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NEWS: Rise in teenage glue abuse; Underwater sculpture over rooms tax By Janyaporn Morel park ready for divers. Pages 2 & 3 By Sangkhae Leelanapaporn PHUKET: People can once again get married in Muang and INSIDE STORY: Phrabaramee PHUKET CITY (Gazette, Kom Thalang Districts after fresh sup- 8: Hard road for the poor. Chad Luek): The Phuket Pro- plies of marriage certificates Pages 4 & 5 vincial Administration Organiza- were received from Bangkok on AROUND THE REGION: Year- tion (OrBorJor) has issued offi- August 21. round tourism for Khao Lak? cial warning notices to some 250 Both districts ran out of Page 8 hotels that have failed to pay certificates and Kathu District AROUND THE ISLAND: Keep it hotel room tax for 2006. was down to very limited supplies quiet with an electric bike. OrBorJor President An- after government printers in Page 9 chalee Vanich-Thepabutr said Bangkok received orders late and about half of the island’s 500 PEOPLE: A little of Andrew were unable to fill them in the Biggs. Pages 14 & 15 hotels had failed to pay the tax, time required, citing the difficulty calculated as 1% of all revenue of printing each certificate with CAPITAL LETTER: How Stiffy from rooms. a unique number. got his name. Page 17 After the tsunami at the This resulted in a nation- LIFESTYLE: Music: Sarah Jane end of 2004, the OrBorJor de- wide shortage of certificates. the diva; Hot hats and Turk- cided not to levy the tax in 2005 In addition there is some ish delights. Pages 18 & 19 as a way of helping hotels re- good news for Thais who want cover from the disaster, which to apply for the new “smart” ID AMBROSIA’S SECRETS: Living without The List. Page 21 saw occupancy rates plummet cards – which had also run out. and wiped out what was left of An official from the Phuket FIRST PERSON: Adding punch the 2004-2005 high season for Provincial Registration Manage- to Phuket tourism. Page 27 tourism. ment Center, speaking on condi- BUSINESS & MONEY: Interna- With tourist arrivals back to tion of anonymity, said that fresh near-normal in 2006, the OrBor- tional chains vs local hotels; Half the island’s hotels owe room tax: Anchalee Vanich-Thepabutr. supplies of the cards would be Solid bricks or high-wire acts. Jor has decided to resume col- distributed to all three District Of- Pages 32 & 33 lecting the tax, including some 40 The OrBorJor chose to is- beach guards to ensure tourist fices – Muang, Thalang and million baht in taxes that were SPORT: Federer, Nadal for sue a warning first to give dead- safety at popular beaches, said Kathu – from August 23. Phuket? Duncanson storms owed before the tsunami struck. beat hotels a final chance to pay K. Maitree, who is also Owner’s “We were informed yester- Pattaya regatta. K. Anchalee said that, so up before being taken to court, Representative of the Hilton day [August 21] by the Southern Pages 34 & 35 far this year, only about half of she said. Phuket Arcadia Resort & Spa in Registration Management Of- the island’s 500 hotels paid the “Those 250 hotels should Karon, the island’s largest hotel. fice, Region 8, in Surat Thani, that PROPERTY: Decor: Decorative tax, pouring some 40 million baht realize that we use the room When asked why so many they have just received the smart mirrors; Home of the Week: to the provincial coffers. taxes we collect to fund provin- hotels are evading the tax, he said cards from Bangkok. Rawai; Construction: Hokkien Anticipating continued cial tourism development projects there was feeling among some “One of our officers is on hall; Gardening. growth in the number of tourists that directly benefit their busi- owners that there is a “lack of the way to pick them up now, and Pages 36-39 visiting the island, the OrBorJor nesses,” she said. standards” in the way the tax is we will distribute them to the has also set a tax collection tar- Maitree Narukatpichai, assessed, with some hotels over- three Districts in Phuket tomor- PLUS get of 50 million baht from the President of Phuket Tourist As- charged and other paying less row [August 23],” she said. room tax for 2007, K. Anchalee sociation (PTA), agreed, noting than they should. She added that she did not QUEER NEWS 6; AROUND THE NA- said. that the OrBorJor had provided “I think that the OrBorJor know how many of the new cards TION 7; AROUND THE S OUTH 10; This amount of revenue 3 million baht in funding to sup- should compromise and decrease Phuket would receive, but that TRAVEL 13; HAPPENINGS 16; should be easy to attain, provided port PTA’s trip to the ITB travel the rate. If they do, hotels will be supplies are still limited. CHEAP EATS 20; TAKE A BREAK that the province is not hit by 23 & 24; BOOKS, DIARY 25; EDI- trade exhibition in Germany ear- more likely to pay and they will “People holding [old-style] TORIAL, LETTERS 26; TSOWN- another untoward event that lier this year. probably be able to collect more,” ID cards that are still valid should DINGS, HOROSCOPES 28, THE causes a downturn in tourist ar- The OrBorJor also funds he said, adding that it was within wait. We will be giving priority GRAY AREA 29; COMPUTERS 30; rival figures, such as an outbreak other useful projects that benefit the OrBorJor authority to adjust to people who need new ID CLASSIFIEDS 40-51. of a contagious disease or war, the tourism industry, including the rate. cards, such as those who have she said. spending millions of baht to hire Continued on page 2 lost their cards,” she explained. 2 PHUKET GAZETTE NEWS August 26 - September 1, 2006 Brit tourist Tax take missing after Inhalant abuse rife B6m above raft accident among Phuket teens target PHANG NGA: (Gazette, Kom PHUKET CITY: Revenue col- Chad Luek) A 22-year-old Scot- By Sompratch Saowakhon cycle racing. Twenty-four youths mon among youths from broken lected from excise tax in Phuket tish tourist has been missing in were charged with crimes of vio- homes and those whose parents so far this fiscal year, from Oc- PHUKET: Phuket’s Juvenile Phang Nga and is presumed to lence, such as fighting, while don’t have time to take care of tober 1, 2005 to July 31, 2006, is and Child Protection Office has have drowned after an accident three were charged with disturb- them, he said. about 145 million baht, some 6 released statistics showing that while white-water rafting on Au- ing the peace. Other charges in- Such neglect led to youths million baht above projections, the 270 youths under the age of 18 gust 15. cluded two cases of sex-related being swayed to peer pressure. Phuket Excise Office has re- were charged with criminal of- Shenaz Kapoor was in a crimes, such as child prostitution, Reports of youths huffing glue in ported. fenses during the first six months rubber raft with three other for- and two cases of illegal posses- dormitories and even in public Phuket Excise Office chief of 2006. The office said that the eign tourists and two Thai guides sion of a weapon. places had become almost a Supatra Horsrisamphan said the figure indicates an increase in in the area of the Song Phraek Phuket Juvenile and Child nightly occurrence, he added. revenue included fees collected youth crime, as they had a total waterfall when the raft capsized. Protection Office Director Sang- Of particular concern is the for permission to sell alcohol, to- of 488 youth crimes reported in The other five people were prateeb Komonlabutra told the habit, popular among some bacco and playing cards as well 2005. rescued by local villagers but at Gazette that use of inhalants by youths, of huffing thinner before as taxes on the sale of fuel, cars, Of the 270 cases, 243 cases the time of going to press there youths is a particularly difficult taking to the roads on motor- alcoholic beverages and electric- involved boys compared with just had been no sign of Ms Kapoor problem to solve, given that thin- bikes. “This is very dangerous,” ity. 27 cases lodged against girls. Al- since the accident. ner is readily available, inexpen- he said. K. Supatra noted an in- most half of the total, 133 cases, Rescuers, including the po- sive, and easy to conceal. Phuket Governor Udomsak crease in taxes collected from involved drugs. Ninety-four of lice, Border Patrol Police, offic- His agency’s “Child Protec- Uswarangkura urged owners and spas, as more new spas had these involved the use of inhal- ers from Phang Nga Provincial tion Office Meets the People” staff in retail outlets where inhal- opened in the province and were ants, such as paint thinner rubber Office of Disaster Prevention and public awareness and education ants are sold to monitor the be- taking advantage of the post-tsu- cement. Mitigation, the tour company that campaign, launched last Decem- havior of any youths thought to nami economic recovery. Seventy-five cases of theft arranged the trip, and local villag- ber, had done little to solve the be buying inhalants for personal – Janyaporn Morel ers, have searched in vain for the were also reported, as well as 31 problem, he admitted. consumption and to report any young woman. traffic violations, most for motor- Thinner use is most com- suspected cases to the police. Hotels warned over room tax Two Phuket residents apply for Thai nationality From page 1 By Janyaporn Morel Both foreigners said the rea- “As for my hotel, we al- son they want to become Thai ready paid because we are an PHUKET CITY: Popular Aus- citizens is that they love HM the international chain hotel and don’t tralian Bill O’Leary, General King and Thailand. The commit- want to have any problems with Manager of Amancruises Co, tee also asked each to sing the the local government … I think and Indian businessman Anil Thai National Anthem and the hotel operators will discuss this Vasant Ghadge have applied for Royal Anthem. Both reportedly issue with me and we will try and Thai nationality. sang very well. work out a compromise solution At a special hearing at Applicants for Thai citizen- with the OrBorJor,” he said. Phuket Provincial Police Station ship are awarded points out of a Opposed to the way the on August 17, the two were in- total of 100 on the following cri- current OrBorJor handles the tax terviewed by a committee head- teria: is Eam Thavornvongwongse, Di- ed by Vice-Governor Worapot • Being adults; rector of the Kata Group of ho- Ratthasima and comprising offi- • Proving that they have no crimi- tels and also President of the cials from the Phuket Provincial nal record; Phuket Chamber of Commerce. Administration, the Phuket Pro- • Having either a settled occupa- The Kata Group has not vincial Revenue Office, and the tion and steady income certi- paid the tax since Dr Prasit police. fied by the Labor Office, and Koeysiripong was OrBorJor The first to be interviewed having paid tax to the Thai gov- Chairman because, since that was Mr O’Leary, 45, who lives ernment for at least three time, the provincial council has in Cherng Talay with his Austra- years; or being married to a been unclear about what it intends lian wife and their four children. Thai citizen and having chil- to do with the money, he said. He also applied for Thai nation- The OrBorJor should an- After 17 years of living in Thailand, Bill O’Leary (above) applied for dren. ality for his eldest son, 13-year- • Living in Thailand continuously. nounce clearly how much it col- old Timothy John. Thai citizenship on August 17. As part of the application process, lects in room tax and then set up he was required to sing the Thai National Anthem. • Having sufficient knowledge of Mr O’leary has been living the Thai language to be able to an oversight committee to ensure in Thailand for 19 years and was Tsunami Stories Thailand book, lived in Thailand for 17 years and communicate and understand transparency in how the money able to produce evidence from which raised funds to help tsu- is married to a Thai, Krissana Thais. is spent, he said. the Immigration office showing nami victims in Thailand, and also Sombatong from Loei province. They must get a minimum Such a committee could be that he has been living continu- acted in the Thai film, Tin Mine, He and his wife and their two of 50 points from these criteria in chaired by the Governor or some ously in Thailand since October which came out last year. children live in Phuket City. order to be considered further. other official who is not an 1999. Mr Ghadge, also 45, is origi- Mr Ghadge has lived in Mr O’Leary scored 80 OrBorJor member, he suggested. He was the instigator of the nally from Poona, India, but has Thailand for 17 years, though the points out of 100, while Mr “I think this tax is unfair. evidence he produced from Im- Ghadge scored 68. Why is it that only the hotel in- migration records dates back only The files of both applicants dustry has to pay [when the en- to 2000. He works with and is a will therefore be forwarded to the tire economy is based on tour- shareholder in Canalie Phuket Ministry of Interior for the the ism]? We are not being stingy; we Collection Group, which owns next step in the consideration pro- just want to know what the funds tailor shops. cess. will be used for,” he said. As hotels already have to collect 10% service charge plus 7% VAT, the room tax is an un- fair duplication that damages competitiveness, he added. The Kata Group already spends a great deal on activities that bring in tourists, such as its hosting of the annual King’s Cup Regatta, he said. Phuket hotels have opposed the tax since it was first intro- duced in October 2000. August 26 - September 1, 2006 NEWS PHUKET GAZETTE 3 Desal plant ‘ready by high season’ KARON: Construction of a 528-million- not far from the Central Karon Village Re- and Country Planning Office to lay the in- baht desalination plant is now 90% com- sort. What will happen at the end of the take pipes over the seabed. We also need plete and the plant should be ready to be- 20 years has not yet been decided. permission to build a storage tank atop a gin providing 12,000 cubic meters of tap The plant will convert seawater into hill at an elevation of 101 meters [above water daily to Patong and Kata-Karon in potable water by using “Reverse Osmo- sea level],” he said. the upcoming high season – if all the nec- sis” (RO) technology. Pumps will push the K. Sayan was referring to a Minis- essary permits can be obtained in time. seawater through a membrane. The mem- try of Natural Resources and Environment At the Kata Beach Resort on Au- brane allows the water through, but re- ban on structures above 80 meters that gust 18, Phuket Vice-Governor Niran jects the passage of salt. has been in effect in the province since Kanlayanamit chaired a meeting to inform PPWS Manager Sayan Waree- 1997 as a precaution against landslides. tourism industry businesses and relevant aroonroj told the Gazette, “We are nearly Because of the ban, the PPWS will government agencies about the project, finished with the construction and have all need special permission to install its intended as a “medium term” solution to the equipment ready to install.” 2,500m³ storage tank in the preferred lo- the island’s chronic water shortages dur- Like the bypass road widening cation. The high elevation is necessary to ing the high season, when demand for project that was supposed to take 210 days ensure sufficient pressure to serve water is greatest but rainfall most scarce. to finish but in the end took nearly two consumers at lower elevations. The plant, being built by REQ Water years, the project still faces stumbling “Although the project has been de- Services Co Ltd under a 20-year build- blocks that are bureaucratic rather than layed because of government procedures, and-operate contract with the Phuket Pro- technical. we expect to finish it and have it ready to vincial Water Supply (PPWS), is located “We are still waiting for permission serve the public in time for the coming high The desalination plant will produce 12,000 next to a bend in the Phuket-Karon Rd, from the Phuket Public Works and Town season,” K. Sayan said optimistically. cubic meters of tap water a day. THAI tightens security Underwater sculpture BANGKOK: Thai Airways Inter- toothpaste and creams. These national (THAI) has announced articles may, however, be more stringent security measures checked in as luggage to be following the uncovering of a sup- stored in the aircraft baggage park ready for divers posedly Al Qaeda-led terrorist hold. plot to detonate liquid explosives For passengers on interna- By Sangkhae Leelanapaporn on flights between Britain and the tional routes, liquid products United States. bought at duty-free shops after Somchainuk Engtrakul, PHUKET: Sculptures costing 4 clearing immigration will have to million baht have been placed on Chairman of the THAI Board, be handed over to airline staff at the seabed at a depth of 15 meters announced that the airline has the boarding gate. tightened security measures for off Koh Racha Yai, and are be- The increased measures ing promoted as a special “must flights to the US and UK, and came into effect on August 16. see” site for divers in the coming also to the Philippines, Indonesia, Passengers on all of the interna- Sri Lanka and Australia, as well high season. tional routes with increased se- Phuket Diving Park, as the as on all domestic flights. curity measures are asked to ar- site is now known, features sculp- Passengers on these routes rive at check-in at least three are now forbidden to take any liq- tures including Thai demons hours before the flight’s sched- ( ), traditional decorative uids or gels of any kind on board. yak uled departure. arches, a sala, two elephants and These include drinks, shampoo, – Sompratch Saowakhon a giant pearl oyster. Over time they are expected to develop into artificial reefs, attracting a vari- Salesman strangles ety of sea life. Dr Thammasak Yeemin, A diver swims through an arch guarded by two yak – Thai demons. from Ramkhamhaeng Universi- ty’s Institute of Research and pared for distribution to tourists water is so clear. All the sculp- pregnant girlfriend Development and Marine during the coming high season. tures were placed on sand so that Biodiversity Research Group, and “We conducted a survey no coral would be damaged,” he KATHU: A salesman turned him- ing as a prostitute at the time of leader of the Phuket and Krabi that showed Koh Racha Yai as a added. self in to the Tung Tong Police her death. underwater sculpture project place where people particularly Phuket is one of six Anda- after strangling to death his preg- He said he was not sure teams, told the Gazette that the love to dive. man Coast provinces that have nant girlfriend, a former newspa- whether he was the father of her Park is already being promoted “The idea is that the Park made underwater sculpture parks. per reporter who had turned to unborn child, but stressed that he to the dive industry and tour op- will be a place where divers come The others are Ranong, Phang prostitution. had been prepared to raise it as erators, with brochures being pre- to take photographs, because the Nga, Krabi, Trang and Satun. Pol Lt Col Passakorn Son- his own, whoever the father was. thikul of the Tung Tong Police told On the morning of her the Gazette that Phuket native death, K. Jirasak was furious to Jirasak Noosonkaew, 27, turned learn that K. Saowanee had tried himself in at the Ketho Police Box to abort her unborn child. at around 1 pm on August 17. The ensuing argument, the Leading officers back to his last of a long line, quickly turned nearby apartment, he showed violent, with Jirasak “squeezing” them the body of his long-term the victim’s neck until she passed girlfriend, identified as 25-year- out. old Haad Yai native Saowanee Thinking she was only un- Maneechote. conscious, he left the apartment. Around her body, which When he returned, he found her was bruised about the neck, were lifeless on the floor, so walked to many shards of broken glass, left the police box to turn himself in. over from a violent argument be- Police have charged Jirasak tween the couple before her with causing death by inflicting death. injury, but without intent, a charge Jirasak confessed to having punishable with imprisonment of killed K. Saowanee, but claimed three to 15 years. it was an accident. He was offered bail, but his He told police that K. relatives were unable to raise Saowanee, whom he described sufficient collateral and he re- as his wife (mia), had once mains in custody at Phuket Pro- worked as a reporter for a news- vincial Prison. paper in Haad Yai, but was work- – Natcha Yuttaworawit 4 PHUKET GAZETTE INSIDE STORY August 26 - September 1, 2006 PHRA BARAMEE 8 A hard road for the poor

ne of the many prob- and do not want to transfer to futures as bargaining chips in try- lems facing Phuket’s Sixty one poor households along Phra Barami Soi 8 in schools outside the Patong area. ing to get a better compensation development is the Kalim have been living without electricity for more than The Phra Barami Soi 8 offer from the government, he Oever-widening gap be- two months, since the government cut their power in community comprises about added. tween the “haves” and the 200 people from 61 families, On August 8, Gov Udom- “have-nots” – landless villagers an effort to get them to relocate to make way for a road- many of whom are originally sak invited the heads of all gov- who lead a hand-to-mouth exist- widening project. from Isarn and other parts of ernment agencies involved in the ence, living in slums and en- Government officers arrived in the slum with some 100 Thailand. Although all have issue to attend a meeting to try to croaching on government and been told they will have to va- find a solution. Those invited in- private land as they cannot afford police officers and security officers last May, serving cate the area eventually, only cluded District Chief Khantee, to stay anyplace else. official eviction notices. The residents have so far about 15 families face imme- the head of the Kathu’s Engineer- One such community is on refused to budge, saying they have no place else to diate eviction – because their ing and Town Planning Office Phra Barami Soi 8 in Kalim, homes stand in the path of a and officials from Patong Munici- where 61 households were serv- go. They have also rejected as inadequate an offer to road-widening project. pality. When nobody from Patong ed eviction notices on May 18. be relocated to land on the grounds of Wat Kathu. The The other families have been Municipality showed up for the The unpaved road, with its mouth Gazette’s Jenjira Ruengjarus and Natcha told they can remain in the area meeting, Gov Udomsak was re- along the Patong-Kamala road, for the time being, but that they portedly furious. snakes up the hillside and has the Yuttaworawit report. must improve the appearance of He ordered District Chief kind of sea view that would be the community so that it no longer Khantee to take those refusing to highly prized by developers – resembles a slum. vacate the area to court and is- were it not public land and home Most of the families on the sued a letter to Patong Munici- to what many outsiders would north side of the road will be al- pality demanding action to return call a slum. lowed to remain, while those on the land to the state. He also One morning in July, two the south side will not. This fact threatened a lawsuit for derelic- months after receiving their evic- has divided the community; the tion of duty against the munici- tion notices, a group of residents families on the south side of the pality if it fails to comply. arrived at Phuket Provincial Hall road view it as unfair that only Gov Udomsak’s right-hand shouting and carrying signs to they have to leave. man, Provincial Chief Adminis- protest against their eviction. But the families on the north trative Officer (Palad) Nivit Led by Boontien Butrpeng, side tend to view the intransi- Aroonrat, confirmed the pro- the angry villagers made it clear gence of their neighbors across vince’s displeasure with the mu- that they have no intention of ac- the road as the reason they have nicipality to the Gazette. cepting an offer to relocate to been living without power for two “If the Mayor of Patong land, owned by Wat Kathu, near months. does not take action in this case Kathu Waterfall. The villagers’ July protest after receiving an official warn- Each family is being offered failed to achieve its desired re- ing letter, we will set up a com- a 4- x 8-meter plot on temple sults. On July 20, the province mittee and begin to investigate grounds at 200 baht a month. Not charged three villagers with tres- and charge him with dereliction one of the families has accepted pass and ordered Patong Mayor of duty,” K. Nivit said angrily. the offer, saying the plots are too Pian Keesin and Kathu District He said that officials from small for their families and too far Chief Khantee Silapa to take ac- both the province and Kathu Dis- from where they work in Patong. tion to return the land to the state. trict had tried to negotiate with Worse still, they say, is the fact Phuket Governor Udomsak the villagers, but that they had that they would be offered only Uswarangkura told the Gazette refused to accept what the gov- one-year, renewable leases. last month that he had tried to do ernment deemed an acceptable As part of their protest, the as much as he could for the vil- compensation package. villagers called for larger plots lagers, for example by listing and longer leases. They also made them as priority cases on the pro- EVICT the following four demands to the vincial list of the poor. government: 1. Delay their evic- He added, however, that the “We have offered them land at tion and legal proceedings against villagers must have known that Wat Kathu … but they don’t want villagers who have already been they were building illegally when to move there. They say the area charged with illegal trespass; 2. they settled in the area, many as offered is too small for their fami- Hold a meeting with all related electric power to the community; educational needs of the children long ago as 10 years. lies and the length of the rental agencies to negotiate a fair settle- and 4. Reconsider the relocation living in the community, all of The villagers were unjusti- contract is too short … ment to the dispute; 3. Restore plan taking into consideration the whom attend schools in Patong fied in using their own children’s “However, there is nothing I can do about that because the land is being offered by the temple, so the rental terms are up to them. “The temple wants one- year leases because they don’t know the people who would be moving there and it wants to maintain some means to evict them in case there are any prob- lems,” he explained. And in getting the villagers to move, the province is prepared to take a hard line with any vil- lagers who refuse to vacate to make room for the new road, K. Nivit added. “When they refuse to move like this we need to use tough tac- tics, such as cutting their power. August 26 - September 1, 2006 INSIDE STORY PHUKET GAZETTE 5

regulations and punish him any- way,” she said, on the verge of tears. Despite the punishments, her son wants nothing more than to remain at his current school – enough so that he is willing to be separated from his parents after they are evicted so that he can continue to attend classes there. “If they arrest us they should arrest all of us – the children and the adults – because we are all in this together … Most of us work in the area, selling things on the beach, driving motorcycle taxis and things like that. If they evict us we will have no place else to go. We won’t be able to work. We don’t have enough money to start over somewhere else be- cause we are poor,” she said.

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When asked whether she might consider relocating to the other side of the road if the government allowed them to rent land there, she said she might consider it if the rent was very inexpensive, or free. “And I would agree only if we got some kind of guarantee letter from the government con- firming the arrangement,” she said. Otherwise, the government It may not look much, but it’s home to 61 families, and they want to stay there. The government says they may not. should give each family a one- million-baht compensation fee to This is my stance; I don’t pity want to put in this road because but like criminals. It made me feel She also wonders why the relocate, she added. them any more. We understand we want to improve Phuket. terrible,” she said. small path through the village Asked about the contro- that they live hand-to-mouth, but They are standing in the way of Despite the fact that all 61 needs widening at all. “I think the versy, Patong Deputy Mayor we have tried to find the best so- development, so the only re- families are eventually slated for government wants to put a nice Chairat Sukkaban told the Ga- lution for them that we could. course we have is to take them eviction, the villagers’ response to new road through here in order zette that, under law, the villag- “However, if they continue to court,” he said. the considerable forces aligned to benefit investors who will ers who have been issued court to resist I will do what I have to One of the villagers whose against them has been anything come in and build a big hotel in orders have no option but to relo- do and order their homes demol- home is slated for demolition is but united. The community has the area once the road is com- cate. ished,” said K. Nivit firmly. Thipawan Thartpaiboon. Origi- become broadly divided into two plete. They probably think our Despite the order by the District Chief Khantee nally from Isarn, the 42-year-old groups. The first, the families fac- community looks like a slum and Governor asking the city to get shares K. Nivit’s exasperation married a local resident and has ing immediate eviction, feel they don’t want it ruining the view on involved, the authority to evict the over the villagers’ refusal to move been living in the area for almost are being unfairly singled out just the way to the hotel after it is villagers still rests largely with or negotiate. “I am fed up with it a decade. because their homes happen to built,” she ventured. Kathu District and the Governor, at this point. I would prefer not “I have lived here since fall in the path of the new road- Life without electricity has he said. to have to deal with this case, but 1997 and now I am in desperate way. been difficult, she admitted. “I “None of the villagers have it’s my job so I have to. trouble because I don’t know “Why are we the only ones can no longer iron my son’s school come to us to appeal, because “Three people have already where else I can go. When I first who have to move, when we are uniform, so he gets punished at they know what the facts are and been charged [with trespass]. started building my house here all part of the same village?,” asks school. They understand the rea- they have to accept them,” he The government was willing to nobody told me that I could not K. Thipawan. sons, but they have to follow the said. provide them with another place live here or that I was encroach- to live and keep their kids in the ing on public land. Now, nine same schools [until the end of the years later, the government steps current term]. So I don’t under- in and tells us we are trespass- stand why they don’t want to ing,” she said. move to a better place. Why do they continue to fight us when ARREST THREATS they know they are in the wrong?” he asked. “The government has issued K. Khantee pointed out that, eviction notices, threatening us legally, the villagers don’t have a with arrest and other things if we case. don’t leave. But we don’t know “The former owner of the what else to do, so we are doing land handed it over to the gov- everything possible to stay. They ernment a long time ago. They have begun issuing us with sum- encroached on the land, building monses … that say that arrest their houses there with no per- warrants will be issued for us if mits or permission whatsoever. It we don’t appear before the is unsuitable to have a slum near court [to face charges of tres- the road like that,” he said. pass]. When asked how such a “On May 16 they came situation could have developed in here and put eviction notices on the first place, he said, “Maybe our houses. I don’t understand they just didn’t know what they why they needed to have about were doing or maybe the people 100 police officers and security that lived here before cheated guards with them. They treat us them. like we are criminals or commu- “If the area was normal nists,” she said. public land it might be possible to An elderly woman from the work out a compromise [whereby village interrupted her and said, they could stay], but this land is “I was so terrified that I fainted. needed to build a public road. We They didn’t treat us like villagers, 6 PHUKET GAZETTE NEWS August 26 - September 1, 2006 Queer News Boyfriend banzaied

he Japanese have spent that he had been seeing K. Kan- instead slipped and fell to his the past 60 years pro- nika for a number of years, and, death, Mr Akutagawa reported. moting a message of although they lived in separate “I can confirm that he fell Tpeace in the world. Un- apartments, he would often call all by himself. I did not push him fortunately for one young Thai in to see her. at all,” Mr Akutagawa assured man, traces of the Samurai war- On the night of the incident, the police. rior ethic can still be found among he explained, he had decided to The drama was not over for the legions of salarymen toiling pay a surprise call on his “wife”. the night however. A little later away in offices in Bangkok. When he turned the key and another woman arrived at the In the early hours of August opened the door to her room, how- scene. 17, Pol Lt Kiatsak Kasikun, the ever, he saw a Thai man, wear- When she saw the body she duty officer at Khlong Tan Po- ing no pants, sitting with her. broke down in tears and began lice Station in Bangkok, received to point at K. Kannika, shouting a call that someone had fallen, or MATTER OF HONOR that K. Kannika was responsible had maybe been pushed – the for Suphon’s death. details were, and remain, unclear Trouserless Suphon tried to push The woman, Pathumthep – from a high building. him out of the room and lock the Hongsuwan, 25, explained that When he arrived at the door, but Mr Akutagawa, feeling she had lived with Suphon for scene, Lt Kiatsak found the body his honor had been slighted, around a year and that Suphon of a young man, later identified shoved him out of the way and had just got a new job driving tour- as Suphon Choothong, a 25-year- barged into the room. His fury ists around. old from Phitsanuloke, wearing rising, he grabbed his Samurai A month earlier she had only a T-shirt and a pair of un- sword – which he just happened gone to visit her family in Nong derpants. Suphon’s pants, some- to keep in the room – and began Khai for a couple of weeks and what mysteriously, were lying to chase the interloper around, when she got back she discov- about a meter away from his slashing at him. ered that Suphon had become body. Suphon, having the advan- entangled with another woman. Next to the body a woman, tage of youth, was faster than his Pathumthep said she gave Kannika Thupbucha, 32, was attacker and managed to get out Suphon an ultimatum: he must weeping and wailing, and when of the room. choose between her and Kanni- the police arrived she could take The pair ran down the cor- ka. Suphon chose to stick with TRASHING her sorrow no more and collapsed ridor with Mr Akutagawa, bran- Pathumthep but said that he had in a faint. dishing his sword, in hot pursuit. to go and clear things up with When she came round a- When they reached the end Kannika. Phuket gain, she was in such a confused of the corridor, Suphon saw that It was this “meeting to clear state that the police decided she he had reached a dead end. things up” that had led to his trou- PATONG: Reader Tim Gardner sent us this pretty picture was unfit to give a statement. Faced with the choice of a serless downfall. of Soi Bangla at peak fun time. It was when police picked 12-story drop or an enraged Japa- At the time of going to “A welcome sight – and smell – for tourists,” he wrote. up the third person involved in the nese man wielding a Samurai press, police were still in the pro- “As if the drains were not bad enough, local businesses incident, 55-year-old Yasumasa sword, he decided he would cess of interviewing witnesses are now putting the garbage out early. It stays in the walk- Akutagawa from Japan, that the rather brave the drop. and had not charged anyone over ing street gutter until collection at 4 am the following morn- story began to make some sense. He went out of the window the incident. ing.” Mr Akutagawa told police and tried to climb to safety, but Source: Kom Chad Luek August 26 - September 1, 2006 AROUND THE NATION PHUKET GAZETTE 7

ultural values have been warped by the fact that half the Thai population Care psychologically “de- Mobile phones ‘are warping pendent” on cell phones, National Culture Commission (NCC) spokesman Amornrat Thepgum- panat said. Those who become “ad- Thailand’s cultural values’ dicted” exhibit six tell-tale signs, she said. they can continue to use the af- First, addicts fall victim to fordable generic version of constantly changing fads, always Combid made by the Government seeking the latest models, which Pharmaceutical Organization serve as status symbols, she said. (GPO), he said. The second symptom is pov- It is also important to the erty, as users go into debt buying world that India will be able to expensive new handsets. continue to manufacture the ge- The third symptom is impa- neric drug Zilarvir for developing tience and irritability, caused by countries, he added. users growing accustomed to hav- Combid is a combination of ing instant connections and re- two anti-retroviral drugs, Lami- sponse to orders. As a result, ad- vudine and Zidovudine. Protest- dicts often become irritated over ers claimed Glaxo had no right to trivial events in life, she said. apply for a patent for Combid Fourth, some callers ignore because the combination of two social etiquette, ringing others at drugs did not constitute an inven- any time – even during office tion. If a patent had been granted, meetings or late at night. In busi- GPO would have been forced to ness, some annoy recipients, for stop manufacturing Zilarvir. excample by calling strangers to sell insurance or other products. Blow your horn: The capital’s The fifth symptom is a re- latest slogan, “Bangkok: Har- duction in social contacts, as mony of Life” and its associated people use cell-phones to call logo were unveiled at a press con- those close to them rather than ference at Siam Paragon shop- engaging others. ping center. The sixth symptom was de- Bangkok Deputy Governor scribed as “insincerity”, resulting Buddhipongse Punakanta said from the nature of phone conver- the 1.5-million-baht launch was sations, which are not face-to- meant to explain the meaning of Nice Buns! Tasty presenters in dresses decorated with food items stand in front of a sign reading face dealings. Users are prone to the logo: an image of a flower with use fawning language or outright ‘Taste of the World’, the theme of an international food festival being held at Impact Arena Muang Thong Thani, in Nonthaburi, until September 3. four petals in different colors, lies to convince the other party each representing a facet of the that they care about something, way of life of Bangkok residents: when they actually do not, she from just 3% to 20% this year, The tragedy was unprec- In a letter sent to the Thai high quality of life, good environ- said. he added. edented at the Military Techno- Network of People Living with ment, culture and tourism, and the Overuse of cell phones also logical Training School, he added. HIV/AIDS, the giant drug firm’s economy. caused physical problems, such as Flood damage control: About A police autopsy determined Bangkok office said its headquar- The name Bangkok, along ear disease, headaches and ner- 10.6 million rai of land in 52 prov- the deaths were caused by ters had ordered its intellectual- with the flower logo, may be used vous disorders, she added. inces is flood-prone, Land Devel- drowning. property division to withdraw in promotional campaigns by the opment Department (LDD) Di- School officials have specu- patent application for Combid in private sector for special occa- Viral vanishing act: The bird- rector-General Chaiwat Sitthibus lated that the three students were the two countries. sions, such as the Bangkok Grand flu virus H5N1 has become more has announced. secretly practicing the welding “It is a victory for the Sale, K. Buddhipongse said. complex and difficult to detect in About 900,000 rai was drill in a five-meter-deep water people,” said Paul Cawthorne, the laboratory, probably as a re- flooded eight to 10 times a year, tank during a lunch break, with- Director of the Doctors Without Around the Nation news round- sult of the virus’ response to the while 3.4 million rai had been out supervision, at the time of their Borders office in Thailand. up is sourced from the pages of antiviral drug Oseltamivir, said Dr flooded between four and seven deaths. The decision is important to The Nation and Kom Chad Luek Paijit Warachit, Director-General times over the past 10 years. The victim’s parents, who HIV-positive Thais, as it means newspapers. of the Department of Medical Sci- The rest, about 6.3 million do not believe the school’s ac- ences. rai, had suffered from flooding count, have threatened legal ac- Commenting on laboratory less than three times in the past tion if the school does not take failures in detecting the virus dur- decade, he reported. responsibility. ing initial testing of the first two The land, both private and fatal cases of bird ’flu in humans public, will be included in a new Victory for anti-HIV: After be- this year, Dr Paijit said, “It may LDD mapping project, which will ing pressured by Thai and inter- be because the progress of the be used to devise a flood and national activists for years, disease [in humans] has become water management scheme. GlaxoSmithKline has withdrawn more complicated.” The announcement came patent applications in Thailand One factor could be the ef- as residents of two regions, Isarn and India for a key drug used to fect of Oseltamivir, also called and the South’s Upper Gulf treat HIV/Aids patients. Tamiflu, which is believed to be Coast, were suffering from the only effective defense against heavy rains and flash flooding. the disease in humans. The drug is able to prevent the virus from Training tragedy: Armed For- replicating, but does not destroy it ces Supreme Commander Gen outright, meaning that little of the Ruangroj Mahasaranont ordered virus is excreted into that part of an investigation into all parties the respiratory tract where speci- involved in the recent drowning mens are taken for testing. deaths of three students at the “[Medical staff] took swabs Military Technological Training in that area, but, as it turned out, School during an underwater there was not enough of the virus welding drill. to enable them to detect it. The “I will ensure justice for all virus was deeper in the respira- parties. As long as I am the Su- tory passage,” he said. preme Commander, I will ensure Since 2004, when bird ’flu that the investigation is conducted emerged in Thailand, the ministry transparently,” Gen Ruangroj told has tested more than 4,000 people the press, adding that he was for the virus. The failure rate due deeply saddened by the students’ to incomplete specimens had risen deaths. 8 PHUKET GAZETTE AROUND THE REGION August 26 - September 1, 2006 Let the good times roll

Simply drained: The heavy rain that came with the storm caused ANDAMAN minor flooding throughout the area, including along the road to COASTING Bang Niang Beach, where – as By Franky Gun has been the case for a long time– the drainage system does not trange but true: tourists work. can still be seen wander No effort has been made to ing around on Khao Lak’s solve this problem – why should streets, even at this time there be, when the next high and S dry season is only three months of year. These tourists, although small in number, have prompted away? many stores, souvenir and gift shops, as well as many restau- Undercurrent: The strong cur- rants, to stay open well into the rents and big waves brought by low season. the southwest monsoon have From my early Phuket days, washed away most of the sand some 14 years ago, waiting for and soil that was brought in by tourists to stumble into our dive owners of beachfront land after shop at then-quiet Kata Beach, I the tsunami. know that this is how year-round As a result, some bunga- tourist seasons begin. lows at Bang Niang Beach are As soon as the small shop now right at high-tide mark. owners come to believe that it is It appears that none of the Workers clear the main road near the Tab Lamu intersection after a tree came down across it. Inset: landowners understand that the worthwhile keeping their doors this pickup truck hit the fallen giant, but no one was hurt. open from May until November, tsunami washed away a few more tourists will be drawn into something that was apparently shelves were so empty that one local business people and foreign meters of beach land forever, in the region. unthinkable until a year ago. had the feeling one should fill residents alike have the feeling length and in depth. Even the Nangthong Mini Before then, the shelves them up instead of buying some- that this coming high season will To replace this loss perma- Mart is keeping its stock levels and fridges held only the most thing there. be a good one. nently, not only does the visible up, refilling fridges and shelves basic selection of goods in the What all this indicates is that beach land have to be filled up, regularly with foreign goodies, low season. Sometimes the Khao Lak is on the up-and-up, and Weather-beaten: The worst of but also the submerged part of the the low season weather so far beach. this year hit Khao Lak and the Unless this is done, the soil surrounding areas and sand closest to in the afternoon the water will al- and throughout the ways be washed night of August 14. It appears that away during the Strong winds southwest mon- caused damage to none of the soon. property all around landowners The owner and there were of a small beach- several blackouts, understand that front resort who the longest one the tsunami had to bring in lasting 12 hours truckloads of soil to and leaving almost washed away a fill up what was all of Khao Lak in few meters of lost in front of his the dark all night. resort, asked me On Highway beach land for- after the tsunami 4, near the Tab ever, in length what he should do Lamu intersection, to prevent his re- a black pickup and in depth. filled paradise truck was at the from being wash- wrong place at the ed away during wrong time. A the wet season. huge tree suddenly surrendered I suggested to him that it to the forces of the storm and fell would be best to erect a 1.5- onto the road, dragging power meter-high granite wall with a cables down with it. steel-reinforced concrete base The pickup, too close to and a few steps leading down to stop, crashed right into the fallen the beach. tree. Luckily, the driver and the Fearing that his bungalow passenger escaped unharmed as resort would lose its beachfront they were wearing their seat belts ambiance, however, he ignored – and they were not electroctuted my advice. Looking at his villas either. now, which are literally water- The tree, now blocking the front bungalows, he may perhaps road, was cut into pieces and re- be regretting that decision. moved very quickly to allow traf- But we all learn from our fic to pass freely again. mistakes, don’t we? Take me home with you!

Soi Dog Foundation Tel: 01-7884222 August 26 - September 1, 2006 AROUND THE ISLAND PHUKET GAZETTE 9

The TDR288 model can hit speeds of up to 70kmh and is rated for loads of 80 to 100 kilos Electric wheels By Jenjira Ruengjarus ter year three; and 57,600 after four years of use. PHUKET: Motorcyclists have A number of different mod- long defined themselves by the els are available from the show- bikes they choose to ride. Cur- room and others may be ordered. rently, Phuket is home to a num- These come in two main lines. ber of big bike enthusiasts, who There are three XDB models. like nothing more than tearing up ranging from the top-of-the-line the roads with the thundering roar XDB-289 at 30,900 baht, which of their beloved “hogs”. can hit 55-60 kilometers an hour But with the price of oil and is rated for loads of 80 to 100 moving ever closer to US$100 a kilograms, down to the slower and barrel – and local pump prices thinner XDB-233, which has a threatening to bust the 30 baht/ top speed of 40kmh while carry- liter threshold any day now – ing up to 45 kilograms. even motorcyclists are starting to There are also four sleek feel the pinch that their four- and stylish TDR models. The wheeled friends have been com- TDR-288 (just under 30,000 baht) plaining about for years. can hit speeds of up to 70kmh and That same Honda Dream is rated for loads of 80 to 100 ki- that cost just 50 baht to fill back los. At the other end is the 20,100- in 2000 now takes 80 baht to top baht TDR-278, with a maximum up. And some big bikes convert speed of about 30kph and a pay- petrochemicals to pollution at a load of 80 kilos. rate not much different from some The decision whether to “go sub-compact cars – certainly not electric” probably depends mostly good for the environment. The on the buyer’s needs. You cer- solution? Hop on a penguin. tainly won’t win any drag races No, not a real Antarctic pen- on a Penguin, nor will you be able guin – but a Penguin-brand elec- to make it over Patong Hill. tric Bicycle from Taiwan, which The advantages are many, can run 55 kilometers on a single however: Penguins are economi- five-baht battery charge using cal, pollution-free and almost si- any standard household plug. lent. Repair and maintenance According to Siriwattana won’t be much of a problem, as Prateep Na Thalang, Manager many of the parts are either in- of the Kitrung Trading’s Penguin terchangeable with those of gaso- showroom in Phuket, about 40 line-powered models or are in people – mostly foreigners – stock at the Kitrung garage, have bought Penguins in Phuket which also has its own mechanic. since the local branch opened Apart from being less pow- about a year ago, first in erful than gasoline-powered Samkong but now at a new shop bikes, most other aspects of own- on Patipat Rd. ership and use are about the As the heart of her sales same. The purchase price in- pitch, K. Siriwattana provides a cludes the green registration book cost-comparison analysis be- and mandatory insurance. tween a 29,850-baht Model TDR “Don’t worry about driving 289 Penguin electric bike and a in the rain. Penguins have a com- standard 4-stroke version of its pletely waterproofed system, with fossil-fuel burning equivalent, seals to protect the electrical sys- priced at 27,500 baht – the cheap- tem,” said K. Siriwattana, noting est you will find on the market. that much of the electrical equip- Over 320 days, the 4-stroke ment is housed under the seat. will guzzle down 16,836 baht in Who knows? With no end fuel – compared with a miserly in sight to the rise in oil prices, 1,600 baht in electricity for the maybe electric bikes will be the super-efficient Penguin. The only next big thing on two wheels. other cost for the Penguin is bat- tery replacement, which costs Kitrung Trading Company is lo- about 3,000 baht roughly once cated on Patipat Rd in Phuket every two years. According to the City, near the Mae Luan Rd In- retailers, savings amount to about tersection. For more informa- 13,400 baht after just one year; tion contact K.Siriwattana (Tel. 26,100 after year two; 42,000 af- 076-211486; 06-3087433). 10 PHUKET GAZETTE AROUND THE SOUTH August 26 - September 1, 2006 Men on the run caught in resort

olice in Nakhon Sri Thammarat rounded up two prisoners who had P escaped from a police station in Udon Thani after saw- ing through the bars of their cell in the early hours of August 7. Two other prisoners who escaped at the same time remain at large. The two men, Singkan Bun- sonchai, 23, accused of trading ya bah (methamphetamine), and Thanong Rungreuang, 29, ac- cused of theft, were recaptured at around 1 am on August 11 in a forest resort in Lansaka District, where they had been staying. At first Singkan pretended to be mentally handicapped and incapable of understanding the officers’ questions. When con- fronted with a picture of himself, however, he dropped the pretense and admitted that he was the man they were after. Singkan was told that he would be flown back by helicop- ter, a prospect that piqued his in- terest. His excitement soon wan- ed, however, and he told officers that when he got back to Udon Above, Peace activists and students gather at Prince of Songkhla Thani he would be “beaten to a University’s Pattani campus yesterday to condemn Israel’s air strikes pulp for sure”. The officers on Lebanon and the continuing violence in their own region in the far laughed. South. – Photo and caption, The Nation. Singkan then claimed that Left, Singkan Bunsonchai is detained by Nakhon Sri Thammarat he wasn’t the one who organized provincial police, who captured him in a resort in the forest where the breakout. It was a friend of he was laying low after escaping from a police station in Udon the two prisoners who have yet Thani. to be caught who had smuggled Pol Maj Preecha Chinphak- admitted that they killed their the saw in, he said. dee, Duty Investigation Inspec- friend and co-worker and hid his In addition to their initial tor at Thasala Police Station, said body. They said they were charges, Singkan and Thanong that he believed the two men had prompted to confess by the fear now each face two more charges: been followed by their killers un- of being haunted. Both men, in escaping from custody and dam- til they reached a quiet spot. their dreams, had seen their dead aging government property. Police had yet to determine friend sitting and weeping. a clear motive for the killings, but Somsri Prasopthong was Anonymous assassination: knew that the two men had been reported missing by relatives on Police are baffled by the murder close friends for many years and August 8. On August 12, Aeka- of a rubber plantation owner who say the man was widely respect- men on a motorcycle pulled up that both had criminal records for chai Khantiwong, 20, along with was shot dead while riding his mo- ed in the community. close. The man riding pillion drew drug offenses, he added. a 17-year-old youth, walked into torcycle in Chaouat District, Somsak Hangan, 40, was a sawed-off shotgun and shot K. After receiving a royal par- Khanom Police Station and told Nakhon Sri Thammarat. They driving to his plantation when two Somsak once in the neck. K. don in June, Songsak was re- officers that they were respon- Somsak died at the scene. His leased from prison, where he was sible for Somsri’s disappearance. wife, who was riding pillion, serving time for drug offenses Police escorted the pair to jumped off the bike, sustaining and robbery, . where the body was hidden and minor injuries. His mother had also once recovered the corpse of K. Som- Pol Lt Col Chamnan Cham- pressed charges against him for sri. He had been hit over the head nagit, Deputy Superintendent at beating her. Weerayut’s criminal repeatedly with blunt instruments Chaout Police Station, said that record included firing a gun in a and had many deep cuts on his police had yet to discover any public place. abdomen. clues pointing to the motive for The two youths told police the killing. However, he added, Well read: Sainab Abdul Ror- that they and Somsri were drink- because the victim was respected mae, a 45-year-old Thai woman ing spirits together when an ar- and well behaved, the most likely from Narathiwat, has won first gument broke out after Somsri cause for the killing was a dis- prize at an international Qur’an- accused them of taking 300 baht pute over land or rubber interests. reading contest held in Kuala from him. Lumpur – for the second time. The two were so angry at Friends forever: Two close Entrants from 50 countries com- this slur that they grabbed a bottle friends were found shot dead by peted in the annual competition, each, smashed them, and then the side of a road in a palm plan- now in its 48th year. began to stab Somsri. They then tation in the Thasala District of K. Sainab first won the con- picked up wooden poles and beat Nakhon Sri Thammarat on the test in 1996. She said she started him to death. morning of August 14. Both studying the Koran with her par- After the killing, the two bodies had multiple gunshot ents when she was a child, but it tried to go back to their regular wounds. was her elder brother who had lives but were troubled by guilt Songsak Khunparak, 24, introduced her to reading it aloud. and were being haunted by had been shot once in his right She added that she had studied dreams of their dead friend, so arm, twice in the back of the head the Koran in Malaysia. decided to give themselves up. and once in the forehead. They have been charged Weerayut Maneechai, Wasted youth: Two youths have with murder and concealing evi- meanwhile, had been shot three surrendered to police, admitting dence of a death. times in the area of his right eye. killing a rubber tapper who dis- The two men died at least six appeared four days earlier. Around the South is extracted hours before their bodies were The youths, in Khanom Dis- from the pages of Kom Chad found. trict, Nakhon Sri Thammarat, Luek newspaper. August 26 - September 1, 2006 PHUKET GAZETTE 11

Ad-Central Full page K. Jeab 12 PHUKET GAZETTE August 26 - September 1, 2006 August 26 - September 1, 2006 TRAVEL PHUKET GAZETTE 13 TALES OF A Bhaktapur: elevated in time TRAVELER in the half-light of a guttering B y Ed Peters candle. In Kumale Tol, potters ef- he political tumult that fortlessly turn out commodious has beset Nepal in re- water vessels, the tiny – dispos- cent years is gradually able and environmentally friendly dying down and travel- – cups that wayside cafés use to T serve tea, and even children’s ers are starting to head back to some of the kingdom’s most pic- piggy banks called kutrukke. turesque locations. At any time the street may Back in the 1990s, when the erupt into a raucous wedding pro- location scout for Bernardo Ber- cession, with half the town fol- tolucci’s epic film Little Buddha lowing and led by drunken tailors arrived in Bhaktapur, at the east- who traditionally provide the mu- ern end of the Kathmandu val- sic on such occasions, hooting and ley, he knew he’d struck gold. blasting down their brass instru- Quite simply, the town is a ments like so many young el- medieval time capsule and it ephants. needed only a modicum of prepa- Nothing is staged here, and ration before Bertolucci’s cam- nothing is eras started to roll. done for Bhaktapur, the “City of show. It’s Devotees”, is a lovely rambling purely village which falls into two halves Bhaktapur – the elder being Tachapal Tol as it always and the younger, a mere 500 years has been. old, set around Durbar Square In ad- and Taumadhi Tol. dition to its Few motor vehicles can own unique pass through the narrow, twist- charms, ing, brick-lined streets. Every cor- Bhaktapur ner has a shrine, while the main is the gate- squares lead up to jutting pagoda- way to this roofed temples. end of the Traditional craftsmen prac- valley. Due tice their trade on their doorsteps, north, the and the women tattoo their ankles tranquil in the belief that this the only way 1,600-year- they’ll get into heaven. old temple As one entranced late-af- complex of ternoon visitor put it, “You think Changu of Chaucer’s England and Rab- Narayan elais’s France – it’s like a medi- provides some of the best views eval tapestry tacked onto a tea- Above: Peace and tranquility are Bhaktapur's lodestar. Inset: Venerating local deities is part of daily life back toward Kathmandu. rose sky.” A 30-minute snaking climb True, coach-loads of lens- But by dusk they have all wrestlers, elephants, lions, griffins mante River every morning to by bus leads up to Nagarkot. faced tourists – garish against the motored away, and this is when and goddesses, and the intricately perform ablutions and to pray. Seemingly suspended on a ridge backdrop of muted reds and Bhaktapur is at its most enjoy- carved latticed windows deco- Goldsmiths, working their bellows at an altitude of 2,000 meters, it browns – bumble their way out able. rated with peacocks in the by hand, mold earrings while looks directly across to a Hima- here during the day, gasping and It is not just the great monu- priests’ quarters – that catch the squatting on their haunches. layan panorama that stretches giggling at the erotic carvings on ments – the Royal Palace with eye. Dancers at the Nawa Durga 300 kilometers from Annapurna the temples that make the Kama its exuberant, detailed golden What is most striking is the Dyochhen Temple, who are tra- to Everest, known to Sherpas as Sutra look like a Tai Chi Chuan brass door, the Nyatapola pagoda people. Hundreds flock to the ditionally drawn from a caste of Sagarmatha or “Mother Goddess manual. guarded by scary statues of bathing ghats beside the Hanu- flower sellers, practice their steps of the World”. 14 PHUKET GAZETTE PHUKET PEOPLE August 26 - September 1, 2006 TALKING BIGGS Stephen Fein: How long have you been living in Thailand? Australian Andrew Biggs is Deputy Managing Editor Andrew Biggs: 17 years. for News at BecTero, a subsidiary and content provider for Thai TV Channel 3. Appearing on the weekend SF: Wow, same as me. morning news and talk show Rueang Raaw Saow AB: Really? 1989? When exact- Athit, Sap Khao Chaaw Nii and the instructional series ly? English Minute, Andrew is probably the best-known SF: In November. Right when foreigner working in the Thai media today. I got here they had the mud- In Patong to promote the Andrew Biggs Academy, he slides in Surat Thani. met Gazette Desk Editor Stephen Fein and Chief AB: Sounds like an auspicious Reporter Sangkhae Leelanapaporn at the Burasari occasion! (laughs) My auspicious Hotel to answer questions about how he mastered the day was Valentine’s Day. I ar- Thai language so thoroughly – and what life is like as rived here on February 14. And, the most famous farang living in the Land of Smiles. sorry, how old are you?

SF: I am 43. ery other journo was doing back already had the Agatha Christie, AB: Me, too! It sounds like we then: I went to work in London which I actually stole from my have quite a bit in common. for two years, just to get experi- Mum – and I thought: Right, I am ence, before going back to Aus- going to get to Bangkok and sit SF: Yes, it does. So where are tralia. by the pool for two days and read. you from in Australia and how But being a journalist – as did you end up in Thailand? you are well aware – the sala- SF: That’s funny, I remember ries aren’t exactly huge, so I reading that same book my AB: I’m from Brisbane, in looked for the cheapest ticket I first year here. I found it real- Queensland. I was a journalist. I could find – and that was Thai ly self-indulgent. did my cadetship with the Cou- Airways. But they had a condi- rier-Mail in Brisbane, which is tion that you had to stop in Thai- AB: It was awful. That’s exact- the morning paper for Queen- land for two nights and three ly the word to describe it, too, sland. I spent two years in Mel- days. I was unhappy about it. I “self-indulgent”. But maybe it’s bourne as its correspondent. had no desire to come here. I the reason I stayed in Thailand, I did a year with the Syd- wanted to get to London and because I could hardly get ney Morning Herald, as well as work. through it… radio. I was a reporter and I used I arrived here at nighttime, to read the news on the week- HIDEOUS BOOK and I could feel the atmosphere end for Macquarie National here. There was a real buzz that News, which is the national ra- So I arrived and I bought an I really liked. The first day I went dio news in Australia. Agatha Christie book – wait, no, to see the Grand Palace, then the Then [Rupert] Murdoch it wasn’t Agatha Christie. You canals. I did Wat Arun and all Thailand, so I taught for about a will take you a month to learn all [founder of News Corp] bought know what I bought? It was that that. year. I really loved it, but then I 44. Then the vowels. our newspaper, so for all the good hideous book that was popular So I bought another book wanted to get back into the me- and bad that happened with that at the time, The Unbearable and read about the history of Siam dia, and I got a job with the Na- SF: I still don’t know them all. we were able to get jobs fairly Lightness of Being, which was and decided I would like to go up tion. easily in London, where Murdoch the backpacker’s book at the and see the old capitals. They told me they were AB: You just have to give up the owned The Times and The Sun. time. So I postponed the rest of looking for someone to create a time. If you did, you would pick So what I did was what ev- And I bought this book – I my trip. I telephoned England and youth magazine, where you re- them up like that (snaps his fin- said I could not arrive in a few port the news, but in a nice easy gers). But for someone who weeks as I said. So I got on the way that learners can under- doesn’t know the language at all, train and traveled around by my- stand. I would say learn the letters, learn self, with a backpack and not the tone rules and listen to the being able to speak Thai. SF: Nation Junior, right? Thais. I went to Ayudhya, Lop Watch all those soap operas Buri, Sukhothai, Chiang Mai, AB: Right. I never gave up the on television. Soapies are good, Chiang Rai … all through Isarn teaching, because I really liked it. because they speak really slow- … When I think back now I say, But for the first 10 years I was ly. And the stories are ludicrous, “God…” As you know, Thailand here I kept saying, “I am not a they are as ridiculous as the ones was very different back then. teacher! I am a journalist.” I felt back in Australia, and they are Some things are essentially the uncomfortable when they called funny, they’re entertaining. same, but… me Ajarn! Ajarn! because that But start with writing first, wasn’t my background at all. because it’s a tonal language, and SF: I think the people have But by working at Nation if you want to get the tones right changed, too. But then again, Junior for 10 years, and the en- you have got to understand the maybe I am just getting older. suing radio and TV that went with tone rules. it, it was obvious to me what the As you know, there are AB: Me too (laughs). But after I problems were for English-lan- many different opinions about had been here about three months, guage learners here – so I start- ways you can learn a language. I went to London. I loved it. It ed writing about that. But I think that for grown-ups, as was beautiful, but I realized then opposed to kids, you should sit that if I wanted a really different SF: If you met a foreigner who down and learn the tone rules first experience I should come back had just arrived and he said to … because it makes sense and it to Thailand. you, “I want to speak Thai as speeds everything up. So I flew back. I decided I well as you,” what tips would There’s logic to the mad- was going to learn the language. you give him? ness of the language. But, of This is what is strange about it. I course, listening is important too, obviously knew in the back of my AB: Start with the alphabet. Buy because you have got to be able head back then I was going to those books that have Gor Gai to listen to a language before you stay here for a long time. written with broken lines so you can speak it. I also decided I didn’t want can practice writing them. Learn to go straight into journalism in the consonants off by heart – it SF: When I started to read August 26 - September 1, 2006 PHUKET PEOPLE PHUKET GAZETTE 15

Thai, I was taught phonetical- lo”. You know what Thais are like. ly, but later I realized that I was They are lovely people. General- just learning an intermediate ly the reaction is good. script. In retrospect I think I The only thing is, you have would have been better off just to be careful about where you go Happily Ever After jumping into the written Thai and what you do. I can’t dance from the beginning, rather than on pub tables with lampshades on Recent weddings in Phuket wasting time, because learning my head (laughs). the phonetics takes quite a bit But I don’t think I ever re- of time too. ally did that. I have a very strict Right: Intira Lekawut and Pasit line about what I do on TV and Atthachailertyot, were AB: Absolutely. It’s going to take what I do after work. It’s never married at Pra Pitak Grand the same amount of time anyway really been a problem. Ballroom of The Metropole [as learning the Thai letters], and Hotel on August 3, 2006. it’s not going to help in the long LUCKIEST FARANG run. I guess the only thing is that I SF: Another problem is that ev- used to look at people more than eryone seems to develop their I do now. When I walk, I tend to own phonetic system. walk looking down a bit. But I always say, “I am the AB: That’s right, so why not just luckiest farang in Thailand.” Peo- go for the system that the Thais ple always smile and say “Hello” use? Anyway, I don’t know if I when they see me. If I wasn’t am right or wrong on that, but it’s on TV they’d all be going, “Hey! just my opinion. Look at that ugly, bald farang with But if you look at the for- the big ears!” (laughs all around). eigners who speak Thai very But wherever you work in well, most of them started by the media, you get crackpots. In learning how to write. Australia, I used to get all these mad people writing to me. They SF: You are widely recogniz- see your name in the paper and able in Thailand. How do you they write to you. It’s the same deal with that? Do you ever here. You get your nutters, but it’s have problems with it? only about 1% of the people who [bother to] write. AB: No, I don’t, actually. If I had a problem with it I probably Andrew Biggs is looking for Left: Lynne Kelly and Neil wouldn’t be working in TV, I Daffen from Autralia were teachers/entertainers for his married at the Honeymoon guess. th academy, on the 20 floor of the Suite of the Evason Phuket I have a really good re- Channel 3 building in Bangkok. Resort & Six Senses Spa, Koh sponse from the Thai people. For more information visit his Bon, on July 18, 2006. People just smile and say, “Hel- website: www.andrewbiggs.com 16 PHUKET GAZETTE HAPPENINGS August 26 - September 1, 2006 T his week

ON FILM: Phirapong Supaorut (left), General Manager of The Metropole hotel, MOTHER’S DELIGHT: Youngsters from Kajornkiatsuksa School take time out before one of in Phuket City, and Patita Hongsakul (right), the hotel’s Public Relations their on-stage performances at Central Festival Phuket as part of the recent Mother’s Day Manager, welcome Thai singer and actor Rattapoom “Film” Tohkongsab, celebrations held at the shopping mall on August 12. star of the recent hit film Rak Jung, to the hotel on August 12.

SPORT SUPPORT: Best Wanamakok (left) from the Rotary Club of Patong Beach FARE THEE WELL: Phuket Gazette Publisher John Magee (center, in white shirt) and the hands out sports equipment donated by Phuket’s six Rotary Clubs to children at staff of the Phuket Gazette wish Managing Director Rungtip Hongjakpetch (center, in Phuket Special School in Pa Khlok on August 12. Rotarians there to lend a hand black top) a fond farewell after 11 years of working at the Gazette, following a farewell included Arnaud Verstraete (2nd from left) and Godfrey Kent. lunch at Oishi restaurant at the Index Living Mall on the bypass road.

ON YER BIKE: Philip John Cope (left) and Santi Tontangtrong (orange shirt), owners SKÅL FOR SCHOOL: Skål International – Phuket President Hajo von Keller (rear, 2nd from of the Big Twin motorbike shop in Phuket City, donate a 150cc Honda fully fitted left) and (rear, from left) Urs Aebi, Fredy Muenger, Wat Sawang Arom School Director with police equipment at a total cost of 145,000 baht, to Pol Lt Col Sermphan Chaiyod Prommas and Suwit Auttayatmavitaya, pose for a photo with six students at the Sirikong, Deputy Superintendent of Kathu Police Station, on August 10. school who will receive a total of 220,000 baht to go toward their primary education. August 26 - September 1, 2006 FEATURES PHUKET GAZETTE 17 HOW I GOT MY NAME how long would it go on? He was a friend of ours called M, CAPITAL A dog or a cat would never suffice as a companion for didn’t seem to be any thinner. His who despite his campness and the Gazette’s Man in the Capital. For him, something girth didn’t exceed that of a sau- fragility seemed to be a natural Letter more exotic was in order. sage and he was about 45cm snake handler. long. All in all Stiffy was a good By Stiffy Rectangle First it was a scorpion, but this turned out not to be the One night I bought a chicken companion and an interesting pet, ideal pet. So he went looking for something else… drumstick and was about to cut until the day he bit my finger. et me take you back to some meat off it but ended up Because pythons have needle- 2003… A time when leaving it on the side of the bath; sharp teeth that point backwards George Bush and other we were due to go out – Jeff had I was unable to remove my digit world leaders arrived in already groomed himself and we and the more I tried, the tighter L Stiffy coiled around my arm, and Bangkok to attend the APEC were running late. summit, Prime Minister Thaksin by this stage he was close to a declared war on the drug deal- SHOWER meter long. ers, and the first subway cars I thought about releasing arrived in Bangkok at around the When I arrived back at the apart- him in some countryside near the same time the Skytrain was fac- ment several hours later, Stiffy school where I worked, but if the ing bankruptcy. was nowhere to be seen and nei- children ever started disappear- Bold initiatives had been ther was the drumstick. I even- ing I would feel responsible, and proposed and implemented, new tually found him curled up behind so I sought the advice of reptile laws passed, and a growing na- the bath with a drumstick-sized lover M, who advised the best tional confidence generally saw bulge halfway down his body. thing to do was to give him to Thailand rising as a colorful com- He gradually grew and be- Bangkok’s Dusit Zoo. After a petitor in the race for economic came friendlier. I even took him few phone calls it was arranged leadership. in the shower with me once a and we took him to the reptile While all this important stuff week until he defecated down my house where they said thanks, was going on, I was simply try- back, which made me think it was and that was the end of my pet ing to get by in life and had rented time for another meal. However, ownership days in Thailand. my first apartment in Phaholyo- another drumstick it was not to thin Rd, set fire to my backpack, be; he must have been desperate HASSLE thrown away my Same Same But the first time. Different T-shirt and found my- Back at Chatuchak I even- I would love to know what self a job teaching English. tually found my way back to became of Stiffy, how big he got where I had bought him. I ex- and if he is still alive today. BACKPAT plained as best I could that he By saving Stiffy from the wouldn’t eat and was pointed in snake sellers I had only added to I had arrived at that halfway limbo the direction of a stall that sold the demand for exotic pets, sac- where I avoided backpackers, ‘All in all Stiffy was a good companion and an interesting pet, until live mice. rificed the lives of a few dozen making an effort not to associate the day he bit my finger.’ –Photo courtesy Phuket Zoo Now this was never going mice along the way, and caused with anybody who was one, to be easy, but live food was the myself unnecessary hassle; and though not yet socializing with I don’t know, it just fitted; and I after that, and so it was on my only solution. I placed the mouse so in hindsight and three years of “proper” expats who would turn had endless fun showing off in second visit to Chatuchak a year in the bath and before I even wisdom later, I feel I should point their nose up at me in the same Khaosan Rd, picking him up by later that I acquired my next pet. knew what happened there was out that reptiles are better off in way I would turn my nose up at his sting and putting him on my At first I was convinced it a squeak and Stiffy had coiled the wild. anybody wearing a backpack and arm to make myself look brave was dead, but the baby Burmese around him, squeezing the life out Not in markets or zoos and a Same Same But Different T- and make girls scream. python in front of me was just of him before eventually relaxing certainly not round the necks of shirt. This all went pear-shaped tired and stiff, having spent his and swallowing him headfirst. those Polaroid-camera-wielding I shared the apartment with one day when, after a big night life thus far in a Tupperware box. He had another four mice tourist vultures who hang around fellow “backpat” and teacher, on the Singha, I saw a leaflet ad- I felt a pang of sympathy toward that week and, by a month later, noisy, smoky beer bars trying to Jeff, a well-groomed Canadian vertising a snake farm that fea- this little snake and decided I had almost doubled in size. After get you to pose with a snake or with a penchant for Chinese his- tured a scorpion show in which a could give him a better life, so a bit of belated Internet research iguana for 100 baht a snap. tory, Japanese food and his pint man would put scorpions on his after paying 1,500 baht I was I discovered that Burmese py- The exotic animal trade is sized Thai girlfriend, Aum. face. soon on the Skytrain home with thons could grow to more than 20 illegal but is obviously not one of As usual, my own efforts to Deciding to have a go at this the aptly named Stiffy, who was feet long and required a special the laws that is rigidly enforced find a suitable companion had myself, I handed a friend my cam- loosening up in a paper bag and ownership license in the US as here, with the result that, today, proved unsuccessful. They in- era and put my head back, gently taking an interest in his surround- some had been known to swal- Burmese pythons are a “threat- cluded a short-lived romance with placing Oliver on my face. He ings. low other pets, small children and, ened” species. a city girl called Kung – a told me to put my head forward At home I had a bathroom. in some cases, their owners. So if you ever consider workaholic who I had to book an so he could take the photo. I did I never used the bath as I had a One day I took him to school adopting a python or any other pet appointment with to see – and so, and Oliver suddenly found him- shower next door, so the bath with me, much to the interest/hor- of an exotic nature, remember another with a feisty dancer who self on a vertical surface, so to was to be his home from then on. ror of the children and I even took where you are and that it’s just never showed me where she avoid falling off, held on with his He seemed totally disinter- him to a bar once, where he hung as exotic to have a Thai woman worked and had a number of male pincers for dear life to the edge ested in the raw pork I had bought comfortably around my neck and for a companion, for they are not “friends” overseas who would of my nostrils. Trying to remove and snipped into bite-sized pieces enjoyed the attention of admirers, illegal, they don’t eat mice, and, phone her regularly. him was tricky as well as excru- and everything else I tried to push particularly a gay Thai man who of course, they are hassle-free. Even when I wasn’t single ciatingly painful, and I had to be into his mouth with a cotton bud, I felt I was, and there was a gap careful not to agitate him because so I gave up and left him to it until in my life I couldn’t seem to fill. my eye was only the length of his couple of weeks later, by which One Sunday afternoon I tail away. The photo, however, time I’d grown quite concerned ventured out to Bangkok’s fa- was a classic. that he still hadn’t had a feed. mous Chatuchak market. Oliver ended up in a pile of I was aware snakes could The cats, dogs, birds, fish, dry leaves under a spirit house fast for quite some time but just insects, arachnids and reptiles in the market seemed in reasonable condition compared with captive animals in other parts of Asia. Upon my first visit to Cha- tuchak back in 2002 I had bought a scorpion. Don’t know which species it was but it was about the size of a pack of cigarettes and – to my amazement – about the same price as a pack of ciga- rettes. I named him Oliver. Why? 18 PHUKET GAZETTE LIFESTYLE August 26 - September 1, 2006

he word “diva” – in much the same way as iving just 8º north of the “prima donna” – has equator, where Phuket slipped from being used lies, is close enough to T ensure that you are to as an honorific reserved for fe- L male opera singers of a rare and Diva, dream exposed to more than enough outstanding quality into something UV rays on any day – even applied to less rarified musical through the low-season cloud genres. cover that has been hovering The recently-departed above the island for the past Dame Elisabeth Schwarzkopf month. was a diva. Vivica Genaux is a The UV factor in Phuket diva, so too is Constance Novis, weaver is often higher than most and no list of operatic divas would Europeans and Americans be complete without mentioning would have experienced in their the troubled, beautiful Maria Cal- hometowns, and Australians las. living on the island should As Time magazine record- already know to take precau- ed, in a 2002 issue, “By defini- tions against sunburn whenever tion, a diva was originally used they leave the house, even if for great female opera singers, just by slapping on a hat. almost always sopranos. Often If that’s the case, why not today ‘diva’ is used to describe take a little care in choosing any extremely independent and what to put on your noggin to wildly-talented woman.” make sure you look good. Anyone, and almost every- “I find baseball caps one, from Dolly Parton to Ma- awful,” says Julia Moennich, a donna to J. Lo has had the label representative of the Frankfurt- applied, although they may bear based Textilwirtschaft, one of more resemblance – musically, I Europe’s leading trade maga- hasten to add – to Diva railway zines for the textile industry. junction in Mumbai than to an Ital- However, she’ll let it slide ian goddess, although in some Ear Candy if an outfit is suited to a cap cases – such as Billie Holliday – By Andy Johnstone such as British model Kate there is justification for applying Moss’ outfit of shorts, T-shirt the term. and flip-flops – a sight more More specifically than and topping the US dance charts. common here in Phuket than in Time’s rather weak definition, a Ms Morris is an intense, non-operatic diva today tends to passionate singer and her wide We meet ev’ry day at the same packed together in a six-page he fashion world has possess a powerful, but melodic vocal range tempered with deli- café fold-out card pack. This and the long taken advantage of voice – without the aid of elec- cacy and sensuality is ably dis- Six-thirty I know she’ll be there four-page booklet with notes by Turkey’s skilled, cheap tronic thingummybobs and doo- played on this 34-track retrospec- Holding hands, making all the gorgeous Sarah Jane are labor – gratefully but dahs, thank you very much – and tive album After All These Years. T kinds of plans packed inside an outer card wal- with condescension. Turkey’s ap- a captivating stage presence, “Retrospective” is the fairest While the jukebox plays our let. Stunning photos from a recent parel industry is tired of toiling in without, similarly, all the lights, word to use, because, well, she favorite song. concert in Rome appear through- the shadows, though. In recent lasers, whiz-bangs and bang- has enjoyed only a few hits, save out. years, it has been working hard whizzes, and hoojamaflips. for The Communards collabora- This “scandalous” refusal to, say, Other tracks included on to revamp its image by promot- So, outside of opera, are tion and a handful of others in make it Me and Mr Jones, saw this limited-edition album – each ing young Turkish designers and such goddesses to be found? Europe. the soulful ballad virtually denied disc is, quaintly, a miniature rep- creating its own labels. Step up to the microphone Sarah However, talent cannot be any airplay on BBC Radio when lica of a vinyl record – are It has an ambitious goal: to Jane Morris. judged by sales of albums or it was released in 1989. The man- Chelsea Hotel and Mercy Mercy make Istanbul one of the world’s Who? One may – note the singles, but Ms Morris has, over darins at Aunty Beeb perhaps Me from her recordings with top fashion cities. Soon. “may” – be forgiven for not be- a career spanning some 25 years, flipped and got in a Marc Ribot, and In the industrial belt around ing able to place Briton Ms Mor- built up an enviable repertoire of flap, fearing a gen- Move On Up with the city, producers of clothing for ris at a moment’s notice; her ab- jazz, blues and soul songs, includ- eration of teenage Critics…have Callum and Neil overseas designers are looking for sence of a few years from re- ing some self-penned, some cre- girls slipping into MacColl. Also in- ways to stave off cheaper com- leasing records helps little, too. ated collaboratively and some sapphism overnight likened her cluded are Piece Of petition from the Far East. Cast you mind back to Sep- standards. after hearing a song voice to those My Heart and The Meanwhile, in the center of tember 1986 and a great cover Critics – aren’t we all these that, perhaps, in a First Time Ever I the European part of the city, version – itself inspired by days? – have likened her voice way, sort of, kinda, of Grace Saw Your Face. Turkish designers are busy. Their Thelma Houston’s version – of to those of Grace Jones, Sarah maybe, possibly Jones, Sarah Sarah Jane ateliers are mainly hidden behind Harold Melvin and the Blue Vaughn, Billie Holliday, Joan Ar- suggested lesbian- Morris’ talents are the high facades in the upscale Notes’ Don’t Leave Me This Way matrading, Macy Gray and Annie ism. Vaughn, Billie well-known on the districts of Tesvikiye and Nisan- by The Communards, with the Lennox. Her own description is The irony, of concert circuit, and tasi. divine and quite tall Ms M shar- “Nina Simone meets Janis Joplin,” course, is that The Holliday, Joan this retrospective, in Nisantasi is where Ozlem ing vocals with the diminutive those two being her prime inspi- Communards, and Armatrading, which each song is Suer, a favorite of Istanbul soci- Jimmy Somerville, who looks like rants. Somerville’s earlier at once classy, mov- ety, creates her elaborate cloth- Tintin. This double CD includes her band, Bronski Beat, Macy Gray ing and stylish – but ing. Just a few blocks away, the The single was a massive rendition of Me and Mrs Jones. were rather, ahem, and Annie with substance – Cetin sisters, Ezra and Tuba, work hit, reaching Number 1 in the UK In her version, she retains the in one’s face about deserves a place in on their Bashqua label, which as well as other European charts original lyrics: their homosexuality. Lennox. everyone’s collec- appeals primarily to a younger What is good for tion. clientèle. the gander is quite Sarah Jane And Nej designer Nejla obviously not good for the goose. Morris After All These Years Guvenc plans to expand abroad Ms Morris does write and IRMA Records IRM 821 CD with her clothing lines, notable for sing from a very female perspec- experimental cuts and surprising tive – and why should she not? – For more information about this details. which has, for what it’s worth, and other recordings, contact To find inspiration, Turkish led to numerous suggestions that CD Warehouse at email: info@ fashion designers need only look she dances at the other end of cdwarehouse-asia.com out the windows of their ateliers. the ballroom. History, culture, art – Turkey has These suggestions seem to • As promised in the last Ear them all in abundance. But not be fueled further by her strength Candy, the “three better bands” everyone is able to translate the of personality and by the artistes – according to The Housemartins, country’s rich heritage into fash- with whom she is compared, all who referred to themselves as ion that the rest of the world will of whom are or were equally “the fourth-best band in Hull” – wear. strong and – in some cases – les- were The Gargoyles, Everything Experts see Turkish design- bian icons. But The Girl and The Red Gui- ers’ propensity to opulence, their A mixture of live and studio tars. Congratulations to Rachael extravagance with details, as the recordings, the album is sumptu- Davenport for being the first, in greatest obstacle to getting their ously packaged. The CDs are fact only, person to name them. wares in the window displays of August 26 - September 1, 2006 LIFESTYLE PHUKET GAZETTE 19 HOT HATS the style centers of Europe. UV factor of about 40,” says Style expert Marianne Manager Michael Goettman. Montag from Unna allows the The range goes from a simple occasional baseball cap but “in cap to a cap with neck protec- discreet colors and without a tion. garish inscription.” This season Ernst But other items are not Brendler are offering a range of negotiable. Neither fashion supplies for the tropics and the pundit can abide men wearing high seas, with their Tropics pirate-style, bandanna wraps. “I Cap and Tropics Hat, both think they are horrible,” says made of thick cotton, in classic Moennich, allowing cyclists an styles. exception: “They can wear For women, there are them.” items such as the trendy Capri Hats can be a lot of fun: Orange peacock feathers fly as high fashion Women, however, can comes to Ladies Day at Goodwood horse track in southwest England look of the 1950s, featuring earlier this month. – Photo: EPA/Gerry Penny wear headscarves or wraps to wide-brimmed straw hats. give them a more exotic look. “That will set a customer back Kelly – tied under the chin – star Pete Doherty, offer hardly “Protection from the sun is 300 euros [about 14,400 baht] are good for summer, says any protection from the sun. important, but only in good or more,” says Moennich. It Montag. But Breitbart warns Moennich says the fashion taste,” says Markus Fehr of the A panama hat is one of the all- seems some bargain-hunting that while “a scarf covers up is tending towards subtle colors, Seeberger fashion house. time classics for gentlemen along the Patong beachfront is the ears, it has no brim”. That is but headwear is becoming Seeberger has a line of straw looking for protection from the in order. Or even, if you don’t a must for protecting the sportier and baseball caps are hats for women, ranging from sun. mind looking like a farmer, a trip forehead, nose, cheekbones and trendier, she notes – with discreet to swanky. to SuperCheap for a 25-baht lips, she points out. disapproval. German-based Goettmann tional designs with extra UV straw hat. The brim should be large. Perhaps Phuket has the offers a range of timeless protection. “Materials like a Scarves, worn in the style Small caps with narrow brims, edge in shady style after all. Panama hats as well as func- polyester-cotton blend have a of that epitome of taste, Grace such as those favored by rock – Kai Portmann, dpa Istanbul sets sights on fashion heights A model shows off one the world.” But Turkey remains a is much in evidence – its fine res- of the dresses in the source of inspiration for her, and a taurants, exciting nightlife, trendy 2006 Balizza spring/ production location with excellent boutiques and ultramodern shop- summer collection. conditions. ping centers. International trend Balizza is one of the up- Nejla Guvenc, 36, intends to scouts have had their eyes on the and-coming Istanbul stay in her beloved homeland. city on the Bosporus for some fashion houses. “Istanbul is sadness, Istanbul is joy. time now. Istanbul is old, Istanbul is young. But this is just the beginning. Turkish designer Istanbul is hope, Istanbul is passion, ITKIB President Suleyman Or- Atil Kutoglu, 37, agreed. Istanbul is love,” she gushed. akcioglu is pressing ahead with “There are often too “The fashion industry is confidence. “We’re continuing to many ideas in a model. growing by the day, becoming more work hard for our goal,” he said. It’s important to find a important, more global. Not only “There’s only one city in the balance,” he said. Istanbul will join the existing fash- world that is in both Europe and Kutoglu has enjoy- ion centers; other cities will, too.” Asia – Istanbul.” ed success. He presents Istanbul’s rapid development – Axel Botur, dpa his collections at the New York Fashion Week alongside Donna Karan and Ralph Lauren. But Kutoglu lives and works in Vienna, not Istanbul. Rifat Ozbek, Hussein Chalayan, Dice Kayek – almost all of the Turkish designers who have achieved interna- tional recognition went abroad first. Behind the Dice Kayek label are two Turkish sisters, Ece and Ayce Ege, who are based in Paris. Is it essential to work in an established fashion center? Ece Ege answered this question obliquely, with a question of her own: How did Ger- man fashion designer Jil Western stores. Even talented contest for novice designers. Jury Sander hit it big? young Turkish fashion design- member Renato Balestra, a vet- Sander’s fame came via ers seem to have difficulty keep- eran of “l’Alta Moda Italiana,” runways in Milan. “Being in ing their style uncluttered. had the following advice for the Paris gives us a clearer look at The Istanbul Textile and 10 finalists this year: “You our own culture,” Ege explained. Apparel Exporters Association achieve elegance by leaving “We benefit by exchanging ideas (ITKIB) organizes an annual things out.” with top designers from all over 20 PHUKET GAZETTE CHEAP EATS August 26 - September 1, 2006

The word is out, and it’s not only the locals who appreciate the food at Jay. Vegetarian generosity

By Natcha Yuttaworawit next to the Chinese shrine on Bangkok Rd, about 50 meters f the thousands of south of Suriyadet Circle in the small, cheap restau- heart of Phuket City, is simply rants to eat at in marked with a single word, “Jay”, Phuket, Siri-anong meaning “vegetarian” in Thai, in O red letters on a yellow back- Ngarmsang, 55, from Srisaket, has one that is a little different – ground. an all-you-can-eat vegetarian Inside is a huge range of buffet at just 20 baht a plate. vegetarian dishes, including mixed paste), and of course Phuket’s Load your plate up – but fried vegetables, local favorite favorite breakfast – kanom jeen. only once – and go for it. Fresh curries such as gaeng som, Fresh tamarind juice, iced fruit and drinks included. gaeng grati and gaeng dtai pla, tea and – of course – water are K. Siri-anong’s restaurant, a variety of soups, nam prik (chili free, as are a range of fresh fruits including bananas, chompoo and kaew mongkol, also called dra- gonfruit. K. Siri-anong said she loves to make merit – and this is her form of making merit every day. “I have been a vegetarian since September, 1994,” she says. “People should be generous. This is why I sell a vegetarian buffet at just 20 baht, so you can eat till you are full.” K. Siri-anong’s generosity extends to providing free veg- etarian fare to Chinese temples during Phuket’s Vegetarian Fes- tival, a donation she has been making since she arrived in Phuket 10 years ago. Before opening her own restaurant a year ago, she worked with a char- ity near Plookpanya School. “I have another stall in the food court at Central Festival Phuket, and my son – who I Owner Siri-anong Ngarmsang: ‘People should be generous.’ She is. taught to cook – has his Yo come in and pile mounds of food “I don’t worry about it. At least Potchana restaurant opposite the on their plates, but it is too much they are full of good food.” Chinese shrine in Samkong.” for them to eat the lot,” she says. K. Siri-anong gets up at 5 Some cheap Charlies can’t Jay is open daily 6 am to 8:30 am every day to cook with her get enough of a good thing, and pm. For more information call two chefs. But for her the effort reload their plates but pay only K. Siri-anong at Tel: 07-417- is rewarding. “Often people 20 baht. But, says K. Siri-anong, 8710. August 26 - September 1, 2006 FEATURES PHUKET GAZETTE 21

y the time you read this, I shall be relaxing in a quality hotel bed enjoy- Bing breakfast some- where up... no, I’m not going to say where. Life without a list I plan to catch up on some had stuck to her old list, she would reading and chill out on my own. never have met such interesting No kids, no housework, no mo- AMBROSIA’S potential partners. bile phone – yes, no mobile – no It’s about not being blink- house guests and no “to do” lists ered and opening up a whole new to tick. Pure bliss. world of lovely men to choose Don’t get me wrong: ever from – yes, they are out there. since I started writing lists and I have a few friends who itemizing my life in general, I have yet to ditch their lists. They have been kind of organized. I’ve remain single. When I ask friends grown to love them: shopping lists, who are happily married how work lists, “do today” lists… In they got there, they said it was fact, I’m so enamored of lists that by doing precisely that – ditching I now verge on the obsessive/ the list. compulsive. [email protected] My mate Jessica always But I had to start doing SECRETS searched for tortured musicians, them, because my life had be- but ended up with a man so at come so chaotic that I was on the Recently I had to sit my ease with himself that he “didn’t verge of buying my own designer friend Sam down – she has been just have kitchen roll in his flat, straitjacket. virtually dateless for the past two but a kitchen roll holder”. My lists generally stretch to years – grab her by the neck, and My friend Maria went nothing more exciting than the almost throttle some sense into against the grain too. “I always domestic, but my friend Sam has her by telling her, “Give them a chose tall men and I resisted my taken things a step further, devis- bloody chance! What the hell is now-husband just because he ing the “perfect man” shopping wrong with you?” was the same height as me – list. Having scared her into a even though he had everything I You know what I’m talking corner with my pep talks, guess wanted. about. That ridiculously specific what? A six-foot dirty blond ol- “But then I realized how – and truly unrealistic – mental Must have stubble: check. Must have racing flag decal on face: ive-skinned blue-eyed guitar- mad I was being and decided to checklist of what women want check. Uh oh! Freckly shoulders not on the list. Reject… playing writer has asked her out. grow up and go for it. And very from a date or partner. The “I- – Photo by EPA/Maurilio Cheli And Sam said “yes”. Then “yes” happy we are, too.” Need-A-Tick-By-Every-Box- to a second date, and “yes” to the Grow up indeed. When Or-I Won’t-Even-Consider-Him” He’d be good enough for her ei- I’m talking about. When I was third. you’re 17 it’s fine to reject some- list. ther... an art student in London, my own Guess what? Now she has one because of his haircut. But Come on, Sam – and all you “But we must maintain mental man list had the usual become heavy-metal loving, and at 30-something? One word: hair- single ladies out there – you have standards,” you may argue. True, “phwoar” elements, but my spe- bald men and financiers have dresser. to stop being so bloody picky! Of but having standards is slightly cifics were way too specific. been added to her “man list” too. The bottom line is that these course there are obvious must- different from demanding the He had to be creative, awe- Even men with beards, who lists are unfair, unfair to men and haves, such as a sense of humor, impossible. Of course you de- somely dressed, support Chelsea would not have made it onto her unfair to us – for we’ll never find solvency, good looks, and not al- serve the perfect man, but you’ll Football club, and share my love old list. She phoned me the other the perfect specimen. ready being married... But short have more chance of finding him of dead movie stars from the day to thank me for throttling her Can you imagine if men had nails? Big shoulders? Good if you haven’t already eliminated 1940s, ’50s and ’60s. with my “no more lists” invective, such lists for us? And if cellulite shoes? 99.9% of the global male popula- The inevitable result? I saying she now felt absolutely lib- and less-than-bouncy boobs And really, desert boots tion with your “Oh, and he’s got didn’t have a proper relationship erated. weren’t on them? Do you see the shouldn’t be a such a deal- to be” list. until I was in my 20s. And not So you see, girls, dropping level of cruelty I am talking about? breaker. You have to bin “men” shop- that he completely satisfied the prejudices and widening your net I’m being serious. I think I ping lists or you’ll end up on your list of requirements: he was close, means you experience so much Ambrosia Sakkadas, a London- can safely speak for many wo- own drinking vodka in your paja- and more importantly then, pretty more (until you find The Man). born Greek Cypriot and gradu- men when I say we are going too mas, singing along to All By My- cute. And when the relationship Sam discovered a host of things, ate of Central St Martins Col- far with these requirements. self like Bridget Jones in the ended, my new amended list was including how to play the guitar lege of Art & Design in London, Another friend of a friend movie. still basically a top-to-toe descrip- and also that the Footsie wasn’t is an artist, designer and news- is the perfect example. This – and Believe me, I do know what tion – of him. just toe-related foreplay. If she paper columnist. I swear it’s true – is her list. He has to be rich, a fitness fanatic, hair-free on his back, foreign so that her babies will be mixed race, bilingual and beautiful and – purely for aesthetic reasons – cir- cumcised! Dear Lord! Not that 22 PHUKET GAZETTE August 26 - September 1, 2006 August 26 - September 1, 2006 TAKE A BREAK PHUKET GAZETTE 23 PPUZZLESUZZLES The Cryptic Crossword

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1. Exact replica. 2. Low cry of EZ TRIVIA QUIZ pain. 1. Who lost to George W 7. Which Peruvian 3. Another low Bush in the last US leader, now on trial, cry of pain. presidential election? ran that country from 1990 to 2000? 4. No longer 2. Wisdom teeth are what young. kind of teeth? 8. Which airport is the No 2 in Thailand in 5. Lend money. 3. Which country occupies terms of passenger 6. Solitary. most of the coastal region and cargo volume? around the Horn of 7. Punish in a Africa? 9. Which oil tanker, in biblical way. 1989, spilled millions 4. Where was Survivor of gallons of crude oil 8. Royal seat. Thailand filmed? into Prince William 9. Hurled. Sound, Alaska? 5. Where is the The Euro- 10. Dreadful old pean Central Bank 10. Acetylsalicylic acid is woman. located? better known by what Sudoku is very simple: each row, each column and each “box” of name? nine squares within the puzzle must contain all the numbers from 6. In which town do The 1 to 9 with, naturally, no repetitions. Beware: there is only one Answers solution to this puzzle, which is on the next page. on next page Flintstones live? Answers on next page . 24 PHUKET GAZETTE TAKE A BREAK August 26 - September 1, 2006 Get your brain in gear with The Monster Quiz Kids! Ask Mum and Dad to help you find the answers to these questions. They’re not easy but, if you do some research, you should be able to find the answers to all of them. 1. What would you put in 8. What was the name of 15. Who wrote the novel, a pounce box? John Paul Jones’s The Strange Case warship? of Dr Jekyll 2. Inkster is a suburb of and Mr Hyde? which city? 9. By what name is 3. Which was the first of serigraphy more 16. In which year did the the “Road” movies commonly known? Holy Roman Empire starring Bob Hope and come to an end? 10. Where would you find Bing Crosby? the volcanic peak, 17. Where is the city of 4. Who said, “I was Mount Erebus? Walla Walla? Quick Crossword allowed to ring the bell 11. Which singer and movie for five minutes until 18. How many times was ACROSS 15. Crow’s cry. star was born with the everyone was in Aristide Briand Prime 16. Old name for Taiwan. name Frances Gumm? assembly. It was the Minister of France? 1. Major golf tournament. 17. Seven days. beginning of power.” 5. Head of the Catholic 18. Guard. 12. In which year was 19. Who or what is Church. 5. The word “cravat” Microsoft founder Bill DOWN gramma? 7. Southern Thailand prov- derives from a French Gates born? ince. 2. Famed English playwright. word meaning what? 20. According to Greek 8. Encountered. 3. Ability to be long-suffering 13. In which sport would 6. The Sea of Marmara is mythology, where 10. Exist. 4. Japanese assassin. you perform a part of which body of would you find a 11. Person all learner-drivers 6. The one who came before. geländersprung? fear. 9. Spice in a stick. water? hamadryad? 12. Astronauts or cosmonauts. 13. Emotional states. 7. Bobby Seal was leader 14. Which major carmaker 14. Printer’s measure. Solution below, right of what political group? now owns Volvo? Answers below, left

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Exxon Valdez; + +++E++TWP+++T+ week’s Sudoku 10. Aspirin. +++R++AEU+P++A+ puzzle ABMAMRD++++O+I+ + +++BIKRAIT+CP+ + ++OS++++++++A+ Rhyme Time Answers + +C++++++++++N+ 1. clone; 2. Groan; 3. Moan; 4. Grown; 5. Loan; 6. + ++++++++++++++ Lone; 7. Stone; 8. Throne; 9. Thrown; 10. Crone. BOOMSLANG++++++ August 26 - September 1, 2006 FEATURES PHUKET GAZETTE 25 Confessions of a Phuket PCV o Tejani is a fun-lov- his book, he circles back to his many, Mo is off to Belize and the Two years later, he’s trans- ing free spirit who pre-Thailand days: the heart- town of Punta Gorda, home of the ferred to Guatemala as Country loves to drink and breaking tale of his childhood in Garifunas, descendants of de- Director. He will spend the next Msmoke ganja and Africa, the exuberant comedy of ported black Carib slaves. He 10 years in Central America, go- dance and bash a conga drum. his hippie days on Balboa Beach arrives just in time for their an- ing through another chameleon He has climbed to the sum- in California, and the rip-roaring nual festival, drunk on pineapple mental shift. mit of Mount Kilimanjaro and adventure of backpacking from wine and dancing with his new There’s a chapter devoted descended to the depths of the Mexico to Argentina. lover, “sensuous, ebony-skinned to the many loves of his life: Grand Canyon, explored Central Off the He meets up with “a Texan Rose, who had buttocks bigger Zainab in Uganda, Ursula in Lon- American jungles and served hap- hippie guitarist, Carlton, who was than some of the don, Eva in Michi- pily as a Peace Corps volunteer SHELF driving his VW van around Ugandan wo- gan, Kiku and Kat- in Thailand. Yet his life was torn Mexico with a group of traveler men”. He arrives just in ie in California, in two with tragedy when he was By James Eckardt musicians he had picked up on the Three-fifths time for their annual Rosa in Mexico, 21. road. Besides Maya, there was of the way through festival, drunk on Hilde in Peru, Pra- In 1972, Mo Tejani was one In March 1979, he arrived Japanese Kiko, crew-cut hair the book, he re- nee in Thailand of 80,000 Ugandan Asians ex- in Thailand as a freshly-minted dyed blond, who jammed on his turns to where he pineapple wine and and, most of all, pelled by Idi Amin. Uganda was American citizen and Peace portable Hammond organ; Ger- had left us. Back dancing with his Corazon in the the only home he’d ever known. Corps volunteer, eventually as- man brunette Uta, on summer in the States again, new lover, Philippines who His family was scattered all over signed to Phuket Teachers’ Col- break from university in Tubingen, he gains a “sensuous, ebony- breaks his heart. the globe. After two unhappy lege. A Sikh family became his who carried the beat with her ma- Master’s in inter- The book ends with years at an English university, he mentors and, before the tourist racas and hand cymbals, and red- national studies skinned Rose, who a moving emotion- was off on a scholarship to Albion explosion, Phuket’s markets and haired Danny from Winnipeg, which is his ticket had buttocks bigger al return to Ugan- College in Michigan and, as he jungles reminded him of Africa. Canada, piping in with his alto for two decades of than some of the da with his neph- says, he never looked back. Bored back in the States, he saxophone.” NGO and Peace ew Arif in 1997. His book A Chameleon’s jumped at the chance to work at The ragtag band plays in Corps staff work. Ugandan women”. Mo Tejani Tale (Paiboon Publishing, Bang- Phanat Nikhom Refugee Pro- village squares throughout Yuca- In a chapter lives in Chiang Mai kok, 2006, 257pp) is subtitled cessing Centre: a sea of bamboo tan, accepting meals of beef tacos called “Robbing now and is still True Stories of a Global Refu- huts to house 17,000 Vietnamese and chicken enchiladas. the Poor”, he is scathing about single. Two photos show him gee. In addition to being a poly- and Cambodians bound for the When the band breaks up, the first NGO he works for in striking the same pose: a thin glot – Gujarati, Hindi, English, US. Then he was off to Pulau Mo and Uta, lovers now, embark Khon Kaen. Calling it “Children young man with flowing locks and Swahili, Spanish and Thai – he Galang in Indonesia to teach the on a week-long foray into the Incorporated (CI)”, he finds a Pancho Villa mustache and a has been mistaken for a Mexi- Indonesians how to teach the jungle along the Guatemalan bor- NGO higher-ups more interested balding 55-year-old with a trim can, an American Indian and a Vietnamese English. der. in fundraising than facts on the white beard. Thai-Indian tailor. A third of the way through When Uta flies back to Ger- ground. The smile is still the same.

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September 16: The 7th Phuket International Beer Festival at Bikers to raise charity funds The Watermark. This year the Phuket Inter- s part of the 13th Annual project during this year’s ride, national Beer Fest will take place AThree Nations Charity Ride, which will take place November on the opening day of the Mu- the organizers – the Phuket Rid- 17 and 18. Many bike clubs from nich Oktoberfest. ers Club and Screaming Eagles Thailand, Singapore and Malay- The venue? Where else but Company – will use most of the sia are planning to take part. Watermark Bar Restaurant at the funds raised to help build a medi- Eddie Keng, Director of the Phuket Boat Lagoon Marina. cal center and temporary hous- Singapore-based Team 27 Motor- It is a festival designed for ing for students at a school for cycle Club, is organizing the char- drinking copious quantities of the tsunami orphans in Phang Nga’s ity drive and coordinating the amber nectar; but to avoid it Tab Lamu District. work at the navy base with the seeming like a mere slosh-up, it The charity drive has al- help of the Phuket Riders Club. is loosely disguised as a competi- ready received a 1-million-baht “We welcome anyone who tion – a competition of beer hyp- donation from Phillip John Cope wants to join us on this ride or ing, heckling, drinking and sloppy and Santi Tontangtrong, co-own- donate funds,” he said. judging. ers of the Screaming Eagles big For more information con- Entry fee: 800 baht covers bike shop [formerly Big Twin], tact Sumon Singkala (Tel: 01- 12 beers. To register for the com- which has offices in Bangkok and 6919346; 076-352069; Email: petition (or just for the drinking) Phuket. [email protected]). contact Stuart Bird at Tel: 01- Work on the medical cen- 7376184. ter, on the grounds of the Navy Base at Tab Lamu, is already September 24: Ramadhan. underway. The organizers hope Islamic holiday to mark the to raise another half-million baht beginning of the one-month an- to complete the 1.5-million-baht nual fast. Not a public holiday. Mah Song, or spirit mediums, gather at a Chinese temple at the September 24: Sound Waves beginning of the Vegetarina Festival. Sunday Session at Water- from 11am to 6pm, amazing pro- and Chinese temple ceremonies mark. mos on Möet & Chandon Cham- during which mediums pierce The island’s two best party pagne: 2,995 baht. Come early for their faces with sharp objects. venues have teamed up for the brunch. Decks off at 10 pm. summer. Laem Singh’s Sound Waves Crew have moved to Watermark October 22-30: Vegetarian for the season. Kicking phat Festival. tunes, progressive, funky & hap- Nine-day festival, renown- py house with a feel-good vibe. ed for colorful, noisy processions Undoubtedly the best DJs around. A must for those in search of good dance music. Sound Waves will be on the last Sunday of each month: Jun 25, Jul 30, Aug 27, Sep 24 & Oct 29. A la carte brunch every Sunday 26 PHUKET GAZETTE EDITORIAL & LETTERS August 26 - September 1, 2006

367/2 Yaowarat Rd, Amphur Muang, Phuket 83000 Tel: 076-236555 - Since 1994 - Fax: 076-213971 Email: [email protected] Consistency needed in handling encroachment The ongoing dispute between residents living illegally on Phra Barami Soi 8 in Kalim and the government agencies trying to relocate them [See Inside Story, pages 4-5] illustrates yet again why illegal land use needs to be tackled both early and aggressively, before entire com- munities spring up and become dependent on land to which they have no legitimate claim. In many encroachment cases, those inhabiting land for which they have no title deeds do have reasonable claims. These might be based on how long their families have inhabited the area, how long they have cultivated the land, what land-use documents they may possess and for how long they have paid property taxes. The situation on Phra Barami Soi 8 is not one of these cases, however. The residents themselves admit they have no valid claim to the land – apart from the fact that they are poor and have no place else to go. Why else, they reasonably ask, would they be living in a slum in the first place? However weak their position may be from a legal standpoint, the residents know just how mighty the power of protest can be in Letters Phuket. There have been numerous cases in the province in recent years of squatters eventually being given the right to rent land they The Gazette is pleased to receive mail from read- with your views for publication in our next issue. had been illegally occupying for years – and at very attractive rates. ers. Please write to us at 367/2 Yaowarat Rd, We reserve the right to edit all letters. Pseud- That is unlikely to happen in this case, though. On the open Amphur Muang, Phuket 83000, fax to 076-213971 onyms are acceptable only if your full name and market the land in question would go for tens of millions of baht per or send an email to [email protected] address are supplied. rai. This precludes its continued use as a low-cost housing option for the poor people who live there, many of whom migrated here from other parts of Thailand and are not even eligible to vote in Phuket. My cement truck would make cement companies C can keep so many people in the Based on the words of Phuket Provincial Chief Administrative keen to be more responsible and Appliances and Computer sec- Officer (Palad) Nivit Aroonrat, the province seems determined to spilleth over reduce the cost to the public purse tions (I’ve counted an average of force the squatters from the land so that the road-widening project of having the roads fixed. 10) doing absolutely nothing. And can go ahead as planned. Notably, the province is also threatening to Why do I keep shaking my head Frank the odd thing is that, when you investigate and charge top city officials with dereliction of duty if as I pass by another cement Phuket do ask for help, you soon regret they fail to comply with provincial demands to help evict the squat- truck spill on the road? it. ters. After living in Thailand for Was the guy trying to sell Don’t expect to see a column of bulldozers from the municipal- more than 13 years, and most of me a different, more expensive ity heading up Phra Barami Soi 8 any time soon, however. Judging by that time in Phuket, why do I ex- Why does Big C have refrigerator because he could get the comments of Patong Deputy Mayor Chairat Sukkaban, the city pect this, or any other hazard in- so many sales staff? more commission out of it ? Ok, hardly sees its role in the controversy as the pivotal one. flicted on the motoring public, to probably not a fair question, but It is precisely this laissez-faire attitude, stretched over a period change? Two years ago, I bought a refrig- what about the situation with the of 10 years, that has allowed the situation to develop in the first place. Don’t issues such as this, erator at Big C. While I was se- keys? However, asking a municipality to shove its poorest residents from which affect the public at large, lecting a specific model, a mem- I have nothing against the pillar to post is another matter altogether. – The Editor deserve more respect? ber of staff approached me, point- staff; I can imagine that the Take a ride from Chalong ing out that another model was money they get is peanuts so they Circle to Kata. As you ascend up better (and 700 baht more expen- act accordingly. But I do have to the newly-paved and widened sive). ask the management of Big C, do road, you come to where a I asked, “Why is that bet- you really need all those people? smaller road joins from the left. ter?” He replied that the model I And what for? In association with The Nation Multimedia Group PCL Look at the cement spills that was thinking of buying would pro- Just Curious have accumulated to a height of duce an irritating noise after six Kata Beach more than five inches in some months, due to the engine. Editor: Parichat Utintu places. I’ll bet motorbike riders Nevertheless, I decided to Pitak Thimubol, General Man- Managing Editor: Alasdair Forbes love this. buy the “noisy” model. After two ager of the Big C supercenter Continue up the steep gra- years, it is still working as Phuket, replies: Deputy Editor: Chris Husted dient and around the bend to the smoothly as on the day I bought “I agree that there are a lot Chief Reporter: Sangkhae Leelanapaporn right, and you are forced to ride it. of staff in the appliances and Editorial Team: Stephen Fein, Andy Johnstone, over a daily accumulation of more Another day, I was with a computers department, but the Natcha Yuttaworawit, Janyaporn Morel, cement spills. I have watched friend of mine at the computer ones wearing red waistcoats are Jenjira Ruengjarus, Dominic Earnshaw. these dangerous lumps grow in section in Big C. My friend not employed by Big C. They size for well over two years. How wanted to buy a color printer car- work for the appliance or com- General Manager: Oranee Pienprasertkul many people have been hurt be- tridge that was on display in a puter suppliers; for each brand Marketing Manager: Natthira Susangrat cause of these? locked glass cabinet. there are at least two staff work- Surely it wouldn’t take much He showed staff the car- ing at Big C to promote their Classifieds Manager: Phatsara Raktammakit to push the cement truck drivers tridge he wanted to buy and a brand or to advise customers Publisher: The Phuket Gazette Co Ltd to take steps to prevent cement supervisor appeared with a bunch about their products. We have spilling from their trucks. of keys. many brands. Contact us We all pay taxes to enjoy All the keys she tried did not “We do, however, have safe roads, and local officials – work. She disappeared again and Advertising Sales: [email protected] some control over them. If they the Department of Transporta- came back with another person are found to be behaving unethi- Classified Advertising: [email protected] tion, police and the like – are holding another bunch of keys. cally, we can inform the supplier Website Services: [email protected] obliged to take steps to fix such None of these worked. and demand that they be replaced. Gazette Guide inquiries: [email protected] problems. The answer, apparently, was “I am also considering lim- Am I missing something that the right key was in the hands iting the number of sales staff to Telephone: 076-236555 (10 lines) Fax: 076-213971 here? This ain’t rocket science of another supervisor who was two per brand – some brands we’re talking about. The solution: off duty that day. So sorry, no car- send four staff and that’s too raise the road tax five-fold for tridge. many. The views expressed in the Phuket Gazette are those of the writers and contributors cement companies found spilling I do not really understand “As for the Big C staff, who and do not necessarily reflect those of the publisher, the editor, the shareholders, or the cement on public roads. This how a big supermarket like Big usually wear green polo shirts, we directors of The Phuket Gazette Co Ltd. Letters conveying views and suggestions are published here. Those seeking comment from government Copyright © 1994-2006 The Phuket Gazette Co Ltd officials or business owners are published as Issues & Answers on the facing page. August 26 - September 1, 2006 PERSPECTIVES PHUKET GAZETTE 27 Muay Thai adds punch to Phuket tourism

ou might notice the for- eign trainers teaching Muay Thai eigners in the brightly- at their gyms back home, but colored shorts running FIRST when they come to Thailand they Yin groups along the want the real thing. roads in Chalong and Rawai, or Most camps here in Phuket you may see foreigners fighting PERSON have former champion Thai fight- Muay Thai in Patong or Phuket ers with a wealth of experience. City. A Thai fighter with 200+ Muay Keep looking and you’ll see The growth of intrest world- Thai fights is the equivalent of a that Phuket has found a friend in wide in Muay Thai – Thai BA in Muay Thai. Muay Thai tourism. boxing – along with Muay Phuket has become a popu- Thai techniques being a key SURGE lar destination for tourists look- ing to train in Muay Thai for fit- weapon of fighters in the Ul- The surge in popularity of MMA ness, fun, and experience, and timate Fight cage, has seen has carried over to Muay Thai. perhaps a five-round fight. With a new kind of tourism blos- Amateur and professional MMA an international airport, fantastic fighters are coming to Thailand entertainment, beaches, tours, som in Phuket: foreigners in droves to train in Muay Thai weather, and three Muay Thai coming to the island to learn for their stand-up striking skills stadiums, Phuket has it all for the Thai boxing or to hone ex- and in jiu-jitsu for their ground sports and adventure-seeking fighting skills. tourist. isting skills. Will McNamara, Tiger Muay Thai & MMA In just the past five years, owner of Tiger Muay Thai & is the first camp on the island to Muay Thai and now Mixed Mar- MMA Training Camp in promote and teach MMA as well tial Arts (MMA) have exploded Chalong, explains this new as Muay Thai. Muay Thai fight- in popularity throughout the world. ers can learn to fight MMA style The World Muay Thai Council phenomenon. and open up larger opportunities has organizations and arranges to fight. tournaments, promoting Muay There are now several Thai all over the world. eight to 24 years of age, who fight MMA training is also be- ing Muay Thai for their striking camps and gyms in Thailand, in- every three or four weeks. coming quite popular in Thailand. skills. cluding Bangkok Fight Club, that GROWTH Amateur and professional As its name suggests, MMA is a I remember when we first teach MMA and jiu-jitsu. fighters, martial arts enthusiasts, mix of martial arts including Muay started training MMA in the cage. Already, promoters from For years, Koh Samui was the and people just looking to get fit Thai, jiu-jitsu, judo, boxing, and One of our senior trainers looked foreign countries are contacting destination of choice for foreign- and lose weight come to Phuket wrestling. MMA takes the best through the fence of the cage Thai promoters and training ers looking for Muay Thai train- to train for fitness, experience, or parts from each form to create watching two MMA fighters camps checking for the availabil- ing, particularly at the Lamai and just the fun of trying something the ultimate fighter. sparring stand-up, using their ity of Thai fighters for Muay Thai WMTC gyms. But now the cur- new. Muay Thai skills. When my and MMA matches. rent has changed and foreigners Most camps offer guests a MOST POPULAR trainer saw the power leg kicks Just recently, MMA match- are heading for Phuket to learn chance to train and fight in Patong and knees, he turned to me and es have been held in Patong on Muay Thai. or at Saphan Hin. As a result, Several years ago, UBC began said with a smile, “That is Muay Muay Thai fight cards. Tourists Muay Thai in Phuket has Muay Thai fights are available broadcasting Ultimate Fighting Thai.” are able to see how MMA uses grown in the last six years. I re- five days a week in Patong, with Championship and King of the One of the big benefits of Muay Thai as the style for stand- member when Phuket Muay Thai many of the fights including for- Cage programs. MMA is now the the success of Muay Thai train- up before fights go to the mat and and Suwit’s Gym were the only eign fighters who have trained at most popular fight sport in the ing camps is that they provide fighters use their jiu-jitsu, wres- gyms in Chalong. a camp in Phuket, Phang Nga, or world. Most MMA fighters rec- opportunities to some of the older tling, and striking skills. Now, Phuket has more than Bangkok. Women’s Muay Thai ognize Muay Thai as the best fighters and trainers to continue As the Muay Thai and eight camps, with Tiger Muay has also become very popular, as martial arts style for pure strik- working in a Muay Thai profes- MMA scene grows here in Thai & MMA, Rawai Muay training and fights are now avail- ing with hands, feet, elbows, and sion. Former champion fighters Phuket, local promoters will be Thai, and Phuket Muay Thai be- able for women as well. knees. and trainers are being given a able to put on more and more ing the largest, each with 10 or This trend is a very good At first, Thai fighters and chance to teach their national exciting shows and tournaments more trainers and as many as 50 thing for Phuket tourism. Muay trainers didn’t know what to think sport and make a good living. featuring both Muay Thai and students at any given time. Thai training and competition about MMA. Most guests come to Thai- Mixed Martial Arts. The camps offer training, stays busy even during the low It has taken some time for land because they want to train This is just another of the accommodation, and equipment season. Many of the guests stay the Muay Thai fighters to realize with a real Thai fighter and many ways the boom in Muay for both foreign and local guests. for several months at a time, train- that MMA fighters have a great trainer. It takes a Thai to teach Thai training here is helping to Most of the camps have their ing, sometimes preparing for respect for Muay Thai and rec- Muay Thai. promote year-round, long-stay own crew of Thai fighters, from fights in their home countries. ognize the importance of learn- Most guests have had for- tourism in the province. Letters have regulations for them. If we fraudulently used in India and The total money lost to the The coded data that has Thank you, Woody see them chitchatting with friends Japan to buy goods totaling thieves from these four incidents been recorded is then put through and ignoring customers or being US$9,500 [about 355,000 baht]. amounts to something in the or- another machine that decodes the Thank you Khun Woody [Leon- inefficient in their work, they are In July my Visa gold card der of US$15,000 [about 560,000 transmission into legible English. hard] for your answer in Issues liable to punishment according to number was stolen and fraudu- baht]. This information is then sent to & Answers [3G and WiFi in our regulations.” lently used in India. I read in a newspaper re- Malaysia where duplicate credit Phuket, issue of August 12]. You Then just recently another cently that this problem is rife in cards are made and used around are always a fount of knowledge Visa credit card number of mine the tourist areas of Thailand. the world. there in Phuket. Credit card rip-offs was stolen and used in Beijing. Apparently the thieves tap This is a very serious prob- It is a pleasure to know you a threat to tourism In June a good friend who into phone lines known to be used lem and could have grave reper- in person and in print, and I can’t has retired to Phuket had his Visa by merchants to transmit coded cussions for the tourist industry wait to get back for another one In May this year my platinum gold card number stolen and used card data to bank clearing cen- here. of your special pumpkin pies. Visa card number was stolen and in Japan. ters. JD, Kata Capt Ron, Chicago 28 PHUKET GAZETTE FEATURES August 26 - September 1, 2006

InTheStars by Isla St ar

VIRGO (August 23-September 23): With your birthday imminent, it’s Wacky Wisdom high time you took a realistic look at where you’re heading. You may have been drifting along in whatever direction the wind takes you, n Thailand nowadays we Religion and Philosophy: “The but this will not be a sustainable plan for the remainder of the year. hear a lot about Thai wis- average person puts more Make decisions based on experience and not on others’ advice. Sac- dom. But Thailand does not thought into his investment port- rifices will be called for if you want to embrace true love, but the Ihave a monopoly on wis- folio than he does into figuring out outcome will be more than worth it. dom. Foreigners also have wis- why he’s here or what makes the dom. Sometimes. A few of them universe tick.” LIBRA (September 24-October 23): Don’t be indifferent to the needs do, anyway, or at least one or two. “I spent my youth studying of those closest to you. Many Librans have been wrapped up in their (OK, so most of those are dead.) religion and philosophy, trying to own affairs lately and oblivious to subtle hints of dissatisfaction. You If you were to do a com- figure out why I was here and are advised to invest some energy in the personal relationships in parative study of Thai vs foreign TSOWNDINGS what made the universe tick. your life this week. The harmonious atmosphere of Sunday makes wisdom, Thailand would clearly When I reached 40 and realized this the perfect day to rediscover love. The number 7 can bring fi- have the edge. By S. TSOW I’d never know the answers, I de- nancial luck on Thursday. We foreigners would never cided I’d better make some SCORPIO (October 24-November 22): If you are overdue for a break have been clever enough to think broader, more spiritual perspec- money.” – A wise tycoon. from responsibilities, you may be paying the price soon. A long week- up the famous nugget of Thai tive, and getting us through the end away from everything will refresh your energy. A financial ques- wisdom that was popular during night – although a dozen Me- How to Invest Your Money: tion is raised midweek; this will serve as a reminder to keep good the late-lamented bubble econ- khong sodas will usually do the “Stock markets crash, pension administrative order. Contact from a ex-partner could be made be- omy: “Money is God.” job better. plans go bankrupt, currencies fore the end of the month. The color soft pink mellows your outlook. But we do have the old I append a collection of wise depreciate, gold gets stolen – but proverb “God helps those who sayings by foreigners on various, the memory of a great night on SAGITTARIUS (November 23-December 21): A prickly mood this help themselves.” This is almost unrelated topics for the edifica- the town will last you a lifetime.” weekend could easily alienate friends. Set some hours aside to re- as sublime and reflects our deep tion of the thoughtful reader. You flect on what is really important; you will soon realize that it’s not a piety. can tell how valuable they are The Way to Go: “Hard guys win. good idea to place so much emphasis on work. Single Sagittarians Unfortunately, foreigners from the fact that you don’t have Soft guys lose. But both are dead are advised to be on the lookout for an Aquarian who has much to are not displaying much wisdom to pay for them: in the end.” offer. Property matters are highlighted next Wednesday; use this these days. advantage to do some house-hunting or consider home improvements. The only example I can think Parsnips: “Fine Communism and of is a remark made some time words butter no Rare though it Capitalism: “Com- CAPRICORN (December 22-January 20): Compliments flow toward ago by US Secretary of Defense parsnips.” – Former may be munism: Great you this week. Your positive qualities will attract others like bees to a Donald Rumsfeld with regard to British Prime Minis- theory, wrong spe- honey pot. An exciting job offer is tempting, but there may be a hid- the war in Iraq. ter John Major. nowadays, cies. Capitalism: den catch, so make sure you ask the right questions. A brief encoun- foreign wisdom Can’t we do better ter with Gemini on Sunday leaves you wanting more. Small expenses SUCCUNCT Men and Women: has great value; than this?” are likely to mount up by the end of the month; resist the temptation “Women and cats for we are all to spend more than you can afford. As nearly as I can remember, it will do as they Western Civiliza- went like this: “There are things please. Men and caught in the tion: “It would be a AQUARIUS (January 21-February 19): A much-needed reprieve is we know, and things we don’t dogs should get used clutches of a good idea.” – Ma- set to arrive by the end of August. If you doubted you would be able to honor a commitment, you will breathe a sigh of relief. Patient know. There are things we know to the idea.” – crass consumer hatma Gandhi. we know, and things we know anonymous Inter- communication is the only answer to a relationship dilemma; your we don’t know. There are also net-based intellec- culture with an The Land of tendency to fly off the handle is damaging chances of this liaison things we don’t know we know, tual. obsessive greed Smiles: “In Thai- working out. Take good care of belongings on Monday as there’s a and things we don’t know we “When a man for more, more, land, yes means chance you may lose something important. don’t know.” marries a woman, maybe, maybe more. PISCES (February 20-March 20): The last week of August is fore- As a succinct summary of he thinks she’ll means no, and no cast to be a little easier than has been the case recently. You may the existential uncertainty that never change. means no and I even be able to take extra time off work. Put this to good use by pervades our lives, and of the When a woman mar- don’t like you.” – catching up on overdue domestic tasks. By clearing out unwanted wisdom that abounds in Washing- ries a man, she thinks she’ll be David Russell (no relation to items at home, you will allow new, positive energy to circulate. Leo is ton, this saying is hard to beat. able to change him. And they’re Bertrand). planning to make a romantic offer that will be hard to refuse. No wonder the US is winning the both wrong.” – Dear Abby or war in Iraq. Ann Landers, I can’t remember The City of Angels: “Bangkok ARIES (March 21-April 20): Heated family debates threaten to boil Rare though it may be which. is a city of Thai efficiency and over this weekend. The stars will not support your efforts to control nowadays, foreign wisdom has farang charm.” those closest to you. Take physical distance before you stir up seri- great value, for we are all caught The Universe: Man to the uni- “Bangkok is a good place to ous trouble; in time, people will see that you are right about a lot of in the clutches of a crass con- verse: “Why?” Universe to man: change planes.” – a foreign tour- things. At the end of this month you have reason to believe that there sumer culture with an obsessive “Why not?” ist really is a pot of gold at the end of a rainbow. greed for more, more, more. “If anybody designed the “There do seem to be some We need to access deeper universe, he may not have known rudiments of choreography TAURUS (April 21-May 21): You will feel the urge to resurrect aban- truths that will restore balance to what he was doing, but he sure here.” – foreign tourist observ- doned creative projects. If you have realized that you need more our disordered lives, giving us a knew how to put on a good ing go-go dancers in Soi Cowboy. free space, you will be looking at ways to reduce work responsibili- show.” “I go to Pattaya to ride my ties. As finances continue to improve, this should be feasible. If the bicycle.” – a Bangkok resident chemistry is right there’s no reason not to take a relationship to the Intelligent Design: “If the uni- next level. The number 9 can bring luck on Thursday. verse is a product of intelligent S. Tsow can be flamed at stsow design, how come the best it’s @yahoo.com, except when he’s GEMINI (May 22-June 21): This is a week to do good deeds. If you been able to come up with is us?” falling off his bicycle. know deep down that you haven’t been paying enough attention to close friends and family, you will have a chance to make up. Making merit in this way now will ensure that help comes your way when needed. Business matters continue to prosper and a new alliance is forecast to start taking shape soon. Wear the color marigold yellow to attract the right admirer.

CANCER (June 22-July 23): Resist going off on a wild goose chase this week. If you declined to listen to sound advice earlier this month you are in danger of wasting valuable time and money. For the time being you should stick to the area of business in which you have the most experience. Romance continues to provide you with light relief; make Tuesday a day for a special dinner date. The number 1 is lucky on Wednesday.

LEO (July 24-August 22): Communication with a hard-to-please family member is likely to be tense this weekend. Until you make the effort to clear the air this situation won’t improve. Make appointments con- nected with financial or legal matters for Wednesday or Thursday, as crossed wires are forecast earlier in the week. A modest cash boost comes from an unexpected source before the end of August. The number 8 could be lucky on Sunday. August 26 - September 1, 2006 FEATURES PHUKET GAZETTE 29

n 1977 I was a young editor There are many more effi- for a human-resources ciency advantages – all it takes NGO. After one month on is the will to try something proven Ithe job I got the chance to Lightening the yet different. My minimalist eyes meet the CEO of America’s sev- see great opportunities – and, if enth-largest energy company, Pa- you aren’t a minimalist, in com- cific Resources Inc (PRI). I ing years you will harm your com- asked him, “Why aren’t you in munity, your pocket and your solar energy?” lifestyle. When he started the usual load at Latitude 8 Utility shortages are guar- Jules Verne rap about it being too anteed. It’s not a question of if, futuristic, I said, “How about so- THE Bamboo Technologies of but when and how much. By lar-powered water heaters?” Maui was founded by two certi- practicing minimalism, minimizing That led to to the birth of PRI GRAY AREA fied architects who grow their what we consume, we can guar- Solar and a federal tax exemp- own bamboo and make prefab antee our own homes have a tion equal to the purchase price home kits in Vietnam and then sell steady supply of electricity, hot of the solar heater. them in America for up to and cold water, and eliminate in- Millions of homeowners US$80,000 (3.2 million baht) for put into the community sewage bought them, in effect, for noth- their largest kit – a 1,900-square- infrastructure. ing, then saved 40% of household foot plantation-style home. So how real is all of this? energy costs, and on top of that Blow over in a good wind? The planet’s two most powerful PRI Solar was quite profitable. Hardly. Magic Waters Resort in institutions (like it or not) top the I hadn’t heard of Solahart Rarotonga, in the Cook Islands, Real Goods Solar Energy client – the Australian version which is survived three cyclones, one list. The White House and the still going strong after 50 years – packing 250-kilometer-per-hour Vatican aren’t taking any chan- until recently, but they have a winds, that devastated the island. ces on the power going out. Phuket office. Since Phuket is on The built-from-bamboo resort Latitude 8, all hot-water junkies was undamaged while all its For more information about the should have Solahart on their roof. neighbors suffered typical cy- technologies mentioned in this Hotels can use it as a mar- clone damage. article see the following web- keting tool, save energy, and still sites: Thailand Environmental By John ‘Caveman’ Gray Ideal building material: bamboo. Bamboo Living has caught have the existing traditional sys- on in fashionable Maui and is Institute: www.tei.or.th/main. tems for rainy days. The savings solar cells also has a higher re- So here’s the kicker – all spreading throughout the tropical- htm; Solahart: www.solahart. – and the reduction of the load sale value. this can go into a house made of Pacific region. Large bamboo is com.au/; Clivus Multrum; www. on Phuket’s electricity grid – Give those solar cells a bamboo! two to three times stronger than clivusmultrum.com; Mr. Solar: could be significant. break by building smart. Thirty I’m not talking about a sala wood beams, grows rapidly and, www.mrsolar.com/; Real Goods The following year, I sug- years ago, University of Hawai’i in a rubber plantation, but a mod- as bamboo grows much denser Solar Energy: www.realgoods. gested to PRI that they look at architecture students built an “en- ern, luxurious, well-made and sur- than hardwood forests, a much com/calsolar; Bamboo Tech- water-tight solar roof panels. A ergy” house that eliminates air prisingly expensive bamboo smaller area is needed for har- nologies: www.bambooliving. patent search, however, discov- conditioning by channeling hot house. vesting. com ered the idea was already pat- updrafts into moving up and out ented, but an energy company of the house. was sitting on it. With air constantly moving, How much unnecessary even the third floor is cool. The hydro-carbon pollution have we design also incorporates building pumped into the atmosphere in materials that reflect heat instead the last 28 years? Maybe it’s time of absorbing it, unlike Phuket’s to gang up half a dozen photo- favorite heat sink – concrete. voltaic cells into one roof panel Have all the fancy fixtures and finally offset roofing costs and tiles you want, but buy the with solar roof panels. Any en- Thailand Environmental Insti- trepreneurs in Thailand inter- tute’s Green Label products, all ested? of which are eco-friendly. There Solar cells are efficient and are thermal insulations, plumbing reliable, putting out the juice when fixtures, lights, refrigerators and traditional sources black out or even air conditioners that save brown out. A 3,000-square-meter energy. grid recently installed in Honolulu Once your house is built, use generates 309 kilowatts, enough their eco-friendly household to power 300 homes during day- cleaning chemicals, including a light (working) hours, and elimi- variety of soaps and detergents. nating global warming gases. Clivus Multrum composting If that works at Latitude 20, toilets were a hit in the 1960s why not pack the roofs of Lotus, when they first came out. At first Big C and Central with cells feed- they look expensive, but what ing into Phuket’s electricity grid? does sewage infrastructure cost? (After they feed all that air-con I tried to get Clivus included for free, of course – even if they in the Hawaii building code, but don’t totally cover all the energy construction unions blocked us needed for the air-con, it’s still because Clivus Multrum elimi- worth it.) nates expensive sewage infra- Storage is solar energy’s big structure. drawback, but efficient storage By using this system local cells that double as walls are on homeowners can save costs and the way. Until then, plug into reduce the load on Phuket’s sew- Phuket’s electric grid, after they age treatment plants. There is agree to buy back your energy also a variety of electric toilets and reduce their fuel costs. If you that simply turn your “nutrients” are really remote, use daytime to dust. energy to recharge your nighttime Solar water heaters, solar batteries. cells and septic tanks all discon- All this counts, but tax in- nect you from “the grid”. Install centives in progressive countries these systems and you save and sell-back to the electricity grid money in the long run and create now make solar cells a better in- instead of consume power. vestment than putting money in At Latitude 8, you can be the bank. Even before current oil energy self-sufficient; important prices, payback on solar cell in- with rising oil prices and demand vestment was 11% to 13%, re- that are bound to occasionally paying the original investment in overload utility infrastructures in five to 10 years. A house with coming years. 30 PHUKET GAZETTE COMPUTERS August 26 - September 1, 2006 Wi-Fi, WiMAX, G3 and dongles. Is that clear? he computer industry a few years and look at how the generation mobile phone), comes teems with inscrutable technology originally worked. from a completely different per- terminology. Let’s face It all started with what we spective. Wi-Fi and WiMAX Tit: any industry based on now call Wi-Fi. Propeller heads evolved from the computer in- the concept that you have to click call it 802.11b because that’s the dustry; they were created specif- “Start” in order to stop has a few name of the protocol that governs ically to allow computers to talk screws loose from the get-go. how computers talk to each oth- to each other. Technical terms have very er using Wi-Fi signals. Wi-Fi has 3G, however, is a mobile- precise meanings to techies, but taken the home and small office telephone technology. It lives and all too often they’re used as mar- networking market by storm. breathes voice. 3G was invented keting gimmicks by people and If you want to connect com- to provide more capabilities to organizations that don’t have the puters inside your house or your people who use mobile phones – foggiest idea what they’re talk- office there’s no need to lay ca- better connectivity, the ability to ing about. bles from one room to the next: handle more phone calls, Web As wired network connec- stick a pair of “rabbit ears” (also surfing over a mobile phone. Data tions gradually give way to wire- known as a Wireless Access transmission kind of comes along less, the conflicting methods for Point or Wireless Router) in some for the ride. making computers talk to each appropriate place, and all of your As I mentioned in an Issue other has evolved into a mess of computers can get onto the net- & Answer a few weeks ago (Ga- buzzwords that few people under- work. zette, August 12, page 27), the stand. But, boy howdy, some- The original Wi-Fi standard, only real downsides to 3G are that body’s going to make billions 802.11b, was fast enough to keep the phones themselves are more slinging around the four-bit words, up with a reasonably quick Inter- expensive than the phone you rightly or wrongly. net connection. If your network This is a Wi-Fi dongle. Exciting, isn’t it? have now; and the service can The com- had an older cost an arm and a leg, especially puter biz isn’t KHUN WOODY’S ADSL connec- most about 30 meters. As many card that’s specifically made for in places without competition. alone. Remem- tion to the Inter- homeowners in Phuket can tell WiMAX. It looks like a Wi-Fi 3G has taken Europe by ber the first time net, you could you, Wi-Fi signals have a hard card, but works in a very differ- storm. Japan has almost com- somebody ex- COMPUTER hook into the net- time getting through concrete ent way. WiMAX antennas sit on pletely converted to 3G. Singa- plained to you the work via an old- walls. If you have two walls be- top of towers, much like today’s pore got 3G in February 2005 and difference between AM and FM fashioned 802.11b wireless card tween your computer and the mobile phone towers. Hong Kong has four 3G provid- radio? Did “amplitude modula- and the wireless “pipe” was big Access Point, reception will be WiMAX runs a little bit fast- ers. In the US, Verizon first of- tion” and “frequency modulation” enough to handle the ADSL weak at best, and three walls like- er than Wi-Fi, but not enough to fered 3G service for BlackBerry make any sense? I didn’t think “pipe.” Over the years, though, ly will knock out the signal com- make a difference. The big ad- handheld devices nearly four so. four things happened more-or- pletely. vantage? WiMAX runs rings years ago. Not that it mattered, either, less simultaneously: ADSL con- In highly populated areas, around Wi-Fi in reach. Wi-Fi goes In Phuket, CAT has an- as you probably learned every- nections got faster; people start- Wi-Fi’s distance limitations can only about 30 meters; WiMAX nounced that it would be install- thing you needed to know the first ed using two or more computers be overcome by a simple strate- can reach up to 50 kilometers ing 48 new security cameras in time you listened to an FM broad- on their wireless networks; the gy: put a Wi-Fi Access Point or under optimal conditions. In ar- Patong, Kathu and Phuket City. cast and noticed that it just sounds amount of data stuffed into the two on every street corner. eas with lots of buildings, a The cameras will use CDMA- better than AM. wireless “pipes” increased enor- A Spanish company called WiMAX service provider will 2000 1X EV-DO (better known So, too, in the wireless mously, particularly with music Urbanski, with financial backing probably need about as many as “dee-oh”) technology, which realm. and video; and expectations for from Google and towers as are cur- is one of the most common 3G Permit me to start by say- fast Internet connections rose. A Skype, is trying to rently needed for mobile phone technologies avail- ing that everything you’re about new standard, 802.11g, emerged build just such a net- The result: mobile telephones. able today. 3G is coming to to read is already outdated. The and – with a few non-standard work in the US. More than Phuket, although it’s anyone’s technology is changing very improvements – it remains the Folks who join Ur- extraordinarily that, WiMAX is set guess when the technology will quickly, so anything written here pre-eminent standard today. banski’s FON net- fast, absolutely up for daisy-chain- be available for consumers. is likely to be superseded within The limitations of Wi-Fi as work can buy an ing: WiMAX tow- When it comes to Wi-Fi, about a month. it currently exists are pretty se- industry-standard free Internet ers communicate WiMAX and 3G technology, you Sorting through the Wi-Fi vere. Unless you bend over back- WRT54G wireless access for with each other at might wonder which one is versus WiMAX versus 3G mess wards to focus the signal, Wi-Fi router for US$5 – lightning speed, al- “best”? The simple answer is that is much simpler if you step back Access Points can “reach” at 200 baht. anybody with a lowing WiMAX they’re all good – and all in dif- The router al- wireless networks to handle ferent ways. Much depends on lows any member of the data demands how well they’re deployed, and the FON network to capable for an entire city. how much service costs when the log on and use the Perhaps not pipes finally arrive. Wi-Fi connection, computer. surprisingly, both With VoIP (voice over the but blocks outside San Francisco and Internet protocol) services such access to the own- Boston are in the as Skype and the new VoIP mo- er’s computer. If enough people process of setting up free munic- bile phones rolling over tradition- buy FON routers, FON will have ipal Wi-Fi systems, combining al voice offerings, markets will a nationwide Wi-Fi network, both Wi-Fi and WiMAX technol- shift quickly. cheap. ogy. People who use the networks Billions of baht hang in the There are many active, work with Wi-Fi connections, just lurch. It’ll be interesting to see low-budget efforts to extend the like logging on to a Wi-Fi network how quickly the technologies can reach of Wi-Fi, primarily by fo- in a coffee shop, but the Wi-Fi come to market here in Thailand. cusing the Wi-Fi signal. In the units are connected together us- not-too-distant future, it’s entire- ing WiMAX techniques. Currently, Woody Leonhard ly possible that a handful of stra- The result: extraordinarily ([email protected], tegically placed Wi-Fi access fast, absolutely free Internet ac- www.askwoody.com) spends all points in the hills coupled with a cess for anybody with a wireless of his waking hours slaving large handful of access points capable computer. As of January, away on two new Windows near the beach could blanket all 2006, 186 different cities in the books, Windows Vista All-In-One of Patong, for example. US had free wireless, most of Desk Reference For Dummies, Which brings me to the next which are based on Wi-Fi, Wi- and Windows Vista Timesaving technology, commonly called MAX or both. Techniques For Dummies. They WiMAX, but also called 802.16. The third contender for fast should be available worldwide Your computer needs to have a wireless technology, 3G (third- in January. August 26 - September 1, 2006 PHUKET GAZETTE 31 32 PHUKET GAZETTE BUSINESS & MONEY August 26 - September 1, 2006

ON THE MOVE

Elaine Chua, from Malay- Martin Heiniger from Swit- Phathamaphan sia, has been appointed Group zerland has been appointed “Poy” Ratana- Spa Manager of Central General Manager of the Cen- phan has been ap- Hotels & Resorts (CHR). tral Samui Village on Koh pointed Sales Man- She holds a degree in hotel Samui. A graduate of the ager of Phuket management from Griffith Schweizerische Hotelfach- PRD Properties Co University, Gold Coast Cam- schule Luzern (Swiss Hotel in Cherng Talay. A pus, in Australia. Ms Chua Management School) in Lu- graduate of Phuket started her career at Sutera cerne, Switzerland, he has Rajabhat University Harbour Resort & Spa in more than 10 years’ hotel with a degree in 1997. She later moved to management experience in management and Sydney to study physio- various contries, including accounting, she therapy and spa therapy Switzerland, Egypt and Thai- worked in property management. Before joining land. Before joining Central sales for three years CHR, she was Business De- Samui Village, he was Execu- and was General velopment Consultant of Gor- tive Assistant Manager of the Manager of the Hil- geous Getaways Pte, based Dusit Laguna Resort in Phu- ltop Hotel, Patong, in Malaysia. ket for almost two years. for 2½ years. International chains spur local By Janyaporn Morel he arrival of international chain hotel management hotels to greater heights on Phuket, most notably Twith the Hilton taking “In the end we rejected year about 12 million tourists them to re-examine and improve period and then there was the tsu- over the running of the Phuket them all because we think that we came to Thailand. Around five their management practices. nami, so we couldn’t see a true Arcadia Beach Resort & Spa can manage by ourselves, and so million of those came to Phuket. Sombat Atiset, Chief Ex- picture of their performance. three years ago and Mövenpick’s far we have remained competi- I believe there is still potential for ecutive Officer of Kata Thani Now it’s really starting to grow.” takeover of the management at tive. Later, Mövenpick also expansion,” he said confidently. Phuket Beach Resort, said, “We are not worried about the Crowne Plaza Karon Beach asked about the possibility of However, Ronnarit Choo- “Kata Thani has been developed losing local hotels to hotel chains resort in May this year, has managing our hotels, but we song, General Manager of the continuously and we have im- because the owners of the hotels prompted local hoteliers to re- turned them down as well,” he Thavorn Grand Plaza Hotel, said, proved our services and manage- are still Thai and the chains use examine their management tech- said. “We are interested in co-manage- ment to international standards. foreign staff only at the manage- niques and focus on improving “Local hotels can learn how ment from a hotel chain, but we “We have developed our ment level – there are still plenty facilities and services in order to to manage their businesses bet- haven’t had any chains express- staff, and our management team of jobs for Thais. remain competitive. ter, continually improving to meet ing interest. I think management has been trained in new manage- “I believe hotel chains have The dilemma for owners of the competition,” he said. by an international hotel chain ment principles. We use key per- a wider network for promoting high-quality, locally-managed ho- K. Pamuke added that would be better as they have ac- formance indicators and regularly tourism to Phuket than the Tour- tels has been whether to have an smaller operators had an advan- cess to a worldwide market. assess performance. We now ism Authority of Thailand, but I international brand step in to man- tage over the larger chains in that Though I don’t think many of the use statistics to evaluate our man- think locally-run hotels can com- age the hotel, bring the benefits they are more flexible in what local Phuket hotels will be taken agement system.” pete with the international chains. of worldwide marketing and they can offer. “I think travel over by hotel chains as they Somchai Silapanont, Gen- However, in the future, more ho- brand recognition, or whether to agencies prefer to do business choose to manage only hotels that eral Manager of the Marina tels may join with chains to im- continue offering a targeted lo- with local hotels because we are are already of very high stan- Phuket Resort Hotel, emphasized prove their business.” cal product. more flexible than the chains.” dards.” quality of service as a way lo- Several local hoteliers, how- Pamuke Achariyachai, He also said that locally-run “The advantage of being cally-run businesses can stay ever, pointed out concerns that Managing Director of the Kata hotels in Phuket are better placed part of a hotel chain,” K. Ronnarit competitive. “ If we improve our international chains were likely to Group of Hotels and Resorts, to serve the Thai market. explained, “is that the owners do products and attract more guests, bring a huge increase in the num- confirmed that the group has “We are now building a new not need to manage the property then we can pay our staff better ber of tourists to the island, and turned down offers from Shera- 500-person conference room at themselves, but they are still salaries. They will be happy and that this would place a greater ton, Accor and Six Senses to take the Phuket Orchid Resort, due to shareholders. Although the man- work hard to please guests, who strain on the environment as well over management of the group’s be finished by the end of this year, agement costs are higher, this is then will be keen to return – it’s as cause an influx of labor from hotels: the Kata Beach Resort, and we hope to attract confer- offset by higher income.” a circle. outside Phuket, which would Karon Beach Resort, Phuket ences from around the country. A common point raised by “Although I’m not concer- jeopardize the island’s culture. Orchid Resort and Kandaburi “We are almost fully booked local hotel owners was how the ned about competition from hotel “If tourism growth is high,” Resort & Spa on Koh Samui. for this coming high season. Last international chains are spurring chains, I’m not complacent. We said K. Pamuke of the Kata continually improve our service Group, “some businesses will con- [and rooms]. And we have only centrate only on short-term prof- Thai staff as we believe Thai its and will not take good care of people can deliver service just as the guests. I’m also concerned well as foreigners can.” about the impact of higher tourist Maitree Narukatpichai, numbers on the environment.” President of Phuket Tourist As- K. Sombat agreed, adding, sociation (PTA) and Owners’ “I’m worried that, with the high Representative of the Hilton growth of tourism, we will lose Phuket Arcadia Resort & Spa, the real Phuket. has experience in both managing “The environment will be his hotel and as the owner of a destroyed, and at the moment we chain-managed hotel. have a lot of people from other “I agreed that Hilton should parts of the country coming to manage the Arcadia because I work here. They don’t know had been managing the hotel for Phuket’s culture, and we are at more than 10 years, and I be- risk of losing that unique culture. lieved that its growth had reached “We are still not educating a ceiling,” he explained, local people enough so that they “But I knew that with Hilton can meet the demands that the there would be room for more high growth is bringing. growth. People know Hilton, but “They must learn that Phu- who knows the Arcadia? ket’s major source of income is “Hilton has been managing tourism, and they have to learn the Arcadia for about three years. how to work [responsibly] within The first year was a renovation the tourism industry.” August 26 - September 1, 2006 BUSINESS & MONEY PHUKET GAZETTE 33 Solid bricks and mortar – or edgy high-wire acts?

everal investments have another hedge fund. CFL invests caught my attention re- in the same asset classes as IQS cently, ranging from the and uses multiple external man- Splodding-but-profitable to agers who are constantly under funds that seem like a high-wire review by the overall fund man- act. But what all these invest- ager, who is based in Dubai. ments have in common is that they The CFL fund, formed in have been profitable – in some 1998, has produced a net profit cases, extremely profitable. for investors of 360.11% com- Starting with a “plodder”, pared with the CSFB index re- let’s take a look at the Glanmore turn of 108.88% over the same Property Fund. This is commer- period. cial property fund that invests in There is a new fund called a wide range of commercial the SAV Fund, which is invested properties in the UK, including 25% in the IQS fund and 75% in shopping centers, office blocks, the CFL fund. SAV is designed leisure centers, hotels, retail and solely to offer lower volatility. industrial warehouses, and stan- The IQS, CFL and SAV dard retail lots. funds are all registered under Glanmore’s biggest tenant is AMT Futures Ltd in London. the British government, followed The administrator is Custom by a range of corporate tenants. House Group in Dublin, Ireland. Lease terms are long; only 22% The Custodian Bank is Northern of their active leases are for pe- Trust Co in Chicago and the riods of less than five years, 42% auditors are KPMG in Dublin at five to 10 years, and 36% at and Grand Cayman, in the Cay- more than 10 years. Leases, ob- The safety of bricks and mortar: the Glanmore Property Fund has more than 54 billion baht invested in man Islands. property in the United Kingdom. – EPA/Hugo Philpott viously, include annual increases. But what, some readers The fund, while managed in dollar and euro classes that invest pletely different: the IQS fund. may ask, about guarantees? The the UK, is listed in the Channel in the same fund, Currency hedg- This is for investors who don’t answer is very simple. An inves- Islands, as an OEIC (open-ended ing is employed. The fund is also mind getting their feet wet. It is a tor can guarantee any invest- investment company) – in short, authorized to offer to UK resi- true hedge fund that invests in all ment, no matter how awful. One an investment fund. dents SIPP (self-invested per- asset classes: shares (equities); could even have guaranteed an The Guernsey listing shows sonal pensions) and SSAS (small bonds (fixed interest); metals investment in Enron. two important factors: the fund self-administered scheme) in- (gold, copper); currencies (US All it takes is a simple cal- is highly regulated, and it is tax- vestments – similar to US IRAs dollars, pounds sterling, yen, Ca- culation: take the guaranteed el- free. (individual retirement accounts). nadian dollars); energy (oil) ement of the growth in a zero Although it it has gone over MONEY All offshore insurance and soft commodities (wheat, coupon bond and invest the bal- the hurdles required for a listing groups accept Glanmore as an soybean). ance in whatever you want. You on the Irish Stock Exchange, this TALKS investment, and the fund manag- The fund uses multiple man- can guarantee the value of your was done only to demonstrate that ers give an 80% discount on ini- agers and strategies; it moves capital whatever the outcome of the fund has fundamentals sound By Richard Watson tial charges on investment via this from long to short positions in the the investment. It is not my ap- enough to justify a listing. It is not route. blink of an eye. It is highly profit- proach to investment, but it is traded. The higher-than-predicted The fund deals every Wed- able, but volatile compared with mathematically sound. Valuations of the fund are ROI is attributed to sales of nesday and is available in either the CSFB (Credit Suisse First conducted externally by two smaller properties that have accumulation or distribution form. Boston) Hedge Fund index, which Richard Watson runs Global group members of the Royal In- gained substantially in value. As In the latter case, annual income, made a net gain for investors of Portfolios Co Ltd, a Phuket- stitute of Chartered Surveyors. the fund increases in size, the paid half-yearly, is historically 232.92% over the past 10 years. based personal financial plan- The Glanmore Property managers are disposing of the more than 5%, plus capital The IQS Fund, in contrast, has ning service. He can be con- Fund was formed in April 1997 fund’s smaller properties, and growth. The fund has never had delivered a stunning 2,837.69% tacted at Tel/Fax: 076-381997, and since then has gained these are become increasingly a loss-making year. gain over the same period. Mobile: 01-0814611, Email: 138.87% in value, after annual less significant as a percentage Now for something com- Then there is the CFL fund, [email protected] management charges of 1.5% of the total fund. The Glanmore (source: Lipper Hindsight 30/06/ Property Fund now has more than 2006). The return on investment £770 million invested (more than (ROI) over the past year has been 54.5 billion baht). 17.18% – somewhat higher than Base currency is pounds the targeted return of 8%-10%. sterling, but there are also US 34 PHUKET GAZETTE SPORTS August 26 - September 1, 2006

Raphael Nadal in action. – Photo by EPA/Mark Lyons. Federer, Nadal for match in Phuket? PHUKET (The Nation): Local dium would be built outdoors to Land Rover lovers in Phuket were allowed to get their hands on the latest models on August 19 and 20 tennis fans may get the chance allow fans to see two of the most when Life Style Auto Co led them on an offroad expedition through the bush between Patong Hill and to see the world’s top two play- popular players in world tennis. Chalong. On test for the 60 enthusiasts were the Discovery 3, the Range Rover and the muscular new ers, Switzerland’s Roger Federer Federer has spent some Range Rover Sport. and Spain’s Raphael Nadal, in ac- time vacationing with his girl- tion in December, playing a spe- friend on Phuket, his most recent cial exhibition match to celebrate trip to the island having been af- HM King Bhumibol Adulyadej’s ter his win at Wimbledon in July. 79th birthday. He has also played tennis in The Lawn Tennis Associa- Thailand twice, at the Thailand tion of Thailand (LTAT) has in- Open in 2004 and 2005, winning vited the world’s No 1 and No 2 on both occasions. French Open players to compete in Phuket on champion Nadal, however, has December 5, HM The King’s never been to Thailand. birthday. LTAT secretary-gen- If the LTAT fails to get both eral, Adm Bunnawit Kengrian, Federer and Nadal, it may instead said the appearance fee for each invite top women’s players such player could be as much as 20 as Amelie Mauresmo, Kim Clij- million baht. sters, Justine Henin-Hardenne or He said a temporary sta- Maria Sharapova. PATONG DARTS LEAGUE Amigos move ahead PATONG: With the first half of the 22-week season played, Didi’s seem determined to keep the trophy, but there are four teams in hot pursuit. This week the boys from Soi Saen Sabai took two points off Shakers, while second-place Piccadilly managed only one point, and that by salvaging the beer leg after going down 7-2 in their away fixture against OffShore. In Amigo’s 5-4 win at Valhalla, Eric from Scunthorpe had the hot hand, checking out his singles with a double-bull close and then checking out the deciding doubles encounter with a massive 90 close (x20, 12, x19). Of the three new teams, Jungle Juice have managed to collect 12 points, while Footrot Flats and TaiLife, with eight and six points respectively, look dangerously close to being relegated to the pool league. Just kidding.

August 15 results: TaiLife 4 Footrot Flats* 5; Dog’s Bollocks 8 Queen Mary* 1; Valhalla 4 Amigos* 5; Didi’s 5 Shakers* 4; Coyote Bar* 7 Jungle Juice 2; Offshore 7 Piccadilly* 2 (* winner of beer leg).

Standings: 1. Didi’s (27 points.); 2. Piccadilly (25); 3. Coyote Bar (23); 4. OffShore (21); 5; Amigos (19); 6. Dog’s Bollocks (16); 7. Queen Mary (15); 8.= Valhalla, Shakers (13); 10. Jungle Juice (12); 11. Footrot Flats (8); 12. TaiLife (6).

August 29 fixtures: Queen Mary v TaiLife; Dog’s Bollocks v Coy- ote Bar; Amigos v Didi’s; Valhalla v Footrot Flats; Piccadilly v Jungle Juice; OffShore v Shakers (home team first). August 26 - September 1, 2006 SPORTS PHUKET GAZETTE 35 Date set for Duncanson and crew Phuket storm to victory in Thai Surfing

KATA: The Phuket Surfing Con- test 2006, featuring surfers from Platu Championships around the world, will be held at Kata Beach from September 8 PATTAYA: Phuket’s Scott Dun- crews traveling from the Philip- to 10. canson and his crew – Anthony pines, China and Malaysia to The competition is being and Ali Gates, Marco Belonje and compete. arranged by the Tourism Author- Phuket sailmaker Ket Mangkra- “At the recent Coronation ity of Thailand, Kata-Karon Mu- seranee – have won the 2006 Cup we finished equal first on nicipality, Phuket Board Riders Platu National Championships, points with the Marty Kaye- Club and Kata-Karon Beach Surf contested in the waters off the Jamie McWilliam team from Club. Ocean Marina Yacht Club in Hong Kong, but were pushed Thawatchai Thongmung, Jomtien, Chonburi. back into second place after the Chief Administrative Officer of A total of 12 Platu-class tie-break procedure was ap- Kata-Karon Municipality, said yachts competed in short and plied. that the tournament is part of a choppy seas, with south-westerly “We learned a lot from our campaign to promote Kata and to westerly winds ranging from mistakes and managed to pull the Karon beaches as surfing and five to 15 knots. team together to score this vic- water sports destinations during Duncanson, sailing The Bea- tory. the low season and to encourage ver, convincingly won the three- “I really enjoy racing in people to be aware of safety con- day, seven-race event with a to- Pattaya; it’s so convenient: walk cerns when in the sea. tal of 10 points. By the end of the on, walk off the boat – no tides, “We expect to have com- second day, he had already The Platu fleet in full cry in good winds off Jomtien. dinghies or longtails to worry petitors from more than 10 coun- wrapped up the series, and did not about. tries. This year more than 120 even need to go back out on the Good clear-air starts were tight, with five boats finishing in “If Phuket wishes to be- people have already registered. water. He did, however, and hotly contested, with a general the space of 20 seconds. come a truly international yacht Most of them are tourists who scored two more first places. recall in race 3, numerous OCSs Duncanson commented af- racing destination, there is an ur- have come specifically to surf,” In second place was Viroj and two boats hitting the start ter the regatta, “It’s great to see gent need for a deep-water yacht K. Thawatchai added. Nualkhair sailing Wicky, who marks in other races. quality skippers and crews trav- club and marina offering 24-hour Surfers will compete in five scored 18 points, while last year’s The racing throughout was eling to these highly competitive access for all yachts and capable classes: Longboard Open Divi- champion. Anirut Posakrisna, sail- extremely close with boats often one-design events. of easily launching small racing sion, Shortboard Open Division, ing Naiad, was one point behind finishing within seconds of each “This year we had some of yachts such as the Platu and Grommet [junior] Division, Be- to take third. other. Race 5, in particular, was the region’s best skippers and Phuket 8.” ginner Division and Bodyboard Division. Entry fees vary from 300 to 500 baht, depending on the class Dinghy sailing prospects Cherng Talay blitz Patong 5-1 entered. The winner of the Long Board Open Division will re- are looking up in Phuket PHUKET CITY: In the final defense collapsed, allowing ceive 20,000 baht and the win- matches of the provincial section Cherng Talay to put away three ner of the Short Board Open of the Thai Cup national soccer more goals before the final AO YON: The island is to host now secured the agency for the competition, Cherng Talay Mu- whistle, for a scoreline of 5-1. Division will receive 10,000 baht. its first sailing dinghy world cham- Topper and Topaz ranges of Winners of all classes will re- nicipality fought their way past In the seniors section of the pionship between July 2 and 11 beach boats, giving the island a Patong Municipality in a high- event, Thepkrasattri Tambon Ad- ceive a trophy. next year. source for boats such as the For more information and scoring encounter at Surakul Sta- ministration Organization squeez- While many dinghy clas- Omega – family-sized and good dium on August 20 to take their ed past another Patong team 3-2 details of how to enter see ses will go to Sri Lanka and for cruising – and the infinitely www.phuketboardriders.com place in the regional phase of the to book their place in the next other countries in the region for variable Topaz. competition. round. their championships, the Inter- In addition, a number of At half time the sides were In the next phase the Phu- 105 teams compete national Tasar Association and secondhand boats have recently level on one goal apiece after a ket teams will be in the draw with World Tasar Council have cho- been sold to PYC members as closely contested first half. But adversaries from Chumphon, in Rotary Bowling sen the Cape Panwa Hotel as starter craft. An “A” class cata- Cherng Talay came out from the Ranong, Phang Nga, Surat Thani, the headquarters for their maran is presently being repaired break looking the more likely of Krabi, and Nakhon Sri Tham- PHUKET CITY: The Rotary championship. and should be on the water in a the two teams and after 10 min- marat in the Upper Southern re- Club of Andaman held its fifth It is hoped a small number few weeks, and some nearly- utes their endeavor paid off with gion competition. The first match annual Andaman Bowl tourna- of Tasars will be imported from new, ex-sailing-school dinghies a goal to make it 2-1. will be held in Krabi province. ment at CS Bowl at Big C Super- Europe or Australia by the end of are for sale. It stayed this way until the The national final will be in center on August 20, to raise the year so that locals, too, can Meanwhile, the success of last 10 minutes, when the Patong Nakhon Sawan next February. funds for charity projects. A total prepare for the event. the two previous “Get Sailing” of 105 teams took part. Phuket Yacht Club (PYC) days at PYC has prompted the Winners were Rotary Phu- at Ao Yon has attracted quite a club to offer an invitation to non- ket South, with a score of 1,365 number of new members, both members to try sailing at the points. Individual awards went to children and adults, who are tak- club’s regular family sailing days, K. Boonsong of the Leelawadee ing dinghy sailing courses. held on the first Sunday of every Resort team with 510 points in the The growing interest in din- month, the next being September tournament. K. Thanawat from ghies – and not yachts – is due to 3, from 11 am to 4 pm. the Phuket Nature Home team the fact that not everyone can af- There is a 100-baht en- scored 180 points to take the ford to buy and maintain a large trance fee for non-members. highest-score-in-one-game tro- boat. In addition, to sail and, cer- Contact the club through the phy. tainly, to race a yacht requires ex- website at www.phuketyacht Part of the money from perienced crew members. A din- club.info. – Robert Warnes competition entry fees will go to- ghy needs only one or two people. ward community projects, such In many countries there are Sail in Asia can be found at 19/ as growing plants at Khao Phra hundreds of small-boat sailing 76 Baan Prangthong, Moo 3, Taew National Park in Thalang, clubs that give everyone the op- Kwang Rd, Tambon Vichit, computers and clean water for portunity to go sailing – it is not Amphur Muang, Tel/Fax: 076- local schools, and sea turtle pres- only the pastime of the rich. 264637, Mobile: 07-2810458, ervation. Phuket’s Sail in Asia has Email: [email protected] 36 PHUKET GAZETTE PHUKET PROPERTY August 26 - September 1, 2006

Decor by Natcha Yuttaworawit

Reflecting on color

Above left, lotuses eyond serving the vain from Pornchai. Be- or being strategically Everything low left, blind placed to give the im- man’s bluff from pression that a room is Krajok Kaew. B about this larger than it actually is, mirrors Above, art deco can be attractive décor features from Pornchai. in themselves, with some intricate house is Right, Chinese an- etching or a colorful image gel from Krajok painted on the reflective surface. high... Kaew. At Krajok Kaew, located opposite Baan Samkong School on Yaowarat Rd in Phuket City, store owner Atitaya Tantipussa- pan has two skilled craftsmen etching and painting designs on mirrors, completing works to or- der. K. Atitaya originally opened Krajok Kaew – the name means and sources all materials required “mirror” – at the Tesco-Lotus from Bangkok. shopping mall three years ago, but His craftsmen etch the glass moved the store to Samkong using a sandblaster because K. nearly two years ago. Pornchai does not want to place Among the top-of-the- his staff at risk by using acid. range items in the shop are sets They then use paint to brighten of folding panels with plate glass up the images. inserts featuring motifs etched The craftsmen have created into the glass, priced at 18,500 a portfolio of designs to choose baht for a hinged set of three. from, but also complete works to At the plainer end of the order and will even create cus- range is a painted decorative mir- tom designs for clients. ror featuring a pair of Chinese Prices, which reflect the dragons against a red back- design featured and the size of ground at 4,500 baht, while a mirror used, start at 60 baht a simple house name “plaque” is square foot without color. 999 baht. Examples among the exten- For those looking to create sive range of items at the shop a more spiritual feel in their include a large mirror featuring a homes, there are feature mirrors colorful picture of a nymph cost- decorated with images of Chi- ing 20,000 baht, and a smaller nese gods, such as Hok Lok Siew, mirror with a similar design of a at 1,000 baht, or the goddess naked woman under a tree cost- Kuan Im, at 999 baht, or images ing 4,000 baht. of much revered monks, such as Better suited for the lounge Phuket’s renowned Luang Por room is a glass table with a lamp Chaem and Luang Phu Tuad of fitted inside the glass center stem Wat Chang Hai in Pattani. and a large, intricate image of a Another store with a choice naga emblazoned on the table’s selection of decorative mirrors is flat surface costing 7,000 baht. Pornchai Mirrors on Pattana Thongthin Rd, next to the 7-Elev- • Krajok Kaew. Open daily en on the corner of Sakdidet Rd. 8:30 am to 6 pm. Delivery ser- K. Pornchai learned to etch vice for large orders only. For and paint on glass while working more information call K. Atitaya part-time when he was a student at Tel: 01-8921363. at Phuket Rajabhat University. • Pornchai Carving Mirrors. He was inspired by the Open 8:30 am to 6 pm, Mon- work to open his own shop, day to Saturday. For more in- which he did after he graduated formation call K. Pornchai at in 2003. He now has three crafts- Tel: 07-3895424 or 06-682- men creating designs at the shop, 3081. August 26 - September 1, 2006 PHUKET PROPERTY PHUKET GAZETTE 37

Home of the Week Rawai

The main house has a country feel to it, but with all the ‘essential’ luxuries. RUSTIC LUXURY uilt to a very high standard on 870 square Utilities include satellite TV, well water and meters of walled land in Rawai, this prop- water heating. erty has well-kept tropical gardens and a The land title is Chanote and the property is B28-sqm private swimming pool. for sale at 10.8 million baht. In the main house there are two air-condi- tioned bedrooms, a large bathroom and a huge up- For more details contact Richard Lusted at Siam stairs lounge as well as a covered deck with views Real Estate at Tel: 076-288908, or visit the of the hills. website at www.siamrealestate. com or send an The second bedroom is currently being used email to: [email protected] as an office, as it is has a broadband Internet con- nection. The wood-and-terracotta flooring gives a country feel to the home but with added luxuries, such as insect screens fitted throughout and a large Western farmhouse-style kitchen big enough to dine in. Outside is a cooking area with dishwasher and two storerooms, and a private guest bungalow has been added for when family or friends want to stay over. The wooden bungalow is in Thai design and is a self-contained home away from home, com- plete with its own bathroom. The gardens are big enough to host a major party, or one could entertain a few friends with a Above, the separate guest cottage. Below, the lush barbecue by the pool. garden and the pool. 38 PHUKET GAZETTE PHUKET PROPERTY August 26 - September 1, 2006

Construction Update by Janyaporn Morel Hokkien Association builds grand new hall

n the way to Cape Pan- wa, on the left side of Sakdidet Rd, a O large building is cur- rently under construction. Al- ready, the roof is taking shape, with distinctly Chinese curves to it. This will be the new offices of the Phuket Hokkien Association (PHA). Hai Akewanich, President of the PHA, told the Gazette, “About one in three Chinese in Phuket are Hokkien Chinese. “Currently we have about 1,350 members and there are still about 40,000 Hokkien who are not registered with the associa- tion. “Our Association’s objective Left: the building’s Chinese is to bring the Hokkien people in roof is already taking Phuket together. Every Monday shape. Above, Hai at 8 pm, we have a members’ Akewanich, President of meeting, where we drink coffee the Phuket Hokkien or tea together and exchange Association; Below: Artist’s impression of the ideas,” he explained. completed complex. Since it was established in 1989, the PHA has rented office Rd to the Association. space on Deebuk Rd, in Phuket “We began construction in City, from the Kusoldham Foun- November last year. Initially we dation. “It has been there 17 will build only the front part, years already, and although the which will be a two-story build- rent is cheap at just 4,000 baht a ing, 21 by 9 meters, costing about month, the premises are no longer 13 million baht. Later we will large enough,” K. Hai said. build the second part, which will “The late Banlue Tantiwit, be connected to the first one. The who was President of the PHA total cost will be about 30 million before he died, thought that we baht.” should have our own building, and The front part will house, on donated a 2½-rai plot on Sakdidet the upper floor, offices for the PHA President, its treasurer and “We plan to finish Phase 1 thing but exclusive. “It will be a manager, along with a small by the end of this year. We will available to anyone who needs a meeting room. Downstairs will be then move the PHA offices from place for any activity. They do not a reception area and a large hall. Deebuk Rd. We shall start on have to be Hokkien; they can ask Phase 2 will be a 50m-long Phase 2 as soon as we receive the association for permission to grand hall capable of accommo- enough money from association use the place,” he added. dating gatherings of up to 1,000 members – we still need another The construction company people. It will be used for con- 20 million baht to complete that is Wisan Karn Kor Sang Co. For ferences or for activities such as part,” he said. more information contact the performances of Chinese opera, The design will be distinc- PHA at Tel: 076-224068. weddings or other parties, and tively Chinese, K. Hai explained, various ceremonies. but the new venue will be any- Trying to sell your home?

If your home is: • an individual unit, • completely built, and • for sale at 10 million baht or more, then it can be featured in Home of the Week. Email [email protected] now! August 26 - September 1, 2006 PHUKET PROPERTY PHUKET GAZETTE 39

Gardening with Bloomin’ Bert

have written a few articles the pot, just gently lay it on top of for this column over the the soil or lay it in a groove you years. I’ve ranted inanely have made with your finger in the Iover various topics, and had soil. Don’t bury it. a few bashes at a variety of sec- You can use a rock to keep tions of the world’s population. the tuber from floating to the top, Americans have had more or, use a U-shaped piece of wire than their fair share of jibes from that won’t rust in the water on yours truly, as have the Welsh, the fattest part of the tuber – don’t anyone from southern England, put it on the joint of the tuber – and people who wear socks with and make sure the growing tip is sandals, or Speedos in restau- pointing up. rants. All well-deserved, I feel. Be careful not to confuse I’ve been fairly well-be- the growing tip with the leaf. The haved about visitors (or potential leaves will always sprout out be- visitors) to Thailand, and Phuket fore the growing tip so that you in particular, thus far. After all, can see which is which. they do make up a chunk of the Lotus plants appreciate full readership of this publication, so sun with high temperatures. As it we don’t want to upset them. happens, we’re not short of ei- But come on – we all know ther in Phuket. Initially, the leaves that there are vast swathes of will rest on the water for a time humanity elsewhere, some of until the roots are strong enough whom do indeed choose to visit to hold them above the water. Phuket at some stage, who har- A word of caution though: bor a huge list of preconceived You need to be careful if you in- misconceptions. troduce the lotus into a natural I’m not making this up – I pond. Once it’s established, it can get these “facts” quoted to me quickly take over the whole every time I go back to the UK. Lotuses grow rapidly, so make sure you don’t want anything else in your pond. Inset, lotus flowers pond. It’s not often that you see They’re confident that their view ready to take to the wat. a patch of water with the odd from atop a bar stool in a pub in polite lotus plant sitting quietly in deepest, darkest England is per- the middle – there are usually fectly valid. hundreds of them. But if that’s what you want, BUFFOONS then there’s no problem. LOTUS: NOT The magnificent blossom It would be very easy for me to unfolds gradually, one petal at a list them all here and then counter time, until it is in full-bloom just them with the reality of the situa- as the first rays of the morning tion, but to be perfectly honest, I THE CAR sun begin to shine on it. The in- just can’t be bothered. There’s teraction between the lotus and absolutely nothing new that can have been feasting on this for inces, districts and villages all over from around the size of a pencil the sun is one of the symbols of be said. years. the country because of their fa- to as large as a zucchini, and can love in Thai folklore. We’ve all heard these ste- The nelumbo nucifero lo- vorable connotations. be any length up to about 50 cm. If you meet anyone on your reotypes a thousand times – my tus is the pink-flowered variety The lotus has been described Before you plant a lotus, it’s a next trip back to your home coun- only advice would be for the buf- that is the sacred lotus of Bud- as the unofficial emblem of Thai- good idea to prepare the soil in the try, do me a favor, dispel some of foons who insist on perpetuating dhism and is the lotus plant you land. In defense of this, it does pot about a week ahead. Pack the the unfair myths about this coun- these inanities to come here and can see all over Thailand. The play an important part in daily soil when it’s dry, then submerge try. For a start, tell them that not put them to right for themselves. seeds and rhizomes of this aquatic Thai cultural life, and is one of the pot into the body of water everyone eats lotuses. They won’t, of course. genus are edible, and its leaves the country’s most common flow- where you will be growing the lo- Wow – I’m getting serious. They are far happier to spout on are held above the water on long ers. tus. When you plant the lotus in It must be time for a beer. ad nauseam about “facts” of stalks. The lotus can grow any- which they have no knowledge. Members of the water lily where in Phuket where the land Want to know more about a plant in your garden? These are the sort of people who genus, with floating leaves, are is low enough to be flooded. Lo- Email Bloomin’ Bert at: [email protected] choose to write for travel maga- also technically called lotus. So if tus blooms are commonly found zines without ever setting foot in you refer to a water lily as a lo- in ponds, swamps, small canals, the country they are writing about. tus you’re right. I think. This is roadside ditches or even in Why should they, when they getting way too complicated for earthen jars. know better? me. The lotus genus contains So how do you grow it? They’re far happier to tell about 100 species in total, native Lotus plants are initially sold as us what it’s really like here. What to temperate regions, so I’m not tubers, which are predictably would we know? surprised. tube-shaped, with sections. One of the common botani- There are three names in There should be at least a couple cal misconceptions regarding Thai for lotus and water lilies: of sections to the tuber; some- Thailand is its national flower. Bua, Pathum and Ubon. These times there can be more. Most people seem to think it’s the names are also popularly used to The tubers will vary in size, lotus, but that is not the case. name people, monasteries, prov- depending on the type of lotus, Officially, the Thai national flower is the flower of the golden shower tree (cassia fistula linn), or ratchaphruek in Thai. Even though the lotus flower isn’t the official flower, it’s a fascinating plant. Lotus is actually the com- mon name for any of a genus of plants from the legume fam- ily, though the precise history of the original Madame and Mon- sieur Legume has been lost over time. In Greek legend, the loto- phagi (lotus-eaters) or those who ate the fruit of the lotus, forgot their friends and homes and lost all desire to return to their native land. The farang of Phuket must 40 PHUKET GAZETTE CLASSIFIEDS August 26 - September 1, 2006 Property Gazette

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2.2 rai of absolute beachfront land with Chanote title at Khok Kloy. 25 mins from Phuket International Airport. No agents please. Please contact. Tel: 07-8891717. Email: [email protected] August 26 - September 1, 2006 CLASSIFIEDS PHUKET GAZETTE 41 Property Gazette

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Buy and save or make Furnished. 32sqm, Pool corner good profits. Tel: 09-652- unit, ocean view. 2.2 million 5664. baht. 5 min to Bangla. Sale by owner. Email: guntmit@aol. HOTEL IN SURIN com beach. For sale: 37 million baht. 1 rai, 200 sq wah. 19 APARTMENT guest rooms with owner’s 2 bedrooms, 1 bathroom. Lo- suite. Pool and restaurant in- cated between Surin and cluded. Email: nice_ampaipon Bang Tao Beaches. Please @yahoo.com contact at Email: jgkg24@ hotmail.com LUXURY HOME Chalong. 5 bedrooms, 4 bath- HOME SWEET HOME rooms, 2 balconies, 485sqm, New, 3 bedrooms, 2 bath- 412sqm plot. Nice, quiet area. rooms, tastefully furnished, 2 minutes to Wat Chalong, 5 Chanote. Asking 3 million minutes to Chalong Bay. 7.5 baht. Tel: 09-5926482. million baht. Tel: 04-1879896. 42 PHUKET GAZETTE CLASSIFIEDS August 26 - September 1, 2006 Property GazetteGazette

PENTHOUSE: B10.8M AO POR BAY KAMALA SALE The best value in Phuket. Sea Stunning ocean-view land plot. CONDO FOR SALE or rent. 3 fully-furnished apart- view, Karon Beach, rooftop 360sqm, ready to build on. 25 ments on 2 floors with orna- pool, 2 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms. minutes to airport and Phuket’s mental waterfall, Jacuzzi, sat Call Brian. Tel: 07-0673360. major shopping centers. For TV, aircon, kitchen. With 2 sale at 2.9 million baht. Tel: 01- bedrooms: 40,000 baht per SURIN BEACH LAND 3430777. month. With 1 bedroom: 1,000sqm, private sale. Short 30,000 baht per month. Sale walk to beach; quiet, secluded KATA SEAVIEW price: 9.2 million baht. No bet- area. Road, well water, elec- 380sqm square plot. Easy to Rawai sea view, 126 sqm ter investment opportunity. tricity. 4 million baht. Tel: 07- build on. Chanote title. Tel: 06- living space, common pool. Email for photos and info. Tel: 8836112. Email: costello@ 2670898. 4 million baht. Please con- +44-7815-937415. exeemail.com.au tact for more information. Tel: 07-8896074. Email: LAND FOR SALE RARE OPPORTUNITY BEST VALUE info@sea-property- in Mission Hills golf project. Bang Tao: 1,400sqm cleared phuket.com for money. Looking for a new land for sale. Road access, 1,500sqm at 1.95 million baht. shophouse in Phuket? Here it electricity, water. Ready to Chanote title. Call K. Pen at Tel: is: in “Goldenville Village”, on build on. Call Rene at Tel: 01- 06-6834996. the main road between 7975060. ABSOLUTE Phuket City and Patong. 4 BEACHFRONT LAND SMALL PLOT stories, with a lot of extras, HOUSE FOR SALE 6 rai, 130 meters of beach- in Rawai. 210sqm square plot. FOREIGN OWNERSHIP CONDO & VILLA SALES including roof terrace, built-in- 790,000 baht. Second-floor Near Thalang. 2 bedrooms, front on Koh Sireh. Rear Nai Harn Beach condos, high- We offer an excellent online kitchen, solar water heating seaview. Tel: 07-8938747. living room. Land: 230sqm. road access. All amenities quality, up-market, safe, se- sourcing procedure for all free- system, etc. Excellent loca- 1.9 million baht. Call Mr 8 million baht a rai. Chanote cure, large 2-bedroom units hold condos, apartments and tion. To view, ask for K. Herbest at Tel: 01-8921512. title. Priced for quick sale. HOUSE IN KATHU fully furnished and equipped, villas with the lowest selling Orasa’s house at the Golden- Contact Khun Oi at Tel: 01- In sought-after small develop- great location and views, 8 prices. Simply fill in our sourcing ville office. Only 2.7 million ment. Private cul-de-sac, 300-METER BEACH 8957908. million baht, a must-see! Tel: form and see the results. Email: baht. Email: peterwiniker@ nearly completed. 9 mins to 01-6493557. Email: ken@ phuketre@phukets. info Please hotmail.com land for sale. Koh Yao.18 rai or BEAUTIFUL LAND Patong. Located near 2 golf phuketlifestyle.com visit www.phukets.info/re/ subdivide into 1-rai plots. 2.9 courses. 3-bedroom house,3 Plots from ½ rai in luxury c&v.html NEW LOCH PALM million a rai. Nor Sor 3 Gor, bathrooms, living room, project between Rawai & Nai HOUSE FOR SALE pool villa. Extra-large plot - beautiful view, road, 24hr kitchen/diner, laundry room, Harn with underground elec- Baan Maneekram, Kwang Rd. 1,200sqm - fronting main road electricity, water, landscaped. large enclosed veranda/patio. tricity and water, nice road 4 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, Properties with 2-story Oriental private Ready to build on, next to Walled plot approx. 340sqm. access. 3.8 million baht. Tel: aircon, large garden, car park. For Rent pool villa on the edge of Loch Teawson Bungalow. Call K. Si Sale price: 4.5m baht. Princi- at Tel: 01-9567582, or Charlie 07-8938747. Price: 7.1 million baht. Tel: 06- Palm Golf Club, 5 minutes to pals only please. Tel: 04- 9536881. BCIS school. 3 bedrooms + 3 at Tel: 07-2670714. For map 8439579. Fax: 076-323- and photos please Email: KATA SEA VIEW THAI HOUSE bathrooms (master en-suite), 421. Email: somlerdee@ VILLA FOR SALE large carport, rooftop terrace, [email protected] 556sqm, Chanote title. Road, yahoo.com FOR RENT electricity. 3.7 million baht. Thai villa located on Cape automatic gate/remote. All Panwa, overlooking beautiful rooms air conditioned, boilers, 50 SQ WAH: B1.8M Tel: 01-5376866. KATHU TOWNHOUSE Located 5 mins to town, 5 Chalong Bay. This Thai-style many views. 70% complete 2 years old, 2 bedrooms (one residence has 3 bedrooms and (ready end of Nov). 18.5 mil- mins to Cape Panwa, 10 mins FOR SALE, PATONG with aircon), 2 bathrooms, liv- to Chalong. Tel: 01-958- Freehold condo. Furnished, bathrooms, a Western-style lion baht. Can choose your ing & dining area, and kitchen. kitchen, great rooms and a kitchen equipment (Fagor/ 0815. Email: moodiving@ fridge, TV, parking, pool, 1.2m Chanote title. No agents. Ask- yahoo.com baht. Tel: 05-2453132. large swimming pool. 19.5 mil- Teka) and get free Bosch se- ing 1.6 million baht. Please call lion baht. Tel: 01-8974180, 07- in Nai Harn. 2 double bed- curity system. Tel: 01-869- the owner, K. Chanittha at 2659977. Email: gay@ island rooms, 2 bathrooms, 1 9686. Email: supotmail@ 5 RAI FOR SALE LUXURY HOUSE Tel: 09-7298018. Email: technology.com or jimmys@ kitchen. 13,000 baht per yahoo.com 2.8 million baht a rai, electric- Neramit. 800 meters from [email protected] loxinfo.co.th ity, water, 80m road front, Heroines’ Monument. Secure month. Tel: 09-8732101. 2.5 RAI FOR SALE views. Baan Nakok, Chalong. estate, 400 sqm of land, 4 HOUSE IN PATONG 7 RAI FOR SALE Nice views, water, power etc. Sale by owner. Tel: 076-280- bedrooms and many more House : 4.8 million baht. 23 sq in Phang Nga. 7 rai with160m PATONG, 2-BEDROOM Chalong. 7.5 million baht. 440, 06-6831964. Fax: 076- extras. 6 million baht. Tel: 01- wah, 1 km from Patong of water front (mangroves) apartment. Patong hillside, Phone owner. Tel: 06-683- 280440. Email: franklee200 8920121. Email: paassen40 Beach, 3 bedrooms, aircon, opposite Yacht Haven Ma- luxury 2-bed, 2-bath apart- 1964. @hotmail.com @hotmail.com hot-water bathroom, kitchen- rina. Email: tony@diveh2 ment. Fully furnished, large ette, cooker, extractor hood, osportz.com pool, aircon, satellite TV, etc. living room, 2 cable TVs, 2 ASDL (if required). Very clean Classified Advertisements fridges, washing machine and MISSION HEIGHTS and private apartment in de- more. Tel: 076-341724, 01- land sale. 2 land plots of sirable area. Long-term rental Please use this form to write your classified advertisement. 5690664. Fax: 076-344485. 1,600sqm at 3.25 million @ 25,000 baht/month. Tel: Then hand it to any of our agents. baht, 4 land plots of 900sqm 076-346158, 05-0717134. HOUSE FOR SALE at 2.5 million baht. All fully ser- Fax: 076-346158. Email: New house, 1,496sqm, 4 viced land plots. For more info [email protected] |_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_| (heading) bedrooms, 5 bathrooms, lo- call Tel: 09-2262612. Email: cated close to bypass road [email protected] with lagoon views. Close to NEW 2-BEDROOM |_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_| Lotus & Central department 885 SQM PLOT HOUSE stores. Price: 20 million baht. Bang Tao. Ocean-view plot on No furniture. 2 bedrooms, shower, big veranda, quiet |_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_| Tel: 01-5375284, 09-729- west coast, with infrastruc- 1066. ture. Tel: 076-270376, 06- area. Muangtong 1, 3km to 9434824. Fax: 076-271193. town, 2km to beach. 6,000 baht per month. Tel: 05- |_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_| SEAVIEW LUXURY Email: lagunaphuket@exotiq villa Layan. Exclusive villas realestate.com 8855415. with panoramic view of Layan Bay. For sale. Tel: 076-272- HOUSE FOR SALE SERVICED |_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_| 371, 01-7371688, 01-397- in Patong. 2 stories, 5 bed- apartments. and condos for 3267. Further details, please rooms, fully furnished. Tel: rent long term or short term. see our website at: www. 01-9563061. Email: sohail_ Tel: 076-292628, 09-491- phutawanresidence.com [email protected] 2496. Please see our website: |_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_| www.bluewaterphuket.com HOUSE FOR SALE 14 RAI SEAVIEW Classified ads are charged per line. Each line is 85 baht, in Chalong. Close to Land & Land at Khao Khat, Ao APARTMENTS with a minimum of 4 lines (heading included) per ad. Houses Park, in gated com- Makham. 14 rai of flat land Patong. For long-term rent. 1 munity, 3 bedrooms, 4 bath- with stunning sea view, con- bedroom, TV room, Cable TV, All advertising must be paid for in advance. rooms, kitchen and living crete road access and elec- aircon, good sea view. 8,000- Deadline for Property Gazette page: Friday 3 pm. space on 240sqm plot. All tricity. Nor Sor 3 Gor. Perfect 12,000 baht/month. Tel: 09- bedrooms with aircon. Priced for housing or hotel project. 2909567. Please see our Deadline for all other ads: Saturday 12 noon. for quick sale at 3.4 million Price: 75 million baht. Email: website at: www.bromma baht. Tel: 01-9700134. info@baansuan villa.de thaihouse.com August 26 - September 1, 2006 CLASSIFIEDS PHUKET GAZETTE 43 Property Gazette

CHALONG NEW HOME RAWAI RENTAL HOUSE HOUSES BEAUTIFUL VILLA SEAVIEW PATONG Perfect Western-style home 160sqm, 2-story house cen- and apartments. For rent in 2 bedrooms. European stan- VILLA FOR RENT for rent. 2 bedrooms, 2 bath- tral Rawai Beach. For rent at Patong & at Rawai Beach. dard. Fully furnished, aircon, rooms, aircon and telephone. 5,000 baht a month or lease Rate: 5,000-15,000 baht/ telephone, UBC TV, swim- Tel: 09-6521473, 076-280- for 10 years at 200,000 baht. month. Please call or email at ming pool, tropical garden. 2 466. Tel: 06-6865567. Email: Tel: 09-4740227. Email: minutes to Rawai and Nai Harn [email protected] [email protected] Beaches. Long-term let at GUESTHOUSE 25,000 baht a month. Tel: and restaurant in Kamala. BEACH SHOP/BAR RAWAI, NICE HOUSE 07-2810452. Beach-front view. Long-term Excellent location, 90sqm on for rent. 900sqm house with 275sqm living space, lease. Please contact for Laguna beach for rent or sale garden. Unfurnished, 2 bed- SHOPHOUSE BLOCK 1,200sqm of land, 10m pool, 3 bedrooms. Fully fur- Nice apartments in the best more information. Tel: 01- near Lotus Restaurant. rooms, 2 bathrooms, open 5 terraced houses for rent on 8918085. Email: thaiexin@e- Beachfront and road access. kitchen, living/dining area. the bypass road. 35,000 baht nished. Nai Harn. 70,000 neighborhood on the island. baht per month. Tel: 07- Baan Suan Kamnan, just mail.in.th Tel: 076-271159. Email: Quiet. 25,000 baht per per month. Call K. Vachira. [email protected] month. Agent: PPH. Tel: 06- Tel: 01-3269495. 8896074. Email: info@sea outside Patong, overlooking -property-phuket.com the sea and Patong. Quiet VILLAS FOR RENT 9060166. and green residential area. Over 200 villas and apart- NEW ROOMS FURNISHED & NEW Really super 1- and 2- bed- ments for short- or long-term for rent. Complete in Sept. BAR/RESTAURANT Includes kitchen, hot-water KAMALA VILLAS room apartments. Long rent, or sale, in Phuket. Tel: Only 2 rooms available. Tel: Kamala. Available for an as- shower. 5 mins walk to bus/ Beachfront, fully furnished to term only (3 months and 06-0043008, 04-0535780. 07-8810813. For further de- tonishing 10 years at 3.8 mil- beach. Farang comfort in local a high standard. Western more). Also one large, free- Fax: 076-341372. Email: tails, please see our website: lion baht with a monthly rent of area. Tel: 01-9683546. Email: kitchen, 3 bedrooms, 2 bath- standing, 3-bedroom house [email protected] For further www.phuketnikoniko.com/ 20,000 baht. All fully [email protected] rooms, lounge and dining ar- with breathtaking views. details, please see our web- roomforrenteng.htm equipped and comes with a 2- eas. Large balcony overlook- Apartments with comforts site: www.ayudhya.net bedroom owner’s flat. Prop- SHOPHOUSE ing swimming pool and land- (furniture, aircon, safe, NEW BUNGALOW erty is only 150 meters from 46/2 Ket Kwan Rd, Kata. scaped garden. Stunning sea ADSL internet and UBC) BEACHFRONT CONDO at Pakhlong Talang Palm Gar- the beach. Tel: 01-3704215. 10,000 baht per month, 1- views, only meters from the Rates from 20,000 baht. Kalim, Patong. High standard, den 56/6. 15 minutes to Brit- Email: davidhnelson@hotmail. year lease. Tel: 076-330889. beach. Private gated parking Tel: 06-7866350. Email: fully furnished, 2 bedrooms, ish Curriculum Intern’l School. com Fax: 076-333187. Email: with storage. UBC & ADSL. [email protected] kitchen, pool, many facilities. 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, [email protected] Including daily cleaning and Short term. Please call for kitchen. 52.3 sq wah, unfur- NERAMIT HILL washing, daily pool service and PATONG 2-BEDROOM LARGE 4-BEDROOM more information. Tel: 01-892- nished. 15,000 baht a month New house, long-term, 3-bed- gardener. Monthly rental: ono. Tel: 01-6063525. rooms, living room, kitchen, 5 apartment. Large and luxuri- house. Large 2-story, 4-bed- 0038. 55,000 baht. Tel: 04-843- minutes to Patong. Tel: 07- ous. UBC, swimming pool, room, 3-bathroom house in 6837. Email: info@phuket- 2674342. Email: agentsmith aircon, good location and secure estate close to all fa- APARTMENTS LAKE HOUSE island-homes.com. Please see @ji-net.com quiet. Price: 25,000 baht per cilities. Large plot. 25,000 in Patong. Near Wat Patong, New, in Kamala, fully fur- our website at: www.phuket- month. Tel: 06-2790837. baht a month. Contact K. Soi Khuanyang 256. Small nished. Has 2 bedrooms, UBC island-homes.com kitchen, refrigerator, fully fur- and air conditioning. Asking LAND & HOUSES PARK Kusama Delly. Tel: 07-884- HOUSE FOR RENT 6364, 447-944192094. For nished, European style, 17,000 baht a month. Tel: New house, 3 bedrooms, 2 KAMALA, LONG LET Home & office, 1,500sqm, further details please Email: aircon, cable TV, fan, hot 01-8928208. bathrooms, fully equipped, 2 2-bedroom house, 3 aircons, [email protected] water, bathroom. 8,300 baht air conditioners. 23,000 baht Phuket City area, Wichit Song- furnished, UBC, phone line, per month. Tel: 04-8450541, KARON APARTMENT a month. Contact K. Tik at khram Rd. Fully furnished, 4 parking. 11,000 baht a month. 01-8914561. Central Karon. 50m from the Tel: 09-7280999. bedrooms, 2 bathrooms. Tel: Tel: 07-1789273. HOUSE FOR RENT 04-0629587. Furnished townhouse in Kathu. beach. Newly furnished and DISCOVERY renovated 2-room apartment FOR RENT LUXURY HOUSE 2 bedrooms, kitchen, TV liv- HOUSE & GARDEN ing room. 7,000 baht per gardens near Laguna. 2-bed- with 2 balconies, cable TV, 3-bedroom house. Pool, walled Three bedrooms, near La- 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, air month. Tel: 01-8953661. room, newly-built fully-fur- Wi-Fi, aircon. 20,000 baht per garden, near Nai Harn Beach. guna, furnished, spa pool, nished houses with large month. Long term only. Tel: 25,000 baht a month. Mini- conditioning, fully furnished, poolside bar, garden, aircon. European kitchen. Email: CENTRAL KAMALA communal pool. Available 06-2718254. mum 1 year, no agents. Tel: ½ rai. 29,000 baht a month. 01-3971835. [email protected] Tel: 09-5944067. Large 2-bedroom apartment. short/long term. Tel: 076- All mod cons, UBC, etc. 271544, 09-1956722. Fax: 3-BEDROOM HOME 25,000 baht per month. Tel: 076-271545. Email: info@ Chao Fa Rd. 207 sq wah, 3 01-8111067. phuketmarbella.com bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, nice living room, good kitchen, cool HOUSE FOR RENT FOR RENT BY DAY garden, parking for 3 cars. Located in the popular and or by year. Luxury apart- Fully furnished. For rent at secure Chaofa Thani estate. ments: 35-75sqm, with pool, 40,000 a month or for sale at 3 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, liv- at Residence Edouard in Soi 6.7 million baht. Tel: 01-597- ing room, kitchen etc. ADSL, Veerakit in Patong. Please 8315. Email: phuket8@ UBC TV, garden, furnished, contact. Tel: 076-296800. hotmail.com air conditioned.Rent 36,000 www.residence-edouard. baht a month. Long-term com BIG HOUSE FOR RENT rental. Please contact for 3 bedrooms, living area, kit- more details. Tel: 04-843- LARGE VILLA chen, etc. On Phisit Gorani Rd, 9579. Fax: 076-323421. Kamala. 300sqm, 4 bed- Patong. Monthly rent: 15,000 Email: somsrijenner@lycos. rooms, 3 bathrooms, sepa- baht. Tel: 09-4717629. Email: com rate granny/maid accommoda- [email protected] tion, beautiful real teak fur- HOTEL NEAR BEACH nishings, plasma TV, full-size TOP VIEW, TOP VILLA 13 big rooms with fridge, hot snooker table, UBC, ADSL, 2- for rent. Overlooking Loch water, 7 aircons, reception, /3-car garage. Set on ¾ rai Palm golf course. 5 bedrooms, bar, kitchen. 1.3 million baht a with tropical garden. 60,000 furnished. 95,000 baht per year. Call or email for more baht a month, minimum 1- month. Tel: 07-2698492. details. Tel: 07-8980759, year let. Tel: 01-8111067. Email: [email protected] 075-637126. Email: www. [email protected] NAI HARN RAWAI RENTAL HOUSE Sweet home for rent. Fully 160sqm, 2-story house cen- RAWAI SEAVIEW furnished, short/long term, 2 tral Rawai Beach. For rent at for rent. Luxury studio apart- bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 2 5,000 baht a month or lease ment, full kitchen, hot water, balconies, TV/music. Move for 10 years at 200,000 baht. cable. All new. 6,000 baht in! Tel: 04-8519072. Email: Tel: 06-6865567. Email: per month. Tel: 04-0571420. goodtasteforgoodlife@ [email protected] yahoo.de PHUKET B.L. APARTMENTS apartment. New in Kathu. Big NICE PATONG Chalong. Titima Mansions; 2 room, 1 bedroom, aircon, condo. Aircon, big bedroom, bedrooms, furnished, aircon, cable TV, Internet, hot show- cable TV, fridge, microwave, hot shower, security and gar- er, garden, car park. 8,000 parking and pool. 10,000 baht/ dens. Tel: 01-8914964. Email: baht per month. Tel: 01-692- month. Tel: 05-2453132. beachcomberwa@yahoo. 3163. Email: [email protected] com.au 44 PHUKET GAZETTE CLASSIFIEDS August 26 - September 1, 2006 Property Gazette

2-BED HOUSE MODERN APARTMENT Property Wanted in Kathu. Fully furnished, 2 w/Internet. 2-room apartment ACCOMMODATION The Stone Doctor min from PCC. 12,000 baht a off Nanai Rd, 40 sqm, fully IN KAMALA month. Contact for detials. furnished incl. TV, large fridge, Family of 3 seeking accom- modation in Kamala. No- Specialist European stone- LAND IN SMALL HOUSE, Tel: 076-296301. Email: hot water, fans, safe, aircon care products and services: KATA/KARON LONG TERM [email protected] and kitchenette; 8,500baht/ vember 2006-February 1, month for long term; optional 2007. Furnished, aircon. 2 • Restoration I am interested in buying Looking for a small house, 2 ADSL Internet available. bedrooms, small kitchen. If • Sealing/Protection 1.5-2 rai of land in Kata or or 3 bedrooms with kitchen, EN-SUITE ROOMS • Maintenance Close to beach, private hot Please contact for more infor- possible, prefer ADSL and Karon. Must be suitable bathroom and furniture. mation. Tel: 07-2650652. weekly maid service. Email: All your maintenance, to build house on. Email: Internet (ADSL) required. shower, aircon/ fan. Tel: 076- protection & cleaning needs 342280, 01-9781956. Email: Email: [email protected] fam.thorgren@hotmail. sverker_gustafsson@ Needed for up to 6 months com for natural and manufactured yahoo.com or more. Location: Kathu, [email protected] stone. Patong, Kamala or nearby. 3-BEDROOM • Marble • Sandwash Max budget: 15,000 baht PATONG TOWER HOUSE Building • Granite • Terracotta HOTEL WITH per month. Please send an rental available from July 30- • Slate • Terrazzo Rawai. Nice house in Soi Products • Sandstone • Ceramics, etc BEACH/SEA VIEW offer by email. I will arrive in November 30. All utilities in- Tristar, off Sai Yuan Rd. Phuket on October 6. Email: cluded, 2-persons max @ Looking for a hotel to buy. Fully furnished. Aircon bed- & Services Prevent: rust, stains, mildew, [email protected] 1,800 baht a night. Email: algae, scratches Must have a beach or an rooms, sala with garden. coasters@ earthlink.net Remove: builders’ residue, amazing sea view. Email: 37,000 baht a month. Tel: Please see our website at: incorrect sealants, rust, stains, [email protected] 076-3289241, 01-693- mildew, etc. Daily care & GUESTHOUSE www.patongtower-rentals. 7277. Email: bent@ cleaning products also available. com and restaurant in Patong, siamdivers.com Tel: 07-2824930, 076-271217 SHOP IN BANGLA Karon, Kata or Phuket City. Fax: 076-271218 ROAD PATONG Please email or phone me if Email: you have or know of some- BUNGALOWS/ NEW APARTMENT [email protected] I am looking for a shop in thing appropriate. Email: APARTMENTS Fully-furnished, big apartment Soi Bangla. Must be at least chrillearninge@hotmail. available. Fully-furnished for rent at Nai Harn Beach. 4.5m wide and 5m deep, com bungalows at Karon Beach Max 4 persons. 500 baht per and near the beach. Prefer SAFEWAY STORAGE and apartments in Kata- day, 9,000 baht per month. long lease (3+3 years). Will 200 baht per month, - 20ft con- SEEKING HOUSE Karon still available at low- Please contact for more infor- tainer: 4,200 baht per month, - be prepared to fly in from season prices. Tel: 076- to rent. German family is look- mation. Tel: 04-8519072. Self store: from 650 baht per Australia after talking. Call 333242, 09-6517818. ing for house to rent near in- Email: goodtasteforgoodlife@ month, - Site office: 5,200 baht Tel: +61 425 7778-98 Fax: 076-333243. Email: ternational school. Min 1 year. yahoo.de per month, - Mobile toilet: 2,200 (Australia). Email: madler51 [email protected] @hotmail.com Tel: 06-188922. baht per month. Please con- tact for more information. Tel: KAMALA BEACH APARTMENT FOR YOU 076-281283, 01-1251873. AUDITION ROOM 2 private beautifully-ap- 1-bedroom apartment in Soi LAND WANTED I am looking for an audition pointed, fully-furnished Nanai 2. All-inclusive low-sea- room to rent. The room must houses available for long or Seaview, beachfront land son rate 12,500 baht/month. Household be at least 7m long and 4m short term. ADSL, UBC in Phuket, Phang Nga, Tel: 01-5362954. Email: Items wide, with white walls (for available. Aircon through- Krabi. 10 -100 rai. Tel: 01- [email protected] For background). One of the short out. Contact for details. Tel: 6936437, 06-6841260. further details, please see our walls should be without win- 01-8931360. Email: noi@ website at: www.phuket- dows (background). With phuketproperties.com ANTIQUE BEACHFRONT WANTED aircon would be great. Please apartments-4you.com/ FURNITURE patong/baan_arunsri.htm Looking for a beachfront res- contact for more information. for sale. Chinese furniture taurant or business property Tel: 06-6285292. Accommodation from Ching Dynasty. Serious to buy or to lease. Please buyers only. Pictures/prices contact me with full details. PATONG 1- & 2-BED Accommodation Wanted upon request. Please con- Tel: 09-0543505. APARTMENTS tact for more information. Available Nanai Rd area. Quality Tel: 07-2676024. Email: HOTEL WANTED apartments, fully fur- AIRCON ROOM [email protected] Small hotel/resort wanted on nished, Western kitchen, in Patong. Wanted to rent Phuket or nearby islands. PATONG LUXURY aircon, cable TV, internet. Email info/pics to Alan. from December 11-20. Long term only. 12,000 - HOME INSPECTIONS Household Please contact by email: apartments. Central Patong 20,000 baht/month.Tel: Need daily cleaning of room [email protected] 1- and 2-bedroom apart- 01-2705374. Email: and change of sleeping Buying or selling. What you Services ments. Email for informa- [email protected] clothes. Must have fridge, don’t know could cost you! tion and photos. Email: and be in walking distance Tel: 076-388309. For further SEAVIEW LAND For more information, [email protected] of Bangla and the beach. details, please see our LOCK-UP STORAGE wanted. I’m looking for 1-2 rai please see our website at: Email: erik_eriksen@ website at: www.home 24-hr security, individual storage of seaview land in the Ao www.orcella.com yahoo.com inspectionsphuket.com units, well ventilated, discount Makham area. Tel: 05-032- rates. Tel: 01-0825707. 7100. Email: [email protected] KARON APARTMENT Central Karon, 50-meters NAI HARN HOUSE WANTED SWEET HOME Looking to buy a 2- to 3-bed- from the beach. Newly fur- Fully furnished, short/long room house in Phuket or Krabi. nished & renovated 2-room term, 2 bedrooms, 2 bath- Maximum price: 4 million baht. apartment with 2 balconies, rooms, 2 balconies, TV/ Email: wanphenstephen@ cable TV, Wi-Fi, aircon. music. Move in! Please hotmail.com 20,000 baht per month. Long term only. Tel: 06- contact for more info. Tel: 2718254. 04-8519072. Email: BUNGALOW RESORT goodtasteforgoodlife@ or guesthouse. I am looking to yahoo.de rent a bungalow resort or SERVICED guesthouse in the Rawai or APARTMENTS Chalong areas. Email: BEACH HOUSE in Chalong. Spacious studio [email protected] Long-term rent. Beach bunga- suites with rooftop spa and low in a new 5-house private NEED SEAVIEW LAND pool garden. Aircon, Wi-Fi, sat TV, kitchenette, house- resort on mainland, with views I am looking for prime seaview to Samui, for long-term rent. keeping. From 9,000 baht a land at Patong Beach. It must be month. Contact for more Total privacy and quiet. For overlooking the bay and city. details. Tel: 06-2826221, non-smokers. Tel: 01-891- Please contact for more infor- 4260. Email: tigerseyes@ 01-8938592. Email: mation. Tel: 07-0540120. Email: [email protected] bycall24.de Website: www. [email protected] home.arcor.de/bhouse Looking for land to buy? See more classified ads at www.phuketgazette.net August 26 - September 1, 2006 CLASSIFIEDS PHUKET GAZETTE 45 Boats & Marine

HUNTER 280: $50,000 Great weekend boat. For 4. Affordable, shallow draft, in good condition, just been refit- ted, ready to sail, for inspec- tion. Call Simpson Marine for price and details at Tel: 076- 239768. For further details, please see our website at: www.simpsonmarine.com

BENETEAU FIRST 7.5 Great off the beach sail trainer and racer, easily handled, trailable phone. 1.6 million baht. Call Simpson Marine for price and details at Tel: 076- 239768. For further details, please see our website at: www.simpsonmarine.com

RIVIERA 47’ 2004 in showroom condition. Equipped with aircon and full electronics from Simrad and extra fuel tanks. Call Simpson Marine for price and details at Tel: 076-239768. For details, please see our website at: www.simpsonmarine.com

SILVERTON 40 NEW MERCURY BENETEAU FLYER 90 HP, 2-stroke, never used, Big 26ft trailer boat with for sale at best offer. Please cockpit shower and toilet. call K. Pen. Tel: 06-6834996. Twin 115hp, 4-stroke Suzu- kis. Call Simpson Marine for price and details at Tel: 076- TANKER VESSEL 239768. For further details, FOR SALE please see our website at: 40ft, family boat, 2 twin www.simpsonmarine.com bedrooms, two bathrooms + shower saloon, dinette, galley kitchen. Two years KING’S CUP REGATTA old but with complete inte- Can take 3-4 more on Swan rior refurbishment within 12 55, 10 -day package, bunga- months. Twin Volvo Penta low incl. Also have lots of boat engines + turbo, dinghy. stuff for sale. Please call for New Mercury outboard Thai registered, 150,000 li- more information. Tel: 076- used regularly, very reliable. ters, width 6m, length 23m, 383080, 06-9401860. Fax: Sale due to owner upgrade. ready to move. 1.6 million 076-381934. Email: bigasail Viewing at Ocean Marina baht. Contact. Tel: 01-891- @samart.co.th For more in- Pattaya. 5 million baht. Tel: 2333. Email: surin123@ formation, please visit our 02-6777555 ext 238, 01- csloxinfo.com website at: www.biga- 8335750. sailing.com 46 PHUKET GAZETTE CLASSIFIEDS August 26 - September 1, 2006 Island Job Mart

OFFICE ASSISTANT Aquamarine Divers Co Ltd, an operator of live-aboard diving cruises, is looking for an OFFICE ASSISTANT, as follows: BLUE FROG RAWAI - Female, Thai national MAID/ Looking for full-time cook for HEADMISSTRESS - Beginner or first experi- HOUSEKEEPER foreign and Thai food, must SCHOOL ence in diving/tourism busi- Foreign couple is looking for speak English. Up to 25,000 Native Thai teacher, with li- ness a long-term maid with basic baht per month depending on cense and minimum 3 years’ - Computer skills (a must) verbal and written English. experience. Call Pavel at Tel: teaching experience, good - Basic accounting skills (a The person should also be 06-2832279. English required. Tel: 076- plus) able to help with different 282232, 01-7884665. Fax: -Bachelor’s degree or local miscellaneous issues. 076-381447. Email: marc_ equivalent Working location: Kathu in RESTAURANT [email protected] a new house . Working MANAGER - Good command of English hours: Monday-Friday 8am- - Pleasant personality. Sunset Beach Resort is look- ACADEMIC AFFAIRS 5pm, Saturday 8-12am. ing for a Restaurant Man- Long-term career perspec- Honest, self-motivated, sin- staff. We have two positions tives for motivated and ca- ager. Please send CV by available for Academic Affairs cere and a nice personality. email or contact for more pable candidates. Please Good salary for the right staff. Candidates should have email CV, photo and ex- info. Tel: 076-342482-5. the following qualifications: candidate. Please call or e- Fax: 076-342500. Email: pected salary. Tel: 076- mail for interview. Tel: 06- [email protected] - Thai female 383083, 01-5848502. Fax: 7428968. Email: fima168 - Bachelor’s degree or higher 076-280397. Email: admin @yahoo.com - Very good in written and spo- @philkade.com SALES COORDINATOR/ ken English manager. Wanted: Sales Coor- URGENTLY REQUIRED! Tel: 076-264770. Email: EXECUTIVE SECRETARY dinator/Manager for boat ex- kajonkietsuksa.school@ We are looking for a female cursion/tour company. Property developer seeks self- with a good command of spo- gmail.com confident female 24-32 years ken and written English, Com- - Thai national, able to speak old. You will: assist the project puter literacy, service- and write basic English SECRETARY WANTED director, set up new office in minded, flexible etc. to be a - Must have computer skills A law firm in Phuket is look- Kata, be responsible for secre- Junior Secretary and Recep- - Must be able to manage tour ing for a secretary. Email: tarial work, introduce project to tionist for our Management desk staff at hotels, to coor- [email protected] customers. Qualifications: Office. New graduates are dinate bookings, and to un- Microsoft Word, Excel, Power- welcome. Interested appli- dertake office duties as re- BOOKKEEPER Point, Photoshop, accounting, cants please send your details quired. Please send resumé Siam Real Estate require a fluent written and spoken En- Looking for a job? and resumé or contact us at with expected salary or con- Quick Books experienced glish, university graduate, sec- Tel: 076-333251. Fax: 076- tact. Tel: 076-388294, 01- bookkeeper. Location: Rawai. retarial background, own car. www.phuketgazette.net ! 333254. Email: logistics@ 0817163. Email: info@ Good salary plus bonus. Email: Please Email: thailand@ katamanda.com simbaseatrips.com [email protected] scandinavianlaguna.com August 26 - September 1, 2006 CLASSIFIEDS PHUKET GAZETTE 47 Island Job Mart

OFFICE ADMIN ASST The Village - Coconut Is- land is recruiting for an: Office Administration Assistant. In this role you will be report- ing to the General Man- ager. The main duties in- clude: Assisting the General Man- ager in running the day-to- day business. Organization of general office. Essential requirements: - Thai national. - Confident spoken and writ- ten English skills. -Proven experience in an administration role. - High level of IT skills. - Ability to work under pres- sure and within fixed time frames. - Good interpersonal skills. KITCHEN/BEDROOM OFFICE ASSISTANT - A flexible and outgoing ap- fitter. Must be reliable and ex- required. International prop- LOOKING FOR SALES MANAGER - ACCOUNTANT proach. SALES EXECUTIVE ADVERTISING & BOOKKEEPER perienced with own transport erty agent is seeking candi- - Driving license. & tool kit. Call Alan. Tel: 04- dates for the above position. We are looking for open- Looking for the right person Siam Real Estate require an A generous package is 8473304. Email: select- Applicants must be fluent in minded people who are to join our growing team - experienced English-speak- available for the successful [email protected] written and spoken English, seeking a challenging career publishing company of quality ing accountant who uses applicant, depending on ex- have basic bookkeeping skills, to join our office in Phuket magazines. Experience re- Quick Books and can pro- perience. Tel: 076-239724, CASUAL BOAT-BOY be computer literate, and be City.You must have good quired: minimum 1 year sales, vide monthly figures and ad- 01-8912926. Email: mark We require the services of a hard working, self motivated spoken and written English, some English, pleasant.Salary vance tax planning. Please @thevillage-coconutisland. casual-hire boat-boy. Good and proactive. Please email experience in property negotiable. Tel: 076-288- send CV or contact for more command of English and a your CV and photo. Email: sales, your own car and 856, 01-9563063. Fax: information. Tel: 076- knowledge of boats needed. internationalpropertyagent computer skills. Please 076-289093. Email: info@ 288908. Email: richard@ RESTAURANT Call Tel: 076-239768. @yahoo.com email CV with photo to: info artandcultureasia.com siamrealestate.com manager. Experienced English- @phuketandamanrealestate. speaking manager required SUPERVISOR/ TEACHER WANTED com for new Indian restaurant in Foreman. Smart, enthusiastic Phuket Wittayalai school re- SALES ONLINE DIVEMASTER/DIVE Laguna area. Good salary and male to train as supervisor/ quires native English-speaking is fun. Advance your career in guide. PADI dive masters or share of profit for the right foreman for Safeway teachers to teach English. SECRETARY WANTED a fun, friendly, smart, online dive guides for busy 5-star dive person. Please apply with your relocatable building/rental Bachelor’s degree a minimum 20-35-year-old Thai female, office if you have clear spoken center. Training available for details, including expected company. Must speak, read requirement. Call Antika. Tel: English, computer skills. Email: and written English, enjoy prob- suitable applicants. Thai na- salary. Tel: 01-8937028. Fax: and write English. Tel: 076- 01-5372886 for more infor- marto@greenworldestates. lem solving and helping cus- tionals only. Please contact. 076-254827. Email: ianpotter 281283, 01-8924804. mation. com tomers. Tel: 076-236616. Email: [email protected] @hotmail.com 48 PHUKET GAZETTE CLASSIFIEDS August 26 - September 1, 2006 Island Job Mart

Articles for Sale

18K SOLID GOLD MEN'S ROLEX Purchased new in Decem- ber 2003 from Emporium Rolex, Bangkok. Comes with papers, wooden display box and original sales price tag. Minor scuff marks from casual wear; will polish out. PARTNER WANTED Save 350,000 baht off new Thai partner wanted for up- replacment cost. Asking market espresso coffee bar/ 675,000 baht. Tel: 01-420- healthy food concept in Phu- 8917. Email: ramjz6@ ket. Successful brand and hotmail.com concept. Successful applicant should have retail experience. Tel: +61-414284660. Email: FENDER AMP / 100 [email protected] W 212 New keyboard Casio GUESTHOUSE Gibson Les Paul studio with land. Ground floor rooms. 1987 USA wah wah Close to beach offers of 8.5 morley 200 meffect 606. million baht. Tel: 076-342- Please call for more infor- 280, 01-9781956. Email: mation. Tel: 07-2814598, [email protected] 05-7649413. BAR FOR SALE Popular and successful. Bulletins Amigos bar in Soi Seadragon for sale. Pool table, darts, own sound system. 4½ -year lease. 4.5 million baht. Serious of- fers considered. Please call Tel: 07-8838721.

HOTEL RESTAURANT EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT YACHT CREW: bar for sale in Patong. Call We are looking for a dy- GUEST OFFICER Graeme. For sale or lease. Tel: namic and hard-working To be part of 3-man crew 04-8476816, 04-6301770. individual with good com- on a 75ft commercial boat. munication skills to report to Take care of guests, drink the MD. You should be will- & food. Female with a high THE PROPHET ing to learn, and have at service level. Nice appear- OF PROFITS least the following qualifica- ance and fluent in spoken PROJECT MANAGER Project Manager reports to Employment For all your offshore money tions or equivalent: English. You should have, or needs. Investigate, then in- * Thai female fluent in spo- be willing to learn, food & MD and will be responsible for Wanted managing special projects. vest. Please contact. Tel: ken and written English. beverage work. Good sal- 00-35799 933627. Email: ary, with bonus. Tel: 06- We require problem-solving MARINE ELECTRONICS * Bachelor’s degree or skills and proficiency in English. investormorse@yahoo. equivalent in business or law 0106988. Email: Ex Raymarine + HMG techni- com For further details, michaelcrona@ email.com Prefer at least 5 years’ expe- cian, RYA skipper in Chalong. or accounting. rience in construction or engi- please see our website at: Captain position also avail- Available for odd jobs. Maybe www.investormorse.com * Excellent computer able. For experienced, cer- neering business. Must be able knowledge including MS I can help. First day for free. tified, seaman. to establish, organize and Call Robert. Tel: 04-6280384. Office and Internet. implement project plans well. Business RESTAURANT The successful applicant will Tel: 076-283388. JOB WANTED Opportunities Koh Lanta. Must be seen. 28 receive a generous compen- SALES MANAGER Any position wanted by 50- seats inside, 16 outside. Rent sation package, including a A dynamic self-starter with PEERAPAT BUSINESS year-old. 6 languages, 6 years’ until March 31, 2009. Rent: performance bonus. Inter- excellent presentation skills, Center. Situated near Wat sales and 15 years’ entertain- BAR/RESTAURANT, 200,000 baht per year. Ask- ested candidates may apply able to sell our product with Chalong, we are looking to fill ment experience. Tel: 05- Nanai Rd. Small bar and res- ing price: 650,000 baht. Rent by submitting a full resumé confidence to a sophisticated the position of Showroom 7839062. Email: docucolumns taurant in Nanai Rd. 10-month for 2006-2007 is included in and recent photos to: customer base. Must be able Sales Executive. Preference @hotmail. com contract with all fittings in- the price. 50,000-baht dis- Sunbelt network-Phuket to think on their own, develop will be given to a bilingual cluded. 170,000 baht, includ- count if I can sell during Au- Sunbelt Siam Venture Co., sales strategies to achieve (Thai-English) young woman PROJECT MANAGER ing kitchen. Contact John. Tel: gust. Please contact Conny at Ltd targets, generate new busi- with excellent presentation Scandinavian Engineer, B.Sc. 04-6304809. Email: Tel: 09-9858309. Email: Royal Phuket City Hotel ness opportunities and build skills and a customer-service with good local knowledge. [email protected] [email protected] Building, 1 Fl. 154 Phang long-term sales distribution attitude. Attractive remunera- Based in Phuket for 10 years, Nga Rd, Muang, Phuket. Tel: networks in Thailand and tion package for the right can- but now working abroad. INTERNATIONAL BAR & RESTAURANT 076-233333 ext. 3618. abroad. At least 5 years’ ex- didate. Contact K. Oy for fur- Looking for a contract-/ opportunity. U.S. marketing Bar & restaurant for sale: 1.4 Fax: 076-233343, 05-782 perience in airline, hotel, ther information. Tel: 076- project-manager position with company expanding into Thai- million baht. 5-year lease. 9300. Email: sunbelt@ travel industry is preferable. 281588. Email: chitrada- a serious company in Phuket. land needs distributors for a Please call for more informa- email.com Tel: 076-283388. Email: phuket@peerapatholding. Full time or part time. Email: 2000-year-old Himalayan tion. Tel: 05-7859850. [email protected] com [email protected] Remedy. Must Speak English. Tel: 888-2657116. Email: HOTEL FOR LEASE [email protected] 100 metres from Patong beach.22 rooms, superb con- Looking for a job? KAMALA dition. Excellent repeat busi- restaurant & bar. Famous for ness. A one-of-a-kind busi- Still haven’t found the perfect candidate? pizza + Texmex. 40 seats, air ness. Same owner for 4 conditioning, equipment, stock years. Complete books.7- and furniture. All for sale at year lease. Key money is 7 Find more Recruitment Classifieds 500,000 baht + rent 6,000 million baht. Please contact. baht per month. Please call for Tel: 09-7248791. Fax: 076- at www.phuketgazette.net! more information. Tel: 03-175- 292140. Email: tatummansion 3996, 06-9451642 (Thai). @hotmail.com August 26 - September 1, 2006 CLASSIFIEDS PHUKET GAZETTE 49 Tout, Trader & Trumpet

Business Products & Services Personal Services

NATIVE ENGLISH teacher, TEFL cert. Group, conversational and business classes. Please call for more information. Tel: 04-0571420.

TRANSLATION HELP Offer for any foreigners who have doubts translating En- glish to Thai (or vice versa), please contact me. I would be pleased to answer you free of charge. Email: ajarn44@ ELVIRA CLOTHES hotmail.com press 2002, little used. New reclining leather chair, new THERAPY Delonghi automatic coffee Stuctural intergration. Trigger- machine, 3-meter satellite point, chiro and deep-tissue dish incl receiver & remote. therapy. Take 7-10 years off Tel: 01-9583513. Email: your back and neck. Please POWER PRINTS I-GET ADVERTISING [email protected] call Jay for more information. Large-format digital prints, All you want to advertise Tel: 07-3828820. PHI PHI ISLAND scans, copies. Indoor and and organize. Moreover, Computers BUSINESS CENTER Great business for sale in the outdoor banners. Tel: 076- you can order us to TRANSLATION FOR SALE best location. 14-year con- 245635, 01-5354035. silkscreen or embroider Private service English to Thai, Patong Beach, prime loca- tract. First to see will take. Email: powerprints@yahoo. your shirt for your team. Thai to English. Please contact tion. Includes: 15 room Please contact David for more com Recently opened, we will K. Mam for more information. guesthouse, 64-seat res- information. Tel: 09-2923711. give you a very special Tel: 06-7411479. taurant, 5 motorbikes & 1 Email: [email protected] price. jeep, Internet café & estab- TEFL TRAINING Fax: 076-225800, FREE, NO CATCHES lished travel agency. No RESTAURANT ACADAMY 06-9473123. Ex-professional and British brokers. for sale. Small, nice and fully- Language school. TTA cycling champion would like to Tel: 01-0820039 Ilan or 01- equipped restaurant in Karon teacher certificate starts 4 offer advice on nutrition and 0911662 Niki. Email: Center. Please contact for Sept. English, Thai. Tel: 076- personal training. Please call [email protected] For more information. Tel: 01-891- 219241, 076-219251. for more information. Tel: 07- further details, please see: 40189. Email: tkoschig2000 Email: [email protected] 1466622. www.phuketdir.com/ @hotmail.com For further details, please coaststar/index.htm see our website at: www. BAR/CAFÉ teflschoolphuket.com Personals SHOPHOUSE Modern, well-appointed, in for rent. 2-story shophouse in Nanai Rd, ready for high sea- BACKGAMMON the middle of Soi Bangla’s fa- son, includes 2 studio units. 5- VISA RUN TO mous restaurant lane where year lease: 700,000 baht. RANONG Retired businessman looking Tel: 06-2766626. Email: for backgammon players on Buffalo Steakhouse and Now every day. Tour bus or [email protected] Phuket Island. Please call Navrangmahal Indian restau- new minibus. Fully inclusive: for more information. Tel: rant are. Contact Joseph for boat, Myanmar visa fee, 076-386113, 01-577- more information. Tel: 076- RESTAURANT/BAR buffet lunch, snacks, wa- 8443. 292628, 09-4912496. Email: Best location on Nanai Rd. ter, coffee, DVD movies, VISA & LEGAL [email protected] Upmarket fit-out. Urgent sale. music. Only 1,300 baht. SERVICES Call Brian. Tel: 07-0673360. Tel: 04-7457024. Renew RESTAURANT/BAR your visa in Penang: 2 day/ YOUR FUTURE + rooms. Great location in the BIG LAUNDRY 1 night, fully-inclusive pack- FORETOLD busiest area of Karon Plaza. for sale. Low-season bargain. age. Phone for details. NOTEBOOK Richard de Meath, interna- Daeng restaurant with 4 Big industrial laundry in Patong Pentium 2.2GHz, 512DDR tionally renowned clairvoy- rooms on 2nd and 3rd floors. for sale. More than 20 hotels, ant and Tarot Grandmaster, restaurants and live-aboard ram, 30GB HDD, Wireless. Very popular Thai restaurant. VISA RUN TO will reveal the secrets of 750,000 baht incl first 2 years boats as customers. Selling as DVD/CD-WR, XP2006. ANDAMAN CLUB 25,000 baht. Please call for your future. Please contact. rent. No monthly rent, no con- laundry needs expansion, so Tel: +44-(0)12028. Email: nd Only Eve. Wow, low-season more information. Tel: 09- tract limit. After 2 year big opportunity as many ho- richarddemeath@tiscali. price only 1,300 baht. In- 2898628. 220,000 baht a year. Please tels want to join. Tel: 09- co.uk contact for more info. Tel: 01- 4758914. Email: sell_ laundry cludes lunch at hotel, visa, transfers, insurance, break- 5972213. Email: sfrkata@ @yahoo.co.uk Company Registration fast, soft drink, aircon boat. hotmail.com 2,229 baht; One Year Visa Tel: 09-1954877 (QISMI), CELERON PC Pets COMMERCIAL SPACE 5,999 baht; Retirement Visa 01-5352637 (EVE) www. 2.8GHz, 768 DDR ram, FULL MONTY for lease. Soi Yodsane 1, 5,999 baht: Work Permit evevisarun.com 80GB HDD. Sata DVD-WR/ for sale. Near the front of Soi Chalong. On the ground floor 5,999 baht; UK & US Visa CD, LCD 15" XP3 monitor. KOI CARP Crocodile, this popular bar is of a new 12-unit apartment 16,999 baht. No more visa 22,000 baht. Please call for now for sale at 2 million baht building. 50sqm, plus a large runs – get a one-year visa more information. Tel: 09- Nice fish in different colors, with a lease of 2 years and 4 terrace area in front. Two JEAB’S JUMPING for only 5,999 baht. Estab- 2898628. 30-40cm in length. Can be months. It has always shown aircon units. Prefer shop/café CASTLES lish your Thai company today seen in Phuket. 2,500 baht good profits and is in an ideal but will consider for office 7 different models available to buy land or start your busi- ono. Tel: 01-8940468 (Eng) location to make a good busi- use. 7,500 baht/month. Call/ for children’s parties. ness for only 2,229 baht! WEB HOSTING or 01-8954112 (Thai). Email: steffhkt@hotmail. ness. Please contact for more email for details. Tel: 01-893- Tel: 01-8939742. Property title search, sales solutions. We provide reli- information. Tel: 09-8718663. 8592, 06-2826221. Email: contract and land registra- com Email: able, affordable web hosting Email: davidhnelson@hotmail. [email protected] tion. Thailand’s largest legal [email protected] services. 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Tel: 09- www.siam-legal.com 076-296427. Email: office 7970507. 07-2670714. 3695. Email: [email protected] 7242136. @gasserweb.com 50 PHUKET GAZETTE CLASSIFIEDS August 26 - September 1, 2006 Wheels & Motors

NISSAN NV 2002 Saloon Cars NISSAN SUNNY PORSCHE JAZZ Excellent condition. All service 4 x 4s 1995 model, 1600cc, green, records available. Manual automatic, CD player. Full gearshift. Canopy included. HONDA CITY options. Very good condi- Only 64,500km done. Price: SUZUKI CARIBIAN MILLENNIUM tion. Driven by lady, non- 250,000 baht ono. Tel: 076- SPORTY smoker. 250,000 baht. 284026, 01-8921027. 1.3, silver, 2½ -year mainte- Please contact for more nance history by Suzuki info. Tel: 076-241095. MITSUBISHI STRADA shop. Good price & condi- Email: [email protected] 1999 Porsche Boxster for 2004, ABS, airbags, keyless 1996, 2.8L, excellent condi- tion. Tel: 09-7238859. sale. Anyone interested entry/alarm, CD player, rear tion. 260,000 baht. Please TOYOTA VIOS IVORY contact me via email for sensors, 7-speed automatic contact for more information. more information. Email: with paddle shift, 30,000km. Tel: 06-9530669. TOYOTA HILUX XTRA Automatic, 11 months old, cab 1997 model, very good 1500cc, red, automatic, CD 20,000km, leather seats, [email protected] Reasonable offers. Please contact for more information. NISSAN TURBO condition, 2.8-litre engine, player. Only 65,300km. The many options, gold color. 155,000 kilometers, 150,000 Tel: 07-8814734. Email: pickup truck. Nissan Frontier car stands out as new. Driven 530,000 baht. Tel: 01- BMW 320 baht ono. Leaving Thailand, [email protected] with 2500cc turbo diesel. Just for 5 years by lady, never in an 3670991. Beautiful, with 6-cyl engine. Per- must sell. Tel: 076-288500, 110,000km. July, 2001. accident. Very good condition, fect, no rust, new paint, CD, 07-8957810. Email: t_cosens Good condition and mainte- non smoker. Price: 450,000 130,000 BAHT Ricardo seats, twin turbo 24V. @yahoo.com baht. Tel: 01-9562406. Email: 1994 Nissan Centra with re- OPEL ASTRA GL nance. 320,000 baht ono. Tel: Quick sale,going back to Eu- HATCHBACK [email protected] conditioned engine, brakes rope, 125,000 baht. Please 076-282170, 01-4761271. and shock absorbers. Not just contact for more information. 5-door, automatic, 1.6i, year JEEPS FOR SALE a runner – drives well and is in Tel: 076-381415. Email: 1995, dark blue, good condi- MITSUBISHI STRADA Jeeps (Mitsubishi, Willys, CAMRY FOR SALE excellent condition. 130,000 [email protected] tion, 130,000 baht. Please 2.5 turbo, 2-door pickup. Sept Ford) from 85,000B to contact for more informa- 2002. 67,000km. Good con- Immaculate black Toyota baht. Tel: 07-8811775. Email: 260,000B. Ask for mail. [email protected] HYUNDAI SONATA tion. Tel: 01-8920618. dition. 375,000 baht. Tel: 01- Tel: 01-8924282. Email: Camry 2.4. Under 3 years 0879983. old (October 2003) and Very good condition, 25,000 [email protected] only 45,000km, in show- MAZDA FAMILIA km, automatic, leather seats. room condition! Fully loaded Mazda Familia 1400, red, Price: 180,000 baht. Call Miss Pickups 96 MITSUBISHI 13 yrs old, 155,500 kms. ISUZU D-MAX with all optional extras. Pen. Tel: 06-6834996. STRADA for sale. 3 Ltr turbo, 4 doors, 4 Price new: 1.675 million 90,000 baht. Please con- tact for more information. 2.8L, excellent condition. x4, silver color, immaculate con- baht. For sale at 965,000 HONDA JAZZ VTEC 260,000 baht. Tel: 06-953- dition, 45,000km, 2 years old, baht. Absolutely beautiful Tel: 076-280021. Email: NISSAN NV Automatic, May 2005, AUTOMATIC 0669. Sony stereo, payment options. car. Please call Tel: 06- [email protected] 22,000 km, one owner/driver. Expat owner. Year 2002 1.6 Tel: 06-2788300. Email: 2715319 to view (Laguna 529,000 baht. Full service [email protected] area) or to see photos TOYOTA COROLLA record. 2 years’ factory guar- slx. Metallic gold. Very good Please email: grenville@ saloon car. 1.5 DXi, 1998, antee remaining. 1st-class in- condition. 57,000km. 2-door 2000 NISSAN NV layangardens.com manual, metallic silver paint, surance. Buying bigger, new Queen Cab. Price: 280,000 QUEEN CAB MITSUBISHI radio-tape player, aircon, tax car due to family expansion. baht. Please contact for STRADA 4 WD and full insurance until Jan more information. Tel: 06- ’83 TOYOTA Tel: 01-9563166. Email: 07. Very good condition. [email protected] 2712758. Email: Corolla. Stick shift, good trans- 220,000 baht. Tel: 076- davidandannatandy@hotmail portation. Lots of rust. 30,000 288808, 01-090964. Email: .com baht. Tel: 01-3709661. DAEWOO ESPERO [email protected] 1995. Beautiful. Automatic. Car/pickup. Clean in and out. 5-speed manual transmis- TOYOTA COROLLA 1.5 Full options. 139,000 baht. 1999 NISSAN BIG M Great condition, grey, aircon, sion. Aircon, AM/FM radio- 1998, 4-door, manual, silver, BMW 320 COUPÉ Please contact for more infor- mation. Tel: 06-9429444. 2.7L, manual, Diesel, Carryboy casette player, alloy wheels. excellent condition. 205,000 1988 6-cylinder Toyota en- Runs perfectly. 150,000 Excellent condition, Full ser- baht ono. Call Mr.Rudi. Tel: Email: [email protected] w/padded truck bed, first class vice history, many extras in- gine, automatic, in good con- insurance until Jan 07, full main- km. 195,000 baht ono. Car 076-288808, 07-2650652. dition. Tel: 06-9429444. cluding new tires, Carryboy, BMW 5 SERIES tenance records. 280,000 is in Patong. Please contact Email: bkkphuket@gmail. Rich for more information. roof rack and bull bars. 1990, rebuilt engine, clean inside baht. Contact for more informa- OPEL ASTRA BARGAIN com Tel: 01-5378394. Email: 410,000 baht ono. Tel: 01- and out. Silver, runs smooth! tion. Tel: 078-821186, 07- Dark blue. 16 v injection, farang_rak_thailand@ 3670231. Or email to: 1600cc. 5 gear manual, new Must sell now! 190,000 baht 2702523. Or send email to: [email protected] [email protected] yahoo.com (re-conditioned) engine. Elec- FORD LASER GLXI ono. Tel: 01-8239448. Email: tric doors, windows and mir- 2001 [email protected] rors. Radio/CD/MP3 player with 6 speakers and automatic 95,000km, excellent con- LEXUS FOR SALE antenna. 5 good tyres. New dition, full service history, 3.6 million baht. 3000cc V6. Wheels & Motors battery. Aircon. 165,000 330,000 baht. Tel: 09- Only 9,000km. Black, 9 air Advertisements baht. Tel: 09-8663846. Email: 5743331. Email: info bags, red plate. Max tires [email protected] @emergencyasia.com 20". Tel: 09-8731841. Please use this form to write your classified advertisement. Then hand it to any of our agents.

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Classified ads are charged per line. Each line is 85 baht, with a minimum of 4 lines (heading included) per ad. All advertising must be paid for in advance. Deadline for Wheels & Motors page: Saturday 12 noon. August 26 - September 1, 2006 CLASSIFIEDS PHUKET GAZETTE 51 Wheels & Motors

P.M.P. CAR RENTAL REXTON 3.2 INJ WILLYS JEEP Motorbikes MARLBORO HONDA PHANTOM Many types of car for rent. 1964 YAMAHA 1 YEAR OLD Short term or long term. Very Rebuilt with Nissan engine, gray-black, side bags, only special price for a new car. alloy wheels, roll bar and HONDA CBR 400 2,800km, sell for 69,500 Please contact for more infor- new canvas roof. Very good Gray, in good condition, not baht(New 92,500 baht). mation. Tel: 07-2646808, 04- condition, recently serviced. a rental bike. Farang owned, Tel: 06-2775110. Email: 7464787. 180,000 baht. Tel: 06- green book. Price: 60,000 [email protected] 0477292. Email: jpfaut@ baht. Email: mazen_ kinj@ A1 CAR RENTAL Mercedes. 2 years old, full hotmail.com hotmail.com HONDA PHANTOM options, 60,000km, still un- Great bike, 1 owner only, Taxed, insured, 20,000km. der warranty, top condition. 24,000km. 35,000 baht. JRD CHOPPER 55,000 baht. Yamaha chop- New 3.5 million baht, selling 3 CARIBIAN JEEPS Please contact for more in- per, 400cc. 55,000 baht. Tel: for sale. 16 months old, for 1.6 milllion baht. Tel: 09- for sale. Years: 1994, formation. Tel: 076- 07-1789273. 6525664. 1996, 1997. All for sale: black, good condition. 383539, 01-8931894. 130,000-140,000 baht. 5,500km. 36,000 baht. Tel: Email: [email protected] HONDA PHANTOM 01-8928056. TOP OF THE RANGE Tel: 01-6078567. Email: for sale. Brand new black Honda Cars, trucks, jeeps – fully in- Ford Ranger 2001, 4WD, 4 [email protected] VIRAGO CHOPPER Phantom with red plates and still sured for rental. Best prices doors. New respray, 56,000km, 750cc. Everything in good on the first tank (160km). Price HONDA BLACKBIRD for long-term rental: 12,000 white with black leather, CD, order. Needs engine. 30,000 new: 89,000 baht, but will sell 1100XX -20,000 baht per month. power steering, etc. Lady ISUZU D-MAX baht ovno. Please contact for for only 75,000 ono. Please 2001 Silver Honda Super Toyota Altis 1.8G, top owner. Never used commer- more information. Tel: 07- contact for more information. Hilander. As new, 2005, gray, Blackbird 1100XX. Digital model, long term only. cially. Reason for sale, have new 1466622. Tel: 01-8926251. Email: 4 doors, 28,000km. Buy for dash, green book, new tires, Please contact for details. SUV. 375,000 baht. Please [email protected] 625,000 baht, or lease at 19,000km. Awesome look- Tel: 09-8314703, 076-200- contact for more information. 100,000-baht down pay- ing. 230,000 baht ono. Tel: 06- 900. Email: a1carrent@ Tel: 01-8111067. GSXR 1100cc ment+52 x 11,393 baht. 2783352. Email: cdouglas@ Rentals myway.com Tel: 06-2718254 (English), hotmail.com for sale. 1990, red and FORD RANGER TURBO 03-1823343 (Thai). Email: black, not bad for year. Big 37,000km, 5 years old, 4 [email protected] bike-all original, new tires doors, full history and insur- FOR SALE 200CC and battery. 180,000 baht ance. Farang owned. Immacu- Phantom. 3 years. CID. 3k. ono. Tel: 076-292729 or TOYOTA FORTUNER 95,000 baht new, will sell for late, with extras. 500,000 Selling due to travel. 3.0, 4WD. 01-0813826. Email: baht. Please contact for more 60,000 baht. No offers. Tel: [email protected] 2006 model, diesel, full leather, 07-2741388. information. Tel: 07-2732429. wood dash, etc. Price: 1.15mil- lion baht. Save money com- HONDA WAVE 125R SUZUKI CRYSTAL FORD HURRICANE pared with new car. Please 18 months old, hardly used, motorbike. 2-stroke, 110cc 4x4. Sept 2004 model. Only contact for more information. only 3,700km on clock, silver/ bike, runs well. Only 7,000 18,000km, immaculate condi- Tel: 06-5983612. Email: black, never rented. First offer baht. Tel: 05-7866596. Email: tion. Manual gearbox, midnight [email protected] of 30,000 baht. Tel: 07- [email protected] blue. Price new: 830,000 8817638 (Eng), 07-8692317 baht; selling for 570,000 baht. 1995 JEEP (Thai). Anytime. HONDA PHANTOM Tel: 01-8919461. Email: Top condition, big wheels, rust custom 200cc, taxed, insured, coconutgrove707@hotmail protected, customized, 80% HONDA BROS 400cc 20,000km, lady owner for 4 PHUKET CAR RENT Wanted .com of all vital parts new in June. years. 60,000 baht. Yamaha Must sell for surgery. 145,000 Nice bike, about 10 years old, Tel: 076-205190, farang maintained. Special chopper: black, taxed, insured. KIA SPORTAGE 4X4 baht. Tel: 06-2666350. 09-7242823. seat, exit, twin exhaust. Email 75,000 baht. Please contact Reliable, comfortable car in www.phuketcarrent.com for photos. Tel: 06-840287. for more information. Tel: 07- MOTORBIKE good condition. Genuine off- SPORT CRUISER Email: [email protected] 1789273. WANTED road 4x4. Tel: 01-5399560. Toyota. 3-years-10-months CHEAPEST JEEP Honda 110/125, about Email: [email protected] old, blue, 4 doors, 2500cc, for rent. Suzuki Caribian jeep 10,000 baht. Please contact 75,000km, no accidents, HARLEY-DAVIDSON MOTORBIKES White, reliable. Only 8,900 with details. Tel: 05-064- ISUZU D-MAX many extras. 450,000 baht. 2001 Dynaglide 1450cc, FOR SALE 46000km. 550,000 baht. baht a month, or 7,900 if 8681. Email: stephen_mark2 4x4. Late 2003 model with ex- Tel: 06-2746511. - 2000 Honda Phantom, Tel: 01-0809802. rented for a minimum of 3 @hotmail.com tras. 66,000km. Excellent great condition, black, 150cc, 2-stroke, 38,000 months. Tel: 09-5917761. condition. One owner. Not a HONDA CR-V 2003 Email: [email protected] Phuket truck. Must sell, leav- 53,000km, black, regularly ser- HONDA STEED baht. Others ing country. I paid 720,000 viced, very good condition, For sale. 400cc Steed year - 1999 Honda Dream, in baht; will sell for 500,000. Pay owned by non-smoker. 2000. One of the best cus- good condition, red, 100cc, BLACK HONDA JAZZ 320,000 baht and take over 650,000 baht. Please contact tomized choppers in Thailand. 12,000 baht. for rent. Excellent car for touring TRAILER Must be seen. Please contact Phuket. Aircon, CD player, very the balance of 180,000 baht. for more information. Tel: 06- Please contact for more info. for motorbike. Used for tak- for more information. Tel: 07- good rates. Please contact for Tel: 01-2700203. Email: 6826099. Email: holger@ Tel: 07-2702523, 07-882- ing dogs to the beach. Only [email protected] divesupply.com 2741388. more information. Tel: 06- 2,500 baht. Tel: 076- 1186. Email: mark_schram 2664343, 01-4154043. Email: @hotmail.com 330247, 09-6450160. Email: [email protected] bt5@tesco. net

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