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Volume 15 Issue 35 News Desk - Tel: 076-236555August 30 - September 5, 2008 Daily news at www.phuketgazette.net 25 Baht

The Gazette is published in association with Bars raided over Phuket protesters copyright furore join INSIDE By Akbar Khan & Natcha Yuttaworrawut Bangkok PHUKET: Entertainment ven- siege ues around the island were raided last week in a clampdown on By Akbar Khan copyright violations. Several bar operators were fined for illegally PHUKET: As the People’s Alli- playing copyrighted music in their ance for Democracy (PAD) on bars and ordered to obtain li- August 26 made its final drive to censes allowing them to play mu- oust Prime Minister Samak sic at their establishments. Sundaravej and lay siege to gov- The raids were instigated ernment offices, media in Bang- by a team of about 20 represen- kok reported that NBT broadcast MONKEY MAGIC tatives from RPK Publishing. stations were being raided around INSIDE STORY: Monkey Some bar owners were or- the nation. business ahoy as South African dered to pay fines or given the However, NBT reporter conservationists start drawing option to buy a license, while oth- Chaiwut Poungsuwan told the up plans for Phuket’s first ers were arrested and taken to Gazette that the NBT station in primate park. See full story on police stations. Phuket was safe and sound. pages 4 and 5. On condition of anonymity, Bars around the island were raided over playing and having “NBT in Phuket is located in a several Rawai bar owners told copyrighted music stored on hard drives. peaceful location and the staff NEWS: Supercheap killer the Gazette that the amounts are friends with ASTV, the sta- caught; Navy takes on pi- they were fined depended on those licenses applied only to the several thousand baht extra so tion that belongs to the PAD rates; Gov backs plans for various factors, including nego- artists that RPK represents. that she could be released from leader,” Khun Chaiwut said. hotel school. Pages 2 & 3 tiation skills. Some bars were Sutthisak Prasatkrarukarn, detention and return to her res- “NBT will suffer only in tipped off about the raids and Secretary of the Prevention and taurant. areas where they support the AROUND THE ISLAND: managed to hide their computers Suppression of Intellectual Prop- RPK employee Khun Sa- Samak regime,” he added. Start your tour of Phuket’s before being searched. erty Infringement Committee yan, who led the raids, told the Phuket PAD leader Nat- ‘nine sacred sites’ at Wat Pra According to bar owners’ (Private Sector), explained that Gazette, “5,000 baht buys a li- jarong Ekpermsup said that some Tong. Page 10 reports, that RPK representatives people who buy CDs legally are cense to play the music of our 4,000 PAD members from initially visited venues without entitled to use them for private clients publicly for one year. Phuket were protesting in Bang- LIFESTYLE: What’s in a police being present and later entertainment. “A lot of pubs, bars and kok, rallying at NBT headquar- number?; The Players are still called police when they discov- “If the CD is to be used in clubs use music that we are sup- ters, the Ministry of Finance and playing. Page 16 ered that their clients’ music was a pub or restaurant, then one must posed to protect. Karaoke bars, the Ministry of Transport. being played illegally. ask the copyright owner – that however, usually do not have the The protesters from Phuket AROUND THE S OUTH 6 ; AROUND Police then accompanied is, the company that produced the kind of music that we look af- were moving to government THE N ATION 7; AROUND THE R E- the RPK representatives on sub- CDs or their representative – for ter.” house to demand Samak’s resig- GION 8; GUEST C HEF 11; PEOPLE sequent raids to other venues. the right to use the CD in pub- The RPK employee in nation, he added late afternoon 12 & 13; HAPPENINGS 14; When the Gazette called lic,” he added. Bangkok explained that although on August 26. TALKING PLANES 15; SPA M AGIC Samarn Chainarong, superinten- An RPK employee at the there are presently 15 agencies The local contribution to 18; WHAT’S ON 19; BUSINESS dent of Chalong Police Station, company’s head office in Bang- in Thailand that sell copyright li- national anti-government protests & MONEY 20 & 21; YOUTH ’N several days later, he said he kok explained that RPK was try- censes on behalf of copyright continued to gain momentum ASIA 22; TAKE A B REAK 23 & knew very little about the crack- ing to be reasonable. The offi- holders, only five are actively pur- over the weekend, with flights 24; BOOKS, WORD COURT 25; down and was unable to say who cial fine is anywhere between suing violators. from Phuket to Bangkok on all EDITORIAL, LETTERS 26; FIRST bar owners should contact in or- 40,000 and 200,000 baht. How- The other four that are ex- airlines fully booked as PAD PERSON, ISSUES & ANSWERS 27; ever, she added, many bars es- pected to visit Phuket soon are PATTAYA, HOROSCOPES 28; MO- der to obtain a license. members flocked to the capital. TORING 29; SPORTS 30 & 31; Many of the bar owners caped the fines by agreeing to copyright agents Likisit Center On August 22, a Patong CONSTRUCTION 33; HOME OF THE who had bought official-looking buy a 12-month license to make and Likisit Pleng and the record- resident and PAD supporter WEEK 35; DESIGN 37; GARDEN- licenses issued by RPK Publish- public playing of the music legal. ing companies GMM Grammy known as “Loong Pim” took to ING 38; CLASSIFIEDS 39-51. ing following the raids told the One bar owner who was and RS Promotions, who carry the PAD stage in Bangkok to Gazette they were unaware that arrested, however, had to pay out their own inspections. Continued on page 2 2 PHUKET GAZETTE NEWS August 30 - September 5, 2008 Speed, guns and ganja seized in crackdown PHUKET CITY: Following his order of a crack- lowing reports that they were selling the drug to down on crime, Phuket’s top cop has announced students in the area. that several drug- and gun-related arrests were The guns were found by police when they made recently in different parts of the island. searched three men near the Bang Kon Tee Mosque Phuket Provincial Police Commander Maj on Wiset Rd in Rawai. Two of the men arrested Gen Apirak Hongthong said that recent swoops in were Phuket natives, who said they carried the un- various locations had included the seizure of 390 registered weapons only for self defense but con- ya bah (methamphetamine) pills that had been fessed to charges of carrying unregistered firearms stashed in a hole in the ground, two homemade 12- in public. All three guns were loaded. gauge shotguns, a .38 pistol and a small bag of On the same night, Chalong Police arrested marijuana. two men for being in possession of a small bag of Two men have been charged with possession dried, compressed marijuana, the weight of which of a Class 1 narcotic with intent to sell following was not disclosed. Both suspects confessed to pos- the seizure of the 390 ya bah pills after Tung Tong session of a Class 5 narcotic for personal consump- Police officers had monitored the pair closely fol- tion, police said. – Sompratch Saowakhon

Attendees dressed in white offer donations at the mass ceremony on Narisorn Rd, near Phuket Municipality Offices. - Photo courtesy of The Metropole hotel. Man charged for Thousands take part in alms ceremony shotgun murder PHUKET CITY: A mega merit-making ceremony was held in By Sompratch Saowakhon downtown Phuket City early on August 23, with thousands of Bud- dhist devotees offering alms to 1,000 monks. RASSADA: Phuket City Police Items collected during the two-hour event, non-perishable on August 20 announced the ar- food items such as canned goods and instant noodles, are to be rest of a man who confessed to redistributed to needy monks, soldiers, teachers and laypeople liv- the murder of his former boss at ing in the Deep South who have been affected by the violence Supercheap on the bypass road there. on the night of August 19. The event was organized by the Phuket Meditation Center Most of the details of the and White Media Club of Phuket in conjunction with Phuket Pro- arrest were read out to the press vincial Office, Phuket Municipality and the Dhammkaya Founda- in a statement by Phuket Gover- tion. It was part of the Dhammkaya Foundation’s nationwide World nor Niran Kalayanamit. Ethics Recuperation Program, which aimed to see a massive alms- The body of the victim, 34- giving to 500,000 monks in events in all 76 provinces. year-old Supercheap employee Kanya Boonprajong, was found From page 1 just after 8 pm lying next to her motorcycle along the northbound Phuket PAD joins Bangkok ranks lane of the road, north of Tesco- Lotus and not far from the Phuket deliver 100,000 baht that he had collected to support PAD efforts to Namsaeng Rice Company. drive out the current administration. She had died of a single The next day, Phuket PAD leader Natjarong Ekpermsup went shotgun blast to the chest. up to Bangkok and told the Gazette, “We are going up to Bangkok K. Kanya’s husband, an Confessed murderer Korapat, in white, told police he was drunk at for the endgame. We are going to drive Samak from power. I will be employee of Mission Hospital the time of the shooting. back next week, but in the meantime I have to look after the Phuket who was driving past at the time, chapter in Bangkok. A lot of us will fly back to Phuket, too, so return recognized his wife’s motorcycle Commander Apirak Hongthong suspect was wearing at the time flights will probably also be fully booked.” and stopped. He cried as he and Phuket City Police Superin- of the murder and the Honda On August 24, two days before the siege of government of- hugged her lifeless body, which tendent Nos Svettalekha pre- Wave motorcycle believed to be fices, the first group of more than 5,000 Phuket-based PAD support- was later taken by Kusoldharm sented the suspect together with used in the killing. ers joined the Bangkok protest after arriving in a convoy of cars, Foundation rescue workers to his relative, 19-year-old Tanong- Korapat planned the mur- buses and vans. Vachira Phuket Hospital. sak “Gate” Thongsong. der in advance and called the vic- Using eyewitness accounts, Police said Gate confessed tim to ask her to meet him where police at about 11 pm tracked to helping Korapat dispose of the the shooting took place, saying he down the alleged shooter, 31- murder weapon, a homemade pis- wanted to “clear the air” over a year-old Korapat “Gus” Winna- tol designed to fire a single shot- previous dispute, police said. wat, to a rented home on gun cartridge, in a shallow drain- Witnesses saw the couple Songkhla Rd, near the intersec- age ditch behind their home. meet, get off their motorbikes and tion with Yaowarat Rd in Sam- He has been charged with begin arguing. Korapat then kong, where he was living with one firearms violation and for hin- kicked Kanya to the pavement his in-laws. dering a police investigation. and stomped on her several times At the August 20 confer- Police collected as evidence before drawing his weapon, fir- ence at Phuket City Police Sta- from the home a single 12-gauge ing it at close range and fleeing tion, Phuket Provincial Police shotgun cartridge, the clothes the on the motorbike, police said. Korapat answered “no” when asked if there had been any romantic involvement with the victim, as was reported by one Thai language newspaper. He was motivated to kill Kanya out of revenge for inci- dents that took place several months ago while he was work- ing under her as an employee at Supercheap, a position he even- tually had to resign from, he told police. Korapat has been charged with premeditated murder and one charge related to illegal pos- session and use of a firearm. He also admitted that he was drunk at the time of the at- tack, police said. August 30 - September 5, 2008 NEWS PHUKET GAZETTE 3 Governor voices support for new hotel school Navy to beef up PHUKET CITY: Phuket Gover- nor Niran Kalayanamit yesterday voiced his support for an interna- regional security tional hotel school to be opened on the island. Representing Orion Hotel By Sompratch Saowakhon Schools, Swiss national Lothar Schudt of Jasmin Consulting CAPE PANWA: Royal Thai Property Management on August Navy Commander-in-Chief Adm 26 met Governor Niran at Pro- Sathiraphan Keyanon on August vincial Hall to seek support and 21 visited the Third Naval Area clear the way for plans to be Command, where he announced drawn up and investors sought for the Third Fleet will on October 1 the new school. begin joint patrol missions in the Orion Hotel Schools is a Malacca Strait with strategic consortium of six hotel schools partners Singapore and Malaysia. around the globe, including the The patrols, which will have Australian International Hotel air and land-based radar support, School in Canberra, Australia, and are intended to boost security in the Academia Euregio Bodensee regional waters. in Switzerland. The last reported act of pi- The schools offer hospital- Mr Schudt at his home in Baan racy involving a Thai vessel was ity and tourism industry educa- Saiyuan, Rawai. on April 28, when six armed men tion from diploma level up to and an education. Tourist numbers are wearing balaclavas used a speed- FAREWELL SALUTE: Royal Thai Navy Commander-in-Chief Adm including postgraduate and continually increasing, which may boat to board Thai fuel tanker Sathiraphan Keyanon reviews the Third Fleet ranks for the last time on August 21. master’s degrees in fields includ- sound positive, but we have to Patara Varin 2 as it was about ing business management, hotel look at other concerns,” Mr to enter the Singapore Strait. The The visit was also part of perhaps be best remembered as and resort management, spa and Schudt said. pirates handcuffed the 13 crew- Adm Sathiraphan’s farewell tour, the first deputy chief of the Coun- golf management, culinary arts, “Many foreigners and locals men at gunpoint before making as he is set for mandatory retire- cil for Democratic Reform, which food and beverage management on the island have ‘tunnel vision’ off with an estimated 13 million ment on September 30. He was overthrew the elected govern- as well as eco-tourism, nature and are missing this important baht in cash and stolen goods. formally greeted by Rear Admi- ment of fugitive former Prime and adventure tourism manage- point. Thailand does not have any Adm Sathirapan said the ral Supot Pruksa, Commanding Minister Thaksin Shanawatra in ment. international hotel schools. In Navy will continue to arrest and Officer of the Third Naval Area September 2006. Students can also transfer Switzerland, we have two. We repatriate poor Rohingya immi- Command. The Phuket visit was the last between different courses and need approval from the govern- grants from Burma who enter Adm Sathirapan was pro- stop on his farewell tour, follow- campuses among member ment now, at an early stage,” he Thai waters, most on their way moted to Navy Chief on October ing a visit to the Songkhla-based schools. added. to Malaysia in desperate 1, 2005. As he commanded the Second Naval Area Command Mr Schudt, an honoree However, Mr Schudt, who searches for work. Navy in a time of peace, he will the day before. member of the Swiss Hotel As- has lived on Phuket for 15 years, sociation, said he is approaching said that he would have to wait a strong Thai partners for the week or so before moving ahead Apirak defends slow progress in catching killers project because he foresees bu- with any further commitments as PHUKET CITY: Phuket Provincial Police Com- Investigators are also working hard to find the reaucratic problems, such as ob- the directors of the Orion Hotel mander Apirak Hongthong has assured the public shooter of 57-year-old Dr Benjapol Thongton, taining work permits for foreign Schools in Australia were com- that investigators are working hard to bring to jus- owner of the Karon Center Clinic who survived a management and lecturers. ing to Phuket to discuss the tice those responsible for a slew of unsolved mur- single gunshot to the upper torso as he was driving “The school would accept project. ders that have shocked the island in recent months. in front of Sengho Bookstore on Suthat Rd at 8 am both Thais with acceptable En- Gov Niran said that he would Speaking after a press conference on August on August 4, Gen Apriak added. glish skills as well as foreign stu- organize a meeting with all the 20, Gen Apirak said provincial police investigators A family squabble over inheritance has been dents. We cannot give our chil- relevant agencies so that project and specialists from Bangkok were working hard rumored as a possible motive in that attack. dren much, but we can give them planning could start quickly. on three unsolved shooting murder cases: the June The Thongton clan is said to be one of the 11 execution of former Kathu Police officer Decho richest families in Phuket and the victim was sched- Kaewnabon, who was involved in the smuggling of uled to appear in court the day of the shooting in an Hanna Backlund murderer unregistered Burmese workers; the June 17 slay- inheritance case against a relative, according to one ing of 99 Seafood Restaurant owner Siricahi “Yod” local media report. Chaikoo near the Tung Tong Police checkpoint, and Gen Apirak said that his officers were “x-ray- given life sentence the July 18 mafia-style murder of Jintana Shopping ing” several gunmen in the province and working PHUKET CITY: The Phuket Provincial Court today sentenced Plaza heiress Komkai Kositkoon. closely with regional police to monitor the move- Akkaradej “Chon” Tankae to life imprisonment for the murder of All three victims’ business interests were cen- ments of suspects thought to be hiding in other prov- Swedish tourist Hanna Backlund, who was stabbed to death at Mai tered in Patong. inces. Khao Beach in broad daylight on March 15. The sentence was commuted from death to life imprisonment because Chon made a full confession, said the judge, who made ref- erence to the negative impact the case had on the island’s tourism industry. 4 PHUKET GAZETTE INSIDE STORY August 30 - September 5, 2008 South Africans confident of ‘Monkey Island’ plan

wo South African conservationists who hope to open a “Monkey Island” primate sanctuary off Phuket’s southeast coast recently paid a visit to TPhuket Governor Niran Kalayanamit, but their goal to open the center as a new tourist attraction by the end of next year still has a lot of red tape to clear before becoming a reality. The Gazette’s Janyaporn Morel and Akbar Khan report.

ambian-born Tony are a non-profit company, but we The investors envision set- Blignaut, CEO of Pri- are not a run-around-with-our- ting up Koh Aew as a world-class mates Resort Limited, hats-in-our-hands company – we primate-research facility, where Z and his partner Ronald are tourism and community access would be restricted to pri- Derek Taurog of the Touch a based.” mate academics, placing Thailand Monkey’s Heart Foundation met The project’s primary goal at the forefront of primate con- with Phuket Governor Niran is conservation of primate species servation. Kalayanamit on the morning of and other wildlife, increasing en- Only academics from top August 20 to follow up on an in- vironmental awareness and sup- research institutions such as Ox- teresting application: one seek- porting Phuket’s tourism industry, ford University would be allowed ing the right to develop a “com- he added. on the island, he said. munity-based” primate conser- The pair hope to open an “This project will put the is- Tourists could catch a glimpse of the primates at the tiny Koh Tanan, vation project on two small is- attraction similar to their land on the forefront – no build- while access to the main sanctuary on Koh Aew would be restricted lands located off Phuket’s south- Monkeyland and Birds on Eden ings, only primates and their food. to primatologists and the animals they study. east coast: Koh Aew in Rawai sanctuaries in South Africa’s There will also be a Thai univer- eating them is not ideal for [our pier off Koh Tanan. This will help and Koh Tanan in neighboring Plettenberg Bay, both of which sity involved, but we have not work],” he said. them, because the units will be Wichit. have become major tourist at- decided which one yet. Re- The deserted Koh Aew has free. The government would se- In describing his company’s tractions since they opened in searching monkeys where people some natural advantages in this lect which families would get approach, Mr Blignaut said, “We 1998. are hunting them, killing them and regard, he said. them,” he said. “Koh Aew is beachless and The local community in no hotels or re- Chalong has ex- sorts have taken pressed strong ini- any interest. Mon- The project’s tial support for the keys, however, do primary goal is project, which not like beaches. would be of par- The lack of conservation of ticular benefit to beaches will also primate species longtail boatmen in make it difficult and other wildlife, Chalong Bay, Mr for poachers to get increasing Blignaut said. on and off the is- “This is an land,” he said. environmental add-on for the Funding the awareness and boating community research would be supporting in Chalong. As tourists, who would they will have an- would have access Phuket’s tourism other stop for tour- to view the pri- industry. ists, they can say, mates only at tiny ‘Hey we can go to Koh Tanan in the Monkey Is- Chalong Bay, where a pier 60 land.’ We don’t have any boats; meters long would serve as a sort the only boat we will have is to of “shopfront” for the main sanc- cart sewage. The longtail boats tuary. are going to bring people to the For a fee, tourists could sanctuary.” view some 30 primates on display Mr Blignaut said he hoped there or enjoy a meal or visit any to develop Koh Aew as a world of 40 stalls to be run by local leader in primate conservation people. and maintain healthy populations “Forty Thai families will of various species there until such have 40 little businesses on the time as they can be successfully An artist’s conception of what one of the monkeys would see from Koh Tanan. August 30 - September 5, 2008 INSIDE STORY PHUKET GAZETTE 5

they can hang out together and not cross-pollinate. It is supposed to be a natural environment; we don’t want to be breeding mon- grel monkeys there. The research island is more for breeding – so that the primatologists can study them. This research would be some of the best in the world as the primates would be in a safe environment,” he said. Strict quarantine proce- dures would be maintained to pre- vent the spread of simian diseases and guards with a patrol boat would be on duty around the clock to prevent poaching, he added. To move forward, the project will need the support and permission of Wichit and Rawai municipalities as well as a host of other government agencies. Another matter that would have to be worked out would be whether the islands would be rented or the government would allow them to be used under a public-private investment scheme. Despite the obstacles, Mr Blignaut is confident of success. “We expect that the project will be ready to open sometime between April and December next year,” he said. “We estimate the total in- vestment at about US$3 million. We are a non-profit organization, but we realize that conservation has to pay for itself. Our main goal is preserving primates, not return on investment, but what- If the plans receive approval, Phuket’s Monkey Island sanctuary could be home to 30 species of primates. INSET: Koh Aew’s rocky ever the cost is, we will find a shoreline would make it difficult for monkey poachers to access, the would-be developers say. way to come up with the money,” reintroduced into the wild – a pro- Strict environmental con- mates Koh Aew would become The pair have learned a he said. cess that could take hundreds of, trols, similar to those that apply home to should the South Afri- great deal about such matters However, speaking with re- or even 1,000, years, he said. to the existing park in South Af- cans’ vision be- from their exist- porters a short time later, Gov “Since our application last rica, would be put in place on both come a reality, Mr ing projects. Niran said that completing all the year, the governor has appointed islands, he said. Blignaut said As to what kinds of “In South bureaucratic hurdles would be a a working committee to consider “We have done extensive there would be primates Koh Aew Africa we have long and arduous process. the project. The committee has coral surveys. There will be mini- about 30 species Monkeyland and The South Africans might already considered the environ- mal impact as we will only put of new- and old- would become also bird sanctu- have become unduly optimistic of mental impacts of the project. We non-destructive monkeys on the world monkeys. home to should the ary called Birds success after the committee to also have a top team from Prince island. We try to make it as envi- “We would South Africans’ of Eden that has study their proposal was formed, of Songkla University in Haad Yai ronmentally friendly as possible. probably have a miniature mon- he added. helping us study the environmen- “People said to us, ‘You’ve few capuchins vision become a keys. Three little Both Wichit and Rawai mu- tal impact, both on land and in the got to treat your sewage really and other primates reality, Mr Blignaut monkeys can fit nicipalities already have their sea,” he said. well before you put it into the such as lemurs said there would be in a teacup. The own plans to beautify the two is- The researchers, who need sea.’ I said, “What do you mean? and persimmons. about 30 species of miniature mon- lands and develop them into tour- to conclude two more surveys, We don’t put sewage in the sea The golden- keys are kept in a ist attractions, he said. are expected to submit their find- – treated or untreated. All the legged tamarind new- and old-world 22-story-tall cage “In my opinion, tourism pro- ings in September, he said. sewage effluent will be taken would be the monkeys. so that they are motion and development is al- “If we can get permission back to the mainland to be put into smallest, as any safe from preda- ways a positive thing, but the Thai by October, then the island should the municipal waste treatment smaller and they tors. government’s administrative sys- be ready by April the following system,’” he said. could get picked off by an eagle, “For the lemurs, there would tem can cause many difficulties year,” he said. As to what kinds of pri- apes or other animals,” he said. be two males of each species so for potential investors,” he said. 6 PHUKET GAZETTE AROUND THE SOUTH August 30 - September 5, 2008

reporter and a rescue worker were killed and 18 other people injured Ain a double bombing in Two killed, 18 injured in Sungai Kolok, Narathiwat, on August 21. Police said insurgents deto- nated a homemade bomb hidden inside a motorcycle about 500 meters from a night market in Sungai Kolok bombing Sungai Kolok District, near the Malaysian border, at about 9 pm. Samran said that most of No one was injured in the his customers were in Krabi, but first blast, but when reporters, po- he also traveled to perform lice and other onlookers con- abortions in other provinces in verged on the scene a second the South including Nakhon Sri bomb hidden inside a car ex- Thammarat, Phang Nga, Trang ploded. and Phuket. His patients’ ages Channel 9 reporter Phadung ranged from 12 up to 47, but that Wannaluck, the assistant district most were teenagers, many of chief of Sungai Kolok and sev- them Muslim. eral police officers were among He usually performed the the injured. procedures in hotel rooms, often The Thai Rath reporter, taking no more than five minutes. Chalee Boonsawat, had survived He charged women 1,000 baht several bomb blasts in the past. for each month they were preg- Rescue volunteer Chakrit nant. Most women found him by Chaladthanakij died in hospital the recommendations from former following day. patients, he added. Following a review of Lt Col Chertphong Chiu- CCTV footage and searches in- pricha, Inspector at Muang Krabi volving more than 200 security Police Station, said that Samran personnel, eight people were de- and Satha have been charged tained for questioning. with causing death through per- Also in Narathiwat, six sol- forming an abortion. diers were slightly injured on the Despite police appeals, no morning of August 25, when in- women who had abortions per- surgents detonated a bomb near formed by the pair have come for- the Ban Bang Khunthong School ward to testify or press charges. in Tak Bai district. Forensics experts sift through the wreckage left by the two bombs that went off outside a restaurant Police said the bomb ex- in Narathiwat’s Sungai Kolok district on the night of August 21. INSET: Channel 9 reporter Phadung Pricey pint. A monk in Surat ploded shortly after the soldiers, Wannaluck was rushed to Narathiwat Ratchanakharin Hospital for treatment. Thani was sentenced to two who escorted teachers to the months in prison for drinking in a school, stopped to rest at a cor- Pvt Phichanut “Ja” Phromthip. Bangkok to a buyer in Phuket and rested them outside Rainbow temple on a holy day. ner inside the school compound. The men were stopped at a that this was the third time he had Hotel in Muang Krabi’s Tambon His drinking companion, a The bomb, buried near the checkpoint on the Asia Highway made the trip, police said. Pak Nam, where they were al- layman, was given a one-month corner, was detonated with a in Village 2, Tambon Khuan Sri. Thanetphong denied know- legedly on their way to perform prison term for his role. mobile phone. In their car, police found 5,330 ya ing anything about the ya bah, but another abortion. Phrakhru Samuphanwisit bah pills, a .22 pistol with six admitted to possession of the can- Police also seized a selec- Panyalo and Prasit Thaithong Road trip. Police arrested three rounds of ammunition and 0.61 nabis while Pvt Phichanut denied tion of equipment used to per- were arrested on July 17, Asarnha men in possession of more than grams of cannabis. any involvement with the drugs. form abortions including lengths Bucha Day, a Buddhist festival 5,000 pills of ya bah (metham- Sanit admitted that he had All three have been charged of wire, rubber gloves and birth commemorating the Buddha’s phetamine) after searching their got the car and the drugs from a with drug and firearms offenses. control pills. first sermon, after villagers told car at a checkpoint in Surat man named Aekaphon, or “Aek”, After the arrest, police police that the pair were drinking Thani’s Ban Nasan district Au- who lived in a flat in Bangkok’s Dangerous business. Following searched the home of Samran’s beer on the grounds of a temple gust 20. Huay Kwang district. He said he the death of a 16-year-old school- estranged wife, Phuangphaka, in Phunphin district. The men were identified as did not know the man’s surname. girl in Krabi, a man and his daugh- where they found more equip- In delivering the verdict, the Sanit “Ung” Phlaichum, Thanet- Sanit said that he was paid ter have been arrested for per- ment used for performing abor- Surat Thani Civil Court judge said phong “Bao” Phuchitanon and 4,700 baht to take the drugs from forming illegal abortions. tions. Phuangphaka, who split up Phrakhru Samuphanwisit had The girl, whose name was with Samran about a year ago, been a monk for more than 10 not released by police, died in denied any involvement in the years and had studied Buddhist Krabi Hospital at the beginning operations, but police are continu- theology to a high level. of August following a botched ing to treat her as a suspect. As such, he should have abortion. Public health officers Samran confessed that he been fully aware that drinking in notified police of the incident and had been carrying out abortions a temple was a grave sin and in a hunt for the practitioners of the for about 20 years and had prob- contravention of the Fifth Precept abortion was launched. ably performed more than 10,000 to abstain from intoxicants that The investigation led police operations over the years. cause heedlessness. to Samran Siriphan, 54, and his He said that he was edu- daughter Satha Siriphan, 32. Af- cated only up to Prathom 4, but Sourced from The Nation, Daily ter requesting arrest warrants for taught himself how to perform the Xpress and Kom Chad Luek the pair, police on August 21 ar- procedure, police said. newspapers. August 30 - September 5, 2008 AROUND THE NATION PHUKET GAZETTE 7

articipants at a recent Total household debt ac- seminar in Haad Yai on counts for 26% of the total gross child prostitution and hu- Police corruption allows domestic product. Debt per P man trafficking pointed household rose to 135,166 baht their fingers at police inefficiency this year from 116,681 baht last and corruption. year. Student leaders in prostitution to flourish Yajai Chuwicha, head of the Songkhla’s Haad Yai and Sadao Chamber Business Poll, said that districts asked police how it was more people have started to take possible that they were unable to on debt this year compared with locate brothels and karaoke bars last year, with 45% of total re- offering prostitution, when such spondents saying they had a debt establishments were easily found burden, compared with 21.8% by members of the public. last year. Both districts are used by More people had also re- traffickers to “rest” girls and sorted to underground loans, 35% women before they are smuggled compared with 32% last year, he into Malaysia. said. The girls provide sex ser- vices to locals and foreigners dur- Mothers’ helper. A national ing their brief stays. guideline on the women’s right to The women and girls, who have children is being worked out are either forced into or willing to regulate specific public medi- to enter the sex business, are cal services for various groups of from Burma, Laos, Vietnam, women, including those with dis- Cambodia and China, the semi- abilities or HIV/Aids. nar heard. Under the guideline, dis- Chinese women are popu- abled women will be guaranteed lar among Malaysian or Singa- technical advice from state hos- porean clients. pitals to determine whether their Willing local women are unborn children are at risk of ge- smuggled into Malaysia or Singa- netic disabilities. They will also pore through these channels. get special government-provided Between 2004 and 2008, Tourist Police Commander Pol Maj Gen Atthakrit Thareechat recently questioned members of the care and support during preg- 532 cases of trafficking were re- Padaung “longneck” Karen tribe after 12 people were reported missing from villages in Mae Hong nancy. ported to Malaysian authorities. Son’s Mae Tang district. Police suspect the villagers may have been abducted by members of a Dr Sophon Mekthon, a Of these, 490 involved girls from human-trafficking ring. deputy chief at the Department Thailand. of Health helping to draft the Police occasionally receive average job seeker loses 53,000 ously unknown species,” she said. hardest-hit segment of society, guideline, cited a successful case complaints from trafficked wo- baht. The department has man- The ancient footprints, with mounting debt as their in- under his supervision in which a men who escape from brothels, aged to recoup about half of the spread over a 50-square-meter comes cannot cover rising ex- healthy baby was born to parents but in almost every case the total money stolen in the nine- area, were found early last month penses, according to a survey by with Aids after the mother was women, instead of receiving help, month period. in Ban None Toom in Chaiya- the University of the Thai Cham- given intensive anti-Aids medica- are charged with illegal entry. From December last year, phum’s Nong Bua Daeng district. ber of Commerce. tion during the latter months of A woman official said she the most applications for overseas A team of experts from the The university’s August poll her pregnancy. always had to be careful about work are for South Korea, with university’s Petrified Wood and found that the level of household “The guideline will serve as “which police officers” she ap- more than 5,200. Other popular Mineral Resource Museum in- debts hit a record high of 2.46 tril- an assurance such successes are proached for help. work spots are Taiwan (more spected the ancient footprints on lion baht, up 16.6% year-on-year. possible over the long term,” he “We are never certain about than 3,100) and Israel (some July 26 and 27, she said. “The figure clearly indicates said. police officers we deal with. Are 2,100). The team classified the new that people are having serious The 13-point guideline cov- they on the traffickers’ side? But In the past five years, South prints after consulting with Dr cash-flow problems mainly due to ers maternity care, birth control, we have no choice. We need the Korea has been the top labor im- Yoichi Azuma from Japan and the fact that their incomes do not prevention of venereal diseases, police to make arrests,” she told porter, with more than 149,300 Prof Dong Zhiming from China. cover the rising costs of living,” teen pregnancy, family planning, the seminar. Thai workers going there. Other Khun Saowanit said her said Thanavath Phonvichai, di- sex education and abortion. Anant Dissara, chief of the big importers of Thai labor are team would work with local au- rector of the university’s Eco- It is being developed by of- provincial Human Development Japan and Qatar. thorities and the Mineral Re- nomic and Business Forecasting ficials from the Public Health, And Human Security Office, said sources Department to conserve Center. Education, Social Development more and more women were vol- Prehistoric prints. Experts the ancient footprints. The findings came from a And Human Security ministries untarily entering the sex business, have confirmed the discovery of A dinosaur footprint exhibi- survey of 1,232 respondents from and police. The guideline is ex- hoping to find a foreign tourist 210-million-year-old dinosaur tion will be held in Chaiyaphum August 8 to 17 nationwide. pected to be approved by Cabi- who would keep them as a mis- footprints in the Northeastern from October 29. The poll found people have net by December. tress. province of Chaiyaphum. borrowed more this year for daily Speaking at a press confer- Domestic debits. Low-income living expenses, transport costs, Sourced from The Nation, Daily Occupational hazard. More ence, Nakhon Ratchasima Raja- people with monthly salaries not household expenses, healthcare Xpress and Kom Chad Luek than 1,200 Thai workers seeking bhat University rector Saowanit exceeding 20,000 baht are the and investment. newspapers. overseas jobs have fallen victim Saonanon said the discovery was to placement scams in the past significant because some of the nine months, losing around 69 prints were likely to be the oldest million baht, the Employment De- ever found for sauropod dinosaurs partment said. and carnosaurs. Employment Department “We have also found some chief Phairoj Suksamrit said the footprints belonging to a previ- 8 PHUKET GAZETTE AROUND THE REGION August 30 - September 5, 2008 Block-headed ANDAMAN building of concrete COASTING By Franky Gun

ow upon row of over- priced concrete blocks blocks continues are shooting up like Rmushrooms all over the place here in Khao Lak. While at least 50 or so shophouses in the area are still unoccupied, it appears to be trendy for local businesspeople to erect even more of them. Several old shops and res- taurants near Khao Lak center were demolished and are now replaced by either shophouses or, worse, so-called “plazas”. Plazas are being erected with the aim of squeezing maxi- mum income out of as little space as possible. These plazas are usu- ally designed in a U-shape, with a square block of shops in the center. The space is then broken up into tiny squares of approxi- mately two-by-two meters, which are then rented out for a ridiculously overpriced fee that has to be paid for six months or one year in advance. Some plaza owners even ask tenants for “key money”, a lump sum to be paid in cash at the beginning of the rental period. Key money is usually paid if one rents a rewarding walk-in location where a lot of business is to be expected. Looking at the location of some of these plazas, one wonders how anyone could even consider renting a shop there to sell T-shirts or souvenirs while paying at least 100,000 baht per year plus key money. TRAVELING TOWER: This overloaded truck shows that many locals have yet to get serious about road safety. Obviously the plaza owners other, as we all know, great and Given all this, there will cer- Amazed as always to see busy erecting temporary check- have not learned anything from flourishing business. tainly be some happy and satis- people’s lack of ability to prop- points along the highway, road the past. History has taught that fied travelers promoting Khao erly handle a simple pickup truck havoc soared to new all-time usually the rows closest to the Low-season lift. Khao Lak overseas as a worthy off- on a wet road, I was able to shoot highs any time the first raindrops main road will be occupied, while Lak was as quiet as usual in July, season destination. a new and exciting photo collec- fell. the shops located further away although there were more low- tion showing trucks lying upside will stay empty forever. season tourists here than in pre- Slip slidin’. “Upside down down in ditches left and right of Franky Gun is an expat writer, Making just half of the earn- vious years. you’re turning me, and you’ll Petchkasem Rd. artist, designer, scuba instruc- ings expected, the plaza owners The weather was unbeliev- crash your car instinctively…” I Almost all of the trucks had tor and businessman who left will then raise the rent for the ably mild and sunny with calm made up this ditty from the good flipped over onto their roofs. At Germany in 1991 to live in Thai- frontage shops in the years to seas, allowing visitors to swim and old Diana Ross song while driv- some point I did not even bother land. He moved to Khao Lak in follow, causing even more ten- relax on the beach. More shops, ing along Petchkasem Rd in the to stop to take more photos since 2001 and has since called Khao ants to leave. Once the plaza is restaurants, tour and dive opera- rain. The few rainy patches were, there were too many dramatic Lak his home. Franky can be empty, it is then demolished to be tors stayed open through the rainy of course, demanding enough to scenes to capture. contacted by email to avalon replaced by shophouses – an- season, which is a positive trend. push some drivers over the edge. Although the police were @loxinfo.co.th August 30 - September 5, 2008 PHUKET GAZETTE 9 10 PHUKET GAZETTE AROUND THE ISLAND August 30 - September 5, 2008

By Akbar Khan

s the number 9 is con- sidered auspicious in Thailand, most prov- Ainces have some kind SACRED SIGHTS of nine-temple tour. Although these tours are very popular in Ayudhaya and Bangkok, Phuket has yet to have an official nine- temple tour. What it does have, though, is a nine-sacred-sites tour, which makes for an informative trip around the island that introduces many aspects of the island’s his- tory to those who undertake it. This week the Gazette looks at the first on the list of Phuket’s nine sacred sites, Wat Pra Tong and will follow with more in later editions. Before we get into the story, just a reminder that when visiting temples one should dress appropriately, mean- ing that it’s best to cover up with long-sleeve shirts and long pants. Wat Pra Tong can be ac- cessed via Soi Nanai or Soi Wat Pra Tong off Thepkrasattri Rd. Coming from Sarasin Bridge, the soi to enter is about 300 meters past Thalang Hospital. Wat Pra Tong has many curios to entertain visitors, some of them ironic choices to adorn temple grounds, such as the gi- ant metal ball at the main en- trance to the temple. Take a closer look at this and you’ll dis- Wat Pra Tong in Thalang, one of the stops on Phuket’s official “nine sacred sites” tour, offers visitors a unique experience, with surprising cover that it is a World War II additions to be found scattered throughout the temple’s grounds. anti-submarine bomb. The botanical gardens of the side of the building and enter from week that you were born on costs the Chao Praya River and out to and discovered a half-Buddha temple have interesting signs that the second floor. If the door is 10 baht for a small one or 20 baht sea, he took slaves with him to image. explain the medicinal properties locked, you can just go and ask for a larger one. work in the mines. Another legend has it that of each species of plant. Having one of the monks to have it Apart from the main Bud- He thought that another when the Burmese looted Tha- a Thai person accompany you opened. dha images, there is also a series area nearby had fung shui suit- lang they could not carry the might be a good idea if you can- Dotted around the temple of Buddha images in poses, each able for accommodation for his Buddha image, so then put it in not read Thai and would like to grounds are many other interest- representing a different day of the workers and so he built Wat Pra gold before taking it to Wat Pra understand all the explanations ing things to see, such as ancient week. Visitors who know which Tong as a center for Theravada Tong. Any person who tried to given. canons, the image of a cemetery day of the week they were born Buddhists and another Sarn Jao remove the Buddha image was There are several buildings guardian and Malaysian bantams on pray to the Buddha image that shrine for Tao Buddhists. attacked by ants, hornets, wasps in the temple grounds and two of strutting around. represents their birthday. A half-Buddha image that and bees. them are particularly interesting: The museum and temple are The temple was originally locals call Phra Put is a local leg- It is believed that the origi- the main chapel with its bizarre both free to visit. There is a sou- built by a Hokkien man called end, which has it that a boy tied nal gold Buddha came from Tibet half Buddha image and a quaint venir shop in the main chapel Kong Leng who discovered tin in his buffalo to a mud-covered 2,000 years ago. After the son of museum. If the museum appears where you can buy beautiful trin- Thalang and traveled overland to stone while out one day. King Rama VII came to Phuket, to be closed, find the steps at the kets. A pendant for the day of the Surat Thani and then by boat to The next morning the boy the golden image was encased in Ayudhaya to bestow gifts before died and then the buffalo died. His a larger image by the Department the king. He received the royal father dreamed that his son had of Fine Arts to further protect it title Orkyasurintaraja and was tied the buffalo somewhere inap- from would-be thieves. appointed Lord of Thalang. He propriately and had a vision of a There are some initials in- then acquired rights to a tax-free golden Buddha. scribed on the chapel. These are tin monopoly in Takuapa. The next day he went to dig an abbreviated signature signed When he sailed back down in the spot he’d dreamed about by King Rama IX when he vis- ited the temple on March 11, 1959. The Gazette will be cover- ing the other sacred sites in forth- coming issues. Many tourists like to spend considerable time in the tranquil surroundings of these sites just soaking up the serenity, history and culture, rather than trying to race around all nine in one day. Phuket’s official nine sacred sites are: 1) Wat Pra Tong 2) Heroines’ Monument, Thao Thepkrasatri and Thao Sri Soonthorn 3) Sarn Jao Seng Tham 4) Sarn Jao Bang Nieow/Sarn Jao Giew Tien Keng 5) Sarn Jao but jor 6) Sarn Jao Jewey Duey 7) Phraya Rasutana Pradit Monument (Ko Sim Bi Na Rayong) 8) Wat Chai Tararam (Wat Chalong) 9) Sarn Jao Kathu August 30 - September 5, 2008 GOOD LIVING PHUKET GAZETTE 11 Amazin’ Arabian his week’s guest chef is the female half of the husband- and-wife team, Israeli expat Shicartzy Ovadia and his Thai wife Benjama, or Ben, as she prefers to be called. The couple Tlay claim to opening one of the first restaurants to serve Israeli dishes on the island when they established The Family Medi- terranean Restaurant in Chalong about eight years ago. Since then it has become well known for its wide variety of Mediterranean dishes, such as falafel, hummus and Greek salads. Over the years, Khun Ben has worked hard to learn how to cook a wide variety of Mediterranean dishes and to recreate them as authentically as possible. Ovadia said that this hasn’t been easy to do because in Israel, dishes such as hummus are made fresh every day and never kept more than a few hours. Whatever is left over is given away because it will soon begin to Guest go off. He explained that The Fam- chef ily are able to ensure the freshness By Nick Davies of their dishes – even in the tropics – not by using additives or preser- vatives, but by making batches of hummus that are frozen straight away then transferred to a fridge that was specially made for the restaurant that keeps the food cool enough to be scooped and served when ordered. More recently, Khun Ben has been learning how to cook what PURE ARABIAN: Arabian kebabs served with salad, fried potato and Tahina. Ovadia calls “pure Arabic” dishes, such as couscous, moussaka, stuffed vegetables and salads, such as tabbouleh and laban, which are made from cheeses and yogurts. Their new specialty dish, however, and the recipe for which they have gracefully allowed the Gazette to publish, is Arabian ke- babs, which are shaped like fat sausages and served on long sticks accompanied by a simple salad. K. Ben said that most of the ingredients are readily available in Phuket, except for Arabic spices. “We get our spices by asking friends to bring some with them when they visit us as we’ve never been able to find it anywhere else. People who can’t find Arabic spices can try using other blends of mixed spice instead,” she said.

Arabian Kebabs Method Serves 4 Simply mix all the kebab in- 200g Minced beef gredients together in a bowl Chopped parsley until the mixture can be A pinch of cumin shaped into individual kebabs Chopped garlic and grill them on medium heat ¼ Onion until cooked. ½ an egg (beaten) The garlic, pepper and Roast cashew nuts (crushed) chili do not have to be exact Bread crumbs measurements. Anything Mixed Arabian spices from a pinch to a spoonful of Black pepper (ground) each, depending on one’s Chili (crushed) taste. Arabic Salad Ingredients 1-2 large cucumbers (finely chopped) 1 onion (finely chopped) 1 tomato (finely chopped) 1 green bell pepper (finely chopped) 12 PHUKET GAZETTE PHUKET PEOPLE August 30 - September 5, 2008 Happily Ever After Beauty before Recent weddings Gazette: Aren’t govern- in Phuket ment workers supposed to retire akhon Sri Thammarat native Prapan Sriharan, when they reach 60? 62, graduated from high school in 1966 and came Khun Prapan: I cannot stop working in the mortuary and Nto work Phuket. His first job was as an embroi- Michael and forensic laboratory of Vachira derer, but when he heard that Vachira Phuket Hospital Nipa Lawrence Phuket Hospital. I continue to was recruiting, he put his name forward and got himself were married help the doctors carry out autop- on July 25 at sies because I love my job and a new job. Michael’s Bar in also because I do not want to Instead of stitching cloth, however, his new career Phuket City. burden my sons, forcing them to take care of me. Even though I saw him stitching bodies back together so they would officially retired two years ago, look as good as possible when relatives came to claim I’m still working so that I can them. The Gazette’s Natcha Yuttaworawit talks to support myself. I think I will keep doing this job until I run out of Vachira Phuket Hospital’s mortician. energy or maybe when my wife retires in a few year’s time.

Gazette: When did you start working at Vachira Phuket Hospital? Khun Prapan: I began in 1970. I started off in the operat- ing room. They were short- staffed at the time, so I had to help out in the mortuary. I now have a lot more responsibility. I have to inject formalin into the corpses [to stop them from de- composing] and also dress and make up the bodies to try and make them look as presentable Pornpimon as possible. Songkhun and Krissakorn Gazette: Do you ever feel Suesakulpaisarn scared doing this job? were married at Khun Prapan: I have seen TOOLS OF THE TRADE: Prapan Sriharan certainly has his work cut the Phuket many corpses of people who Ballroom of the out for him, stitching the remains of the dead back together and have all died in many different making them look as good as possible before friends or relatives Royal Phuket ways, such as in accidents, by sui- City Hotel on come to collect their bodies. August 13. cide or from disease. I’m not afraid of the corpses, however, because I have no fear and I must stay in the morgue. because they used to be alive just have never seen anything Today there are more like us and nobody can avoid strange. people dying from accidents, dis- death – we are all mortals. I have never seen a corpse ease and murder, so we need to I think that if I make them wake up. If someone dies in a perform more autopsies. Al- look good, or at least look better, hospital then the body must stay though we might be overworked then they will find the stairway there for at least two hours be- sometimes, there are actually to heaven. I believe that the liv- fore it can be taken to the some days when we have noth- ing can be more horrible than the morgue. This is for two reasons. ing to do. dead anyway; the dead are just First, the relatives may wish to dead bodies and they don’t hurt be with the dead body. Second is Gazette: Are there any dif- us. to remove any doubt as to ficulties associated with your I start work at about 7:30 whether the person is really dead. work? am and finish at 4:30 pm. Some- Khun Prapan: Not really. times I like to be on night duty Gazette: What if no-one We can always improvise and [until midnight] and work alone comes to pick up a body? compromise. We only have 10 Khun Prapan: There are fridges here, each built to hold many corpses that aren’t col- one body each. If we have more lected by friends or relatives, so than 10 corpses then I have to we just wash the body and wait make bunks for the bodies so that for two weeks before we send it they can share a fridge together. to the [Kusoldharm] Foundation. We always make sure that they All of the corpses that are uncol- are in their own fridge if we know lected are now kept at the cem- that someone is coming to pick etery in Mai Khao. up the body. Bodies often come in from Gazette: How many staff road accidents, cut in half, dis- Ad- Punchline Comedy Club (F.O.C.) work in the morgue? membered or decapitated, and so Khun Prapan: Now we I must do my best to stitch the 3x4 have four staff, including myself body parts back together. If a K. Jib and a doctor. Sometimes we have brain or heart is popping out then to work on one corpse at the I try to put it back in again. same time, because there’s so Sometimes people bring me much to do if the person was in a a skeleton for autopsy. The serious accident. clothes of the deceased are the We have Dr Somchai best clue as to who they may be Yinprasert, a new forensic scien- and sometimes relatives recognize tist at the hospital, who was the clothes. trained by Thailand’s famous Dr Doing autopsies is not easy. Pornthip. He just arrived this If someone has been shot, for month and hopefully he can help example, then we need to con- minimize the time that bodies sult with police, doctors and rela- August 30 - September 5, 2008 PHUKET PEOPLE PHUKET GAZETTE 13 the grave

THE MORTICIAN: ‘I have never seen a corpse wake up. If someone dies in the hospital, the body remains in the hospital for a minimum of two hours before it is taken to the morgue,’ says K. Prapan.

tives before removing the bullets, tional foundations that sent offic- as this could be a way of tam- ers to help us. There were no pering with a murder case inves- problems with the limited area tigation. because there were containers for most of the bodies. Gazette: Are the corpses Some of the dead were de- you deal with mostly Thai? caying and could not be clothed, Khun Prapan: Not at all. so we just laid the clothes on the We have all nationalities here. bodies to cover them. Originally this was the only I don’t get stressed with my morgue on the island. There is work, even though there are con- another one now, but this is still flicts. Sometimes we have prob- the main morgue. The large pri- lems talking to relatives of the vate hospitals usually send their deceased. corpses here too. I have a lot of experience I pity not only the Thais, but dealing with people and know all nationalities who die in Thai- about many races, nationalities land. Some of them are alone with and religions. In the end it’s all no relatives to claim the body, so the same, regardless of creed or that’s when I really feel sad. color. Cambodian and Burmese bodies are the most common for- Gazette: Any advice for eign fatalities on the island. Most foreigners coming to pick up a of them were laborers and usu- corpse? ally they were murdered or were Khun Prapan: There are in a drunken brawl. only two places that I know of A lot of the time nobody here in Phuket that sell coffins. asks for the bodies, so we just One is opposite Wat Saen Suk wash them and cover the corpses and the other is here, opposite the with white handwoven cloth be- mortuary. fore sending them to the [Kusold- There are many old foreign- harm] foundation. I feel de- ers who pass away in their re- pressed whenever some poor tirement homes and the relatives relatives say they don’t have are often frustrated that they enough money to pay for the for- need the correct documentation malin, but at least I have my own before I can release a body from private stash of formalin that I the morgue. can donate to them. To collect the body of a for- If they are Buddhists then I eigner the following documents can dress the corpse, but usually should be brought to me: a death if they are Christians or Muslims certificate, passport of the de- we call a priest or mullah to per- ceased, passport of the person form these services. The meth- collecting the body and a docu- ods of cleaning, dressing and plac- ment from the appropriate em- ing the hands on the body are dif- bassy certifying that they are the ferent for each religion. correct person to be picking up the After the tsunami, all four body. staff were working hard with so Also, don’t forget the nomi- many corpses being sent to the nal fees made for the formalin in- hospital. Luckily there were na- jections and cleaning of the body. 14 PHUKET GAZETTE HAPPENINGS August 30 - September 5, 2008 T his week

RIGHT: HRH Princess Ubol Ratana Rajakanya presided over the grand opening of the Millennium Resort Patong, Phuket, on July 29 during a visit to the province. She was accompanied by provincial officials and executives from Phuket Square Co and Millennium Resort Patong Phuket. BELOW: Children at the Life Home Project show their appreciation for charitable contributions made by DirectRoom executives Managing Director Alex Lotz (5th from left) and Operations Director Graham Dewe (6th from left) on their recent visit to the charity foster home project.

GALA SALA: Phuket Vice-Governor Worapoj Ratthasima hands a certificate to BY THE BOTTLE: Mom Tri’s Boathouse staff celebrate being awarded ‘Best of Award of Ian Henry of Cambell Kane Co – developers of The Yamu and other real estate Excellence 2008’ by Wine Spectator Magazine for the third consecutive year. Pictured are projects on the east coast – in recognition of the developer’s contribution to the (from left): Mom Tri’s Boathouse Executive Chef Tummanoon Punchun, Wine Director for community in replacing the pavilion at Tha Rua-Muang Mai intersection in Pa Mom Tri’s restaurants Georges Ciret, plus Mom Tri’s Boathouse General Manager Louis Khlok (Route 4027). The previous pavilion had fallen into disrepair and was Bronner and staff, including F&B Manager Pinyo Thippimas and PR Manager Lisa Sol. redesigned and built by Cambell Kane Co at a cost of 441,700 baht.

IN STYLE: President of Lifestyles Health & Fitness Co Gupindar Mahal (right), SUBURBAN BEAT: Veena Arunyakasem, Mall & Media Director for Tesco, and guests Phuket’s his wife Rajinder Singh Jasvinder Kaur (center) and Sales & Marketing Manager Provincial Police Chief Apirak Hongtong and Vice-Governor Smith Palawatwichai were Pornsi Pringsuwan (left) celebrate the recent launch of the company’s Pevonia entertained by a tribal dance show during the opening of Tesco@Park community mall in Botanica spa products at Twin Palms Phuket’s Palm Spa. Wichit on August 22.

AV Footer August 30 - September 5, 2008 FEATURE PHUKET GAZETTE 15 Phuket gets hauled into global aviation crisis

he airline industry is ex- their holidays. Nok Air’s subse- Michael Ayling, managing tial restructuring of the business pected to be delivered to a high- periencing one of its quent decision to fly on weekends director of Laguna Phuket Re- by moving to Suvarnabhumi and powered committee in Thailand worst tailspins since the helps a bit, but it is only a sticking sorts and Hotels, the island’s big- adjusting its schedule and route at the end of September. T9/11 attacks and Phuket plaster. gest hotel group, made the perti- network to co-ordinate with So far, the Thai-based air- will not escape the fallout. Nok Air’s dilemma under- nent comment in a recent Phuket THAI Airways and to pick up lines have resisted taking the This doomsday scenario is scores a deeper problem with the Gazette “First Person” column more international transit pas- drastic action some US airlines shared by many in the industry Thailand aviation environment. that Phuket must not allow itself sengers. have taken, or are considering, because of the ongoing impact of The airline opted, indeed pushed, to be lured into a false sense of • THAI Airways increases such as removing in-flight enter- rising oil prices. Airlines pay a lot to fly out of the old Don Mueang security as a destination. capacity to cover the Nok Air tainment, charging for IFE head- more for refined jet fuel than the Airport to keep landing fees and Mr Ayling wants to see shortfall, assuming One-Two-Go phones, virtually eliminating food standard price per barrel quoted other costs down as Suvarna- more attractions built, such as resumes flights. If it does not, on domestic flights and applying in the media. bhumi was too expensive for its theme parks and water parks, to THAI would have to look at in- extra charges for baggage. The International Air Trans- form of low-cost model. As a re- lure visitors. These and other des- creasing capacity through more Even these airlines cannot port Association (IATA), which sult, Nok Air was not picking up tination-marketing ideas are very flights or larger aircraft on some escape the safety issue. Two of represents about 290 airlines, said many of the hundreds of thou- good, but they will mean very little flights to cover the shortfall. the biggest – Southwest Airlines that in Asia-Pacific, international sands of transit passengers com- if air services to Phuket are re- • Thai Air Asia is in a simi- and United Airlines – face stiff passenger traffic growth fell to ing through Suvarnabhumi and on duced or seriously disrupted by lar position to THAI. It would fines for allegedly breaching 3.2% from 4.5% in June. In cargo to destinations the current avia- need to look at increasing capac- safety regulations. the situation is worse: Asia-Pa- such as Phuket. tion global crisis. ity to get its share of a larger It would be fair to say that cific led the world with a 4.8% There is Talking Planes At this market created by the absence, this current fuel crisis and its im- drop year-on-year. now consider- stage the most or reduced services, of the other pact on the aviation industry, in- Giovanni Bisignani, IATA’s ation being optimistic sce- airlines. However, as a low-cost cluding in Thailand, has been Director General and CEO com- given to the air- nario for Phuket carrier it has more constraints on much more severe and long last- mented: “ The airline sector is in line going back would be: it to increase capacity quickly on ing than many other crises. trouble. Losses this year could to Suvarnabhu- such a short-haul route. We can only hope that, reach US$6.1 billion, more than mi so it can pick One-Two-Go, The charter businesses in coupled with a slowdown in by • • wiping out the US$5.6 billion air- up this traffic in grounded by the places such as Scandinavia and world demand, the forces caus- lines made in 2007. Falling de- co operation Alastair Carthew Department of around Asia continue to come to ing the oil crisis will pull back and mand and rising costs are shap- with its nominal Civil Aviation for Phuket despite the oil prices. we can get on with building ing the industry.” Airlines includ- “parent”, THAI Airways. safety and legal reasons, meets Many hotels and short-stay con- Phuket, through aviation, as one ing British Airways and Ameri- Even better than transit pas- all requirements and receives its dominium complexes are geared of the world’s premier tourist des- can are talking merger to ensure sengers through Bangkok would operating certificate back. One- to this market, mainly from Rus- tinations. long term survival and there have be an increase in direct flights to Two-Go and Nok Air’s ground- sia and Scandinavia. been a string of loss announce- Phuket. With direct flights from ings have put unprecedented, Alastair Carthew is a freelance ments, especially by US carriers. Japan, Singapore, China, Hong but profitable, pressure on Thai These scenarios, apart from the writer, public relations consult- To give you an idea of how Kong and Australia, and more Air Asia and THAI Airways to last one, are contingent on One- ant, journalist and media much fuel has risen since 2003, than a dozen charter flights out meet demand with existing ca- Two-Go getting airborne again – trainer based in Phuket. He can here are some statistics. In 2003, of the far northern hemisphere, pacity. a 50-50. The results of the inves- be contacted by email to fuel was 14% of an airline’s op- Phuket is well served. But if the • One-Two-Go re-emerges tigation into the crash are ex- [email protected] erating costs, the average price continued growth in hotel rooms as a “ unique” budget carrier with per barrel of crude oil was is to be profitably served, we more full-service benefits. This is US$28.8 and the total fuel cost need more. THAI has resumed something the company is said to for the airline industry was US$44 Narita-Phuket flights, but with its be working on. billion. Fast forward to 2008 current financial difficulties, its • Nok Air continues its (based on June figures) and fuel options to expand operations are weekend flights and, in the is 36% of operating costs, the limited in the short term. meantime, undergoes a substan- average price of a barrel of crude oil is US$122 (since reduced) and the total fuel bill is US$189 bil- lion. The good news for Phuket could be that demand in the Middle East-Asia market remains strong compared with the rest of the world. Global economy travel continues to grow at 3.4% in June compared with the previous year, but the IATA said demands ap- pears to be slowing. From a Phuket perspective, while the overall global situation is depressing, with Phuket devel- opers and hoteliers targeting the Middle East and lucrative Asian markets such as Hong Kong, Ja- pan, Singapore and China, the trends within Middle East-Asia are more encouraging. So how is this affecting Phuket? The Nok Air grounding of six aircraft because of rising fuel costs was a typical example of what is happening worldwide. It had an immediate effect on passengers transiting through Suvarnabhumi Airport to Phuket, with many not being able to ob- tain flights for days, thus ruining 16 PHUKET GAZETTE LIFESTYLE August 30 - September 5, 2008 Marrying by numbers 08.08.08 ugust 8, 2008, was con sidered a special day for those who believe Ain auspicious numbers, as it was the the eighth day of the eighth month of the eighth year of this millennium. The day was especially significant for Hong Kong couple Alison Tam and Edmund Chan, who chose 08.08.08 as the day to make their marriage vows and tie the knot at Laguna Phuket. A wedding ceremony was held at the Laguna Wed- ding Chapel and was fol- lowed by a Moulin Rouge-in- spired reception ball at the Sheraton Grande Laguna Phuket, for which a total of 130 guests were flown in from Hong Kong, Canada, Malaysia, Japan and the UK. Guests in costumes re- sembling dancers of the fa- mous French dance show enjoyed free-flowing Moet & Chandon champagne be- fore saying au revoir as the couple headed off for their first night together at Ban- yan Tree Phuket’s romantic Double Pool Villa. Lucky number 8

n Mandarin and Cantonese In Buddhism, the path to languages the words for the enlightenment is called the eight- number 8 sound similar to fold path and is symbolized by Ithe words for prosperity, an eight-spoked wheel. while numerologists say that 8 To Hindus, 8 is the symbol has strong karmic implications; of wealth and abundance and the it is known as the “great bal- Hindu goddess Lakshmi has ancer”. eight forms. Many also believe that the The Jewish religious rite of eighth is a good day to start brit milah (circumcision) is held something new, such as opening on a baby boy’s eighth day of life a new business or moving house and members of the Church of and, of course, starting a new life Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints with your beloved. believe that humans are respon- August 8 was also selected sible for their actions by the age as the opening day of the recent of eight, believing that before Olympics in Beijing, and for a bit that age, children lack sufficient of extra luck, organizers set 8:08 knowledge to commit sin and are pm exactly as the moment for therefore exempt from judgment the opening ceremony to begin. for their actions. In Chengdu, China, the In the Middle Ages, 8 was telephone number 8888-8888 the number of unmoving stars in was sold for US$270,723 and the the sky and in Daoist legend state-run Xinhua News Agency there are eight immortals who reported that 9,000 weddings took have the power to give life and place in the capital on Friday, destroy evil. August 8 – twice the previous In science, oxygen has an single-day marriage record. affiliation with the number 8. It Many other cultures and is the element with atomic num- religions, including Buddhists, ber 8 and makes up 88.8% of Hindus, Jews, Muslims and the mass of water. In music, Christians, also consider the scales are divided into eight notes number 8 to be auspicious. – an octave. August 30 - September 5, 2008 LIFESTYLE PHUKET GAZETTE 17 Mac bet he’d be unlucky in the Scottish Play Kids get deluxe day out rcane superstitions pers. Does standing on fluffy rep- abound in the theater, resentations of cats count as a but the one everybody theatrical curse? Eek! A remembers is about Still, only two more perfor- not wishing someone “Good mances of that play and Night in luck”, but that they “Break a leg” a Bar Room to go – Royal Phuket instead. Marina on August 30 and then our Now, I’m not a terribly su- final show of these two comedies perstitious chap, but, after acci- will be back at the Green Man dentally mumbling “Good luck” on September 6. Extra milk ra- before the Andaman Players took tions for Tibbles between now to the stage at the Playhouse in and then should keep that curse Patong, I thought I had better look at bay. into how to lay any possible curse According to some sources, I may have brought upon us. I giving the director a bunch of vaguely remembered that it had flowers on opening night is very something to do with spinning good luck for the actors, but the around three times, pinching my flowers need to be stolen from a nose and throwing a cat over my newly filled grave. Ugh! And why shoulder… or is this good luck? something like Because it saves that. those skin-flint Not wishing actors from hav- to upset one of my ing to pay out for cats unduly, I winning the thought it best to director’s favor. do a bit of serious But what DELUXE DAY OUT: About 80 children from Baan Tharn Namchai orphanage in Khao Lak were in-depth research about “Break a treated to a fun-filled day and night of luxury at Bel Air Panwa Resort where they spent the day first (translation: leg”? Well, there swimming and eating before being taken to Phuket Fantasea to celebrate Mothers’ Day on August at least to the sec- Backstage are so many ri- 11 and 12. ond page of a By Simon J Hand diculous reasons Several Phuket-based businesses and their employees helped support the the first in what is Google search) for this saying set to be an annual charity event, including Arfur O’Tools in Kata, Angus O’Tools in Karon, The and what I found out left me stag- that I don’t know where to be- Bamboo Bar Kathu, Victoria Orchids and PMA Screenprint. Bel Air Panwa staff also make monthly gered. There are almost as many gin. Some of the weirdest of these visits and donations to the orphanage and welcome contributions and offers of help from other local web pages about theatrical super- include a reference to John businesses and individuals. stitions as there are about Britney Wilkes Booth, who, having just Spears, which makes me wonder shot Lincoln, broke his leg leap- if people are taking both subjects ing onto the stage (yeah, that’ll a little too seriously. teach him to go around shooting Most of these sites, akin to presidents); Shakespearean audi- the ones about Little Miss Toxic, ences throwing the furniture about are annoyingly repetitious, basi- if they enjoyed the show (break- cally spouting the same old su- ing many chair legs in the pro- perstitions and their histories and cess?); and opining understudies offering little in the way of curse- wishing ill to their on-stage coun- removal solutions. Worst of all, it terparts and thus causing the op- left me wondering just how many posite. superstitions we’d broken since The “Good luck” thing is we first took to the stage last even sillier, having something to December. do with theater faeries that pre- For instance, did you know fer to do the opposite of what’s that wearing green on stage is been asked, although the astute considered incredibly bad luck director mentioned above does (apparently Moliere died wearing point out that egotistical actors a green night shirt), unless you’re who believe themselves imbued in Italy where purple is the col- with good luck are more likely to ore sformato, while Spanish ac- fluff their lines. tors refuse to wear yellow (any- So, following my research, one know why?). it would appear that the Andaman Fresh flowers on stage are Players have broken about half also considered unlucky, but – as the superstitions that cause bad one sharp director pointed out – luck – although I have yet to this is probably because fresh catch anyone knitting backstage flowers need replacing daily and – and failed to do most of the that’s very bad luck for the things that guarantee a success- producer’s wallet. ful performance. My cats were relieved to If there is anything to this find out that I wouldn’t be lob- superstition lark it hasn’t done us bing them about anytime soon, much harm so far. Still, just to be because cats in theaters are con- on the safe side, I’ll curb my de- sidered very good luck… unless sire to slip the name of the Scot- you kick one, which is very bad tish play into my next script (“I’ve luck. Apparently this superstition finished laying the tarmac, dates back to the Pharaohs – and Beth.”) because I’ve just read we all know what happened to about a theater company that them, don’t we. called itself Defying Macbeth in Then I remembered that an attempt to reveal the theatri- Tony Kelsey-Stead’s costume in cal folly behind not mentioning the play Adjoined – in which he that name. Terrible performances plays a drunken Italian hotelier – and poor audiences proved oth- includes a pair of Garfield slip- erwise. The Andaman Players are seeking new actors, backstage crew and anyone interested in being a part of this growing perfor- mance arts adventure. Must have own rabbit’s paw. Email: [email protected] 18 PHUKET GAZETTE SPA MAGIC August 30 - September 5, 2008 Looking younger is a real buzz woke up completely ex- hausted after taking care of my sick dog the day before. My face was covered with SHOCKINGLY I GOOD: The pimples, my eyes had rings around them and I looked at least 10 dermalift treatment years older than my actual age. at Young Plus To put it bluntly: I looked ragged. involves having I was feeling miserable be- your face cause my dog was on his death massaged with bed; I had to do something to feel electrodes. better. I was looking and feeling old beyond my years, so I was in desperate need of a treatment to revitalize my face and make me look younger. The Young Plus Beauty Center on the bypass road sprang to mind because I pass it every fortable at times. day on my way to and from work. After about 30 I decided to pay the center a visit. minutes, the first I got in my car, drove over there electric phase of my and wondered what would be in treatment was fi- store for me. As I entered the nally over. K. Kea center I was greeted by the cleaned my face owner, Duangporn “Elle” and then placed a Theerarungsarid, who welcomed mask over it to soak me with a wide smile and a glass up all the toxins and of water. help soothe any Khun Elle, 27, told me that acne. I then had my she is a lover of all things beauty face massaged with and that she likes nothing more the electrode sticks than to look after her skin. A once again, which woman with high standards, K. took about 15 min- Elle said that she hasn’t found something best suited to old things on the menu: Dermalift followed my therapist, Maneerat utes. many beauty centers in Phuket people whose faces have become Microface Caviar Vitellus Treat- “Kea” Prasarphan, to the facial After the treatment, I took that can fulfill her de- flabby, K. Elle as- ment, Beaute Nueve Treatment, treatment room. I laid down on a look in the mirror and almost mands, so she de- sured me that the Liftosome Treatment, Extra the bed and then had several elec- didn’t recognize the person look- cided to open her treatment can be Luxury Body Treatment and trode pads attached to my face. ing back at me. I was back to own – Young Plus – beneficial for Firming Aromatic Body Treat- K. Kea explained that the pads looking my usual fresh self, in November last younger people, too. ment. I eventually settled on the were placed over my 10 lymph maybe even with a few years year. “You don’t Dermalift Treatment. glands to cajole the glands into trimmed off for good measure. The skincare need to wait until you “One of the most popular action, which helps rejuvenate the All this after just one treatment. and beauty treat- get old before you treatments is the Beaute Nueve skin. K. Elle hinted that the results ments offered at have a face lift. If Treatment, which uses fruit en- After five minutes of re- would be even greater after two Young Plus use mod- you start doing it now, zymes to help remove dead cells ceiving small electric shocks to or three more sessions with the ern techniques and you will stay looking from the skin and make your face my face, K. Kea removed the electrodes. high-quality products young even when look radiant. This treatment is electrode pads and then applied The dermalift course costs that achieve fast and you are old,” she popular with soon-to-be brides an AHA solution to my face to 2,700 baht, although members can effective results, with Spa said. who usually get a combo with the stimulate exfoliation. get a 20% discount. Next time I K. Elle selecting her MAGIC Target custom- Extra Luxury Body Treatment, My face tingled for a few want my face to look younger, I products from the ers for Young Plus which will leave their bodies look- minutes, but I had no time to dwell will be right back to Young Plus. Guinot Paris and Sil- By Janyaporn Morel are working men and ing beautiful,” said K. Elle. on it as next up was my dermalift. houette lines. Young Plus Beauty Center women looking for I wished to be a bride again I had a green collagen gel Young Plus Beauty Center is I asked K. Elle quick results to make as I read about the treatments. It smeared over my face. K. Kea located at 96/3-4 Village 1 on to give me a consultation regard- them look younger. Unsure about was almost too much to take in. then took two small electrodes the bypass road (next to The ing my tired and weary face. She the prospect of having a face lift, Treatments were priced from and moved them gently up and Royal Place). Open dail, 10:30 recommended I have a face lift I scanned the spa menu for other 400 baht to 3,800 baht for the down over my face. Although I am to 8:30 pm. Tel. 076-304- combined with an acne treatment. treatments. Botofusion Dermalift Treatment. felt relaxed, the electrical zapping 106-7, 081-8292384. Website: While a face lift might sound like There were all sorts of My dermalift began after I into my face was a little uncom- www.youngplusphuket.com August 30 - September 5, 2008 WHAT’ S ON PHUKET GAZETTE 19

EVENTS CALENDAR Upcoming events on the island

Until September 26. Muham- sort Phuket, in Patong. tional Cleanup Day. Volunteer to mad Rojana-Udomsat Exhibi- In true comedy tradition, the help make clean waters a reality tion. night of laughter is brought to you and join the biggest underwater Muhammad Rojana-Udom- by an Englishman, an Irishman cleanup of its kind. Green Fins sat is a famous Thai painter with and a Welshman: Greg Davies Thailand (United Nations Envi- a 28-year painting career whose (“Superb! Controls the audience ronmental Program), Dive Asia, works have been shown in Thai- with such flair! Hilarious too!” – Sea Fun Divers & Scandinavian land, Malaysia, Japan, China, Tai- The Daily Telegraph), Neil Scuba Doo are calling all divers wan and Indonesia. His exhibi- Delamare (“One of the funniest to help clean up our oceans. tion at Art Rendezvous Gallery in things you’ll see at the Fringe this In 2007, a total of 358,617 Phuket City will be open until year” – Edinburgh Festival recorded volunteers worldwide September 26. Magazine) and Rhod Gilbert helped clean 34,560 miles of Contact Patrick Bois for (“Rhod Gilbert makes me laugh shoreline and remove seven mil- details. Tel: 076-219095. Email: like a pitiless idiot” – The Scots- lion pounds of rubbish. [email protected] Website: man). Only certified divers may www.art-rendezvous-gallery. Tickets are 960 baht in ad- join and all must be registered com vance, available at Woody’s with the organizers. Only 100 Sandwich Shoppes (see www. places available. Until August 31. Dusit Thani khunwoody.com for locations), or Contact Juergen Schenker. Laguna Double Tennis Tour- 1,200 baht on the door. A night of Tel: 076-330598. Email: juergen. nament 2008. fun-filled laughter guaranteed. [email protected] Website: The Annual Dusit Thani For more information con- www.greenfins-thailand.org Laguna Double Tennis Tourna- tact Pete. Tel: 081-9565650. ment 2008 will be held at Dusit Email: info@ phuketcomedy.com September 20-October 5. Thani Laguna Phuket, from Au- Website: www.phuketcomedy. Oktoberfest at Mövenpick gust 29 to 31, with a view to pro- com Resort & Spa. mote tennis as a local sport as A Bavarian biergarten ar- well as to strengthen relationships Loy Krathong Festival September 18-24. Photo Art rives in the tropics on September between tennis players in the hos- by Dr Ilse Gibson at Mom 20 when the Oktoberfest is pitality business. November 12 Tri’s Boathouse. launched at Pacifica Restaurant, The awards presentation One of the most beautiful festivals in Thailand. It is traditionally Dr Ilse Maria Gibson is a Mövenpick Resort & Spa Karon will be on August 31 after the fi- performed on the full moon night of the twelfth lunar month. full-time university lecturer on Beach. nal match. A krathong is a banana-leaf cup containing flowers, a candle computer and business subjects, It starts with a grand Ger- The tournament, from 8 am and incense sticks that is floated away in a canal or river to worship but she still finds time to indulge man-themed barbecue including to 9 pm, is open to the public al- the river’s goddess and at the same time to float away any bad in her early passions: photogra- such specialties as pork knuckle, though all applications have sold luck. phy and writing. spätzle, knödel, grilled pork sau- out. Her interest in computer sage and schwarzwälder kirsch- Contact Vachira Thita- your PC out the, uh, window? September 13. SDF Tails at science and photography lead her torte – better known as black for- lohakul. Tel: 076-362999 (ext Need advice on where to buy a Twilight Annual Fundraising to experiment with photos using est gateau. Authentic beers, such 7631). Email: dtlpgamgr@dusit. computer, or get one repaired? Bone a Fit. various graphic programs, turn- as Hofbräu München’s com Join For Dummies… author The Soi Dog Foundation ing normal photos into pop art. Schwarze Weisse Hefeweizen Woody Leonhard for his weekly will hold its annual fundraiser Opening cocktail reception Dunkel and Münchner Hefe- August 30. The Andaman Group Therapy sessions from 10 “Tails at Twilight Annual Fund- on September 18 from 7 pm to weizen, will be served. Players present… am to midday. They’re free. raising Bone A Fit” on Septem- 8:30 pm. Price: 990 baht for the open- A Night at Royal Phuket Novices most welcome – ber 13 at the Evason Phuket & For more information con- ing barbecue. Marina. Les Anges and Skippers no experience necessary. Bring Six Senses Spa. tact Lisa Sol. Tel: 076-330015. Contact Patrick De introduce an evening of comedy your questions, bring your com- It will be a private beach Email: [email protected] Staercke. Tel: 076-396139-442. theater with the Andaman Play- puter, bring your mother-in-law party extravaganza with raffles, Website: www.boathousephuket. Email: patrick.destaercke@ ers. Dinner will be served at Les and your worry beads, and let’s auctions and a prize draw. com moevenpick.com Website: Anges, followed by performances see if we can sort things out. The ticket price of 2,000 www.moevenpick-phuket.com at Skippers of the two short com- For directions to Sandwich baht included a buffet dinner, September 20. Underwater edies Night in a Bar Room and Shoppe Chalong, see the website. free-flow beer and wine, non-stop Cleanup. September 29-October 7. Adjoined. The event is spon- Sponsored by the Phuket Ga- entertainment, and lots of fun at Splash for trash on Interna- Phuket Vegetarian Festival. sored by Les Anges, Skippers and zette and Khun Woody’s Sand- the beautiful venue. the Phuket Gazette. wich Shoppes. For tickets contact Cristy. Tickets are available from From 10 am until midday at Tel: 085-4734636. Email: cristy@ Les Anges and Skippers for 1,500 the Sandwich Shoppe Chalong. soidog-foundation.org Website: baht. For more information con- www.soidog-foundation.org For more information con- tact Woody Leonhard. Tel: 089- tact Peter or Crystal. Tel: 081- 1960940. Email: woody@ Khun September 16. Punchline 9680738, 086-2820567. Email: Woody.com Website: www.Khun Comedy Club Live Stand-Up [email protected] Woody.com Comedy. The Punchline Comedy August 31. PC Group Therapy September 7. PC Group Club in association with the Lon- – Chalong. Therapy – Patong. don Comedy Store presents a Is your Internet connection From 10 am until midday at night of international stand-up driving you nuts? Ready to throw the Sandwich Shoppe Patong. comedy at the Holiday Inn Re- 20 PHUKET GAZETTE B U S I N E S S & MONEY August 30 - September 5, 2008

ON THE MOVE Panjaporn Limpanavisit Rodjalin Pongsuwan has The new Director of has been appointed Spa been appointed Reserva- Loss Prevention for the Manager at Cheraim Spa tions Manager at the JW Marriott Phuket Re- Village. Working in the spa Sheraton Grande Laguna sort & Spa is Viphob industry since 1999, Khun Phuket. Pinviset, who has been Panjaporn has been Spa Khun Rodjalin has working in the hotel in- Receptionist at Diamond managed reservation and dustry for 17 years. His Cliff Resort & Spa and at front office departments in professional background Mandara Spa at Imperial Phuket for more than 15 includes holding the po- Queen’s Park Hotel, both years, working with lead- sition of Security Man- in Patong. ing hotels and resorts in- ager at Citilodge Hotel At JW Marriott cluding the Evason Phuket and Amari Boulevard Phuket Resort & Spa, she & Six Senses Spa and La- Hotel in Bangkok. He served as Senior Spa Re- guna Beach Resort. has been trained in fire ceptionist before moving to K. Rodjalin’s aca- safety, fire fighting, Royal Haven Spa in Rawai demic and professional ex- bomb safety and evacu- to work as Spa Manager. perience includes hotel ation techniques, and he In 2005, she was appointed management, leadership was Chief of Security for Assistant Spa Manager at development skills and rev- the Four Seasons Hotel Cheraim Spa Village. enue management. Bangkok. Sukko Spa swoons HomePro to into new market expand with new By Janyaporn Morel Phuket branch PHUKET: Sukko Cultural Spa & Wellness, touted as Asia’s biggest day spa, is pushing forward with By Janyaporn Morel on the same period last year. the development of 28 honey- The company showed sec- moon spa villas and the comple- CHALONG: Despite gloomy ond-quarter revenue of 8.668 bil- tion of its wellness center, which economic forecasts in property lion baht throughout the country, should be fully operational by markets around the world, home a 14.59% rise over the previous early 2009. products chain Home Product year’s performance. Alongkorn Komonrujinant, Center Plc (HomePro) is seeing HomePro Managing Direc- Sukko Spa general manager, told rising profits across Thailand and tor Khunawut Thampromkul said the Gazette that Sukko Spa has is now expanding its presence in that HomePro’s growth, despite invested 70 million baht in the Phuket. operating under poor economic expansion. “Since the first phase Under construction on five conditions, is coming from con- in 2006, we have invested about rai on Chao Fa West Rd near tinued strong sales from its exist- 50 million baht in Jantra Spa Vil- Chalong circle, on the former site ing branches. SUITE DEAL: The villas include facilities so that honeymooners can of an open-air night market, is a The expansion of new las, which are about 50% com- receive spa and massage treatments in their rented villas. plete. 10,000-square-meter HomePro branches and the operation of “Following the increase in on August 9. All 28 villas will be that will offer flexible rates de- retail center. HomePro Expo events have also demand for wellness facilities, we ready in September, with the pending on the market and the The project is expected to contributed to the company’s bot- have invested a further 70 mil- wellness center to follow. season. There will be many dif- open in December, giving the is- tom line. lion baht to complete the project Other facilities include a ferent packages, such as detoxi- land a second HomePro in addi- HomePro’s profits from and to have our wellness center therapist academy, wellness- fication packages and rehabilita- tion to the existing branch at the rental and service fees are also open by next year,” he said. product factory, fitness center tion packages for patients follow- Tesco-Lotus supercenter. on the rise. In 2007, revenue in “The wellness center is on and swimming pool, all of which ing hospital treatment,” he said. The project, which is valued this area was 300.39 million baht, a 32-rai plot. We have already are available to guests staying in Treatments will be offered at 500 million baht, will have a an increase of 21.55 million baht opened the first phase of the cen- the honeymoon villas, he added. in-room, while other activities in- display area of 6,500sqm for or 7.73% from 2006. Rental and ter, while a number of facilities A night in one of the villas clude yoga, aqua-yoga, Muay HomePro household products service fees are earned from will be operational to serve Jantra will set you back 15,000 baht, al- Thai, fruit carving and Thai cook- and 3,500sqm of rental space for business operators who rent shop Spa Villas customers with well- though packages and promotional ery, said K. Alongkorn. other businesses. space at HomePro branches ness treatments,” he added. offers might be available in the Most of the guests currently Financial results for Home throughout the country and in- The Jantra series comprises future, depending on demand and booked in to stay at the spa are Product Center Plc for the sec- clude income from Home Pro 28 villas complete with in-room market trends, K. Alongkorn said Taiwanese, though the target na- ond quarter of 2008 (April to Expo events. wellness facilities. A soft open- “We have been talking with tionalities for the spa also include June) show net profits of 386.85 Other income, from non-re- ing for 14 of the villas was held travel agencies about packages Chinese, Japanese and Korean. million baht, a 26.57% increase tail areas including sales promo- tions and other services, was 259.78 million baht in 2007, an increase of 50.88 million baht or 24.36% from the previous year. Khun Khunawut added that rising costs are expected to cut into profits during the second half of this year. Sales and manage- ment system costs for HomePro in the second quarter this year were 1.96 billion baht, a rise of 240.9 million baht or 14% over the same period in 2007. Despite the rising costs, K. Khunawut said he expects sales revenue to grow by 15% this year. The opening of the new Phuket branch will give HomePro a total of 34 branches nationwide. August 30 - September 5, 2008 B U S I N E S S & MONEY PHUKET GAZETTE 21 UNHAPPY ANNIVERSARY: he credit crunch is now more than a year old and, presumably, many Credit crunch enters second year Tpeople suppose that it is an old story. Unfortunately, it is not as simple as it seems. Not only is the credit crunch spreading globally, but it appears that what America has feared for so long is taking place: a Wall Street problem is turning into a Main Street problem. In other words, there has been a transi- tion from a purely “remote” fi- nancial crisis to one that affects most people’s lives. The oft-quoted Art Cashin, the director of floor trading op- erations for UBS in the United States, has offered a new look at the situation on the television busi- ness channel CNBC. His latest concern is the ef- fect that poor-quality car loans and credit card debt problems are going to add to a badly stressed financial sector. He believes that it will be approximate to a “minor tsunami”. This is basically credit crunch: part two – and it should not be assumed that it will be over any time soon. One major US banking group reported to clients that it expects the Chinese government to shortly introduce a stimulus package of up to US$58 billion. This may seem to be somewhere Just like the opening of the Beijing Olympics, China’s economy is still a spectacular show, having avoided the financial crisis that is hitting between improbable and ridicu- most other major economies. But how long can the show go on? Photo by Agencia Brasil lous. The Chinese economy’s latest growth figures reflect the economy will spark political other countries are reducing in- able against many other curren- cases, this is what investors need 10.1% growth, which is simply problems so a higher inflation rate terest rates. cies. However, the US dollar still to do, but at least there are some enormous and so rapid as to be is an acceptable alternative. The US also has a great ad- has problems; a shortage of in- places left. All is certainly not lost. almost out of control. And there The stresses in the global vantage over less-agile econo- vestment choices is one of the have been rumors that the Chi- financial system are being felt in mies such as the Euro Zone block major areas. Richard G Watson runs Global nese government will stimulate many areas and they have often and Japan. The US will, with a The US residential housing Portfolios Co Ltd, a Phuket- it further. appeared where number of mistakes, take the nec- market woes are well known but based personal financial-plan- Should there people thought they essary pain and restructure there are increasing concerns that ning service. He can be reach- be any truth in this were safe. Inves- whereas the Euro Zone and Ja- the commercial property market ed at Tel: 076-381997, Fax: rumor, and certainly tors in currencies pan will continue to avoid hard is about to head in the same di- 076-383185, Mobile: 081- the Shanghai stock such as the Aus- and unpleasant decisions. rection. 0814611. Email: imm@ loxinfo market index rose tralian dollar, New Australia, on the cusp of There are very few places .co.th Website: www. global- 7.48% in a single Zealand dollar, reducing interest rates to cush- to “hide” at present and, in most portfolios.com day, then we can Swiss franc, pound ion a falling economy, is fairly well only assume that sterling and so on positioned to meet the future. China is feeling the MONEY suddenly found that There is little doubt that commod- first effects of the the much-maligned ity prices will continue to be rela- slowdown in global US dollar showed tively strong and, as a major ex- growth. TALKS strong signs of in- porter, Australia is likely to still be China’s main By Richard G. Watson vigoration. In reality, “the lucky country”. trading partners, the it is not the US dol- That is of little consolation US, Europe and Japan, are either lar that is so strong; it is the oth- to investors. One Phuket resident in recession or are extremely ers that are so weak. told me his Melbourne-based close. It then becomes possible The credit crunch originated stockbroker had taken all his that China wants to keep its in the US, but, as is usually the funds out of the Australian stock economy growing rapidly, despite case, the US was simply ahead market and put it on deposit, stat- the fact that inflation at the con- of the rest of the world in the eco- ing that there appeared to be no sumer level is currently 6.5%. nomic cycle. This time, with an investments worthy of attention. China’s government, unlike added twist (credit crunch), inter- That may be a first in the history the aforementioned trading part- est rates are probably at their low- of stockbroking. ners, is not a democracy. They est point in the economic cycle This is when the question of are worried that a slowdown in and they are likely to rise just as “home” currency becomes im- portant. In this particular case, the Vital Statistics: investor did not have the Austra- DOMESTIC FLIGHTS DROP MORE THAN 25% lian dollar as his “home” cur- rency; his delight at now earning July 2007 July 2008 6.5% on deposit was immediately Domestic passengers 278,980 271,956 turned into woe when it was ex- International passengers 155,538 174,033 plained that in a matter of days Domestic aircraft 2,037 1,473 the Australian dollar had declined by around 10% against his International aircraft 1,204 1,253 “home” currency. Domestic Cargo (tons) 827 925 On the opposite side, many International Cargo (tons) 384 354 investors have now found that a Source: Phuket International Airport rising US dollar has been profit- 22 PHUKET GAZETTE F E A T U R E August 30 - September 5, 2008 Attack of the hungry cars uring my recent expe- rience at the Miss Teen Youth ’n Thailand pageant, I Dhad the chance to hear a lot of stories told by the models, who were, like ASIA me, there to compete against each other. The most pressing issues up for dis- By Maria Giulietta cussion were related to how to lose weight and remain thin. The thing is that even af- get money from my food fuel, ter my experience at the beauty pageant, they would, of course, start sell- the problems faced by the models seem to ing their products to the people be the same as those faced by most girls who make petrol. I can just see it my age. Of course there’s the stress of now with all the news reports of study and guys, but then there are those people complaining about not be- people who seem to only notice how beau- ing able to find potatoes due to tiful you are or, in other words, if you are food fuel. thin or not. Readers, I think I’ve found A lot of people get very stressed by a way to tackle anorexia and obe- their friends and families and they might sity. Don’t take me too seriously react to this by pigging out and getting fat here, I’m only 16 and have far or, even worse, becoming obese. This is a too much fantasy rolling around big problem among teenagers all over the my head, but let’s see how this world. works out. We live in such a competitive soci- When you next go into the ety and it seems that if you don’t fit a cer- kitchen, find as much food as you tain stereotype then you can’t be accepted can. You’ll need a blender, some by others at school or work, in your fam- vegetables, carrots, rice, some ily, among friends and so on. chemistry know-how and a bit of I’ve been reading a lot of articles on luck – that’s it. You will be able the Internet about obesity and what I’ve to create the most environmen- found is very scary. Firstly, obesity is a tally friendly food possible. Your serious problem. Another problem is an- body works like a car engine any- orexia, which is the flip side of the coin. way. Food fuel can give you en- Sometimes, in order to avoid eating, people ergy and clean your body. become anorexic, which is a serious health Mix it all up in the blender risk and can result in death. and just drink it. Don’t worry TV stars and models are often about your car in the garage wait- blamed for triggering eating disorders in ing to receive its own portion and young women seeking to emulate their don’t pay any attention to the sci- catwalk idols. Although it’s unclear why entists who say vegetables should this might be the case, researchers sug- be used to make cars move. I gest that the risk of developing anorexia don’t see any reason why such could be inherited or might be down to a an efficient car should have a fault in brain development at an early age. starving person sitting behind the I read about one professor who said, wheel. Why should cars get all “People with anorexia are wired differ- the food when there are people ently. They react and think in a different who really need it? way to the ordinary person and they go to Vegetables and rice are for develop anorexia regardless of whether us. If you feel as if your motor- they have been exposed to images of su- cycle is being left out, you can per-thin models.” feed it some carrots, but no more Do you know what I think? I think than that. that these “professors” are anorexic in version. How about my solution to the prob- for “food fuel”. This means that you will I think that in a few years our cars their brains. I don’t know about you, but I lem of the world running out of petrol? feed your car rice, vegetables and so on. may develop the necessary skills to be- normally use my brain to work things out. Scientists have already figured out If you give your car a carrot, you should come very good cooks, driving straight into These scientists and professors are just that agriculture can help solve the prob- be able to reach school in time for class. the kitchen to prepare “fuel”, using all the so over the top. lem with the development of biodiesel. Sounds cool, right? Fantasy is terrific food and leaving us humans hungry. You want to hear an example of go- Who would have thought that vegetable sometimes. Perhaps I could be a scientist I’m just exercising my imagination ing over the top? Don’t worry, I’ll get back oil could be used to make your car run? I in the future. here, but something is really wrong with on track in a minute, so allow me this di- want to take it a step further with my idea Since all farmers would be able to the way humans behave. August 30 - September 5, 2008 TAKE A BREAK PHUKET GAZETTE 23

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?

The BIG Crossword © Lovatts Publications Pty Ltd Across 81. Threefold 4. Appeared 67. Colored-tile designs 82. Burning fiercely (of 5. Indian garment 68. More apparent 1. Bowling pins fire) 6. London’s …Gallery 69. Friendly 6. Rear part 85. 2.471 acres 7. Without company 74. Missile’s explosive 12. Dreariness 88. Overrunning 8. Appreciated section 17. Mausoleum, Taj … 90. Act of repentance 9. Construe 79. Going out with 18. Sultan’s wives 93. Supplant 10. Cooks 81. Involuntary shudder 19. More attractive 95. Uncertainties 11. Nobleman 83. Present 20. Resembled (4,5) 96. Sudden pain 12. Antlered mammal 84. …& outs Solution, tips and 21. Incidents 97. Actor, …Alda 13. Innumerable 86. Jerk computer program at 22. Become ready to 99. Jewel 14. Broad pasta sheets 87. Copied www.sudoku.com pick 100. Chivalrous 15. Became, …up 89. Enrolls 24. Tease amorously 102. Weapons 16. Coward 90. Tennis ace, 26. Proportion 104. Poems 23. Scheme …Shriver 29. Puts up with 105. Distribute (4,3) 25. Cult hero 91. Guarantees 33. Woozy 108. Consumers 27. In motion 92. Shutdown 36. Unspecified time 110. Dental string 28. From Tel Aviv 94. Flight attendant 39. Seoul locals 112. Freeloader 30. Requiring 96. Smug moralists 41. Agitates, …up 114. Cows’ mammary 31. Typical 98. Socially inept teens 42. Strauss waltz, The glands 32. Trap 101. In total (3,2) Blue … 117. Incubate 34. Muslim 103.Recycle 43. Illegally obtained 118. Suit-makers 35. Stick-on symbol 106. Aunt’s husband 44. Vote into office 119. Saucepan scrubber 37. Weir 107. Brazil’s …Paulo 46. Storm water pipe 120. Muscle cramp 38. Alaskan river 109. To & … 48. Leafier 122. Showed (to seat) 39. Australian bearlike 111. Japanese warrior 50. Mongolian desert 126. Totted up marsupial 112. Confused noise 52. Wartime partner 129. Algebra, geometry, 40. tyrannosaurus … 113. Annoyed exclama- 54. Shiver etc 45. Insist tion 56. Psychotic 132. House tops 47. Fervor 115. Repeat 58. Religious sisters 135. Ruler 48. Making more allur- 116. Sink 60. District 136. Type of canoe ing 117. Scottish shrub 61. Rotter 137. Opulence 49. Rodents 120. Audible breaths 62. Crocodile relative 138. Complete 51. Integral (5-2) 121. Blacksmith’s block 66. Takes no notice of 139. Used needle & 53. …Misérables 122. Steal (power) 67. Rabat natives thread 54. Surfaces (road) 123. Great Lake 70. Load (software) 140. Servicemen 55. Subjugation 124. Queenly 71. Diplomat 141. Weak & purposeless 57. Tiny mark 125. Clothe The principle of Sudoku is very simple: each row, each col- 72. UK university city 142. Demotes 59. Nestling 127. Horror umn and each “box” of nine squares within the puzzle must 73. Wow, …whiz! 60. Buenos Aires is 128. Computer floppies contain all the numbers from 1 to 9 with, naturally, no repeti- 75. Eyeball membrane Down there 130. Classics studies tions. Guess if you will, but each Sudoku puzzle can be solved 76. Recapping, …up 61. Defraud 131. Weeding implements using logic alone. Beware: this puzzle has only one solution, 77. US honeymoon falls 1. Marvelous 63. Rocket launch (4-3) 133. Raw metals which is on the next page. 78. Steam pressed 2. Immobile 64. Bridge struts 134. Dancer, …Astaire 80. Ignited 3. Military pageants 65. Butting Solution on next page 24 PHUKET GAZETTE TAKE A BREAK August 30 - September 5, 2008 Get your brain in gear with the

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2. In which century 9. In which country 16. In which sensa- was Francis Drake was Gustav Holst tional case was born? born? telegraph first used to apprehend a 3. How many pedals 10. Which is the world’s murderer? does a grand piano longest mountain have? range? 17. What was Lech Walesa’s job in the 4. Who was 11. Which is the 3rd Gadansk shipyards? Hiawatha’s wife? largest US state after Alaska & 18. Who was Texas? Muhammad Ali’s Quick Crossword 5. Which sporting first professional event did Bernard 12. Where did one of opponent outside Across Down Hinault win three the world’s worst the US? 1. Lucid 2. Santa’s helper times in the 80s? industrial accidents 4. Team 3. Blade take place in 1984? 19. What does Ice Cold 8. Hairy 4. Finesse 6. Which US Presi- refer to in John 9. Fortunate 5. Mythical creature dent won a Nobel 13. Which Frenchman Mills film Ice Cold 10. A long way 6. Refuse Peace prize in designed Italy’s flag? in Alex? 11. French yes 7. Guns and shells 1906? 12. Swift movement 10. Money 14. In which city did 20. Who had 90s’ hits 15. Bank code 13. Bright 7. What is the only John and Yoko hold with Cornflake 16. In your head 14. Not suitable English anagram of their honeymoon Girl? 17. Too much water 15. Self-assured Catalogue? bed-in in the 60s? Answers below 19. Tactless 16. Indo city 20. Book of days 18. Genetic code The Monster Quiz is provided by John Aldous, Quiz Master at the Green Man Pub. He can be con- Solution below tacted at Southern Wholesale Meat, procurer of local and imported products. Email: [email protected] Puzzle Solutions Solution to Monster this week’s Sudoku puzzle Quiz Solution to this week’s Answers Quick crossword Solution to this week’s BIG Crossword 1. The United Nations; 2. 16th 3. 3; 4. Min- nehaha; 5. Tour de Solution to this week’s France; 6. Theodore Cartoon Puzzle Roosevelt; 7. Coa- gulate; 8. Georgia; 9. England; 10. Andes; 11. California; 12. Bhopal, India; 13. Napoleon; 14. Amsterdam; 15. Roman Polanski; 16. Dr John Crippen; 17. Elec- trician; 18. Henry Cooper; 19. Beer; 20. Tori Amos. August 30 - September 5, 2008 F E A T U R E S PHUKET GAZETTE 25 The perfect existential surf tale

ritics have called Tim Winton, ing vapour. I hung right up in the boiling Sando becomes a mystic guru to his born in 1960, the best Australian nest of foam at its very peak, suspended two young disciples, teaching a life of over- novelist of his generation and in noise and unbelief, before I began to coming fear for a life of extraordinary ex- Cthey are absolutely right. His fall out and down in a perience and leading them main turf is the coastal villages of West- welter of blinding spray. I further up the coast to se- ern Australia. only got to my feet from cret bays with 20-foot His nine novels are replete with instinct, but there I sud- waves and murderous amazing physical detail, vivid characters Off the denly was, upright and reefs. A wipe-out on one and crisp, realistic dialog. His only weak- alive, skittering in front of of these can mean death. ness, sometimes, is plot, in which invari- SHELF all that jawing mess with “For a half second I ably tortured characters move about aim- my little board chattering saw the shadow of the lessly. By James Eckardt underfoot. It was hard to reef far below. The heavy But his ninth novel, a slender gem credit the speed, the way board fell from under me called Breath (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, the wave hauled itself up- like a leaf and I sprawled New York, 2008, 218pp), is sheer perfec- cared. In Sawyer, a town of millers and right in my path as it found down the hard, unyielding tion. It’s also, as far as I know, the first loggers and dairy farmers, men did solid, shallower water. All I face without it, bouncing prose masterpiece about surfing. practical things, mostly with their hands... could do was squat and from hip to hip, unable to Once again we’re in a small coastal There wasn’t much room for beauty in the aim in hope.” break the skin of the wa- village named Sawyer in Western Austra- lives of our men.” Pikley and Loonie ter. I was falling down a lia. The time is the early 1970s and the The lyrical descriptions of surfing are are surfing alone when staircase – one that never narrator Pikley recalls a humdrum life en- stupendous, almost hallucinogenic. Here they meet Sando on the seemed to end, which col- livened only by surfing. When he’s 13, he Pikley is, shivering with fear, addled and beach, who offers to let lapsed on me and shot me and a daredevil named Loonie team up to breathless, describing his first 10-foot them store their boards at skyward before snatching surf with young men who alternatively ig- wave: his house rather than bicycle with them all me down again so its rubble-spill might nore and taunt them. They in turn idolize “The third wave began its slow left the way back to Sawyer. Sando is a huge drive me headlong across the reef, rattling Sando, a 35-year-old masterful surfer who turn towards me. It looked as big as the muscular man with long hair, beard and and wracking me all the way. I bounced ignores them. pub and as it began to break the sound earrings. and pinged and shot, winded and half blind, A middle-aged Pikley, reflecting on rattled my ribs. I turned my little stubby And his house is of outlandish size across the shoal.” his youth, recalls the fascination that surf- Hawke around and paddled. I paddled, I too, a “hippie house” of mostly one big These glorious descriptions are even- ing held for him: must add, without vigour, and in a moment room, up on tree trunks and surrounded tually overshadowed by the doom that “How strange it was to see men do the wave was upon me, its mass overtak- by hammock-strung verandas. Living with lurks over the little cult of Sando and Eva something beautiful. Something pointless ing me so fast that it felt as though I was Sando is his wife Eva, a peevish Ameri- and Pikley and Loonie. I’ll leave you to and elegant, as though nobody saw or travelling backwards. All about was seeth- can blonde with a mysterious limp. discover the gripping plot. Is the term ‘Oriental’ offensive to Asians?

n argument ensued re- began to notice that this pronoun cently when I referred elcome to Word Court, where Barbara Wallraff upset other women – including to my adopted Viet unravels some of the mystery that shrouds the many smart and sensible ones. Anamese granddaugh- At that point, it became ir- ter as “Oriental”. English language, debunking confusing usage relevant whether it offended my My daughter insisted she W and clearing away the clutter that prevents clear under- sensibilities. Barbara Wallraff is a weekly be referred to as “Asian”. De- standing – all by answering reader’s questions. The point was that speak- syndicated columnist for King termined to prove my daughter ers and writers who wanted to Features and a contributing wrong, I delved into my trusty make sure women felt included editor and words columnist at World Book Dictionary, and lo didn’t call a generic person “he” The Atlantic Monthly, where and behold, my conviction is who aren’t often called “Euro- per columnist usually has had anymore. she has worked since 1983. true. pean-American.” experiences he would like to Though your Asian friends Fernand Corbeil An even better term for share with everyone.” may not mind being called “Ori- Beverly, Massachusetts your granddaughter would be Even as “he or she” and “s/ ental,” I think it would be cava- “Vietnamese-American.” he” and so on made their way into lier on your part to continue to Barbara replies: How old is the mainstream, I continued to be call them that. As far as I know, that dictionary of yours? Of six I have asked a few “Asian” ac- comfortable with “he.” nobody Asian objects to being major contemporary American quaintances if they would be of- But 20-some years ago, I called “Asian.” dictionaries (I’m not including fended if I called them or referred World Book, which is a rare item to them as “Orientals”. All said these days), five warn that “Ori- they were fine with either word. ental” in reference to people is One even laughed, saying that “dated,” “often regarded as a perhaps some American in some term of disparagement,” or “of- HR department made up the fensive.” whole thing. It raises eyebrows because Roger Wayne “the Orient” has connotations of Grosse Pointe Park, being an exotic place whose Michigan people are foreign to “us.” But Asia is simply, factually, one of Barbara replies: I knew some- the earth’s continents. body was going to say that! And Are you still determined to you’re not the only one who did. one-up your daughter? If so, you I’m glad that not all Asians are might tell her that many Asian- so touchy about how they’re re- Americans prefer to be called ferred to. But still. I used to be something more specific – like perfectly happy to be included in people proud of their Portuguese “he” when it referred to nobody or Italian or Norwegian heritage, in particular – as in, “A newspa- 26 PHUKET GAZETTE EDITORIAL & LETTERS August 30 - September 5, 2008

367/2 Yaowarat Rd, Amphur Muang, Phuket 83000 Tel: 076-236555 - Since 1994 - Fax: 076-213971 Email: [email protected] How to get from Koh Aew to Koh Ling Plans by two South African conservationists to create an island pri- mate sanctuary in Phuket is one of the more novel ideas put forward in recent years for the area, which attracts its fair share of tourism- based investment schemes. [See Inside Story, page 5.] The would-be developers first park, Monkeyland, opened in South Africa’s Plettenberg Bay a decade ago. Since then, it has be- come an important eco-attraction; raising public awareness about the destruction of primates’ natural habitats. After meeting with the South Africans, however, Phuket Gov- ernor Niran Kalayanamit told reporters the pair may have had their hopes raised a bit too high by the fact that a committee was studying the plan. In fact, a huge number of bureaucratic hurdles would need to be overcome to transform Koh Aew into “Koh Ling”, he warned. For a start, the project would require permission and support from not only two municipalities, Rawai and Wichit, but also co-op- eration from Chalong and the Phuket Provincial Administration Or- ganization, which runs the pier that would be the main jumping-off point for visitors. The Customs, Livestock, Quarantine and the For- Letters estry Departments and CITES Office would all have to be involved in the import of primates, while gaining permission to build a pier The Gazette is pleased to receive mail from read- with your views for publication in our next issue. anywhere in Phuket is always problematic. ers. Please write to us at 367/2 Yaowarat Rd, We reserve the right to edit all letters. Pseud- Given the daunting bureaucratic issues involved, the Gazette Amphur Muang, Phuket 83000, fax to 076-213971 onyms are acceptable only if your full name and would like to suggest that the developers approach the Bangkok- or send an email to [email protected] address are supplied. based Designated Areas for Sustainable Tourism Administration (Dasta). This is a public organization under the Tourism and Sports Ministry that has the authority to fast track community-based sus- Back road more concrete, anything as long So please, some helpful con- tainable tourism projects. as it looks like a shophouse” build- cise directions would be greatly The Monkey Island project seems far more practical and bet- bottleneck blues ing policy for Rawai. appreciated – we’re hungry. The other surprise within David ter suited to Dasta’s mandate than the 100-billion-baht Ao Phuket Regrading the Issues & Answers project that it expressed interest in administering earlier this year. the article [Rawai mayor bullish Phuket query by Mr Westgard (Gazette, on property picture, Gazette In contrast, the would-be developers of Monkey Island say they August 16 issue), I, too, have of- could have the island up and running some time next year for just Online, August 13], which I’m Timeshare touts ten wondered about that unfin- sure is a major revelation to most over 100 million baht – if they can cut through all the red tape. ished building jutting into the road If the project ever does move forward, some of the design as- people who live in Rawai, is that driving me away near on the back entrance to they claim to have building regu- pects as put forward by the developers in their Initial Environmental Jungceylon from Nanai Rd. Something should be done about Evaluation briefing might need to be modified. lations. the timeshare scams. Every The Patong Town Clerk’s I was wondering how the For example, despite the developer’s commitment to conserva- answer amply demonstrates morning, my wife and I would go tion, it is hard to believe that 40 Thai stall operators confined to a building regulations applied to the for a walk from one end of Bangla what is wrong with Thailand in ski-slope type driveway that has single pier would meticulously collect and cart off all of their sewage terms of it’s civic infrastructure Rd to the beach and we would and waste to the mainland for proper disposal. If it did happen, it been built to serve the development be approached by at least 10 – or lack of it. above Nai Harn Lake or some of would certainly be a first for Thailand. – The Editor In the UK, the building scammers/backpackers on com- the other architectural disasters mission. Do you have an opinion you want to share? would not have been allowed be- peppered around the area. Email [email protected] cause planning permission would It has really put me off go- Before telling international ing to Patong Beach ever again. simply not have been given – pri- and Thai investors how to spend vate land or not. In fact, obstruc- Absolutely… their money, perhaps Mr Mayor Graham Woolley tion of a de facto highway – pri- should get his own house in or- vate or public – would be a legal Via email In association with The Nation Multimedia Group PCL der. I’d start by cleaning up your offense in law. biggest asset, Nai Harn Beach, Baywatch It is through such planning and building safe access to it at controls that the integrity of the the northern end. belligerence Editor: Parichat Utintu immediate urban environment is Finally, perhaps it would be One would think that Phuket Managing Editor: Chris Husted maintained. This is why we have wise to contact someone who is such a mess in Phuket. could find beach guards who Assistant Managing Editor: Nick Davies knowledgeable or qualified in civil would be able to hide their dislike Don’t get me wrong. I love engineering before you decide to News Editor: Stephen Fein living in Phuket, but sometimes I and contempt for tourists, at least Chief Reporter: Akbar Khan dig up half of Rawai and lay some a little. The guards at South Karon do despair. I see Phuket being pipes. It may cost a little more Editorial Team: Natcha Yuttaworawit, Sompratch Saowakhon, Semacote constantly degraded and de- certainly can’t. but it would save a lot of time, They have been telling Suganya, Pathomporn Kaenkrachang, Matt Crook, Janyaporn Morel spoiled by lack of proper civic trouble and mess. planning and the thoughtlessness people to get out of the water Dave when they are in water only up Managing Director: Oranee Hildebrand of private individuals. Rawai General Managers: Niladaa Mastanawattanakul, Just don’t get me started on to their knees. If anyone should the subject of those ghastly, gi- complain, the guards scream at Natthira Susangrat Desperately seeking them in a very aggressive and Production Manager: Suchart Changate gantic power poles that com- pletely ruin the scenery of the good, cheap food belligerent manner. Publisher: The Phuket Gazette Co Ltd west coast. I wonder how many of the Name and address Your Cheap Eats column is one people who come to Phuket to go Contact us supplied of the best regular features you to the beach and then are denied do. The only problem is that the the privilege of going into the Advertising Sales: [email protected] location details you provide are water will want to come back Classified Advertising: [email protected] Make plans to match often not precise, to the degree again. I would think people have Website Services: [email protected] pride in Rawai that last week you provided only the right to decide whether they Gazette Guide inquiries: [email protected] a telephone number. are willing to risk going into the I must first confess to not know- I feel this is really not the water rather than be told to stay Telephone: 076-236555 (10 lines) Fax: 076-213971 ing Rawai actually had a mayor, way to go, since most foreigners out of the water by rude, threat- The views expressed in the Phuket Gazette are those of the writers and contributors but now that I do it would appear do not know the street names, nor ening beach guards. and do not necessarily reflect those of the publisher, the editor, the shareholders, or the Aroon Solos certainly seems can they speak Thai to ask where John McGrath directors of The Phuket Gazette Co Ltd. pleased with his “let’s pour some these restaurants are situated. Tokyo 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. August 30 - September 5, 2008 PERSPECTIVES PHUKET GAZETTE 27 PIA taking action on airport taxi and tour touts

Starting on September 1, PIA security is ratcheting up its FIRST PERSON efforts to rid the arrival and taxi areas of aggressive and unauthorized touts. Narong Julase- vok, Director of the Security Division at Phuket Interna- tional Airport (PIA), has had enough of the long string of problems with the taxi service out- side PIA. Pushy touts and transport agents have long topped the list of grievances brought up by tour- ists arriving to Phuket by airplane. The Service and Se- curity Center has been called to action and Khun Narong has vowed to stamp out any problems.

he Service and Security Phuket International Airport. badge and wear their company who violates these rules must pay through the airport grounds. We Center is not a new However, we have a limited uniform. a fine of between 50 and 2,000 will introduce measures to deal project. Actually, we number of security guards who 5. The curbside parking baht. with this soon. Tbegan it a long time ago can work there now. We will in- area is to be used only by VIP I don’t want to fine anyone, On September 1, we will to offer guests convenience and crease the number soon to offer cars for PIA and hotel staff. Per- but I want everyone to follow the start to strictly fine people who safety and deal with any problems an efficient and effective secu- mission is only granted to drop off rules. We need to keep the area violate the rules of the taxi area. associated with the taxi service. rity service for all visitors to people catching a place. nice and tidy. The taxi area should We have an operations center We will have one large desk that Phuket. 6. Only two staff from only be filled with guests who inside the airport building. Every will seat three staff. It will be in Come September 1, we will each hotel or travel agency can have arrived here by flight, no- day, officers from Tah Chat Chai front of the taxi area. Our plan is address eight major topics that we be in the taxi area at any one body else. Police Station and the Phuket to have it there so that if we see believe need our attention: time. PIA has already sent letters Tourist Police will work with anything that isn’t right, we can 1. There must not be any 7. Hotel and travel agency to the Thai Hotel Association, CCTV-camera operators and deal with it right away and charge thieves, “black” taxis or rented staff are not permitted to solicit TAT region 4 Office, the Phuket PIA security staff to deal with the the people responsible. cars in the taxi area. business from people waiting in Tourist Association, Tah Chat problems. On September 1, we will 2. All visitors to the airport the indoor seating area. Chai Police Station and the Everybody will act quickly initiate a fresh plan of action for must be provided safety by PIA. 8. Hotel and travel agency Phuket Tourist Police to inform to inform the security guards at using the center. 3. Hotel staff and travel staff are not permitted to pick up them of the current situation and the taxi area whenever there is We are committed to doing agency staff waiting out in the any guests other than their own our plans of action. anything that looks suspicious. If the best job possible and if any taxi area should be there only if customers. We also have some prob- a person commits an offense then staff do not uphold our high stan- their services have been reserved We have already outlined lems with the car park area. we will be able to charge them in dards then they will be disciplined. by incoming guests. the charges to fine anyone who Some drivers like to park in the a matter of minutes. This order to shape up the sys- 4. All hotel staff and travel does not follow these rules. Air- no-parking zones, which makes – Compiled by tem came from the director of agency staff must show a name port Act 1979 states that anyone a problem for traffic moving Sompratch Saowakhon

Is Rantee Resort Issues Registering a jointly-owned boat opening or not? & ANSWERS I am considering buying a new Olarn Hengcharoen, Chief of registered as belonging to a lim- Please tell me if this place exists. boat with three other people as Phuket Marine Office 5, re- ited partnership they have set up. Emails I have sent to the Rantee Send your questions at equal-share owners, all foreign- plies: However, this is not the only way Resort & Spa Phi Phi Island have www. ers. The vessel will be Thai reg- There is no regulation say- to have joint-ownership. been unanswered, the website phuketgazette.net/ istered from new. ing that the boat’s registration I can’t give any figures of has only drawings and the web issuesanswers/ I have been advised that a must be registered in only one the registration fees for you now new vessel can be registered in address for bookings does not submitissue.asp person’s name. You can regis- as there are many different fees exist. the name of only one person. ter the owners all together, but for boat registration, depending on I would be grateful for any in December this year. We do Once the boat has been reg- to do that all of the owners must the boat’s size, engine, purchas- information about this resort. apologize for any inconvenience, istered, we would then have to have the names on all relevant ing details, whether it was im- John Willens as we are still unable to take any apply for an alteration to the reg- documents involved in buying the ported or built here and so on. London reservations by Internet. The sys- istration document at additional boat. You can ask for more infor- tem will be ready by about the cost. When you come to register mation by phone or fax at 076- Nirin Kiatrattanawipak, Sales middle of September. Is this correct? If so, please the boat, you must bring all of the 391174 or contact the Phuket Executive of E-Hotels & Re- For more details or to make provide a summary of the addi- owners’ documents together for Marine Office 5 at 88/10 Moo 7, sorts, replies: a reservation, email: reservation@ tional costs. the registration progress. Wichit, Muang, Phuket (on the The Rantee Resort & Spa ranteeresortphiphi.com or call 02- Dave Hunt Often, when a single boat way to Phuket Deep Sea Port, Phi Phi Island is expected to open 2981010-1, 02-2980850-1. Phuket has more than two owners, it is Cape Panwa). 28 PHUKET GAZETTE FEATURES August 30 - September 5, 2008

or any social anthropolo- younger men chasing younger gist worth his clipboard, women, the law of supply and the streets of Pattaya demand has made the marriage Fwould surely be akin to The age-old market a tough place for middle- studying a human-sized Petri dish aged people of both genders, ac- when it comes to the mating hab- cording to England. its of homosapiens. For middle-aged men, the Yet, to the best of my lim- marriage market is tougher be- ited knowledge, no reputable (or old-age question cause they must compete with disreputable) seat of learning has younger men for the same pool ever bothered to descend en would have been so economically in tending to marry women who of younger brides. Therein lies masse to conduct the kind of re- efficient that the same group of are 13 years younger. one of the keys to success of search for which foundations and researchers would be able to find Men in Pattaya marry wo- Pattaya. Less clear from the data think-tank agencies hand over an excuse to come back year on men who are anywhere between is how lower-income, less edu- fistfuls of dollars. year for further “confirmation” of their milk teeth and the final year cated older men are successfully Instead, mating studies, be their original findings. of high school. That’s not really marrying younger women. Eas- they of humans, zoological speci- The above preamble was true, but if the age difference of ily explained in Fun Town: bulg- mens, poultry or woolly mam- brought on by the findings of an anywhere between a quarter and ing wallets. moths, tend to take place in ar- overseas-conducted study, this FROM THE half a century – the average in “We do find that money eas like Vermont in the United time by a pair of boffins from the Fun Town – is taken into account helps men’s chances of getting States or Cornwall in England. eminent Stanford University, who STREETS then it may as well be. married,” England said. “But if The findings in these stud- discovered that men tend to O F England and her research we take youth as our crude mea- ies seem to surprise the major- marry down in age no matter PATTAYA partner, Elizabeth McClintock of sure of beauty, it doesn’t seem ity of the researchers. Yet I can’t whether they’re wealthy or poor, By Duncan Stearn Stanford, said the male ideal of like men are being able to ex- help thinking if they had spent educated or possess the IQ of a beauty is found in women in their change their money for younger just two weeks in the maelstrom turnip. early 20s. Did I hear a “Here, women, so we don’t know what’s of evenings on Walking Street, The research showed that Stanford University sociologist here!” from the Pattaya Old Fat differentiating which older guys getting a little inebriated in the the older a man is when he mar- and co-author of the study. “That Bastards’ Collective? That ideal are able to marry very young company of scantily clad ladies ries after 40, no matter if he’s was kind of surprising to us.” remains fixed for men (and ad- women.” of easy virtue and poorly attired successful in terms of monetary (What she really meant: surpris- vertising industry executives, Can I cynically smell a new foreign men of equally easy vir- wealth or educational level, the ing to her.) Hollywood, Bollywood, Thai funding application for grant tue, the results would have been greater the chance of his bride Men in their 40s tend to movie makers, clothes designers money to conduct further re- arrived at in a far speedier fash- being significantly younger. marry women who are an aver- and… need I go on?), even while search? Come over here and let ion. “If you look at guys who do age of seven years younger; men they are growing older. me help you in your quest, I know The cost of the research, marry, the poor guys marry down in their 50s are marrying brides More people are marrying plenty of bar owners who will even allowing for such unusual in age just as much as the rich an average 11 years younger; later in life, often for the second write dodgy receipts to cover bar items as lady drinks and bar fines, guys do,” said Paula England, a men in their 60s go even further or third time, and with older and fines and lady drinks. In The Stars by Isla Star Get ready for a tough year, Virgo VIRGO (August 23-September to become smoother and more will enjoy meeting this person. As where Gemini is concerned. blue can encourage a lighter out- 23): If you are due to celebrate a enjoyable. The only gray day to finances, don’t make serious Wear the color violet to encour- look on life. birthday this week, expect the could be Wednesday when an commitments until the middle of age more realistic expectations. year ahead to be more demand- easily irritated colleague is likely the month. GEMINI (May 22-June 21): It ing than the one passed. As long to get the wrong end of the bam- PISCES (February 20-March may be tempting to cut corners as you are prepared to invest se- boo cane. Choose your words SAGITTARIUS (November 23- 20): Your spirits could be damped where bureaucracy is concerned, rious effort, there should be work wisely to avoid misunderstand- December 21): Your mood re- by lack of progress in business but the stars suggest that taking opportunities galore and at least ings. The scent of lavender en- mains positive as September this week. Getting away for a few the long way round will bring the one plum job will be offered. this courages a relaxed attitude. starts. You may be considering a days will be of benefit. Where ro- best results. Your financial out- week, try to learn something to radical change of career and this mance is concerned, absence will look is good during the month of your financial advantage. Wear- SCORPIO (October 24-Novem- is an auspicious time for that. Ro- certainly make someone’s heart September, but lending money is ing the color peach can enhance ber 22): Scorpios can look for- mantic affairs should be handled grow fonder. Finances are fore- not recommended. Romance is your charisma. ward to some happier times. Dur- more cautiously as there are signs cast to improve slowly, but an subject to misunderstandings this ing September you will be de- that your flirtatious behavior is ongoing disagreement over a weekend – take care that your LIBRA (September 24-October lighted by several events – the starting to irritate your significant debt could necessitate profes- words are not lost in translation. 23): Those of you looking for the first of which is a romantic intro- other. Financial discussions will be sional involvement. The number Wearing the color cream can en- answer to a personal problem duction that should take place this more likely to result in your favor nine can be lucky this weekend. courage more patience. should receive enlightenment this week. Someone born under the after Wednesday, but you should week. As the month of Septem- sign of Capricorn has been im- still be prepared to compromise. ARIES (March 21-April 20): Set CANCER (June 22-July 23): If ber commences, your life is set pressed by your dignity and you your sights higher than usual this you can’t resist becoming involv- CAPRICORN (December 22- month as auspicious astral con- ed in friends’ problems you could January 20): Tone down your so- ditions can encourage dreams to regret it during September. This cial schedule during the first week come true. A chance meeting could be a good time to tone down of September as energy levels with an old colleague this week- your reputation for being helpful; will probably be at a low ebb. Re- end can bring new business op- others will take advantage. Those location falls under the spotlight portunities. Those of you who are in a committed relationship may this month, but your partner may ready for new romance will be find it difficult to digest news need some convincing that your captivated by a tempting Taurean from their partner this weekend, ideas are valid. Most investments – being over-confident will not but there’s no need to jump to are well-starred, but avoid mak- make the right impression. Tues- conclusions. The number 8 can ing firm agreements until you have day is the best day for negotiat- bring good fortune on Sunday. done enough background checks. ing a financial agreement. The number 2 can bring some LEO (July 24-August 22): Work special luck this weekend. TAURUS (April 21-May 21): comes low on your list of priori- Those of you trying to do too ties in September. This month is AQUARIUS (January 21-Febru- many things at once could suffer forecast to bring romantic fun and ary 19): You should be content from an energy breakdown as games. Libra thinks you’re the with what is happening in the September commences. Spend cat’s whiskers, but your attention world of work and contacts you some quality time this weekend is diverted by Virgo. You are ad- made earlier in the year are about arranging your schedule to allow vised to concentrate on current to show interest in what you are a healthier balance between business affairs until a sensitive doing. A wave of creative energy work and relaxation. Leo has agreement is signed and sealed. this month encourages diversifi- some useful tips regarding a per- Last-minute problems are indi- cation, but venturing too far from sonal problem, but Scorpio won’t cated midweek. Wearing the your familiar territory is not rec- be able to understand your point color silver-gray can encourage ommended. Cupid is poised to act of view. Wearing the color sky stronger focus. August 30 - September 5, 2008 MOTORING PHUKET GAZETTE 29

BEHIND THE WHEEL By Jeff Heselwood t the end of Septem- ber, the City State of Singapore will play Ahost to its first Formu- la One race. Considered by many enthu- siasts to be the pinnacle of sport when it comes to showcasing technology, 10 Grand Prix teams, who spend millions of dollars on R&D and testing each season, will arrive in Singapore for For- mula One’s first ever night race. Discussions had been held with regard to a pre-race night test but it was eventually ruled out on the grounds of cost. Earlier this year the MotoGP series held a night race at the Losail Inter- national Circuit in Qatar and the most serious problem was not vis- ibility but that of getting the tires up to temperature. It is a known fact that desert climates tend to be extremely hot during the day, rapidly cooling at night. It is not expected to be the case in Singapore, which has a The all-important high-tech lighting system for the Singapore Grand Prix undergoes testing. pretty stable climate. The race will be held on the streets of Singapore in the busi- ness district, about 2km from the renowned shopping center of Grand Prix night race set Orchard Road. It is an anti-clock- wise circuit, taking in Shenton Way, the Convention Center and City Hall. A state-of-the-art lighting to roar through Lion City system and the introduction of so- called DigiFlags are just two of the innovations to be unveiled that the city’s business. Aluminium Changes to the designation corner speeds, due to the lack of will make Singapore possibly one trusses – similar to light fittings The lighting system of corner numbers will mean that straight ahead run-off,” said Sin- of the most technologically ad- at a concert – will be used to and the so-called the Marina Bay circuit gapore GP Director-Technical vanced F1 circuits in the world. house the power cables. is officially reduced from 24 to & Race Operations, Michael Mc- The lights, which will illuminate The lighting system will be DigiFlags will make 23 corners for the Grand Prix. Donough. the Grand Prix, will be generated placed on only one side of the cir- Singapore possibly The change in designation reflects The Singapore Grand Prix by a system specially created for cuit to reduce glare during televi- one of the most amendments to turn 10, at the end will take place over the weekend the race by Italian lighting expert sion broadcasts. Many factors technologically of St Andrew’s Road that passes of September 26-28. For further Valerio Maioli. have been considered in determin- City Hall and The Padang. information see www.singapore ing the location of the pylons, in- advanced F1 circuits “Previously, what was turn gp.sg Lighting System: Designing and cluding the location of the grand- in the world. 10 and 11 was actually three cor- implementing a lighting system for stands, camera positions, and in- ners close together in a chi- Jeff Heselwood can be con- a street circuit involves a num- frastructure around the track. cane configuration, created to tacted by sending email to ber of challenges. The system and a white flag to indicate the provide the right geometry and jhc@ netvigator.com must deliver optimum visibility; DigiFlags: The DigiFlag technol- presence of the Safety Car. minimal glare and reflections ogy seeks to revolutionize one of Along with the traditional cloth from a wet surface or spray from the most traditional areas of the flags that marshals will use, Sin- cars; and must ensure the safety sport. Since the 1950s when the gapore will see the debut of Digi- of drivers, marshals and specta- world championship began, mar- Flags. tors. The height of the lights must shals have communicated with This system, which uses be lower than the trees lining the drivers using a series of colored technology similar to that which track to prevent the unnecessary flags. helps guide pilots to runways at uprooting of shrubbery. Each flag represents a par- major airports, has been tested at It also calls for a system ticular warning or instruction to the Monza, Imola and Barcelona that can be set up and disman- drivers such as a yellow flag to circuits over the past decade to tled in the shortest possible time slow down and not overtake, a ensure it meets with the stringent in order to minimize disruption to blue flag to let the leaders pass FIA requirements. 30 PHUKET GAZETTE SPORTS August 30 - September 5, 2008

By Scott Mallon hailand fell short of its three-gold-medal ex- Somjit takes gold, pectations, the US saw Ttheir once-powerful box- ing team suffer its worst defeat ever and Cuba failed to net gold but picked up four silver medals and four bronze medals. Manus settles for silver Mongolia picked up a gold and a silver and Kazakhstan gar- the system isn’t always success- silver and five gold medals. In nered a gold and a bronze, caus- ful. Beijing, the team won a single ing some fans in attendance to Single points are tallied for bronze medal – the worst perfor- break down in tears. China and combination punches, body mance ever turned in by an Russia were as strong as ever, punches are often disregarded, American squad. How does a winning seven medals between points are sometimes added for boxing superpower fall to a level the two countries. punches never thrown, and where a heavyweight with me- Thailand ended the Olym- judges are sometimes not quick diocre skills is the only hope for a pics with two gold medals (Somjit enough to punch the buttons in medal? It’s easy to blame it on Jongjohor and weightlifter unison. Expectedly, it is the los- the coach, but America’s boxing Prapawadee Jaroenrattana- ers doing the complaining. Win- program is in dire need of an over- tarakoon) and two silver medals ners are more likely to overlook haul. (Manus Boonjumnong and tae- minor discrepancies, at least un- kwondo stylist Buttree Pued- til they lose. Boxing gold medalists pong). Also, as with professional Light Flyweight: Shiming Zou Somjit Jongjohor blasted his boxing, judges are always under (China) way through the boxing flyweight close scrutiny and often accused Flyweight: Somjit Jongjohor division, easily defeating Cuba’s of favoritism. The International (Thailand) Andris Laffita Hernandez in the Boxing Association suspended a Thailand’s Somjit Jongjohor raises his gold medal. Joining him on Bantamweight: Badar-Uugan final by 8-2 to fulfill his dream of Romanian official over “possible the winners’ podium are (from left) silver medal winner Andreas Enkhbat (Mongolia) winning gold. “I waited patiently attempts of manipulation” at the Laffita Hernandez (Cuba) and bronze medalists Vincenzo Picardi Featherweight: Vasyl Loma- for this for 12 years and I finally Beijing Olympic Games. (Italy) and Georgy Balakshin (Russia). chenko (Ukraine) did it,” said 33-year-old Somjit. These factors have contrib- Wilder, who hails from pion and US gold medal favorite Lightweight: Alexey Tishchenko The Buriram native will receive uted to more than one amateur Tuscaloosa, Alabama, is a likable Rau’Shee Warren danced around (Russia) government and corporate bo- boxing fan calling for major sort who took up boxing less than the ring confidently, thinking he Light Welterweight: Felix Diaz nuses of approximately 20 million changes in Olympic boxing. three years ago in order to pro- was ahead in the bout. (Dominican Republic) baht. It is doubtful the push-but- vide for a daughter who suffers Instead of listening to his Welterweight: Bakhyt Sarsek- Felix Diaz of the Dominican ton system will be eradicated any from spina bifida. coaches, who were screaming bayev (Kazakhstan) Republic soundly defeated Manus time soon. Despite the problems, He came 33rd in last year’s for him to get another point to tie Middleweight: James Degale Boonjumnong 12-4, denying the push-button scoring holds judges amateur world championships, the score, he listened to someone (Great Britain) Thai the opportunity to become accountable and provides con- but somehow managed to squeak in the stands yelling “Move! Light Heavyweight: Xiaoping the first Thai fighter to defend an crete evidence of their actions. into the Olympics. Move!” meaning he should run Zhang (China) Olympic title. “Even though I The London Olympics are four Wilder won a bronze medal, the clock out while avoiding Ok- Heavyweight: Rakhim Chakh- would like to have had the gold years away, giving ample time to but in the next bout, silver medal- sung’s punches. By the time he kiev (Russia) medal, the silver is satisfactory,” work out the bugs in boxing’s ist Russo Clemente of Italy realized he was behind and not Super Heavyweight: Roberto Manus said. “I am the first Thai scoring system. scored at will, easily defeating ahead, it was too late and War- Cammarelle (Italy) to win medals in consecutive Over the years, the Olym- him, ending his dream of Olym- ren and the US team were dealt [Olympic] Games. It wasn’t such pics have been a proving ground pic gold. All but one of Wilder’s a crushing defeat. Scott Mallon is a Bangkok- a surprise [to lose]. My opponent for American boxers, spawning nine teammates elected to leave Warren had turned down based boxing writer and fought very well today and I ac- such greats as Muhammad Ali, Beijing instead of remaining be- several offers to turn pro in or- freelance journalist. He is a cept it.” George Foreman, Sugar Ray hind to watch him fight. der to win a gold medal to present member of Ring Magazine’s Manus seemed to lose fo- Leonard, Roy Jones and Evander With just seconds remaining his mother. ratings advisory panel. He can cus midway through the first Holyfield. This year, the US was in his first-round bout against Lee At the 1976 Montreal be emailed at shm1962@ round when Diaz scored with a full of hope with all forecasts Ok-sung, world amateur cham- Olympics, US boxers won one gmail.com series of short punches to the face promising gold. Instead, there while in close. “Frankly, I lost was chaos, tension, drama and a concentration,” he said, “espe- team that refused to listen when cially when my score did not go it needed to most. Teeing off for tourism Patong up after three clear punches.” Six of nine fighters came As always, boxing had its close to quitting the team and one PHUKET: Mission Hills Golf share of controversies, mainly fighter, Luis Yanez, went AWOL Course on August 9 hosted the Darts dealing with one facet of ama- just two months before the games. Phuket leg of the Tourism Author- teur boxing that sets it apart from All but one of America’s fighters ity of Thailand’s Amazing Fun Golf League the professional game: the push- were unceremoniously eliminated tour, held to promote tourism in button scoring. before reaching the medal rounds. Thailand during the low season. Three of five judges are re- When America’s last hope Tournaments have been or- PATONG: With lopsided victo- quired to push a button within one for a medal, 23-year-old Deontay ganized at six of Thailand’s top ries by the three teams at the top second of each other in order for Wilder, stepped in the ring, it dem- golf courses, with events already of the table, not much changed in a point to register, supposedly onstrated just how far the mighty held in Nakhon Ratchasima and the Patong Darts League stand- guaranteeing fair decisions, but have fallen. Pattaya, while there are still three ings after the last round. more to come in Bangkok, Send match notes to Prachuap Khiri Khan and Chiang [email protected] Rai. About 160 golfers took part in There were 160 competi- the event at Mission Hills. August 19 results: Queen tors teeing off at Mission Hills, Kalayanamit was on hand to lead Mary* 8 - Hilltop 1; Celtic 2 - each paying 3,000 baht to enter. the proceedings at the opening Piccadilly* 7; Offshore* 7 - Phuket Governor Niran ceremony. Beach House 2; Sick Buffalo* 5 - Simply Red 4; Dogs Bollocks 4 - Shakers* 5; Market Bar bye (* winner of beer leg).

Standings: 1. Queen Mary (79 pts.); 2. Piccadilly (77); 3. Off- shore* (71); 4. Sick Buffalo (67); 5. Market Bar* (64); 6. Shakers (60); 7. Beach House (54); 8. Dogs Bollocks (52); 9. Celtic (44); 10. Hilltop (42); 11. Simply Red (40) (* = have had a bye week). August 30 - September 5, 2008 SPORTS PHUKET GAZETTE 31 It’s good to talk tennis iving and teaching tennis I think there should be dis- in Phuket has a number cussion and clarity about objec- of challenges, but the tives so people don’t just amble Lmain one is the lack of along hoping for, or expecting, communication – and I don’t something to happen. mean with the language. As a coach, I have always There is a distinct lack of set a personal goal that all my stu- communication between coaches, dents will play attractive, flowing players and parents all around tennis (to be able to be competi- Phuket. tive), be friendly, polite and cour- With there being only a few teous (a good addition to any fu- structured places where tennis is ture club), and have a good un- played, you’d think it would be derstanding of the game (can Organizers are hoping to bring Olympic champions Kerri Walsh (center) and Misty May-Treanor (right) easy to have ongoing dialog be- advise someone correctly). back to Phuket to defend their crown at this year’s Swatch FIVB volleyball event. tween the different groups dis- I always encourage my stu- cussing ideas, tournaments and dents to have contact cards so events. Not a chance. they can give them out if they see I personally have more fre- a player who would be a good Swatch volleyball quent and structured feedback match for them. This simple act about the players from Cyprus, can go a long way to help the lack Japan and Dubai than I do from of structured match play in Phuket. Phuket. Learning to communicate Over the years, wherever set to return for teaching is vitally important, I have taught, I have always tried but it doesn’t end between the to have good communication KARON: If the Beijing Olympics has whetted your mer Olympics – their second Olympic title as a coach and the stu- with all the tennis appetite for beach volleyball, get ready for this pairing. dent. As players On groups around me, year’s Phuket Thailand Open, set to take place at More than 70 teams are expected to enter progress, discus- whether I agree Karon Beach from November 4 to 9 as part of the the tournament. sions with parents the with their philoso- women’s Swatch FIVB World Tour 2008. The Thailand Volleyball Association will this and federations be- phies or not. I wish Forty teams of beach babes from 20 coun- year prepare four courts for the action, as well as come more frequent the tennis groups tries have already signed up for the tournament, one training court. and development court here in Phuket with the world’s best players from the likes of Aus- A playoff round will be held on November 4, paths must be made By Darran Ferre would realize that tria, Brazil, Denmark, Sweden and, of course, Thai- with a qualification round on November 5 before clear. individually we are land all set to compete. the main draw for play November 6 to 9. Without a clear path to fol- comparatively weak, but together Also expected to return to the competition are The action will be broadcast around the world low, aren’t we all just following with structure, we can push teams from China, the USA and Australia, all look- on television networks including Eurosport, Astro the blind leader? each other to much higher stan- ing for a share of the US$200,000 prize purse. Supersport, WCSN and the UK’s Channel 4. I am not saying everyone dards. It all starts with commu- Organizers are hoping to bring last year’s Games will also be shown locally on NBT on can or should be groomed to be nication. winners Misty May-Treanor and Kerri Walsh back November 8 and 9 between 3 pm and 5 pm. a champion, but I believe that I believe the most success- to Phuket after the duo’s victory at the 2008 Sum- – By Pathomporn Kaenkrachang there should be some direction ful players and athletes are the and goals, even if those target ones who have a close, trusted nothing more than enjoyment personal support group, but have Plookpanya Raimon Land pledges and fun. If there are misunder- an open mind to discuss ideas and standings, major resentment can are always looking at ways to students win support for King’s Cup come later. improve. If everyone spoke up about what their goals and targets Darran Ferre is a 17-year, full- volleyball should be, we would have some time tennis pro based at the In- very surprised and enlightened digo Pearl resort. He has work- people on our hands. Or is ev- ed around the world with play- tourney erything already above board and ers of all ages and abilities. He clear between coaches, students can be contacted at email: SAPHAN HIN: Aeronautical and parents? [email protected] Radio of Phuket held a mini-vol- leyball tournament at Saphan Hin Gym 1 on August 19 to 23, with Plookpanya School walking away with first-place honors in both the boys’ and girls’ categories. Boys and girls from eight Phuket schools took part in the event, with Plookpanya School defeating Muang Phuket Munici- PHUKET: Raimon Land – the official sponsor of the Phuket King’s pal School 2-0 in the final of the Cup Regatta – announced its continued commitment to being the boys’ competition. Kajornrangsan official sponsor of the annual international sailing event for another School finished third. five years. The girls’ team from Plook- The signing ceremony took place at The River Promenade on panya School won their finals the banks of the Chao Phraya River in Bangkok on August 21 with match against Samkong School 2- Marketing Director of Raimon Land PLC Henri Young (pictured, 1. Dowroong Wittaya School right) and President of Phuket King’s Cup Organizing Committee came third. Kevin Whitcraft (left) putting pen to paper in front of the cameras. Certificates and medals “We are proud to support the event and also celebrate His were presented to the top-finish- Majesty the King’s birthday. We are ready to give our continued ing teams by Phuket City Mayor support for the Phuket King’s Cup Regatta from 2008 to 2012,” said Mr Young. Somjai Suwannasuppana and her nd entourage. Phuket Vice-Gover- This year’s regatta will mark the 22 anniversary of the prestigious sailing event and will be held from November 29 to nor Worapoj Ratthasima was also December 6 with more than 2,000 sailors from around the world in attendance on the final day of expected to participate. play. 32 PHUKET GAZETTE August 30 - September 5, 2008 August 30 - September 5, 2008 PHUKET PROPERTY PHUKET GAZETTE 33 Construction Update by Janyaporn Morel Dewa set for high-season opening he Dewa Phuket bou- tique resort and residen- tial project being devel- Toped in the Nai Yang Beach area by R&B Partners Co Ltd is expected to be completed by the end of this year. Under construction since early 2007, Dewa is a combina- tion of resort-style pool villas and apartments constructed on 10 rai of land located about 75 meters away from the beach, next to Sirinath National Park. Dewa, which is an ancient Sanskrit word meaning “angel”, will comprise 34 pool villas, each with an indoor and outdoor living space of at least 130 square meters. Villas will each have landscaped gardens and a plunge pool and will be managed as a hotel with a starting rate of 18,000 baht a day. Also under development are 62 residential apartments comprising 24 two-bedroom units with a minimum 115sqm of living space and 38 one-bedroom units with 67sqm of living space. The apartments, called Dewa Residence, are designed in a blend of contemporary and Thai Featuring a mix of villas and apartments, Dewa Phuket is set to welcome its first guests in December. styles and are centered around a 25-meter lap pool. All apartments handover process to owners in will also have wireless Internet and operation of the Jiva Resort will be equipped with Western- November this year,” said R&B access. & Spa, Deva Patong Resort, style kitchens and balconies, with Partners Managing Director Lars “For most of our home own- Bread & Butter and Grove Gar- the apartments on the top floor Ydmark. “As for the Dewa Pool ers, who are opting to rent out dens on Yamu. having access to their own roof Villas and the rest of the resort, their units when they are not here, Mr Ydmark comes from a terrace complete with a lounging we are on schedule and expect we offer an option of a guaran- hotel background and has worked sala. to be completed by the end of teed rental income with some in management positions for the The selling price for a one- November, in time for the open- conditions attached or a more Sheraton, Shangri-La and Accor bedroom apartment starts at 7 ing on December 15.” casual rental pool with fewer con- hotel groups. million baht while the two-bed- Dewa Phuket’s facilities in- ditions,” said Mr Ydmark. Mr Ydmark has partnered room apartments start at 12 mil- clude fine dining venues called “We offer 6% guaranteed with Thierry De Borde of Tropi- lion baht. An on-site rental pool The Dining Room and The return, net of operating costs, cal Plan Co Ltd to handle the site will be available for owners who Lounge, a spa, a delicatessen annually," Mr Ydmark added. construction management, while wish to earn rental income on counter, a library, a kids’ club, two Mr Ydmark is a well- design is being carried out by the their properties. fitness rooms, a convenience known player in the Phuket hos- architecture firm Design by De- “We are now in the comple- store, retail outlets and a free- pitality and property market, hav- sign Co Ltd and the construction tion stage for the residential apart- form swimming pool along with ing been involved in several contractor is A/C Construction ments and expect to start the a lap pool. The entire property projects including the ownership Co Ltd. 34 PHUKET GAZETTE August 30 - September 5, 2008 August 30 - September 5, 2008 PHUKET PROPERTY PHUKET GAZETTE 35

Home of the Week Rawai Water, water everywhere his contemporary Thai style home on a 750-square-meter plot in a secure estate in Rawai is ready to move in to and has an interesting multi level design that captures the es Tsence of traditional tropical living while comprising many modern features. It is two years old and has been well looked after. Water is a prominent feature of the property and it has it’s own supply of well water. The tiered buildings offer ample shaded areas surrounding an 81-square-meter swimming pool and there is an outdoor spa pool tucked away in a private corner of the en- closed garden, which has been well kept and filled with a variety of shrubs, flower beds and small trees. The four bedrooms – each with a broad balcony – are lined with wood and have walk-in wardrobes and double beds. Each bedroom has a private en-suite bathroom with a bathtub. The master en-suite bathroom has a spa bath, too. Downstairs is an open-plan arrangement of a western kit- chen, dining and lounge areas, a study and a maid’s room. All are air conditioned. The red brick tiles lining the living area give it a rustic feel, while the dining room is ideal for entertaining guests with a table large enough to seat 8 people. The kitchen is also fully kitted out with expansive worktops and large storage units. Fitted appliances included in the kitchen are a microwave, stove top, oven, refrigerator and dishwasher. There is also a separate laundry room with a washing ma- chine off the kitchen. Other utilities in the home include cable and satellite TV, telephone and Internet connection. The property, on Chanote-title land, is available leasehold for 25 million baht.

For more info contact Patrick Lusted at Siam Real Estate, quot- Above, The home surrounds the pool. Left: rich fabrics ing reference number: HSIL2234. Tel: 076-288908. E-mail are used throughout the interior. This is the master Patrick@siamrealestate. com, website: www.siamreal estate.com bedroom. 36 PHUKET GAZETTE August 30 - September 5, 2008

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Design By Semacote Suganya Setting the scene for living in happiness

tephen Paine, managing What he learned from his work director of Malaiwana, is with Surin Heights luxury villas not interested in talking was to maximize the use of cov- about the design features ered outdoor space, which best S Incorporating elements that enhance the positive feelings people have in how they enjoy their homes, of the luxury estate he’s devel- suits the way people live in oping at Nai Thon Beach. For Phuket. People prefer to spend such as by using wood and natural stone, is critical to creating a happy abode, says Stephen Paine of the him, design is not about the ele- most of their time outdoors and Malaiwana project at Nai Thon Beach. ments that go into a home. It’s the covered areas, together with you try to put together a building cated process to make the floor of ceramic or other tiles. “It gives about how people live in a space, the cooler breezes offered on the and creation that meets all these look and feel different,” he said. a more luxurious feel and the and how they feel when they’re hillside location, keep the outdoor requirements,” he explained. “When you walk on it you will water looks more beautiful,” he in it. space cool and comfortable. “The most important thing feel the beautiful touch of a real said. “I think many pools are Selecting the right location The villa layout was care- about the architecture is not a wood floor. Many people think beautiful and a lot of them have was the basis of creating the right fully designed to divide the home specific design – and yes, we that when you have a wooden expensive ceramic titles, but if atmosphere for this project of 19 into social areas for entertaining have all these elements such as floor, you get some nice planks you take the water out from the luxury villas, 13 apartments and and relaxing and private areas for automatic lighting, a beautiful of wood, sand them, polish them, pool, it looks like a toilet.” a beach club, which is set to be the home’s residents to retreat kitchen and so on. We all have cover with polyurethane and For all the elements of completed in 2010. Nai Thon was into. The pool, pavilions and this picture of a high-end villa, but make it look all shiny.” Malaiwana’s design, Stephen the ideal spot, Stephen explained, lounging areas are all on the up- the most important thing when you Using polyurethane defeats said that it will succeed if the de- because it offered a coveted west per floor, taking the most advan- walk into the space is how it the purpose of having a wood sign takes a back seat to the ex- coast location, yet one that re- tage of the sea views and ample makes you feel. If it doesn’t make floor, he explained, causing the perience of living in the villa. No mained quiet and peaceful. outdoor space. Bedrooms are you feel great when you’re in the beautiful look and feel of the natu- matter how much time and The apartments and villas tucked away on the lower floor. space then, to me, the architect ral material to be lost. money goes into the architecture, were designed by two architects, Stephen said, “I think the has failed. For the same reason, natu- interiors, furnishings, lighting and but both parts of the development challenge for architects and for “If it doesn’t make if you ral stone is used instead of ce- other details, the only important maintain the distinctive look and developers is that you have to feel sensational when you walk ramic flooring in all areas apart thing is that living there is a joyful feel of tropical architecture. The look at how people want to live, into the room, then what’s the from the showers. “Again, it’s experience, he explained. villas are set on plots of one to which depends on the person and point?” he added. about the feeling when you walk “So, for example, if you two rai and have about 1,000 their culture.” In designing The tactile experience of liv- on a piece of natural stone,” he walk around the bedroom with square meters of construction Malaiwana, a long time was ing in a home is also an important said. “You feel very different than your eyes closed, how does that area. spent trying to figure out how element, as Stephen explained the when you are walking on ceramic feel on your feet?” It’s not A major consideration in people would use the space and extensive use of natural materi- [tiles].” enough to have a beautiful view, Malaiwana’s design, Stephen move around the property. als such as wood and stone. In the swimming pool, too, he said. Beauty should be felt said, was to make people happy. “When you understand all of that, “We had quite a compli- local Thai marble is used instead throughout the home as well. 38 PHUKET GAZETTE PHUKET PROPERTY August 30 - September 5, 2008

Gardening By Bloomin’ Bert A great impostor of the plant world

rauds abound. I don’t tation”, “nicely structured, lightly It’s not just the youngsters, mean the dodgy blokes acidic nose” and their “obsequi- though – old ladies with the sort who knock on old ladies’ ous, with a cheeky aftertaste” of wrinkled leathery skin who doors and con them out when none of us have the faint- would be more at home covering F an elephant are equally fraudu- of their life savings, or “business- est idea what they’re on about? men” who suck hapless individu- I have to wonder if they lent, if that’s the right word to use als in with promises of vast re- know either – I’m convinced that here. We’ve all seem them. turns on “just a token sum” then all they do is rattle out a few mean- Sadly, they attempt to recoup disappearing without trace. ingless stock phrases on cue. My their youth (or perhaps deny that I’m not even referring to system for judging wine involves it expired several decades ago) those gentlemen from a large only two ratings: good (1) or bad with miniskirts and bright red lip- African nation who would be far (0). How difficult can that be? stick. It really doesn’t work. happier if as much of my money Other frauds? How about In a similar vein, there are as possible was in their bank ac- those blokes in tiny Japanese cars the equally ancient gentlemen counts. All administration fees and lowered-suspension pickups who fervently continue to wear paid for, of course. with the big exhausts and Giga- Speedos and seem convinced These sneaky fruits hang around pretending to be oranges, when it’s These obvious frauds are watt-powered stereos? Are they that they still look like a Baywatch clear that they are, in fact, green. simply contemptible lowlifes, and perhaps trying a little too hard to lifeguard. They don’t. Frauds. fairly easy to categorize and over-compensate for something? It’s fairly clear that at some It appears as a large multi- The plant is everywhere in avoid. But it’s those who insist on There are those who argue that stage I would get around to the trunked shrub or small tree. Also this corner of the planet, from pretending to be something that the dimensions of these are in- tenuous link to the fraud of the known as the “China box” (for India and China through South- they’re not who irk me. Take versely proportional to the size of plant word, so let’s get it over reasons that escape me), it be- east Asia to Northern Australia. wine snobs, for example. What a rather specific facet of a gent’s with. The mock orange. In Thai, longs to the Rutaceae or Rue fam- A fairly hardy shrub, needing light is it with their “malolactic fermen- anatomy. it’s known as the som get lah. ily. The fragrant “orange blos- to moderate watering. This plant is a member of som” flowers stand out against New growth should be the orange family. The mock or- the evergreen dark green leaves, pruned to a few leaves, after the ange is all over Phuket. The which consist of three to nine shoots have six or seven leaves glossy, green foliage comes with leaflets. while propagation can be done by strongly-scented flowers that are This evergreen shrub flow- seeds or cuttings. followed by tiny little oranges. ers regularly throughout the year, The tree does best in a con- By the way, does anyone and produces fragrant jasmine- tainer that is glazed and not too know why oranges in Thailand scented flowers and those fake shallow, with moderately fertile, aren’t actually orange? Isn’t that fruit. It makes an excellent hedge, well-drained soil. It’s easy to care one of the things that makes an since it thrives on close trimming. for as it tolerates most conditions orange an orange – it’s orange? I have to say that I do believe in and grows well in partial shade. They’re more likely to be green a closely trimmed bush. Mock oranges are still here. It also does well as a deco- frauds whichever way you look Mock orange plants are fes- rative container plant because of at them. Perhaps not as brazen tooned with these miniature or- its compact habit and dense as wine snobs or Speedo-sport- anges/greens that you can’t eat. glossy green foliage. It can be ing pensioners, but frauds none- At least I can’t – they’re horri- propagated from seed, but as ever theless. bly bitter. If my mum was here, here in Phuket, you’re much bet- I have to admit that the trees she’d probably spout some blurb ter off going down to the nearest would be a lot more welcome in about how they give you stom- garden center and picking one up. my back garden than either of ach ache in the same way as Orange jasmine has a few these, though. cooking apples straight from the medicinal qualities, too. Indians Perhaps it’s about time for tree supposedly did, though they have traditionally used its bark for a 1-rating glass of red wine, come probably didn’t. making cosmetics and the leaves to think of it. Cheers. Also known as the orange as a stimulant and decongestant. jasmine, or Murraya paniculata if The shrub’s astringent qualities Want to know more you want to get technical, it’s not have also been used to treat about a plant a plant that’s likely to stand out bleeding wounds and dysentery, in your garden? at the garden center as a fruit joint pain and body aches. In tree, since at first glance it looks some parts of Asia, the twigs are Email Bloomin’ Bert at: like just another jasmine plant. chewed and used as a sort of bi- [email protected] Which is what it is, I suppose. zarre natural toothbrush. August 30 - September 5, 2008 CLASSIFIEDS PHUKET GAZETTE 39 Property Gazette

Properties LARGE POOL VILLAS NEW HOUSE For Sale NAI HARN-RAWAI

LAND AT CHERNG TALAY

near Boat Lagoon marina. More details and pictures at: www. phuketexclusive holiday.com

for sale. 15 rai, very nice PANORAMIC view of hills and village, with SEA VIEW Chanote title. Must see. Asking price: 80 million baht. No agents. Tel: 085- 8888915. Email lamai. [email protected] LAND AT PA KHLOK LAND IN PATONG AO POR LAND FOR SALE RAWAI VILLA WITH POOL Seaview pool villa overlook- 3-story house villa, sea view, Brand-new, 3 bedrooms, salt- ing Karon Beach. Sale di- hill view, garden, pool, 4 bed- water pool, steam sauna. rect from Swiss builder/ rooms, 2 en suites, 6 bath- 650sqm land, 220sqm villa, owner. Very affordable, fa- rooms, ADSL. Jacuzzi, big Chanote, double walls, tropi- vorable proprietary rights living room, kitchen/dining, cal garden. Must see and a for foreigners. Documenta- laundry room. 5 aircons. Pri- 49 rai, nice flat land, Chanote, Land, 2 rai, Patong, good view great price. Finance or trade- tion and pics available. Tel: vate pool 8x3.5m, 2 parking 2.5km from Heroines’ Monu- and location. 5 million baht per in is possible. 5% commis- 089-5938690. Email: spaces. Chanote. 18 million ment. Price: 1.7 million baht rai. Tel: 089-7241666, 087- 150 rai, Nor Sor 3 Gor, sion for agents. Tel: 085- [email protected] baht. Tel: 081-6779837, per rai. Tel: 083-1802143. 2844823. Email: beniluxjp@ sea view. From 2.5 million 7831890. 089-6464786. Email: sync_ hotmail.com baht per rai. No agents. [email protected] FOREIGN FREEHOLD BRAND-NEW Please contact by email: [email protected] condominium in Rawai, 250m SINGLE HOUSE KARON SEA VIEW for sale at Baan Suan Loch KHAO KHAD, from the pier. 580,000 baht. 2-STORY HOUSE Tel: 086-9408914. Email: Palm. Area: 480 sqm. 2 sto- AO MAKHAM PERFECT LAND [email protected] ries, 3 bedrooms, 3 bath- 5.5 million baht. 4 bedrooms, Nearly 2 rai at Bang Tao. Very rooms. 10.5 million baht. Tel: 2 bathrooms, 72sq wah good location for business. HOUSE IN KATHU 087-2799500. with some furniture at Villa Price: 18 million baht. No Samkong. Contact K. Nan. 2 stories, 3 bedrooms, 4 bath- agents. Tel: 086-9442065, Tel: 081-6779837. Email: rooms, patio, garden. 86sq LUXURY 087-6899679. Email: tasuwan [email protected] or wah, 7.4 million baht. Tel: 081- TOWNHOUSE, KATA Located between Centara @hotmail.com [email protected] 9565650, 089-6469278. Fabulous 3-bedroom town- Karon Resort and Seacret house with a separate 1-bed- Photos, map and more details Cliff Resort. 10.5 rai with Chanote. 16 rai with pan- LAND AT NATAI at www.kathu-property.com room apartment, private entry Chanote. Very good location oramic view near Ao Mak- downstairs. Best sea view in QUICK SALE near Khao Pilai Beach. 20 rai for business (hotel & resort). ham, towards Cape Panwa. with Chanote title, only 1.7 Kata. Price: 16.5 million baht. Land on Soi Haad Surin, 2. 5- Asking price: 250 million Wide road access direct to NEW HOUSE FOR Tel: 089-6498703. million baht per rai. 300m SALE/RENT minute walk to Surin Beach. baht. No agents. Please call: the site. 6 million baht per rai. from the beach, road, elec- 2-story house. 3 bedrooms, 2 996sqm. 6 million baht. Tel: 087-2709093 or email Tel: 081-5399269. Email: tricity access. Urgent sale. 3-BEDROOM 087-8836112. [email protected] [email protected] bathrooms, fully furnished, POOLVILLA No agents. Contact by phone. True TV. Internet. 300m from at Mission Hills. 9.5 million Tel: 081-5399269. Heroines’ Monument, toward baht. Built on land plot of ½ rai. 1.5 RAI IN PASAK NEW HOUSE SAIYUAN HOUSE Pa Khlok. For sale at 3.7 mil- 2 minutes to golf course. Tel: Laguna area at 6.5 million in Srisuchart Grand Ville 3. FOR SALE HOUSE NEAR BIS lion baht, rent: 25,000 baht/ 087-8934636. Email: anneric baht. Chanote title, square- 47.5sq wah, 3 bedrooms, 2 2-story house with extraliving 2-story house with 3 bed- month. Tel: 087-2646808, [email protected] shaped plot, good location, bathrooms, some furnishings. space in the attic. Sea view, rooms, 2 bathrooms, ample 083-1743880. road and utilities access. No Located in Phuket City, near 640sqm. 5 bedrooms, 6 bath- parking space and nice land- ON THE BEACH agents please. Tel: 081- Tesco-Lotus. 2.8 million baht rooms with car park. Nice gar- scaping. Total area: 336sqm. KATA BEACH VILLA 2-bedroom apartment in 5399269. (negotiable). Contact to view. den, big swimming pool. Few 4.5 million baht. Tel: 089- Tel: 087-2770978. 7247073. Email: jutima021 New, 6 bedrooms, 7 bath- north Patong. Foreign free- minutes to Nai Harn beach. For hold, top floor, swimming 2-STORY HOUSE, more information call 084- @hotmail. com rooms, pool. 20 million baht NICE PLOT or rent. Tel: 081-0918908. pools. 9.7 million baht. Tel: RAWAI 8475700, 087-8987642. near Layan Hills Estate and Email: stein_dokset@hot 086-2765117. Email for 160sqm, 2 bedrooms, 2 bath- Email: [email protected] LAND IN PATTAYA pool villas project. Chanote mail.com photos. Email: jihshand@ rooms, 40m from beach. Price: 52sq wah land in a nice village. gmail.com 1.7 million. Tel: 086-9408914. title and road access on 4 BRAND-NEW CONDO Company and Chanote. Price: Email: [email protected] sides of the plot. 4.5 million Great location near Tesco and 1 million baht. Tel: 085-159- baht. Tel: 081-5399269. Big C. Pool, gym, fully fur- 0597. MISSION HILL LAND nished with washer, dryer, 2,732 sqm. 2.25 million baht/ EXCEPTIONAL fridge, aircon and TV. 45sqm, MISSION HILLS LAND rai (800sqm). 1.25 million baht. BARGAIN corner unit with 2 balconies. 2,732 sqm. 2.25 million baht/rai Close to golf course. Tel: 083- 2.5 million baht. Tel: 087-277- (800sqm). 1.25 million baht. 6473509, 087-2945737. House located in desirable 0978. Email: koyangle99@ Close to golf course. Tel: 083- and secure estate for sale hotmail.com 6473509, 087-2945737. KRABI SEA VIEW, at 6.9 million baht. 3 bed- AO NANG AREA rooms (2 en-suite baths), 3 bathrooms, living room, Chanote land: 3.5 rai (5,600 study, kitchen/dining, stor- sqm). Quiet area next to forest age/laundry room. Veran- zone. Great sea view. This land das up and downstairs, fit- can be yours for 8 million baht ted furnishings, ADSL & a rai. Don’t wait for next year. True TV. Fenced garden It will be 9 million baht a rai in approx 500sqm, use of es- 2009, then 10 million baht per tate clubhouse and swim- rai by 2010. Only 150m from ming pool nearby. Tel: 084- the sea and within 400m of ac- 8439579. Fax: 076-323- cess to boats. Tel: 086- 421. Email: somlerdee@ 7866350. Email: buurmanb@ yahoo.com hotmail.com 40 PHUKET GAZETTE CLASSIFIEDS August 30 - September 5, 2008 Property Gazette

NEW CONDOS THE WHITE HOUSE COCONUT NEW BUILDING HEAVEN ON EARTH PARICHART IN PATONG VILLA ISLAND LAND FOR SALE VILLAGE, CHALONG

5-bedroom, Thai-style villa in for sale. 4.5 rai, Chanote, hill- Phuket. Magnificent Phang side panoramic sea view, Nga Bay view. 3 big bed- 35/20 Soi 1. 3 bedrooms, 2 close to beach. 14 million rooms (en suite) with sea bathrooms, 2 aircons, some baht. Please call K. Bouddha views. Private swimming furniture, 50sq wah, garden. for more information. Tel: pool. 730.8sqm land plot. For sale at 4 million baht or 089-2900484. Construction area approx for long-term rent. Must Best location, deluxe con- 573sqm. Full security ser- see. Contact Nina. Tel: 087- dos, fully furnished, ready for sale (27.5 million baht) or vice. Located at Rommai 6899679. Email: tasuwan to move in. Top Western for rent. The White House BEAUTIFUL Chailay Estate. 27 million @hotmail.com. No agents. quality. Two rooms: living Villa is one of the finest tropi- NAI YANG LAND baht. Tel: 081-7191705. room with pantry kitchen, cal pool villas in Patong. Best Email: [email protected] bedroom, big bath. 67sqm, location for nightlife and tour- KAMALA TOWNHOUSE pool, garden, car park, 24- ing Phuket. Located high on in busy area, Soi Sai Nam CONTEMPORARY hour security. TV. Internet, the hill above the Amari Coral Yen, Patong Beach. VILLA safety box. 3.6 million Beach Resort at the south end * 4 stories 4 bedrooms with terraces, 6 baht (70,000 euros). Lotus of Patong. No agents! Email: * 8 apartments on floors 2, bathrooms (master with double Residence. Contact Peter. [email protected] 3 and 4 Jacuzzi), 4m x 12m pool with Tel: 081-8928526. Email: 9.5 rai, beachfront. 5 min- * Chanote title Jacuzzi, living room, dining info@phuket-besthomes. KOH SAMUI room, Western kitchen, com Website: www. utes to Phuket Airport. Ask- * Electricity, water SEAVIEW LAND ing price: 120 million baht. maid’s room, solar hot water, phuket-besthomes.com * 2 minutes to the beach Hillside sea view on Koh Chanote. Must see. No sala, built-in BBQ, parking for 3 Asking price: Samui. Size: 3,200sqm (2 rai). agents. Contact by email: cars, electric gate and nice RANONG LAND Chanote. Tel: 02-2771992, [email protected] 52 million baht. tropical garden on a 1,606sqm Beautiful land for sale around 083-6113020. Fax: 02-961- Tel: 087-2709093, plot with more than 400sqm of Ranong and Koh Phayam. 0072. Email: pharawee@ 081-8687676. living area. Good price. Tel: Tel: 07-7862468. Email: yahoo.com For details visit LAND AT RAWAI 081-9707019. Email: nisaya Very good location, 1 rai, [email protected] www.lovesamui.com [email protected] near Phuket FantaSea, 2 B4.3m. Also have one house LAND, HOUSE & For further details see bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, car for sale in Rawai, 100sq wah, HOTEL FOR SALE www.mistymountainsresort. KHAO LAK LUXURY park. 3.2 million baht, nego- com/ranongrealestate.html RIVERFRONT LAND B3.3m. Tel: 084-6268105. House: 220sqm, 10 million baht. Karon hotel: 40 rooms, 120 mil- TOWNHOUSE, KATA tiable. Email: png.phuket 2 rai about 5km from central Fabulous 3-bedroom town- @gmail.com FOR URGENT SALE Khao Lak. 1.3 million baht per BEACHFRONT, lion baht. Patong. Contact Ms Mam. Tel: 089-7798270. house with a separate 1-bed- 24sq wah. Chanote, 3 bed- rai. Tel: 086-2811945. Email: 5.9 MILLION BAHT room apartment with private rooms, 2 sitting rooms, 2 [email protected] Beautiful piece of land opposite KOH YAO YAI entry downstairs. Best sea 2 rai, water, electricity. Cha- bathrooms, double story. Yacht Haven Marina. Ready to LAND IN NAI HARN view in Kata. Price: 16.5 mil- 1 note. Price: 500,000 baht per Asking price: 3.5 million baht. 100 RAI OF build on. Road access, water, /3 rai: 2.9 million baht. ½rai: lion baht. Tel: 089-6498703. Owner is leaving country. SEAVIEW LAND electricity. 7 rai with more than 3.74 million baht. Also house rai. Also, 3.2 rai sea view, 2 for rent/sale. 25,000 baht per million baht. Tel: 081-892- 109/21 Pisit Goronee Rd, in Kamala. Perfect for resort. 180m of beach frontage. Quick PATONG HOME Patong. Contact Imran. Tel: 7.5 million baht per rai, has sale. Only 5.9 million baht per month. Sale: 5.6 million baht. 8208. Seaview, near beach, spa 076-345027, 089-7298852. Chanote. Tel: 085-7839062. rai. Tel: 081-3430777. Tel: 081-3709661. garden, furnished. Financing CHALONG TOWNHOUSE options. Tel: 089-5908233. 3.5 million baht, 1 minute to 12 RAI OF VACANT Chalong Pier, 34sq wah, 2 sto- SEAVIEW LAND KRABI LAND ries, 3 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, in Kata area. Serene, peace- living room, kitchen, unfur- ful atmosphere of the sur- 10 rai, 20 minutes from Ao Nang, Krabi. Chanote title. nished, 3 telephone numbers. rounding environment and Nice, quiet & safe area. Con- local community. Beautifully 600,000 baht per rai. Tel: 084- 8502499. tact Kay. Negotiable. Tel: 076- surrounded by hills and won- 236590, 081-8955628. Fax: derful sunset views over- FAMILY HOME, KATHU 076-236590. Email: kay.boon looking Chalong Bay. Ideal for @hotmail.com housing, resort, hotel or con- In managed estate, 3 bed- rooms, fully furnished. Only dominium project. Only 8 mil- VILLA FOR SALE lion baht per rai. Tel: 089- 7.5 million baht. Tel: 085- in Bangjo, 10 minutes to La- 8116191. 7839062. guna, 4 bedrooms, 4 bath- rooms, swimming pool, fully VILLA & LAND 2 HOMES, 2 BLOCKS furnished, 13 million baht. Tel: Villa near Heroines’ Monu- Chalong tropical views. 3, 4 (Eng): 081-8976984. Tel: ment, built 2007, 4 bedrooms, bedrooms, pools. 5.5, 8.5 mil- (Thai): 089-6995136. 4 bathrooms, 2 kitchens, pool, lion baht. Tel: 086-2817605. fully furnished. Living space: For further details, please see 3 BEDROOMS, 2 450sqm; land: 1,400sqm. our website at www. phuket- FLOORS, SEA VIEW 12.9 million baht. Also, 1,100 house-land.com Relocating to Canada. Breath- sqm of land, 2.5 million baht. taking sea view, private pool, Tel: 084-6907057. HOUSE IN KAMALA exclusive location in brand- 132sqm, 2 bedrooms, fully new development. Completion SALE/RENT, KAMALA furnished. For sale at 2.2 date: December 8. Prestigious Single house near beach, 2 millon baht or can pay multi-million-dollar neighbor- bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, living 750,000 baht over 3 years. hood. Priced privately below room, kitchen. 4.2 million Tel: 081-5377137. Email: listing. Email: stephancookca baht. Tel: 086-2773318. [email protected] @yahoo.ca Looking for land to buy? See more classified ads at www.phuketgazette.net August 30 - September 5, 2008 CLASSIFIEDS PHUKET GAZETTE 41 Property Gazette

SEA VIEW NEW APARTMENTS TRANG LAND SPECIAL IN KAMALA PROMOTION SALE

RAWAI SEAVIEW LAND IN KAMALA in Nai Harn Beach. Safe and TOWNHOUSE Small plots from 1 rai up to quiet area with large garden 100 rai with very good sea and pool. Complete high- view. A few minutes from quality furniture and kitchen city center and beaches. in modern style. Aircon and Chanote, road, electricity & TV in every room. Opening water supply. Priced from in December. Our apart- 11 big new luxury villas in Ka- 6.5 million baht per rai. Tel: ment complex has units of mala with private pool. Mod- for sale. 3 rai in Baan Po, Flat land from ½ rai up to 086-2742308. Email: 35sqm, 60sqm, 100sqm. ern Thai-Balinese style. 24- Muang, Trang. Very good 5½ rai. Good road, electric- [email protected] Starting price: 1.7 million hour security in a gated location for business, suit- ity supply. Only 2 minutes baht. Tel: 084-8419250. community. Exclusive loca- able for house projects. Elec- from beach and center. Email: [email protected] tion a few minutes from tricity access, road. Sale by beach and town center. Built Prices from 9.5 million baht 4-BEDROOM owner. With Chanote. in natural surroundings on per rai. Tel: 086-2742308. PALACE IN RAWAI Price: 7 million baht ono. flat land with a very good hill Email: kim@kamalafalls. 3-BEDROOM No agents please. Tel: 075- Majestic quality, big pool, HOUSE view. Chanote. 4 bedrooms. com quiet & secure. Come and 210646, 087-2709093. Fully fitted modern kitchen. convince yourself. Be dif- Email: [email protected] All bedrooms with separate ferent. No disappointment. bathrooms and built-in cup- HOUSE WITH 5% commission for agents. boards. Jacuzzi. Rooms have AMAZING SEA VIEW Call for info. Tel: 085- PERFECT LAND aircon. Freehold or leasehold. 7831890. FOR SALE 2 showhomes fully fur- on the main road to Cherng nished. Ready now. From 21 million baht. Contact for BIG HOUSE, RANONG Talay and Surin. 43 rai, 1 For sale or rent. Pool, 2 or 3 2 minutes away from interna- more information. Tel: 076- 4 bedrooms, 5 bathrooms, 6 ngan, 85sq wah. For sale by bedrooms. Price negotiable. tional school. 3 bedrooms, 4 279289, 086-2742308. aircons, decorated with owner. 5.5 million baht per Tel: 086-2832279. bathrooms, fully furnished. rai. Tel: 081-9562406. Email: kamalaparadise high-quality wood. Nice Tel: 081-8953649. house. Tel: 083-1036578. Email: [email protected] @yahoo.com Website: www.kamalaparadise.com KAMALA BUNGALOW IN BRAND-NEW VILLA SEAVIEW LAND LAND IN KATHU CHALONG Near Chalong Circle. 2 stories, 6 rai with Chanote. Can be di- Fabulous, elevated block oppo- B3.5M RAWAI swimming pool, 3 bedrooms, vided. All with good sea view. site national park in Kathu. BARGAIN 3 bathrooms, 2 kitchens, 3 1360sqm. Nor Sor 3 Gor. Road, water & electricity sup- 2 beds, 2 baths, garden, aircons, quiet and nice place. Comes with architect’s plans ply. Priced from 6 million baht phone, net, UBC, aircon, hot Tel: 080-5322136 (Thai), for house and building permit. per rai. Tel: 086-2742308. water, Western kitchen. Pri- 087-8907561 (Eng). Website: 6.4 million baht. Tel: 089- in Rawai. Super-modern, fur- Email: [email protected] vate, secure, prime location. www.katahouseforsale.com 6498703. nished, 3-story house, 2 bed- Tel: 084-8446476. Email: rooms and 2½ bathrooms. MY WIFE GAMBLED [email protected] Newly refurbished, 3-bed- LAND PLOT, So now you get it cheap. Land VILLA & LAND room bungalow on 65sq All rooms are air-conditioned. 2.3 MILLION BAHT and/or house for sale. Tel: Villa near Heroines’ Monu- wah. Brand-new modern Alarm system, water filter 900sqm land plot with under- 086-6831964. ment, built 2007, 4 bedrooms, BLUE CANYON kitchen and bathroom. Cov- system, large private pool ground electricity and water 4 bathrooms, 2 kitchens, pool, PENTHOUSE CONDO ered parking and landscaped and safe car parking space. supply in quiet, secure com- LOCH PALM VILLA furnished. Living space: 3 bedrooms, 3 baths, unfur- garden. Price: 4.2 million 320sqm block of land with munity next to Mission Hills at Baan Suan. Lovely villa with 450sqm. Land: 1,400sqm. nished. Lifetime golf club mem- baht. Tel: 089-9222800. Chanote title. The price is only Golf Course. For sale at only large plot including pool and 12.9 million baht. Also: Land: bership included. Only 15 million Email: meen443_40@ 11.5 million baht. Email: 2.3 million baht. No agents sala. 20.9 million baht. Tel: 1,100sqm, 2.5 million baht. baht. Tel: 081-2555255. Email: hotmail.com [email protected] please. Tel: 081-2712825. 081-9241447. Tel: 084-6907057. [email protected]

LAND, 2,532 SQM, SEA VIEW APARTMENT AO POR IN KAMALA FOR SALE Chanote, main road near air- Small plots, 1 rai. Very good Nice apartments in a good lo- port, Misson Hills golf. Front sea view. Road, water & elec- cation with pool, privacy and has free space; 200sqm tricity supply with Chanote. good sea views. Good price. used. Net sale price: 6 million Priced from 7.5 million per rai. Tel: 087-2844823. Email: baht. Tel: 081-3670991. Tel: 087-6050365. Email: [email protected] For [email protected] further details, please see NICE 5-BEDROOM our website at www. HOUSE B2.3M HOUSE benilux-phuket.com Perfect house for a family, NEAR BEACH ready to move in. Five bed- 132sqm, 2 bedrooms. Fully SHOPHOUSE rooms and bathrooms, close furnished. Kamala Beach. Tel: 3-story shophouse on the by- to Central Festival and Rawai 081-5377137. Email: khunapp pass road next to the Chevrolet Beach. Tel: 081-8915296. @hotmail.com dealer. Contact me for more in- Email: hkthomesale18@ formation. Email: jgkg24 yahoo.com For further details, 50 RAI WITH @hotmail.com please see our website. CHANOTE TITLE www.jikkycar.com Phang Nga, 8km from city LAND FOR SALE center, 30 rai of powered, li- One rai close to Laguna. 3 BEDROOMS, 2 cenced factory for meat + Chanote title. Also 3-story BATHROOMS fish, walk-in fridge and shophouse on bypass road. 52sq wah, quiet area, Khao freezer. 8,000 hardwood Contact for more details. Khad. Chanote. 2.9 million trees planted on 20 rai. Genu- Email: [email protected] baht. Tel: 084-8528096. ine sale. Tel: 087-2694083. TOP SEAVIEW LOT SEA VIEW, HOUSE FOR SALE 2 rai, Yamu hills. Chanote, NAI THON BEACH Brand-new house just built, 2 gated, good road, 11.5 million 11 rai, Chanote at Nai Thon bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, pool, baht. Tel : 080-5358767, Beach. 700m from sandy furnished, huge aquarium. 4.9 0011-760-7808584 (US). beach. 7.5 million baht/rai. million baht ono. Financing Email: phuketone@gmail. Tel: 089-7298365. availible. Tel: 084-6268105. com 42 PHUKET GAZETTE CLASSIFIEDS August 30 - September 5, 2008 Property Gazette

Properties NICE AND COZY NEW RAWAI PATONG For Rent HOUSE FOR RENT POOL DUPLEX

NEW HOUSE IN NAI HARN-RAWAI

Furnished and excellent lo- 1, 2 or 3 bedrooms. 12,000 cation, 5 mins from Rawai baht per month. 300m to and Nai Harn beaches. the beach. ADSL. Tel: 086- 162sqm. 2 bedrooms with 9408914. Email: rawai1@ private bathrooms. 1 guest yahoo.com toilet. 3 aircons. Large living- AMAZING SEA VIEWS THE WHITE HOUSE dining room. Telephone line For more information email VILLA with ADSL. Free water sup- NEW HOUSE [email protected] ply and garbage-collection (BANDON) service. Please contact K. Nui. Tel: 087-3830936. HOUSE FOR RENT OR SALE PATONG TOWER Large house with tropical CONDO – A BEAUTY gardens, 4 bedrooms, 4 bath- rooms, fully furnished, pool, security, 10 mins to British International School. 80,000 baht per month. Tel: 086- for rent. Three-story villa, 2796283. sea view, mountain view, Phanason Kathu, fur- garden, pool, 4 bedrooms nished. Single house, 2 bed- for rent or sale (27.5 million with 2 ensuites, 6 bath- Beautiful Patong Tower rooms. Ready to move in. 35,000 BAHT baht). The White House Villa For sale/rent near Laguna, Tel: 089-6628733. rooms, ADSL, Jacuzzi. Big beach condo with stunning 2 bedrooms, fully furnished, PER MONTH is one of the finest tropical living room, kitchen/dining, 280º panoramic views of the just bring your bag. Price pool villas in Patong. Best lo- laundry room. 5 aircons. sea, hills and town. Large out- negotiable, 1-year contract. KAMALA cation for nightlife and tour- Private pool 8x3.5 meters. door patio and wraparound Tel: 089-8742960. Email: BEACHFRONT VILLAS ing Phuket. Located high on 2 car park spaces. Tel: balcony. Comes completely [email protected] Fully furnished to high stan- the hill above the Amari 081-6779837, 089-646- renovated, with Internet and For further details, please dard. Western kitchen. 3 bed- Coral Beach Resort at the 4786. Email: sync_koji washing machine. Available see http://phuket-on-tour rooms, 2 bathrooms, lounge south end of Patong. No @hotmail.com now. Tel: 011-86-13816- .blogspot.com and dining areas. Large balcony agents. Email: png.phuket 344147. Email: txxzt@ overlooking pool and land- Rawai pool villa. 4 bedrooms, @gmail.com yahoo.com Please see our LAND AND POND SINGLE HOUSE scaped gardens. Stunning sea 4 bathrooms, ADSL, near the Good view, near the sea at Ao website at www.patong views, only meters from the beach. Tel: 086-9408914. RAWAI STUDIO towerrental.com 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 60 Sapam, Phuket. 8 acres, long- sq wah. Fully furnished, located beach. Privately gated, parking Email: [email protected] FOR RENT/SALE term lease. Tel: 086-6893289, in front of Meaju Garden Place and storage. True TV and Rent for 6,000 baht/month or 083-0526696. KAMALA HILLS project. Aircon in big bedroom. ADSL. Includes daily cleaning NEW HOUSE ON buy for 950,000 baht. APARTMENT Rent: 20,000 baht/month. Tel: and washing, pool and garden- YAOWARAT RD 30sqm, furniture, kitchen, HOUSE IN RAWAI Super 3-bedroom, furnished, 081-6912526. ing service. Rent: 75,000 baht/ Good area in Phuket City. 2 fridge, cable TV. Internet. Tel: 12,000 baht per month, fan, ground-floor condo. Internet, month. Contact K. Suchada. floors, 3 bedrooms, 2 bath- 084-1899336. hot water, 1 bedroom, car parking lot and security. On 3-BEDROOM HOUSE Tel: 084-8436837. Email: rooms, hot water, 3 aircons, suchada_ [email protected] park, fenced, 29” TV with spectacular estate. 28,500 Furnished, ADSL, cable TV, kitchen, phone line, 3 car park- NICE TOWNHOME Website: www.phuket-island- cable, quiet, safe area. Avail- baht monthly. Tel: 076-317- aircon. Near Heroines’ monu- ing spaces. 15,000 baht/ for rent, 2 bedrooms, fully homes.com able Oct 10/08 to April 6/09. 534, 081-3977598. Email: ment. 18,000 baht/month. month. One month deposit. Tel: furnished. Tel: 086-7426989. Tel: 087-2668728. [email protected] Tel: 086-2778461. Email: 081-7973138. Email: [email protected] [email protected] THE GREENHOUSE NEW CHALONG HOME HOUSE FOR RENT, BUNGALOWS GOLF COURSE VILLA PATONG BEACH 2-bedroom furnished home THALANG NEW COMMERCIAL Chalong, new 2-bedroom bun- Beautiful home at Phuket CONDO for rent. Phone line, True TV, 3-bedroom, 2-bathroom house BUILDING galows. Fully furnished, cool, Country Club, fully furnished, for rent or sale. Financing aircon. Tel: 089-6521473. for rent immediately at Pa New commercial building with quiet, close to all facilities. pool, sala, gardens. Only available, furnished, security, Khlok, Thalang, 800m from residence, 4 bedrooms, 3 bath- 12,000 baht per month. Call 65,000 baht a month. Tel: car park. 4.8 million baht. Tel: Heroines’ Monument (located rooms. The first floor is appro- K. John. Tel: 081-9791976. 081-9241447. 089-5908233. 3-BEDROOM HOUSE at Baan Suan Neramit 5, Moo Beautiful furnished 3-bed- priate for a business. Tel: 081- 8). Fully furnished, ADSL, laun- 3497656. Email: vfarisfaris room house with secured dry, garden, kitchen fitted with @hotmail.com garden, large pool, tel, True Fagor oven. 23,000 baht/ TV, Internet. Close to Boat month or 21,000 baht/month Lagoon/Monument. 30,000 for 1-year contract. Call 081- RAWAI FLAT baht per month. Tel: 076- 8512280 (English/Thai). Email: Fully furnished, 2 bedrooms, 260400, 084-6903446. [email protected] 2 bathrooms, living room, kitchen, swimming pool, bal- HOUSE IN CHALONG NAI HARN, for rent near Palai Beach. 2 cony, cable, ADSL. Tel: 081- 2-BEDROOMS 6067410. and 3 bedrooms, aircon, fully with pool table, Jacuzzi, 2 bath- furnished, ADSL, car park. rooms. Quiet. 37,000 baht/ Tel: 089-7288311. month. Tel: 089-1968657. NEAR BIS: 3-BED Available Oct/Nov 2008. POOL VILLA HOUSE FOR RENT Email: soundofmusic999 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, air @yahoo.co.uk 70,000 baht per month for conditioning, 1 living room. long term rent. New, mod- Brand-new house opposite ern, fully-furnished, on com- LARGE SEAVIEW pound of six behind the Boat water works. 5 mins to Surin HOUSE Beach. Tel: 081-8937031. Lagoon. Includes gym, wa- only 10 mins from British Inter- ter, Wi-Fi, cable TVs/DVD, national School, amazing sea pool and garden mainte- NEW SHOP FOR RENT views, 3 bedrooms, 4 bath- nance, security, pool speak- 154sqm, very good location, rooms, maid’s room, big gar- ers, linen and kitchenware. special for restaurant. En- den, swimming pool, security, Tel: 084-7839054. Email: trance to Laguna, Cherng quiet location. 80,000 baht/ oggyowen @yahoo.com Talay. Tel: 081-0915919. month. Tel: 086-2796283. August 30 - September 5, 2008 CLASSIFIEDS PHUKET GAZETTE 43 Property Gazette

Property Property Accommodation Household Wanted Services Available Items

LOOKING FOR A SECOND HAND LONG-TERM RENT, HOUSE? 3 BEDROOMS, GOODS AND STUFF 2-3 YEARS We have good land & houses for KAMALA. 220 SQM 1) Marble dining table with 6 Very careful non-smoker and sale/rent. Tel: 083-1036578. Big house in Kamala available chairs in Italian design. calm, retired European man Website:www.oriental- until December. 50,000 baht 2) Six dining table chairs in living in Phuket many years, realestate.com per month or 15,000 baht per black leather. looking for high-standard week. 3 bedrooms, 3 bath- 3) Small sofa (new). condo or house, 1 or 2 bed- rooms. 200 metres to beach. rooms, ADSL, 5 mins from VILLA 4) Big refrigerator: 150cm x Tel: 083-5921524. Email: 200cm. Only 2 months old. beach. Contact Philippe or MANAGEMENT [email protected] LUXURY VILLA Accommodation email with pictures. No tour- by self-employed person. I For further details, please see RENTALS AT Wanted 5) Pool table. ist prices please. Tel: 087- have 7 years’ experience our website at: http:// www.luxuryphuket 6) Metal washing sink, 75 x 8921979. Email: phdes with real estate and property www.husiphuket.se/ holidays.com 75cm, 50cm deep, 2 months [email protected] management in Australia. indexeng.html Book your villa now! old. Have worked with hotel SEARCHING FOR 7) Big rice boiler, 7 liters, 2 CONDO OR APT 2-BEDROOM HOUSE management in Phuket re- months old. sorts for 3 years. I provide I am looking for a room or WANTED HOUSE WITH POOL 2,900-BAHT ROOM 8) Sound System: Mixer, Retired gentleman wants high-quality service and villa WITH POOL apartment near Patong or AMP- filters. Loudspeakers: 2 management at fair prices. NEAR BIS elsewhere in Kathu. Needed quiet house with car port, The Sky: a 4-star “hip” ho- sub, 2 full tone, 2 small satellite, ADSL and small garden in Can carry out professional Yearly rentals at 75,000 Nov or early Dec until end of 2 months old. baht per month. 3 bed- tel with 12 rooms, from Feb 09. Room must be Kamala, Bang Tao or Cherng duties set out in the manage- 9) 350-liter hand made fish tank rooms, unfurnished. Please 1,500 baht per night. Tel: quiet, clean, and on an up- Talay. 12,000 baht per ment agreement, including with 3 sides and separate filter. housekeeping & mainte- contact for more details at 076-261940, 087-418- per floor. Budget: about month. Contact David. Tel: 4428. Fax: 076-261944. Fits in corner. 085-7908241. nance of property. Can orga- Tel: 081-8779292. Fax: 8,000 baht per month. nize flight tickets and activi- 076-239838.Email: Email:prakaisriroj@ Email: [email protected] 10) King-size bed with electri- [email protected] hotmail.com For details visit cal elevation. TOWNHOUSE ties as well as other requests. Tel:087-1006111. Email: our website at www.grace 11) King-size bed: totally new, WANTED gardensphuket.com 1 MONTH RENTAL unpacked, Danish design. 3-bedroom, 2-bathroom town- [email protected] BEST DEAL IN I want to rent a small home, 12) Samsung flat-screen TV, house sought. Approx 1 million PHUKET apartment or bungalow in Karon 40 inches, one year old. baht. Please contact me if you Sept/Oct hotel rooms, aircon, CHALONG or Kata for 30 days. Need to 13) Samsung flat-screen TV, have something available. WANTED ceiling fan, cable TV, fridge, SERVICED APTS have aircon and TV. A kitchen Please call for more informa- shower/wc, restaurant & bar 50sqm and 55sqm aircon 27 inches, one year old. We sell businesses, hotels would be very good if available. tion at Tel: 086-2782931. & pool. Daily rate: 499 baht. rooms available now. 14) 20-inch flat-screen moni- and land. Can we help you Budget: 6,000 to 10,000 baht a Email: gary [email protected] Monthly: 8,000 baht. Contact Monthly rent from 11,500 tor for PC. Format: 16:9. sell yours? Contact Simon. month. Tel: +46-70-8490608. Anny. Tel: 087-2825086. baht, including Wi-Fi, house- 15) Tower PC, 1.8Ghz, 80GB Tel: 084-3047700. Email: [email protected] RENT TO OWN keeping, full furnishings, big hard disk. 16) PC table. WANTED CHALONG balconies, kitchenette. Roof- 17) Aluminum and glass coffee I am looking for a property in THE NETWORK APARTMENT top pool. Quiet area. Tel: RENTING A HOUSE? table. Kata or anywhere not too re- PROPERTY Air conditioned, cable TV, 086-2826221.Email: I am looking for a private 1- or 18) Big TV table, white. mote. Need 2 bedrooms and at Urgently need any property for saneroad@ yahoo.com For hot shower, free ADSL, new 2-bedroom house in Rawai, 19) DVD player. least a small garden. No deposit rent/ sale. Tel: 084-6268105. furniture. 4,900 baht per more info visit www.phuket- Nai Harn, Chalong or else- 20) Hitachi fridge. but can pay 200,000 baht per month or 380 baht/day. New apartment.biz where in that area. Must have year for 10 years. Email: INTERIOR DECOR room. Tel: 085-8885144. private garden. Budget up to 21) Handyman tools. [email protected] Bespoke furniture package: APARTMENTS, 15,000 baht per month. 22) Restaurant and kitchen interior designer and consult- PATRA MANSION POOL VIEW Please send photos, serious equipment, only 2 months old. GOLF-VIEW ant. Tel: 089-6683639. Fax: SUBLET Large 2-bedroom, 3-bathroom offers. Can move in October. 23) 220v welder with all CONDOMINIUM 076-354602. Email: zhu Available now. Service. 6,800 apartments. Private 1-bed- Email: [email protected] cables; used only 4 times. Tel: Kathu area only. Want to buy @junkseilon.com For further baht per month + utilities. room seaview penthouse. 084-74503013.Email: or rent long term. Email: details please see our website 5,000 deposit. Phuket City. Quiet hillside location, 3 mins to [email protected] [email protected] at www.zhunaumann.com Tel: 084-8414414. center or beach. Car parking. Wi-Fi Internet. Low-season Building special for 1-bedroom apart- Products Household Classified Advertisements ment: 14,000 baht/month. Tel: 076-296621, 081-6916147. & Services Services Please use this form to write your classified advertisement. Fax: 076-344689. Email: Then hand it to any of our agents. [email protected] QUALITY BUILDING PHUKET HOME 4-BEDROOM VILLA SERVICES MAINTENANCE |_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_| (heading) & LARGE POOL Renovations, construction, Construction, renovation, Great 4-bedroom villa with electrical, plumbing, carpen- electricians, plumbers, |_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_| large pool and outdoor sala/ try, real wood, parquet, carpenters, painters, tilers, Jacuzzi set in tropical land- gardening,painting, tiling. 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DAYTRIP DIVE BOAT FIBERGLASS BOAT CARVER 500 FOR SALE FOR SALE COCKPIT L15m, W4m, aircon. Brand-new, 36ft flybridge fi- Carver USA is well known for 2x450hp. Nissan Bauer, 39 berglass boat. Ideal for scuba its solid design and comfort. tanks. 8 million baht ono. Tel: diving, sightseeing tours, ho- This example is most probably 076-491962, 080-0405831. tel transfers. Email: jgkg24 the best one around and it is Email:@hotmail.com here in Phuket. Nothing has [email protected] been spared on equipment or SEA DOO JET BOAT maintenance. She was exten- 38-FT TOUR 1997, 4.7 meters, model sively refitted in 2007 and is to CRUISER FOR SALE speedster, twin 2 cyl. Rotax a very high standard. With only All-fiberglass construction. 85 hp, newly rebuilt, never 950 main engine hours, a Excellent fuel economy. On a used engines. Seats 5, fast, 57,000 BTU aircon, 25.5KVA trip to Koh Phi Phi you will clean, ready for action, moor- Genset and a water maker save approximately 50% ing cover, canopy, galvanized onboard, she is very well suited compared with standard trailer. Tel: 086-2786112. for the conditions here in twin-outboard-engine speed- Phuket, and she is awaiting boats. Mercruiser inboard 33-FOOT your inspection. Contact diesel engine, cruises comfort- WOODEN HULL Simpson Marine. Tel: 076- ably at 27 knots. Very low in perfect condition, 1½ years 239768. hours on the engine. Toilet & old, 2 engines, Yamaha V6, 200hp, 250 hours, 900,000 MUSTANG 2800 fresh water shower, large sun SPORT CRUISER roof, stainless-steel ladder at baht. Contact Jano. Tel: 083- One very remarkable sport bow and stern for beach ac- 5905464. cruiser. Fully serviced and main- cess. Commercial Thai regis- tained from new with only light tration. 1.65 million baht. Tel: BUSINESS FOR SALE engine hours. An extensive 081-9790525. Email: bosch. 52-foot charter yacht, suc- equipment list with custom fea- [email protected] cessfully run by couple in Phuket for 10 years. Price: tures makes this one stand out. US$95,000. Tel:081-677- Not to be missed. Thai registered. 1641. Selling for only 3.6 million baht. CHOLAMARK Contact Simpson Marine for full HYPERLON RIB FAMILY SAILING details. Tel: 076-239768. 3.5 meters. New tubes 1 DINGHY MERCURY MARNIER year old, condition as new. 4.52m/15ft. Easy sail for Save 45,000 baht. Cost 200 HP X 2 husband-wife, parent-child Mercury Marnier 200 HP 2- new: 130,000 baht. Price: combos. Outstanding stability 85,000 baht. Tel: 081-539- stroke outboards EFI. Price: and fiberglass hull. Designed 300,000 baht each obo. Tel: 9560. Email: oystcove@ to be sailed by a man and a loxinfo.co.th 087-1107620. Email: woman. Can deliver exciting [email protected] performance without using CENTER CONSOLE, spinnaker or trapeze. Small 6-METER IMPORT class on island, so can race. Our best bargain. Quick sale for Four hours free tuition with cash. Contact Andrew. Tel: sale. 125,000 baht. Wind 081-8941530, 083-3927150. comes free. Tel: 081-539- Email: wunchart-thannawat@ 9560. Email: oystcove@ hotmail.com loxinfo.co.th SKI & WAKEBOARD BRAND-NEW BOAT BOAT Brand-new flybridge boat. 19ft, fiberglass, 300 HP Fiberglass. Offers. Email: Mercruiser, tower tow, [email protected] trailer + many extras, must sell quickly. 240,000 baht. NEW TRAILERS Contact for more details. We build new trailers. What- Tel: 086-2697138. Email: ever size, we can build it. Tel: [email protected] 084-6891568. SPEEDBOAT CCYD 55 CENTER BUSINESS COCKPIT Thai-registered, 12.9-meter This is a proven blue-water cruis- speedboat in excellent condi- ing yacht from the well-known tion. Takes 22 pax + 3 crew. CCYD boat yard in Italy. She has Twin Yamaha 200hp V6 en- just undergone a recent yard gines and 7 different inflat- period. Her large accommoda- ables to make it all fun for tion volume and detailed wood- your customers. Comes with work make this a very attractive life jackets and snorkeling cruising yacht at a very attractive equipment, a registered com- price of only 140,000 euro. For pany, a Thai captain and one sale for the first time in 17 years. boat boy. Price: 1 million baht. Contact Simpson Marine for full Tel: 081-8914381. Email: details. Tel: 076-239768. [email protected] August 30 - September 5, 2008 CLASSIFIEDS PHUKET GAZETTE 45 Island Job Mart 46 PHUKET GAZETTE CLASSIFIEDS August 30 - September 5, 2008 Island Job Mart

NANNY WANTED DELI SUPERMARKET Must speak fluent English. and restaurant looking for Tel: 089-4744083. chef, waiter, waitress, store keeper, baker and accountant. ASSISTANT NEEDED Tel: 076-342275, 089-874 Good written and spoken En- 1875. Fax: 076-340992. glish. Basic accounting and computer skills. Thai national. INTERNET STAFF Tel: 087-0778454. Email: WANTED [email protected] An Internet shop in Patong is seeking Thai female staff. GOVERNMENT GRAPHIC ARTISTS Urgent. Mail or call for more TRAINED BAKER SCHOOL REQUIRED Highly experienced graphic art- info. Tel: 076-293082, requires 2 full-time English PRESCHOOL 081-5377137.Email: BAY VIEW, ists wanted. Work consists of teachers. Friendly work en- TEACHER REQUIRED graphics + flash. If you have [email protected] vironment and assistance ARAYABURI Female caucasian, native English RESORTS knowledge of 3D Max, great! with work permit. Please speaker, full or part time. Tel: Email: [email protected] contact for more details at Tel: Bay View, Arayaburi Resort 080-6247060. Employment 086-2720383. Fax: 076- and Arayaburi Residences on ACCOUNTANT Wanted 213922. Email: danhogfelt Phi Phi Island are seeking ITALIAN CHEF JOB WANTED @hotmail.com qualified, experienced candi- Please contact for more in- to help cook all types of for this dynamic expand- dates with a positive attitude formation at Tel: 081- ITALIAN LADY cusine specialities. Tel: ing business. Thai na- for the following positions 5376866. Send resume to: Looking for a job. Good OFFICE MANAGER 083-6394509. Email: tional. Hours, salary nego- (based on Phi Phi Island): [email protected] computer skills. Speak and tiable. Contact K. Lilly. Aqua Property Group, a Resident Manager, Market- [email protected] write 5 languages. Please Tel: 084-8512176. Email: new real estate company ing Manager, Front Office contact for more info. Tel: [email protected] opening soon in Phuket, re- Manager, Restaurant Man- MARINE 086-2741482. quires a Thai female who is ager, Reservation Supervi- TROPICAL AIR-CONDITIONING punctual, presentable and sor, Construction Site Man- LANDSCAPING organized. You must be pro- electrician. Simpson Marine OFFICE STAFF SALES & ager, Foreman. Tel: 076- INTERNATIONAL Phuket (SEA) Ltd (Service WANTED MARKETING ficient in Microsoft Office 304000, 083-5088782. and communicate well in TLI are currently looking to hire Department) dealer requires Thai nationality, speak good Outgoing person required to Fax: 076-304007. Email: the following English-speaking a qualified tradesman to act English. PC skills, sales minded, written and spoken English. [email protected] Please assist with marketing and Please send your CV and Thai staff for our expanding as marine electrician and air- knowledge of accounting. Reply selling advertising space for an see our website at www.phi Phuket office: Horticulturist, conditioning service techni- by email before Aug 27. Email: expected salary to info@ phibayview.com international newspaper aquapropertygroup.com Landscaping Supervisor, Sales cian. Applicant must be flu- [email protected] company. Must be fluent in Executive. Please provide full ent in English and hold rel- Thai with good English. Good LAW OFFICE resumé including qualifica- evant trade qualificatons. FOREIGN FEMALE knowledge of Photoshop or Seeks Thai and foreign lawyers, tions, photo, references and Salary and remuneration Long-term resident in other design software an ad- PHOTOSHOP accountant, secretary and mes- expected salary. Tel: 076- package based on experi- EXPERT Phuket looking for job. Na- vantage. Good salary, com- senger. Email CV to jobs@siam- 620099. Fax 076-620098. ence and qualifications. In- tionality: Russian. Has missions and great work en- To work on photographs of legal.com Email:ben@tropical- quire in person with CV to bachelon's degree, good vironment. Tel: 076-346218, costume jewelry. Part landscaping.com For further Simpson Marine (SEA) Ltd, computer's skills, driver's li- 084-7680536. Fax: 076- time. Work from home. WEBSITE CODER details, please see Tropical Boat Lagoon. Tel: 076-239- cense. I do translations from Landscaping Internationals at 346232. Email: info@news Good pay for expert person. Website coder/programmer 768. Email: greg.dick@ English to Russian. Please www.tropical-landscaping. paperdirect-phuket.com Please contact for informa- wanted for our Web TV com- simpsonmarine.com Please contact for more details. com or www.phuket Please see our website at tion at Tel: 089-7291968. pany. Mail for more info. Email: visit our website: www. Email: [email protected] and landscaping.com www.newspaperdirect.com Email: [email protected] [email protected] simpsonmarine.com [email protected] Looking for a job? Looking for a better quality candidate? Find more Recruitment Classifieds at www.phuketgazette.net! August 30 - September 5, 2008 CLASSIFIEDS PHUKET GAZETTE 47 Tout, Trader & Trumpet

GYM EQUIPMENT SELLING ALL Articles FOR SALE TO SELL CONTENTS LIVE STAND-UP Business For Sale Call Gerry. Tel: 086-1203660. Complete restaurant with of a nightclub/disco and furniture COMEDY Opportunities Email: [email protected] professional kitchen for 4 bedrooms. Sofas, tables, Punchline Comedy Club equipment for sale. Sec- coolers, aircons, water pumps, presents live international WIRELESS AIRCARD ondhand, but only 3 sound and lighting equipment, vi- stand-up comedy at the OPPORTUNITY TO MOVING END OF months old. Almost new. Holiday Inn Resort Phuket OWN AUGUST Sierra Wireless Aircard 580. sual effects systems from the 2,500 baht. Call or mail for Good price. First come, best factory. Everything is new. on Tue Sept 16, 2008. your own massage and spa shop from 2.7million baht. Com- more info. Tel: 081-8941994. first served. Freezers, re- Used only 6 months. Contact Three top comedians Email: [email protected] frigerators, dishwasher, Paul. Tel: 084-6455971. Email: booked by the London plete turnkey operation, suc- Boncafé espresso ma- [email protected] Comedy Store. Please cessful track record. Contact Simon. Tel: 084-3047700 SUBWOOFER chine, microwave, grill, contact via by email: FOR SALE racks, tables, chairs, AIR CONDITIONER [email protected] complete bar equipment, Website: INTERNET/COFFEE/ High-end subwoofer for We have a 13,000 BTU Sap- GAMES sale, good for home cinema bar counter with lighting, www.phuketcomedy.com phire air conditioner for sale. Internet, coffee, computer Urgent. Things for sale be- or stereo. Built-in 150-Watt restaurant dishes, plates, About 3-4 years old, serviced games, bicycle rental. Sale in- fore end of August. Tel: 085- amplifier. Driver 10", fully glasses, cutlery, lamps, annually. 10,000 baht. Come cludes registered Thai Ltd Co. 9300229. adjustable. Size 50 x 50 x speakers, desks, office take it away. Tel: 076- SPONSOR Good location, steady income. 50cm. Black. Price: 7,000 chairs. Electronics: Mini 330967, 081-8920474. Fax: a needy child. The Phuket In- Tel: 076-333280, 086-277 baht. Call Robert at 089- Mac with Samsung 076-330990. Email: john@ ternational Women’s Club is 1046. Fax 076-333280. Email: WOOD CARVING 8719152. Email: orita- screen, stereos, CD-DVD siamdivers.com a volunteer organization rais- [email protected] [email protected] players, amplifier, etc. Also staff-house equip- ing funds for educational PANASONIC LCD scholarships. We rely on the AIRCONS ment, beds, mattresses, closets, Philips TV , 1 projector. Watch DVDs/football goodwill of donors and spon- LOOKING FOR AN 15,000 BTU, 8 months old, complete bedroom with on 100-inch white wall with 2m sors – small and large. If you INVESTMENT 7,000 baht. Tel: 085-030- large bed with frame, also screen. 35,000 baht. Call Ian. would like to put something in Phuket & Phang Nga. 0612. motorbike – all in good Tel: 086-2680042. back into the community in Seaview land/house. Tel: condition. Please call 089- which you live, contact us to 081-5399269. Website: For sale: teak wood carving SEWING MACHINE & 7256994 (Eng), 086- find out more about giving a www.jan-property.com representing the Himavanta OVERLOCK 7453359 (Thai). Bulletins prize or being a sponsor. jungle. Size 120x220cm. - Bernina 1000 Designer sew- Contact Carol (Tel: 087- Tel: 081-5699483. ing machine, Swiss made, 10 4178860 Email: carol. GUESTHOUSE GEM years old, excellent condition, [email protected]) or K. Sue Bar, restaurant and thriving 40-INCH PLASMA tour desk, Thai limited com- BAKERY EQUIPMENT 6,000 baht. (Tel: 087-2776948. Email: TV [email protected]). pany, two work permits. 3.5 - Two superposed gas oven. -Bernette Overlock 134DL, Swiss made, 8 years old, ex- 6 months old. 22,000 baht. million baht. Contact Kevin. Stainless steel. King brand. Tel: 084-7300190. 35,000 baht. cellent condition, 5,000 baht. (60,000 baht new). Tel: WENDY AND TALITHA Please contact for more infor- 085-0300612. - Dough mixer, 10 liters, King We are back from South Af- RESTAURANT mation. Tel: 076-285307, 087- rica and would like to get in brand. 10,000 baht. Well-established restaurant 2658801. Email: ruckzuck98 contact with our friends in Secondhand but in perfect con- and bar. Live entertainment @ hotmail.com KINGSIZE MATTRESS Phuket. I lost all email ad- dition. On Lanta Island. Tel: 075- venue in premium Patong lo- AND ANTI-MITE dresses, so please email us at 684525, 081-0669459. Email: cation. For sale at 14 million Kingsize Carnation mat- [email protected] [email protected] SIERRA WIRELESS tress with Anti-Mite. Size: baht. Genuine buyers only. AIRCARD 6'6"x5'6" (1.83m x 1.98m Tel: 083-1736521, 084- LEATHER VALEO BELT 4,000 baht, call after 2 pm. x 15cm). Used only with TO ALL FILIPINOS 0782753. New real leather Valeo belt cover and only for 3 months. Comes with CD software. I am here to help you. Call for sale. Good for weight lift- For sale because it’s too Not for Vista; XP is OK. Tel: Emelda. Tel: 084-3050963. BOOKS FOR SALE ing. I have S and L size. Made 076-296351, 081-086- hard for me. Pick up in in Pakistan. Tel: 080- 2772. Email: thewizardof Rawai. Only 1,000 baht. Many language books and 6985021. Email: phuket [email protected] Tel: 083-3902970. Email: about 5,000 used books [email protected] [email protected] BARRY with bookshelves. Quick BLENKENSOP sale: 350,000 baht. Please I have a letter from the UK contact K. Pui. Tel: 084- for you. Your friend did not 1705552. Agents for Classified Advertising provide a full address so it MONEY TO GIVE ended up at my house. Con- PHUKET AWAY tact me and I will get the let- PATONG up to 1 million baht for you if ter to you. Tel: 076- SHOPHOUSE Julapan Stationery Tel: 076-282254 you sell my house. Please 330967, 081-892 0474. Cheap cheap cheap cheap. contact for more information. Bangla area. 4 floors, 6x4 Chao Fa East Rd (next to Siam Commercial Bank) Fax: 076-330990. Email: Tel: 081-8916412. Email: John@ siamdivers.com MTR. No agents. Tel: 081- [email protected] 0787743. 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) 48 PHUKET GAZETTE CLASSIFIEDS August 30 - September 5, 2008 Tout, Trader & Trumpet

RESORT, AO NANG. BUSY BAR FOR SALE NICE SHOP, CONSTRUCTION B4.8M Bangla Rd area. Contact KATA CENTER CO LTD FOR SALE 5.1 rai, Ao Nang bungalow Kevin. Tel: 084-7300190. Shop for rent near bar zone. Due to ill health in the family, project, yet to be completed 5m x 15m. Change hands: we must return to my home (10 rooms). Land lease: 15 ELEGANT 250,000 baht/6,000 baht per country and sell our construc- years & with optional 5-year SHOPHOUSE month. Tel: 080-3826479. tion company in Phuket. The rent. Price includes: company Bargain: 4-story shophouse company is fully set up (good (Co Ltd), land (Chanote deed, with Chanote. Fully equipped NANAI GUESTHOUSE inventory) and running with licenses, approved), pre-pay- restaurant on 1st and 2nd floors. for sale. 28 rooms, over 300 sq future projects to be com- ment for 10 years’ rent. Pri- Fully furnished apartment on wah. 67 million baht. Contact pleted. Previous price was vate well water, tarred road, 3rd and 4th floors. Value: 6.7 Tuang. Tel: 081-7970679. 6.85 million baht. Please con- electricity. Price negotiable. million baht. Now priced at only tact via by email: info@ Tel: 089-7865650. Email: 5.5 million baht. Have to move jntech.biz [email protected] out. Tel: 081-8915602. INVESTMENT +INCOME MASSAGE SHOP RESTAURANT BAR AVAILABLE In chicken farm project. 8 IN KAMALA for sale. 2 chairs, 5 beds, in FOR LEASE rai of land, 15-hour drive Soi Kebsab. Come and look. Excellent location. Nanai Rd. from Phuket. 100,000 Give me a price. 1 year old. First 18 months’ rent already baht guaranteed. Email for Tel: 083-6463047. paid 1.8 million baht will se- info and details. Tel: 087- cure this business. Contact 2781784. Email: bourlis Simon. Tel: 084-3047700. @hotmail.com PATONG GUESTHOUSE 26-ROOM GAMEFISHING and bar/restaurant. 18 GUESTHOUSE BUSINESS The name of the restaurant is Nang Friendly Restaurant. rooms, long-term lease, for lease near Jungceylon. In- Boat and company for sale. Reason for sale: owner excellent location, reduced cludes company and long lease. Ready to fish. Please con- moving to Hua Hin. Selling to 4.9 million baht. Tel: 080- Immaculate decor. Just 3.7 tact for more information. price is 800,000 baht, but if 6971744. million baht. Contact Simon. Tel: 086-1247528. Email: you want to make a quick Tel: 084-3047700. [email protected] deal we can offer a discount CACTUS BAR FOR 5 PREMUIM HOTELS for you. On the main road, SALE, 3.5M BAHT SHOP/OFFICE easy to see on the left hand Easy and fun business. 30 for sale freehold. Outstanding SPACE FOR RENT locations in Patong. Prices side if you come from months left on contract. All in- In front of Club Med hotel, starting from 150 million baht. Patong. Contact Rodjana cluded. No rent. Please contact 15m from hotel main gate on and Thomas. Tel: 089- for more information. Tel: 081- Contact Simon. Tel: 084- main road. 4m wide by 12m 3047700. 884-7964. 8936891. Email: danex01@ long. Rent for 25,000 baht per gmail.com month. No key money. Tel: SMALL INVESTOR SWIMWEAR 081-4154883. Email: robin [email protected] Bricks and mortar real estate 1-BEDROOM BOUTIQUE building in Bangla, Patong. No APARTMENT, KATA Highly profitable bikini & COFFEE LOUNGE lump sum, only small monthly clothing store, open two 4 million baht, no down 2-story shophouse set up as cof- input over 60 months. Excel- years. Great location in payment, pay over 5 years, fee lounge and ice cream parlor lent capital gains. Contact Kata. For sale as fully op- no interest, no bank. GBP with Internet services. Rent: Martin. Tel: 080-5362400. erational. All stock and fit- 990 per month, 1,299 eu- only 13,000 per month, includ- tings, supplier details. Brand ros or US$1,999. Better ing business premises & ac- BAR IN BANGLA name, good reputation. 2.5 than stocks. Move in now. commodation. All recently Well-placed bar already mak- million baht. Tel: 089- Quiet, swimming pool, renovated. All furniture & busi- ing good profits. 2.9 million 0200128. Email: boutique gym, restaurant. Walking ness inventory included in the baht. Tel: 084-7300190. [email protected] distance to bars & beach. price of 1.4 million baht – all Rental return: 50% of your you need is your suitcase. Cur- Business monthly payment. Tel: PUBLICATION rently has a 3-year renewable 085-7831890. FOR SALE lease, no key money. Tel: 076- Products & Unique quality, fun to run. Start 342338, 084-6976840. Email: Services now to take high season prof- [email protected] BAR, BANGLA RD its. Company holds one foreign Soi Gonzo, good location in work permit. Price: 2.1 million DOUBLE BAR CHIROPRACTIC CARE the heart of Patong, lease baht. Tel: 085-5744414. for sale. 3-year renewable Dr Richard P Cracknell. paid till 2011, good profits, Email: [email protected] lease, air conditioned, music Tel: 076-330889. low rent. 1.8 million baht. system. Tel: 080-7179353 www.chiropractic- Tel: 089-0344565. Email: SKY (Eng), 085-7917579 (Thai). phuket.com [email protected] STEAKHOUSE.NET Well-established steakhouse SHOP, KATA BAR FOR SALE including accommodation and good location, with or without The bar is in Rawai. Please all equipment, 3-year lease, stock. Low rent, bargain price. contact for more information. for rent. Price: 2.8 million Tel: 089-5748884 (Thai), 081- Tel: 086-2832279. baht. Tel: 087-2656089. 0804702 (English). August 30 - September 5, 2008 CLASSIFIEDS PHUKET GAZETTE 49 Tout, Trader & Trumpet

LAGUNA GOLF CLUB YOGA CLASSES HOT SALE Banyan Tree membership Miscellaneous Small yoga shala, Rawai area, Nice restaurant in good loca- for sale. Valid until 2027. for Sale beginners welcome. Tel: 081- tion, only 100m from beach, 500,000 baht. Please con- 5979049. good price. Tel: 081-891- tact via by email: speiserch 6697, 084-6509076. @bluewin.ch 3 WHEEL SKY-LAB MASSAGE AT HOME We are selling our sky-lab We come to your house. Thai (tuk-tuk). It's 15 years old. ONLINE SHOPPING 2 hours, 300 baht. Oil 2 hours, LAGUNA GOLF 130cc engine. Great to drive 400 baht. Tel: 081-6760871. Handmade souvenirs & MEMBERSHIP around for doing PR for your decor items. Painting Laguna (Banyan Tree) Golf shop or restaurant. Only 3 or MASSAGE AT classes are also available. 4 of them in Phuket. Price: Tel: 076-621021, 081- membership for 550,000 YOUR PLACE baht (negotiable). Valid 60,000 baht. For more info, 8205266. Fax: 076- please call me. Tel: 087- Relax and enjoy Thai, oil, deep 206220. Email: until 2025. Please contact tissue. 10 am to 9 pm.Call for details. Tel: 086-316- 8858708. Email: tomas [email protected] [email protected] Ms Da. Tel: 089-0503945. Website: 4795. Email: hibubbles63 www.phuketgifts.com @gmail.com TENT / AWNING, 3x4 Personals METERS BUYING & SHIPPING Computers Blue and white canopy. Good We can source out all prod- condition. 3,500 baht ono. FEMALE FRIEND ucts and deliver to your door Tel: 087-0779816. Email: 46 years old, handsome and or worldwide. Tel: 089-851- [email protected] fun guy, independent busi- 9697. Email: patch@inter ness owner, generous. Look- exportservices.com FITNESS EQUIPMENT ing for Thai girl aged 20 to 35, SCIFIT Fit-Quik Pod 3 units: slender and fit, for friendship and possible marriage. Should MEDIA & PRINTING Elliptical Trainer, Recumbent Bike, Pro Sport 1. Top of the speak some English. Please iDeaPixel Co Ltd, 98/20 line. 349,900 baht. Does not include your phone number Wirat Hongyok Rd, Muang, include transport from and photo with your reply. Phuket. Bangkok. Full retail price: Email: [email protected] ANDAMAN LEGAL Our services include: 780,000 baht. Tel: 02- ADVISERS - Catalogs 3108305, 089-8663736. BACKGAMMON 26 Hongyok Utit Rd, Talaad - Flyers Email: [email protected] Retired businessman looking Yai, Samkong, Phuket. As- for backgammon players in - J-flags sociated with Advocates & Phuket. Tel: 081-5778443. Solicitors in Bangkok, Phuket - Name cards Personal and UK. We provide a wide - Banners Services REDNECK WANTED range of high-quality and - Vinyl ink jet (indoor-outdoor) Thai lady looking for Western specialized legal services to - Websites gentleman (honest, good look- individual and corporate cli- ing, aged 30-40, working in ents. Call us today for a quote. Tel: FREELANCE 076-522739, 086-4715 PHOTOGRAPHER Phuket). Scandinavian would be an advantage. Email: innocent - Court actions, Thailand, UK, 503. Email: idea4pixel@ Freelance Photographer (Por- [email protected] HK gmail.com trait, Travel, Wedding, Interior - Legal consultations and Exterior Commercial, Event, - Company formation Pack Shot and Advertising Pho- Pets - Dissolution Camera & tography). Tel: 086-3056372. - Tax planning; properties Equipment Email: [email protected] For further details, please GOLDEN RETRIEVER - Property contracts 17" MACBOOK PRO see our website at: www.simp for sale. Only 3, 000 baht. Tel: - Notarial services CANON G9 17” Apple MacBook Pro, fully son38.multiply.com 080-5334044. - Employment rights Canon G9 bought in June. loaded with 2 GB of memory. - Immigration Want to upgrade to DSLR. 45,000 baht (no offers). Tel: 076-240042, 081-8911635. and work permits Asking 17,000 baht, including Email: [email protected] Take - Wills, marriages, divorce extra battery and case. Please contact for more information. me - Settlement agreements Tel: 085-0214968. Email: ryan - Court interpreter [email protected] Dive Gear home - HR outsourcing with - Project management DIVE COMPRESSOR - Translations Club you! Memberships + TANKS Please contact for more info. Mariner MK1. Can be seen run- Tel: 02-5113264, Available ning. Also Qty 12L dive tanks. 081-9377219. Tested. Tel: 085-6927961. Soi Dog Foundation Tel: 081-7884222 Email: Email: [email protected] [email protected] PHUKET COUNTRY CLUB [email protected] Full membership for sale at or [email protected] 675,000 baht or best offer. www.haroldstock.com Tel: 0708-153535. Email: www.andamanlegal.net DANCE CLASSES [email protected] Phuket Academy of Dance. ACCOUNTING Ballet, tap, jazz. Beginners to SERVICE BLUE CANYON GOLF advanced. Certified teacher MEMBERSHIP Monthly and annual accounts, MBDA. Open August 30. Tel: Corporate membership at tax, VAT, payroll, accounting 087-2848536. Blue Canyon Country Club system. Reliable, efficient, for 2 players. Tel: 081- economical. Contact Khun TAXI SERVICE 8929207. Email: bee@ Mam. Tel: 086-4705809. The transporter. Car, 6-seater dmg-thailand.com and minibus available. Advance booking only. Fluent English WEB DESIGN answering service. Tel: 082- COUNTRY CLUB An interesting website 2779440. MEMBERSHIP helps your business. Full membership at Phuket Contact us for a quality SURFSHOP NAUTILUS Country Club for sale. website. Kata. Sell, rent surf, skim and 600,000 baht. Tel: 011- . Email: extra_sp boogieboards. Tel: 089-874- 893219. Email: office@ @hotmail.com 9147. Website: www.phuket golfvipthailand.com surfing.com 50 PHUKET GAZETTE CLASSIFIEDS August 30 - September 5, 2008 Wheels & Motors

URGENT SALE, 2003 CHEVY CLASSIC BMW 2002 AMAZING MAZDA Saloon Cars MIRA ZAFIRA 2.2 1974 black. All original. PICKUP 2003 TOYOTA TIGER Year: 1994. Price: 74,000 Eight seats, leather, black, Driven daily. New tires. CD 25D Fighter, superior cab CAR FOR SALE baht. Beautiful and in excellent new tires,TV and stereo, good player. Taxed. 150,000 baht. seats 5, low mileage, low run- condition, light gray, economi- condition. 520,000 baht. Tel: Tel: 086-9488139. ning cost, in great condition. 1994, manual, good condition. cal, new tires, CD player, 081-5402561. Email: koko_ Tel: 085-6927961. Email: Asking price: 85,000 baht. Con- aircon. Tel: 084-1841856. [email protected] [email protected] tact Joey. Tel: 081-0809170. MAZDA 323 TOYOTA CAMRY 5-door, cheap, 49,000 baht. 2000/01 NISSAN NV ’98 TOYOTA SOLUNA TOYOTA ALTIS 1.8 2003 Good condition, aircon, ste- WINGROAD 54,000km, manual, 6” sus- Excellent condition, 1.5 liter, 5 Silver, 2004, one owner, Black, 94,000km, 2.4-liter reo and lots of new parts. 2 owners, like new, 47,500km, pension lift, aluminum speed, P/W, P/L, 255,000 72,000km. New 1st-class in- engine, 800,000 baht. Tel: Contact Sunny. Tel: 083- service history, alloys. MP3, wheels, 7-speaker stereo, baht. Call or mail for more info. surance. 640,000 baht. Tel: 089-8733952. Email: 2525509, 084-1841856. new tires, battery, brake pads. well maintained. Asking Tel: 081-0036902. Email: 087-0789707. [email protected] 240,000 baht. Tel: 076- 415,000 baht. Tel: 081- [email protected] 239432, 086-2708727. 8941994. Email: tomkat@ FORD LASER Email: [email protected] phuket.ksc.co.th FOR SALE: NISSAN HONDA CIVIC 2007 1996 AUDI A4 AUTO TIERRA SV SUNNY 1,800 As new, only 6 months old. Great condition, service his- 2008 ISUZU DMAX PICKUP FOR SALE VIP Neo, leather, gold, Low cost. New: 893,000 baht. Bargain at 800,000 tory. Black. 4 years old. Call for Like new, 18,000km. 2-door, Ford Ranger 2.5 turbo, four- 40,000km, 1-year full insur- details. Tel: 089-2167220. silver. 180,000 baht and take ance, 4 years old. 495,000 baht. Has 2½ years on war- door with gull door at rear. ranty. Tel: 087-1612928. over payments. Tel: 087- Tax and insurance. Only baht. Tel: 089-8540277. 2095174. Email: [email protected] 50,000km. Lightly used. 1956 CHEVROLET CHEVROLET ZAFIRA 360,000 baht. Please con- AMAZING MAZDA tact for more infomation. SLK MERCEDES 200 2-door, V8, auto, power PICKUP steering, power brakes, fully 1.8L, 190,000km, dual Tel: 081-5399560. 1997, green. Perfect condi- 25D Fighter, superior cab restored and modernized. airbag, new aircon, trans- tion. 98,000km, full insur- seats 5, low mileage, low run- 600,000 baht. Tel: 086- mission, brakes, radiator. 2000 RANGER ance. Asking 1.5 million baht. ning cost, in great condition. 2778461. Only 190,000 baht. Tel: XL PICKUP Tel: 087-2849690. Email: 081-4760380. Tel: 085-6927961. Email: Maintained, CD player, [email protected] [email protected] VOLVO FOR SALE aircon, runs and looks great. 219,000 baht. Call 086- SUBARU 1800 GLF-5 Volvo S80 Sedan. 2.9L gaso- NISSAN FOR SALE 2.2 Sport. Only 40,000km. ISUZU D-MAX All checks done regularly. 2699145 for more informa- Metallic blue, very good condi- line engine, automatic transmis- Station wagon, 1999, green, Non-smoking driver and pas- 4-DOOR 2004 tion. tion, recently spent 50,000 baht sion. Year: 2002. Mileage: new wheels. Insured until sengers. Bought for 1.4 mil- 2.5 manual, 96,000km, CD/ to recondition engine, battery, 161,000km. Color: dark green, August. Tel: 081-7281887. lion baht. Selling for 780,000 DVD player, radio, TV screen. 1994 CAR FOR SALE petrol pump, alternator. Ser- metallic. The car was imported 475,000 baht ono. Good deal. by the Embassy of Sweden in MITSUBISHI LANCER baht (negotiable). Tel: 081- Mitsubishi 4-door. Aircon, vice receipts available. Price: Tel: 081-3873809. CD stereo. Nice car. Asking Bangkok and has recently been Champ 3, 1992, top model, 7975764. Email: dennis.mo 80,000 baht. Tel: 080- price: 100,000 baht. Please used by the Consulate General digital odometer, no rust, new @hotmail.com 7179353. Email: wblueboyo@ 2007 CHEVROLET call for further details. Tel: aol.co.uk of Sweden in Phuket. The ve- tires, disc brakes, silver. Ur- COLORADO hicle is in good condition and 081-3709661. gent sale at 79,000 baht. Tel: 4-door, common rail, 3,000cc, the engine was fully serviced in NISSAN SENTRA VW PASSAT 1996 083-2525509. tax, insured. 395,000 baht. 2007. 700,000 baht or near- 1995 model, 1,600cc, good CHEVROLET PICKUP New Toyota 2-liter engine just Tel: 084-4413633. est offer. Tel: 076-380000. condition. 120,000 baht. 2007. New model,13,000km. two months old, automatic, OPEL CORSA Email: h.hamrin@gkphuket. Tel: 081-5775719. Email: Looks and drives as new. runs on LPG and gasoline, new FOR SALE TOYOTA PICKUP in.th [email protected] 399,000 baht. Contact for aircon. Price: 250,000 baht Beautiful, in excellent condi- FOR SALE details. Tel: 084-4413633. ono. Contact Noo (Thai and tion. Blue, fully insured. Black, 4 doors, in perfect con- English). Tel: 081-5378508. DAIHATSU 180,000 baht or nearest dition, 13,000km. August APPLAUSE Pickups 2005 offer. Tel: 087-2781583. 2007. 690,000 baht. Tel: MITSUBISHI STRADA 1994, 16-valve, blue book, 087-8860448. 4 doors, aircon. 30,000km. very good condition. 75,000 VOLVO 740GL: CHEVROLET CHEVROLET Manual, insured, service book. baht. Tel: 089-5902539. 120,000 BAHT OPTRA LT SS COLORADO 1988 MITSUBISHI 285,000 baht ono. Contact for 4-door saloon in really good 2006 model. Metallic black, Automatic 2006 top model. Aircon, stereo, 5 speed. Ask- more details. Tel: 086-272- condition. Toyota 1JZ engine TOYOTA COROLLA 32,000km, one-year war- First-class condition. 375,000 ing: 75,000 baht. Tel: 081- 7636. Email: rewopnadia with automatic gearbox. Tel: Aircon, CD player, electric ranty. Just serviced, excellent baht. Tel: 084-4413633. 3709661. @hotmail.com 084-6764261. Email: big windows, central locking, condition. 450,000 baht. Tel: [email protected] new brakes. 85,000 baht. 076-528016, 089-2262612. Tel: 084-3046723. Email: [email protected] Wheels & Motors

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BMW GS650 D-MAX FOR RENT, 4 x 4s TOYOTA HILUX Motorbikes FOR SALE Rentals 17,000 BAHT VIGO Red, 4, 000km, 16 months old, Dark blue, 4WD, 4 doors. D- YAMAHA farang owner, green book, Max LS 2004. Full insurance. MAZDA TRIBUTE MOTORBIKE bargain price: 420,000 baht. A1 CAR RENTALS Tel: 086-9421969. Email: 20,000 BAHT Tel: 084-8520862. [email protected] 1 year, 12,000km, green book. Insurance to 2009. Tel: HONDA CLICK AUTO NEW 2008 CARS 085-5726339. Email: kelvin 11,000km, 30,000 baht. FOR RENT [email protected] Honda s4 asher, 13,000km, Vios: 20,000 baht/month. Gold, 55,000km, good con- Lady owner, 4 door, 2.5L, 400cc, all ok, 150,000 baht. Fortuner: 40,000 baht/month. dition, 4 years old, automatic, full service history, 2007, HONDA CLICK 125 Tel: 081-2730080. Tel: 080-6973174. Website: 6 CD changer. 600,000 baht 36,000km, CD, MP3. Price: 600km, 8 weeks old, red, brand- Fully insured. 12,000 to www.phuketrentcars.com ono. Tel: 086-2772691. 520,000 baht. Contact Por. new condition. Paid 49,500 HONDA CB400 20,000 baht per month. Tel: Tel: 087-816532. baht. Will accept 35,000 baht. SUPER FOUR 089-8314703. Email: NISSAN NV Tel: 086-2780054 Year 2000, top, new tires. [email protected] FOR RENT MITSUBISHI 4X4 ISUZU DMAX LS 150,000 baht. Call or email for Extra cab+cover wagon, TRITON Perfect condition. 4D, 4WD, BMW K 1200R more info. Tel: 089-4741828. 10,000 baht per month, in- Email: [email protected] CHEAP CAR cludes full insurance. Tel: 081- Navy blue, many extras. Only 2006, only 2,000km, green FOR RENT 460,000 baht. Call/email for book, new tax, insurance, mint 5693768. 2 HONDA Honda City, automatic, long- more info. Tel: 086-9421969. condition. 760,000 baht obo. term only. 12,000 baht/ month. Email: [email protected] Tel: 084-8507170. PHANTOMS RENT A NISSAN 2004 2-stroke: 25,000 baht. Tel: 086-7432011. Email: WINGROAD [email protected] TOYOTA FORTUNER YAMAHA R1 2006 4 -stroke: 50,000 baht. Auto, gold, first-class condi- Gray, July 2006, 40,000 km, FOR SALE Great condition. Tel: 081- tion. Long-term rental only. 3.2 top model. March 27, Model 2004 + akrapovic 5350202. Email: aadams007 13,000 baht per month. Tel: automatic, Xenon lights, P.M.P. CAR RENTALS 2007. 69,125km. 785,000 leather, excellent condition. Full exhaust system, power com- @yahoo.com 083-3927150. Email: wunch baht. 1st-class AIG insur- service, 1 year remaining on mander. Price: 400,000 baht. New cars for rent: [email protected] ance. More than 250,000 warranty. 790,000 baht ono. Tel: 087-0808524. MOTORBIKES Toyota Vios, baht of extras. Must see. Tel: Tel: 081-6913285. Email: FOR SALE Yaris, Fortuner, 081-6078000. [email protected] YAMAHA MIO Honda Wave 125s, two years Wish and Honda Jazz. Bicycles Automatic, green book, sale old, good condition. 28,000 Tel: 083-1743880, LANDROVER SWB due to relocation. 18,000 baht. Tel: 087-8979487. 087-2646808. TOYOTA VIGO 4X4 STATION WAGON baht ono. Contact Matt. Tel: BIANCHI C2C ECT-I Ready to “RAID”. 2.5 diesel 082-2731644. Email: HONDA MAGNA ROAD BIKE in excellent condition. Cus- HONDA JAZZ 13,000 turbo. 250,000 baht. Tel: [email protected] 2008 Bianchi C2C carbon- 086-6826882. Email: tom pipers and bars. Must BAHT/MONTH manual. Tel: 076-282182, fiber road bike with 55cm [email protected] HARLEY-DAVIDSON see. 65,000 baht. Tel: 081- 1877637. 081-4763242. Fax: 076- medium frame and Cateye V-ROD 282182. Email: nat@phuket- micro wireless computer. 2006 MAZDA BT-50 Tel: 085-6197492. Email: 1,200cc, Thailand’s most HARLEY-DAVIDSON festival.com 4X4 TDI beautiful anniversary model [email protected] In excellent condition. Only 1,450cc, excellent condition, with original chrome parts all used only 8 months. 30,470 CHEVROLET Top automatic 2006, leather 18,000km. 5-speed, all options. over. 17,000km. 2 years on CAPTIVA FOR RENT seats, silver, 4 doors, 3L die- 525,000 baht or trade for 4- km. 450,000 baht. Tel: 083- the road. 1.2 million baht. 1731690, 083-6903179. 2008 Captiva tiptronic-auto- Wanted sel, only 31,000km. Price: door automatic car of similar Tel: 086-2742308. Email: 650,000 baht. Tel: 081-199- value. Tel: 081-5350202. matic, red, petrol engine, in- [email protected] HARLEY-DAVIDSON surance. Long-term rental: 4356. Email: domeglover [email protected] HONDA WAVE @hotmail.com 2003 DYNA low rider, mint 35,000 baht per month. Tel: HONDA CHOPPER condition. 625,000 baht. Tel: 089-6671844. Email: slarti WANTED TOYOTA TIGER 4WD 200 089-9711847. @onthenet.com.au 125cc. Electric start. Disc 2005 VIGO 4 DR 4X4 December 98, owner’s Phantom custom silver and brake. Maximum 2 years old. Like new, 61,000km. Silver, manual, silver, 73,000km. blue. Excellent condition. YAMAHA MIO AUTO CHEVROLET CAPTIVA Tel: 081-3670991. auto, quiet. Gas 2.7 liter. Very good condition. 280,000 Books. 58,000 baht. Tel: 081- 17,500 BAHT for rent. 2.4L, 2008, red, 625,000 baht. Tel: 087- baht. Tel: 081-0855765. 0787743. 2 years old, black, disc brakes, long-term lease: 28,000 TOYOTA FORTUNER 2095174. Email: [email protected] 20,000km, green book. Tel: baht/month. For more de- WANTED SUZUKI STEP 125 086-6837162. Email: somtha tails, email: domecellar I want to buy a Toyota For- MITSUBISHI TRITON 2002 4WD 2006, automatic, 125cc. [email protected] [email protected] tuner, 0-2 years old. I am 2006, 3.2L 4WD, manual, MITSUBISHI 4-DOOR Green, 7,300km, taxed & in- based in Phuket. Please black. Only 5,400km. 22-inch 2.8 turbo diesel. 114,000km. sured until June 2009. Green BMW MOTORBIKE CAR RENTAL email me with details and wheels. A bargain at 550,000 340,000 baht. 1st-class insur- book. 27,000 baht. Tel: 084- 650cc, good condition, Price: 10,000 to 20,000 baht per pictures if possible, with baht. Please call for more de- ance. Tel: 087-9261381. 8463887. Fax: 076-245736. 190,000 baht. Tel: 085- month, full insurance. Call price. Email: paulmccarthy tails. Tel: 089-0004400. Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] 7845712. 089-4727304 for details. [email protected] 52 PHUKET GAZETTE August 30 - September 5, 2008

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