Ultimatums Issued Over Illegal Billboards

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The Gazette is published Tsunami in association with Ultimatums issued evacuation over illegal billboards drill IN THIS ISSUE By Akbar Khan on July 7 NEWS: Fake ‘doc’ arrested; 2- year work permits being con- CHERNG TALAY: Ma-an By Sompratch Saowakhon sidered; False killer whales Sumraan, Vice-President of run aground. Pages 2 & 3 Cherng Talay Tambon Adminis- PHUKET: At 9:45 am on July 7, INSIDE STORY: Number tration (OrBorTor), has launched all 79 tsunami warning towers crunching tourism figures. a campaign to rid his neighbor- operated by the National Disas- Pages 4 & 5 hood of all illegal billboards. ter Warning Center (NDWC) will Cherng Talay OrBorTor sound their alarms as part of a AROUND THE NATION: Temple officials have started pasting comprehensive tsunami warning kerfuffle has Thais ruffled. warning notices on offending bill- test for the six Andaman prov- Page 7 boards as part of K. Ma-an’s inces. AROUND THE REGION: Play “soft” approach to the problem. Deputy Prime Minister and your cards right with the Krabi The warnings stipulate that Industry Ministry Suwit Kunkitti quiz. Page 8 billboard owners must remove announced the drill on nationwide their billboards or else pay the television at 3 pm on June 26. AROUND THE SOUTH: Train OrBorTor for the cost of pulling Co-ordinating the drill from drama rattles economy. down the billboard in order to get a command center at Saphan Hin Page 9 the disassembled billboard back. in Phuket City will be Governor AROUND THE ISLAND: Clown- Billboards that are not Niran Kalayanamit and Chai- fish still not very funny. claimed by their owners will be Notices from Cherng Talay OrBorTor pasted on illegal billboards narong Kerdsom, chief of the Page 10 sold as scrap metal and wood, K. near Surin Beach. The notices warn the billboard owners to remove Phuket office of the Department Ma-an said. their illegal erections or face being charged for having them pulled of Disaster Prevention and Miti- GOOD LIVING: Wilko goes Initially, the warnings down. gation. mad over meat. Page 12 pasted on the billboards were A4 The drill is scheduled to start PEOPLE: Ink master creates size, now larger A3-size warn- “Most billboards are illegal billboard tax is also often at 9:30 am and finish at 11:30 am. a buzz. Pages 14 & 15 ings are being used, he ex- because building permission was evaded,” he added. In addition to conducting a plained. not obtained for them. In many However, K. Ma-an added, tsunami evacuation drill at SPORTS: Flying Fish nets a The majority of offenders cases, it is obvious because many “A large part of the problem Saphan Hin, the command cen- medal; Surf’s up for annual are real estate companies or the billboards have been erected on seems to have arisen due to the ter will also act as the communi- Kalim comp; Anyone for ten- advertising agencies that they public land, where, in theory, it is lax attitude of government offi- cations center for co-ordinating nis?; ESPN celebs prepare use, he said. not possible to be issued a per- cials who were previously in the siren tests throughout Phang for golf tourney. However, K. Ma-an added mit. power before I came here.” Nga, Krabi, Ranong, Trang, Pages 34 & 35 that he understands that busi- “Many of these billboard K. Ma-an explained that he Satun as well as Phuket.. Residents from Rassada PROPERTY: Construction Up- nesses need to advertise, but he erections are also in violation of will continue with his “soft” ap- date: Rad news for Radisson; would like them to be more so- other laws and regulations, such proach for now. However, later and Wichit and students from Home of the Week; Design; cially responsible in their market- as safety rules that take into con- he might consider informing Phuket Technical College, Property Watch: Show me the ing strategies. sideration where the billboard Cherng Talay Municipality offic- Phuket Vocational College and money. Pages 37-42 “Around 99% of the bill- could be blown over in a storm. ers, who would have the author- Phuket Polytechnic College will boards on the island are illegal in “If permission had not been ity to fine transgressors from join the evacuation drill at Saphan PLUS one way or another,” he said. obtained for an erection, then the 2,000 to 5,000 baht. Hin, K. Chainarong said. K. 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There are three ship with The Nation and Thailand’s largest En- The drill will be televised 33; CLASSIFIEDS 43-55. information packages, or “News Bags”, on offer – glish-language newspaper, Daily Xpress. live on NBT. 2 PHUKET GAZETTE NEWS July 5 - 11, 2008 Labor Office mulls 2-year work permits PHUKET: The Ministry of Labor is con- permit will be independent from the per- those used in other countries. “It would be The current work permit renewal sidering issuing work permits valid for two mit to stay. much better than it is today,” she added. fees are 750 baht for periods of up to three years, Janya Yingyong, chief of the Work “For example, even though you have However, K. Janya explained that months; 1,500 baht for periods of three Permit Section at the Phuket Provincial been issued a permit to stay valid for three the concept is still in its infancy and much months to six months; 3,000 baht for peri- Labor Office (PPLO), has confirmed. months, you might be issued a work per- has to be considered before longer work ods of six months to a year; and any com- Under the current system, work permit valid for one year,” K. Janya ex- permits are approved. “Even if the Minis- bination of these for periods longer than mits are valid only as long as the holder’s plained. try of Labor intends to issue longer work one year. permit to stay, which is issued by Immi- The extended work permits would be permits, we would not expect to see them Another officer at the PPLO told the gration. available only to businesses approved by being issued for about two years,” she said. Gazette, “We have received good feed- “The visa and work permit will be the Board of Industry (BoI), she added. K. Janya added that under the cur- back from hotels on this because they hire based on the type of business of the K. Janya said the move would help rent proposal, a two-year work permit many foreigners.” applicant’s employer. However, the work bring work permits in Thailand closer to would cost 20,000 baht. – Semacote Suganya Evicted hotel tenants seek top-level redress ‘Doctor’ arrested PHUKET CITY: After being told son of any nationality that the by Kathu Police that their forced foundation believes has been un- at Bang Tao clinic eviction is not a police matter, fairly treated. long-term tenants of the Vises K. Prapan immediately pre- Hotel in Patong on June 27 filed pared a complaint against the By Sompratch Saowakhon fully recover and he is still at a complaint with the Phuket Con- hotel, which was signed by Pro- Vachira Hospital,” Dr Paisarn sumer Protection Board at Pro- vincial Office Chief Rapeepat Na CHERNG TALAY: A so-called added. vincial Hall. Nakorn and then by Vice-Gov- doctor at a clinic in Bang Tao has “His family is not wealthy, The tenants were met by ernor Smit Palawatvichai on be- been charged with practicing so they asked Vachira Hospital Prapan Chansaeng, who ex- half of Governor Niran Kala- medicine without a license after for help with the cost of the boy’s plained to them that, by law, a ho- yanamit. allegedly administering an injec- treatment. That’s when we tel can rent rooms only on a daily The complaint has now tion that resulted in a local boy checked with the Ministry of basis, despite the victims having been forwarded to the Provincial nearly losing the use of one of his Health for a profile of Dr been granted long-term tenancy Attorney. legs. Tassaneeporn Kachane but could agreements. K. Prapan said that the Cherng Talay Police ar- not find any record of her,” he K. Prapan said the Con- management at Vises Hotel has rested Tassaneeporn Kachane, said. sumer Protection Board could do created numerous problems over 53, at Pannavej Clinic on “We have since had many little to help them; but he would the years and that he would co- Srisoonthorn Rd on June 26 after people come forward claiming try to assist by putting on his other ordinate with police and the Pub- Phuket Provincial Health Office they were not happy with the hat as head of the Phuket Office lic Prosecutor to ensure that this Director Dr Paisan Worrasathit treatment they had received from of the Damrongtham Foundation. latest problem is dealt with by the and fellow PPHO officers pre- her,” said Dr Paisarn. The Damrongtham Founda- law. –Akbar Khan sented a warrant for her arrest Tassaneeporn has been tion provides legal aid to any per- issued by the Phuket Provincial Tassaneeporn Kachane has been charged with presenting herself Court. charged with presenting herself as a doctor and for practicing Tassaneeporn was one of as a doctor and practicing medicine without the necessary Cops collar robed robber three doctors working at the medicine without the necessary qualifications. clinic. When police arrived, she qualifications. Sub Lt Suppachai Puthkaew PHUKET CITY: A man wanted the volunteer who called him, near was in the middle of a consulta- Dr Paisarn explained, “The of Cherng Talay Police told the for the theft of Buddha images Samkong Shrine,” he added. tion with a patient. injection to the child’s hip resulted Gazette, “She has acknowledged and amulets valued at about “Some of the amulets have Dr Paisan explained that in him losing strength in one leg. the charges against her and has 100,000 baht was arrested on been recovered. However, the Tassaneeporn was brought to his He couldn’t walk on it even after been released after posting June 24 after Phuket City resi- rest he had already sold to a shop attention three months ago after days of rest at home. 50,000-baht bail.” dents helped police set up a sting in Bangkok. he received a complaint from lo- “The parents took him to He added that police are operation. “He has been charged with cal parents whose six-year-old Vachira Phuket Hospital for an continuing their investigation into Capt Atthapol Wannasaeng- stealing and receiving stolen child had received an injection in X-ray and to continue treatment, the charges against her. thong of Phuket City Police property,” he added. the hip from her. but the X-ray revealed that nearly Dr Paisarn added, “We named the man as Wisuth The Gazette understands The injection was a flu vac- all the tissue in his leg had atro- have checked the other doctors Pongpakawat, 45, also known as that Phra Tee was at one point cination even though the boy was phied. working at the clinic and have Phra Tee. He added, “He was ar- officially defrocked from the already showing symptoms of “We have since helped him found they are fully legal and rested about 8 pm at the home of monkhood. having a cold, he said. with treatment, but he has yet to qualified.” July 5 - 11, 2008 NEWS PHUKET GAZETTE 3

Rawai to move ahead with Dolphins rescued after ‘Sea Natural History Museum’ beaching on Racha By Janyaporn Morel RAWAI: In a bid to simulta- KOH RACHA YAI: Research- neously preserve local flora and ers at the Phuket Marine Biologi- boost tourism, Rawai Municipal- cal Center (PMBC) have been ity is renewing efforts to build a examining the remains of a false “Thai Island and Sea Natural His- killer whale, a type of dolphin, that tory Museum” on 271 rai of gov- was one of a pod estimated to ernment land north of the view- number about 40, many of which point at Laem Phromthep. beached on Koh Racha Yai, some Phuket Vice-Governor 25 kilometers south of Phuket, Smith Palawatwichai presided late afternoon on June 26. over a meeting on the new initia- Local hotel staff and tour- tive on June 24 at the Rawai ists rescued the beached ceta- Municipality Offices. ceans that could not make their After the meeting, Rawai own way back to deeper water. Mayor Aroon Solos told the Ga- False killer whales are large zette that V/Gov Smith agreed “open-ocean dolphins” known to with the plan. attack and kill other cetaceans “We would like to start this with their distinctive array of 44 project as soon as possible, but teeth. because it is so huge we will need PMBC biologist Kongkiat help from many organizations, Kittiwattanawong told the Ga- Volunteers struggle to move the beached dolphins back to the water. – Photo courtesy The Racha both in the private and govern- zette that about 40 dolphins were ment sectors,” Mayor Aroon spotted about 5 pm in the shal- “They are social animals K. Kongkiat said the leader to patrol the shoreline by boat,” K. explained. low waters off Ao Paktok, where that live in large groups and all of the pod might have become Kongkiat said. “I’ll start by requesting 11 of them later beached. members obediently follow their confused trying to negotiate a nar- False killer whales typically Ministry of Interior (MoI) per- “Almost all the whales that leader, so if the leader beaches row channel and found itself un- live for about 50 years and are mission to use the land. After came ashore were three to four the others follow,” he said. able to return to deeper water seldom spotted close to the shore- that we’ll have building plans meters long. The animal that died was a due to waves and strong currents. line, he added. drawn up, estimate the budget The longest was 4.2m,” K. 2.8m female, probably about 10 Ten of the stranded dolphins There is a healthy popula- and get down to fundraising,” Kongkiat said. years old, he added. were taken by truck to the rela- tion of the dolphins in the Indian said Mayor Aroon. As most of the whales ap- “The animal went into tively calm waters of Ao Teua on Ocean, K. Kongkiat explained. If built, the “Sea Natural peared healthy, it was unlikely shock and we couldn’t save her. the other side of the island. "They can be seen off the History Museum” will not be the that the mass beaching was the There were no visible signs of ill- There, they were given in- coasts of Burma and Bangladesh, first of its kind in Thailand. An- result of illness, he added. ness,” he said. jections to prevent infection and as well as Thailand," he added. other with the same name is al- released around midnight. The International Union for ready nearing completion at “After their release they the Conservation of Nature and Samaesan in Chonburi’s Sattahip Korean drowns trying to save seemed to gain strength. Natural Resources (IUCN) lists district. That was the last time we false killer whales’ conservation Even with MoI support, saw them, though we continued status as “least concern”. funding continues to be the main wife in heavy seas off Kata obstacle to the project. KATA: A Korean man drowned even further to sea, where he Mayor Aroon added that he off Kata Beach about 11 am on drowned, Lt Ratthaket said. plans to ask the Phuket Provin- June 27 after being dragged out to The two girls and their cial Administration Organization sea while trying to save his wife, mother made it safely back to (OrBorJor) for part of the fund- who had swum into difficulty. shore, he added. ing, while Satree Phuket School Hun Sang Suk, 46, had Mr Hun’s body was recov- and Phuket Rajabhat University swum out to rescue his wife, who ered about midday and was taken are expected to help organize had been dragged away from the to Vachira Phuket Hospital. exhibits once construction is com- shore by strong currents, said Lt Mrs Hun and her daughters plete. Ratthaket Mingmuang of were taken to Patong Hospital A new feasibility study Chalong Police Station. before being transfered to would need to be conducted to “The red flags were up at Bangkok Hospital Phuket to be determine how much the project the beach, but they still went treated for shock and ingestion would cost today. swimming. I saw that there were of seawater, Lt Ratthaket said. The project could be devel- strong waves that looked danger- The family had being stay- oped in phases as the needed ous there,” he said. ing at the Peach Hill hotel in Kata funding became available, Mayor Mr Hun’s two teenage and were due to fly home tomor- Aroon explained. daughters then swam out to aid row, he added. – Janyaporn Morel their father, but he was pulled out – Sompratch Saowakhon 4 p h u k e t g a z e t t e i n s i d e s t o r y July 5 - 11, 2008 July 5 - 11, 2008 i n s i d e s t o r y p h u k e t g a z e t t e 5

foreigners want to stay for longer periods. “The value of land trading between 2006 and 2007 stood Crunch time: tourism at 1.5 billion baht, according to the Phuket Land Office, but officials expect the value to go up to nearly 5 billion baht this year. One rai near Patong beach is now worth 50 million baht,” he said. figures go under the knife “A foreign investor has just bought 1,200 rai in north Phuket, on which there are plans to de- ith tourism being the backbone of Phuket’s economy and making up a velop three hotels and private residences,” he added. large piece of the nation’s economic pie, tourism-related organizations According to Sompot Nipa have a vested interest in keeping an eye on tourist statistics and demo- kanon, assistant director of Bang W kok Hospital Phuket, which re- graphics. Statistics regarding tourists’ nationalities, how much they spend dur- ceives up to 60,000 foreign pa- ing their stay and the time of year they visit are reported by Tourism Authority of tients a year, foreign residents can Thailand, but there are no guarantees that these figures are accurate. be categorized into three groups: those who wish to live here per- This week Akbar Khan takes a look at some of the issues surrounding the way manently, those who are working tourist statistics are collected and the trends emerging from these figures. here and those who living here for periods longer than their visas specify. he Tourism Authority of Thailand’s “green season”. illegally, while many fail to no- Maitree Narukatpichai, Thailand (TAT) actively Airports of Thailand (AOT) tify Immigration that they are still This graph represents data provided by the Tourism Authority of president of Phuket Tourist Asso- promotes Phuket as a counts each arrival at Phuket In- in the country every 90 days. ciation (PTA), forecasts that av- tourist destination with ternational Airport as one tourist. The TAT admits that meth- Thailand (TAT) over the years, showing the trends for both Thai and foreign visitors to Phuket. erage hotel occupancy in Phuket Tinternational road shows tailored If a tourist flies from Phuket to ods for collecting tourist statistics in the coming high season from to entice travel agencies and Bangkok and back again, he is vary and can never be completely November to April would be 70% tourists to visit Phuket during the recorded by AOT as a new visitor accurate, but they supposedly year due to political uncertainties more travel agents in Europe who this year compared with 75% in high and low seasons. to the island on his return jour- give a reasonable idea of the and the sharp rise of oil prices. support eco-responsible tourism the 2006-07 high season. According to TAT figures, ney. Tourists arriving in Phuket island’s tourist trends. “Travel costs have soared. are promoting Phuket as a holi- TAT has been targeting potential tourists from the Middle East with roadshows promoting Thailand’s green season in the hope of drawing people Phuket‘s beaches. PTA projects tourism rev- tourists visiting Phuket during by car or boat, however, are not Maiyarat Pheerayahouses, For example, the fuel surcharge day destination. This is expected enue in Phuket will this year the low season tend to spend less counted in or out. president of the Association of on a Bangkok-Phuket flight on to boost the number of European to fund environmental protection interest loans, but he is still in “Real estate developments can reduce costs and attract tour- amount to between 94 billion and on a daily basis. The accuracy of data col- Domestic Travel, said that the Thai Airways has jumped from visitors this year, she added. programs run by conservation or- the dark as to what criteria would on the island are now making ists with more spending power,” 95 billion baht. The TAT has been targeting lected by Immigration is also up number of Thais traveling nation- 400 baht in 2007 to 1,700 baht Arthur Honore from the ganizations such as the National have to be met by private resorts land scarce as foreign investors he said. The hotel occupancy rate in potential tourists from the Middle for debate, as foreigners staying wide plummeted by more than by mid-2008,” she said, adding French Development Agency Parks Department and the World and hotels in order to receive the build housing estates and other He also advised that the May and June was only 10-15% East with roadshows promoting on a tourist visa sometimes work 50% during the first half of this that local con- recently presented Wildlife Fund. loans. residential proj- agency finds ways compared with 50% in the same sumers are con- plans at Phuket ‘Travel costs Plans also include funding Mr Honore explained that ects, attracting to support travel period last year. cerned about the Provincial Office to to be made available for privately more research needs to be done more and more and tour agen- Phuket now has a total of political and eco- have soared.The keep a healthy flow run hotels and resorts on the to ensure that the criteria for the expat retirees,” he Phuket now has cies on the island 50,000 hotel rooms, up from nomic outlook, so fuel surcharge of tourists to the is- island that wish to build more loans can be met and that a rea- added. a total of 50,000 to further ensure 40,000 three years ago, when they are not in the land. He explained rooms or to make their resorts sonable repayment period would K. Methee tourist satisfac- many properties were still re- mood for travel. on a Bangkok- that equity shar- hotel rooms, up more environmentally friendly. be up to seven years. observed that the from 40,000 three tion. building after the tsunami, said The revenue Phuket flight… ing is vital if locals K. Methee welcomed the His agency has also brought Green Leaves P h u k e t K. Methee tourists bring to has jumped to are to welcome the French Development Agency’s in Thai and foreign experts in project is simi- years ago, when Governor Niran However, Mr Maitree said, the province is tourists, stating that funding plans, citing the in- various fields to advise local lar to that of the many properties Kalayanamit said “It is too early to predict the also an impor- 1,700 baht,’ too much of the is- creased demand among Europe- resorts and hotels on everything French Develop- were still rebuilding that investors see precise hotel occupancy rate in tant factor in the said Maiyarat land’s revenue is an tourists for more eco-friendly from architectural considerations ment Agency’s opportunities for the high season, as most of the statistics and one Pheerayahouses, routed to Bangkok resorts. “Phuket resorts are to the development of human program, but that after the 2004 home-stay pro bookings will not be concluded that fluctuates president of the and other countries becoming greener by the day,” resources. the French Devel- jects with a num- until August.” with the seasons rather than support- he said. The continual rise in land opment Agency gave broader ber of new home-stay facilities “Should bookings decline, and the “quality” Association of ing local communi- Panu Maswongsa, deputy prices on the island means that help by also considering new springing up around the island. local hoteliers may need to de- of those tourists. Domestic Travel. ties. The friendli- General Manager of Patong Re- new hotels would need a mini- projects. “Detailed plans would K. Methee said that the sign special tourism packages,” Methee Tan- ness of islanders is sort, said that he understood that mum of four stars in order to op- be needed to demonstrate to increased demand for real estate he added. manatrakul from the Southern a key factor in sustaining a con- international hotel chains would erate profitably, said K. Methee. resort owners how going green development indicates that more Chapter of the Thai Hotels As- stant flow of tourists, he added. not be eligible for these low- sociation told the Gazette that The agency’s plans to sup- tourist-sustainability programs, port local communities and such as the Green Leaves awards promote eco-tourism include, – recognizing resorts for their initially, soft loans with low commitment to ecological op- interest rates to Phuket banks to eration management – mean that the tune of 2 billion euros in order 6 PHUKET GAZETTE NEWS July 5 - 11, 2008 Queer News STAMPS Wasp wipe-out a blast for teachers

PHRAE: Two teachers in Phrae aedes aegypti – the striped mos- province were left fuming on June ‘The municipality quito that transmits dengue fe- 23 after asking their local council sent workers ver. After about five minutes, for help in ridding their house of round with a however, the mixture exploded, a wasps’ nest only to come back sending him and his two col- and find that the fumigators had fumigator, but after leagues flying in different direc- rid them not only of the wasps, about five minutes tions, though none of them were but also of half their house. there was an seriously injured. Praphan Saisa-aat, 51, and Lt Col Meedech Kengsan- his wife, K. Rachanee, 53, were explosion. My thia, head of Phrae Forensic Po- first pestered by the wasps two house, which cost lice, said that when the insecti- days earlier when one stung K. 700,000 baht and cide was sprayed under the Praphan on the head as he was house, the pressure of the mix- cutting the grass. When he went was built only 10 ture would have been increased to investigate where the aggres- years ago, was as there was little ventilation. sive insect had come from, he badly damaged This, combined with the heat, found a nest in a ventilation pipe could have caused it to explode, leading to an enclosed area un- and my computer, Col Meedech explained. der the house, which is raised up air conditioner, Maj Somchai Dentee, duty on stilts. television, fridge, inspector at Muang Phrae Police To prevent further attacks, hi-fi and furniture, Station, said that the three exter- K. Praphan bought some insecti- minators had yet to be charged cide. “When I sprayed the insec- with a combined with any offenses as police were Thailand Post goes ticide onto the nest, the wasps value of more than waiting for a report from Foren- flew out from under the house and 300,000 baht, were sic Police in Lampang. into the house itself,” K. Praphan Phatphong Phongnuan, dep- green with new stamps said. all destroyed.’ uty mayor of Muang Phrae, said “My wife and I rushed into that after examining the house, he orld Environment raphy to highlight the bold colors the bedroom [until the wasps left]. that many of the couple’s posses- found no evidence suggesting that Day was estab- used. On [June 23] morning, I called the sions had been blown clear of the the explosion was caused by the lished by the UN in The first stamp shows the municipality office and asked for house and that both stories of the negligence of the municipality 1972 in a bid to causes of global warming, such help to get rid of the wasps. The raised brick abode had been dam- employees. This method of driv- raiseW awareness of global envi- as pollution and deforestation. municipality sent workers round aged. ing out wasps has been used ronmental issues. Every year on The second stamp deptics with a fumigator, but after about K. Praphan’s worldly pos- many times before and, as far as June 5, World Environment Day the greenhouse effect, highlight- five minutes there was an explo- sessions were not the only things he knew, in Thailand there have is hosted in a different city. The ing how the world’s atmosphere sion. My house, which cost damaged in the explosion, as the been no previous incidents of ex- slogan for this year’s event, is losing its protective layer. 700,000 baht and was built only three hapless exterminators – Od, plosions. which was held in Wellington, On the third stamp are the 10 years ago, was badly damaged Phiset and Kaow – all sustained K. Praphan and K. Ra- New Zealand, was “CO2 – kick effects of global warming: and my computer, air conditioner, injuries. chanee will receive some kind of the habit! Towards a low-carbon drought, wild fires and flooding. television, fridge, hi-fi and furni- Od said that at the time of compensation for the destruction, economy”. The fourth and final stamp ture, with a combined value of the explosion, he and his two col- K. Phatphong said, but as for how To commemorate this offers a glimmer of hope, show- more than 300,000 baht, were all leagues were fumigating the much, they will have to wait and year’s World Environment Day ing how we can save the world destroyed,” K. Praphan added. space under the house with pest- see what the regulations allow. and to spread the word about glo- by planting trees. A reporter at the scene said icide of the type used to kill Source: KomChadLuek bal warming, Thailand Post on Each stamp measures 27 by June 5 launched four stamps with 37.5 millimeters and is available an eco-theme. for 3 baht, with one million of each The stamps were designed design available. by Thailand Post’s Thanet Pol- All 10 of Phuket’s post of- chaiwong and printed by lithog- fices currently stock the stamps.

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he Royal Thai Air Force TCC Vice-Chairman Dusit has aircratt on standby Nontanakorn said that after be- to evacuate Thais living ing in office for more than four in Cambodia “in the Temple tempest: months, the government has paid Tevent of an emergency”, Su- no attention to the necessity of a preme Commander General retail business law. Boonsrang Niumpradit said on A draft retail and wholesale June 26. business bill was aborted last year He was responding to Thais ready to fly when the Surayud Chulanont gov- Prime Minister Samak Sundara- ernment ran out of time to have vej’s statement in Parliament dur- it considered by the National Leg- ing the no-confidence debate re- islative Assembly. garding the dispute over the A draft of the same legisla- Preah Vihear Temple. tion was rejected by the Thaksin The Supreme Commander Shinawatra government. said the Air Force has C-130 transport planes on standby. Technical difficulties. Three “We are ready and have all 17-year-old Army Transportation contingency plans in place be- Engineering School students in cause we are afraid there might Bangkok sustained knife wounds be events occurring as a result in a bus brawl with students from of misunderstanding. So we must a rival school. get ourselves ready to keep Thai Four Dusit Construction people out of harm’s way,” he School students have been ar- said. rested and charged with fighting Meanwhile, an Abac poll in public. showed that nearly two thirds of The brawl occurred aboard 1,260 people in Bangkok and ad- a Number 66 bus in Bang Sue jacent areas surveyed on June 25 district. and 26 want the government to Witness Keaukul Kerdkaen put the Preah Vihear matter on told police he was with 16 school- hold. mates who boarded the bus at the Ownership of Preah Vihear Prachaniwet 4 depot. Later, about Temple, built along the current 20 Dusit students boarded – Thai border in the 11th and 12th armed and looking for trouble, he centuries, was ceded to Cambo- said. dia after a 1962 ruling by the In- Accusing the transporta- ternational Court of Justice in the HORSING AROUND: Students of Maejo University in Chiang Rai have opted to ride horses to their tion-school students of painting Hague. university to save energy and fight global warming. The university has also introduced a horse-riding graffiti on walls at the Dusit The current government’s club for students. – Photo by Kwandao Jitpana. school, they attacked, said K. support for Cambodia’s efforts to Keaukul. list the temple as a UN World ract, while US$50 million will be There are 147 national in 2001 to 30:70. The smaller op- The bus stopped and police Heritage Site rekindled the own- used to combat emerging threats, parks and 21 marine national erators will gradually go out of managed to brea up the fight. ership controversy, with the op- such as diabetic retinopathy. The parks. business due to aggressive ex- A Dusit student contends he position arguing the government remaining US$50 million will fund Koh Surin Marine National pansion by giant modern retailers, and his fellows were not respon- was ceding Thai sovereignty to research and rehabilitation initia- Park in Phang Nga will allow 620 the chamber said. sible for the brawl and asserts the help further the business interests tives. overnight visitors and 6,520 day- The TCC maintains that transportation-school pupils were of former Prime Minister Thaksin The Lions are the largest time visitors, while Koh Similan small retailers were at risk of armed, too. Shinawatra in Cambodia. service-club organization in the Marine National Park will allow being forced out of business while world with a membership of 1.3 180 overnight visitors and 1,410 Thai consumers would be the True vision. At its 91st interna- million in 45,000 clubs spread daytime visitors. next to suffer because giant re- Sourced from The Nation, Daily tional convention in Bangkok, the across 202 nations. The other parks are Huai tailers would then dominant the Xpress and Kom Chad Luek Lions Clubs International Foun- Nam Dang, Doi Phahompok, Doi market. newspapers. dation announced it had raised Park visitors limited. From July Inthanon and Doi Suthep-Pui in more than US$200 million (6.7 1, 10 national parks will limit the Chiang Mai; Phu Kradueng Park billion baht) to fight preventable number of visitors they admit each in Loei; Khao Yai in Nakhon blindness. day. Ratchasima; Erawan in Kancha- The clubs’ SightFirst project, National Park, Wildlife & naburia, and Kaeng Krachan in started in 1989, provides free Plant Conservation Department Phetchaburi. cataract surgery and vision tests boss Chalermsak Wanichsombat in countries including India, Thai- said the quotas will reduce park Reversal of fortune. Small re- land and China, where it has al- visitors by half during holidays and tailers will disappear in the near ready performed more than 6.5 by between 20% and 30% at future if the government does not million operations. other times. accelerate the implementation of More than 15,000 Lions This will shrink the de- the country’s first-ever retail Club members and their families partment’s 400-million-baht an- business law to create a level gathered in Bangkok for the con- nual revenue, but will allow it to playing field, the Thai Chamber vention on June 21 to 25. revive park ecosystems. Other of Commerce (TCC) said on Of the funds raised, at least national parks will soon follow June 27. US$100 million will be spent to suit, he said. The ratio of the number of contain the leading causes of pre- The parks will accept only small local retailers to modern ventable blindness, including cata- “good-quality” visitors, he added. traders has plunged from 70:30 8 PHUKET GAZETTE AROUND THE REGION July 5 - 11, 2008 The Kool Krabi Kwiz uiet isn’t the right word to describe Krabi these days. Silent would be more appro Qpriate, aside from the sound of rain. With Bangkok Air and Tiger Air canceling their services for the low season, things couldn’t get much duller – until a gang of thieves heisted some eight Toyota Hilux pickup trucks last Saturday night. ACROSS That woke up the locals, especially since many of the old local families’ cars were stolen. It THE BAY certainly wasn’t local pranksters By Gus Reynolds or a local gang. They knew what they were doing and the cars have probably already been re-sold in rant sold in its 15 years of Cambodia or elsewhere. existence? While it’s so quiet, I thought a) Less than 10 I would provide a little mental b) More than 100 but less than stimulation, to keep those neurons 200 working. Below is a Krabi his- c) None tory knowledge test, and you can d) 500 to 600 test your knowledge about the 11) How many bottles has the trivial things that have occurred proprietor of the La Luna here over the years. The answers Above: The view from the Last Italian Restaurant person- are at the bottom of the page – Café. How much did a rai of ally consumed in the last 15 no cheating. land there cost in 1960? years? a) 600 1. In which year did the Krabi Right: The police box on Ao Nang beachfront. b) 700 Resort open? When was it built? c) 800 a) 1992 d) 900+ b) 1985 12) Approximately, in which c) 1982 d) Chuan Phukaoluan d) 1974 year was the Ao Nang Po- lice Box shown in the ac- 4. What was the name of the companying photo on Ao 2. What was the average room original Ao Nang bar lo- b) Soi Rejection d) Gift’s Bungalows Nang beachfront built? rate for a beach front bun- cated on the (then) hillside c) Soi Cellulite a) It is the new plan, not yet con- galow that year? by the current location of d) Soi Disappointment 8) What was Krabi Town’s structed a) 300 baht the Irish Rover? first fast-food restaurant? b) the current police box b) 750 baht a) Blues Pub 6) What was the name of one a) Starbucks c) Circa 2000 c) 1,200 baht b) Yellow Sun of Ao Nang’s original pizze- b) Café Europa d) Circa 1990 d) 180 baht c) Green’s Bar rias that had a sign claim- c) KFC d) Black Cat 3. Who was the original voice ing “Millions Served”? d) The Farang Falafel stand 13) What was the cost of one a) Millionaires Pizza rai of land on the Ao Nang of the “Muay Thai” loud- 5. What is the previous and b) McDonald’s Pizza 9) What now-defunct Ao Nang beachfront beside the Last speaker truck? most popular name for the c) Pizza Hut bar was founded by a former Café in 1960? a) Bob Hope current Soi RCA Entertain- d) Don’s Pizza member of the French For- a) 20,000 baht/rai b) Gary Pinker ment? eign Legion? b) 50,000 baht/rai c) Larry Rankin a) Soi Excitement 7. What was the name of the a) Paris Café c) 100,000 baht/rai restaurant, bakery and bun- b) Amour Bar d) 2,000 baht/rai galows at the current site of c) Austria Hut Centre Point? d) Attench Hut Answers: a) Mr Bill’s 1) c; 2) d; 3) c; 4) c; 5) d; 6) d; b) 24 Hour Inn 10) How many bottles of wine 7) d; 8) c; 9) c; 10) d; 11) d; c) No Tell Motel has La Luna Italian Restau- 12) d; 13) d. July 5 - 11, 2008 AROUND THE SOUTH PHUKET GAZETTE 9

he suspension of train rented in Tambon Nai Muang af- services throughout the ter they received a tip-off from South has caused se- people who had recognized him vere damage to the lo- from a sketch released by police calT economy, said Narathiwat the previous week. Traders’ Association president On seeing the officers, Somboon Chanvisut. Adisak dashed into his car, but “Trains have been the main was boxed in by police cars. He means of transportation for the then attempted to flee on foot, but locals. This also exacerbates was brought down by officers problems for industries here that pursuing him. transport their products out of the Police said that during ques- provinces by rail, since it is the tioning, Adisak admitted that he least costly,” he said. had assaulted four young girls in The Haad Yai-Sungai Kolok four schools in Nakhon Sri service was suspended on June Thammarat. 22 after four employees of the In each case, after finding State Railway of Thailand (SRT) a potential victim by cruising were killed on duty. Services around schools in his car, he were suspended for almost a tricked them into accompanying week, finally resuming on June him to a quiet area before as- 28. saulting and robbing them, police K. Somboon said students said. suffered the most in the suspen- Lt Col Samret Chukanan, sion of train services since they deputy superintendent of Muang must pay more to take the bus to Nakhon Sri Thammarat Police schools in Haad Yai and Song- Station, said that so far three of khla. Adisak’s victims have come for- Some were stranded on ward to press charges. June 23, because only a few Adisak has been charged buses were running, he said. HEADING SOUTH with indecent assault of a girl He urged the government to In addition to the ongoing terrorist tactics being used by insurgents in the South, the Army suffered younger than 13 years old with pay close attention to the incident, a major blow on June 25 when 10 people, including eight soldiers, were killed when a Thai Army the use of force, and robbery. warning that a “third party” could helicopter carrying a forensic team crashed in Yala due to technical problems. Officers have been ordered to use this to convince locals they keep a close eye on him as he is have been ignored by the central considered a suicide risk, Col government. Samret added. Police notified all schools in Silenced. A Muslim man, who the area of Adisak’s arrest as the had been held for questioning by Southern rail woes attacks had deeply worried many the authorities, was killed in a parents and teachers in the city. drive-by shooting in Narathiwat on June 27. Bomb ambush. An Army major Kamaruding Timoh, 36, was and four of his subordinates were shot dead by an assailant riding injured when their pickup truck in the back of a pickup truck on hit local economy was caught in an bomb-attack the Tanyong Mas-Bango Sato ambush in Yala June 25. road in Rangae district at 7:50 am. Police said the explosion oc- An 18-year-old student was in- Student strife. Three students friends were relaxing after digenous Thai plant with a stimu- curred at 12:50 pm on the Yaha- jured by a stray bullet. in Songkhla were left seriously in- school. lant effect popular among youths Patae road in Yaha district. Police said Kamaruding jured after being stabbed and shot The five then rushed into the in the Deep South. Maj Thanitphon Pongwilai, was riding his motorcycle home by a rival group of youths on June house and started shooting and Police said that the attack- commander of Yala Taskforce after taking his children to school. 23. stabbing the students inside be- ers were likely to be a rival gang 14, and his subordinates were on Kamaruding had previously Weerasak Suksrinuan, Som- fore running back out of the of youths, probably from another their way to train defense volun- been held for questioning at a sian Wunsingsee and Naranarong house and making their escape on school or college in the area. teers at a village when a road- military base in Pattani’s Nong Phromthong, all students at their motorcycles, police said. side bomb was detonated, police Chik district and was released Songkhla School of Technology, At the scene, police led by Relief for schools. A 20-year- said. two months ago after the authori- were taken to Songkhla hospital Capt Pratheep Onrot, duty of- old undergraduate student was The five soldiers were ties found no evidence strong after the attack to be treated for ficer at Muang Songkhla Police arrested in Nakhon Sri Tham- rushed to the Yala Provincial enough to take legal action gunshot and stab wounds. Station, found a two-foot-long marat June 24 on suspicion of Hospital, where Maj Thanitphon against him. Witnesses told police that at sword, which was taken as evi- carrying out a string of indecent was treated for a broken left arm. Police believe he may have about 4 pm, five youths on two dence. assaults on young girls in the city’s been killed to prevent him from motorcycles pulled up outside a Behind the house, police schools. Sourced from The Nation, Daily talking further to the security au- rented house opposite the school found a large amount of discarded Police arrested Adisak Xpress and Kom Chad Luek thorities. where the victims and several boiled krathom leaves – an in- Dechthongkham at a house he newspapers. 10 PHUKET GAZETTE AROUND THE ISLAND July 5 - 11, 2008

By Pathomporn Kaenkrachang

f all the fish inhabiting the coral reefs around Phuket, the clownfish Ohas long been one of CLOWN WARS the most popular to catch and keep as a souvenir in aquariums in people’s homes. Worried about the number of clownfish being taken from Phuket waters, the Phuket Ma- rine Biological Center (PMBC) at Cape Panwa long ago started a program to breed clownfish in captivity. The idea behind the project is that pet stores could breed their own clownfish to sell so that people could have as many as they liked for pets with no effect on the local aquatic ecosystem. Part of the clownfish project at the PMBC is marine biologist Ratree Suksuwan. “We have been breeding clownfish for 10 years under a Fishery Depart- ment project,” she said. Knowledge gained through research at the PMBC is passed on to government marine biolo- gists working elsewhere, so that the project has a much more far- reaching impact, she explained. “Many officers have come here to learn how to breed clownfish and then moved on to places such as Phang Nga and Krabi. “For example, now the Coastal Fisheries Research & Development Bureau in Phang Nga breeds clownfish for people to buy as pets instead of people catching them in the sea,” she said. Last year, however, the BARREL OF LAUGHS: Clownfish (above) are a clownfish project received a popular choice for home boost with the addition of yet aquaria in Phuket, but ‘clown more “clowns” – harlequin shrimp’ (right) have been shrimp. muscling in on the act recently. Boontika Intaring, one of K. – Photos by Jeff Kubina Ratree’s assistants, said, “Two and Steve Childs. years ago, local fishermen dis- covered a colorful shrimp while diving. They brought it to us here at the PMBC because they thought it was rare. “It was a harlequin shrimp, “The larger, orange one is eat them slowly. “They follow the would eat in sea. If we cannot remove aquatic animals from which is found at the deeper coral the female and the smaller, brown starfish around, taking nibbles find linkia starfish, we feed them their environment, it affects the reefs along the Andaman coast, one is the male. The female lays every time they are feeling hun- the more common light-brown coral and the sea flowers they which is why it seems rare. Har- eggs twice a month. gry,” K. Boontika added. starfish that we often find on the feed on. That’s why I study lequin shrimp are very small and “When she is ready to lay “In the wild, harlequin beach around the PMBC,” she them,” she said. look like clowns. In Thai we call the eggs, she will lie on her shrimp live in pairs and hunt to- added. them goong dua dalok [“clown back and use her legs to re- gether, so we keep them in pairs. “Harlequin shrimp are not a K. Ratree invites any local fish- shrimp”],” she said. lease the eggs, which float on It can take a pair of harlequins protected species yet, but they shop owners to come and learn K. Ratee added, “We cur- the surface of the water,” K. up to a month to eat one starfish, are sold at the Chatuchak mar- how to breed clownfish and rently have only three pairs of Boontika said. eating one tentacle at a time,” she ket in Bangkok for 1,000 baht harlequin shrimp. To find out harlequin shrimp that we study. What makes harlequin said. apiece, so there are people who more, call HER at the PMBC at We plan to breed them and re- shrimp even more special is that “We feed them the light-or- catching them for their business. Tel: 076-391128 or 076-391 lease them in the sea.” they eat only starfish – and they ange linkia species just as they “When people catch and 438. July 5 - 11, 2008 PHUKET GAZETTE 11

Find more Property Classified ads at www.phuketgazette.net! 12 PHUKET GAZETTE GOOD LIVING July 5 - 11, 2008 Hot, tasty flesh in Patong a Boucherie has long been well known in Patong and its signature Lred-and-white striped logo is a familiar sight to many return tourists and residents. Stepping inside, diners might reasonably expect an enormous, grinning, bearded giant brandish- ing a dripping cleaver to greet them, but no. In spite of its explicit name – “The Butcher”, in French, for those non-Francophones – the establishment has no stained-and- coagulated sawdust on the floor; no bloodied butchers’ aprons and no dismembered limbs and pole- axed porkers hanging from hooks in the corner – and it’s all for the best if you ask me. Cuts down on the flies, you see. Patong is better known for cleavages than cleavers and tank- topped cheries than its bou- ‘This is Patong; one has to be adaptable,’ says Boucherie owner Claude de Crissey. In this case, the adaptations definitely work. cheries, but this doesn’t mean there isn’t some delicious fresh lage on Sawatdirak Rd, a striking he also happens to own the Pha- ing foreigner translating the res- so slow in arriving,” observes meat available there. resort with a Lanna leitmotif run- wadee. taurant menu to his girlfriend in Claude with a grin. I was momen- And where better to enjoy ning through it, La Boucherie’s One of the paradoxes in her own country. Silly? Sure. So tarily tempted to riposte with the a bit of juicy firm flesh in down- menu sports a distinctive French Patong – and there are many – it comes as a pleasant surprise usual; “S-car-go” joke but some town Sin City than at La Bou- influence. Owned by French en- is that Thai-language menus are that La Boucherie’s menu is writ- deep altruistic instinct deftly drew cherie? trepreneur Claude de Crissey, a sometimes harder to find than ten in French, English and Thai. me away from spiraling deep Forming part of the front- man more associated with water- hen’s teeth. This results in the Claude says that at one time into the abyss of Franco-Anglo age of the Royal Phawadee Vil- based activities and businesses, unlikely scenario of a Thai-speak- he had a German version but the misunderstandings. waiters couldn’t In the mean- understand time, Bob’s chew- Deutsch and that, On the ing his beef and as you can imag- Sally her steak, ine, is where menu and silence reigns. things got compli- WITH We sip a simply cated. Sam Wilko wonderful Châ- So let’s cen- La Boucherie teauneuf du Papes ter into the booze 2003 – a wine that before we all get effortlessly man- a mild case of the DTs: With 40- ages to put any Aussie wine – no plus labels, La Boucherie is no matter how dependable – firmly slouch in the wine department; back on the New World rack. featuring such delights as a I’m a great fan of Aussie wines, Pouilly-Fuissé 2006 or a simpler but a good French label – notwith- Côtes du Rhône (1,800 baht). standing the checkered past of The most popular tipple is the wine industry in the Hexagon the Rosemount Rye Croft (1,390 – a good French label retains the baht) from those clever Aussies edge. with a well-liked Chilean The steak tartare is a entire Undurraga Cabernet Sauvignon meal in itself and comes with a 2006 (1,450 baht) coming in a choice of Freedom, oops, French close second. fries, baked potatoes, “pommes The range of meats, as one – de terre en robe des champs”, would expect from a boucherie, rice, pasta, gratin Dauphinois and is impressive. I choose foie gras a list of sauces that would be right (350 baht), stuffed Burgundy up Danny La Rue’s alley. Along snails (240 baht for six) and a dish with a salad, this dish is huge; Ti- of steak tartare (380 baht). tanic, even. By this time the restaurant And just what would a de- is pretty busy and Bob from cent French restaurant be with- Blackburn is booming his opinions out a cheese platter? A bit like across his table at a tiny Thai lady the Titanic before its captain or- who is struggling to understand dered a random block of ice with his broad Lancastrian accent his whiskey – it wouldn’t go down while Sally from Sydney regales well… So it is that the cheesy her friends, ending every sen- options at La Boucherie are ac- tence with a rising question tone. tually quite classic. Everything’s The disparity of nationalities here, from Camembert to and characters doesn’t escape Gruyère to Roquefort. Claude’s notice; he shrugs in the To say j’etait bien servi af- way only the French can (appar- ter eating at La Boucherie would ently, the famous “Gallic shrug” be an understatement; I’m no did not exist before the invention Napoleon but I was almost of the guillotine…) and says by “Blownapart”. way of explanation, “This is Patong; one has to be adaptable.” La Boucherie, 3 Sawatdirak The foie gras is spot on and Rd, Patong. Open daily, noon the snails in Persil, butter and gar- to 3 pm and 6 pm to midnight. lic are a rare delight. “I don’t Tel: 076-344614. Website: www. know why, but they are always laboucherie-asia.com July 5 - 11, 2008 PHUKET GAZETTE 13 14 p h u k e t g a z e t t e p h u k e t p e o p l e July 5 - 11, 2008 July 5 - 11, 2008 p h u k e t p e o p l e p h u k e t g a z e t t e 15 Humble skin artist upholds tradition NO PAIN, NO GAIN: A man After searching for three days the Gazette tracked down has the image of his baby son tattooed on his shoulder by the island’s most elusive tattoo artist, Anusorn Amorn Sorn. pun, who goes by the nickname “Sorn”. He comes from Amphur Bang Khan in Nakorn Sri Thammarat, where he learned the ancient art of tattooing mantras and religious him to tattoo over the old image, icons using a bamboo stick with fine needles attached to with beautiful results. the tip. Akbar Khan talks with the man behind the needle Sorn’s needles are cheap to replace and always fresh for each about his unusual trade. customer, and since his technique does not cause any bleeding orn is 29 years old and except his inks and needles. it is very safe. There are some came to the island three When asked about having so rumors generated by machine years ago; he is the fam- few possessions, Sorn told the artists about the safety of bamboo ily breadwinner and takes Gazette that maybe one day he tattoos, Sorn’s customers have careS of numerous relatives. He is will get a notebook computer come away delighted and no one a difficult man to find because he and printer so that he can provide has reported even the smallest of does not have a shop. Sorn can better design customization and infections. sometimes be found sitting out- explanations for clients. Andrew had a botch job side Surin Fashion Point down His art is no longer just done by another tattooist and by Surin Beach, although most Thai but almost anything a client regretted it, but removing it of the time he busy is tattooing would like to have done, from would have probably left a scar. customers in their Celtic to Japanese His forearm read “Honour My hotel rooms. Most designs. He does not Country” until Sorn transformed of these customers His forearm mind if images are it into a Celtic design. find him via word of sexual or violent but Repairing ghastly tattoos mouth. read “Honour he will not do tattoos is an extremely difficult art and British con- My Country” of the Lord Buddha many tattoo artists are incapable noisseur of tattoo art, until Sorn since that would of performing such repairs. See- Andrew Lynn, who violate the oaths he ing how Sorn creatively applies has been traveling transformed it made to his teachers his inks using light nimble taps around Phuket and into an ancient of the art back in his in any situation makes one un- Southern Thailand Celtic design. village. derstand why he really is a true for the past 24 years, The only master. took us to the little downside to the art Andrew was so touched by village in Cherng Ta- is that it takes con- Sorn’s sincere friendship and re- lay district where the roving artist siderably longer than one made fusal to accept fair payment that lives. Andrew has long admired with electronic needles. The he built him a website for those the subtle and delicate tattoos upsides, however, are numerous. wishing to look at pictures of his produced the local way and iden- Apart from being more intricate, tattoos and tattoo repair jobs or to tified the potential in Sorn. the entire process is relatively get in contact with him. The only thing that was painless when compared with a One Korean fan of tattoo holding Sorn back was the machine tattoo. art who visited the website was quality and colors of the inks There is no bleeding, no so impressed that he has decided he used, which Andrew soon scars and unlike machine tattoos to come to Phuket for his next rectified by importing the best it is possible to swim in salt water holiday to have a tattoo done by possible tattoo inks from Aus- immediately after a session. Ma- Sorn. tralia and the United States. chine tattoos raise the skin and While Sorn still shuns Sorn’s tattoos could now be in change the skin texture, whereas mechanized tattoo techniques, full color instead of just the dark the traditional Thai bamboo tat- ing henna tattoos on the beach too artist came to Phuket to only more time-consuming, than most of the Patong machine his venture onto the Internet may blue that is used in the ancient too does not. while his wife provides massages study this ancient art with Sorn, they require a higher degree of artists. well bring this talented skin art- Thai-style tattoos. They would Antiseptic creams are not for tourists. Henna tattoos are who proudly taught him all the concentration by the artist. This Sorn is also renowned for ist out of the shadows once and also not fade with time, unlike needed either, just a dab of Vase- temporary, lasting about three techniques starting with how to does not, however, mean that his repair jobs. People who have for all. tattoos with local inks that need line to seal in the inks. weeks and are quite popular with attach the micro-needles to the his tattoos are more expensive. had botched tattoos or who have to be redone every decade. In the high season, Sorn female tourists. bamboo. Without the overhead costs of a simply decided that they don’t Photos and contact details may be Sorn is a humble man with supplements his income by do- Last year, an Italian tat- Handmade tattoos are not studio, Sorn charges much less like the design any more can get found on Sorn’s website at www. almost no personal possessions 16 PHUKET GAZETTE HAPPENINGS July 5 - 11, 2008 This week

ALWAYS ON OUR MIND: MC Ricky Zen (left) sings ‘Always on my Mind’ as a special request for Swedish Consul General Christina Palm (2nd from left), joined READY FOR ACTION: Bangkok Hospital Phuket staff and Cherng Talay OrBorTor emergency by her husband Amjad Choudhry and friend Cassie Potger, at her farewell party services staff show their support for each other during the annual tsunami evacuation drill on June 21. held on the morning of June 17.

WANA DO YOGA? (above): Yoga at Wana Park in Cherng Talay opened its doors to welcome guests for the first day of daily private and group yoga classes on June 9. Pictured are (from left) Robert Akerblom, Sukanda Chiaranussati, owner and yoga teacher Tomasz Goetel, Wallapa Chankaew and Bruce Whitehead. PINK POWER (left): The annual Laguna Phuket International Marathon was tickled pink this year with the first-time inclusion of a team of 28 staff from the head office of Asia Web Direct (AWD) participating in the annual charity fundraiser for HOPE worldwide Thailand.

HIGH TIMES: Hilton Phuket Arcadia Resort & Spa’s General Manager John Kidd FRIENDLY NEIGHBORS: Children from Thalang Wittaya School enjoy a day of games (3rd from right) and staff members let their hair down at a thank-you party held for and activities at the opening party for The Courtyard at Surin Beach. The day was staff last month to show appreciation for their hard work over a successful high hosted by the resort’s General Manager Theera Kanjana (rear, center, with moustache) season. on June 6.

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ere is a rundown of how a well-off couple (let’s call them Bella and Tom) manage How To Run Your Life Htheir lives in 2008. In order to get pregnant, Bella visits a fertility hormones in the water and has a hiring experts as a modern life- aging, quick and delicious recipes ers. Intuition has become the therapist, then an acupuncturist filter fitted the following week. style choice for a certain well-in- and where to buy bedroom lamps. amateurish option, it seems. The and, finally, an IVF specialist. In Then he decides that his man formed affluent stratum of soci- You could say that this has always central message of parenting time, they have a baby, Zak. breasts are probably just weight ety that wants the best – like eat- been so, but the difference is that books is, “Don’t do it like your Bella’s mother feels a bit gain and that the solution is the ing organic. there’s now a new answer every mother and father. If you do, excluded because of all the new GI diet, so Bella buys the book But there’s more than af- week and still we keep chasing you’re screwing up: you need an parenting advice and her and fills the cupboards with pulses. fluence at the latest up- expert.” daughter’s decision to adopt the Both of them decide to give work here. date. The default position is that Gina Ford method on the recom- up drink because new statistics Britons like to Too much the wisdom of the past is wrong. mendation of her maternity nurse. reveal that Bella is a problem be told what to AMBROSIA’S choice and too We have lost that touchstone. Her mother is astonished to find drinker and Tom a full-blown al- do by people much informa- Nothing is right or wrong any- the nurse advising Bella on baby- coholic. Bella may also have who claim to tion, along with more – it’s all research based. friendly scents. stunted Zak by having a glass of have the an- a shortage of Paid strangers or not, at Within the next few months, wine a week during pregnancy. swers. time, is the least they are available. I have a Zak attends a cranial osteopath They also move the office in their Brits standard expla- good friend who is a life coach, and baby yoga. Tom gives up house further away from Zak’s used to be re- nation for our and she says, “Everyone seems smoking with the aid of a bedroom because of the Wi-Fi nowned for burgeoning cul- to be so busy now, but people hypnotist’s book and Anna re- scare. their caution – ture of depen- want to be really listened to, and sumes sessions with her personal Take a look at Tom and sniffing out dency, espe- for you to make sense of their trainer. Bella’s world and you notice humbug in cially as choice world. And if they can pay, then By now it is time to extend something about their lifestyle politicians and comes with the that is a guilt-free hour from the house, which Bella organizes that is dramatically different people in au- [email protected] pressure to get someone with no agenda.” with an architect and, after a few from 10 years ago. Tom, Bella thority – but SECRETS it right. “It’s As she also says, “If the false starts, a project manager. and Zak are constantly in the pick out any the drive for answer for you is to emigrate to Then it’s time to go back to work, care of so-called experts. Most smart, well-off perfection,” Thailand, that’s not what your so she books an appointment of the decisions in their lives – woman these days and you’ll says a friend, who is, basically, family is going to advise.” And with the dietitian who diagnosed from paint colors to potty train- find she will think nothing of Bella. let’s face it, what family is ca- Kate Winslet’s food allergies and ing – are made in consultation placing her wardrobe in the “In the past, you had a dog pable of providing the kind of at- calls on a wardrobe detoxer to with specialists. hands of a consultant, her anni- that was a bit badly behaved and tention we need now that we sort out what still works and what Bella is not a high-mainte- versary in the hands of a party- a house painted magnolia, but settle for nothing less than the doesn’t. nance woman who spends silly planner and her photograph col- now that isn’t good enough. The best? Another month goes by and money on handbags, but she does lection in the care of a personal dog has to be perfectly behaved, Bella’s friends persuade her that pay regularly for advice in situa- archivist. the paint has to be exactly the Ambrosia Sakkadas, a Britain- it’s now the “baby whisperer”, tions where her mother would Not everyone can afford right shade of white. ” born Greek Cypriot and gradu- Tracy Hogg, who has the secret have relied on her instinct. professional input, but that doesn’t But choice and the drive for ate of Central St Martins Col- of infant happiness sewn up, so She and Tom occasionally mean we don’t buy into the idea. perfection don’t altogether ex- lege of Art & Design in Lon- Bella switches. Tom watches a watch TV programs on how to All of us are suckers for the lat- plain why the most personal de- don, is an artist and interior documentary on television about improve your lot. They look at est information on weight loss, cisions are delegated to strang- designer. 18 p h u k e t g a z e t t e l i f e s t y l e July 5 - 11, 2008 July 5 - 11, 2008 l i f e s t y l e p h u k e t g a z e t t e 19

By Nick Davies ith so much rain recently, memories of curling up on the sofa with a hot mug Going native with It’s all an act! ofW tea have come increasingly to The Andaman Players performed Another wine and food, was a sell-out, prompting mind. Night in Phuket to a full house at The Play- the Andaman Players to announce a repeat The millennia-old custom of tea drinking is said to have house in Patong last Sunday night. performance scheduled for July 6 at the been born in Japan and China, The performance consisted of two one- same venue. diffusing its way across Asia and act comedies about life in Phuket: Adjoined The show starts at 7:30 pm. Tickets are eventually influencing the kings, herbal infusions queens and aristocrats of Europe. and Night in a Bar Room, written by the 1,000 baht, including a three-course meal. To It has now spread around the known as the Bengal quince or ers always have a few glasses of a scent and taste we experience al- Roselle is known to soothe group’s director Simon J Hand. book tickets, call 076-270900‑102 or email globe, each region with its own stone apple. In Thai it’s called chrysanthemum tea waiting in most daily. It is crushed, chopped the throat and clear colds. It also specialty teas, brewing methods ma-tuum. The healing properties a chilled cabinet for heat-weary and added to spicy soups, and helps reduce fevers and, taken The performance, accompanied by jiraporn@manathai. com and serving etiquette. of the fruit, bark and leaves of the passers-by. its essential oil is extracted and regularly, Thailand is not traditionally bael tree have been well known The sweet tea made from used to add a clean, fresh scent to promotes a tea exporter; the temperate and and widely used for centuries. In chrysanthemum lowers blood rooms. p r o p e r hilly Northern regions of Chiang India, it is considered a sacred pressure and periodic consump- I t s k i d n e y Mai and Chiang Rai are better plant, the leaves being used to tion of this brew is said to im- o i l h a s function. known for the once-abundant make offerings to Lord Shiva. In prove sight and help dissolve the added Safflow- opium poppy fields of the Golden Hindu culture, the fruit is often gallstones. benefit of er tea, or Triangle. called “golden apple” or even acting as kham foi, In recent times, livelihoods “holy fruit”. Ginger tea has almost the op- a natural has a rich and traditions have changed The pulp of ripe bael fruit posite effect to chrysanthemum mosquito fragrance with the royal patronage of tea- can be turned into a kind of tea as it warms the body. That repellent. and a mild plantation projects, replacing the sherbet that is used to clean and might not seem desirable in Phu taste. It is controversial opiate crop of the tone the digestive system. Dried ket’s climate, but it’s ideal when one of the oldest and most ver- past with what are now some and infused as a tea, it acts as a you have satile crops, cultivated in India of the best oolong tea varieties diuretic and can help regulate a cold or mainly for its edible seeds and in Southeast Asia. Marking this the body’s digestive functions. flu. More than just adding a re- flavorsome flowers. It is also achievement is an annual tea Applied externally, the aromatic freshing scent to tea, Lemongrass used as an orange food coloring festival every February in Chiang pulp is a cooling sun block and can provide a vitamin C boost and as a dye, thus the saffron Mai, where local teas can be helps the skin keep its natural and is considered an excellent robes of Buddhist monks. sampled. color. maintenance tonic for general Medicinally, safflower has In addition to the green teas health. been used in China as a tradi- of Siam, there is an abundance of The yellow flowers of the Chi- Lemongrass tea is drunk tional remedy for heart and blood local herbs that can be picked and nese aster, better known as chry- to soothe sore throats and ease problems and is recommended to dried for use in herbal teas. Some santhe- respiratory problems. It can also be taken as a hot tea for treating are known to quell internal heat, mum This common herb is part be effective against headaches colds as the herbal infusion helps others to help clear and refresh or gek of a large family of pungent roots and an upset stomach. the body to expel illness through the mind. huway called zingiber, which are indig- perspira- The dried herbs listed here in Thai, enous to Southeast Asia, where The mation. are easy to find in large markets. can be they have been common ingredi- r o o n All you need to do when you buy made ents for thousands of years. f l o w e r s Cinna- them home is add them to hot into a The Chinese are said to of hibis- mon tea water for a tropical herbal brew. cooling have been using ginger for me- cus spice is use- and re- dicinal properties for more than (roselle), f u l f o r A com- freshing 2,500 years and it is believed or gra-ji- soothing mon and h e r b a l Thais have been adding to food ap, make bouts of versatile tea that for just as long. a deep- “Phuket fruit is has been used in Thailand for Ginger has a warming ef- reddish- b e l l y ” , the sweet generations as a traditional thirst fect on the body and can right the brown tea calming scented quencher. wrongs of colds, heartburn and often used upset stomachs and indigestion. b a e l The tea can be drunk hot or indigestion. It is also used as a as an aid to losing weight as it It’s also good for an energy boost, fruit, cold. As it has a slight bitter taste, traditional remedy for menstrual helps reduce fat cells in the blood improving heart and blood cir- a l s o it is usually sweetened, ideally cramps and morning sickness. and acts as a diuretic. culation. It can be quite strong with honey. Some roadside trad- Ginger is also known to be It is one of the most popular on its own, but makes a pleasant effective against stomach ulcers herbal drinks in Thailand, served addition to a regular pot of tea or while regular consumption will hot or cold. With a pleasantly coffee. Simply add a stick to the keep stress levels and blood pres- sweet taste, it is a great introduc- pot and let it brew or place a cin- sure down. tion to Thailand’s herbal teas for namon stick in a mug of coffee. first-time tasters. Centuries ago, having cin- Lemongrass, or ta-krai in Thai, is 20 PHUKET GAZETTE FEATURES July 5 - 11, 2008 A song in every step

Left: A variety of massages is offered in The Spa’s 15 private villas. Below: A body wrap using marine-based products by Thalgo gives the skin a healthy glow.

Spa MAGIC

By Sangkhae Leelanapaporn The Spa, Hilton

ucked into the sprawling gardens of the Hilton Phuket Arcadia Resort & Spa on Karon Beach isT a cluster of spa villas where wellness and luxury merge into one. sense of a traditional Thai village Manager Noriya Prayut said that treatments, five body The Hilton, the largest re- with the added twist of a musical there are 17 therapists practicing wraps and four body sort in Phuket, with 685 rooms set forest. Peaceful tunes are piped here, including one male masseur scrubs that may be in- on 75 acres, built The Spa villas through a hidden sound system; for those needing “hard” mas- dulged in individually or in a natural, green setting near the an extra touch of relaxing ambi- sage treatments. as part of a package. resort’s private lagoon. The Hilton ance for those taking a stroll Each villa has a name with K. Noriya said that the spa’s sauna or steam bath for 15 min- has offered massage and other around the spa zone. a cool and relaxing theme, such outstanding feature, apart from its utes, followed by scrubs with mud treatments for several years, but The 15 spa-treatment villas as Bliss Villa, Timeless Villa, ultra-private setting, is its use of from Thalgo products, then a only created this purpose-built are in Thai-contemporary style Sanctuary Villa, Indulgence Villa Thalgo facial and body products, quick sprinkle of special salt all spa space three years ago. and include four double bedrooms, and Serenity Villa. imported from France. over the body. After that, the The villas are connected by nine single bedrooms, one suite On offer are eight different Thalgo is advertised as pro- customer’s body is wrapped and a wooden walkway, evoking the and a beauty salon. Assistant Spa massage techniques, six facial viding the “riches of the marine covered with an electric blanket universe – a range of marine- for 20 minutes for some added based proteins, amino acids and toxin-flushing warmth. vitamins that are known to have During the 20-minute wrap, powerful effects in revitalizing, a therapist gives a soothing head rebalancing and healing the massage and then scrubs out all body,” said K. the dead skin cells Noriya. at the end of the “This glo- session. bal brand is used Praiyares in conjunction Srisomroop, The with locally- Spa’s senior sourced products therapist, said in The Spa’s re- that in her eight laxing and restor- years of massage ative treatments. service at the For every facial Hilton, she has treatment and learned that the with some body trick of massage treatments we is to focus on the use the products customer’s back of Thalgo,” she – a part of the added, “but for oil treatments we body where the muscles are cen- use local products like lemongrass tered that therefore needs more and other fresh herbs blended in- work to stay healthy and strong. house.” Before or after a session Most customers choose a at The Spa, be sure to take a spa package, with the longest moment or two to relax in the session called Uplifting Ritual: Tao Garden Juice Bar, a retreat The Perfect Day. This popular within a retreat and a lovely four-and-a-half-hour treatment, place to enjoy a healthy drink in costing 7,500 baht, includes a natural surroundings with views herbal steam sauna, honey-and- out over the resort’s lagoon. sesame scrub, massage, milk Each month, The Spa offers bath, aroma essential facial, mani- various package promotions, and cure and pedicure, plus healthy also has daily specials with dis- snacks and herbal tea. counts for singles and couples. While Uplifting Ritual is Contact the spa for further de- ideal for people who want to re- tails on what’s available now. lax and unwind, the 2,800-baht Body Wrap of Marine Prelude by The Spa at the Hilton Phuket Thalgo treatment removes toxins Arcadia Resort & Spa, beach from the skin and loosens up tight road, Karon. Open daily from muscles, said K. Noriya. 10 am to 7 pm. Tel: 076-396433- The one-and-a-half-hour 31 ext 2818. Website: www. Body Wrap session starts with a phuket.com/arcadia/spa.htm July 5 - 11, 2008 WHAT’ S ON PHUKET GAZETTE 21

EVENTS CALENDAR Upcoming events on the island

July 14. Celebrate Bastille coach of the Thai national foot- will hold its annual fundraiser Day. ball team, will visit Laguna Phuket “Tails at Twilight Annual Fund- There will be a free French to support Laguna’s initiative to raising Bone A Fit” on Septem- wine tasting and a themed French improve conditions at underprivi- ber 13 at the Evason Phuket & buffet and barbecue at Orient- leged schools in Phang-nga. Six Senses Spa. Asia, overlooking the beach, at The celebrities will play a It will be a private beach Movenpick Resort & Spa Karon charity golf tournament followed party extravaganza with raffles, Beach Phuket. by a dinner at the Sheraton auctions and a prize draw. The evening begins with a Grande Laguna Phuket. The ticket price of 2,000 free wine tasting from 6 pm to 8 To enter the tournament, baht includes a buffet dinner, pm, followed by great food and golfers may choose a corporate free-flow beer and wine, non-stop company. or standard team package. Din- entertainment, and lots of fun at The celebration dinner is ner-only tickets are 2,500 baht per the beautiful venue. 888 baht, including two further person, inclusive of wine and For tickets contact Cristy. glasses of wine during dinner. beer. Team Packages and dinner Tel: 085-4734636. Email: cristy@ Contact Patrick de Staer- tickets are sold at the Golf Club soidog-foundation. org Website: cke for more. Tel: 076-396139- Pro Shop. www.soidog-foundation.org 442/430. Email: patrick. For details contact the Golf destaercke@moevenpick. com Club Pro Shop. Tel: 076-324374. September 16. Punchline Website: www.moevenpick- Email: [email protected] Comedy Club Live Stand-Up phuket.com Comedy. August 12. HM The Queen’s The Punchline Comedy Wine Connection Chalong will Birthday - Public Holiday. Club, in association with the Lon- host a Bastille Day French HM The Queen’s Birthday don Comedy Store, returns to Buffet from 6:30 pm to 11 pm. is also marked as Mother’s Day Phuket for a night of international Celebrate Bastille Day with in Thailand. stand-up comedy. More details a sumptuous French buffet din- will be released soon, but expect ner and cheese buffet at 650 baht August 13. Boathouse Writers’ a madcap night of laughs. per person. Includes one bottle of Night with Jim Newport. wine at 1,250 baht per person. Oh no, not again! After tickets for the June 29 performance James “Jim” Newport September 29 to October 7. Live band and fireworks. sold out, the Andaman Players now proudly present a repeat per- (www.vampireofsiam.com) is a Phuket Vegetarian Festival. Contact Pascal. Tel: 087- formance of One Night In Phuket, an evening of comedy dinner writer and Emmy-nominated pro- This festival is an annual 8896074 or email: fb.phuket@ at The Playhouse, Patong, on July 6. duction designer of film and tele- event held during the ninth lunar wineconnection.co.th As well as exceptional cuisine, you get two one-act com- vision. month of the Chinese calendar, edies specially written for this occasion by Simon J Hand. He wrote The Vampire of which normally falls in late Sep- July 17. Asarnha Bucha Day - For more information contact Tony Kelsey-Stead. Tel: 085- Siam trilogy, which includes the tember or early October. Though Public Holiday. 7903652. Email: t_kelsey_stead @hotmail.com first novel of the same name, fol- the origins of the festival are un- This full-moon day of the lowed by Ramonne: The Return clear, it celebrates the Chinese eighth lunar month commemo- of the Vampire of Siam and The community’s belief that a strict rates the Buddha’s first sermon July 22. Green Initiatives in racers as “the most exciting Reckoning: A Tale of the Vam- diet of ‘vegetables only’ will pu- to his first five disciples after at- Event Planning: a Seminar. mixed fleet regatta [in] this re- pire of Siam. The author’s latest rify mind and body and constitute taining Enlightenment more than “Green Event planning is gion”, Six Senses Phuket Race- work, Chasing Jimi, is a novel merit-making. 2,500 years ago. here to stay,” says Shannon week is four days of great mon- about Jimi Hendrix and was re- Sacred rituals are per- Evening candlelit proces- Kilkenny, author of The Complete soon-season racing surrounded leased in May. formed at all Chinese temples in sions are staged in all Thai Bud- Guide to Successful Event Plan- by five nights of glittering five- The evening at the Boat- Phuket. The processions from dhist temples. ning – a best-seller – who will star parties. house will include readings from each temple show spectacles of present a seminar at Movenpick This unique regatta attracts Chasing Jimi and a Q&A ses- strict vegetarians, known as devo- Resort & Spa Karon Beach international participation and July 18. Buddhist Lent (Khao sion with the author. tees, ostensibly possessed by Phuket on green initiatives in widespread international media Pansa) - Public Holiday. gods, piercing their tongues, event planning. coverage in print, on the web and Khao Pansa marks the be- September 13. SDF Tails at cheeks and other parts of the Sponsored by the Thai Ho- – in 2008 – on TV. ginning of the annual three-month Twilight Annual Fundraising anatomy with sharp implements. tels Association Southern Chap- This is one of Thailand’s top Rains Retreat, during which Bud- Bone a Fit. Devotees apparently feel no pain dhist monks customarily stay at ter and Hospitality Sales & Mar- on-the-water events for partici- The Soi Dog Foundation and show no sign of real injury. a particular temple to study and keting Association International, pants and sponsors alike. meditate. The monks are not al- this seminar is essential for all in For more information con- lowed to stay overnight at any the hospitality and events indus- tact Grenville Fordham. Tel: 076- other location during this period. tries. 264491. Email: gren@image- A candle festival is held an- For information and reser- asia.com Website: www.phuket nually on this day. Sculpted bees- vations contact Andrew John- raceweek.com wax candles, generally depicting stone. Tel: 076-396139-787. mythological creatures, are car- Email: andrew.johnstone@ July 26. ESPN Star Sports ried in a ceremonial parade in moevenpick.com Website: www. Charity Golf & Dinner at La- each province before being pre- moevenpick-phuket.com guna. sented to local temples. Fifteen members of the July 23-27. Six Senses Phuket ESPN Star Sports football broad- Raceweek. July 18-20. Kalim Surfing Con- casting team and Peter Withe, Described by veteran yacht former English football legend and test 2008. The fourth annual Kalim Surfing Contest, by Phuket Boardriders Club, will be held July 18 to 20. This contest aims to promote the sport of surfing to the general public as well as promote tourism in Phuket. Foreign contestants will come from a variety of countries, such as the US, Australia, the UK, South Africa, Japan, Tai- wan, Malaysia, Singapore and Indonesia. Entry forms can be found at www.phuketboardriders.com Contact K. Joob for details. Tel: 081-9565854. Email: joob@ phuketboardriders.com 22 PHUKET GAZETTE July 5 - 11, 2008 July 5 - 11, 2008 TAKE A BREAK PHUKET GAZETTE 23 PPUZZLESUZZLES The BIG Crossword

SpotSpot thethe DifferenceDifference

Can you find the seven differences between the two cartoons below? And can you find them faster than the rest of the family?

Across 71. Eyelid swelling Down 62. Quote 72. Rectangular court 63. Spruce 1. Toppled yard 1. Appear on screen 64. Set of links 4. Wax pencil 73. Tapes (programs) gradually (4,2) 65. Independent person 7. Restaurant 76. Geological age 2. Put down 67. Sicilian volcano 10. Comparison 78. Defrauded 3. Convent 69. From Havana 13. Sly digs 83. French bathroom fit- 4. Board game 70. Whirlpools 15. Peas or carrots tings 5. Viper snake 74. Led astray Solution, tips and 17. Writer, …Blyton 85. Hair on upper lip 6. US space agency 75. Consolation computer program at 19. American actress, 88. An obsession with 7. Jealousy 77. Sofa footstool www.sudoku.com …Hannah fire 8. Happening 79. Hoisting anchor cry 21. Docile 90. Corrode 9. Leaven (5-2) 23. Took dimensions 91. Lend a hand 10. Fuses (metal) 80. Fitness 25. Authorized 92. Irish island group 11. Is obliged to 81. Periods of time 28. Crab claw 93. Repeat 12. Lesser white herons 82. Legendary kingdom, 29. Synagogue scholars 96. Noosed rope 14. Actor, …Fisher El… 30. Positive vote 97. Of the nose 16. Lament for the dead 84. Win & place wager 32. Return matches 98. Cigar dust 18. Stamp mark (4,3,3) 36. Food enhancer 99. Cartel 20. Bread bun 85. Tune (1,1,1) 100. Breed of dog, 22. Abridge 86. Rises of fortune 37. Fulfills (demand) …terrier 23. Meagre 87. Chillier 38. Scientist, …Curie 101. Stun 24. Former Soviet region 89. Disorder 40. Beefy 102. Australian marsupial (1,1,1,1) 94. Curse 42. Revered actress, 103. River-mouth flats 26. Des Moines is there 95. Eases off …Garbo 105. Rose to feet 27. Stabbing knife 98. Charge with gas 44. Starring role 107. Arrive at 31. Internet postal items 104. Lifeless 45. Cleaver 108. Your 32. Calls to one’s mind 106. Was in debt to 46. Inclination 110. Tapers 33. Plantation manager 109. Dashes 47. Pronounce 114. Yes 34. Tennis star, Andre… 111. Gangway 49. From Baghdad 116. Multicolored 35. Iron extraction plant 112. Telephoned 51. Rested 117. Steady 36. Flowering shrub, 113. In what position? 53. Keen 119. Stereo soundboxes crape… 115. Chaperones 54. Persevere, …on 122. Facts as proof 37. …& papa 116. Chart (course) (3,3) 55. Depend 125. Walks quietly 39. Skillful 118. Breathe 56. Doorpost 127. Beer 41. Piano adjusters 120. Grey 57. Larger than usual 130. Salt Lake City state 43. Short-haul planes 121. Praise highly The principle of Sudoku is very simple: each row, each col- 60. Point at origin of 131. Became too hot 48. Recommend 123. Type of potato umn and each “box” of nine squares within the puzzle must earthquake 132. Exits 50. Timber-dressing tool 124. Admittance contain all the numbers from 1 to 9 with, naturally, no repeti- 65. Capital of the Philip- 133. Sums 52. Paintings 126. Tofu bean tions. Guess if you will, but each Sudoku puzzle can be solved pines capital 134. Country 54. Hopes fervently 128. Yemen port using logic alone. Beware: this puzzle has only one solution, 66. Tricky questions 135. Give concrete form 58. Singer, …John 129. Border which is on the next page. 68. Lyricist, …Gershwin to 59. Roof overhangs 130. Exploited 69. Fleshy face parts 136. Seat for a jockey 61. Talk (oneself into) Solution on next page 24 PHUKET GAZETTE TAKE A BREAK July 5 - 11, 2008 Get your brain in gear with The Monster Quiz Kids! Ask Mum and Dad to help you find the answers to these questions. They’re not easy, but if you do some research you should be able to find the answers to all of them. 1. For which 1995 7. In which London 14. When and where was comedy movie did neighborhood is the Mensa formed? Nicole Kidman win a Ministry of Sound Golden Globe? located? 15. Who formed Mensa?

2. Which natural phe- 8. What was benchmark 16. Who are Mensa’s nomenon has Leba- about the club’s youngest members? non proposed as a license? “New 7 Nature Won- 17. How old were they der of the World”? 9. Where did the first when they were admit- Quick Crossword Ministry of Sound ted to Mensa? 3. What was excep- outside the UK Across Down tional about how Ole open? 18. Which award-winning 1. Large boat 2. Drinking utensil Bentzen died? actress and Mensa 4. Red 3. Strong and firm 10. Who was lead signer member starred in 8. Delay 4. Bank payment 4. Which movie was he of Culture Club? The Long Kiss 9. Cool 5. Readable watching when he Goodnight? 10. …Humbug 6. Rotate died? 11. What name was he 11. Illness 7. Canine given at birth? 19. In which sport did she 12. Allow 10. Large animal 5. Which disease is also reach the semi-finals 15. Pastry 13. Fish known as “laughing 12. Which constellation for the US Olympic 16. Not suitable 14. Meat sickness”? has a name meaning squad? 17. More 15. Part of a flower “table”? 19. Capital 16. Applies something 6. Who wrote the 1973 20. How many times has 20. Words of a song 18. We breathe it stage musical song 13. In which country is she been married? Solution below Send in the Clowns? Table Mountain? Answers below Puzzle Solutions Solution to this week’s Monster Sudoku puzzle Quiz Solution to this week’s Answers Quick crossword Solution to this week’s BIG Crossword 1. To Die For; 2. The Grotto in Jeita; 3. He died of laughter; 4. A Fish Solution to this week’s Called Wanda; 5. Kuru; 6. Stephen Sondheim; 7. Cartoon Puzzle Elephant & Castle; 8. It is a non-alcoholic bar; 9. Bangkok (the club is now closed); 10. Boy George; 11. George O’Dowd; 12. Mensa; 13. South Africa; 14. England, 1946; 15. Roland Berrill and Dr Lance Ware; 16. Ben Woods and Georgia Brown; 17. 2 years and nine months; 18. Geena Davis; 19. Archery; 20. 4 July 5 - 11, 2008 PHUKET GAZETTE 25 26 PHUKET GAZETTE F E A T U R E S July 5 - 11, 2008

By Marque A. Rome meaning you’ll understand why the stars are there.” ne night last week at a “It says inside you shouldn’t Chalong Plaza water depend on your lucky stars,” ing hole, business was came the reply. “It doesn’t say slow. The girls were you shouldn’t depend on the watchingO a horror film. devil.” It was typical of the mod- The salesman then argued ern genre: bloodthirsty devils that the two are related and that wearing reptile outfits terrorized the booklet urges on readers a nubile victims in a cave replete realistic outlook. with Satanist symbols. The “It might just as easily be soundtrack consisted mostly of interpreted,” said the patron, “to muttered oaths and a great deal mean ‘Forget astrology – the real of crashing, thrashing and black magic is with Satan… and screaming. Amway’.” Amid Hollywood’s con- The Amway salesman did cocted sturm und drang, two girls not laugh. at the bar, Tip and Jane, chatted Inside the booklet, flanked animatedly. by pentagrams, five types of Tip, the bartender, handed young woman – progressive, Jane a glossy square booklet cov- fashionable, sociable, new wave ered with pentagrams. As the and sporting – were depicted, five-pointed star loomed large in each beneath a Roman numeral. the movie-devils’ underground The layout suggested Tarot cards. digs, a patron naturally asked, Beneath each was a blurb with pointing to the booklet, “Is that the the words “fate”, “getting ahead” cover art?” and “take charge” repeated. “No, the movie comes off a On the back page it read, cable channel,” said Jane. “This “Why depend on fate to decide is an Amway booklet.” your future? If you can progress He was taken aback. “Re- on your own, start progressing ally? Let me see that.” today with Amway.” On the cover, a pyramid-like The final sentence relapsed house of cards decorated with into mysticism, inviting readers to pentagrams and less-sinister stars be “transformed” into their “true rested inside the circle of a larger selves” and to “discover hidden pentagram, as if part of a Satanist potential”. ritual. But, though much was “Command the stars and On the cover of an Amway pamphlet there is a pyramid-like house of cards decorated with pentagrams made of the company’s wealth, your future with assurance with and less-sinister stars rested inside the circle of a larger pentagram, as if part of a Satanist ritual. longevity, and stability, and of its Amway,” read the Thai blurb At many patents, researchers and bottom, next to the large penta- laboratories – nowhere was it gram, “Amway” was printed in explained what business Amway English. is in. (Ostensibly, it’s a home- Another patron looked at products vendor.) the booklet and simply laughed Imagine, say, Toyota or out loud. “In Australia an ad cam- Pentagrams Citigroup trying to recruit sales paign like that wouldn’t go over. personnel without mentioning People’d be afraid to buy the they were in automobiles or products.” banking. Tip was surprised to learn “I wonder,” the patron the pentagram’s meaning. “It’s a mused, “whether this booklet mistake,” she averred. “To Thais, wasn’t concocted by a dis- that’s just the same as any other and pyramids gruntled employee. star.” He must have known it “Perhaps,” countered the would cause controversy.” It first patron, “but whoever created winner of the United States from wearing pentagrams will un- is the star’s meaning?” he said would not be the first large com- the cover clearly knew its occult Chamber of Commerce Corpo- derstand why: to most Americans, he’d find out and come set the pany accused of using Satanist meaning because he laid the rate Citizenship Award and a the five-pointed star connotes foreigners straight. symbolism in advertising. scene as if it were company whose Satanism, neo-paganism, and – Forty minutes later, he and “Then, too, the cover’s a Satanist ritual.” very name – sug- by association – sexual debauch- his wife – neat, stylish, bubblingly pyramid scheme is awfully sug- The star’s To most Americans, gestive as it is of ery. optimistic, in their early forties – gestive, as if hinting at criticism meaning is com- the five-pointed star “the American “Well, that is strange,” said arrived at the bar. Amway bosses are ever at pains monly known, connotes Satanism, way” – should Tip, who mates the spirit of in- “I really don’t think you un- to dispel.” thanks to Holly- neo-paganism, and preclude truck quiry with the soul of an accoun- derstand the meaning of the text,” That was enough for his wood. “It is no with the devil. tant. “I’ll call my contact.” said Tip’s chief with a smile, hop- hearers, the Amway sellers, mistake.” sexual debauchery. Anyone It was just before midnight. ing to trounce his opposition by whose product is really the pitch. But it is a who knows, for Over the phone, the contact tried appeal to superior knowledge of They didn’t even press their curious marketing example, that to allay her reservations, but Thai. name cards on him before part- device, especially for Amway, many US schools forbid students when she asked “precisely what “If you understand the ing.

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emale writers often love lavish de- night with a white classmate, she faces pense of plot and characterization. Still, scriptions of food, its preparation, the prospect of cutting up a pork chop with Bich is very good at summoning up the scent, texture and taste. Evelyn mortal terror. Knives and forks are not ethos of her American youth. “It was the Waugh turned out long, loving pas- used in her Asian home and her pork chop summer of Laura Branigan’s Solitaire, the Fsages about food, too, in his masterpiece skids off the plate and onto the floor. Police warning us about every breath we Brideshead Revisited, but this was be- Ah, but what a refuge is good old took and David Bowie murmuring ‘Shhhh’ cause he was suffering from wartime ra- American junk food. to his little China Girl. tioning and he cut many of these culinary Off the Bich sings out the litany, Crissy was off with her passages after WWII. “I knew the spartan forbidden friends while Stealing Buddha’s Dinner (Viking, SHELF packs of Juicy Fruit as Anh and I roamed, rest- New York, 207, 256pp), a memoir by Bich well as the fat pillows less, turning up the ra- Minh Nguyen, is also an extended paean By James Eckardt of Bubble Yum, Bub- dio whenever WGRD to food as can be seen by the chapter drinker and dancer. He literally swept balicious, Hubba Bub- played Culture Club and headings: Pringles, Toll House Cookies, Rosa off her feet when she turned up at ba, Chewels, Tidal Duran Duran. We play- American Meat, Green Sticky Rice Cakes, a Vietnamese party. Into the household Wave, the shreds of Big ed four square, Life and Salt Pork, Holiday Tamales, Mooncakes Rosa brought Crissy, her eight-year-old League Chew and the pickle with Jennifer and and Cha Gio. daughter from a romance with a white gum shaped into hot our brothers. We watch- Bich Minh Nguyen was eight months guy. dogs and hamburgers. I ed MTV, wishing we old when Saigon fell in April 1975 and her Bich’s father and Rosa produce a knew Reese’s peanut could be as cool as father spirited the family out of the city son, Vinh. It’s a noisy, jumbled household butter cups, Twix, Martha Quinn.” aboard a ship. They – father, grandmother, with the kids running wild in the basement Heath Crunch, Nestle There are swift two daughters and three uncles – settled apartment of the bachelor uncles. Crunch, Baby Ruth, surprises at the end in Grand Rapids, Michigan. In contrast to this is the immaculate Bar None, Oh Henry!, when Bich learns what They looked very different from their household of their Dutch neighbors, the Mounds and Almond happened to her mother tall, blond, Dutch-descendant neighbors. Vander Wals. Bich yearns for the same Joy, Snickers, Mr in Vietnam and that she All her life Bich would seek to fit in and staid, orderly, ordinary American family Goodbar, Watchama- has an older brother and her passionate love for American food life. Jennifer Vander Wal becomes her best callit, Kit Kat, Chunky, sister. She meets them stood in contrast to what she mostly ate at friend and Bich yearns for her blond hair Charleston Chew, Apline White, Ice on a visit to Boston. The book ends as she home: traditional Vietnamese dishes made and blue eyes. Cubes, Whoppers, PayDay, Bonkers, and her grandmother revisit Vietnam in by her grandmother and Mexican fare Bich’s older sister, Anh, teams up Sugar Babies Milk Duds, Junior Mints, spring 1997. Bich can barely speak Viet- from her stepmother, Rosa, a second-gen- with Crissy in pursuit of fashion, music and Bottlecaps, candy cigarettes, candy neck- namese anymore and realizes that her eration Mexican-American. boys, leaving Bich shut out with her books, laces, and wax lips.” many long-lost relatives are foreigners to Bich’s father is a tireless factory braces and clunky eyeglasses. She is per- On and on and on. There really is her. She realizes that she is, indeed, an worker, a skilled carpenter, a gambler, petually awkward. Invited to spend the too much food talk in this book at the ex- American. Dr Seuss’ or Bridget Jones’s? ollywood has me confused Barbara replies: Habout the use of “’s” follow- elcome to Word Court, where Barbara Wallraff I tried to explain that to ing a name that ends with ‘s’. Dr. unravels some of the mystery that shrouds the American public radio personal- Seuss’ Horton Hears a Who is English language, debunking confusing usage ity Ira Glass, who always ends now playing in theaters. The W his radio program, This American punctuation of this title conflicts and clearing away the clutter that prevents clear under- Life, by announcing that the epi- with the name of a hit movie from standing – all by answering reader’s questions. sode was produced by somebody a few years ago, Bridget Jones’s or other “and myself” – but I Diary. Who is right? Should it be the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, Internet. An online dictionary just didn’t get anywhere. Sigh. “Dr. Seuss’s” or “Bridget won’t hear of it, though, and con- told me it didn’t have a definition Merriam-Webster’s Colle- Jones’”?” tinues to use the possessive “Ar- for “tolerancy”, but it was “in- giate Dictionary says, “Such Michael Onesi kansas’”. creasing the priority” for the word. uses almost always occur when Barbara Wallraff is a weekly Kingston, Ontario I don’t like the sound of that. the speaker or writer is referring syndicated columnist for King s “tolerancy” a word? If so, is to himself or herself as an object Features and a contributing Barbara replies: it interchangeable with “toler- lease join Bob and me in wel- of discourse rather than as a par- editor and words columnist at No matter what I tell you, I ant”, or is it be used in a different coming Ted” or “…Bob and ticipant in discourse… These uses The Atlantic Monthly, where some authorities will call me P context? myself…”? My dictionary says are standard.” she has worked since 1983. wrong. The Associated Press Eamon Winston “myself” is used as an intensifier But the American Heri- Stylebook, which most newspa- Monterey, California of “me” or a reflexive substitute tage Dictionary says that “a pers follow, says that to make a for “me”: “I burned myself”. It large majority” of its usage panel possessive out of a singular name Barbara replies: seems people don’t like to use “disapproves of the use of “- that ends in “s,” you shouldn’t No, it’s not a word – but that “me”. self” pronouns when they do not add anything more than an apos- doesn’t stop people from using it. Sandy Regan refer to the subject of the sen- trophe – so “Seuss’” and You can easily find it on the Saratoga Springs, NY tence. “Jones’”. But the Chicago Manual of Style, which many book publishers follow, says it’s better to add an “s” as well – so “Seuss’s” and “Jones’s”. I’m in favor of writing the “s” because we pronounce it as an extra syllable: “Seuss-ez,” “Jones-ez”. Still, I know it saves ink and trees and space to leave the “s” off. A good case can be made on each side of this argu- ment. Be that as it may, no one who cares in the slightest about language seems tempted to say, “Oh, whatever.” Even the Arkan- sas legislature has weighed in. Last year it passed a bill making “Arkansas’s” the official possessive. The state’s largest paper, 28 PHUKET GAZETTE EDITORIAL & LETTERS July 5 - 11, 2008

367/2 Yaowarat Rd, Amphur Muang, Phuket 83000 Tel: 076-236555 - Since 1994 - Fax: 076-213971 Email: [email protected] Will the real land owner please stand up? As this edition went to print, Interior Minister Chalerm Yoobamrung and a sortie of senior officials were arriving in Phuket for an inspec- tion tour of the island. During his visit, Chalerm was to inspect plots that he is accused of helping his associates acquire by using his position as Interior Minister. Plots identified in the accusation include land in Cherng Talay owned by Siam Chao Praya Land Co Ltd and two plots on Koh Racha Yai owned by Rachai Yai Estate Co Ltd and Racha Yai Island Co Ltd. Minister Chalerm was also scheduled to inspect plots of SorPorKor land totaling about 100 rai that have been reclaimed by order of the Supreme Court from five local landowners. We can be sure that the visit will rattle a few cages on the island. The last time a Bangkok sortie came down to Phuket to inspect land plots, the tour party cruised Millionaires’ Mile. By coincidence, Chalerm’s visit comes nearly two weeks after long-term tenants at Vises Hotel in Patong began their battle against forced eviction by the owner of the hotel, Photipoom Co Ltd. Letters What the Vises Hotel tenants and those who have had their claims to SorPorKor land revoked have in common is that the courts The Gazette is pleased to receive mail from read- with your views for publication in our next issue. have stuck to the basic Western principle of property law: possession ers. Please write to us at 367/2 Yaowarat Rd, We reserve the right to edit all letters. Pseud- is the best claim to property except for the rightful owner. Amphur Muang, Phuket 83000, fax to 076-213971 onyms are acceptable only if your full name and Many of the Vises Hotel tenants had signed tenancy agree- or send an email to [email protected] address are supplied. ments, which the court deemed are not legally binding. The agreements were never valid, even though they were signed by a person representing the hotel, which the court was well aware Wolfpack attack not risk from a Charles Bronson type This could all lead to island- of. at a motorcycle taxi stand. wide peace, I think most people When it comes to land – an industry driving Phuket’s economy a pretty sight Martin will agree. – what insurance does a buyer have that the Chanote he has paid Rawai The benefit for locals would millions of baht for is worth the paper it’s printed on? Some of these On Friday, June 27, at approx 11 be an improved service and the Chanote titles even bear the stamp of the Land Department, but this pm, directly across from Star- Bored of boards opportunity to groove away in the is little reassurance. bucks at Jungceylon, I witnessed back of a cab while traveling Even if a buyer maintains due diligence, it’s a game of pot luck with my friend another fine indi- I could not resist writing to you round the island. Tourists would whether he discovers who the real owner is – and even if the mys- cation of Phuket’s apparent de- after reading the editorial in the love this quirk and arrive and tery appears to be solved, there is no guarantee that a spanner won’t scent into the macabre. Phuket Gazette, June 28-July 4 leave the island happy. be thrown in the works. Two farang tourists mess- issue. I don’t know how seriously While land and property disputes unfold in Phuket, economy ing around on hired motorcycles Indeed, it is the issue of other people might take this, but watchers are saying that major investors are holding off because of were driving without care ap- roadside advertising. Anyone I suggest we all write to the gov- political instability in Bangkok. Perhaps such concerns pale in signifi- proaching the pedestrian cross- leaving Phuket Airport could not ernor and put forward the idea. cance when compared to the very real issue of exactly who owns ing when, while braking hard to miss these billboards and then Basil bag property and land in Thailand. – The Editor avoid a collision with a pedes- there are more along many, many Nai Yang Do you have an opinion you want to share? trian, one of the men slid along roads in Phuket. It really is an Email [email protected] the ground while his bike contin- eyesore. A great read ued on and scraped the side of a What is becoming of car parked at the roadside. Phuket, the world-famous holiday I’ll be honest – the only part of The owner of the car ran destination? There are many the Phuket Gazette I read is the over and started to stomp the other creative ways of advertis- classified ads. I don’t read them tourist’s head into the ground being. because I want to buy anything, In association with The Nation Multimedia Group PCL fore he had a chance to get up. Something has to be done but because the best stories are By this time, a number of the mo- now. I would be more than will- to be found in those funny little torcycle taxi guys had run over ing to lend a hand if someone boxes. Editor: Parichat Utintu to join in the excitement. could spearhead this project. For example, I didn’t know Managing Editor: Chris Husted Upon witnessing the spec- Piyanoot Hongsyok there is a rampant swinging scene Assistant Managing Editor: Nick Davies tacle, the tourist’s friend ran over Phuket in Phuket – and I don’t mean the to help and was whacked from dance. I have tried to become a News Editor: Stephen Fein behind on the back of the head Cab karaoke is the swinger, but I am always turned Senior Reporter: Janyaporn Morel with a large wooden object by an away when the other couple re- Editorial Team: Natcha Yuttaworawit, Sompratch Saowakhon, outraged taxi guy. Eventually, a future alizes I don’t have a wife. Semacote Suganya, Pathomporn Kaenkrachang, Matt Crook police officer casually strolled I recently read a story about a Then there are the cowboy over to write the tourists’ up for taxi driver who took it upon him- tricks and the magic shows. Managing Director: Oranee Hildebrand dangerous driving. I believe that self to pioneer a “cab karaoke” Phuket is such an exciting island. General Managers: Niladaa Mastanawattanakul, none of the Thai men were given craze. Vichian Simma is the guy I feel sad for the fella who Natthira Susangrat a telling off for their overzealous behind this fantastic idea and it’s wants people to play backgam- conduct and vigilante behavior. Publisher: The Phuket Gazette Co Ltd proved to be a hit with everyone mon with. I bet he’s been run- All of this was witnessed by from random locals to drunk tour- ning the same advert for years. more than 50 tourists that I could ists. Has he still not found anyone to Contact us see at Starbucks and the sur- With all the problems in play with? Or maybe he’s just too Advertising Sales: [email protected] rounding cafés and ice cream Phuket that result from the good that people will play with Classified Advertising: [email protected] parlors. island’s pitiful taxi service, isn’t it him only once. What a wonderful example about time that cab karaoke I also never realized that Website Services: [email protected] this is of the protection that came to Phuket? there were so many bars for sale. Gazette Guide inquiries: [email protected] farangs have here in Phuket. I Singing would no doubt I’d buy one myself if I could turn have lived here almost six years Telephone: 076-236555 (10 lines) Fax: 076-213971 leave all the cab drivers in such it into a roller-disco, but I’ve and will be leaving soon as it has good spirits that they would lower heard the licenses for such a ven- The views expressed in the Phuket Gazette are those of the writers and contributors become far too dangerous. I their fares and find a way to ture are difficult to obtain. and do not necessarily reflect those of the publisher, the editor, the shareholders, or the would like to live out my days in make friends with the tuk-tuk Fred Cow directors of The Phuket Gazette Co Ltd. a society where my life is not at drivers. Karon Letters conveying views and suggestions are published here. Those seeking comment from government Copyright © 1994-2008 The Phuket Gazette Co Ltd officials or business owners are published as Issues & Answers on the facing page. July 5 - 11, 2008 PERSPECTIVES PHUKET GAZETTE 29 It’s a tough job tackling the chattering classes he law is still new and decrease the number of accidents has been enforced only on Phuket’s roads. When people since May. We have col- talk on their phones, they have to laborated with the me- FIRST use at least one hand, which diaT to try and let people around means that they cannot fully con- Thailand know about it. PERSON centrate on driving. It’s similar to We started charging people people who drive while they are in Phuket for violating the law on drunk. May 20. Since that day, we have law prohibiting driv- Most of the people who charged 43 drivers and motorcy- ers and motor- have been charged so far are car clists in the Phuket City area. cyclists from talk- drivers, as opposed to motorcy- None of those charged clists. They think that if they are complained because they all ing on their mobile in a car that they can hide from knew that what they had done Aphones while driving came the eyes of the police. Some of was against the law. them even have tinted windows, We have 60 traffic officers into effect across Thailand which is actually illegal accord- in the Phuket City area keeping on May 8. Phuket was given ing to Thailand’s traffic laws. This an eye on the roads, so it is hard a grace period until May 20 is something that we must inform work for us. We don’t have drivers of, although we under- enough officers to keep up with before police began charg- stand that Thailand has hot the number of people on the is- ing violators of the new law. weather. land, including all of the tourists. Phuket City Police Traffic In- People caught using their Each of the traffic officers mobile phones while driving are has his own camera so that he spector Pol Lt Col Tee- charged between 400 and 1,000 can capture images of drivers rawat Leamsuwan shares baht. I think this is a fair and suit- caught in the act of using their able price for the crime, although mobile phones. his thoughts about the regu- some might say that it is perhaps We have 48 CCTV cam- lation and how officers under a little excessive given the cur- eras in Phuket, of which 16 are his command have been rent state of the Thai economy. in Phuket City. We record I would like to ask all driv- throughout the day and watch the enforcing it. ers and motorcyclists to operate footage whenever we need to. their vehicles legally. However, the number of People must value their CCTV cameras is an issue as CCTV cameras to be set up in charge every person who breaks as Japan and countries in Europe lives, especially when they start well. We need more cameras danger zones. the law. have had this law for a long time. their cars. Do not use a mobile around the island, especially in This is important for us to The mobile phone ban is not It will take some time for every- phone while you are driving. If Phuket City. effectively enforce the new as important as some of the other body to become accustomed to you have to speak on the phone, Road accidents can happen phone law, because if officers do laws that we have. Also, this law it. use hands-free or a Bluetooth kit. at any time at road intersections not have access to the necessary has only recently been approved I think that this law is a – Compiled by and so we have requested more equipment then they cannot in Thailand, whereas places such positive step because it will help Sompratch Saowakhon

Can I help Can I change my visa dates? Work permits with the My retirement visa is due to ex- for Burmese pire on July 28 and I will return What can I do if my Thai partner pudding? to the UK for family reasons on Issues refuses to sign the documents for July 31. I will be in the UK for & renewing Burmese work permits about two months. ANSWERS and also refuses to sign over the In last week’s Gazette, Ray Is it possible to renew my authority to do this to my work- Brown asked if mowing the lawn retirement visa on my return to permit-holding foreign manager? would get him in trouble for work- Phuket, rather than before I travel Want to know how to get something done? I used to do it myself, but ing without a work permit. back to the UK? Can’t understand some of the dafter things I’m now on a retirement visa. Am I forbidden from getting I am very pleased and hon- that seem to go on in Phuket? Want to pitch Horst Lakits up early in the morning to help ored to have been issued a re- Rawai my Thai wife prepare her coco- tirement visa and do not want to an idea to Phuket’s authorities or institutions? nut pudding? She sells coconut lose it. Then this is the forum for you. Janya Yingyong, officer at pudding and fried quail eggs from Campbell Black Submit your queries or suggestions to us and Phuket Provincial Employ- a motorbike side-cart. Phuket we’ll ask the appropriate people to respond to ment Office Work Permit Sec- Ian Knowles them. tion, replies: Thalang Pol Capt Krissarat Nuesen, You do not need the Thai Phuket Provincial Immigra- Write to: The Phuket Gazette, 367/2 Yaowarat Rd, partner to hand over the author- Janya Yingyong, of the Phuket tion Office, replies: Muang, Phuket 83000. Fax 076-213971, or submit ity to apply for the Burmese work Provincial Employment Office Even though you will leave your issue at www.phuketgazette.net permits to be renewed. Anyone Work Permit Section, replies: the country for two months, you with the correct authority can do If you are working to pre- should apply for a one-year, mul- July 28, you will have to pay over- when you return to Thailand. it. pare things for your wife to sell, tiple-entry permit-to-stay based stay fines at the airport immigra- If you have all the required As you now hold a retire- you are considered to be work- on your existing retirement visa tion desk when you leave the documents with your application, ment visa and do not have a work ing to earn money. This is techni- before your current permit ex- country. the Phuket Immigration Office in permit, you cannot apply. How- cally prohibited if you hold a re- pires on July 28. Also, if you let your current Phuket City can renew your one- ever, if your foreign manager who tirement visa. You cannot apply to renew permit-to-stay expire, you will be year permit-to-stay on the same has a work permit is also a share- Officially, you should have your one-year permit-to-stay back at square one and you will day as application. holder in the company that has a non-immigrant O visa and ap- once your current permit has have to obtain a new non-immi- For a list of the documents hired the Burmese, he or she may ply for a work permit. If you did expired. grant O retirement visa from a required, see www.immigration. apply. this, your wife would need to be If you do not apply to re- Royal Thai Embassy and apply go.th/nov2004/2notice/rtp606EN. Alternatively, you can ask a operating a registered business. new your permit-to-stay before for a new one-year permit-to-stay pdf Thai partner to do it for you. 30 PHUKET GAZETTE FEATURES July 5 - 11, 2008

here is a popular mis- of San Miguel because he will conception held by many need something to put in the in the City of Angels that fridge after he’s thrown all those Bangkok’s men do not vegetables away. Tenjoy shopping. Bangkok men When it comes to toiletries, love shopping. What men do not The Thriller the single man invokes the wis- like is being dragged around the dom of a higher authority. Scarlett Emporium by their dearly beloved Johannson says Pantene Pro-V on Cup Final afternoon looking at is fabulous. Scarlett Johannson is curtain fabric and bathroom tiles. fabulous. The single man buys The highly evolved profi- three. ciency with which the single man in the Villa He knows, too, that most shops, however, may offer some deodorants smell like napalm and solace to those blighted couples ous art of home cuisine. Sadly, six the most important that all desirable turn your shirts purple. But if the for whom a trip to Villa Market curry nights and a kung-po- part of any super- women live on Haa- reigning Miss Venezuela says that spells relationship doom. chicken weekend later will see market for the single gen Dazs. Agent Orange makes her thighs Although the single man’s our hapless hero filling a bin liner man as it generally Similarly, the quiver with desire then our shop- shopping trolley is pure Darwin- with the malodorous and fester- provides him with the fish counter remains per is in no mood for indecision ism at work, it must be noted that ing foliage that now nestles so meal he is going to alien territory to our and buys three of them. this miracle of evolution does not invitingly in his trolley. eat on his way back single male shopper. The checkout at Villa is the come without its share of per- The secret of the single to the car, For this Not only do fish smell single man’s mating call. Like a sonal anguish and soul searching. man’s shopping supremacy lies in reason, chorizos, unpleasant, but they bullfrog puffing out his cheeks in Force-fed the inexorable fod- the fact that his purchasing crite- vegetable samosas, also require cooking; a pre-mating fanfare, our single der about the “new age man” be- ria remain blissfully simple and sliced ham and cook- our intrepid shopper shopper extravagantly unloads his ing a super-enlightened and eco- rarely stray from the Three ed chicken drum- understands that if wares onto the conveyor belt. minded friend of the earth, his stroll Golden Rules: sticks are a must. the vegetables An admiring throng of allur- down Aisle 11 encounters its first 1. If you have had it before, The single man smelled that bad af- ing females gaze adoringly at this crisis at the fruit-and-veg section. liked it and you don’t have to will never knowingly set foot in ter a week, the fish are going to dazzling display of manhood as 20 Still belching last night’s orange cook it, buy three. the frozen food section for two be dancing around the kitchen kilos of fresh vegetables rustle fish curry, he resolves to go green 2. If you have never had it, important reasons. First, the single juggling bananas. their way down the creaking con- and proceeds to stuff his trolley but it smells nice and doesn’t need man eats when he is hungry, not The drinks section offers veyor belt. with all manner of exotic and ver- cooking, buy three. six hours and a good defrost af- little resistance to the single Whether the mating call is dant fruit and vegetables. 3. If you have never had it, terwards. Second, the most at- man’s honed skills of selection. answered is the “Thriller in the He is off to a flying start, never heard of it, don’t know any- tractive women in supermarkets Two bottles of Beaujolais Nou- Villa”. since he sees this seminal step as thing about it, but it’s in a nice are never to be found in the fro- veau in case he brings a girl home marking not only the renaissance packet and doesn’t require cook- zen food section, the sole excep- from Bed Supperclub, a bottle of Dale Nottingham is a Bangkok- of a long-lost healthy diet but also ing, buy two. tion being the ice-cream counter Stolichnaya because he hates based writer. Email: khundale@ a belated baptism in the mysteri- The deli section is clearly since it is a well documented fact Beaujolais Nouveau and 24 cans gmail.com In The Stars by Isla Star CANCER (June 22-July 23): The stars forecast a turbulent week ahead, but your life should calm down by mid-month and you will A turbulent week for Cancer wonder what all the fuss was about. Your partner’s problems at VIRGO (August 23-September sphere lightens after Thursday CAPRICORN (December 22- ARIES (March 21-April 20): A work leave little time for ro- 23): Those of you who are quick with the arrival of a last-minute January 20): Those of you em- holiday affair can provide some mance or socializing. However, to spot an opportunity will notice holiday invitation. The scent of barking on a shopping trip with light relief if you aren’t looking if you’re celebrating a birthday, a rainbow before others do this vanilla encourages peace. Scorpio this weekend could be for commitment. If you are in- you will be pleasantly surprised tempted into going overboard. volved in a long-term relationship, week. This should ensure that the SCORPIO (October 24-Novem- by what transpires on that day. Your finances are not forecast to the stars suggest you take an in- pot of gold is yours, but it may be ber 22): The sting in your tail is Your year ahead is forecast to become stable until later this timate break to help rekindle a ro- necessary to share the secret activated this weekend when bring worthwhile investment op- month and unexpected outgoings mantic flame. Wednesday is best with Aries. This person has the Taurus says the wrong thing. portunities. are likely. Romance burns for solving a work-related mys- necessary skills to bring the Those of you who have been strongly for those who are pre- tery, but you could be disap- project to fruition. Too much en- avoiding the truth should prepare LEO (July 24-August 22): You pared to make certain sacrifices. pointed to discover that Sagit- thusiasm for a new romantic re- to acknowledge that changes aren’t likely to be lying in your However, you should guard tarius is less than honest. The lationship could cause it to sink need to be made. On Tuesday, hammocks too much this week. against giving up too much free- number 8 can be lucky this week- quickly. Wear the silver gray to you receive a hint of how that can Your efforts to boost your busi- dom for this relationship. The end. encourage dignity. be done. New romance remains ness potential are about to reap number 3 can bring some luck on a source of happiness and is fore- rewards. Capricorn comes up Thursday. TAURUS (April 21-May 21): If LIBRA (September 24-October cast to move onto a more com- with a proposition early next week you’re trying to make too many 23): Family matters occupy most mitted level during July. that is worth considering, but of your time this week. If you AQUARIUS (January 21-Febru- ends meet, you will be inspired Gemini would be a difficult col- have children, you could find SAGITTARIUS (November 23- ary 19): A wave of good fortune by a boost to your bank balance league to work with. Mid-week, yourself in an uncomfortable situ- December 21): You are set to see is forecast to arrive before mid- this week. The astral atmo- you learn of a friend’s dilemma, ation on Sunday. Set clear bound- life from a more down-to-earth month. Some of this will be finan- sphere is ready to back your at- but your involvement could lead aries for those concerned and ask perspective during July. Recent cially related, but it will mostly be tempts to cut down on financial to problems in the relationship. for more support from those who dreams of moving to a distant land in the form of promising employ- commitments this month, al- The number 4 could open a lucky are happy to let you accept too fade as you realize that home is ment opportunities. You may have though certain family members door on Thursday. much responsibility. The atmo- where the heart is. Finances are to make a life-altering decision will find this hard to accept. forecast to become more stable regarding relocation – you are Where romance is concerned, and it is likely that an investment advised to listen carefully to Sunday is best for revealing your brings more income than you family’s reaction to this situation. feelings for Gemini, but a jeal- hoped for. Those in a long-term Monday is best for productive dis- ous Scorpio could try to upset the relationship will see that a spon- cussions. Wearing beetroot red apple cart. taneous gesture works wonders can promote clear thinking. to rekindle romance. GEMINI (May 22-June 21): July PISCES (February 20-March brings more chances to travel 20): Personal circumstances are than you had anticipated. If you forecast to be problematic dur- have family responsibilities, this ing the first half of July. This could cause disagreements when week, family problems demand not everyone close to you under- your partner’s time and expect- stands your need to get away. ing them to pay the usual amount Compromise is the only answer of attention to you could cause and you would be wise to listen cracks in the relationship. Those to your partner’s point of view. of you who are single should think Those who are footloose and twice before extending a roman- fancy free will enjoy encounter- tic invitation to Taurus as this per- ing an alluring Aries this week- son has other fish to fry. end. July 5 - 11, 2008 COMPUTERS PHUKET GAZETTE 31 Pitching the Windows Megapatches ver the past few If you have Windows computer and go back to Win- months, Microsoft Vista Service Pack 1, dows Update. has released signifi- your System About If SP1 still isn’t available, cant patch roll-ups for box looks like this. you probably have one of the Oall versions of Windows Vista and problematic drivers. Hop over to Windows XP. They’re called Ser- PKUInstructions. support.microsoft.com/ph/11732 vice Packs – Vista Service Pack aspx. and tell Microsoft that “Vista SP1 1 and XP Service Pack 3, respec- Not sure if you isn’t listed as an available up- tively – but the “SP” name already have WinXP date”. The Softie responding to doesn’t mean much. Windows Service Pack 3 or your email will understand imme- Service Packs over the years Vista Service Pack 1? diately and write with instruc- have varied from utterly forget- Click Start, right-click tions. Note that one-on-one email table to critical. Computer (in XP, support for SP1 installation prob- Windows XP SP2, for ex- right-click My Com- lems is free. Direct from Micro- ample, qualified as a new oper- puter) and choose soft. Yes, really. ating system. It was as different Properties. If you If you don’t have Windows from the original Windows XP as, have a Service Pack XP SP3, I wouldn’t be in any say, Windows ME was from Win- installed, its number hurry to install it. Keep an eye on dows 98. In fact, more so. appears in the Sys- my site, www.askwoody.com, As Service Packs go, Win tem About box. and wait for the all-clear. Micro- XP SP3 won’t do much to get To install Vista soft still has a way to go with SP3. your heart racing, presuming your SP1, if you don’t al- heart cares one whit about Win- ready have it, click Woody Leonhard will be speak- dows. WinXP SP3 is a late-life Start, All Programs ing at the International Busi- roll-up of various patches, coup- and at the top click ness Association of Phuket led with a few improvements nec- Microsoft Update if (IBAP) meeting at the Yorkshire essary to better handle new types it’s there, or Windows Inn on Soi Sansabai, Patong, of hardware. tween Vista PCs and corporate So, if you were waiting for yet Update if it isn’t. on August 8, about the current Microsoft emphasizes that servers running the new Win- another reason to dump Nor- Look to see if SP1 is among state of Internet connections in this is the last Service Pack for dows Server 2008. ton… the updates on offer. If it isn’t, Phuket, and the technology Windows XP. They’ve finally put The mechanism for making People who have been, uh, install all available “important” that’s coming down the pike. WinXP out to pasture, officially. Vista talk to Server 2008 better? tricked into installing pirate cop- updates (Note: do not install any For details, see www. ibap- With a few notable exceptions, Microsoft, to a first approxima- ies of WinXP or Vista should Language Packs), reboot your phuket.org you won’t find XP available on tion, took all of the “guts” out of know that both Vista SP1 and XP new PCs any more. Windows Server 2008 and put it SP3 sniff out the most common The exceptions: Microsoft inside Vista Service Pack 1. pirate tricks. PC Group Therapy Join Woody and other Windows victims at still allows manufacturers such as When you install SP1 on a Vista In many cases, if you install his Sunday morning PC Group Therapy sessions, co-spon- ASUS to sell WinXP pre-installed PC, nearly all of the “innards” get Vista SP1 on a pirate copy of sored by the Phuket Gazette. On July 6, the PC group con- on very small laptops including replaced with Windows Server Vista, or SP3 on a pirate copy of venes at the Sandwich Shoppe in Patong, and on July 13, the EEE. Some vendors such as 2008 components. Windows XP, Windows will warn we’ll be at the Sandwich Shoppe near the entrance to La- Dell allow you to buy and pay for Since Windows Server 2008 you after the installation is com- guna. July 19 is at Khun Woody’s Sandwich Shoppe in both Vista Business and XP Pro is very good at talking to itself plete that you may have a pirate Chalong, one km north of Chalong Circle next to Wine Con- – and then ship the computer to (there’s some metaphysical truth copy and give you 30 days to get nection. And the July 26 session, also in Chalong, will focus you with XP Pro pre-installed. It’s lurking here somewhere), cloning legal. on the Mac. Sessions are designed to help everybody – even called a “downgrade” for reasons the insides of Server 2008 and You can actually buy a legit (especially!) complete computer novices – and they’re abso- I can’t fathom. putting it in Vista makes for a copy of Windows online, from lutely free. Driving instructions at www.khunwoody.com Microsoft released Win- much healthier relationship. Microsoft, for about 6,000 baht. dows XP SP3 under duress from Microsoft had many prob- Just follow the links when you’re its largest corporate customers, lems with the initial versions of told your copy is “not genuine.” who refused to upgrade older ma- both Windows XP SP3 and Vista You are issued a valid Product chines to Vista – a perfectly rea- SP1. That’s expected, upgrading Key emailed to you, instructions sonable decision. In theory, the a couple hundred million PCs is and a link to use the Product Key big customers are waiting for bound to pull a number of bugs Updater Utility. A genuine CD Windows 7, which is expected to out of the woodwork. The prob- comes later in the mail. This is a be released in late 2009, before lems with Vista were so bad that Full Retail License of Windows, giving up the ghost on Windows Microsoft had to create special which means that it can be moved XP. Me, I’m certain WinXP will code for its SP1 updater, so PCs from one computer to another. be around for a lot longer. running certain kinds of hardware Alternatively, you can buy Vista Service Pack 1, how- with older drivers don’t even get a legit copy of Windows just about ever, offers essentially no new a chance to upgrade to SP1. anywhere (including Phuket Al- features, but it’s an interesting up- The Windows XP SP3 patch pha, the Apple shop on the third date nonetheless. Microsoft re- had particular problems with cer- floor of Central) and use the legit leased Vista SP1 primarily for its tain Hewlett-Packard (HP) com- key to activate Windows, with- big corporate customers – have puters that use AMD processors, out having to re-install. For de- you noticed a theme developing as well as a slew of bad interac- tails, see www.microsoft.com/ yet? – to stabilize interaction be- tions with Norton’s security suite. genuine/selfhelp/ 32 p h u k e t g a z e t t e b u s i n e s s & m o n e y July 5 - 11, 2008 July 5 - 11, 2008 b u s i n e s s & m o n e y p h u k e t g a z e t t e 33 ON THE MOVE Theera Kanjana has been Itt Pamarapa has been Anuchit Phangkruea appointed General Man- appointed Chief Market- has been promoted Slashed prices buoy US ager at The Courtyard by ing Officer at Bundarika from Food & Beverage Marriott Phuket at Surin Villa Phuket. He has held Manager of The Villa Beach. Before his current senior management posi- Zolitude Resort and Spa, assignment, he spent five tions at Maritime Park & Phuket, to Hotel Man- years at the JW Marriott Spa Resort Group in Krabi, ager. He has worked in Phuket Resort & Spa as Sima Thai Hotel in Bangkok the industry since 1987, and British retail sales Resident Manager and and Barali Beach Resort in starting out as Restaurant Food & Beverage Direc- Trat. He has also worked at Captain at Le Meridien tor. His first position with Paragon Car Rental, United President, then moving t a i l s a l e s Marriott International was Travel Service (Thailand), to the Dusit Resort and i n b o t h t h e Catering Service Manager Ocean World Water Park in Polo Club in Cha-am. U S a n d t h e at the original Marriott Ho- Chon Buri and Excalibur. Moving to Phuket in U K h a v e K. Itt has served as Director beenR bettere than ex- tel in Washington DC. He 1998, he has worked at has also worked as Ban- of the Thailand Incentive Thavorn Beach Village, pected, considering the cur- quet Manager for Marriott & Convention Association Laguna Beach Resort, rent economic environment. In hotels in California and and guest lecturer at Chu the JW Marriott Phuket explaining the reasons for this, helped open the JW Mar lalongkorn University and Resort & Spa and The Ashok Shah of London & Capi- riott Houston in Texas. Bangkok University. Racha. tal, while acting as guest host on CNBC Europe, said that with the economies becoming worse in these countries, manufacturers and retailers are aggressively discounting their goods. Their objective is to sell Fish firm plans to hook local mar- their goods before consumers are under too much stress to buy at By Janyaporn Morel all and also to reduce their stock levels. This gives them more PHUKET: Phuket-based seafood capital on hand and helps them processor and exporter Thai to pay some of their debts before Ocean Venture Co Ltd (TOV) has conditions deteriorate and capi- announced plans to increase sales tal becomes more expensive, as of raw tuna fish in Thailand by Shah believes will happen. distributing tuna sashimi prod- A large percentage of banks ucts to more retailers and through have inadequate capital bases. the opening of a new production Shah believes that with the high current-account surpluses, as The map shows the top 10 countries in terms of size of oil re- plant in Rayong province. leverage that many banks are opposed to simply selling oil, TOV General Manager running, their balance sheets natural gas and so on, although were only able to survive by namely selling structured prod- Sathaporn Bhuyathorn told the resemble hedge funds more Singapore is a substantial ex- repeated infusions of cash from ucts, has disappeared and they Gazette that TOV has been sup- than banks. Obviously, this has porter of refined oil products. their bankers, but in reality the have lost a significant part of plying cobia and tuna sashimi, as to change. Some major banks, SWFs have already played system in places was rotten to their earnings stream that will well as other fish dishes, to res- for example the Royal Bank of an important role in helping to the core. not recover even when conditions taurant chains such as Fuji, Bar- Scotland (RBS), have already overcome acute liquidity prob- Eventually, the Japanese improve. B-Q Plaza, and various hotels managed to raise substantial lems in a number of global banks. government had to concede that Yes, we do live in interest- for the past five years. He added funds via rights issues. Citigroup of the US is a prime Mo n e y the situation would never im- ing times, but boring is better for that few Thai people, however, Other banks, such as Bar example. prove on its own and measures the nerves. have tasted tuna sashimi and even clays, are trying to avoid the However, SWF involve- talks were taken that solved the crisis. Richard G Watson runs Global fewer realize that the fish is dis- stigma of having to issue rights ment has recipient govern- This is still referred to as “the Portfolios Co Ltd, a Phuket-based tributed from within Phuket. to shore up their capital base ments, especially the US, very By Richard G. lost decade”. personal financial-planning ser- K. Sathaporn said that TOV and have alternative strategies concerned. SWFs are aware of In addition to simple capital vice. He can be reached at Tel: aims to supply tuna sashimi to in mind. Barclays, before the these sensitivities and have kept ment seemed to be under the infusion to the banking sector, 076-381997, Fax: 076-383185, more retailers such as MK Res- credit crunch, had already ac- their shareholding to single digits impression that if you ignored what will also be required is Mobile: 081-0814611. Email: taurants, CP Fresh Mart, McDon- cepted investments totaling 5% in percentage terms to effectively a banking crisis, it would disap- M&A – mergers and acquisitions. imm@ loxinfo .co.th Website: ald’s and 7-Eleven. of its share capital by Sovereign remain below the radar screen. pear. They were wrong and the Many banks are now finding that www. global-portfolios.com “We are one of the world’s Wealth Funds (SWFs), namely However, providing that crisis lasted a decade. a major source of their profits, three biggest producers of frozen Temasek of Singapore and China SWF shareholding remains rela- Banks were massively un- tuna. Our products are to the Development Bank. tively low, governments are der-capitalized. Some of their same standards whether they are There have been rumors, going to have to accept their corporate customers were in such exported or sold within Thai- which Barclays has not denied, involvement. First, banks in a poor shape that they were called land,” he said. Thai Ocean Venture General Manager Sathaporn Bhuyathorn (center) is confident that his firm will soon be supplying tuna sashimi to retailers such as 7-Eleven and MK Restaurants. that Barclays is talking to six number of countries are in urgent “zombie companies”. “People mostly know about different parties, most of whom need of capital infusions and Many of these companies canned tuna but we have been high-quality tuna,” he said. building a second production logistics as the plant is near Laem by Phuket native Kanya Yu, who are believed to be SWFs. without SWF involvement this producing sashimi-grade tuna for K. Sathaporn added that plant in Amata City, Rayong Chabang port. now sits as managing director of SWFs, for those who have could turn into a nasty banking a long time,” he added. Thai Ocean Venture does not province, which should be op- “We are also looking to the company while her husband, not been following their develop- crisis. “Response from the do- plan to create its own brand yet erational this August. The new expand into the Korean market, Paol Yu, acts as president. ment, refer to cash placed into a Banks that have inadequate mestic market has been positive and will continue to supply other plant is under construction at a which is a new market for us,” The company does not fund by a government as an in- capital bases cannot operate and we want to continue raising brands with seafood. cost of 350 million baht, and will he said. own any fishing boats. It buys vestment vehicle for a country’s properly as banks by lending awareness that Thailand produces The company is currently allow TOV to better manage its TOV was founded in 1996 raw materials from 600 con- wealth. money. When this happens we tracted trawlers, buying 6,500 There is an increasing num- end up with a credit crisis that tonnes of raw tuna per year to ber of these funds. In some weakens business and consumer produce 3,000 tonnes of end cases, where a country has been sectors alike. product. Of this, 65% is exported making a windfall from sales of Banking crises are not new, to the US and 20% to the EU. oil and natural gas, an SWF is but it is the manner in which they The remaining 15% is sold do- simply a large savings account are dealt with that makes the dif- mestically. to be used when the country’s ference. “Although the rising cost energy reserves are exhausted. Here are two examples. of fuel makes it difficult to find The countries involved in these First, during the recession of produce for us to use, we have funds include Russia, Norway, the early 1990s, the US had a team that works hard to find Singapore and China. widespread problems in its sav- it for us. The assets held in these ings and loans industry – that Tuna suppliers increased funds currently exceed US$3 is, mortgage lenders. The US their pricesabout three months trillion and, by some estimates, government actively tackled the ago, but after meeting with them, by 2015 they will hold around problem and within two years a more acceptable price has been US$15 trillion. conditions were back to normal. agreed. However, instead of rais- China and Singapore are Around the same time, ing our prices, we add value to two excellent examples of SWFs Japan also had a banking crisis. our products for customers,” he that derive their wealth from However, the Japanese govern- 34 p h u k e t g a z e t t e s p o r t s July 5 - 11, 2008 July 5 - 11, 2008 s p o r t s p h u k e t g a z e t t e 35 Celebs set to tee-up Winning Wimbledon Flying Fish scores for charity with a confidence trick at SEA champs CHERNG TALAY: Laguna Phu oger Federer, who is PHUKET: Phuket’s Flying Fish won her bronze. ket will on July 26 play host to considered by many to have been in action over the past Bianca said that she is look- a bevy of TV personalities, who be the greatest player few weeks, with star swimmer ing forward to competing for will be on the island for a round to ever swing a racket, DROPPING IN: Phuket’s best board riders are expected to turn Bianca Goetz coming away with Singapore again and that she of charity golf at the Laguna Rrecently lost to Rafael Nadal out for the annual Kalim Surfing Contest July 18-20. a bronze medal in the 100-meter has her eyes set on the Youth course followed by a dinner and 6-1, 6-3, 6-0 in a one-sided af- freestyle at the 32nd SEA Age Olympics, which will be hosted auction at the Sheraton Grande fair at the French Open. There Group Championships at Tham by Singapore in 2010. Laguna Phuket. are several explanations, but this masat University in Bangkok, While Bianca was going Fifteen members of ESPN loss likely stems from a lack of Wave riders set held June 20 to 22 for swimmers for gold in Singapore, her Flying Star Sports’ football-broadcast- confidence. aged 11 to 17 years old. Fish teammates were in action at ing team will be joined by former Federer is confident in al- Bianca, 13, a Eurasian- Saphan Hin for the Phuket Sports Aston Villa football star Peter most all areas of his game, but for Kalim surf jam Singaporean, made her debut Association’s annual Phuket Withe. when it came to facing Nadal on for the Singapore National Youth Sprint Meet on June 21 and 22. To join in the fun and play a the Philippe Chatrier court on KALIM: Surf’s up and the surfing season will splash out in style with Swimming Team as part of a 63- Clubs from around South- round of golf while raising mon- the final Sunday of the Roland the fourth annual Kalim Surfing Contest, organized by the Phuket strong squad. ern Thailand were invited to join ey for charity, golfers can choose Garros, the cracks started to ap- Boardriders Club. Extremely nervous and out the event, with 21 clubs signing The event will take place July 18 to 20 with the aim of proof her comfort zone, Bianca took Bianca Goetz was the pride of on and sending 413 swimmers, a corporate (30,000 baht for three pear and he simply did not seem Phuket when she won a bronze players to team up with a celeb) confident. moting surfing to the masses and encouraging sustainable tourism part in three individual events: ranging from six to 18 years in Phuket. the 100m freestyle, the 200m medal representing Singapore old. or standard (28,000 baht for a Move from Paris to Lon- at this year’s 32nd SEA Age team of four) team package. The don and from clay to grass and The Kalim Surfing Contest every year attracts surfers from freestyle and the 400m free- The Flying Fish swam to the US, Europe, Australia, South Africa, Japan, Taiwan, Singapore, style. Group Championships in Bang- 10th place in the overall team format for the tourney will be a you see a much happier Federer. kok, held June 20 to 22. four-person Texas scramble. There are big differences in the Indonesia and Malaysia. The first day’s event was standings, with three swimmers Tickets for the dinner are playing surface, with grass being Three divisions will be competed in: open shortboard, longboard the 400m freestyle, marking 2:16.92, narrowly missing out on taking trophies in their respective 2,500 baht and are available at much quicker due to the lower (boards more than eight feet long) and grom (for surfers 14 years only the third time that Bianca third place to finish fourth. age groups. the Golf Club Pro Shop at La- bounce. The type of movement old and under). had swum the discipline. Bianca The final day’s event was Karnnika Porter won third guna. is also different due to the lack In the open shortboard event, competitors will face off against swam a personal best time of the 100m freestyle. By this time, place in the category for swim- Funds from this year’s event of slide. one another in a series of heats, spread over the three days until the 4:45.92 to place fifth overall. Bianca was relaxed and ready to mers born in 1992, while Melisa Roger Federer is looking to notch up his sixth straight Wimbledon title this month, but after losing eventual winner is crowned. First prize is 10,000 baht, a trophy and will be donated to improving the But for all the differences in straight sets to Rafael Nadal at the French Open, questions are being asked about how much On Day 2, Bianca was up in fight for a medal. She swam a Kegans finished third for swim- health and safety standards of a in the venue, confidence will be Federer believes in himself. a range of prizes from the competition sponsors. the 200m freestyle, finishing in personal best of 1:02.93, which mers born in 1995. Pathomphop school in Phang-nga province. key if Federer is to defend his The grom division is open to a maximum of 16 competitors For more information or title at Wimbledon for the sixth around again? to believe; if they trust their ten- to fulfill a player’s potential, who are free to use any kind of board and will duel on the waves in to book a place contact the Golf straight year after coming off Confidence is something nis coach, they will believe. which for most people is not at heats held on July 19 and 20. Top prize is 7,000 baht, a trophy and Club Pro Shop at Laguna Phuket. such a hard loss to his arch rival. to ingrain into young tennis stu- People tend to believe in a world-class level. Pushing be- another ensemble of goodies from sponsors. Tel: 076-324374. Email: timh@ Nadal was close to winning last dents from an early age. Children themselves and the unknown far yond physical limits also causes Up to 24 surfers will face off in the longboard division, which lagunaphuket.com year, but will he be ready should often don’t need to see any proof more when they are children than injuries. will also span the three days. As well as the collection of sponsors’ that kind of opportunity come when they are a bit older. Tennis is all about having donated prizes, the winner will receive 5,000 baht and a trophy. If you believe in a realistic fun, enjoying friendly competi- Prices will be awarded to the top four surfers in all three cat- goal when you are young and you tion and staying healthy. egories. reach that goal, it reinforces what Can Federer win Wim Registration will open from 7:35 am until 8:25 am on July you are capable of and casts away bledon this year? Sure he can. 18. the doubts that start He just needs to Spectators are invited to attend the event while surfers can check creeping in as you believe. Look at on the full timetable and find out how to enter at www.phuketboard- age. On A n d r e A g a s s i , riders.com Alternatively, call K. Joob at 081-9565854. I t i s h e r e who in 1998 made that coaches play the a career comeback a dangerous game and jumped from Marriott sports day by telling parents court 141 to sixth in the that their children By Darran Ferre world rankings. He can achieve unre- believed – and he alistic goals, which often sets went on to win the French Open the children up for a fall, placing and the US Open the following huge financial, emotional and year. physical pressure on families and students. Darran Ferre is a 17-year full- It is better to be honest, time tennis pro based at Indigo Ad- Kata Surfing (F.O.C.) even if it means a less in the Pearl. He has worked around bank for the coach at the end of the world with players of all ages 3x7 the month. and abilities. He can be con- K. Jib Everyone has physical limi- tacted by emailing darranferre@ tations that have to be understood hotmail.com KOH KAEW: JW Marriott hosted its annual sports day on June and respected. It is a coach’s job 7 at British International School. About 400 people attended the event, with Phuket Vice- Governor Worapoj Ratthasima as the guest of honor. The games kicked off at 9 am with teams from 13 Mar- riott brands facing off in games of tennis, table tennis, takraw, volleyball, badminton, basketball and football. 36 PHUKET GAZETTE July 5 - 11, 2008

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AV 2x5 July 5 - 11, 2008 PHUKET PROPERTY PHUKET GAZETTE 37 Construction Update by Janyaporn Morel Patong road finally gets surface PATONG: While awaiting 300 An issue with the drainage million baht for the construction system of the road means that the of the Phang Muang Sai Kor Rd, original plan is currently being the new road running north-south revised. “We found that the road- through Patong, the local munici- side drainage should be improved pality is putting up 7.5 million baht as it is located in a lowland area for a temporary road surface to prone to flooding. We are work- help ease the current traffic load. ing to improve the original plan, Phunsak Naksena, Patong but because of the large amount Town Clerk, told the Gazette that of money needed for the project, construction of the three-kilome- we are unable to begin construc- ter-long road is expected begin tion,” said K. Phunsak within three years with a date for “The cost could escalate to completion yet to be set. In the more than 300 million baht,” he meantime, the road has been added. graded and a temporary surface Funding for temporary sur- of gravel and asphalt will be used. facing of the stretch of road out- The Phuket Province Pub- side Jungceylon was donated by lic Works and Town & Country the shopping mall. Planning Office (PPWT) sur- The construction contractor veyed the road and determined for the temporary road surface that 300 million baht will be is PNK Construction Co Ltd with needed to complete the project. work expected to be finished by When finished, the road will be the end of July. 20 meters wide with 1.5-m foot- The road is currently us- paths on either side. About 500m able, although large stretches are of the road has already been hindered by surfacing work and Patong Municipality is putting up 7.5 million baht for a temporary surface on the new road through paved, K. Phunsak said. uneven terrain. Patong to help ease the current traffic load. “We finished the part of the road near Simon Cabaret about five years ago. There are now two sections left to work on: from Patong Hospital to Jungceylon Radisson to open high-end resort and from Jungceylon to where the concrete begins near Sirirat Rd.” CAPE PANWA: The newest addition to including 14 Ocean Villas and accommodations simi- “This road was under the Radisson Hotels & Resorts global brand will and 15 Pool Villas with out- lar to a village-like setting. responsibility of Phuket Provin- be the Radisson Plaza Resort Phuket Panwa door salas. Three dividable meeting cial Rural Roads Office and has Beach, which will be the first Radisson Plaza The Lower Pool Bar rooms, including a ballroom, been in the planning stage since property in Southeast Asia. One of 400 and Lobby Lounge will ac- are available. The ballroom 1996. The road, which will be the Radissions in 64 countries, the Plaza Phuket company two restaurants has floor-to-ceiling win- third main road in Patong, will is expected to open its doors in October. at the resort, all designed dows that fill the room with pass behind Jungceylon, connect- Construction of the resort began in June with an aquatic theme. natural light,” she added. ing Pra Barami Rd to Sirirat Rd,” 2007 and about 80% of the building work is “The resort will have “The Radisson Plaza K. Phunsak explained. completed, said Kimberley Sproule, market- a lot of facilities for kids, as Phuket will introduce a pre- “The provincial committee ing communications manager of Radisson well as three lagoon-style mium product into the lo- assigned this road under the re- Plaza Resort Phuket Panwa Beach. swimming pools, a fitness The sun rises at one of the pool cal market place. The team sponsibility of Patong Municipal- Designed by Thai architect Paisit Thira- center and climbing wall. villas at the Radisson Plaza Phuket. wants to further establish ity as we are the local adminis- kasetchai and built by Arun Chaiseri Con- There will also be yoga and an assortment of Cape Panwa as an up-and-coming destina- tration. Now we have to find the sulting Engineers Co Ltd, the resort is located additional activities,” said Mrs Sproule. tion for MICE [meetings, incentives, conven- budget for this project by our- on 25 rai of land at Panwa Bay. “The resort is built over a number of tions and exhibitions] visitors,” said Mrs selves,” he said. There will be 211 rooms at the resort, low-rise structures with individual facilities Sproule. 38 PHUKET GAZETTE July 5 - 11, 2008 July 5 - 11, 2008 PHUKET PROPERTY PHUKET GAZETTE 39

Home of the Week Kathu Nothing rough about golf home he Phuket Country Club the dining room is set to comfort- energy saving Iinfinity glazing sys- provides the setting for ably accommodate a dinner party tem with its pivoting “full wall this issue’s Home of the of eight. opening” means that the large TWeek, a semi-detached The living room features a window and door panes can be townhome sitting on a 328- host of decorative features, such opened to expand and fully inte- square-meter plot surrounded by as built-in shelving with wide- grate the indoor and outdoor ar- fairways and lush landscaping. screen TV and many ornaments. eas. Located alongside the 15th Floor-to-ceiling sliding glass Other energy saving fea- fairway, the home has spectators’ doors and windows comprise tures include generous overhangs views of the greens and pan- one wall of the room, offering and timber screens to provide oramic views of the hills while views of the golf course and al- extended shade to reduce the contemporary styling and the use lowing in natural light. need for artificial cooling. The of screens ensures complete pri- Just beyond the glass pan- need for artificial lighting is also vacy to residents. els is a private patio with an reduced with sections of the roof This modern and newly built 18sqm swimming pool over look- made of glass to allow natural townhome offers three levels of ing the townhome’s own land- light into bathrooms and stair- living space and a carport on the scaped gardens. wells, which also adds to the feel- main level. A master bedroom featuring of spaciousness. The style used throughout ing a small sitting area and walk- Centrally located in Kathu, the 260sqm interior area borders in closet occupies the second this condo provides luxury living on minimalist and boasts clean, level with a private living area with absolute golf course front- crisp lines with open areas add- and designer bathroom. Glass age. The neighborhood is home ing accents of tropical living. doors offer more views and lead to many new housing develop- Complementing the style, to a small balcony. ments and continues to enjoy the townhome has been deco- Glass walls in the master growth. rated with tasteful art, light fix- bathroom add a modern ele- The townhome is available tures and furniture made with ment and afford views of the freehold at 13.5 million baht. natural materials. natural surroundings, though The carport on the ground the fitted Venetian blinds can For more information contact floor leads to the living area, be closed for complete privacy. Patrick Lusted at Siam Real Es- BEST OF BOTH WORLDS: Large windows with attractive screening tate. Quote reference number: which includes the dining room, The third level features allow natural light in while keeping the home cool. kitchen and a bathroom. The fully two more bedrooms, both with HSILD1789. Tel: 076-288908. fitted European kitchen features en-suite bathrooms and private closet space. recessed lighting and dimmers, a Email: patrick@siamrealestate. a stove-top built into the worktop, balconies. All bedrooms have Adding to the townhome’s water-filtration system and com Website: www.siamrealestate. a grill, oven and microwave, while hardwood floors and plenty of modern feel are state-of the art broadband Internet access. The com 40 PHUKET GAZETTE July 5 - 11, 2008 July 5 - 11, 2008 PHUKET PROPERTY PHUKET GAZETTE 41

Design By Semacote Suganya

anadian designer Paul look nice. If they are positioned Raff’s latest vision of in direct sunlight, they are put modern tropical living in under strain to keep the place Phuket is the recently cool, so we placed the air-condi- launchedC Bluepoint luxury apart- Designer viewing tioning units where they can’t be ment development in Patong. seen – in the shade underneath Aptly named, Bluepoint apart- the balconies. ments have a sweeping view of Other cooling concepts in- Patong Bay and the blue waters clude water features surrounding beyond, which dictated many of the apartments, shade provided by the design features so that resi- the ample greenery and elements dents can make the most of the incorporated into the design that hillside view. allow air to flow through the The boutique development apartments. on a rai and a half is a trio of Varieties of stone and wood three-story buildings arranged in are used for the flooring with the a fan shape, allowing each of the choice of two interior design con- 20 condominium units a 270º cept packages for buyers: Tropi- view of Patong Beach and the cal Contemporary and Tropical bay with seven-meter-wide, floor- Modern. Both concepts use a to-ceiling windows that can be combination of color co-ordinated fully folded away to reveal the natural and fabricated materials panorama. conceived by Bangkok-based de- A variety of floor plans signers Onion Workshop. were conceived for the one- to Even the car-parking area three-bedroom condominium has a unique design. Latticed units ranging from 107 to 240 wood creates shade for vehicles. square meters. There are nine Its crisscross pattern hides cars landscaped rooftop garden pent- from view and creates interest- houses and eight plunge pool gar- ing patterns of light and shade. den homes, all facing the bay with The fan-shaped Bluepoint development is designed to integrate with the natural surroundings and make “We don’t want to be able facades of sculptured timber lou- the most of the 270º view of Patong Bay. to see air-conditioning units and vers. cars from the apartments. The The wooden facades of the Our top priority was to make the stricting the view into the apart- maintenance costs to a mini- only thing visible should be wood apartments are Paul Raff’s way most of the view, which was ments from the outside while al- mum,” he added. and greenery,” said Mr Ble- of integrating the development achieved with the wide win- lowing the occupants to see out. For a contemporary tropical szynski. with its tropical surroundings, dows.” The materials used in the look, the buildings are formed with something he was inspired to do “The concept of the curved exterior walls and the flat roof- clean architectural lines, topped with earlier projects in Phuket in wood is a beautiful one, which tops were selected for their en- with flat roofs so as not to disorder to minimize the visual dis- hasn’t been done to such an ex- ergy-saving properties. Mr rupt the view for others. harmony of the buildings among tent before, so it was an engineer- Bleszynski explained that the “Most developments in natural surroundings and to en- ing challenge, but one we even- wooden facades provide shade to Phuket have pitched roofs be- hance the project’s concept of tually solved by using a wood and prevent direct sunlight heating the cause we get a lot of rain here, being close to nature. PVC combination. This also helps apartments up. but we wanted flat roofs in keep- One significant challenge protect the wood for a long time, “You don’t see much of the ing with the modern tropical for the developers was wrapping reducing damage from exposure concrete used in the buildings as minimalist concept. It also en- the timber louvers around the units to the elements,” he said. most of it is covered with wood. sures that all the occupants can with swelling curves rather than The triangular penthouse This serves the double purpose enjoy unobstructed views of the straight lines. building is perched behind and of keeping things cool and blend- bay,” said Mr Bleszynski. Roland Bleszynski, manag- above the main buildings and has ing in with the surroundings. The Another energy-saving ad- ing director of Abode Develop- broad wooden balconies extend- curves are also tapered to ‘frame’ aptation rarely considered by de- ment, Bluepoint’s development ing at the front to provide shade the view of the sea,” he said. velopers is locating external air- management team, explained, for the apartments below. Two “All the building materials conditioning units in shaded areas. “We chose Paul Raff Studio to sides of the building are covered used were selected with the aim “Air-conditioning compressors design Bluepoint because we with curved wooden facades de- of creating a sustainable, ecologi- are usually located on the side or wanted a modern tropical design. signed to ensure privacy by re- cal solution that will keep future roof of a building, which doesn’t 42 PHUKET GAZETTE PHUKET PROPERTY July 5 - 11, 2008 Protecting the endangered cash cow he property market in Phuket is unique, rare and endangered. For the duration of the real-es- tateT boom of the past six years, its growth has been driven almost entirely by cash. Finding similar models, though they do exist, is hard. It’s a true idiosyncrasy, even within other markets in Thailand. While Bangkok, Hua Hin or Pattaya, for example, are driven more from the domestic market along with some foreign investment, our island is a virtual cash cow when it comes buying villas, condos and lifestyle investments. With the market softening over the past 12 months, together with a spate of new projects en- tering the arena, new options are emerging for buyers. Banks in Thailand are not allowed to loan money to foreigners. Over the years, this regula- tion has plagued the market, especially for buyers looking for investment-grade properties. properties in Spain, in areas such Mortgages for buying condominiums with freehold ownership, such as some of the units at the Bay Cliff Overseas hot spots, such as as the Costa del Sol, buyers can development (above), are available to buyers. London, Australia and even Hong secure financing over a long term Kong and Singapore, allow the le- with a small down payment. of Singapore offering foreigners There are a number of re- dream house. veraging of units with the ability The winds of change have the option to finance freehold con- quirements in documentation so While Bangkok Bank’s of- to obtain financing. For resort arrived with Bangkok Bank out dominium units. There are some it’s best to check with the bank fering is a breath of fresh air, in restrictions, including an age limit on exactly what is required. order to attract a larger and more of 65 and that terms not exceed While this is a positive move, diverse base of customers from 20 years. it addresses only the condo- abroad, Phuket needs more fi- Loans may be secured in minium market and not the luxury nancing options. three currencies: euros, US dol- villa developments so prevalent in New initiatives are often lars and Singapore dollars. Appli- Phuket. borne as a knee-jerk reaction – cable interest rates depend on the Seasoned speculators in pro- perhaps a downturn coupled to- relevant currency. Security for perty anywhere in the world look gether with rising inflation will the loan will be on to get the most cause financial institutions and the the condominium from their money; government to reduce restrictions title. leveraging up prop- on foreigners obtaining loans and Since loans erty with manage- recognize the importance attract- for condominium able debt is a good ing international investment. units will be se- use of funds that Our industry, along with cured on titles, allows investors to tourism, is a bright spot on a only 49% of the spread risk across cloudy horizon and there’s poten- freehold units in a a wider range of tially a much wider audience in- development will ROPERTY properties within terested to invest in Phuket. be open to this P their own portfo- As for now, when buying type of loan. lios. that next piece of paradise, you’ll Leasehold WATCH No foreign- still be asked to “Show me the condominiums buyer financing is money”. are not eligible as By Bill Barnett yet on offer for the they lack the title ailing leasehold and Bill Barnett is managing direc- documents required for loan se- villa products in the market. With tor of C9 Hotelworks (www. curity. some notable exceptions, includ- c9hotelworks.com), a Phuket- Processing of documenta- ing Laguna Phuket’s successful based hotel and residential tion early on may be done through Dusit-hotel-managed projects and property consulting firm. With domestic branches of the bank, a handful of developer’s self-fi- more than 20 years’ experience but the final processing approval nanced offers, there is little diver- in the region, he has played an will be with Bangkok Bank’s sity or choice except to part with active role in some of the is- Singapore office. the entire purchase price of your land’s biggest developments. July 5 - 11, 2008 CLASSIFIEDS PHUKET GAZETTE 43 Property Gazette

Properties NEW RAWAI LAND IN KATHU For Sale POOL VILLA

HOUSE IN TOPLAND

More than 5 rai with Cha- 400sqm. 3-4 bedrooms. note title in residential and 300m from Rawai Pier. secure area, 5 minutes to Price: 7.5 million baht. Big C, Lotus, Central, Index, Tel: 086-9408914. Email: school etc. Ideal for private 2 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, [email protected] complex. Reduced to 6.5 fully furnished, kitchen, liv- million baht/rai. Call 081- ing room. Price: 3.7 million 8540061 (English) or 081- baht. Tel: 081-0803414. PATONG SEA VIEW 0803414 (Thai and English).

LAND AT PAKLOK KAMALA EXECUTIVE LIVING KHAO KHAD, TOWNHOUSE SHOPHOUSE FOR SALE OR RENT AO MAKHAM

Luxury apartments with best view over Patong. Tel: 083- 1736521. Website: www. with Chanote title, 2.5km patong-view-talay.com from Heroines' monument. Modern, 5-bedroom, 5-bath- Price: 1.9 million baht per room home in secure upscale Beautiful shophouse on a Chanote. 16 rai with pan- TROPICAL POOL VILLA rai. Tel: 083-1802143. development. Over 395sqm Chanote title of 50 wah, 4 oramic view near Ao Mak- in Chalong. Brand-new, spa- of living area with 25sqm en- floors in Kathu. Fully fur- ham, towards Cape cious, 2-bedroom villa with de- RIVERSIDE LAND closed sala and 13x4m salt- nished and equipped (used Panwa. Wide road access luxe kitchen and large living 20 rai in Lopburi, 1 hour from water pool, big maid’s room. to be a restaurant). For sale direct to the site. 6 million area. Priced to sell. Tel: 089- Bangkok, best for resort with Only 800m from BIS. Too or rent. Very good price. baht per rai. Tel: 081-539- 6521473. water sports. Quick sale. Con- many upgrades to mention. Tel: 081-8915602. 9269. Email: talayjan@ near Phuket FantaSea, 2 tact Joe. Tel: 085-4055333. For sale at 27 million baht or yahoo.com bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, car LAND IN LAGUNA for rent at 150,000 per park. 3.2 million baht, nego- 1.5 RAI IN PASAK month. Fully furnished. Tel: LAND AT NATAI tiable. Email: png.phuket@ 5.5 rai and 7.5 rai. Good lo- Khao Pilai Beach. 20 rai with BEACHFRONT LAND Laguna area at 6.5 million 081-4077403. gmail.com cation. Tel: 083-1036578. Chanote title, only 1.7 million Land for sale, Chalong. 45 baht. Chanote title, square- Website: www.oriental- baht per rai. 300m from the rai with 300m beachfront. shaped plot, good location, LAND, AO POR realestate.com beach, road, electricity ac- Tel: 081-9680309. Email: road and utilities access. No 5.2 Rai and 7.5 rai on hill with LAND IN AO NANG cess. Urgent sale. No agents. [email protected] agents please. Tel: 081- sea view. Tel: 083-1036578. Two 1-rai plots, Chanote titles, PROPERTIES FOR SALE Tel: 081-5399269. www.landinphuket.com 5399269. Website: www. oriental- public road access, water and and rent. For a more person- realestate.com electricity on site, rubber tree alized approach to your APARTMENT DUPLEX plantation. 1.9 million baht for KATA BEACH INEXPENSIVE LAND for sale in a nice resort. 2 property, please contact 3-LEVEL HOUSE 1 rai, 3.7 million baht for 2. Tel: www.phuketproperties.com. bedrooms, 1 living room, Only 2 mins to the beach. SURIN BEACH 0.5-rai Chanote lots near 081-5374925. Fax: 075- If you are a real estate devel- kitchen, swimming pool, gar- Chanote, reduced for quick LAND FOR SALE Mission Hills golf course 661108. Email: dutchkev@ oper or owner you may list den, fully furnished. 6.5 mil- sale from 3.5 to 3.1 million 996sqm: 8 million baht. 5- and airport. 10 minutes to loxinfo.co.th your properties with us. lion baht. Tel: 084-8448381. baht. Tel: 084-8405834. minute walk to Surin Beach. Yacht Haven. 1.25 million Contact Khun Noi or Julie. baht, full price. Tel: 086- Tel: 081-8687676. LAND IN RAWAI KATA NOI GEM Tel: 081-8931360, 081- SPECIAL LAND 9421930. 7192903. and Nai Harn. Many small and FOR SALE 2.3 rai at Mai Khao Beach. 6 BIG NEW HOUSE big plots. Special: 1,772sqm. Seaview, 2-bedroom designer million baht per rai. 220m DESIRABLE HOME KRABI LAND near Heroines' Monument, Sea view. 5.9 million baht, condo with 2.5 bathrooms, from beach. Tel: 087-264- for sale. 3 bedrooms, 2 en negotiable.Tel: 083-3904176. 10 rai, 20 minutes from Ao includes very big garden. Tel: 150m from beach in exclusive 6808 (English), 081-5371279 083-1036578. suites, 3 bathrooms, living boutique development of only Nang, Krabi. Chanote title. (Thai). room, kitchen/dining, study, 600,000 baht per rai. Tel: 084- TOP SEA-VIEW LOT 14 units. 13.9 million baht. Tel: NICE PLOT laundry room, garage, ADSL 2 rai, Yamu hills. Chanote, 8502499. SINGLE HOUSE 076-285307, 087-2658801. near Layan Hills Estate, and and True TV fitted. Verandas, gated, good road, 11.5 million Pa Khlok, 3 bedrooms, 2 bath- Email: ruckzuck98@hot pool villas project. Chanote klong along back, fenced gar- baht. Tel: 080-5358767, (US) rooms, 310sqm. Tel: 081- mail.com For further details MAI KHAO LAND title and road access on 4 sides den in secure Chaofa Thani es- Tel: 0011-760-7808584. 5365030. visit www.katanoicondo.com 300 rai. Chanote, 380m pri- of the plot. 4.5 million baht. tate. Price: 6.9 million baht. Email: [email protected] or www.photoshow.com/ vate beach. Urgent sale. Tel: Tel: 081-5399269. Tel: 084-8439579. Email: watch/aT6bx5cx 089-6474790. 2-STORY HOUSE [email protected] BRAND-NEW CONDO 5.5 million baht. 4 bedrooms, TOWNHOUSE Great location near Tesco and 2 bathrooms, 72sq wah in Than Thong 3 project. 2 bed- RAWAI BEACH HOUSE Big C. Pool, gym, fully fur- with some furniture at Villa rooms, 1 bathroom. 19 sq 2 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms. nished with washer, dryer, Samkong. Contact K. Nan. wah on Phattana Thongtin Sea view. 2.7 million baht. fridge, aircon, TV. 45sqm cor- Tel: 081-6779837. Email: Rd, near Khao Khad view- Tel: 086-3754711. Email: ner unit with 2 balconies. 2.5 [email protected], point. Fully furnished. Price: ben @LDSK.com For de- million baht. Tel: 087-277- [email protected] 1.2 million baht. Tel: 087- tails, please see our website 0978. Email: koyangle99@ 2770978. at: www.LDSK.com/house hotmail.com 44 PHUKET GAZETTE CLASSIFIEDS July 5 - 11, 2008 Property Gazette

THE WHITE HOUSE PARICHART LOOKING FOR JOINT PANORAMIC VILLA VILLAGE, CHALONG VENTURE OR SALE SEA VIEW

Resort in Chiang Rai situated 35/20 Soi 1. 3 bedrooms, 2 in a beautiful place in natural Karon land for sale. 15 bathrooms, 2 aircon, some surroundings including lychee rai, Chanote title. Hillside, furniture, 50sq wah, garden. trees and 2,500 Arabica panoramic sea view, quiet For sale at 4 million baht or coffee trees. Convenient lo- area. Very good location for long-term rent. Must cation in the middle of Chiang for business. 15 million see. Contact Nina. Tel: 087- Rai, just a 25-minute drive baht per rai. No agents! for sale (27.5 million baht) or 6899679. Email: tasuwan from airport, 35 minutes Please contact by email: for rent. The White House @hotmail.com. No agents! from town, and 20 minutes to [email protected] Villa is one of the finest tropi- tourist attractions. Com- cal pool villas in Patong. Best RAWAI 3 BEDROOMS prises 23 guests rooms and location for nightlife and tour- + POOL 1 conference room. 50 rai at COCONUT HEAVEN ON EARTH TOWNHOUSE, 39 million baht (negotiable). ISLAND LAND ing Phuket. Located high on 220sqm villa, 10m pool, newly MODERN STLYE Contact owner’s representa- the hill above the Amari Coral built, big garden. For sale at 7.5 tive. Email talayjan@yahoo. Beach Resort at the south end million baht. Rent possible. Tel: com for more details. of Patong. No agents! Email: 087-8938747. [email protected] TWIN HOUSE, FOREIGN FREEHOLD PERFECT LAND 2.5 MILLION BAHT condominium in Rawai, 250m Nearly 2 rai at Ao Bang Tao. Fully furnished, Wi-Fi, 5x8m pri- from the pier. 580,000 baht. 5-bedroom, Thai-style villa in Very good location for busi- vate pool and access to 20x8m Tel: 086-9408914. Email: for sale. 4.5 rai, Chanote, hill- Phuket. Magnificent Phang Townhouse: 2 bedrooms, 3 side panoramic sea view, ness. Price: 18 million baht. No shared pool. 1.99 million baht. [email protected] Nga Bay view. 3 big bed- bathrooms, 120sqm, near close to beach. 14 million agents! Tel: 086-9442065, or Contact Martin. Tel: 086-686- rooms (en suite) with sea Vichit temple. Tel: 084- 087-6899679. Email: tasuwan 5304. Email: martin@phuket SINGLE HOUSE baht. Please call K. Bouddha views. Private swimming 0645908. for more information. Tel: @hotmail.com village.se Pa Khlok, 3 bedrooms, 2 bath- pool. 730.8sqm land plot. 089-2900484. rooms, 310sqm. Tel: 081- Construction area approx 3.5 RAI OF LAND 573sqm. Full security ser- NEW TOWNHOUSE 5365030. BEACH FRONT, with Chanote title in Pasak-La- ON THE BEACH vice. Located at Rommai 5.9 MILLION BAHT in Than Thong 7 project. 2 sto- guna area. Good location and Chailay Estate. 27 million ries, 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 2-bedroom apartment in north nice view. Suitable for small villa KOH SAMUI Patong. Foreign freehold, top baht. Tel: 081-7191705. fully furnished. 19 sq wah. Cen- project. Road access. Quick Email: [email protected] tral location on Chao Fa East Rd, LAND FOR SALE floor, pool. 9.7 million baht. Tel: sale: 2.9 million baht per rai. Tel: 2 rai with one house, six 086-2765117. Email for pho- opposite Villa California. 2.5 mil- 081-5399269. Email: talayjan lion baht. Tel: 087-2770978. bungalows and 10 row tos. Email: [email protected] @yahoo.com houses. Ideal for rentals. VIDEO REAL Near beach. Chanote title. BANG TAO HOUSE ESTATE SITE VARIOUS SEAVIEW LAND Thailand’s first national PROPERTIES Asking price: 30 million 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, Beautiful piece of land oppo- 6.1 rai in Mai Khao. Chanote. baht. No agents! Tel: 087- swimming pool, Sat TV, ADSL, video property portal has in Kata-Rawai from 2.8 million site Yacht Haven Marina. Tel: 084-4413871. Email: 2709093. Email: a.pueng fully furnished, 2 parking just been launched. Sell your to 35 million baht. Contact Ready to build on, road ac- sawasdee-khrap@hotmail. @gmail.com spaces. Tel: 084-8516121. own property with video or David. Tel: 084-0639223. com cess, water, electricity. 7 rai www.phukethome.ws photos and download your with more than 180 meters free “for sale” sign. Email: of beach frontage. For quick [email protected] For fur- sale. Only 5.9 million baht per LOOKING FOR ther details visit our website rai. Tel: 081-3430777. INVESTMENT? at www.thailandproperty.tv Looking for an investment: any land or uncompleted HOUSE ON POOL VILLA CHALONG BAY project? Please contact BangTao, 3 bedrooms, 2 Quiet location in Chalong Bay, Michael with information. bathrooms, sat TV, ADSL. Khao Khad area, 3 bedrooms, Tel: 081-8937720. Email: Big living room, 2 car-park- 2 bathrooms, living room, fully [email protected] Visit ing spaces. 6 million baht. equipped kitchen, fully fur- our website at www. Tel: 084-8516121. Website: nished, freehold. 2.9 million bayproject.com www.phukethome.ws baht. Tel: 084-8528096. KATA SEAVIEW LAND VILLA IN BANG TAO 1,100sqm, full sea view, ac- 10 mins to Laguna, 4 bed- HOUSE IN KATHU cess road, electricity. Includes rooms, 4 bathrooms, swim- 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, plans for 19 apartments. 12.5 ming pool, fully furnished. 13 pool, 2 floors on 222sqm of million baht. This is the best million baht. Tel: 081-8976998 land. 7.95 million baht. Tel: land. Contact Tim. Tel: 087- (English), 089-6995136 (Thai). 081-9251730. 8938747. KOH SAMUI PERFECT LAND LAND PLOT 2.3 SEAVIEW LAND FOR SALE MILLION BAHT Hillside sea view on Koh on the main road to Cherng 900sqm. Land plot with under- Samui. Size: 3,200sqm, or 2 Talay and Surin. 43 rai, 1 ground electricity and water rai. Chanote. Tel: 02-277- ngan, 85sq wah. For sale by supply in quiet, secure com- 1992, 083-6113020. Fax: owner. 5.5 million baht per munity next to Mission Hills 02-9610072. Email: phara rai. Tel: 081-9562406. golf course. For sale at only [email protected] For further Email: phatsarar@gmail. 2.3 million baht. No agents details, please visit www. com please. Tel: 081-2712825. lovesamui.com Looking for land to buy? See more classified ads at www.phuketgazette.net July 5 - 11, 2008 CLASSIFIEDS PHUKET GAZETTE 45 Property Gazette

BEAUTIFUL SPACIOUS NEW BUILDING NAI YANG LAND NEW VILLA FOR SALE

9.5 rai, beachfront. 5 min- New European-style villa in utes to Phuket Airport. Ask- quiet area in Rawai. Quality ing price: 120 million baht. building, large living area and Chanote. Must see. No huge terrace, 3 bedrooms agents. Contact by email: with aircon, 3 bathrooms (en [email protected] suite), 1 separate guest toilet, Western kitchen, laundry, garage, wall and gate, CHALONG VILLA tropical garden, True TV, 650sqm plot, Chanote title. Price: 9.5 million baht. Con- tact Paula. Tel: 084-844- AO POR LAND in busy area, Soi Sai Nam LUXURY HOUSE PHUKET COUNTRY 1486. Email: meeuwissen FOR SALE CLUB [email protected] Yen, Patong Beach. * 4 stories 2-BEDROOM VILLA * 8 apartments on floors 2, 800sqm, 4 bedrooms, 3 Kamala, 2 bedrooms, swim- 3, 4 bathrooms, swimming ming pool and Jacuzzi, very * Chanote title pool. Tel: 084-0645908. nice area. 7.5 million baht. * Electricity, water 50% private finance may be 2 minutes to the beach for sale or rent. Mission offered. Chanote title. Tel: * GOLFER’S Asking price: Heights community, 5 PARADISE LAND 081-1873451. Email: paulliley 150 rai, Nor Sor 3 Gor, mins from Mission Hills 52 million baht. opposite Mission Hills Golf @yahoo.co.uk sea view. From 2.5 million Golf Club. House 270sqm, Course. 1.43 rai, Chanote Tel: 087-2709093, baht per rai. No agents. 3 bedrooms, en-suite bath- title. Only 2.8 million baht. BEACHFRONT LAND 081-8687676. Please contact by email: rooms with bath and Tel: 081-8924126. Email: 2 large plots, west coast [email protected] shower, large Western [email protected] beach, undeveloped, suitable SHOPHOUSE PATONG kitchen, 90sqm pool com- for large hotel or condo devel- Tel: 087-8817600. 65 steps plete with seating area, Duplex renovation project di- HOUSE NEAR BIS opment. Serious inquiries by to Bangla Rd. Please see our CONTEMPORARY fully furnished throughout, rectly on 15th fairway for 2-story house, 3 bedrooms, 2 email: info@phuketproperty website at www.phuket VILLA complete with solar heat- sale. Reduced price. See bathrooms with ample parking investor.com shophouse.com ing. Tel: 089-4720918. www.fairway15.com for space and nice landscape. full details. Tel: 081- Total area: 336sqm. 4.5 mil- THAI STYLE HOME EXCEPTIONAL 8941994. lion baht. Tel: 089-7247073. near Laguna. 3 bedrooms, 2 BARGAIN EXCEPTIONAL Email: jutima021@hotmail. bathrooms, 150sqm of living House located in desirable BARGAIN area. 7.5 million baht. Tel: CHALONG com and secure estate. For sale at House located in desirable 087-8938590. TOWNHOUSE 6.9 million baht. 3 bedrooms and secure estate for sale 3.5 million baht, 1 minute to DETACHED HOUSE, (2 en suite), 3 bathrooms, liv- 4 bedrooms with terraces, 6 at 6.9 million baht. 3 bed- PATONG STUDIO Chalong pier, 34sq wah, 2 sto- YANUI ing room, study, kitchen, bathrooms (master with rooms (2 with en suite), 3 ries, 3 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, fully renovated and furnished 2-bedroom, own parking, diner, veranda, ADSL, True double Jacuzzi), 4m x 12m bathrooms, living room, living room, kitchen, unfur- 1.95 million baht, freehold. swimming pool. 3.4 million TV. Fenced garden about pool with Jacuzzi, living study, kitchen/diner, stor- nished, 3 telephone numbers. Tel: 089-9715664. baht. Tel: 084-8486139. 500sqm, use of clubhouse room, dining room, Western age/laundry room. Veran- Nice, quiet & safe area. Con- and pool, furnished. Tel: 084- kitchen, maid’s room, solar das up and downstairs, fit- tact Kay. Negotiable. Tel: 076- 3-BEDROOM HOUSE PATONG CONDOS, 8439579. Email: somlerdee hot water, sala, built-in BBQ, ted furnishings, ADSL,& 236590, 081-8955628. Fax: NEAR BIS FREEHOLD @yahoo.com parking for 3 cars, electric True TV. Fenced garden, 076-236590. Email: kay.boon 3-bedroom waterfront town- 2 freehold condos in Patong. 1 gate and nice tropical garden approx 500sqm, use of es- @hotmail.com house for sale. Tel: 076- bedroom, 54sqm each. Just PANORAMIC SEAVIEW set on a 1,606sqm land plot tate clubhouse and swim- 273466. Fax: 076-238948. 350m to the beach. 4.6 million 3.5 rai in Chalong with access with more than 400sqm of ming pool nearby. Tel: 084- PATONG BEACH LAND baht/unit. Under construction. living area. Tel: 081- Email: info@phuketproperty road and utilities. 9.5 million 8439579. Fax: 076-323- 7 rai, good location. Chanote Will be fully furnished. Tel: 081- 970-7019. Email: nisaya19 trip.com For further details, baht per rai. Tel: 086-949- 421. Email: somlerdee@ available, roadside plot. Con- 9793369. Email: phudtheera @yahoo.com see our website: www. 6480. Email: thipsee84@ yahoo.com tact Alex for details. Tel: 089- @phuketrealty.net phuketpropertytrip.com hotmail.com 7231682. Email: patongland LAND IN AO NANG BANGLA SHOPHOUSE @gmail.com 4 rai in Ao Nang, Krabi. for sale. Ideal investment. Se- Chanote. 3.5 million baht per rious buyers only. No agents. FOR SALE rai. Tel: 084-8502499. Tel: 081-8306007. Email: Two 5-rai plots (8,493sqm [email protected] and 8,46sqm) in Tambon KHAO LAK Thepkrasattri, Thalang. Al- HOUSE/VILLA CHIANG MAI most level, dry, secluded land 1 rai of Khao Lak land (Cha- near Thalang east side. Adja- note) with house/villa for sale. LUXURY HOME Exquisite 4-bedroom home in cent land already built on with Top residential area close to large, elegant houses. Titles: Bang Niang Beach. For details landscaped estate, 10 minutes from town. Fully fur- full Chanote, water, electric- call 081-7874043 (Eng) or ity. 1.5m baht/rai. Contact 081-8825069 (Thai). Email: nished and adorned with antique art pieces. 17.5 million Michael. Tel: 076-521591. wolly.woerner@subaqua- Fax: 076-521592. Email: khaolak.com baht. A unique investment opportunity. Tel: 053-862450, [email protected] 081-4726494. Email: chris@ HOUSE FOR chiangmailifestyle.com YAMU HILLS, SALE OR RENT Website: www.chiangmai PA KHLOK lifestyle.com 3km from Heroines’ Monu- Private Land, fully developed. ment, 3 bedrooms, 2 bath- Sea view, Chanote, 4 million rooms, newly furnished, com- HOUSE, RAWAI baht per rai. For more infor- munity pool. 2.75 million baht. for sale. 4 million baht. Living mation contact Royal Coast Rent: 20,000 baht per month. room, dining room, 2 bath- Co Ltd. Tel: 076-353926, Tel: 080-5358767, 0011- rooms, 2 bedrooms, 2 ter- 081-3966060. Email: earn 760-7808584 (US) . Email: races, carport, own water. [email protected] [email protected] Tel: 084-8463826. 46 PHUKET GAZETTE CLASSIFIEDS July 5 - 11, 2008 Property Gazette

Properties NICE AND COZY RAWAI POOL MAGNIFICENT THE WHITE HOUSE For Rent HOUSE FOR RENT RESIDENCE SEA VIEWS VILLA

CHALONG, 3 BEDROOMS

Furnished and excellent lo- 1, 2 or 3 bedrooms. 9,000 over Phang Nga and sandy cation, 5 mins from Rawai & baht per month. 100m from fringed islands. Spacious pri- Nai Harn beaches. 162sqm. Rawai Temple. Tel: 086- vate villa, 3 bedrooms, 4 bath- 2 bedrooms with private 9408914. Email: p.pimada rooms, large garden and bathrooms. 1 guest toilet. 3 @gmail.com swimming pool. Internet, se- Rent or sale. Luxury 3-bed- aircons. Large living-dining curity. In Cape Yamu, only 10 room, 3-bathroom house, 5 For more information email room. Telephone line with mins to BIS and Marina. No mins walk to beach, in small, [email protected] ADSL. Free water supply NEW HOUSE dogs. 80,000 baht per month. for rent or sale (27.5 million quiet development, open- and garbage service. (BAANDON) Tel: 086-2796283. baht). The White House Villa plan living area, wooden Please contact K. Nui. Tel: is one of the finest tropical floors, Italian kitchen, ADSL, THAI-STYLE HOUSE 087-3830936. pool villas in Patong. Best lo- True TV. Must see. Long- NICE HOUSE cation for nightlife and tour- term rent: 39,000 baht/ ing Phuket. Located high on month. For sale at 7 million HOUSE RENT the hill above the Amari baht. Tel: 086-5097510. OR SALE Coral Beach Resort at the Email: simonsthomas@ south end of Patong. No hotmail.com agents! Email: png.phuket @gmail.com BAAN ROCK GARDEN for rent. Fully furnished, 2 BYPASS 5 800m from Heroines’ Monu- bedrooms, True TV, air- FOR RENT, RAWAI New two-story houses for con, hot water, kitchen, ment, 3 bedrooms, 2 bath- rent. 3 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, private terrace with sea rooms, fully furnished, nice fitted kitchen, large garden. view, on the hill opposite Phanason Kathu, furnished. Sales & rent near Laguna, 2 garden at corner. Fully fitted 18,000 baht per month. Tel: Safari Pub. Tropical gar- Single house, 2 bedrooms. bedrooms, fully furnished, kitchen, 2 TVs with cable TV 089-8684644. den. 40,000 baht/month. Ready to move in to. Tel: just bring your bag. 23,000 installed, 3 aircons, telephone 1-year contract. Tel: 089-6628733. baht/month, 1-year contract. line with ADSL. 21,000 baht/ BEACHFRONT, 089-8742960. Email: Tel: 089-8742960. Email: month for 2-year contract or CHALONG [email protected] [email protected] 23,000 baht/month for 1- KAMALA year contract. Tel: 081- 2-bedroom house, aircon, 4- and 2-bedroom furnished BEACHFRONT VILLAS houses. Bay veiws, swimming NEW CHALONG HOME 8512280. Email: dennis.mo cable TV, Internet. Short- KATHU - NEW HOUSE Fully furnished to a high stan- @hot mail.com term rent: 18,000 baht per pools. 10,000 and 23,000 baht 2-bedroom, furnished home Newly built modern house dard. Western kitchen. 3 bed- month. Tel: 081-0912905. per month. Tel: 089-4706104. near Loch Palm. 3 bedrooms, rooms, 2 bathrooms, lounge and for rent. Phone line, True TV, aircon, European kitchen. dining areas. Large balcony over- aircon. Tel: 089-6521473. NEW HOUSE HOUSE AT CHALONG Rent: 25,000 baht per month. looking pool and landscaped gar- for rent. Thalang, 3 Bedrooms, 5-BEDROOM HOME for rent near Palai Beach. 2 or Tel: 086-3355408. Email: den. Stunning sea views, only SURIN APARTMENTS 142sqm, True TV, furnished. WITH POOL NEAR BIS Luxury house with swimming 3 bedrooms, aircon, fully fur- [email protected] meters from the beach. Pri- Beautiful 3-bedroom and 1- Only 25,000 baht/month. Tel: pool. 100,000 Baht/month. nished, phone line. Tel: 089- www.phuketrental.google vately gated, parking and stor- bedroom apartments 100m 084-1824505. Tel: 076-239839, 081-877- 7288311. pages.com/home age. True TV and ADSL. In- from the beach available for 9292. Fax: 076-239839. cludes daily cleaning and wash- short- (3 months) and long- HOUSE IN Email: [email protected] DETACHED HOUSE, KATHU ing, pool & gardening service. term lease. Please email PHANG NGA YANUI GOLF-VIEW VILLA Monthly rental:75, 000 baht. [email protected] for rent. A traditional Thai- 2 bedrooms, own parking, Contact Khun Suchada. Tel: CAPE PANWA for rent. 4 bedrooms, 5 bath- house situated near Phang LUXURY HOME swimming pool. 25,000 baht rooms, big pool, 4km to BIS, 084-8436837. Email: suchada_ HOUSE RENTAL Nga Town. It has a beautiful 5 Bedrooms, overlooking bay, per month. Tel: 084-8486139. lake, hill and valley view. [email protected] Waterside 2-story house at view, natural surroundings, on long term, Chalong. New home, Quiet, on top of private hill, www.phuket-island-homes .com Land & Houses. Furnished, 3 the way to Sa Nang Manora beautiful 3 bedrooms. Nai Harn furnished, Wi-Fi, True TV, SURIN APARTMENT bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, hot Forest Park. 2 bedrooms. condos, 2 bedrooms, 100m to Long term: 65,000 baht per 50sqm, 700 metres to the NEW TOWNHOUSE water, 4 aircons. Long-term Monthly rent: 20,000 baht. the beach. Tel: 087-8794421 month. Tel: 087-2698492. beach. Pool and restaurant. for rent near British Interna- rental from August: 40,000 Includes water and electricity. (Khun Sue), 083-3904176 From 10,000 baht per week. tional School. 3 bedrooms, fully baht/month, negotiable. In- Please contact K. Poo. Email: (Khun Bua). Tel: +46-70-7327657. Email: furnished. 20,000 baht per [email protected] LUXURY HOUSE cludes ADSL. Contact Khun [email protected] month. Tel: 081-9241447. Nee. Tel: 076-367077. for rent. 4 bedrooms, 4 bath- BEAUTIFUL rooms, beautifully furnished, WANT TO RENT DETACHED HOUSE B.L. APARTMENT pool, garden. Pool cleaning OFFICE: 12,000 BAHT LAND RENTAL/SALE AT LAGUNA? Well maintained, fully furnished, New in Kathu. Big rooms, 1 and gardening included. 5 PER MONTH Rawai, Nai Harn, good prices. Allamanda apartment or reason- all services, parking, tropical bedroom, 1 living room, aircon, minutes from Mission Hills 40sqm on 1st floor. Separate We have it, we find it or we ably priced Laguna townhouse garden, quiet. 15,000 baht per cable TV, ADSL, hot shower, golf course. Contact K. So. toilet, Phuket City. Tel: 081- make it. Contact K. Bua or K. wanted for long-term rent. Tel: month. Tel: 081-9795755. garden, car park. 8,000 baht Tel: 081-3444473. 3317693. Email: chayath@ Sue. Tel: 085-7955383, 087- 086-9920777. Email: jbettles Email: info@sawasdeephuket per month. Tel: 081-6923163. gmail.com 8974421. @emtex.com property.com July 5 - 11, 2008 CLASSIFIEDS PHUKET GAZETTE 47 Property Gazette

THE NETWORK Property PROPERTY.COM Accommodation Household Wanted Advertise your property with Available Items us free of charge. We are also looking for staff. Tel: 084- LARGE FISH TANK PATONG CONDO 6268105, 086-7291391. TOTAL NEW ROOM WANTED FOR RENT COFFEE TABLE Dark brown with 3 sides of Foreigner looking to buy condo 40sqm, cable TV, aircon, POOL & PUMP glass. Glass top with wood freehold. 2-room unit in any SERVICE 100m to Patong beach, 1 condition, 1 bedroom, central trim. Comes with pumps and Professional pool-cleaning ser- year: 240,000 baht. Tel: 089- location, near beach. Email: filter. Will set it up. 20,000 vices. 3 visits per week: 2,500 2872656. [email protected] baht ono. Tel: 086-9548729. baht for a standard pool. Pump Email: [email protected] and equipment service in- NEW HOUSE IN PHUKET CITY LAND WANTED IN house with full range of home CHALONG AREA services. Western-managed New house at Villa Suanluang. LAKE-VIEW THE LOFTS, BIG SALE DUE TO company. Call Michael. Tel: Close to Lotus, Big C. Never APARTMENT SURIN BEACH RELOCATION Approx 600sqm or 160sq 076-281327, 081-8954480. rented. 3 bedrooms, aircon, 2 wah wanted in Chalong or All items are 12 months Email: [email protected] showers, kitchen, living room, old, hardly used, in excellent Rawai area. Price nego- fully furnished, cable TV. tiable. Contact Mr Roy. Tel: condition, one female 22,000 baht/month. Tel: owner, nearest offers will 081-1876940. Email: bath VILLA 086-6837162,086- [email protected] be accepted. Siemens wash- MANAGEMENT 6837162.Email: ing machine: 15,000 baht. by self-employed person. I [email protected] Cream sofa: 18,000 baht. LONG-TERM RENTAL have 7 years’ experience rooms and houses for rent in 1- and 2-bedroom loft-style Pine table, 130cm x 76cm wanted for family. Location: with real estate and property 2,900-BAHT ROOM Kathu (nice view). Standard apartments. Ultra-modern and 4 chairs: 3,000 baht. Patong, Kata or Karon. Tel: 084- management in Australia. WITH POOL rooms and studio rooms, fur- design, open-plan living at its Tefal worktop cooker: 8989274. Have worked with hotel nished, complete with aircon, best. Sit on your balcony 13,000 baht. Philips DVD management in Phu ket re- The Sky, a 4-star "Hip" CCTV, motorbike parking overlooking Surin Beach. and CD stereo: 6,000 baht. ABOUT 1 RAI sort for 3 years. Can provide hotel with 12 rooms, from and car parking. House: 2 Within walking distance of Outside plastic table and 3 WITH SEA VIEW high-quality service and villa 1,500 baht per night. Tel: bedrooms, kitchen, living restaurants, bars, taxis and chairs: 800 baht. Size 4 tap WANTED management at fair prices. 076-261940, 087-418- room, 3 aircons, bathroom ATMs. All apartments fea- shoes: 2,000 baht. Zoggs at a maximum of 6 million baht. Can carry out professional 4428. Fax: 076-261944. with bathtub and shower. Has ture 42” flat-panel TVs and training goggles: 1,000 Kata, Chalong, Rawai, Nai duties set out in the manage- Email: prakaisriroj@ a lake view from deck. fully equipped Smeg kitch- baht. Philips Cucina juicer Harn. Contact with details. ment agreement, including hotmail.com For further Quiet, clean, natural sur- ens. From 37,500 baht per and blender: 1,500 baht. Tel: 089-9728544. Email: housekeeping & mainte- details, please visit www. roundings. 28/69 Moo 2, month. Visit: www. phuket Tel: 084-8491323. Email: [email protected] nance of property. Can orga- gracegardensphuket.com Wichit Songkhram Rd, west.com for details. Spe- [email protected] nize flight tickets and activi- Kathu. Contact for further in- cial offer: free Wi-Fi. Tel: ties as well as other requests. KATA APARTMENT formation. Tel: 076-202585, 081-5372018. Email: Property Tel:087-1006111. Email: for rent. Fully furnished, steam 089-1968449. Fax: 076- [email protected] Household [email protected] Services sauna, swiming pool, gym, 202911. Email: lakeview Services restaurant, elevator, parking. apartment_phuket Close to the beach. 25,000 BUNGALOW, baht per month. Tel: 087- NAI HARN 8938747. FREEDOM APARTMENTS 1 bedroom, fully furnished, hot shower, air condition- KATA BEACH on Soi Khuanyang. Fully fur- ing, cable TV, CDMA Net. Best low-season offer. Rooms nished, aircon, cable TV. 7,500 Short or long term: 7,500 from 400 baht, free Wi-Fi on baht/month. Contact for more baht per month. Tel: 081- computers or guests’ laptops. details Tel: 084-8450541, 081- 6913029, 089-7286242. www.southernfriedrice.com 8914561. 15% off Phuket’s best Thai Email: kris_ silanachai@ food. Contact us for more infor- yahoo.com mation. Tel: 081-8948446. SHANTI LODGE Please also see comments at Shanti Lodge, 1/2501 www.hostelworld.com Bangrae Rd, Ao Chalong. Accommodation Swimming pool, Wi-Fi, elec- Wanted tricity included. Double Classified Advertisements room with fan: 6,500- 8,500 baht per month. HIGH-STANDARD Please use this form to write your classified advertisement. Double room with aircon: HOUSE Then hand it to any of our agents. 10,000-12,500 baht per Fully furnished one-bedroom month. Room with kitchen: flat or small house in central 16,500 baht per month. area. Call with details. Tel: |_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_| (heading) Tel: 076-280233, 081- 081-2737326. 5363134. For details, visit: www.shantilodge.com |_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_| Building ROOMS IN PATONG Products |_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_| Aircon, cable TV, ceiling fan, & Services PHUKET HOME fridge, Wi-Fi, restaurant, bar MAINTENANCE & pool. Daily rate: 500 baht, Construction, renovation, |_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_| monthly rate: 7,000 baht. Call electricians, plumbers, car- Andy. Tel: 087-2825086. POOL SALT penters, painters, tilers, gar- CHLORINATOR deners, keycard setting, sand |_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_| PATONG LUXURY Self cleaning, electronic, 2- wash and gutter. Call K. Rin APARTMENT year warranty. New – still in at 084-1935124. the box. 25,000 baht. For Center Patong, 1 and 2 bed- more info call 084-1368154 rooms. Please contact for MOVING SERVICES or 086-6845368. Email: |_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_| more info at Tel: 076-341827 Leaving Phuket? Heading north? info@hite mp.co.za Visit: or email for info and photos. Loading, unloading. Fair rates. www.hitemp.co.za Classified ads are charged per line. Each line is 120 baht, Email: [email protected] Tel: 081-7761490. with a minimum of 4 lines (heading included) per ad. All advertising must be paid for in advance. Deadline for Property Gazette page: Friday 3 pm. Looking for land to buy? Deadline for all other ads: Saturday 12 noon. 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BOAT FOR SALE FIBERGLASS New 36-foot fiberglass SPEEDBOAT THAI-REGISTERED flybridge vessel. Ideal for div- for sale, Thai registered 11- SPEEDBOAT ing, sightseeing. Please con- meter fiberglass hull, perfect tact for more information. condition, 3 years old, 2 en- Email: [email protected] gines: Yamaha V6 200hp. 990,000 baht. Contact Kay. FISHING BOAT Tel: 081-8955628. Email: 13 meters. 185 Hino engine [email protected] with auto trans. Registered for 12 pax. Wood and fiber- SPEEDBOAT WANTED with two Yamaha 200 en- glass, Thai built. Outriggers, 33ft+ speedboat required. gines in good condition. Price: fish finder and depth finder. Please send photo with details 650,000 baht. Tel: 085- Pics available. 600,000 of age, specs and engine running 7820586, 087-8846788. baht. Tel: 076-388478, hours, etc. Up to 1 million baht. 083-5207308. Email: Tel: 084-8463816. Email: FAMILY SAILING [email protected] [email protected] DINGHY 24 FOOT CRUISER 4.52m/15ft. Easy sail for STILETTO 27 SPORT husband-wife, parent-child 2-liter Nissan diesel I/O. CATAMARAN combos. Outstanding stability Wood and fiberglass, water, Tel: 089-5871862. Email: and fiberglass hull. Designed to toilet, depth sounder, radio. [email protected] be sailed by a man and a Photo available. Priced for Info at Typhoon Sails website: woman. Can deliver exciting quick sale: 250,000 baht. Tel: www.typhoonsails.com/ performance without using 06-388478, 083-520 7308. stiletto.html spinnaker or trapeze. Small Email: gerrybfoster@hot class on island, so can race. mail.com HIGH QUALITY R.I.B. Four hours free tuition with SPEED BOAT sale. 125,000 baht. Wind 795,000 baht. Call or email comes free. Tel: 081-539- BUSINESS for details. Tel: 076-521133, Thai-registered 12.90 meter 9560. Email: oystcove@ 087-8945643. Email: lord loxinfo.co.th speedboat in excellent condi- [email protected] tion. Takes 22 pax + 3 crew. Twin Yamaha 200v6 engines CENTER CONSOLE, SUZUKI BOAT 6-METER IMPORT and 7 different inflatables to ENGINE 250 make it all fun for your custom- Our best bargain! Quick sale for 4 Stroke. Excellent condition. ers. Comes with life jackets cash. Contact Andrew. Tel: Tel: 086-2781291. and snorkeling equipment, a 081-8941530, 083-3927150. Email: wunchart-thannawat@ registered company, a Thai SPEEDBOAT HULL captain and one boat boy. hotmail.com 37-foot wooden hull, 2 years Price: 1,000,000 baht. Tel: old, perfect condition. 275,000 081-8914381. Email: baht. Contact Nicolas (Tel: [email protected] 081-7286188) or Kat (Tel: 084-7463032). Email: nicolas SEA DOO JET BOAT [email protected] SPEEDBOAT FOR SALE 33-foot wooden hull, perfect condition, 1 ½ years old. 2 engines: Yamaha V6 200hp. Fully equipped for diving. 900,000 1996 Speedster, 2 x 85hp baht. Contact Nicolas at Tel: reconditioned Rotax engines 081-7286188 or Jano at Tel: and new road-legal trailer. 083-5905464. Email: nicolas Excellent condition. 380,000 [email protected] baht. Tel: 081-0888271. Email: [email protected] 10-METER CATAMARAN 33-FOOT WOODEN HULL in perfect condition, 1½ years old, 2 engines, Yamaha V6, 200hp, 250 hours, 900,000 baht. Contact Jano. Tel: 083- 5905464. New! 4 double-berth cabins, BUSINESS FOR SALE 37sqm sailing area, 9hp 4- 52-foot charter yacht, suc- stroke Honda. Built in 2008 cessfully run by couple in in wood epoxy composite. Phuket for 10 years. Price: 590,000 baht. Tel: 087- US$95,000. Tel:081-677- 4618089. 1641. July 5 - 11, 2008 CLASSIFIEDS PHUKET GAZETTE 49 Island Job Mart

ASIA PACIFIC THE YAMU HOTEL SOLUTIONS The Yamu Hotel, scheduled We are currently seeking to open in early 2009, will people for the following po- feature 65 villas, 67 deluxe sitions: rooms, 2 duplex suites with - Accountant private pools, a spa, imagina- -Customer Service Repre- tive restaurants, wine cellar, sentatives private kitchen, cigar room, chocolate room, a 100m - Telemarketers (must speak swimming pool and a bou- English) tique, is currently looking for - Graphic Designer (must be a dedicated professional to proficient using Flash) fill the position of Club Butler: All applicants should be • Female or male Thai nationals under 30 • Thai national years of age. • 25 to 30 years old Student applications considered. • Minimum 1 year of experience in similar position Please send your CV including your expected salary to • Fluent spoken English [email protected] • Outgoing & friendly per- SELL ADVERTISING NURSERY PROPERTY CARE sonality AJAX PHP Siam Real Estate requires a Thai ASSISTANT SERVICES PROGRAMMERS Tel: 076-360846, Fax: to sell web banner advertising Female Thai national required Electronic Security Sales Ex- MOUNTAIN BIKE 076-360849. Email: zai@ Freelancers welcome for space in Phuket. Must have Mon-Fri 8:30 am-4 pm. Enthu- ecutive required. Thai nation- large Internet project. Please TOUR LEADER theyamu.com For further outgoing personality and speak siasm and a love of children als, degree in a related field, details, please see our contact for more details. good English. Good commis- needed. 7,000 baht/month. 4 2 or more years' sales expe- Amazing Bike Tours is Tel: 084-6644050. Email: looking for a Tour Leader. website at http://ghmhotels. sions. Tel:076-288908. Email: weeks paid holiday per year + rience. Please contact us for com [email protected] [email protected] Thai national holidays. Con- more information. Tel: 076- Applicants must Thai na- tact for interview. Tel: 089- 376557, 081-9586879. tionals, speak good English, SHARP & SMART 9711813. Email: info@abc Fax: 076-376560. Email: provide excellent customer SPEECH, LANGUAGE service, be passionate ENGLISH-SPEAKING 50m motor yacht looking for nurseryphuket.com [email protected] THERAPIST about biking and be able to lady required for morning and full crew, career-minded Regular one-on-one sessions work full time. Tel: 076- afternoon help. Must have car people. Excellent salary, will SECRETARY TO GM RECEPTIONIST required with a 4/5-year-old 283436, 087-263 2031. or motorbike. Please contact train. All nationalities may ap- Need female English native for beautiful small guesthouse English child with delayed Fax: 076-283436. Email: for more info. Tel: 086-745- ply. Tel:076-2282468,085- speaker to serve as secretary in Karon. Tel: 086-2718254. speech development. Special- info@amazingbiketoursthailand. 8832. Email: gregmackay67 2748626. Send resume & to GM of Pornthip Seastore. Email:ninapartments@ ist experience essential. Email: @hotmail.com photo to [email protected] Email: [email protected] hotmail.com asia [email protected] Gazette Online Classifieds – 10,000 readers every day! 50 PHUKET GAZETTE CLASSIFIEDS July 5 - 11, 2008 Island Job Mart

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Requirements: - Diploma or bachelor’s degree in any related field - Minimum of 1-year experience. We also welcome new graduates. - Knowledge of Microsoft Office, Excel and email correspondence. - Good written and spoken English communication skills. - Pleasant personality, service minded with excellent interpersonal skills. Interested candidates are requested to submit their applications together with a resume of career to date, present salary, expected salary, references and a recent photo to the address shown below. PK International Law Office Co Ltd 18/9, 17 Moo 8, Chao Fa East Rd, Chalong, Muang, Phuket 83130. Tel: 076- 384014, 076-381055. Fax: 076-381252. Email: [email protected]

EASYLINK PHUKET EXPERIENCED SALES We are looking for an experi- lady for real estate work at Employment enced salesperson. Must our Kata office. Good English speak English. Excellent ben- essential, good salary, good Wanted efits and commissions in commission. Contact David. Phuket. Please contact "Q" Please contact for more info SALES TECHNICIAN by phone 076-257020. Fax: Tel: 084-0639223. Email: Foreign male, 20-35 year old, 076-257008 or by email at: [email protected] must have sales & technical [email protected] knowledge. Direct salesmen WINNERS! are welcome. Tel: 076- We need 5 special ladies to 214281, 089-873 6889. SEEKING LIVE-IN promote an exciting new con- Fax: 076-235289. Email: MAID cept at our resort in Patong. [email protected] Seeking long-term maid in You should have experience private luxury house (Thai in marketing, sales, PR or & farang) in Kamala. Du- tourism and welcome new SUCCESSFUL ties: cleaning, laundry, gro- challenges. High earning po- HOTELIER cery shopping and cooking. tential. Send applications and Seeking mid-level to execu- We offer: 10,000 baht for photos with CV by email: tive-management position. 1st & 2nd month, then [email protected] Previous 250-room Ameri- 12,500 for good work. For can hotel GM will guarantee GRAPHIC DESIGNERS NANNY / female aged 25-38, with you a profitable low season Urgent. Interior design company HOUSEKEEPER RESTAURANT hotel experience and flu- INTERMEDIATE and a super high season. requires a Thai national with ex- 20-30 years old, Thai and En- STAFF WANTED ent English. Tel: 086- C++ Please contact for more info. perience and good knowledge of glish skills, sporty, driving li- A new restaurant in the La- 1727974. Email: surat. PROGRAMMER Tel: 085-7932477. Email: AutoCad and Photoshop. Con- cence. Good salary. Send CV; guna area is recruiting: [email protected] C++/Web Programmer [email protected] tact Khun Sopit. Tel: 085- start job around August. Email: - Sushi Chef for fashion website. For- 8831695.Email: [email protected] - Cashier eigner Only. Work from [email protected] EASYLINK PHUKET CREATIVE CHEF - Service Attendants Part-time/freelance salesper- Home in Phuket. Visa/Work Permit available. 40-60,000 AVAILABLE SECRETARY / - Bartender sons required. Must speak EXPERIENCED COOK baht per month. Tel: 087- Creative American chef ASSISTANT - Dishwasher English; other languages an needed for international bistro in Require a Thai lady with advantage. Excellent ben- 2661524.Email: anthony with 20 years’ experience - Cleaning Lady Kata. Good English essential. good English and an outgo- efits and commissions. Please [email protected] seeks to relocate to Accommodation may be avail- ing personnality. Good sal- Tel: 085-4738028. Email: contact "Q" by phone at Tel: For further information, Phuket. For more info, able. Contact David for more in- ary and commissions. Tel: [email protected] 076-257020. Fax 076- please see our website at please contact me. Tel: formation. Tel: 084-0639223. 081-9583341.Email: Please email your resume (in 257008. or by email at: www.holyclothing.com/ +1-351-2011419. Email: Email: [email protected] [email protected] English) with a picture. [email protected] IT.html [email protected] Looking for a job? Looking for a better quality candidate? Find more Recruitment Classifieds at www.phuketgazette.net! July 5 - 11, 2008 CLASSIFIEDS PHUKET GAZETTE 51 Tout, Trader & Trumpet

MUSIC SALE MOSQUITO MAGNET PRIVATE SALE Articles 1,000 classical music mas- Mosquito magnet (Defender Gurios paintings, stereo, antique FORMING ARTISTS’ LIVESTOCK For Sale terpieces in MP3 format. model). Complete with gas oriental carpets. Call Heyno. Tel: COMMUNITY INVESTMENT Package: 6,000 baht. Tel: bottle and in good working 080-1453483. Email: heino International artist living in For sale: chicken farm 076-200148. order. Can deliver. Tel: 085- [email protected] Phuket wishing to organize project, on 8 rai of land in SELLING ALL 7895092. Email: davestacey local artists and people in- Ka Pong, Phang Nga. Guar- CONTENTS BOSE LIFESTLYE 50 [email protected] terested in art to share anteed income of 100,000 of a nightclub/disco and furni- 10+1 speakers, white, wall Bulletins work and ideas to better baht/month. Please con- ture for 4 bedrooms. Sofas, brackets, 6 CDs, touch- NINTENDO Wii the community and each tact for more information. tables, coolers, aircons, wa- screen remote, complete sys- Wii console with sports pack of us individually. Tel: 076- Tel: 087-2781784. Email: ter pumps, sound and lighting tem. 65,000 baht. Tel: 084- for sale – like new – only 2 381937, 087-0716063. [email protected] equipment, visual effects 4405438. months old and in original pack- Fax: 076-381937. Email: systems from the best fac- aging. Asking US$500. 3 ex- [email protected] tory. Everything is new. Used BAKERY KINGSIZE MATTRESS tra remotes for 4-person play only 6 months. Contact Paul. & RESTAURANT +ANTI-MITE for $150. Great family fun. Tel: 084-6455971. Email: for sale. Please visit www. Kingsize Carnation mattress Email: [email protected]. [email protected] Business bakeryforsale.info with anti-mite. Size: 6'6" x co.th Opportunities 5'6" (1830 x 1980 x SWIMMING POOL 150mm). Used only with HP 312 SAT NAV BOOKS FOR SALE SALE cover and only for 3 months. Complete with car kit. Only 1 BAR FOR SALE Many language books and 8-foot, easy to set up. Per- For sale because it’s too month old. In box and com- NANAI ROAD about 5,000 used books fect for kids to play in or hard for me. Pick up in plete. Unwanted gift. New: Bar with large kitchen, pool with bookshelves. Quick adults to relax in. Includes Rawai. Only 1,000 baht. Tel: 15,000 baht. Will sell for table, fully equipped and ready sale: 350,000 baht. Please filter. Only 7,000 baht. Email: 083-390-2970. Email: 10,000 ono. Tel: 085-789- to run. Monthly rent only contact K. Pui. Tel: 084- [email protected] [email protected] 5092. Email: davestacey 7,000 baht. Price: 490,000 1705552. [email protected] baht. Please contact K.Nat. AIRCONS SIERRA WIRELESS Tel: 089-6514279. Email: 15,000 BTU, 8 months old, AIRCARD BINOCULAR- [email protected] 7,000 baht. Tel: 085-030 ROOFTOP 4,000 baht, call after 2 pm. STABILIZED-14X40 RESTAURANT 0612. Comes with CD software. Fujinon Techno-Stabi image- PATONG HOTEL for rent on the top floor of Not for Vista; XP is OK. Tel: stabilizing binoculars. Water- for sale. 6-year lease, 22 Sinthavee Hotel, Phuket 40-INCH PLAZMA TV 076-296351, 081-0862772. proof. Come with yellow Peli- rooms, aircon, TV, hot water, City. Convenient for a res- 6 months old. 22,000 baht. Email: thewizardofrockandroll can case. Rarely used. 25,000 phone. 3-minute walk from taurant or bar. Also, a disco- (60,000 baht new). Tel: 085- @gmail.com baht. Please contact for more Bangla. 2.9 million baht. Tel: theque on the 2nd floor (with 0300612. information. Tel: 081-397- 085-0300612. SPONSOR license). Contact via email at AIR CONDITIONER 0905. Email: phil@asiaweb [email protected] MAHLE, ELGAR We have a 13,000 BTU Sap- works.com a needy child. The Phuket In- LIMITED LIABILITY Bach, brahms? 300-400 phire air conditioner for sale. ternational Women’s Club is COMPANY used classical CDS for sale, About 3-4 years old, serviced SAMSUNG LCD TV a volunteer organization rais- for sale in Thailand. Can BANGLA BAR many spares, good condi- annually. 10,000 baht. Come 32-inch screen, about 1 year ing funds for educational make work permit, acquire Popular Black Pearl bar now tion. Contact Ian. Tel: 086- take it away. Please contact old. 17,000 baht. Call or email scholarships. We rely on the land etc. 65, 000 baht. Tel: for sale. Located in soi beside 2680042. for more information. Tel: for more info. Tel: 089-972- goodwill of donors and spon- (66) 089-2875221. Email: Tiger discotheque. Tel: 086- 076-330967, 081-892 0474. 8544. Email: av58phuket@ sors – small and large. If you [email protected] 2785265. Email for website PANASONIC LCD Fax: 076-330990. Email: John yahoo.com would like to put something details. Email: wunchart- projector. Watch DVDs/foot- @siamdivers.com back into the community in BAR FOR SALE [email protected] which you live, contact us to ball on 100-inch white wall Bangla road area. Priced for find out more about giving a with 2m screen. 35,000 baht. PRO DJ SETUP AQUA ONE FISH quick sale at 1.2 million baht. prize or being a sponsor. Call Ian. Tel: 086-2680042. 2x Vestax turntables, Pioneer TANK Contact Kevin. Tel: 084- GUESTHOUSE Contact Carol (Tel: 087- DJM 600 mixer, 2x Behringer Rounded perspex, filter, built- 7300190. FOR SALE YAMAHA PIANO pre-amp speakers, 164 house 4178860. Email: carol. Apartments and massage in lights+pump, 75L. 4,500 [email protected]) or K. Sue Baby grand, black, 3 years records, 3xt cases, 70,000 baht. Tel: 084-4405438. MASSAGE BEAUTY shop in Kata Center for sale old. Tel: 089-2121254. baht. Tel: 084-4405438. (Tel: 087-2776948. Email: or rent. 5 bedrooms, aircon, [email protected]). SALON for sale. Brand new in Patong, cable TV, kitchentte. Tel: 120sqm. 750,000 baht. Con- 076-333171, 085-216- Agents for Classified Advertising tact Alex. Tel: 081-4954761. 4953. Email: saranya1974@ RED CORRECTION hotmail.com FILTER PHUKET Sea & Sea 4-inch (10cm) BEAUTY SALON red correction filter in good Great location on Sainamyen RESTAURANT, KATA Julapan Stationery Tel: 076-282254 condition. Free for someone Rd in Patong. 200,000 baht Well-established restaurant who can use it. Please con- for 3-year lease. Please con- ready for takeover. Please Chao Fa East Rd (next to Siam Commercial Bank) tact by email at info@ tact for more information. Tel: contact for more information. warmwaterdivers.com 086-9400022. Tel: 086-1203660. Khun Woody’s Sandwich Shoppe Tel: 076-282403 Fisherman’s Way Business Center, Chao Fa East Rd

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

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

Sin & Lee Tel: 076-258369 Thalang Rd, Phuket City Fax: 076-211230

Taurus Travel Tel: 076-344521/2 Aroonsom Plaza Rat-U-Thit 200 Pi Rd, Patong Fax: 076-344523

41 Minimart Tel/Fax: 076-324312 Srisoonthorn Rd, Cherng Talay

Deli Supermarket Tel: 076-342275 Rat-U-Thit 200 Pi Rd, Patong Fax: 076-344314 Property Information Center [PIC] 2nd Fl, Central Festival (in front of Siam Commercial Bank) 52 PHUKET GAZETTE CLASSIFIEDS July 5 - 11, 2008 Tout, Trader & Trumpet

ELEGANT GO-GO BAR SHOPHOUSE NIGHTCLUB IN STOP BAR FOR On busy soi off Soi Bangla. Bargain, 4-story shophouse KATA CENTER RENT/SALE Well established, good fix- with Chanote. There is a fully- Newly set up in Soi Sea tures and sound system, equipped restaurant on 1st and Dragon. Probably the most staff accommodation and 2 2nd floors. Fully furnished apart- beautiful bar in Patong. other upstairs rooms. Popu- ment on 3rd and 4th floors. Value: - 2 units lar dancers and a good web- 6.7 million baht. Now priced at -Top location near Soi site. Rent for 30,000 baht a only 5.5 million baht. Have to Bangla month. Sale price: 1.99 million baht. Contact Kevin. Tel: move out. Tel: 081-8915602. - 12 small rooms 084-7300190. SPORT FISHING - Top audio/video equipment COMPANY (Bose, Behringer, etc.) PATONG GOLDEN Turnkey, ready to start, - Running as a go-go or open TRIANGLE fully rigged. Tel: 081- bar is possible Rare opportunity. A chance to 7195766. Email: Fully equipped. Contact for stake a claim on Patong’s [email protected] information. Tel: 084-848- Golden Triangle. A prime re- SEAVIEW KATA NIGHT BAZAAR 3495 (K. Osi in German), tail rental unit is coming onto GUESTHOUSE 2.5 MILLION BAHT 089-5903968 (K. Holger the market this month. Lo- in English). Email: stop- cated on Bangla and next to in Patong. Must see. Great lo- - The only nightclub in Kata- [email protected] Pho- Thaweewong Rd (the beach cation. Contact Kevin. Tel: Karon and Chalong area. No tos at www.holgervolp.com road), this unit offers in ex- 084-7300190. competition! cess of 120sqm of prime retail - 3-story (mezzanine/balcony space. Lease terms negotiable RESTAURANT included), stock room, BARS, for the right client. Contact & INTERNET kitchen. GUESTHOUSES Thira Chanphum. Email: - Disco is located in a ‘govern- Bangla, Nanai. Many business pla.tuna@ yahoo.co.uk ment zoning area’. opportunities. For further details visit our website at - Top-brand sound, lighting, www.janepropertyphuket. THAI RESTAURANT effects and visual equip- com FOR RENT ment and systems, new Thai-style restaurant (house) with 2-year warranties. on Kamala hill, prime location, BARGAIN BAR for rent. Built traditional Thai - Has government licence. FOR SALE cafe for sale, huge potential, - All materials, equipment, way with 3 separate build- Located on Nanai Rd. League ings. Wi-Fi. 130,000 baht per 130sqm, 32-seat café, fully furniture, air conditioning and pool table, 6-month-old 42” equipped, HP/ PCS/ LCD/TV, coolers are new with war- month. Tel: 076-292980, plasma TV, music system, 086-9473432. Fax: 076- newly furnished decor and ranties. DVD and large pizza oven. seating, many extras, superb 292980. Email: thai_model - 3rd floor has 4 newly-fur- 500,000 baht. Tel: 083- location in Phuket City. Job of- [email protected] nished rooms with cable TV 6491300. fer forces sale. No sensible and air conditioning. offer refused. 850,000 baht. Tel: 086-5097510, 089- - 2 rooms with balcony and SHOP/OFFICE Business 1037000. Email: simons gardens/city view (Kata). SPACE FOR RENT Products & [email protected] - 2 rooms without balcony On main road, opposite the Services and sea view. Club Med hotel. 8m x 12m, Please contact for more lease renewable every 3 COFFEE SHOP/ years. Key money: 1 million CHIROPRACTIC CARE ICE CREAM / INT information. Tel: 087-6899679. baht. Rent: 18,000 baht per Dr. Richard P Cracknell. Price reduced for quick sale. A month. After 3 years, key Tel: 076-330889. Email: real bargain opportunity exists for money is 600,000 baht for 3 www.chiropractic- [email protected] you: a 2-bedroom house with a years with rent at 18,000 phuket.com shop & alfresco area at the front. baht. Don’t miss – big space! Rent includes the business and Tel: 081-4154883. Email: the living accommodation, all just PATONG [email protected] BLACK AND WHITE recently renovated. Price: 1.6 OPPORTUNITY Restaurant in Kathu. Top million baht, including furniture & Bars, go-gos, nightclub and service, meals from 30 baht. all business equipment. Monthly huge area suitable for club or FISH & CHIP Welcome.Tel: 076-319420. rent only 13,000 baht, with a re- other development. Very long RESTAURANT & BAR newable 3-year lease. Located lease available on excellent Business for lease in Patong. in Patong. Tel: 076-342338, terms. Starting from 750,000 Great returns & low costs. CUSTOMIZED 084-6976840. Fax: 076-342 baht. Phone Simon at Andaman Just 1.5 million baht. Call Simon ACCOUNTING 338. Email: terryballphuket Business Brokerage for further at Andaman Business Broker- Services, Tax, VAT, payroll, @gmail.com details. Tel: 084-3047700. age. Tel: 084-3047700. accounting systems, transla- tion. Reliable and efficient service. Contact Khun Mam. Tel: 086-4705809.

LEARN HOW TO BAKE CAKES Cordon Blue trained Thai Chef offering private lessons in baking and patisserie skills. Tel: 089-1037000.

TOURS IN PHUKET Plan 2 cultural and jungle tours. Full-day trips with English-speaking guide. Entrance fees, return jour- ney, transfers, set Thai meal and drinks included. Tel: 081-6911955. Email: plan2 [email protected]

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HONDA CIVIC 2007 CHEVROLET CLASSIC BMW 2002 Saloon Cars As new, only 6 months old. 480,000 BAHT 1974 black. All original. Pickups ISUZU D-MAX CAB 4 Low cost. New: 893,000 2002 Zafira 2.2 for sale. Only Driven daily. New tires. CD baht, bargain at 800,000 80,000km. 480,000 baht. player. Taxed. 150,000 baht. MITSUBISHI TRITON BMW525I SE, AUTO baht. Has 2½ years on war- Contact K. Nee. Tel: 081- Tel: 086-9488139. FOR RENT OR SALE ranty. Tel: 087-1612928. 8924311. Year 2006, automatic, 3.2-liter, 4-door, 4WD available for 1956 CHEVROLET MAZDA 323 long-term rent at 18,000 baht 2-door, V8, auto, power TOYOTA COROLLA 5-door, cheap, 49,000 baht. per month. Will sell for steering, power braking, OLD TIMER Good condition, air condition- 660,000 baht. Tel: 083- 2003. 100,000km. Perfect fully restored and modern- ing, stereo and lots of new 6419807. Email: twoin condition. Runs great. 3.0L, ized. 600,000 baht. Tel: parts. Contact Sunny for [email protected] automatic, only one owner. 35,000km, 2.5-year full guar- 086-2778461. more information. Tel: 083- Price: 510,000 baht. Con- antee. Free services. Pre- 2525509, 084-1841856. TOYOTA HILUX 2001 tact for more details. Tel: mium selection, metallic sil- TOYOTA CAMRY 87,000km, manual, 2.5 L Die- 087-2709093. Email: anut ver. Full option pack. 2.69 mil- 2003 sel, D4D, full options, DVD [email protected] lion baht. Tel: 076-326125, Black, 94,000km, 2.4-liter FORD LASER player. 370,000 baht. Tel: 076- 086-6865998. engine, 800,000 baht. Tel: 1969. Green, Mini Cooper TIERRA SV 344725, 089-2121254. PICKUP FOR SALE 089-8733952. Email: style, good condition, drives Great condition, service his- Ford Ranger 2.5 turbo, four- [email protected] well, 50,000 baht. Tel: 089- VOLVO FOR SALE tory. Black. 4 years old. Call for door with gull door at rear. 6466871. MITSUBISHI 4-DOOR Volvo S80 Sedan. 2.9L gaso- details. Tel: 089-2167220. PICKUP 2005 Tax and insurance. Only line engine, automatic trans- NISSAN FOR SALE 50,000km. Lightly used. mission. Year: 2002. Mile- Station wagon, 1999, green, 1994 OPEL ASTRA 360,000 baht. Please con- age: 161,000km. Color: dark new wheels. Insured until tact for more infomation. 100,000 BAHT CHEVROLET ZAFIRA green metallic. The car was August. Tel: 081-7281887. Wagon. Auto. AIG 1st-class Tel: 081-5399560. imported by the Embassy of insurance. Kenwood MP3/ Sweden in Bangkok and has 2000 RANGER 1996 AUDI A4 AUTO USB audio + speakers. Good lately been used by the Con- condition. Serviced by Benz. XL PICKUP sulate General of Sweden in Tel: 084-8771047. Email: Maintained, CD player, Phuket. The vehicle is in good [email protected] 50,000km, aircon, 5- aircon, runs and looks great. condition and the engine was speed, 2.8-liter diesel en- 219,000 baht. Call 086- fully serviced in 2007. Price: gine in exellent condition. 2699145 for more informa- HYUNDAI EXCEL GLS 370,000 baht or best offer. 700,000 baht or nearest of- 1995 sedan, 5-speed manual, 2.2 Sport. Only 40,000km. tion. fer. Tel: 076-380000. Email: All checks done regularly. Tel: 087-0403007, 081- aircon. In good condition. 6226887. Send email to: [email protected] 130,000 baht or nearest of- Non-smoking driver and pas- 1994 CAR FOR SALE 1.8L, 190,000km, dual sengers. Purchased for 1.4 [email protected] Mitsubishi 4-door. Aircon, DAIHATSU fer. Tel: 086-2777647. Email: airbag, new aircon, trans- [email protected] million baht. Selling price: CD stereo. Nice car. Asking APPLAUSE mission, brakes, radiator. 780,000 baht (negotiable). 2003 TOYOTA TIGER price: 100,000 baht. Please 1994, 16-valve, blue book, Only 190,000 baht. Tel: Tel: 081-7975764. Email: 54,000km, manual gearbox, call for further details. Tel: very good condition. 75,000 2007 ALL-NEW [email protected] 081-3709661. 081-4760380. VIOS S LIMITED 6" suspension lift, aluminum baht. Tel: 089-5902539. wheels, 7-speaker stereo, well 11 months old, only 4,000km. maintained. Asking 415,000 CHEVROLET PICKUP HONDA CITY V-TEC As-new condition. Top-of-the- HONDA JAZZ NISSAN SENTRA baht. Tel: 081-8941994. Email: 2007. New model,13,000km. RED I-DSI-04 Top model, Sept 2004, auto, range, new S Limited model 1995 model, 1,600cc, good [email protected] Looks and drives as new. 48,000km, red, automatic, 29,800km, insured, full ser- with all extras. Full Toyota condition. 120,000 baht. 399,000 baht. Please contact radio/DVD player, 6-speed au- vice, very good condition. black leather interior. Auto- CAR FOR SALE for more information. Tel: 435,000 baht. Tel: 076-383- matic. HiD headlights. Alloys. Tel: 081-5775719. Email: tomatic, very good condition. Nissan NV, auto, 1998, great 084-4413633. 280, 086-2817605. Email: Front and rear parking sensors. [email protected] Fully serviced. 430,000 baht. condition. Price: 120,000 [email protected] Toyota Pearl serviced. 2-year Tel: 085-7842004. Email: baht. Tel: 084-6268105. 2005 hakan@phuketandaman Toyota warranty remaining. OPEL CORSA MITSUBISHI STRADA realestate.com CHEVROLET Bargain at 599,000 baht. Tel: FOR SALE TOYOTA HILUX 4-door, aircon. 30,000km. 076-398233, 081-7197776. OPTRA LT SS Beautiful, in excellent condi- 1996 model, 2,500cc, 4 Manual, insured, service Email: [email protected] MERCEDES-BENZ 2006 model. Metallic black, tion. Blue, fully insured. doors, 216,000km, 250,000 book. 285,000 baht ono. 2007 32,000km, one-year war- 180,000 baht or nearest baht. Tel: 084-7164826. Tel: 086-2727636. Email: Vito Limousine. Fully set up for ranty. Just serviced, excellent TOYOTA SOLUNA offer. Tel: 087-2781583. Email: [email protected] [email protected] hotel use. Massage chairs, DVD condition. 450,000 baht. Tel: 1.5 automatic, aircon, CD and TV. 20,000km, 2.6 million 076-528016, 089-2262612. player. Just serviced, blue baht. Tel: 085-7831890. 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YAMAHA VIRAGO 4 x 4s TOYOTA AVANZA Motorbikes Virago 400cc. 37,000km. Rentals RENT NISSAN Black, 26,000km. Warranty Good condition. 11 years WINGROAD HONDA CRV until May ’09. 420,000 baht, YAMAHA MIO AUTO old. 50,000 baht. Tel: 087- MOTORBIKE RENTAL Auto, gold, first-class condition. or 150,000 down payment Long-term rental only. 13,000 August 2003, metallic gold, 17,500 BAHT 2827357.Email: jimdroz@ Airblades for 3,000 baht, and take over payments. Tel: baht per month. Tel: 083- extra checks, book. 2 years old, black, disc brakes, hotmail.com Waves for 2,500 baht per 086-1511600. Email: 3927150. Email: wunchart- 69,000km. 650,000 baht. 20,000km, green book. Tel: month. For more info call [email protected] [email protected] Tel: 0862831674. 086-6837162. Email: HONDA AFRICA 089-4701107. [email protected] TWIN 750CC TOYOTA HILUX 2001 Good engine, green book. CHEAP CARS 4 RENT NEW BIKE FOR RENT HONDA CRV 87,000km, manual, 2.5 L Die- CHEAP MOTORBIKES 105,000 baht. Tel: 081- Toyota Yaris, Mitsubishi Triton, Suzuki step 125cc, 3,000 baht 2002 model, excellent sel, D4D, full options, DVD Honda Magna, Charly, JRD, 8927987. Email: chapmanrj long-term special rate, fully in- per month. Suzuki Hayate, condition, many extras. player. 370,000 baht. Tel: 076- Suzuki 250, Cagiva, JRD, all @hotmail.com sured. Contact for more infor- 125cc, 3,500 baht per month. Bargain at 550,000 baht. 344725, 089-212 1254. with greenbook. Tel: 086- mation. Tel: 081-9703136. Tel: 084-3061220. Tel: 081-9586512. Email: 9488139. 2 HARLEY- Email: [email protected] [email protected] DAVIDSONS FORD 4X4 BMW MOTORBIKE 2008 Fatboy (105) 1,584cc. JAZZ, VIOS, FORTUNER TOYOTA HILUX 4WD Top of the line. Full options plus FOR SALE 96B copper and black with reg- P.M.P. CAR RENTALS istration:1.2 million baht. 2004 FOR RENT 22 months, 30,000km, Toyota extras.Year 2001. Less than 650cc, good condition, 190,000 New cars for rent: Dynasuperglide 1,450cc. Sil- maintained. 690,000 baht. Tel: 130,000km. Leaving Thai- baht. Tel: 085-7845712. Toyota Vios, Special price for long-term ver, with book: 570, 000 baht. 081-7197015, 089-4708926. land. 330,000 baht ono. Tel: Yaris, Fortuner, rent. Full insurance. Call or 081-6930766. Email: daniel Tel: 081-6919346. Email: email for details. Tel: 084- YAMAHA NOUVO MX Wish and Honda Jazz. [email protected] [email protected] 0511955, 084-1908555. April 2006, blue w/ black mag Tel: 083-1743880, 4WD MAZDA wheels, 19,000km, excellent Email: [email protected] KAWASAKI VULCAN 087-2646808. FIGHTER FORD ESCAPE 3.0L condition, green book. 28,000 1,500CC ’98 2005, automatic. 55,000km. baht. Tel: 087-2700183. CARS FOR RENT 259,000 baht. Great bike, Many extras. As new. Only Email: [email protected] CAR RENTAL Mitsubishi Triton 4-door, Low price. More details at 775,000 baht. Contact for 10,000 to 20,000 baht per Toyota Yaris. Fully insured, www.huaiyot.com/ more details. Tel: 089- 2004 YAMAHA FZ1 month, full insurance. Call special rate for long term. kawasaki.html Tel: 086- 2908854. Email: verhaeghe MUST SELL 089-4727304 for details. Tel: 081-9703136. Email: 8260790. Email: khj67@ [email protected] 17,000km. New paint, chain [email protected] and tires. Moving, must sell. vildmanden.dk 147,000km, turbo diesel. 250,000 baht. Comes with A1 CAR RENTALS RENT MY 4X4 Carryboy locking cover, off- MAZDA 4X4 green book. Tel: 084-7137495. SUZUKI STEP 125 TOYOTA road package, fully loaded. DIESEL TRUCK Email: [email protected] 2006, automatic, 125cc. Tiger for 6 months, 60,000 Green, 7,300km, taxed & in- st Tel: 084-4828957. 2006. Just like new. Only baht, 1 -class insurance. sured until June 2009. Green 13,000km. 3.0L turbo diesel. HARLEY-DAVIDSON Tel: 086-0760141. book. 27,000 baht. Tel: 084- Power steering, ABS. Price: Road King 2003, in mint con- FORD RANGER 8463887. Fax: 076-245736. 575,000 baht ono. Tel: 084- dition. 860,000 baht. Tel: CAR & BIKE RENTALS TURBO 4X4 Email: [email protected] 2004 Model, 4 doors, very 6644050. Email: aadams 085-7831890. Suzuki Caribian, new: 600 good condition, 57,000km, [email protected] Fully insured. 12,000 to baht/day; 3,800 baht/week; family car. 420,000 baht. SUZUKI GSX-R 2005 20,000 baht per month. Tel: 12,500 baht/month. Honda HARLEY-DAVIDSON 600cc, GPR exhaust, 089-8314703. Email: Phantom, new: 350 baht/ Contact Russ. Tel: 087- ISUZU DMAX 2004, V-ROD 3810430. 3,700km, in super condi- [email protected] day; 2,000 baht/week; 7,000 MUST SEE! 1,200cc, Thailand’s most tion. 360,000 baht. Tel: baht/month. Contact Koi’s 2002 4WD Nice, dark blue, 4-door, 4x4, beautiful anniversary model 089-9715664. Bar at Kamala Beach. MITSUBISHI 4-DOOR 3.0L turbo. 535,000 baht. with original chrome parts all Tel: 086-2663836. Tel: 086-9421969. Email: over. 17,000km. 2 years on YAMAHA TENERE NEW VIOS 2.8 turbo diesel. 114,000km. FOR RENT 340,000 baht. 1st-class in- [email protected] the road. 1.2 million baht. 750 surance. Tel: 087-9261381. Tel: 086-2742308. Email: 1995, with green book, Bicycles Email: [email protected] [email protected] 22,000km, good condition, MITSUBISHI 150,000 baht. New tires. STRADA 4X4 HARLEY-DAVIDSON Please call 089-9715664 for Mega Cab, turbo, 5-speed, futher details. BIANCHI C2C ROAD TOYOTA FORTUNER aircon, alloys, MP3, CD, Dyna lowrider, 2003, mint BIKE 2005 Carryboy rack, full body condition, many chrome ex- HONDA AFRICA 2008 Bianchi C2C carbon- 3G, MT, 43000km, beige, kit. Farang owned, never tras, reg number: 777. This Many types of car for long- TWIN 750CC fibre road bike with 55cm full service, only one used for work. 90,000km, bike is a 100 -year anniversary term rent, from 10,000 - medium frame and Cateye Good engine, green book. owner, excellent condi- great condition. 325,000 model, crimson red, beautiful 18,000 baht/month. Tel: micro wireless computer. 105,000 baht. Tel: 081- tion. 790,000 baht ono. baht. Tel: 087-2770946. bike. Price: 675,000 baht ono. 081-6078567. Email: island Tel: 085-6197492. Email: 8927987. Email: chapman Tel: 081-8953320. Email: [email protected] Tel: 089-9711847. Email: [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] 56 PHUKET GAZETTE July 5 - 11, 2008

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