTY SHOP for lease. Best location in Pa- Patong. Take over for 40,000 tong Beach. 50m to Bangla BARGAIN BUY BLACK PEARL baht, rent 5,000 baht per Rd. 15 brand-new rooms and Bar/restaurant for sale on month. Move in now. Call Tel: necklace from Tahiti for sale. Business a restaurant. Only 2.3 million Nanai Rd, fully stocked, own 086-2767510. 19 pearls, 10 to 17mm. Good baht to take over 9-year con- Opportunities soundsystem, large kitchen, price. Tel: 083-1025444. tract. Tel: 086-0043008, two rooms, pool table, TV, REATAURANT 084-0535780. Email: info@ 3+3-year contract. 800,000 FOR SALE ayudhya.net Please visit our GUESTHOUSE AND baht. Tel: 085-7973904. Kata Beach, 3 stories, 2 bed- website: www.ayudhya.net DIVING RESTAURANT COMPRESSOR BRITISH MAN MISSING rooms, 4 toilets, fully fur- Searching for a British male, Located opposite the main nished, next to a 200-room Coltri-Sub MCMC with entrance from Royal Para- INVESTOR/PARTNER 68 years old, last name is Required for bar in busy Bangla hotel. Ready for high season. Business Honda engine. Portable. dise Hotel. 6 guest rooms, 5-year registered lease. 1.3 3.5cfm. Price: 80,000 Wake. Has tattoo of skull with Rd area. For information, Products & dagger on right forearm. Two water, shower, aircon, TV. million baht. Call Tel: 081- baht. Please contact for Luxurious, beautiful res- please contact after 6 pm at Services thirds of second finger on right Tel: 084-8436792, 6684- 7881699, 084-4429088. more information. Tel: 089- taurant. 14 million baht. hand is missing. Believed to 8436792 (Int'l). 0047326. Tel: 081-8956587, 081- TOURIST INFO SHOP have stayed in Chiang Mai ANDAMAN LEGAL from the end of April. Was due 8949060. Email: rudolf Do you want to start a shop at [email protected] NEW PATONG ADVISERS to fly back to UK on July 14th. LUXURY CLUB a good location in Karon. Call Bulletins Tel: 086-2718254. 26 Hongyok-Utit Rd, Talaad No contact has been had since All new. Construction finished Yai, Samkong, Phuket. Asso- mid-July. Family and friends on June 1st. Excellent location. PATONG RESTAURANT ciated with Advocates and extremely worried, particu- WHOLESALE 50m from the beach. 6- or 12- Solicitors Bangkok, Phuket SPONSOR A NEEDY for sale well-established In- CHILD larly as he suffers severe FRANCHISE year lease available. 100% and UK. We provide a wide asthma, and depression. We dian and seafood shops for The Phuket International Only one of its kind in all of ready to open tomorrow. range of high-quality and spe- urge him to contact his friends sale at Food Haven in Jung- Women's Club is a voluntary Phuket. Priced at 3 million Great opportunity. Space avail- cialized legal services to indi- in the UK or the British police. ceylon. Now selling for only organization raising funds for baht. Return on investment able for restaurant below. This vidual and corporate clients. Any information regarding his 300,000 baht each. Tel: 086- educational scholarships. We in less than 24 months! place won't last long. Call now! - Legal consultations whereabouts will be gratefully 3287376, 081-9563061. rely on the goodwill of our Email: [email protected] Tel: 084-6644050. Email: received. Please contact for Fax: 076-271110. Email: - Conveyancing and donors and sponsors - small Be your own boss, for info [email protected] more info. Tel: 019-1431- [email protected] commercial and large. If you would like please visit our website: 3493, 077-5824-1320. Email: - Alien business to put something back into www.ideacon.biz/ [email protected] BAR IN BANGLA establishment the community in which you wholesale_franchise.htm RESTAURANT FOR SALE 4-year lease in Soi Conzo, - Notarial certifications live, contact us to find out Bangla Rd. Tel: 081-9251730. more about giving a prize or TO OSLASH Kata Beach, 3 bedrooms, - Trademark and patent POOLBAR FOR SALE TV, pool table, fully stocked, licenses being a sponsor. Contact Please contact me again with INVESTOR REQUIRED Carol (Tel: 087-4178860 or your email address so that I OR RENT seats 80. Tel: 089-5880839. For 36-room beach resort in - Immigration and work permits [email protected]) or can send you the guesthouse Excellent location in Patong. Patong. 9 million baht for 4 - Court disputes Sue (Tel: 087-2776948 or details and photos. Email: Bangla Rd near Rock Hard BAR FOR SALE/RENT years. Fixed return of 350,000 - Wills and Probate [email protected]). [email protected] and Seduction disco. Fully equipped and operational, Soi Sukhumvit. Good price. baht per month guaranteed. - Employment contracts well decorated, 10 pool 1-year contract for 3 more Tel: 086-8343784. Tel: 076-236124, 02- tables, 200sqm in size. For in- years. Tel: 087-0145817. 5113264, 081-9377219. formation, call K. Kees in the BOUTIQUE Email: Andaman afternoon or evening. Man- INTERNET CAFE GUESTHOUSE [email protected], agement contact optional. 8 computers, all fixtures, 10- Center of Patong, very long [email protected] st Great business opportunity. month lease left, able to ex- lease, 1 class. For more Website: Tel: 081-8267129. tend 3 more years. Quick sale info, click on our Gazette www.Haroldstock.com at 275,000 baht, or 375,000 homepage banner ‘Boating baht with 3-year lease. Situ- & Fishing Help’. Email: ated on busy Nanai Rd. Email: [email protected] SATELLITE CABLE TV [email protected] Multichioce for 36,000 baht SEAVIEW per year. Movies, sport, mu- sic, Arabic, European, Asian MASSAGE SHOP GUESTHOUSE for lease in Patong. Only 1.7 news, etc. Hotels, condos, for sale. Top location, ready apartments. Resort repairs for high season. Contact for million baht per year. No key money, 28 rooms, restaurant, and upgrades are welcome. more information. Tel: 085- Tel: 089-4746998. Email: 7910071. large office space. Tel: 081- 6913029. Email: kris_silana [email protected] [email protected] For details visit our website: GUESTHOUSE PATONG www.mpsattv.com Please call K.Kevin. Tel: 084- 7300190. PATONG BAR for sale. Call K. Kevin at Tel: CHIROPRACTIC 084-7300190. SHORT-TERM LOANS Dr. Richard Cracknell Real-estate loans. 15% + Tel: 076-330889. fees. Secured by real estate SMALL BAR ON SOI only. Tel: 086-9421930. www. TIGER chiropractic-phuket.com Very good location on Soi SHOP FOR RENT Tiger, Bangla Rd. Lease ex- Patong Beach, Soi Banzaan, pires end of July 2010. only 100m from Carrefour. It's OSTEOPATH Price: 2.5 million baht. 60sqm and is possible to make Contact for further details. Tel: 076-388524, contract for long-term rental. Tel: 087-8324522. Email: 081-6072343. Tel: 087-2869095, 086- [email protected] www.garnettsymonds.com 2837656 (English). September 8 - 14, 2007 CLASSIFIEDS PHUKET GAZETTE 49 Tout, Trader & Trumpet

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Saloon Cars TOYOTA VIOS TOYOTA COROLLA TOYOTA WISH 2004 Pickups TOYOTA TURBO 1995 HILUX TIGER 2000, low mileage, clean, ISUZU D-MAX CAB 4 perfect condition, very re- liable. Owner is relocating. Asking price: 320,000 baht. Tel: 076-281479, 087-0190852. Email: [email protected] Special edition TRD, 143hp, Great condition, 55,000km. black, sport car leather alcan- 1.5L, manual,140,000km. Price: 790,000 baht. Please tara seat, registered 9/04. Well-maintained and ser- contact for additional details. 2003. 100,000km, perfect ISUZU 2003 4-DOOR 45,000km. Like new condi- viced, good condition. Price: Tel: 081-6935169. condition, runs great, 3.0L, Auto., 60,000km, like new tion. Genuine reason for 105,000 baht. Must see. automatic, only one owner. condition. Price: 495,000 Phuket’s Most Trusted & sale. Paid: 830,000 baht. Tel: 087-2709093. Email: Price: 470,000 baht. Con- baht. Tel: 084-4413633. Reputable Supplier of the Finest Sell: 580,000 baht. Tel: 084- [email protected] tact for more information. 0603477. Email: attivita 1997 MAZDA Tel: 087-2709093. Email: Quality Used SALOONS, TRITON MEGACAB 2D [email protected] ASTINA 1.8L [email protected] SEDANS, JEEPS & PICKUPS 2006, 2+2, new condition, New cars or trade-ins – CHEVROLET AVEO blue, low kilometers, CD, farang owner. Must sell. we have what you’re MERCEDES S280 looking for. NISSAN NV Price: 435,000 baht. Tel: FOR SALE 085-7959105 (English). For more info please call us at Automatic, new tires, seats, Tel: 076-224632, 076-216243 battery, new plugs. CD www.suremotor.com player. Nice car at great FORD RANGER XLT price. 145,000 obo. Call 2002, 71,000km, diesel One of the nicest cars to drive Tel: 081-6891116. Email: engine, runs great, excel- in Phuket. 120,000km, 5- lent condition. Price: For sale. New condition, [email protected] MITSUBISHI LANCER speed, full Mazda service 270,000 baht. Contact for 5,000km, special model, un- history. CD player, aircon, 1993, 1.5L, manual, good Private number plate, very details. Tel: 086-2812899. wanted gift, take over pay- electric package. Great condition, runs great. Price: good condition, bullet-proof ments. Contact Tel: 084- power and easy to drive. NISSAN NV 2005 160,000 baht. Please call windows, usual S class ex- 0548122. 260,000 baht ono. Contact WING ROAD Tel: 086-7432011. tras, can be used for limou- TOYOTA FORTUNER Tel: 076-270750, 081-737 Bronze-gold color, 1,600cc, sine service. 1.1 million 0722. Fax: 076-270751. manual, good condition, Great condition. 50,000km, baht. Contact for more de- TOYOTA VIOS MITSUBISHI LANCER Email: [email protected] 22,000km. Price: 290,000 2-years young. 2.7L engine. October 2004. 1,500cc. tails, Tel: 081-9796320. 1996 MODEL baht. Please contact for Dark gray. 850,000 baht. Fax: 076-292-242. Email: 40,900km, auto., ABS, Manual, 1.6L GLI, excellent specific details. Tel: 081- Tel: 086-7866350. Email: gordon@seal- CD, electric mirrors, silver, condition. 130,000 baht. 3670991. [email protected] superyachts.com TOYOTA YARIS no accidents. Runs great. Tel: 081-8375774. Email: 395,000 baht. Tel: 084-053- [email protected] New condition, auto., 8177, 086-0219819. Email: HONDA ACCORD airbags, red, 9,000km, FORD RANGER [email protected] mp3, spoilers, no acci- LOW SEASON DEAL! 3.0L V6 2003 4-door, 2006 model, like-new Metallic gold, powerful eng- 1996 MAZDA LANTIS dents, 1 year old. Price: 1994 Mazda pickup for sale. 1,800cc. Manual, 110,000km. 500,000 baht ono. Call Priced at only 70,000 baht. condition, low kilometers, CHEVROLET ine, 220psi. Good condition. runs great. Must see and Price: 800,000 baht. Please Double airbag, no accidents. Tel: 086-6833964. Tel: 086-1205536. Email: FOR SALE Good condition. Dark brown. [email protected] drive! Price: 385,000 baht. contact Tel: 076-239820, Tel: 084-4413633. Optra SS 16, 1 year old, very 081-7373720. Fax: 076-239- Price: 240,000 baht. Contact good condition, warranty left. 828. Email: chaiyaphong@ Tel: 084-0577505. DAIHATSU MIRA Price: 495,000 baht. Tel: 089- dewaphuket.com 2-door, hatchback, very eco- NISSAN NV 1995 LOW SEASON DEAL 2262612. 1994 Mazda pickup for sale. MAZDA 3 FOR SALE nomical, 5-speed, aircon. pickup. 140,000km, blue. Price: 110,000 baht. Please Price: 150,000 baht. New Only 70,000 baht. Contact for RED HONDA JAZZ Black, 6 months old, CD play- contact Michelle at Tel: 087- engine. Please Tel: 081- more information. Tel: 086- HONDA CIVIC FOR SALE er with 6-disc changer/mp3, 1205536. Email: lucycat@ 2006, 2.0L, 25,000km, sil- 3811577. 4151875, 084-6032361. 70,000km, 3 years old. Price: rain sensor, automatic lights, rocketmail.com ver. Great condition. Price: 450,000 baht. Please contact full options package. Please 880,000 baht. Contact Tel: Tel: 081-4763242. Email: call Tel: 081-7371687. 089-7241140. [email protected] Wheels & Motors Advertisements

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4 x 4s ISUZU CAB 4, 4WD Motorbikes SUZUKI HAYABUSA Rentals NEW CAR FOR RENT 1,300 GSXR CHEVROLET COLORADO 2007 SUPERB STEED 600 A1 CAR RENTAL 395,000 baht. Contact for White/blue, best condition, details at Tel: 084-4413633. many new parts, w/ book. 160,000 baht. Tel: 087- 2790572. 2005 TOYOTA VIGO 2001, 56,000km, manual New car for rent. Special AUTOMATIC gears, 3.0L, good condi- Production year 2004, black price for long-term rental. 4-door 4x4. 3L, 86,000km. tion. Price: 430,000 baht. YAMAHA NOUVO and gold, 22,000km. Dual Tel: 081-5388567. Email: 620,000 baht ono. Tel: 076- Tel: 087-2709093. Email: AUTO Akrapovic slip-ons, steering Cars, trucks, jeeps that are all [email protected] 491081, 086-2698500. [email protected] December 2004, like new, damper, Galespeed gold fully insured for rental. Best Email: [email protected] 1,345km. Yellow. 25,000 wheels, race clutch/rear brake, prices for long-term rental: baht. Contact for more infor- original Hayabusa tank cover, 12,000 to 20,000 baht per Vans TOYOTA VIGO 3.0 mation at Tel: 081-5697127. sport windshield replacement, month. For more information ISUZU D-MAX 2004 convertible passenger seat. on specific vehicles, contact CAB4 4WD Permanent positioning lights, Tel: 089-8314703. Email: 2004, auto, 3.0L turbo, MOTORBIKES custom plate frame, etc. [email protected] VW VOLKSWAGEN gray. 49,500km, panther FOR SALE Tel: 081-0862112. Email: VAN canopy, Sony sound system, [email protected] Yamaha Mio: 23,000 baht. HONDA CIVIC 2002 excellent condition. 530,000 Nouvo MX: 24,000 baht. Rent: 15,000 baht per month. baht. Tel: 081-5697127. Nouvo (red): 20,000 baht. Sell: 575,000. Black color, Nouvo (blue): 20,000 baht. HONDA STEED 600CC leather interior. Contact for Air Blade: 39,000 baht. details. Tel: 089-9708281. JEEP CHEROKEE Honda 125: 20,000 baht. Email: [email protected] For sale or trade for motorboat Excellent condition, top model, Tel: 087-0720200. with trailer. 295,000 baht obo. automatic, 51,000km, lea- Please contact Tel: 076-512- ther interior, CD/mp3, custom Avanet tax insurance and 602, 081-7373116. Email: alloy wheels, Carryboy, full FORD ESCAPE FOR TIGER 125 TRAIL RENT OR SALE original book. 195,000 baht [email protected] Toyota service history, first- ono. Tel: 087-1466622, class insurance. 100,000km 4 months old, 1,300km, lug- Black, year 2006. 4X4. Great custom chopper, well- 087-2714388. guarantee. 570,000 baht gage box, road tires. As new 50,000km. Only 18 months FORD RANGER maintained, includes green ono. Call Tel: 084-9451338. condition. Price: 28,000 old. Perfect truck for Phuket. Open cab, blue, 13,000km, book, tax, insurance. Price: Email: christian.strommar@ baht. Tel: 084-9165809. For rent @ 10,000 baht per CD/VCD/TV. 1st owner, ex- 265,000 baht. Call Tel: hotmail.com week or 30,000 baht per Wanted cellent condition. 350,000 085-2999435. month; or for sale for 1 million baht. Tel: 089-588-0839. baht. Tel: 081-8917499. YAMAHA NOUVO Fax: 076-342906. Email: SECONDHAND RANGE ROVER AUTOMATIC HARLEY-DAVIDSON [email protected] FORTUNER MITSUBISHI 4.6 HSE 2002, many new parts, Looking for secondhand STRADA never rented. 20,000 baht. Fortuner. Priced at around VG turbo, Grandis D-cab. Tel: 089-9087350. Email: CHEAP CAR RENTAL 800,000 baht. Contact Tel: 4x4, 2003, one owner. [email protected] 10,000-14,000 baht per 081-7190379. 68,000km. Full Mitsubishi- month. Full insurance dis- service history. Immaculate count for long term. Call Tel: condition. 475,000 baht. HONDA CHOPPER 089-4727304. CAR OR TRUCK Honda CBF 750cc, 1994 WANTED Please contact for more 2000 Softail standard, British racing green, excellent model, very good condition. NEW JAZZ FOR RENT Must be in very good condi- details. Tel: 081-0875487. 44,000km. Price: 690,000 condition, only 77,000 miles, Only 170,000 baht. Please 15,000 baht per month. Con- tion with legal paper service Email: divesdowndeep@ baht. Please contact for de- full insurance until March contact for additional details. tact for more information. record. Prefer Toyota or gmail.com tails at Tel: 076-388311, 2008, only 2 previous owners Tel: 087-5912811. Tel: 084-8516121. Email: Honda. Willing to pay up to 086-1206964. (chauffeur driven). Reluctant [email protected] 200,000 baht. Contact sale. Please contact Alasdair David for more information. 1990 SUZUKI Junor for more information. HARLEY DAVIDSON Tel: 085-7908241. CARIBIAN Tel: 083-9889507. FATBOY 2000 HONDA AIR BLADE NEW TRUCK Aircon, manual, white, runs 23,000km, perfect condition, Silver/black, red plate, fully FOR RENT well. 69,000 baht. Contact lots of additional chrome from serviced, insurance. Price: Chevy Colorado Highlander, TOYOTA FORTUNER for additional information at NISSAN FRONTIER the USA added. Must see! 45,000 baht. Please con- standard black, leather, JVC I'm looking for a secondhand Tel: 076-289412, 085-783- 4-DOOR 2007 950,000 baht obo. Contact tact for more details. Tel: stereo. Long-term rent: Fortuner. No accidents. Per- 3426. Email: slhaggard@ 395,000 baht. Please con- Tel: 087-8209577. Email: 084-8396713. Email: 12,000 baht per month obo. fect condition. Please contact gmail.com tact for information. Tel: 086- [email protected] [email protected] Tel: 087-2803686. for additional information at 1542255. Tel: 086-2718254. 52 PHUKET GAZETTE September 8 - 14, 2007

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