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By Tipwarintron Tanaakarachod INSIDE BANG TAO: The Thai Dive As- sociation (TDA), For Sea Foun- dation, and the Royal Thai Air force joined forces on Novem- ber 24 to sink ten decomissioned cold-war aircraft in the Andaman sea, creating an artificial reef in Bang Tao Bay. The ten-plane “Coral Reef Squadron”, as it has been dubbed, is made up of four Douglas C-47 Dakota Skytrain planes and six Miss France Sikorsky S-58T helicopters. Exclusive The operation to sink the craft was carried out in co-op- French beauties, one of eration with Sang Charoen Ship- whom will be crowned Miss ping Industry Co Ltd. France 2009, turned heads Slated to start at 11 am, the in Phuket recently. procedure was postponed for Page 2. three hours owing to heavy rain and poor visibility. While sinking the first plane, the team encoun- NEWS: More buses and CCTV cameras for Patong; tered further difficulties when air The first of four Douglas C-47 Dakota Skytrains is gently lowered into the sea. It hit the ocean bed at Toilet-paper warehouse became trapped in the tail sec- a depth of 21 meters at around 2:30 pm on Monday, November 24. goes up in smoke. tion, causing it to float. Pages 2 & 3 The team managed to re- numbers of resort divers visiting would provide a better environ- solve the problem by punching the sites. ment for the formation of coral. CONSERVATION holes in the tail and wing sections Mr Vittayen Muttamara, Marshal Knogsak subse- REPORT: Award-winning of the plane, allowing the trapped secretary of the TDA, told the quently sanctioned the acquisition environmentalist John Gray air to escape. Gazette that a survey conducted of the Dakota planes and Sikorsky compares conservation Thereafter, the mission pro- by the For Sea Foundation had helicopters, which had long since cultures around the region. ceeded according to plan and the discovered widespread degrada- been decommissioned and sta- Pages 4 & 5 plane finally came to rest on a tion of the coral in the Andaman tioned in Lop Buri province. specially created concrete plat- sea. The decay was caused for In order to use the aircraft, LIFESTYLE: Tai Chi form 22 meters below the sur- the most part by tourist diving, he however, the For Sea Foundation Timeout Part II. Learn a face. This newly fashioned arti- said. needed to secure approval from new move for your well- ficial reef will become home to a World-renowned for the the US, which had earlier do- variety of fish and coral. beauty of its coral, the Andaman nated the craft to Thailand. This being with Tai Chi expert The aircraft used to build the Rick Attix. The aircraft used to build reef are arranged in a circular sea each year attracts thousands acquisition process took more Pages 16 & 17 the reef are arranged in a circle formation with two craft of divers keen to explore its than a year to complete. formation with two craft posi- positioned in the center. reefs. To service this demand, Having acquired the planes, tioned in the center. while at the same time protect- the For Sea Foundation then had AROUND THE NATION 6; Following the successful saw active service in the Viet- ing the beauty of the coral reefs, to decide upon a location for the RARE VINTAGE 11; PEOPLE sinking of the first aircraft on nam and Korean wars and were the For Sea Foundation came up new reef. 12 AND 13; HAPPENINGS Monday, the plan, at the time of later used as part of HM the with the idea of building a man- In opting for Bang Tao Bay, 14; END OF THE L INE 15; going to press, was to sink two King’s project to create artificial made reef using airplanes. the foundation calculated that by LIFESTYLE 16 & 17; craft per day, culminating with rain. This sinking of a squadron The For Sea Foundation locating the new reef near to YOUTH 'N ASIA 18; WHAT’S the final aircraft being lowered of military aircraft represents a first considered using a decom- popular Koh Wew, the area ON 19; BUSINESS & to the seabed today November world first for Phuket. missioned fighter plane that was would provide an attractive dive MONEY 20; TAKE A B REAK 29, which will mark the official The TDA is hoping that the stationed in Hat Yai. alternative to Phi Phi, Koh Racha 24; BOOKS, THAI 101 25; opening of the Sea Air Wreck. new man-made reef will provide However, Royal Thai Air Yai and Koh Racha Noi. GOVERNOR'S LETTER 27; Minister of Tourism and Sport, a boost to tourism, while helping Force chief Marshal Knogsak The total cost of the Sea Air HOROSCOPES 28; MOTOR- Veerasak Kosurat, will preside to protect Thailand’s other natu- Wattana cautioned against the Wreck project is around eight ING 29; SPORTS 30; PROP- million baht, with the government ERTY: 33 - 38; CLASSI- over the opening ceremony. ral coral reefs, which have suf- use of this craft, recommending FIEDS 39-48. All the aircraft used in the fered great damage over recent instead the use of a larger num- footing about half the bill and the Coral Reef Squadron project years as the result of the large ber of bigger aircraft, which rest put up by sponsors. 2 PHUKET GAZETTE NEWS November 29 - December 5, 2008 Drunken villager “Au revoir” Miss France huket’s natural beauty confesses to brutal was further enhanced last week with the arrival slaying of neighbor Pof 36 Miss France con- testants who came here to film a special segment of the pageant to be broadcast in France next KATHU: A Kathu man has con- Liam Thepkaew. Still drunk and month. The choice of Phuket as fessed to the shooting and stab- covered with bloodstains, a destination was largely due to bing to death of a neighbor on the Wichian confessed to killing Mr a collaboration between the Tour- morning of November 23. Nitti in a fit of drunken rage. ism Authority of Thailand’s (TAT) Under questioning at Tung Under interrogation at Tung Paris office, XL Airways and Tong police station, Wichian Tong Police Station, he told of- BEST Tours. Choosri, 38, stated that he killed ficers, while still clearly drunk, Between November 16-21, What's your poisson? Beauty on parade at a local fish market. 39-year-old Nitti Limboot while that he had had a fight over poli- the Miss France contestants and the inaugural flight to take place For years, France has re- in a drunken rage earlier that tics with Mr Nitti a few weeks their entourage, totaling 85 people, on 21 December 2008. mained one of the most impor- morning. earlier. stayed at the Indigo Pearl Resort While in Phuket the contes- tant European markets for Mr Wichian reported the When he saw Mr Nitti driv- where they were based during tants were kept busy with photo Thailand’s travel industry, along murder to the police, who arrived ing down the soi on his salaeng their stay here. shoots and other pre-event cov- with the UK, Germany and Swe- at the scene off Wichit Songkram (motorbike with sidecar attached) The ladies were flown to erage as well as sightseeing or- den. Road, Soi 4, in Tambon Kathu to towards the main road, he stood Phuket on a special XL Airways ganized by the TAT and BEST Thailand welcomed around find onlookers crowded around in the middle of the soi to block chartered flight direct from Paris. tours. With the wide and varied 351,651 French visitors in 2007, Mr Nitti’s body. his path. XL Airways is due to start its media channels for the Miss an increase of 9.92% from Partially decapitated and He wanted to “clear the air” operation of regular Paris-Phuket France 2009 campaign in Phuket 319,910 the previous year. lying face-up, the victim had been and settle their differences, he charter flights in December 2008. and the inaugural flight, TAT The Miss France 2009 pag- shot in the head and had had his told police. The weekly one-flight service will hopes that more French people eant will be broadcast on De- throat slashed. However, when Mr Nitti continue until April 2010 using a will now choose Thailand as their cember 6 on TF1 to an estimated He had also suffered deep refused to talk to him he pulled 364-seat Airbus A330-200, with next holiday destination. 12 million French viewers. lacerations to his legs and arms out a .38 and fired, hitting the vic- inflicted by a rubber tapping tim in the head. sickle. Mr Wichian then went back Bottled water set to slake taste for luxury Around him were hundreds to his house to get a sickle, which of rubber saplings, some splat- he used to sever the victim’s neck n November 22 bever tered with blood. and slash his throat, arms and age importer CVS An investigation of the area legs. Syndicate held a party uncovered one .38 caliber bullet He then went to tell his Oat White Box, Kalim casing on the ground in front of a neighbor Mr Liam what he had Beach to celebrate the opening small, one-storey wooden house done, he said. of its new office in Phuket and to located about 20 meters from However, police noted dis- promote its new “super pre- where the body was found. crepancies in his story and will mium” brand of bottled water, After Kusoldharm Founda- investigate further. They believe FIJI Water, which it plans to dis- tion workers had taken the body that the failure to recover a .38 tribute in Thailand. to Patong Hospital, police contin- caliber weapon at the scene may CVS Syndicate is also ex- ued their investigation at the mean that another person was in- clusive distributor of Corona and scene. volved. Miller beer and is a subsidiary of Mr Wichian then arrived Sources: Manager Online, Boon Rawd Co Ltd – the brewer with 42-year-old local resident Siangtai Daily of Thailand’s well-known Singha Exclusive and expensive Fijian water claims to be the purest. beer. The event was organized by island of Fiji in the South Pacific. from the nearest industrialized CVS Managing Director Mr The brand has become a fad continent.” Preecha Chinaroot and presided among Hollywood health fanat- Mr Preecha added, “FIJI over by Boon Rawd Executive ics, who believe FIJI is purer than water has a lot of calcium and is Vice President, Mr Chutinant other types of bottled water due good for the skin.” Bhirombhakdi. to the distance of its source from CVS will aim the brand at The celebration was at- the industrialized world. high-end customers. Marketing tended by a number of prominent FIJI Water Company, the will target two types of buyer: Phuket businessmen, as well as owner of the brand, claims, “FIJI firstly, large hotels and restau- Phuket Provincial Admin-istration Water’s aquifer is in a virgin eco- rants, such as the Hard Rock President Paiboon Upatising. system at the edge of a primitive Café; and secondly, supermar- FIJI Water is bottled on the rainforest, thousands of miles kets. November 29 - December 5, 2008 NEWS PHUKET GAZETTE 3

1,000 Words Toilet paper inferno a close call When is a pavement not a pavement? CHALONG: It took firefighters about an hour-and-a-half to ex- tinguish a blaze that broke out in a warehouse on Soi Sanjaotaead in Chalong at about 11:30 am. Four firetrucks and a "cherry-picker" were dispatched from the Wichit and Chalong Fire Departments to the warehouse, lo- cated about 200 meters behind the Phuket Spa and the grounds of The Andaman Cobra Show. Fueled by the highly combus- tible paper and its plastic wrapping, the fire roared back to life several times after firefighters seemed to Firefighters battled the blaze for well over an hour be getting it under control. One firefighter in the to remove as much toilet paper left him with terrible burns. bucket of the cherry picker from the warehouse as quickly as The brave efforts of these punched holes in the corrugated possible to stop it catching alight. men saved new homes located tin cladding of the warehouse so One man high up in the just meters away from the fire. that water could reach the rafters, dressed only in his under- There were no reports of wear, bravely scooped paper serious injury. It is still too early Photo and caption submitted by David Kirk. flames. Firefighters continued to from the blaze just meters away. to estimate the damage caused. Have you taken any pictures worth 1,000 words? douse the unburned merchandise One gust of wind making its One firefighter said he suspected Send yours to [email protected] to keep it from igniting and raced, way inside the warehouse could the cause was an electrical short under very dangerous conditions, have flared up the fire badly and circuit. CCTV coverage expanded in Phuket City E-mail created to denounce drugs PHUKET CITY: The Phuket courage people who would be too B20M funding from province for 16 security cameras and 16 new buses Provincial “War on Drugs” Op- afraid to report information by erations Center has established a other means to come forward. PHUKET CITY: More closed- other commuters. new email address in a bid to gar- Other more traditional ways The problem is that the ner more reports and anonymous to report information about ille- circuit television (CCTV) cam- Over 1,500 students have terms of reference for the con- eras will be installed in the Phuket already registered to use the ex- tip-offs to aid its fight against il- gal drug use include writing a let- tract are higher than before, with legal drug use. ter addressed to the Governor’s City area under a project with 20 isting “Green Bus” service free new requirements, such as cer- million baht in funding from the of charge, while many schools Phuket Governor Preecha Office or calling 076-211366 dur- tification of all beachguards and Ruangjan said he hopes that the ing normal government working Phuket Provincial Administration have requested that the PPAO other conditions included to en- Organization (PPAO). add additional routes to accom- newly created email address, hours. sure “transparency”. [email protected] , will en- Source: Siangtai The PPAO President Pai- modate their students. If no single company man- boon Upatising said the installa- The authority also plans to ages to put in a successful bid tion will start in the city’s two larg- organize a “musical fountain” at soon, the PPAO will consider of- est recreational areas: Saphan Hin Saphan Hin as part of the New fering smaller contracts. and Rama IX Park, also known Year’s Eve countdown celebra- Those contracts would pro- as Suan Luang. tions to be held there. vide services in certain areas be- Phuket City Police will over- As for the authority's fore the onset of the monsoon see the CCTV monitoring cen- “beachguards”, after two rounds season in May, when surf condi- ter. Phuket City already has a of bidding since the new adminis- tions become more dangerous. network of 16 CCTV cameras, tration took power, no company installed under a 16-million-baht has yet been able to tender a suc- Sources: contract with telecommunications cessful bid for the 20-million-baht Andaman News and Manager provider CAT Telecom Public contract. Online. Company Ltd. Similar security networks were established in Patong and Karon at the same time. The 48 security cameras were announced as being fully operational in February 2007, but Phuket Provincial Police Com- mander Apirak Hongtong re- cently admitted that some units were not yet operating properly. In a related story, the PPAO also plans to launch 16 new pub- lic buses to cater to students and 4 PHUKET GAZETTE CONSERVATION SPECIAL November 29 - December 5, 2008

THE GRAY AREA The Wildlife Massacre hongs – a delicate world treasure set by our southern hemisphere phasizes a balance with nature. as much of the city state is built with unique and fragile qualities. friends. On Taveuni, if you want tuna for on reclaimed land. I have yet to The actions of these “man- They may not be perfect, but dinner, you jump in your canoe figure out how a reef that’s been agers” reveal an utter lack of re- the Kiwis and Aussies make a and go trolling; you won’t be gone bulldozed and then covered with spect for their own country by clear environmental commitment long. Gardens are green and full, high-rise foundations can be la- turning these fragile ecosystems – strongly supported throughout and nobody wants for food. beled “reclaimed”. into a mass tourism party that has the population. Do not forget that Back in the ‘80s, a Korean I can’t say enough about nothing to do with sea kayaking. these environmentalists make up fisherman went swimming in “Eco” Puerto Princesa, standing Significantly, in 29 years, I have one of Phuket’s major markets. Suva Harbor. He was gobbled up at the pinnacle of SE Asia’s en- never actually seen one kayak in In Taipei, I didn’t see a great at the dockside within five min- vironmental awareness. the bay that sustains their wealth deal: the airport, the Howard Ho- utes by a 20-foot tiger shark. Un- In many ways, it even sur- as they trash their country’s trea- tel, and the Convention Center. It fortunately for the Korean, even passes the southern hemisphere sures. But more of that later. looked okay, but I didn’t get to Fiji’s harbors maintain a healthy and, most remarkably, it is in the My first trip was to Oce- see the countryside. I do know ecosystem. Philippines. Our own TAT man- By John ‘Caveman’ Gray ania. Ecologically speaking, Aus- some KMT types ate Tiger #6 I visited a pristine rainforest agers would benefit greatly from tralia and New Zealand are from Khao Sok, and I’m one of in the Suva highlands. The trail- a field trip to Puerto Princesa to have just visited six coun- pretty much as good as it gets. those guys who asks, “What hap- head offered a spectacular view witness an example of sustain- tries in five months: Austra- Both countries have iron-clad pened to the Formosans?” over Suva, and the Eco-lodge able prosperity. lia, Fiji, New Zealand, the systems of agricultural checks, I am happy to say that I did plays host to regular groups of Hanoi in Vietnam is a clean, IPhilippines, Taiwan, Viet- ensuring that not only cash crops find some shops displaying ornithologists looking for a sump- emerging city, where old culture nam, plus Thailand. In each coun- but fragile ecosystems are pro- Formosan traditional crafts and tuous variety of rare feathered blends with new high-rise archi- try, I surveyed the cultural atti- tected from disease. In Sydney, carvings, a very good sign. friends. The most spectacular, tecture. But Vietnam is hell for tude towards wildlife as well as the Rainbow Lorikeets did not so Blame it on the Aussies. like Lorikeets and musk parrots, wildlife, if any indeed still exists. its impact upon it. much as jump as I stepped out Fiji was just 50:50. I found fly right in front of your face. I have been exploring Halong I have always known that the door of my bed & breakfast. linoleum flooring carpeting some Puerto Princesa is perhaps Bay since 1992 and Ba Be National local culture determines the sta- The next day, I got to photograph reefs and I tried to buy a baby SE Asia’s most “Eco” spot, but Park since 1995 and I can safely tus of natural ecosystems, an ex- an Ibis in a downtown park. Aus- turtle off a Fijian. When he real- until its airport becomes interna- say that I have seen more wildlife cellent case in point being Phang tralia has its problems, including ized I wanted to release it back tional next year, I am forced to in Phang Nga in a single day than I Nga Bay, where certain unscru- agricultural siltation onto a dying to the sea, he snarled, “Not for transit the Manila cesspool, liter- have witnessed in Vietnam over the pulous TAT managers and mass Great Barrier Reef, but most of sale!” However, that is the ex- ally stepping over nursing moth- past 16 years. And as we know, tourism operators sold out their the countryside remains hospi- ception, not the rule. I love Fiji ers with makeshift beds con- Thailand’s record isn’t much to integrity by choosing volume and table to wildlife. and its friendly people (except on structed out of cardboard boxes, write home about. profit over proper management of If only the whole planet the rugby pitch). Most follow tra- sleeping on broken sidewalks. Fiji When I first explored Halong Phang Nga’s tidal sea caves and could enjoy the ethical standards ditional Pacific culture that em- has no beggars, but SE Asia ap- Bay, the place was full of Tokay pears filled with them. While I Geckos, some of my favorite ani- tend to see the same beggars on mals. A family of Tokay live in my Sukhumvit Road every time I visit home, watching me upside down Bangkok, that “Manila Mama” as I write. I have become intimately seems to have one more kid ev- acquainted with their distinctive ery year. voice. The brutal Spanish co- A few years later, I found a lonialists brought overpopulation, Vietnamese hunting them. I asked cockfighting and environmental him what possible financial value devastation. Entire islands were a Tokay could offer. I had ex- denuded, reefs stripped, covered pected to hear some story about with silt and then overpopulated the exotic pet trade, but instead in the name of God. The Philip- he told me that the Tokay were pines may become the first coun- destined to wind up in a traditional try outside of Africa to suffer to- Chinese medicine. The medicine tal environmental meltdown. trade must have perpetrated You certainly won’t find 4,000 years of animal abuse in many beggars in Singapore, but support of its various mystical they’ve got plenty of bulldozers, claims. I on the other hand, pre- November 29 - December 5, 2008 CONSERVATION SPECIAL PHUKET GAZETTE 5

But the accumulated prob- truly criminal is that this trade op- lems of all six of the countries I erates quite openly, with the ob- visited seem inconsequential vious blessing of the authorities. compared with what I ran into in The point is that we abuse a well-known tourist trap during wildlife all over the planet. Yet a group inspection trip. I usually Australia, New Zealand and wouldn’t go to this spot, but an Puerto Princesa prove that it academic friend told me he had doesn’t have to be that way. The seen gibbons for sale on his re- solution lies in improving educa- search trip there two years ear- tion, forcing the authorities to do lier. their jobs, and in encouraging the Sure enough, I wasn’t on general population to support con- the island two minutes before a servation. hawker threw a baby gibbon into Locals tend to dismiss my lap, so young it was still in dia- conservationism with an attitude pers. Its eyes were filled with of “this is my country”, but if they terror from the days-old memory are so proud, why do they make of its mother being shot as it lay Thailand look so bad? in her arms. Thirty years ago, on the This is the ultimate defini- Hawaiian island of Waikiki, some tion of “massacre” and it happens fool speared a turtle and walked right in front of the eyes of the home with his catch, spear still in authorities, who, for some un- its neck. known reason, choose not to do The police said he was easy their job. My professor friend was to find because every house he offered a gibbon for sale, and the passed called 911. That is the ranger escorting him said it was measure of respect for wildlife okay because that gibbon was we need to develop in Thai soci- Sure enough, I wasn’t on the island more than two minutes when a hawker threw a baby gibbon in to “just a pet”. ety if we wish to preserve wild- my lap, so young it was still in diapers. Its eyes were filled with terror from the days-old memory of it’s I was never offered a gib- life for future generations. mother being shot as it lay in her arms. bon, but the hawker did try to sell Sure, there may be cultural ferring a dose of reality, recom- national parks, but, incredibly, the close to home recently when a me a photograph. Fortunately, I differences, but that’s my point. mend you try Viagra. It really TAT actually encourages it. long-tail boat sailed in between had no money and therefore did The Aussies and Kiwis still works and is far cheaper. Until When I petitioned a former gov- our support boat at anchor and not contribute to the animal trade. slaughter their cows, pigs and reality conquers tradition, wildlife ernor of Krabi to stop feeding the the beach and shot a macaque Thanks to this evil practice, sheep, but beyond the farm fence has good reason to fear us. macaques in Talin, his response right in front of our guests. The Thai gibbons are now rare. In an things look pretty healthy. Halong’s waters are an was an irresponsible, “It’s good bullets didn’t finish the job, so they all-too-familiar scenario, three So why is SE Asia’s wild- open sewer. Nothing of interest for business.” beached the boat and clubbed the mothers holding babies are shot life situation so dramatically dif- grows in them, and I have seen For crab-eating macaques, monkey to death with a stone, all from the tree. Odds are only one ferent from that of the South only two white belly sea eagles abuse starts with something as in a national park. baby survives the fall. What is Pacific? in 16 years. simple as feeding them bananas. Back in Phuket, our family The three important things to re- is blessed. The little patch of member about feeding wildlife jungle we rent is an isolated is- are: land in a growing sea of develop- • Human offerings are not part ment where wildlife is cut off of their natural diet. from other populations. It should • The wildlife becomes depen- be said that many developers, dent upon human handouts. especially Westerners, actually • Wildlife becomes habituated do their best not to disturb nature. to human contact. I watch squirrels skittering Primates, including hu- across my bamboo jungle, steal- mans, love bananas, but I’ve ing bananas no human can reach. never seen bananas growing on Our little jungle is host to at least Phang Nga’s limestone islands. one blood python, a reticulated Unnatural food supply causes a python, a cobra, bamboo rats, number of problems. Broken blue-winged pitta, cane spiders, limbs resulting from tourist-cre- and brown frogs, proof that ated food fights are a recurring Phuket can still sustain our wild problem in Penak. friends. Habitats are altered when However, Phuket’s human macaques stay in one place beg- population is adept at destroying ging bananas instead of engag- wildlife, even if only in a soft ing in wide-ranging foraging. touch manner. The habituation issue came Feeding wildlife is illegal in 6 PHUKET GAZETTE AROUND THE NATION November 29 - December 5, 2008 Student stabber sentenced Protest halts ThaiBev share plans BANGKOK: The Criminal Court on November 20 sentenced 37- year-old Jitrada Tantiwanichayasuk to eight years in jail for stab- hai Beverage, the bing four schoolgirls with a knife at St Joseph’s school in 2005. The country’s largest pro sentence was commuted to four years because the defendant con- ducer of spirits and fessed. T beer, decided on No- The court said the defendant, who has a history of mental vember 20 to postpone indefi- problems, will be sent to receive medical treatment at a hospital nitely the listing of its shares on after serving the jail term. the local bourse, following mas- In September of 2005, Ms Jitrada stabbed and seriously in- sive protests by anti-alcohol jured four students at the girls-only St Joseph’s School in the center groups. of Bangkok. One of the students was left in critical condition but Vichate Tantiwanich, ex- later recovered. Jitrada escaped from the school on a motorcycle. ecutive vice president of the While working at a Bangkok restaurant, the restaurant owner Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET), alerted police after recognizing her from a police sketch. Jitrada said the filing was still incomplete allegedly told police investigators she had heard “an order from and the firm wanted to delay heaven” telling her to “do something” to rich Indians and Chinese completion of the process. because they had taken advantage of the Thai people. Due to the global financial Psychiatrists treating Jitrada after the attack diagnosed her crisis and increased market vola- as suffering from mental illness. Police said Jitrada had taken 500,000 tility, ThaiBev had also found it difficult to come up with an ap- baht from her mother several months earlier to prepare for the DEMON DRINK: Anti-alcohol protesters dressed for Halloween poured mission and planned to attack only the children of wealthy parents. propriate price for its initial pub- lic offering. Beer Chang and other alcohol products produced by ThaiBev into a It announced the indefinite mock cauldron outside the Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) on November 20. postponement of its plans as more Nine killed at race track than 10,000 people rallied in front Singapore instead. Anti-alcohol groups have PATHUM THANI: Nine people were killed late on the night of Sat- of the SET headquarters in Maj Chamlong did not join consistently opposed the listing of urday November 22 when a race car lost control and hit them at a Bangkok to oppose the listing. the recent protests, as he was the company’s shares on the race track in Pathum Thani. Among the protesters were preoccupied with the People’s grounds that it would further pro- Six people were crushed to death at the ring of the Bangkok thousands of monks. Alliance for Democracy’s bid to mote the alcoholic beverage in- Drag Avenue in Pathum Thani shortly before 11 pm. Eleven other Back in 2005, the Thai bring down the Somchai Wong- dustry and the consumption of its injured people were rushed to hospital, where three later died. drinks giant applied to be listed sawat government. Senior man- products. On the other hand, Eye-witnesses told police that the race car lost control about on the local bourse but its bid was agement sources at ThaiBev had capital-markets advocates have 300 meters after leaving the start line. It collided with a concrete turned down when Maj Chamlong earlier stated that its listing plan insisted that trading of the shares barrier before careening into a group of fans around the perimeter of Srimuang led similar protests for the local bourse remained in- should be approved and that the the track. The race is a special annual event held to allow teenagers against the stock-trading plan, tact and that the protests were authorities should instead enforce to race among themselves. prompting ThaiBev to turn to not unexpected. the laws on drinking. The driver of the race car, fled the scene. Vaginal piercing fashion Debt collection puts Thai teenagers at risk turns deadly NONTHABURI: A gang claim- BANGKOK: The Public Health Ministry has warned against vagi- ing to be debt collectors swooped nal piercing and decoration with jewelery, saying it could lead to bac- down on an alley in Nonthaburi terial infection and cause severe problems in the uterus and kidneys. on November 22, attacking resi- Some patients have had to have their uterus removed after having dents with knives and guns, leav- vaginal piercing and adornment with unsafe objects, said Medical ing one person dead and three Services Department deputy chief Boonreung Traireungwararat. others injured. The ministry issued the warning after it became a popular fash- Vehicles and other property ion among young Thai girls who believe that piercing their vaginas were also damaged. and adorning them with accessories would enhance their sexual li- The 20-strong gang sealed bido and increase a partner’s interest while having sex. off an alley in Nonthaburi’s Mr Boonreung believes the piercing fashion has followed a trend Muang district in the early-morn- popular among Japanese girls. ing operation, before conducting Most of the women who do the piercings want the decorative their indiscriminate stabbing and objects on their clitoris, but the unsafe processes used by many shooting spree, police said. piercers could cause inflammation and bacterial infection, he said. An unsafe procedure could also cause urethral stricture – a narrowing of the urethra caused by injury or disease, such as urinary Around the Nation news round- tract infection or other forms of urethritis. “There is no scientific up is sourced from the pages of evidence that vaginal piercing would enhance sexual activity,” Mr The Nation, Daily Xpress and Boonreung added. Kom Chad Luek newspapers.

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An artist's impression of the Smiley in the Sky that will be visible from Phuket on December 1. PHUKET: On the night of December 1, sky-watchers will be able to observe with the naked eye a rare astral phenomenon in which Ve- nus, Jupiter and a quarter-moon will become aligned in such a way as to form the shape of a smile in the night sky. The best time to witness the celestial smiley will be between 6 pm and 8 pm. Mr Sitichai Jantarsinrapin of the Bangkok Planetarium told the Gazette, “Venus and Jupiter are already aligned and on December 1 the orbiting quarter-moon will pass by, creating the image of a smil- ‘The Governor's Letter’ has been a regular feature in the Phuket Gazette for 15 years. Newly appointed ing face.” This phenomenon is not visible every year, but only when Governor Preecha Ruangjan has kindly agreed to continue the tradition. Thanking him here are (L to R): the moon passes so close to these planets. Although not an unprec- Gazette GM Niladaa (Jib) Thanakul, MD Oranee (Ann) Hildebrand, and Managing Editor Nick Davies. edented occurrence, Mr Sitichai said it is difficult to predict when we What might Khun Preecha have in store for Phuket? See his first column, page 27, this issue. will next get to see the smile in the sky. Ancient temple reveals buried treasures here are many temples in Thalang, home to Phuket’s largest settle- Tments in days gone by, but one recently rediscovered temple is thought to date back 300 years to the Ayudhaya period. The old temple is now the site of an excavation by archaeologists. Tribanyat Jariyalerpong, president of the Thalang Cultural Village, told the Gazette that Kanan Temple in Thepkrasattri LEFT: An archiological dig has unearthed brickwork at the site of an Village 2 was possibly built at the ancient temple. end of the Ayudhya period which ABOVE: Pottery found at the temple, possibly buried during the ran from 1677 to 1767. Burmese invasion of Thalang, in 1785. From recent archaeological finds there, he surmises that the such as tea kettles, teacups, pots seum. However, construction of Burmese invasion of Thalang in and other utensils, were also a two-story ubosot, or temple hall, 1785 forced people to bury their stupas, called chedi in Thai for keeping the remains of the found. These date from the late is now underway. belongings on the temple grounds Confirming the authenticity deceased, whose bones were Ayudhya period and early Ratta- Once completed the arti- and run to the hills. and importance of the site, the stored in clay pots after crema- nakosin era. facts will be kept in a museum From that time forward, the Thai Religious Affairs Depart- tion. The age of the large bricks Until recently, these finds constructed at the temple grounds temple appears to have been de- ment in 2001 accepted it as a na- used in their construction is were kept in the Thalang Mu- to house them. serted for 150 to 180 years, possi- tional monument. thought to be anywhere from 150 – by Atchaa Khamlo bly because of spreading disease Work is still going on at the to 300 years. or the collapse of the central gov- temple grounds, which initially Also found at the dig were ernment in 1809, he said. covered 4 rai but was expanded hin tarnar, stones taken from the In 1994, Mr Traibanyat and to 11 rai after the purchase of sea to honor important people, as local volunteers started to restore additional land in 1996. the temple is far from the sea. the temple, which is home to three The three chedi were used Belongings of the deceased, 8 PHUKET GAZETTE AROUND THE SOUTH November 29 - December 5, 2008 Southern police capture ganja smugglers and pill pusher in war on drugs

olice in Chumphon ar- The back of the truck ap- rested a methamphet- peared to be filled with sacks of amine dealer on Novem- fertilizer, but on removing the Pber 18. The arrest fol- sacks police found two back- lowed the capture of three can- packs filled with blocks of dried nabis smugglers in the province marijuana. In total, there were 73 the day before. one-kilogram blocks. Other provinces around the Police arrested the three South also saw major drug busts occupants of the truck, identified in the first month of the three as 38-year-old Sanan Madngao month “war on drugs” that started and Sari Hatthapradit, 56, both on November 3. from Trang’s Kantang District, After receiving a tip-off, and Kanokanat Phumsawai, 40, Border Patrol Police had an in- from Muang district Sakon formant contact Manas Chat- Nakhon. cheua, 34, and ask to buy 70 ya Police said the three admit- bah pills. Mr Manat agreed to the ted that they had bought the drugs Pairote Rattanarat of Nakhon Si Thammarat’s Pak Panang district shows a cannon barrel he found at sale at 350 baht per pill, a total of for 1,500 baht per kilogram from a sea off the province recently. He asked the authorities concerned to check the age of the item. 24,500 baht. They agreed to meet contact in Laos, across the Mekong next to Chumphon Technical Col- River from Sakon Nakhon. They 200,000 baht in cash and a large court is due to hear the case in Bualek, 28, threw acid over Mr lege. When Mr Manas arrived, said they were planning to sell the amount of gold jewellery was 2010,” he said. Arun. Some of it splashed off, police moved in to arrest him. cannabis in the Trang area for missing from her mother’s house. Police are currently con- hitting Mr Prasert and Mr Jaow. Police said that Mr Manas around 30,000 baht a kilogram. Investigating officer Reng- centrating on this as the motive Mrs Anong later gave her- confessed that he had been sell- November 18 and 19 also chai Rachkijja from the Phrom for the killing and have no other self up at Tha Pae Police Station. ing methamphetamine for around saw major ya bah busts in Surat Khiri Police said that a neighbour promising leads, he added. She told police that she was sus- 10 years. He said that he bought Thani and Narathiwat provinces. heard Mrs Iat scream three times picious her husband had a lover the pills for 250 baht each and at about 3 am. Acid horrors: A man was left in Satun Town, as he liked to go sold them on to local youths, Senior killing: An old woman When the neighbors went in critical condition after his wife there a lot. mainly students and laborers, for was stabbed to death in her bed outside to investigate they could through acid over him in Satun’s The night of the incident, Mr 350-400 baht each. in Nakhon Sri Thammarat’s see nothing amiss and went back Tha Phae District in the early Arun had been out drinking in Mr Manas was then sent to Phomkhiri District in the early to sleep. hours of November 17. Satun Town with his two friends, Muang Chumphon Police Station hours of November 17. Despite Mrs Nonglak’s Neighbors took Arun Tha- so out of anger she decided to to be charged. Chumphon Gov- Iat Thongsamak, 71, an in- statement, Lt Col Rengchai said wasikho, 33, to Tha Phae Hospi- throw acid on him. She has been ernor Karan Supakijwi-lekakarn law of Nakhon Sri Thammarat that nothing had been stolen from tal suffering from severe acid charged with inflicting bodily harm came to the station and helped to Democrat MP Samphan Thong- the house. Police are investigat- burns to his head, face and chest. on another person. question Mr Manas. samak, was found by neighbors ing a family dispute over inherit- He was then sent for further Gov Karan said the case was about 9am that morning in her ance as the motive for the killing. treatment to Satun Hospital, Officer shot: A brief gunfight particularly serious as Mr Manas house in Tambon Phrom Lok. “As none of the victim’s where doctors said he was in criti- left a police officer in Raman Dis- was selling to school children. He The scene showed signs of possessions were missing, we are cal condition. trict in critical condition after sus- urged police to capture other mem- a struggle and police believe Mrs definitely ruling out robbery as a Two other men, Praset pected insurgents shot him in the bers of the dealing network. Iat tried to fight off her attackers motive. Mrs Iat has nine children Song-iat,32, and Jaow Song-iat, head and arms. The previous day, on No- before being overpowered. The and they are currently locked in a 35, were also admitted with acid Police Corporal Charin vember 17, acting on information attackers entered the house dispute over the division of the burns to their arms. Saikeow and a group of fellow of- from a source, Highway Police in through a back window, police family’s 13-rai of land. They have The men told police that as ficers were ambushed by gunmen Sawee District stopped a Sakon said. already started legal action against they were sitting drinking beer on a back road in Tambon Kota Nakhon-registered pick-up truck Mrs Nonglak Nakphalkang, each other at Nakhon Sri Tham- outside Arun’s house in Tambon Baru on November 21, police said. heading south on Highway 41. 49, the victim’s daughter, said that marat Provincial Court and the Tha Reua, Mr Arun’s wife Anong The two sides traded gun- shots for about five minutes be- fore the culprits retreated. Charin and the officers were returning to their station after attending a road accident. A few days earlier, on No- vember 16, gunmen shot dead a former village chief in Tambon Bangpor as he and his eight-year- old daughter were leaving the mosque, police said. Gunmen in a pickup truck drove up to Asem Waji, 49, and commenced fire with an M16 au- tomatic rifle, letting off at least ten rounds. Three rounds hit Asem in the torso, and one in the head. His daughter, who suffered a gunshot wound to her chest, was rushed to a nearby hospital.

Sourced from The Nation, Daily Xpress and Kom Chad Luek newspapers.

Looking for a job? PhuketGazette.Net November 29 - December 5, 2008 PHUKET GAZETTE 9 10 PHUKET GAZETTE AROUND THE REGION November 29 - December 5, 2008 Marine park closed to tourists ne of Surat Thani’s more popular marine tourist attractions, and O one where scenes were filmed for the movie The Beach, Angthong National Ma- rine Park, has been closed down over concerns of safety. The closure of the 102- square-kilometer park comes at a time when seasonal weather brings strong winds and rain which could pose dangers to small ves- sels or for people who intend to camp on the islands. The closure was demanded

Angthong National Marine Park enveloped in more tranquil weather. Floods swamp Samui Photo: Tourism Authority of Thailand. by the National Park and Wild- salee stated that, aside from KOH SAMUI: Annual monsoon such problems. life Conservation Department of keeping tourists out of harm’s weather has caused havoc to in- A team of surveyors ap- Thailand, which is the govern- way, the closure also allows for frastructure around the island, pointed by the mayor were in- ment agency charged with over- the regeneration of flora and coral leaving many areas flooded and structed to identify all the areas seeing safety in all the country’s that often suffer due to the impact impassable. Treacherous rains that had been affected by the national parks. of visitor traffic on the natural en- also necessitated the early clo- floods in previous years so that Chaisan Hiransalee, head vironment. Maintenance teams sure of schools and businesses preventative action could be of the Marine Park, has issued also use this time to carry out vital around the island. taken. Fourteen such areas were warnings to tour operators not to repairs to park facilities. Island residents have be- subsequently pinpointed and accept bookings from tourists The Angthong National come increasingly irritated by the named in a report. asking to visit the park. Marine Park consists of 42 sepa- frequency of rising waters which The mayor has been work- However, he states the clo- rate islands covering 102 square cause disruption and pose a threat ing on a solution to unblock drains FROM THE sure is often ignored as tour op- kilometres, and is one of the most to businesses located along such and has pumps in place ready for GULF OF erators have more interest in popular venues for tourists visit- routes. any substantial collection of wa- making money rather than taking ing Koh Samui and Koh Phang- “The rains at this time of year ter. He has also put teams on stand- THAILAND safety into consideration. an. The park will reopen on De- are entirely expected but it’s dis- by to monitor such areas when By Max Rogers Furthermore, Khun Hiran- cember 24. graceful that the drainage issues heavy rains are predicted. have not been sorted out,” said After the rains of 2005, when Ying Satayu, a shop owner near several areas were devastated by one of the trouble spots. floods and the island was declared Island ferry operators slash fares “I have put sand bags in a disaster zone, many residents feel front of my shop to protect it and that the flood problems should have Passengers benefit from drops in oil prices and tourism now customers find it difficult to been corrected and further chaos get into my premises. Aside from avoided. SURAT THANI: Operators of tween the operators, Surat Thani Koh Samui have been reduced this, it presents such a hazard to Mayor Jaikwang’s team the Seatran and Raja Ferry Com- government officials and the pro- from 150 baht to 110 baht, while people riding motorbikes or even has asked for subsidies of 14 panies have agreed to cut pas- vincial government’s Marine rates for cars and SUVs have small cars.” million baht to repair roads and senger and car rates for journeys Transport Authority, under the been cut from 420 baht to 320 On taking office, the new install a more modern and effi- to and from Koh Samui and Koh order of Surat Thani Governor baht. The passenger rate for the mayor of Koh Samui, Ramnet cient drainage system. Phangan. Pracha Taerat. trip between Donsak and Koh Jaikwang, cited this problem as In the meantime, an emer- The decision was made on After strong encourage- Phangan is now 210 baht, down a priority and said that measures gency help line has been set up November 3, after executives of ment from the Tourism Authority from 280 baht. Four-wheel drives would be taken to limit the to assist residents in need dur- the two companies felt that oil of Thailand, the decision was and cars now pay 550 instead of amount of flooding that occurs ing heavy rains in the flood-prone prices had now fallen and were taken in an effort to promote more 800 baht. in many areas notorious for areas. showing some signs of stability. travel to and from the islands, Although this represents a Earlier this year, the com- especially during the forthcoming significant decrease, officials panies were forced to hike their high season in which significantly were quick to point out that these fares and make cutbacks to their lower numbers of visitors are new fares are a reflection of cur- timetables in an attempt to remain expected due to the global eco- rent oil prices, and, as such, may in operation. nomic crisis. rise again as and when the mar- A meeting was held be- Fares between Donsak and ket dictates. November 29 - December 5, 2008 GOOD LIVING PHUKET GAZETTE 11

oo few of us know them. Which is strange, really: winemaking has Alas for South African wine growers! flourished on the Cape T the line [of command] is not finished dry with only two grams Peninsula since 1663. Success, moreover, came quickly to the straight. In South Africa it’s residual sugar and 12.36 degrees region and during the 19th Cen- straight.” alcohol. tury prices in Europe for the Meaker is also proud of his Regarding the current battle much-prized Constantia whites 2007 Merlot: youthful, with for global market share, in which matched those of Sauternes’ slightly chewy tannins, it bids fare Australia is leaving its rivals be- Chateau d’Yquem, France’s fin- to be a stand-out after another hind, Meaker observed that “pro- est’ dessert wine. year in bottle. Drier than the duction costs are generally lower But then came the phyllox- Shiraz, with only 2.1 grams of in South Africa,” and noted that era vine-root destroying aphids, sugar, and slightly less alcoholic “not many people know the Aus- world wars, a 12-year alcohol at 13.52 degrees, the Merlot’s tralians got most of their vines consumption “Prohibition” in the aromas suggest blackcurrants originally from South Africa.” United States, ‘apartheid’, ostra- and mint – typical of the varietal. The South African economy, cism and a 30-year trade embargo Bovlei makes a full range of however, still sputters fitfully and by the world community. The wines, including the 2006 Semi- the domestic market is oriented 20th Century was a write-off for Sweet Special Late Harvest towards other beverages, thus SA South African producers; lovers white with 49 grams residual wine sales lag several orders of of the grape largely forgot their sugar, a rich, golden wine. Among magnitude behind Australia’s. wines. the whites, Meaker wants to ex- Nonetheless, as the rand “goes Wine-making struggled on, periment more with Chenin Blanc down and down,” he said, “we however, and today South Africa – or “Pineau de la Loire” as it is sell more exports.” Wine tourism ranks among the world’s top ten sometimes called. Chenin used to to South Africa, also, “is so im- producers, with 6.4 million hec- be synonymous with France’s portant” and has greatly helped toliters in 2001. Reni Hildenbrand, owner of the well-regarded Hildenbrand Wine and Loire valley, but far more is both sales and promotion. Olive Estate, and Frank Meaker of Bovlei Winery hosted a tasting at But its vintners find them- planted today in South Africa than “People take away a bottle Patong’s Club Andaman Beach Resort. The award-winning South in France. and then buy more [when they selves locked in a death grip over African winemakers are on a promotional tour of Thailand. markets with other “New World” “It is most versatile,” he get back home overseas],” he said. winemakers. Its products lan- growing area – and attending that his goal is to win brand loy- said, and makes wines of great Meaker feels South African guish in the bargain bins of big Stellenbosch University. The uni- alty by affording buyers “$15- depth and complexity – whether wines are under-priced globally retailers because even the nation’s versity is for South African wine- dollar bottles for $10.” He also unctuous, golden dessert wines or – but what producer doesn’t feel best producers remain mere making, as the great wine critic thinks South Africans “keep it crisp, straw-colored whites. It can his wine is underpriced? In his cyphers for most wine drinkers, Andre L Simon once observed, simple – don’t over-complicate age for decades, gaining in com- case, however, he’s probably with no pre-eminent brands such “what Montpellier is to French things” when approaching wine. plexity, developing bottle bouquet, right. Certainly the 2006 Shiraz as Australia’s Pen-folds or New viticulture,” or the University of “At a California winery you and deepening in color. Bovlei’s is a heckuva bargain. Wine lov- Zealand’s Cloudy Bay to lead the California at Davis is in the US – might have four viticulturalists 2008 Chenin Blanc is aromatic of ers can join in crying crocodile charge against the center of with an enologist,” he said, “so hay, tropical fruit and guava, and tears over the price. consumer resis- research and tance. Desper- Rare spawning ate for recogni- ground for tion – anything vintage future to carve a niche By Marque Rome winemakers. for themselves – It is where one group of winemakers in the the well-known Pinot Noir - Worcester appellation even de- Cinsaut hybrid ’Pinotage’ was cided to label their bottles in developed. Braille. After school, he traveled the While such is doubtless ap- world, working in Pomerol – preciated by the sight-impaired – where the velvet softness and and why aren’t more producers spicy aromas of the Merlot grape following suit? – South African have made Chateau Petrus the vintners shouldn’t be reduced to world’s most valued red wine – finding clever gimmicks to sell and at the Napa Valley’s Robert wine. Over the past decade, Mondavi Winery, long California’s scores for a number of South most influential vintner. African wines have crept past the “I was sent to see what the 90-point barrier in tastings, forc- Americans were doing,” he told ing critics such as Robert M me at Club Andaman Beach Re- Parker Jr and Wine Spectator sort amid the hubbub of a hun- magazine to pay attention. It’s dred or so schmoozing wine deal- only a matter of time, perhaps, ers. “They had a new vision; I before the region becomes the brought home a few useful next big thing. ideas.” In the meantime, South Af- He puts them into practice rican winemakers tour the world as production manager at Bovlei, trying to spread awareness (and a 101-year-old co-operative of 35 vinous good cheer). One of their growers with annual output of leading lights, Frank Meaker of over 8,000 tonnes. “Name a few Bovlei Winery, hosted a tasting in businesses that are one hundred Patong recently, offering wares years old – anywhere,” Meaker for consideration by vendors and challenged. “You won’t find meeting with the press. His wines many.” have received several gold med- Something else one doesn’t als in recent years at the find many of are Shiraz wines as Michelangelo International Wine finished and appealing as Bovlei’s Awards, the region’s premier 2006 Shiraz, a gold-medal winner event. Bovlei, distributed by BNK at this year’s Michelangelo Inter- in Phuket, is in the increasingly national. Redolent of wild berries well-regarded Wellington appel- and mint, this exotic, dark-robed, lation, northwest of Cape Town, long-legged beauty persists long where the porous sandstone soils on the palate. Carrying 13.93 de- are “of limited fertility” – and thus grees of alcohol and five grams perfect for wine. residual sugar, it is a lush, heady Meaker, 53, is a Cape na- wine, superb of its type, and prob- tive, born in Cape Town, grow- ably more accessible now than ing to maturity in Stellenbosch – Hermitage of the same year. heart of South Africa’s first, “Integrity is the key,” to fine wine- smallest and most famous wine- making, Meaker said, averring 12 PHUKET GAZETTE PHUKET PEOPLE November 29 - December 5, 2008 Remembering Tom McNamara

cepts, which has lifted the stan- partner in Da Mauricio, the elite dard of hospitality on the island. Italian restaurant that shares the “I think Phuket has come of seafront with Baan Rim Pa. age,” he used to say. “It’s time Tom had successful restau- for this island to provide our guests rants in England, France and the with a more international dining Caribbean before deciding he had experience that will encourage enough money to retire on them to return year after year.” Phuket. When Tom first arrived When he found himself al- here 20 years ago, founding a col- most destitute and forced to re- lection of world-class restaurants turn to the business he knew best, was the last thing on his mind. he recruited chefs and managers Like many of us, he came to from Bangkok’s Oriental hotel. By Bruce Stanley Phuket to retire. Baan Rim Pa may have Good To Us’, which he set up a For him that meant deep sea been small and modest, but Tom few years ago to provide quality fishing and playing golf. He was determined to provide the English language education for rented a modest bungalow on the best Royal Thai cuisine found on local children in government cliff overlooking Patong Bay and the island. schools. had settled in to enjoy the rest of Success did not come easy “I’ve been successful living his life when he got news that his or quickly. Baan Rim Pa in the and working here and I want to Tom McNamara, founder of Baan Rim Pa restaurant, passed away share that with the local people on Sunday November 23 at the age of 62. accountant had swindled his life early days was located far from savings. Tom was forced to rein- the action in Patong. There was so they can have the chance to he last time I saw Tom a deadly form of prostate cancer. vent himself again and open a no road connecting Patong with have an improved life,” he said. McNamara, it was “I’m fine,” he said with his re- small restaurant in the living room either the north island or even “It shouldn’t only be the owners some weeks ago and he nowned bravado. “I’m getting of his home, which he named nearby Karon Beach and the and the rich who benefit from Twas sitting at his favor- ready for my demise. I have no Baan Rim Pa. south. But, gradually, he achieved Phuket’s success with interna- ite table at Baan Rim Pa with his problem with dying. I’ve had a Tom was no stranger to the the same success here as he had tional tourism, but everyone who family and restaurant managers. good, full, interesting life. I have restaurant business. He grew up with his restaurants in other parts wants to work. And the one thing He wasn’t paying much attention no complaints.” in a family of entertainers and of the world. He added Da the local Thais need is better En- to what was being said but was It is hard to believe that Tom those given to having a good time. Maurizio, Joe’s (in two locations) glish,” he said. intent on listening to the popular McNamara, the world-class res- The young Tom opened his first and Hung Fat’s – all successful Tom made many contribu- piano music of Tommy Doyle, taurateur who helped put Phuket restaurant in the 1970s in a former – and developed an international tions to life on Phuket and will be whom he brought to Phuket from on the international tourism map, warehouse district of Manhattan following among people who felt vividly remembered as a man Las Vegas in the early days of has left us. The news that he lost which became the trendy SoHo. they hadn’t experienced Phuket unafraid to speak his mind, dream Baan Rim Pa, about 15 years his battle with death left many of This was also the time when he until they had talked to Tom and his dreams, and make the most ago. us who have worked with him met his lifelong friend, Mauricio eaten at one of his tables. out of life. I asked him how he was and considered him a friend at a Laureri, who was importing Ital- What seemed to give him The cremation ceremony will be doing, knowing that he was in his great loss. We will all miss his ian jeans to America, and who the most pleasure, however, was held at Wat Chalong on Satur- seventh year of struggle against innovation with new dining con- decades later would become his the foundation ‘Phuket Has Been day November 29 at 11:30am ianca Goetz, a student which also featured Beijing three seconds to 2:12.29. with the British Interna 1500m freestyle gold medalist Bianca is now back in tional School (BIS) in Oussama Mellouli and former Phuket and continues her daily BPhuket, recently repre- 50m freestyle world record holder training schedule at BIS with her sented Singapore in the fourth leg and last year’s World Cup win- coach Jim Puleo. Bianca is spon- of the annual FINA/Arena Swim- ner, Therese Alshammar. sored by Club Asia Fitness & Spa, ming World Cup Short Course Despite aiming to gain valu- who have provided her with com- Championships. Bianca, who is able experience, rather than ex- plimentary use of their facility at still in year nine, was called up as pecting to win any medals, Bianca Royal Phuket City Hotel. a member of the National Swim still managed to break all her per- Bianca is now setting her Squad for the event, which took sonal best times in these three sights on several other upcoming place earlier this month. events. She improved her 400m international swim competitions, Bianca qualified for three freestyle by nine seconds to including the first Asian Youth races, the 100 meters, 200 meters achieve a time of 4:36.32, and her Games 2009 in Singapore, the and 400 meters freestyle, and 100m freestyle by one second to SEA Age Group Swimming was competing alongside some of achieve a time of 1:01.83. She Championships 2009 in Kuala the world’s greatest swimmers. also achieved an impressive 13th Lumpur, the SEA Games 2009 in Bianca was the youngest swim- place overall for her 200m Laos and the Inaugural Youth mer in the entire competition, freestyle, improving her time by Olympics in Singapore in 2010. November 29 - December 5, 2008 PHUKET GAZETTE 13 14 p h u k e t g a z e t t e h a p p e n i n g s November 29 - December 5, 2008 This week

WATER WORKS: On November 22, assembled guests were treated to a party at White Box, Kalim Beach to celebrate the opening of beverage importer CVS Syndicate’s new MEMORIES: Vichayanee (Nong Kaem) Peakhien (left), the 4th annual win- Phuket office and promote FIJI Water, which will soon be distributed in Thailand. Pictured ner of “The Star” singing competition, paid a flying visit to the Metropole are (from left to right) Mr Preecha Chinaroot, Managing Director of CVS, Mr Kittikorn Hotel in Phuket City on November 22 to witness aspiring stars register- Kewkacha, President & CEO of Phuket FantaSea, Mr Chutinant Bhirombhakdi, Executive ing for this year’s competition. Since winning the competition last year, Vice President of Boonrawd Brewery Co Ltd, and Mr Paiboon Upatising, President of the Nong Kaem has risen to become a singing sensation in Thailand.

GIMME SOME AIR: The Two Villas Group held the Oxygen Open House Party FRENCH DRESSING: On November15, 35 beauty queens dazzled Phuketians on a trip last month to introduce the new Oxygen Condominium to agencies and clients. to prepare for the annual Miss France pageant. The bevy of beauties were hosted by Pictured are Mr Kanokpan Pranveerapaiboon, Director of Sales & Marketing, the Indigo Pearl Hotel at Nai Yang Beach. with his team as they prepare to welcome honored guests.

CHOPPER SQUADRON: On November 22, the Blue Canyon Country Club played host to the Child Watch Charity Golf tournament. Since the competition was launched in 1999, the British Business Association Phuket and Blue Canyon Country Club have SPECIAL SPORTS: Students from the British International School (BIS) help jointly raised in excess of 6 million baht for various local charities. The event supports out at Phuket Special School. The BIS students make the trip twice a week an education programme for over 70 local school children, managed by Childwatch to play a variety of games with children from the Special School. November 29 - December 5, 2008 HUMOR PHUKET GAZETTE 15 Bedroom or ‘Boredroom’? Advice with spice for married couples

tide you over until your copy arrives. Role-play room, time after time, year after year is Role play is an easy and effective way to assuredly a recipe for boredom and indif- Be Spontaneous inject a little variety into your conjugal coi- ference, particularly if you are doing it with After endless years of marriage, when sex tus. Acting out simple role-playing sce- the same person or at least people who all with your spouse retains all the euphoria narios such as doctor and nurse or mas- look the same. of stuffing the turkey, it can be tempting to ter and slave are recommended for be- Re-ignite the sexual spark by explor- fall into a monotonous routine, in which ginners. ing new and interesting locations in or hanky-panky occurs somewhere be- As a general rule, It is important to around the homestead for your love-mak- tween washing the dishes and putting the agree on the roles beforehand. Having two ing. Recommended alternative locations am reminded of an old Cornish joke. cat out. masters and no slaves, for example, risks include: A married couple are making love. You can, however, rediscover the degenerating into an unseemly fistfight. • either side of the front door After a while, the woman says to her thrill and exhilaration of wedded whoopee Having thus mastered the basics of role- • in the azaleas Ihusband, “Why are you taking so by surprising your partner with impromptu play, a couple may wish to move on to ever • behind a coat stand long?”. The husband replies, “I can’t invitations to partake in a spot of sponta- more demanding and challenging scenarios, • under the carpet think of anybody”. neous love-making. Suitably unlikely oc- such as ‘Watership Down’ or ‘Fidel This touching but ultimately tragic casions would include: Castro with Cigar’. Manage your Expectations vignette teaches us two important lessons. • jury duty When all is said and done, it is important Firstly, it tells us that amnesiacs who marry • scuba diving Experiment with new Techniques to remember that no matter how hard you ugly are asking for trouble. • queuing for cinema tickets The missionary position, whilst affording try or how weird you get, making love for Secondly, we are reminded how dif- • taking the sacrament the best view of the television, is but one the 963rd time to the same person is never ficult it can be for married couples to keep • robbing a bank of myriad different positions available to going be a bundle of laughs, not even for things fresh and exciting in the bedroom energetic and open-minded couples. slow learners. after years-on-end of going at it with the The Attraction of Danger So, why not give Red Rum a rest and Once you come to terms with this same partner. Nothing gets the juices flowing quite have a go at something a little more imagi- harsh and unforgiving reality, you can be- Fortunately, help is now at hand in like the mortal fear of impending death. native next time there is nothing good on gin to appreciate the 964th time for what the comely shape of my forthcoming best- Anecdotal evidence suggests that the in- HBO? One of my personal favorites is the it really is; an uncomfortable way to read selling water-resistant blockbuster, “Great troduction of dread and trepidation into your Tutankhamen position, in which the the paper. Sex for Bored Couples”. love-making can often work wonders. woman wraps her husband up in toilet pa- But before you lament your lot, with Suitable for geriatrics of all ages, this So the next time you make love, try per and goes shopping with his credit card. illusions that the grass is greener for all literary tour de force is packed full of having someone shoot at you from those singles frolicking orgiastically on the expert advice and handy hints that are across the street. Explore New Locations other side of the fence, remember that new almost guaranteed to spice up even the Clinically obese couples might also Familiarity breeds contempt. Here, I am shoes may look nice, but they will prob- most lethargic love-making experience. try making love in a sauna or on top of a referring not to your partner but rather to ably give you some nasty-looking blisters. By way of a foretaste, I am de- volcano, just to keep the adrenaline the place of your love-making. Toiling lighted to provide a few choice titbits to pumping. away on the same old bed, in the same old Now where are my slippers? 16 PHUKET GAZETTE LIFESTYLE November 29 - December 5, 2008 Tai Chi Timeout elcome to the second in a series of Tai Chi Timeouts. Each timeout takes you through a single, easy-to-follow Tai Chi-Chi Gung exercise. One of Wthe aims of Tai Chi is to develop the intrinsic energy (Chi) within the body through slow, rhythmical breathing exercises known as Chi Gung. The ancient oriental martial art exercises are a great natural way to relieve tension from stress, and aches and pains from stiff limbs. They can be performed whenever you want to unwind and loosen up, but are particularly beneficial when done in the early morning when the Chi is especially Step 1 Step 2 clean and light, relaxing and energizing the mind and body for the start of a new day. In this particular exercise, inhale through the nostrils with a slow, even, steady breath, while slowly lifting the hands and opening the arms to maximum extension. On the exhale, first release any tension in the shoulders, relax the elbows and slowly allow the hands to return to your center (Tan Tien). Inhale and exhale each time to a slow count of eight. Please note that when there is an upward movement of the hands there is an equal and opposite sense of sinking through the hips. Alternatively, when there is a downward movement of the hands, there is a sense of rising through the hips. With- out an experienced instructor there to guide you, it’s up to you to experiment, find the correct stance and to “feel” the sense of movement within the body. Before beginning exercise, release the tension in the neck and shoulders by slowly rolling the shoulders forward and backward. Then roll your head in a circle – keeping your neck loose – first to the right, then to the left. Once you’ve completed five of these rotations place your hands over your and relax into a comfort- Tan Tien Step 4 able, forward-facing posture. Step 3

This Week’s Exercise Step 1: Place your feet shoulder-width apart, knees slightly bent, hips tucked gently under the spine (back straight). Relax your shoulders and hold up your head, but keep your neck relaxed. Step 2: Begin the breathing exercise by slowly inhaling to the count of eight, relaxing your abdomen and allowing it to expand. Keeping your shoulders and elbows relaxed, slowly allow your hands to expand and open. Step 3: Continue to inhale while allowing your hands to float up from the elbow without engaging your shoulders. Step 4: Continue to inhale until your hands reach head height. Step 5: When your hands reach head height, slowly relax the wrists and Step 5 Step 6 open the hands, keeping relaxed arms and shoulders and begin to exhale, allowing your abdomen to slowly contract. Step 6: Continue to exhale to a count of eight while releasing any tension in your neck and shoulders. Step 7: Continue to exhale while allowing your hands to slowly lower to your Tan Tien. When your hands reach your Tan Tien, slowly allow them to begin to expand and open while you begin to inhale. Allow the abdomen to relax and to slowly expand again. Continue like this for fifteen minutes. Step 8: To complete the exercise, cross your hands over your Tan Tien and gather the Chi within. Rick Attix has been studying Tai Chi Ch’uan for over 20 years with masters from China, Malaysia and the U.S. He offers regular classes in Kamala, Mon, Wed and Fri, starting at 9am. He also holds a Saturday afternoon class at 4pm. Tel: 081- 728-9980, Email: [email protected], Website: www.taichiphuket.com Step 7 Step 8 November 29 - December 5, 2008 FEATURED ARTIST PHUKET GAZETTE 17 Small town artist explores movement of light and shadow ietnamese artist Ngu- yen Thanh Hoa comes from Phan Thiet, a Vsmall seaside town in Vietnam. Born in 1965, he Gradu- ated from the Fine Arts Univer- sity of Ho Chi Minh City in 1991. His paintings document the rich mood of life in his home town. His palette is somber and his style approaches a blend of realism and surrealism. Focusing on the the places and people he encounters, Hoa reveals their interior and exterior lives at work and play. His still life paintings are often images of rattan baskets, earthenware pots, crabs, shrimp and fish. Hoa has noticeably refined his skill in seducing the viewer with the softness of colors and the gentle movement of light and shadow. Nguyen Thanh Hoa has re- ceived several awards from the Vietnamese Literature and Arts Association in Vietnam, and the Vietnamese Fine Art Association. In 1995, his paintings were exhibited at the Asian Art Mu- seum of San Francisco. His work is currently on display at D Gal- lery in Royal Phuket Marina.

For more information contact Ms Jittiporn at D Gallery. Tel: 076- 360867. [email protected] Website: www.dgallery.co.th Golden Bowl by Nguyen Thanh Hoa, 2008. Oil on canvas. Dimensions: 62 x 72 cm.

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EVENTS CALENDAR Upcoming events on the island

November 29-30. Sixth Phuket December 7. 2008 Laguna International Soccer 7s. Phuket Triathlon. The one and only Phuket Soccer From 7am to 1pm at Laguna 7s will celebrate its 6th anniver- Phuket. Southeast Asia’s premier sary this year. The tournament multi-sport event, the Laguna has developed into one of the larg- Phuket Triathlon, presented by est 7s tournaments in the Asia- Thai Airways International, the Pacific Region. This year, 32 Tourism Authority of Thailand teams from 14 countries will com- and Herbalife, is now in its 15th pete in Open and Masters Cat- year. The 1.8km swim, 55km bike egories. ride and 12km run offers a What are you waiting for? US$20,000 pro prize purse. The Come and experience for your- event expects to attract some 800 self the excitement and buzz of athletes from over 30 countries the most popular and memorable competing in both the individual event on the soccer social calen- triathlon and the Herbalife Cor- dar. Teams will play a minimum porate Challenge Team Relay. A of 4 games over 2 days, on a 7- 6km fun run for 500 participants a-side grass pitch (70m x 45m). will also be conducted during the Seven-minute halves, full-size event. For further information goal, no offside, rolling substitu- call the race office. Tel: 076- tion. For more information con- 324060. Email: info@lagunaphuket tact Alain and Tim. Tel: 02-990 triathlon.com or visit the Website: 6881. Email: [email protected]. www.lagunaphukettriathlon.com. Website: www.Thai7s.com. Phuket King’s Cup Regatta December 9. Christmas for Soi November 29. Tax Seminar Dog Foundation at Tatonka. (English) for Investors in Con- Starting Saturday. Five days of great sailing and six nights of some of the best island parties. All the From 7pm to11pm, the Tatonka dos & Apartments. action takes place at Kata Beach from 9am to 8pm and beyond. For more information contact Khun Soi Dogs’ Annual Christmas Din- Network Advisory Team Ltd Kae. Tel: 076-273380. Email: [email protected]. Website: www.kingscup.com. ner is being held at Tatonka res- (NAT) invites you to join a half- taurant at Laguna. day (1pm-4.30pm) seminar in held tonight at The Hilton Phuket your mother-in-law and your December 4-7. Phuket Inter- Tatonka owner Harold will English today for developers and Arcadia Resort and Spa. worry beads and let’s see if we national Marine Expo (PIMEX be serving up a dazzling array of investors in condos or apart- This year’s theme is “Dia- can sort things out. From 10am 2008). delicious courses. Dinner tickets ments. monds Are Forever”. The annual until midday at the Sandwich From 10am to 6pm daily. Yachts, are 1,000 baht, with half of the Developers will gain a ball is the club’s main fund-rais- Shoppe Laguna. marine equipment, property and proceeds going to The Soi Dog deeper understanding of tax is- ing event for the PIWC scholar- For directions to Sandwich much more will be on display at Foundation. sues related to the freehold or ship program, which has helped Shoppe Laguna see the web site. Asia’s biggest on-water boat Lots of great prizes to be leasehold scheme of your condo over 550 students and young Sponsored by the Phuket Ga- show at Royal Phuket Marina. won in the raffle and silent auc- or apartment project, as well as people in getting an education, zette and Khun Woody’s Sand- For more information contact tion. A great night to be had by all! tax issues in management and with over 250 currently attend- wich Shoppes. Andy Dowden.Tel: 081-8927670. For more information contact after-sales service. Investors will ing school and college on PIWC For more information contact Email: [email protected]. Cristy. Tel: 085-4734636. Email: gain a knowledge of tax appli- scholarships. Woody Leonard. Tel: 089-1960940 Web: www.phuketboatshow.com [email protected]. cable to sales, rental or transfers For more information contact Email:[email protected]. Web:www.soidog-foundation.org. of the properties by inheritance. Sue Arnulphy. Tel: 087-2776948. Website:KhunWoody.com. December 5. HM The King’s Participants will be able to iden- Email:[email protected] Birthday (Father’s Day) – a December 10. Constitution tify relevant tax issues and to November 30. Old World Public Holiday. Day - a Public Holiday. learn how to plan aggressively November 30. Mac Group Wine Tasting @ Wine Con- for their benefit. The seminar will Therapy - Laguna. nection Chalong. be conducted by Miss Sirirat C, Is your Internet connection From 6pm to 9pm Italian winery the managing director of NAT. driving you NUTS? Ready to Umani Ronchi will be laying on a Reservations recommended. For throw your PC out the window? wine tasting at Wine Connection more information contact Ms Need advice on where to buy a in Chalong. The evening will fea- Jantima. Tel: 089-4743694. Email: computer, or get one repaired? ture six tasting glasses, a personal [email protected] Join “For Dummies” author plate of imported cheeses and Woody Leonhard for his weekly assorted cold cuts. Price: 600 baht November 29. Phuket Inter- PC Group Therapy sessions. per person. Free for Club Card national Women’s Club An- They’re absolutely FREE. Nov- members. For more information nual Ball. ices most welcome - no experi- contact Pascal. Tel: 076-282411. The Phuket International Women’s ence necessary. Bring your ques- Email: fb.phuket@wineconnection. Club (PIWC) Annual Ball will be tions, bring your computer, bring co.th 20 PHUKET GAZETTE B U S I N E S S & MONEY November 29 - December 5, 2008 Bond markets suffer in meltdown The iPhone is coming to town, value comes to the fore. Not ev- but not in time for Christmas MONEY eryone is a seller in these mar- kets; pension funds are just one ood news for techno-geeks: The iPhone 3G is coming to example where buyers are look- Thailand – legitimately – as the youngest of Thailand’s trio TALKS ing for real value. The target com- panies are those with long stand- Gof major phone operators, True Move, has sealed a deal with Apple to distribute the sleek must-have. ing high investment grade credit The bad new is that it may be months before the device ar- ratings. It is still too early to eas- ily identify opportunities in the rives on our shores, so drop any plans of having one for Christmas. A senior official at True Corp, which owns 75 percent of True lower quality arena, although Move, said True Move would work with Apple on the launch of the those with the skill, and perhaps luck, will be more than adequately sleek new ‘smartphone’, which offers faster Internet access and improved email features. rewarded for their bravery. Con- Thailand is still in the testing stage for 3G networks, but mean- By Richard G. Watson versely, fools rush in where an- gels fear to tread. while 3G iPhone users can surf the Internet via existing EDGE or General Motors HQ in in Detroit, GPRS networks, which are 2.5 generation mobile technologies. henever there is Many of the safest bonds Michigan: Not living in normal Despite being years ahead with its coverage area and 3G de- panic in the finan- are to be found in the utility sec- times. ployment, AIS, who were in negotiations with Apple, seem to have cial markets, the tor (water, electricity); basically dropped the ball with this deal. The reason True Move trumped AIS proverbial baby of- areas where there is always de- that many manufactures, and par- W and number two carrier DTAC has nothing to do with 3G, but rather ten gets thrown out with the mand, limited competition and ticularly the big car manufactur- owes itself, it seems, to TrueMove having become a media con- bathwater. frankly, the nearest thing to a safe ers, realized that they were not glomerate over the past few years. The turmoil may have been haven that investors are likely to living in normal times. Scooping up UBC after Shin Corp was sold off by former PM most noticeable in the stock mar- find in these volatile times. The US, Europe and Japan Thaksin Shinawatra to Temasek of Singapore, True Corp was able kets of the world, but huge dam- Henry “Hank” Paulson, the have all now entered recession to corner the Thai pay TV market. With their abundant media distri- age has also been inflicted on the US Treasury Secretary, has and the number of countries sud- bution agreements and locally made ‘Academy Fantasia’ program, fixed income (or bond) markets. changed policy on several occa- denly needing IMF (International there is no lack of content to fill up the iPhone and possibly even a The bond markets are, in reality, sions in recent months. Naturally, Monetary Fund) assistance is ris- local iTunes store. where the initial action took place in these difficult times, he has be- ing rapidly. It is worth noting that True Corporation is a subsidiary of CP, since this all started as a credit come the target for a lot of criti- The G20 Summit in America, Thailand’s largest agricultural producer and one of the Kingdom’s crisis. Money flowed into govern- cism. Some of the negative com- where the heads of state of the biggest companies. CP also happens to hold the franchise for ment debt as it represented the ment has simply been political in world’s leading twenty countries Thailand’s 7-11 convenience stores, which cover nearly every square safest refuge. Normally, a lot of nature and is understandable with met in mid November, apparently kilometer of the nation. Who might be better as a partner for getting this money would have ended up a forthcoming change in the US achieved very little. In fact, the a product out to the masses, providing infrastructure and content in bank deposits but since they administration. However, much is meeting only lasted six hours. delivery channels, and having a massive retail network with which were at the root of the problem, not deserved. As Paulson himself What was important was that ev- to collect monthly payments of phone bills? this was an area to avoid. remarked, the economic situation ery country agreed that this was On top of all this muscle, True is among the few companies in The “spreads”, that is to say, deteriorated so rapidly and unex- a common problem that required Thailand to have WiFi hotspots at major shopping malls and other the difference in yields offered on pectedly that policies have had to the co-operation of all countries to public gathering centers. government debt as opposed to be adapted. resolve. One other major agree- Because there are no public 3G networks aside from AIS’s corporate debt, widened rapidly. President-elect Obama is ment also reached was that no- 900MHz service in Chiang Mai, the iPhone, which operates on the Prior to the credit crunch, the on record as saying that the pub- body was going to adopt a pro- 2100MHz 3G, will not show blistering speeds or 3G content as it will spreads were very tight, but fear lic should not be concerned about tectionist position. Trade remains be limited to an EDGE data service. However, True Move currently drove money into government the deficits for 2009 and 2010. He vital to the prosperity of all and streams live TV, radio, music, movies and other services you would bonds at the expense of corporate is correct, in that these deficits there was an urgent need at the come to expect from a mobile carrier with an EDGE network. bonds. Some of this was de- are going to be enormous. In ad- G20 meeting for a common con- It has yet to be disclosed what the price will be for the iPhone served, as many companies, in- dition to the financial sector and sensus to resuscitate the stalled 3G. However, since Thai law prohibits any carrier from ‘locking cluding banks and other financial the automotive sector, we now DOHA round of trade talks. down’ phones to their own network, it is likely that the iPhone will institutions, were going to find have a new list – cities. The eco- It is when countries under- enter Thailand under the same terms and conditions as any other themselves in difficult times. nomic slowdown has adversely stand that they share a common phone does, i.e., unlocked. And by subsidizing the price of the iPhone, However, many companies impacted the finances of many problem that can only be solved True Move should be able to count on an acceleration in the growth are not in financial trouble and will cities. They are already ap- through co-operation that man- of new service contracts, despite the fact that buyers can use the continue operations regardless of proaching the Federal govern- kind can realize that we are all in device on other networks. the current economic climate. ment for assistance and more will this together. Unfortunately, the With these factors working against excessive pricing, a legiti- Their bonds have been sold join the queue. Many other sec- next meeting of the G20 is not due mate iPhone is bound to be cheaper than the current asking price heavily for two reasons. Firstly, tors of the economy are also go- until April 2009, which begs the (at MBK and other phone shops) for pirated iPhones. A 3G iPhone there was a flight to “quality” ing to suddenly require “assis- question: are the politicians giv- smuggled from the United States currently costs around 29,500 baht (sovereign bonds), and secondly, tance”. Perhaps Phuket could ing this crisis the attention it de- ($842) in Thailand. One from Hong Kong costs about 35,000 baht, many institutional investors also add its name to the list; just serves? since it offers an easier way to insert a local SIM card. needed cash quickly and where tell them in Washington DC that Although True Move appears to have won the iPhone deal, better to raise cash than in the we are in the South East. Richard G Watson runs Global don’t count out AIS and DTAC just yet, as a signed deal does not highly liquid bond markets. This The biggest problem is the Portfolios Co Ltd, a Phuket- mean that True will have the 3G out in stores before anyone else. debacle has left the bonds of many sheer speed of the slowdown. For based personal financial-plan- Commenting on the question of what happened to their rumored top-quality companies now yield- the first nine months of 2008 it ning service. He can be reached deal, AIS says the agreement with True Move is nonexclusive, leaving ing 10% and more. was pretty much business as at Tel: 076-381997; Fax: 076- the door open for speculation that AIS may still be in negotiations This makes them very at- usual, but then October came 383185; Mobile: 081-081 4611; with Apple. tractive investments, not only for along and changed everything. Email: [email protected]. their high yield but also for capi- Spending patterns plummeted See also the Website at – compiled by Marc Mulloy tal gains as markets settle and alarmingly. The drop was so abrupt www.global-portfolios.com. from a feature on PGTV

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or Sangwan as she was then succumbed to kidney disease in known, grew up in a dilapidated 1929. one-storey shophouse in Thon- The Princess Mother then buri. Both parents had died by moved with her two sons and one the time she was nine. daughter to Lausanne, Switzer- She was presented as a re- land in 1933, and by 1935, due tainer to the household of HRH to a quirk of history, had become Off the Princess Valaya Alongkorn as a mother of two heirs to the throne means to an education, and at 17 of Siam. was one of two nursing students Besides the story of her s h e l f selected to study in the United mother’s life from 1900 to 1938, By James Eckardt States. Princess Galyani included ex- One night in September tracts from the Princess Mother’s s Mother Told Me is 1918, the 69th child of King favorite works, from Pascal, the personal story of Rama V, Prince Ma-hidol, met Ro-usseau, Sartre and King the late Princess Mo- Sangwan with a group of Thai Rama V. ther (1900-1995) from students at the Boston railway The book contains over 100 Aher humble origins as a child of station when he was studying photographs, mostly taken by the commoner parents in Thonburi public health at Harvard Uni- young Sangwan, among whose to her eventual rank as mother versity. first purchases in the United to two Thai kings. They were engaged and States was a box camera. The book contains over100 photographs, including Sangwan’s Recorded as a memoir by married two years later in Bang- Included are the first end-of- first end-of-term shots with fellow nursing students in 1916 to her only daughter, HRH Princess kok. term shots which were taken with those charting her family’s travels across America, Asia and Galyani Vadhana Krom Luang For nine years after that, the nursing students in 1916 and Naradhiwas Rajanagarindra they moved between Siam, Eu- also those charting her family’s during royal line of the Chakri priced at 800 baht for Siam So- (1923-2008), it was originally rope and the United States, while travels across America, Asia and Dynasty, and the values which ciety members and 990 baht for published in Thai in 1980 as Mae the Prince completed his medical Europe. have accompanied Thailand’s non-members. To order a copy, Lao Hai Fang, becoming one education. A personal memoir as well evolution through the Eighth and write to: Publications Co-ordi- of the most widely-read royal Though the prince was as an historical record, As Mother Ninth Reigns. nator, The Siam Society, 131 Soi biographies. a pioneer of modern Western Told Me is an inside look at the This book can only be purchased Asoke, Suk-humvit 21, Bangkok The young Princess Mother, medicine in Siam, he tragically love and humanity of this en- through The Siam Society and is 10110. Enclose a crossed cheque A few facts about ‘farang’ ny white foreigner who of caucasians in Thailand; nor common plant. These include the daeng/ = stir-fried morning glory spends even a few does it come from the fact that following: with oyster sauce days in Thailand will white people have skin like the มะกอกฝรั่ง /makok farang/ A ประทัดฝรั่ง /prathad farang/ It is learn at least one Thai inside of a guava. western-style olive, as opposed a shrub or small tree native to Aword: ฝรั่ง farang. It’s being used Likely cognates of farang to the larger Thai ‘makok’. Brazil. by Thais to refer to them – wheth- are found in many languages and er they’re aware of it or not. many countries, stretching from the Incidentally, the name of the city แพงพวยฝรั่ง /phaengphuai farang/ Farang is one of the first Middle East out to Oceania. It was of Bangkok is believed to derive The Water Primrose, a herba- words that will stand out from the almost certainly spread by Persian from มะกอก (makok). ceous perennial plant native to jumble of Thai traders across แคฝรั่ง /khae farang/ = Gliricidia the Americas and found on the constantly spo- mainland Asia sepium, a medium-size legumi- margins of lakes and ponds. ken on all sides. many centu- nous tree. People are most ries ago. Such likely to be say- traders arrived ตะขบฝรั่ง /takhop farang/ = A kind ing things like, in Siam by the of flowering plant. The original Thai makok, as “Come take this 16th century, ผักบุ้งฝรั่ง /phak boong farang/ = Rikker Dockum writes regularly farang’s order, bringing along opposed to makok farang: the olive. Morning Glory, as opposed to the at thai101.blogspot.com and my English is w i t h t h e i r aquatic version (Ipomoea aquati- can be contacted at: rdockum@ terrible,” or wares the word It’s not just guavas, though. ca) used in the popular Thai dish gmail.com “Help! I can’t farangi, mean- Many of the things introduced by ผัดผักบุ้งไฟแดง /phak boong fai make head nor ing Westerner westerners are called “X farang”, tail of what the farang wants.” or white man, from the Arabic which is to say, “the farang If you’re in a place for- word “faranji”, and ultimately re- version of X”. Common ones eigners don’t normally frequent, ferring to the Germanic tribe the include the following: you’re likely to hear it randomly Franks, dating from the crusades, shouted at your very presence, perhaps as early as the turn of the มันฝรั่ง /man farang/ = potato by staring children and adults first millennium, AD. (มัน /man/ is a general word for alike. Yes, that really is the short tubers, thus potatoes are “farang For the most part, it’s used version. tubers”). harmlessly. Some people take it The so-called farangs have หมากฝรั่ง /maak farang/ = chew- as an insult, but I don’t. If some- shared their appellation with ing gum (หมาก /maak/ is betel, body uses it like it’s my name, I many things in Thai. The guava, thus gum is “farang betel”). might let them know. Thais gen- known as ฝรั่ง farang in Thai, is erally mean no harm by the word, actually native to the Americas หน่อไม้ฝรั่ง /naw maai farang/ = even if they tend to overuse it. and was most likely introduced asparagus (หน่อยไม้ /naw maai/ are The etymology behind the to Southeast Asia by the Portu- bamboo shoots, thus asparagus is word farang is relatively clear, guese. “farang bamboo shoots”). but some persistent folk etymolo- In the early 19th century, ผักชีฝรั่ง /phak chii farang/ = pars- gies muddy the waters. I don’t John Crawfurd wrote of a fruit the ley (ผักชี /phak chii/ is cilantro/ want to get too much into tracing Thais called “banana of the Franks coriander, thus parsely is “farang the history of the word right now, (Kloa-Farang)”, or กล้วยฝรั่ง /kluai cilantro”). though. farang/. In addition to asparagus and The short version: farang So the fruit gets its name potatoes, there are several more doesn’t come from the Thai word from the foreigners who intro- plant species not native to South- ฝรั่งเศษ /farangseet/ “Français”, duced it, and not the other way east Asia that are known as the since its use predates the arrival around. “farang” version of some other 26 PHUKET GAZETTE EDITORIAL & LETTERS November 29 - December 5, 2008

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Easy rentals breed by David Lodge dangerous rides Because one can rent a small motorbike in Phuket for as little as 150 baht per day, it is an attractive transport option for many visitors. This is especially true given the exorbitant pricing of tuk-tuks and taxis on the island, with a ten-minute hop in a tuk-tuk costing the same or more than 24 hours’ worth of motorbike rental. Renting a motorbike here couldn’t be much easier. For a start, most rental agencies could care less if a potential customer is actually licensed – or even knows how to ride. All one has to do is sign a contract, plunk down the money and hand over a passport as collateral. Sometimes, it’s even easier than that. One reader confided in the Gazette that he has successfully driven off with rented motor- bikes using only what he calls his “special ID”, which is nothing more than a laminated, reduced-size photocopy of the identification pages of his passport. Of no official value, it nevertheless appears to the locals like a foreign version of a Thai ID card – and is accepted. While motorbike rental offers good value and convenience, the obvious downside is that old Achilles heel called Safety. Even for the most cautious and experienced rider, potential tragedy is always lurk- ing around the next corner. In addition, some unscrupulous operators Letters also charge renters for “damages” they didn’t cause. Recently, Kathu Police Superintendent Grissak Songmoonnark The Gazette is pleased to receive mail from read- with your views for publication in our next issue. said that about 60% of motorcycle accidents in Patong involve unli- ers. Please write to us at 367/2 Yaowarat Rd, We reserve the right to edit all letters. Pseud- censed foreign riders. This is a sad state of affairs, though it no doubt Amphur Muang, Phuket 83000, fax to 076-213971 onyms are acceptable only if your full name and contributes significantly to the high occupancies in our local hospitals. or send an email to [email protected] address are supplied. Besides reducing the number of tourists who leave the island maimed or in body bags, there are other good reasons for taking a more serious Tourism ambassador dozen people occupy the bigger approach to better regulating the motorbike rental industry. Visitors Wanted stations from 8am–8pm. After First, it’s against the law to rent a motorbike to anyone who doesn’t will be sorely missed 8pm, the tuk-tuks join the hun- have a Thai license. Unfortunately, no police station on the island chooses Robert “Rob” Pauly is known to dreds of others jamming the streets to enforce this particular law. With the passing away of Tom many in Phuket for his guitar of Patong looking for business. Second, rented motorbikes are increasingly the transport of McNamara, as reported on your playing and singing in various Some Thais say that the pur- choice among the island’s criminals, especially snatch-and-ride ban- website yesterday [Nov 24], musical groups and venues ar- poses of the tuk-tuk stations are: dits like “Nop” Tongboon who was finally arrested in September and Phuket has lost one of its great- ound the island, and as a racing (i) to divide the tourist strip into charged with multiple counts of grabbing women’s shoulder bags and est and best ambassadors. He yacht crewman in both local and zones for transport teams to mo- knocking the victims off their bikes, resulting in serious injury. brought so much joy to the people regional sailing events. Perhaps nopolize; (ii) to define turf for Despite there being several good reasons to better regulate this who visited his restaurants and less well known to many of his touting purposes; (iii) to warn off industry, don’t expect it to happen soon. After all, as past news re- made them into friends of Phuket. friends and acquaintances is that the driver of any ‘outside’ vehicle ports in the Gazette have revealed, some of these agencies, at least His ‘Phuket has been good to us’ Rob has, since August 26, been who is seen parking in a space in history, were owned and operated by police officers. One can only foundation exemplifies Tom’s confined to a bed in the Intensive controlled for exclusive use by the hope that such is no longer the case. values, and we will miss him dearly. Care Unit of Bangkok Hospital team; and (iv) to ensure that no – The Editor Phuket, following a horrific car other operators (such as metered Wolfgang Meusburger accident. Mercifully, Rob survived, taxis, motorcycle taxis, and tuk- Do you have an opinion you want to share? Holiday Inn, Phuket but he faces a long recovery in Email [email protected] tuks or unlicensed taxis not affili- hospital, where he is undergoing, ated with the control group) are twice daily, physical therapy that able to pick up passengers. Stop suffering silently may in time see him once more Within each stand, or team, Your editorial on noise pollution enjoying life. there is a queue to determine who In the meantime, Rob must In association with The Nation Multimedia Group PCL in last week’s Phuket Gazette will take the next fare. [Noise, p. 26, Nov 27], was mu- endure a grueling journey to re- Although the monopolies sic to my ears. It is indeed time stored health and, naturally, would deny tourists access to any alter- Editor: Parichat Utintu for the silent majority to make its welcome occasional visits from native means of transport, there- friends to relieve the monotony of Managing Editor: Nick Davies voice heard, loud and clear. by enabling the exorbitant fares, protracted hospital confinement. Editorial Team: Let us shout it from the the system actually doesn’t work rooftops that the cacophony that So if you know Rob and would like in the tuk-tuk operators’ interests Atchaa Khamlo, Passara Kaewbumroong permeates our daily existence can to wish him well, pay him a visit in either. When a tuk-tuk driver drops Tipwarintron Tannakarachod, Daniel Waites no longer be suffered in silence. room 203 of the hospital’s ICU a passenger, he has to return empty Stephen Fein, Marc Mulloy, Dale Nottingham Let us answer the clarion call by (Tel: 076-254425, x1250) between to his home station and face a long sounding the alarm bells, as we 10 am and 3 pm, or from 6 pm to wait in a long queue for his next Managing Director: Oranee Hildebrand trumpet the the cause of those 8 pm. He’d really appreciate it. piece of business. General Managers: Niladaa Mastanawattanakul, crying out for a little peace and It is obvious to most tourists Steve Lawrence quiet. The stentorian voice of si- that they are being exploited, so Natthira Susangrat Rawai Production Manager: Suchart Changate lence shall be heard. many rent a motorbike instead of Publisher: The Phuket Gazette Co Ltd Loud and Clear dealing with the ‘take-it-or-walk’ Tambon Kathu Ticked off at tuk-tuks tuk-tuks. You can rent a bike for a week for the cost of just one Contact us I am a frequent visitor to round-trip (800 baht) to Patong, a Noise not a problem Karon, Phuket where I find the distance of about 6 kilometers Advertising Sales: [email protected] The solution to noise in the malls stranglehold on transport by the each way. Classified Advertising: [email protected] is simple. Don’t go there. Go back tuk-tuk operators intolerable. The transport cartel is clearly Website Services: [email protected] to the Mom & Pop stores. You’ll The beach in Karon extends not in the public interest and is highly Gazette Guide inquiries: [email protected] pay about five percent more, but just over one kilometer south from detrimental to the tourism business Events Sponsorships: [email protected] you’ll make the Commerce Min- Karon Circle. Within that strip, not only for Karon, but also for istry happy and you’ll leave with there are now seven ‘taxi, tuk- Phuket as a whole. Telephone: 076-236555 (10 lines) Fax: 076-213971 your hearing intact. tuk stations’ occupying all the public beach shelters as well as Eric Steen-Olsen The views expressed in the Phuket Gazette are those of the writers and contributors and do not necessarily reflect those of the publisher, the editor, the shareholders, or the Ellen Warburton several makeshift huts. The num- Malmo, Sweden directors of The Phuket Gazette Co Ltd. Baan Sekoo, Thalang ber keeps increasing. Up to a Letters conveying views and suggestions are published here. Those seeking comment from government Copyright © 1994-2008 The Phuket Gazette Co Ltd officials or business owners are published as Issues & Answers on the facing page. November 29 - December 5, 2008 PERSPECTIVES PHUKET GAZETTE 27 Phuket: a province with promise

Governor’sThe Phuket recently welcomed Preecha Ruangjan Letter as the province’s new governor. This week’s Governor’s Letter is the first to be published in the Gazette since Mr Preecha moved in to his new office at Provincial Hall on October 20. Mr Preecha is a native of Pidjit Province, where he also held the position of governor. Here, he talks about his first impressions of Phuket and some of the issues he plans to address. Compiled by Nick Davies.

’ve been in Phuket about one many tourist destinations around think of new, sustainable ways to to ensure that is for people to Malaysia, Singapore and Brunei. month now and I can already the world are popular because keep the island inhabitable. For come here, have a good experi- As for continuing with the see that most of my work will they have preserved aspects of example, the owner of a hotel with ence and then go back home and projects that my predecessor Mr Iconcern operating Phuket their culture for tourists to expe- 200 rooms should not be thinking tell the people they know. That’s Niran Kalayanamit was oversee- as a tourist destination, which is rience. of expanding to 2,000 rooms. the best way to market Phuket. ing, such as the planned confer- very different to the issues I had Thirdly, tourists come here Rather, he or she should be think- Native Phuketians are very ence facilities and other large to deal with as governor of Pidjit. because of the warm welcome ing in terms of improving the qual- few. Most people living and work- projects, I have yet to take a close The predominant issues I they receive from Thais. When ity of the existing rooms and the ing here are from elsewhere, but look at all the plans, the investors am faced with here are to do with tourists are welcomed with a quality of the guests the resort at- it’s important to preserve the way and their involvement before go- drug offenses, public health, traf- smile, it makes them feel safe. A tracts. of life for Phuket natives. We ing ahead. fic, rubbish collection, waste wa- smile costs nothing. There’s no A few decades ago, Phuket need to initiate cross-training Even though Phuket is a ter treatment and conserving the investment. was a world export hub for tin. It projects and workshops that en- small province, it makes a huge environment. The quality and However, the island’s natu- also had a very strong culture and courage people who make their financial contribution to the cen- cleanliness of food is also a ma- ral beauty is already rapidly dis- unique way of life, but with so living from tourism to make it sus- tral government because of the jor issue because we have to en- appearing for the sake of high many international influences, that tainable – not to overcharge tour- island’s tourist industry, but the sure that visitors to the province profits for a few individuals. This has all changed now and many ists and not to commit crimes province receives comparatively have good dining experiences is one of the first things we have traditional practices have simply against tourists. little funding for sufficient infra- wherever they go. to take care of because if the de- disappeared. These days, if you Tourists need to feel safe structure in return because that Phuket has a registered struction continues, Phuket will want to find out about the old when they come here. They need funding is based on the number population of 325,000, which is no longer be an attractive place Phuket way of life, you virtually to know that they can have a of residents registered as living about average for a province of to visit. have to dig it up. worry-free holiday and relax at here. As I mentioned earlier, this size, but there are many more Nature has a way of heal- I would like to see some of the beach without being disturbed. Phuket has a registered popula- than that actually living here. Add ing itself, just like a cut on the skin those traditional aspects of The shouldn’t have to worry about tion of just over 300,000, but in to that the five million visitors who that eventually turns to a scar and Phuket life return and be cel- thieves, and they should feel that reality the number of people put- come here each year... and we can fades away. If we just leave the ebrated in the form of tourist at- the police are their friends. Lo- ting demands on the island’s in- see that the job of ensuring environment alone for a while and tractions. I would like to see a cals must help each other by not frastructure and facilities is at enough food and produce for ev- allow it to recuperate, a balance shopping street developed in allowing criminal activities to take least ten to twenty times that eryone, without relying heavily on will return. The less we interfere, Phuket like those in other coun- place. number. imports, becomes an exceptional the better. tries where cars are not allowed I know that tourists are of- With such demands on fa- task. However, if Phuket didn’t Development must be re- to go. Not another Soi Bangla – ten forced to pay too much when cilities such as water supply and have tourism as a source of in- stricted. Those who are building that’s not the kind of culture I’m they shop here. This gives them treatment, and all the refuse that come, the province would have properties without regard for the talking about – but a walking a bad feeling and they relate is created by so many people, difficulty prospering. environment have to realize that street, where people can shop and those bad experiences to friends Phuket needs a lot more funding People see Phuket as a if they do not stop developing in experience traditional ways of when they go back home. The and investment from the central paradise island, so we have to ask a way that damages nature, they life. Staff would be in traditional opportunist culture of overcharg- government. ourselves what makes that so. If are ultimately destroying them- dress and customers could sit and ing is self destructive, so we have I aim to demonstrate that we put ourselves in the shoes of selves because tourists will no enjoy things like coffee prepared to change that. Don’t forget that Phuket should be considered a a tourist, the first thing we think longer come here. in the traditional way. what we do today is for our chil- specific economic zone; not one about is Phuket’s natural beauty; Phuket is a very small For this to be achieved, the dren and their children. that is based on the number of clean water, beautiful beaches place. Imagine a room designed younger generation have to see Apart from tourism, Phuket registered residents, but one and so on, in a tropical setting. to hold ten people – with 100 themselves as ambassadors of is a producer of export products, based on appreciation of how Secondly, there is the attrac- people staying in it. Very soon Thailand and Thai culture. Tour- such as rubber and fish. Breed- much Phuket contributes to the tion of Phuket’s culture and the that room will become uninhabit- ists fly directly to Phuket, so for ing fish for export is something country’s economy. Without such traditional way of life. Many tour- able. many of them Phuket is Thai- we are currently working to ex- investment, Phuket will not pros- ists come here because they So we have to ask: is Phuket land. The idea is to encourage pand and improve by working per in the long term. want to experience that. In fact, full yet? If so, then we have to repeat tourists, and the best way with other countries, such as Issues& How to deal with disruptive dogs in the neighborhood ANSWERS Issue: In our soi there is one of repair and is a disgrace to the Public Health officer, Cha- the owner of the dogs and if the house where many dogs seem to neighborhood. A number of long Sector, Somnuk Hasem situation does not improve, they Submit your queries or sugges- live with the two occupants. The people in the soi have reported it replies: will send a warning letter. tions to us and we’ll ask the dogs are kept inside day and night to the OrBorTor. If the problem persists appropriate people to respond and when they all bark in unison However, despite visiting You should consider sending a thereafter, they might decide to to them. Write to: it is quite deafening. the property, they seem to be un- letter detailing your complaint to remove the dogs. The house also seems to willing to forcibly enter the pre- the Phuket Public Health Depart- To obtain more information, The Phuket Gazette, 367/2 attract many birds and the dis- mises to carry out an inspection. ment. contact Chalong public health of- Yaowarat Rd, Muang, Phuket gusting smell of excrement wafts What else can be done about this Once they have received fice. Tel: 076-282255. Address: 83000. Fax 076-213971, or into the soi and surrounding potential public health and noise your complaint, they will investi- Phuket Public Health Office submit your issue at homes. problem? gate and then decide how to pro- Narison Road, Taladyai, Amphur www.phuketgazette.net This house is in a poor state James ceed. Normally, they will talk to Muang, Phuket 83001. 28 PHUKET GAZETTE FEATURES November 29 - December 5, 2008 The Good News about Death oday I’m going to stretch you’ve had a chance to read the fiable evidence of such a state is even have to mow the lawn. They might want to listen to my writing abilities by letters column to see what the hard to come by. The afterlife It’s true that you don’t get music. With what ears? You don’t saying something good people who haven’t killed them- taught by some religions sounds to enjoy the brilliant witticisms of have a body, so you can’t do any- Tabout death. Death has selves are complaining about. idyllic – an eternal frolic in the S. Tsow in the Phuket Gazette, thing. You don’t have a brain, so received very bad press. Every- Death is a tricky topic to gardens of paradise – but unfor- but you’re dead, so you don’t need you can’t WANT to do anything. body fears it, nobody has a good write about, because none of us tunately it goes on forever. Most them. (Some cynics will sneer that It’s an ideal setup. word to say about it, and most have been there yet – at least, people would be you don’t need In fact, death is such a people don’t even want to think not in our lifetime. bored silly after them even when splendid condition that I can’t un- about it. What’s it like? We don’t two weeks. you’re alive, but derstand why everybody isn’t ea- Fairness requires that some- know, but it seems a fair bet to The idea I think we may ger to embrace it immediately. body should point out the good say that it’s probably one big long of reincarnation, safely dismiss su- Aside from the personal ad- points of this much-maligned con- sleep. We get a foretaste of it too, is a dreary ch ravings as the vantages, there’s an altruistic mo- dition. One good point is that it every night.Nobody is afraid of prospect. If you misanthropic effu- tivation. provides an option. If things get sleep. Most of us enjoy it. I cer- remembered the sions of diseased The planet is overpopulated; really bad, you can always kill tainly do. I sleep all the time. I lessons you had minds.) The main there are too many of us. We’d yourself. Alternately, you can am sleeping as I write this. (You learned in this life TSOWNDINGS advantage of be- be doing the rest of our species a write a letter complaining to the can probably tell.) So why do we so that you could ing dead is that you favor by selflessly sacrificing our- Phuket Gazette. fear death? Well, it’s because do better in the By S. TSOW don’t need any- selves and getting out of the way. It is widely believed that death, so far as we know, lasts next life, there thing. Nowadays it’s fashionable to re- death can significantly impact forever. We don’t fear sleep be- might be some chance of making Some people might want to duce our carbon footprints. your life. Indeed, I can think of cause we know we’ll wake up. progress. But you don’t. You for- phone out for a pizza, but hey, We can eliminate them no better way to spoil your day. We don’t wake up from death. I get everything and have to start you’re dead. You don’t have a completely if we stop existing. Here you are, drinking your morn- wouldn’t mind being dead for a all over again from scratch. The mouth, you don’t have a stomach. You first. ing coffee, eating your toast, and few days, or even a few weeks. whole business is pointless. What would you do with a pizza? enjoying the witticisms of S. Tsow It would be a nice vacation. But The idea of death as an There would also be the awk- in the Phuket Gazette, when to keep me dead for all eternity eternal sleep has advantages no- wardness of paying the delivery S. Tsow confesses that he will wham! Death pounces from out seems an unreasonable imposition body ever thinks of. You don’t man, because you don’t have a probably want to phone out for of nowhere and wipes you out. on my time. have to get up in the morning. You wallet, either. Some people might a pizza even after he’s dead. You That can be unpleasant, Many people believe in don’t have to shave. You don’t want to see a movie. With what can scold him for this inconsis- especially if it happens before an afterlife, but empirically veri- have to go to work. You don’t eyeballs, pray? tency [email protected] . In The Stars by Isla Star Single Sagittarians celebrating birthdays this week will have Cupid on their side SAGITTARIUS (November 23- truly reciprocated, this is the time Expect to be on the receiving end receive confirmation that this 2009. The stars promise to sup- December 21): A half-baked idea to back down gracefully. Busi- of romantic overtures before the person is untrustworthy. Your port your endeavors to make is not as crazy as it first appears. ness affairs require a watchful middle of December. A job offer social life becomes more satis- more progress, but concrete plans Scheming Sagittarians will soon eye on Monday when a colleague is tempting, but unless you’re des- factory when you are introduced are necessary. During the first see the value of the suggestion can’t be trusted to carry out an perate for change, it would be to a new group of people who week of December, you are fore- put forward by an acquaintance important responsibility. wiser to remain in your current share some of your interests. cast to receive inspiration from this weekend. Your financial situ- situation. Wear the color violet to encour- an unlikely source, and romance ation is set to become rosier dur- AQUARIUS (January 21-Febru- age stronger perception. is also likely to develop when you ing December, but holiday outgo- ary 19): Aquarians who are run- ARIES (March 21-April 20): If least expect it to. The number five ings will need to be carefully ning out of steam need to realize you allow others to have the final CANCER (June 22-July 23): A is lucky this weekend. monitored. Family members the importance of rest. Being se- word, carefully made plans are rocky relationship in the world could try to stretch your spend- lective when accepting invita- liable to go up in smoke. Arians of work is forecast to come to a LIBRA (September 24-October ing power to the limit. Singletons tions will result in a happier so- are advised to stay at the helm head during the first week of 23): A promise that you thought celebrating a birthday this week cial life. A fledgling personal re- as you are definitely heading in December. Cancerians are usu- someone had forgotten is about will find true love during the year lationship gets off the ground the right direction. Wednesday is ally the first to walk away from to be kept and enjoyment is the ahead. when you learn that you have the best day for discussing finan- a disagreement, but you will find main theme for this weekend. more in common than was first cial matters with those superior the strength to state your case You start December in a posi- CAPRICORN (December 22- obvious. A disagreement with Leo to you; your powers of persua- on this occasion. After the air tive frame of mind and this January 20): Capricorns may on Monday should be discussed sion will be hard to resist. Ro- has cleared, it should be possible should encourage success at need to be on their guard as some- in depth before you jump to hasty mance perks up when Libra looks to continue with better under- work. The only cloud to affect body born under the sign of Li- conclusions. The number six can at you with fresh perspective. standing. Christmas plans are your good mood concerns fam- bra is out to cramp your style. A bring some good fortune this subject to alteration when you ily – a brewing disagreement romantic triangle is the probably weekend. TAURUS (April 21-May 21): learn of an impending family visit. needs to be nipped in the bud. cause of this, so if your interest Those Taureans who are feeling Wear a piece of light jade to en- in someone special is not being PISCES (February 20-March full of beans will jump at the LEO (July 24-August 22): An courage a sensible outlook. 20): Pisceans who suffered chance to discover new horizons ongoing game of cat and mouse heartbreak earlier this year could this weekend. An adventurous trip starts to grate on your nerves this SCORPIO (October 24-Novem- find out something to their advan- into the unknown makes you re- weekend. Leos are advised to ber 22): December is forecast to tage. A Sagittarian thinks you are alize that it’s important to leave handle this situation with tact, as be a more profitable month for red hot and is waiting for the right home comforts behind some- the other person is more vulner- those born under the sign of moment to make this known. times. Where love is concerned, able than you imagine. The area Scorpio. Where money matters a recent flame shows signs of of employment is better starred are concerned, a lucky break is being ready for commitment in the New Year – trying to forecast later next week and you while you are content to keep the force change before then is not could be considering a holiday relationship casual. The number recommended. Your luck in love getaway that was previously out nine can bring some good luck on is particularly strong after next of the question. Those already Tuesday. Wednesday. Wearing the color in a relationship who learn that ruby red can encourage har- their partner has to travel for GEMINI (May 22-June 21): Busi- mony. work should be supportive as ness matters are forecast to de- this could lead to worthwhile mand your full attention during the VIRGO (August 23-September promotion. first half of December. Those 23): Virgoans who have experi- born under the sign of Gemini enced a less than satisfying year Looking for a job? who have become suspicious of should start considering what www.phuketgazette.net another air sign’s motives will they really want to happen in November 29 - December 5, 2008 M O T O R I N G PHUKET GAZETTE 29 Rally Rather Splendid unique event is taking lands and Penang, it is onto Thai- place in February next land, where, for the first few year: the Hero 4x4 days, the crews wander up the Arally, which will begin beautiful Andaman Sea coast, in Singapore, visit Phuket and stopping here and there for a Chiang Mai, hit mainland China swim or for a fresh-fish lunch at and end in the seedy gaming cen- a beach shack. They have a rest ter of the Far East, the Chinese day at the Rayavadee resort, be- territory of Macau, on March 8. fore checking into the Sheraton The event was originally Grande Laguna Phuket. part of the London-Cape Town On day eight, the 4x4s fol- rally, which was opened to mod- low the road along the Andaman ern 4x4 vehicles as well as clas- coast north to Ranong, where sic cars in 1998. Today, the Hero there are views across the water Club has some 2,000 members, into Burma. They take a scenic the great majority of whom have secondary mountain road across competed in at least one major the isthmus, ending the day at the classic car or 4x4 event. Novotel Resort hotel on the Gulf The rally will run over a of Thailand near Chumphon. period of 30 days, including six They then head north up the rest days and will cover roughly Gulf of Thailand coast to Bangkok, 9,450 kilometers. It is open to any where, after a day of rest, they take modern four-wheel drive SUV. a less-traveled road into Cambo- Although modifying the vehicle is dia, hugging the shore between the not required, the organizers rec- coast and the Kardamon Moun- ommend ensuring the suspension tains. is in good order, particularly the A loop around Chiang Mai, shock absorbers. where their luxury accommoda- But this is no grueling, day- tion is The Chedi, also forms part and-night test of endurance. The of their itinerary. From there, it’s Land Rovers are a popular choice for the Hero 4x4 rally. crews convene at the legendary a very early start, partly because Raffles hotel in Singapore – no of the time it will take and partly doubt with a few Singapore Slings to see the sunrise from the top of to set them up for the impending Doi Ithanon, Thailand’s highest journey – where their vehicles will mountain. The rest of the day will be scrutinized and registration will be spent enjoying the wonderful take place. roads and scenery, including a The event begins gently, superb 20 km stretch of jeep trail, with a short run on relatively easy and stopping at remote hill vil- roads through busy but often lages. Taking in parts of Laos and beautiful rural landscapes, afford- Vietnam before crossing into ing glimpses of scenic and historic China, eventually the crews will places seen by relatively few take advantage of China’s ex- tourists. pressway network to travel to The following morning, it’s Zhuhai, a city just outside Macau. another quick drive up the ex- Here, the adventure drive pressway to Malaysia’s capital, closes with a ceremonial finish, Kuala Lumpur, arriving mid- before they hand the 4x4s over morning. For the rest of the day, to a shipping agent to be returned the intrepid crews are free to home. They will then transfer by explore and shop. In the evening, coach to the Westin Resort in they are treated to a sunset sup- Macau, a luxury golf venue away per in the revolving restaurant of from the main casino centers. the slender Menara KL Tower. For more information, see Their luxury hotel in KL is www.4x4xplore.com one of Malaysia’s finest: the Mandarin Oriental. After taking Jeff Hesselwood can be con- Contestants in the Hero 4X4 Rally will not exactly be roughing it. While in Phuket, they’ll be staying at in the picturesque Cameron High- tacted at [email protected] the Sheraton Grande Laguna Phuket. 30 PHUKET GAZETTE SPORTS November 29 - December 5, 2008

he annual Phuket Inter- the biggest fish of the day but also national Sports Fishing the biggest Wahoo, at 12.2 kg, of Tournament took place the entire tournament. Sportfishing tournament reels in Tin Chalong last week. Ky Doucet, from the US, The three day tournament, the big- said, “We’re very pleased be- teams from around the globe gest event of the fishing calen- cause we didn’t catch much; ac- dar in Phuket, attracted teams tually, it was the only fish we from all over the world. caught in three days!” The biggest winner of the However, Ky claims that the tournament was Walter Dreier decision to save the best till last from Austria, whose team, ‘The was deliberate. “We tried to re- Rat Pack’, won the trophy for the ally fish strong on our last day and most points overall. Walter said, our strategy paid off. It’s our first “This is the culmination of years time at this tournament, but we’ll of work and I am really pleased.” definitely be back next year,” he As well as Austria, there said. Despite some ‘imperfect’ were representatives from Nor- weather, tournament organizer way, Canada, Germany, Hawaii, Michael Hochgeladen was clearly Ireland and Singapore. delighted. “The weather was a ‘Team 99’ from Germany problem, but I think people enjoyed and Austria took home the prize themselves and the event has been for the biggest Sailfish, at approxi- a big success. We are all looking mately 1.5 meters, but did not forward to next year,” he en- take home the fish itself as it was thused. under the mandatory size of 1.75 meters. The biggest winner of day For more information visit: three, the final day, was Team www.phuket-international- ‘Thai 2on’ who caught not only sportfishing-tournament.com One that did not get away - The winning team Thai2on, on day 3 ,with their prize wahoo.

Chilli Wanderers comfortably de- “We are really pleased with Andaman 7s kicks off 2-week football fest feating Australian side Perth Se- the new venue, there have been PHUKET: Teams from Singa- Tournament. and Cape Panwa. lect International 2-0 to add yet some exciting games and the pore swept the board at the The tournament took place The switch to a new venue more silverware to their fast-ex- weather has been great,” he told Andaman football 7s, winning at the Tsunami Memorial Field, this year, due to concerns over panding trophy cabinet. the Gazette. both the Masters and the Open midway between Phuket Town the playing surface at the former Captain Dan Lane has be- Now in its third year, the site in Karon, also afforded the come accustomed to success, “We Andaman 7s acts as an overflow organizers the opportunity to ex- have some of the best players from for the highly successful Phuket pand the tournament, with 29 Singapore in our team. 7s, which will be held this week- teams participating. “We won here last year and end (November 29-30). The Masters Cup, for play- also won the 7s tournament in With too many teams to ac- ers over 40 years of age, was won Bangkok,” he said. commodate over the course of a by Orchid Rovers from Singapore. Stiff Chilli Wanderers will single weekend, the Phuket 7s In an exciting final, their 3-2 vic- return in 2009, hoping to make it was expanded, with the addition tory over Hanoi Capitals from three in a row. of a second tournament. To- Vietnam owed much to some “We’ll definitely be back gether, they comprise the biggest goalkeeping heroics from keeper next year. We love it here. Per- seven-a-side tournament in Asia. Scott Starr. Rovers captain sonally, I just come for the foot- The sixth Phuket 7s will also Reggie Wanchop was quick to ball but the rest of the lads like be held at the Tsunami Memorial heap praise on his ace shot-stop- the night life,” Dan said. Field, and will feature 36 teams per. For tournament organizer from 12 different countries. “He’s a former professional Tim Hodgson, the Andaman 7s, footballer and the best goalkeeper the first of two consecutive in Singapore,” he commented. seven-a-side football tourna- For more information about ei- The final of the Open Cup ments in Phuket, was a great ther of these tournaments visit: Teams battle it out at the Andaman football 7s. was more one-sided with Stiff success. www.thai7s.com.

Simply Red* 3 Piccadilly 6;Off- PATONG DARTS LEAGUE out sick, Queen Mary was lucky, as some “reserves” showed up, shore 6 Hilltop* 3; Celtic* 6 After taking 20 points from their ensuring a 6-3 (plus beer leg) win Shakers 3; Skinny Dog 4 Booz- first two matches, first-place over Beach House. Leif of QM ers* 5; Market Bar bye;(* = win- Piccadilly dropped four points, at took the high score with 180. ner of beer leg) neighboring Simply Red. Paul of Celtic took the high Standings: With Billy, Steen and Joy score with 180 in Celtic’s 7-3 win 1.Piccadilly (26 pts.); 2.Queen over Shakers, while Phil of Celtic Mary (23); 3.Offshore (19); 4.= closed out the beer leg with a 5 Boozers, Skinny Dog (14); 6.= finish (1,d2). Skinny Dog took a Hilltop, Market Bar* (13); 8.= 4-6 home loss to Boozers. Beach House, Simply Red (9); November 18 results: 10. Celtic* (7); 11. Shakers* (3). Queen Mary* 6 Beach House 3; (* = already had bye week).

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Home of the Week Patong

ur latest Home of the Week is a modern co- lonial style house in the Otranquil fishing village of Rawai. This four-bedroom In grand colonial style property is 450 square meters in size and set within more than one rai of land. It offers a massive garden, terrace, balconies, pri- vate 44sqm swimming pool and two Jacuzzis – all guarded by a large perimeter wall that provides sanctuary and security in equal measure. The first thing that will strike you about this property is the sheer size of the garden. The lawn is neatly trimmed and dot- ted with flower beds, pot plants and small trees that turn this area into a tropical oasis. The adjoining pool area is spacious, with room for plenty of sun loungers for guests to while away the hours in front of the house and its overlooking balco- nies and terrace. Security gates lead to a con- crete driveway that sweeps to- ward the large covered carport, big enough for two vehicles. A large fish pond completes the ef- fect: this garden has all you need to truly enjoy Phuket’s sun-kissed climate. The modern colonial-style design sits very comfortably within the tropical setting. Large balconies rest upon every floor, and the immediate ground-floor The spacious garden of this colonial beauty in Raiwai includes a large pool, Jacuzzi, fish pond and guest house. covered terrace is spacious, equipped with fans, and affords comfortable beige three-piece are ensuite and offer double beds efit anybody who wishes to pur- great views overlooking the pool suite, a flat-screen TV and two and mirrored built-in wardrobes. chase a property in this area. and fish pond. large tropical fans hanging from The master bedroom includes an This house is available to Not only does this property the ceiling. ensuite bathroom with a lavish buy with Chanote title deeds and feature four bedrooms, but also With a hop, skip and a jump Jacuzzi. All the ensuite bathrooms freehold or leasehold purchasing a separate building which could you are in the dining room, which have wooden floors, and are terms. The asking price for the quite easily serve as a guest house is equipped with a circular four- neatly decorated and offer beau- property is 20,100,000 baht. or maid’s quarters. Alongside the seat table. The dining room hugs tifully designed showering facili- swimming pool already men- a Western-style standardized ties. tioned, there is an external and kitchen fitted with wooden units The fishing village of Rawai For more info contact Patrick internal Jacuzzi, a study/office and cabinets. is positioned at Phuket’s south- Lusted at Siam Real Estate. Quote and a laundry room. The kitchen includes a host ernmost tip, offering privacy and reference number: HSSV2324. This partly furnished abode of modern appliances that will tranquility. At the same time there Tel: 076-288908. or Email: offers a large lounge area deco- make life much easier. The is a wide choice of restaurants [email protected]. rated with painted white walls and ground floor is also home to an serving all manner of cuisine, plus web: www.siamrealestate.com a host of wooden fixtures and fit- adjoining utility room which could numerous beaches and newly tings, including paneled wooden masquerade as a play room for built shopping facilities within a flooring and luxurious shelves that the kids. five-minute drive. separate the lounge from the din- The wooden staircase leads Rawai is fast becoming a ing room. to the second floor, on which there highly sought-after locale and its The lounge also features a are four bedrooms, three of which growing infrastructure will ben- 34 PHUKET GAZETTE November 29 - December 5, 2008 November 29 - December 5, 2008 PHUKET PROPERTY PHUKET GAZETTE 35

Construction Village Outlet Phuket

otorists heading along the bypass road towards The- Weather hampers mega mall construction M pkrasattri Road cannot fail to have noticed the gargantuan development destined to become Outlet Village Phuket. With a total investment of over a billion baht, the develop- ment is divided into two parts. The first part is a collection of ten one- and two-storey buildings consisting of offices and restau- rants and occupying nearly 19,000 square meters. The second is the Galleria, which will be made up of five separate buildings, covering around 4,000 sqm of retail space, selling mostly discounted branded goods in what is described by the developers as a “factory outlet”. Construction of the Outlet Village mall is being managed by Movida Co Ltd and the design concept has been described as “modern”. The project is under the ownership of Outlet Village Mall Co., Ltd, which already has simi- lar ventures in Pattaya, Krabi, Cha Am and Khao Yai. Work started in March 2006 and was scheduled for completion by the end of the year. However, unseasonal weather has delayed construction. A spokesman for Movida Co stated that the project is about 40% complete and should be finished early next year. Work continues but there will be no Christmas bargains this year at Outlet Village. 36 PHUKET GAZETTE PHUKET PROPERTY November 29 - December 5, 2008

Legal Kert Stavorn Planning a property development project in Thailand hailand’s continuing eco- nomic growth and thriv- ing tourist industry have Tcaused a noticeable re- vival of the property development market, and the steady influx of tourists and investors means there is growing demand for new accommodation and recreational property developments. As such, property development has be- come an attractive business ven- ture to those with cash to invest. However, property devel- opment is a complex process, and unlike some other businesses, in- volves several intricate steps and solid financial management. Property development is certainly not for the faint hearted and requires just as much effort, if not more, than any other busi- Laguna Phuket nesses to yield a healthy turnover. The good news is, that with good The good news is that with good planning and a healthy dose of hard work, property development can be very profitable for the developer. planning and a healthy dose of hard work, property development project is worth the projected encumbrance, easements, zoning project, you will then need to set project should be identified and can indeed be very profitable for time and effort. Moreover, it will laws or ministerial regulations, up a ‘User’s Requirement’ in the their roles delineated. This is im- the developer. provide the strategic framework and land capacity. These are the form of a preliminary project portant in the development pro- This article aims to provide with which to establish the sub- crucial issues which may affect brief. This is where you examine cess as it sets out accountabili- a helpful guide for investors plan- sequent development stages. land acquisition and what or how and assess what the market ties and provides a framework in ning to venture into property de- much you can build on the land. wants in that area in order to build which the players in the organi- velopment projects in Thailand. Project inception This is also a good time to find something that would sell or lease zation can work and effectively There are various types of prop- The first thing to do is to evalu- out what licensing will be required well. User’s Requirements are contribute to achieve the final erty development so it is essen- ate your finances and draw up a for your proposed project and works in progress and are pro- goal. tial to identify at the onset the end budget outline for your project. whether you will need a property gressively refined into a detailed goal of the project. This is essen- With this in mind, you can then allocation license for the subdivi- project brief throughout the de- Final word tial because it will help you to search for a block of land with sion of separate plots. sign and tendering stages, so do The planning stage of any prop- identify a host of variables that potential for development. It is a not be too concerned if you erty developments is crucial and will influence the viability and di- good idea at this stage to work Environmental regulation haven’t figured out exactly what requires a lot of hard work and rection of the project. with a team of consultants to pro- compliance it is you want to build at the on- perseverance. Property develop- In this article, we will con- vide you with the needed exper- Environmental regulations are set. ment is an inherently risky busi- centrate on property or real es- tise in data gathering and assess- becoming one of the prominent ness as capital expenditure is of- tate development as opposed to ment. issues facing property developers Feasibility study ten high and liquidity is, by nature land development or ‘fixer-up- You can either have a de- today. In late 2007, the Office of The feasibility study will essen- of having property as its main pers’. Property or real estate de- velopment manager who can co- National Resources and Environ- tially identify the financial viabil- asset, extremely low. velopment can be defined as the ordinate the whole process or you mental Policy and Planning issued ity of the project and establish the Financial management is construction of physical buildings can liaise individually with a num- a new regulation requiring every potential for profit in relation to decisive to the success of a de- on raw land. It can take the form ber of advisers, which may in- new property project to plant a the risks involved. Factors to con- velopment, and good financial of residential, commercial, insti- clude a lawyer, architect, quan- tree at least five meters in height sider include, among others: time management is in turn dependent tutional, recreational or industrial tity surveyor, urban planner and and width for every air condition- scales, costs for consultants, cost upon good planning of the tech- projects. estate agent. They will be there ing unit between 12,000 and of construction, as well as the nical aspects of the project. to provide you with initial advice 24,000 BTU. Also, a condo- likely sale value and the profit At least with good planning, The property development on the property and the market- minium project in Thailand which margin you want to make. you will know early on whether process ability of any possible develop- has more than 79 units or hous- There is a lot of software to continue on with the project In general, a development project ment. This is also the stage in ing projects with a land area of available today that can help and proceed to the next stage. can be broken down into five which you, together with your more than 100 rai will need to make this part faster, cheaper and stages. They are, in respective advisers, identify your project apply for an Environmental Im- easier. A project’s success de- order, inception and feasibility, objectives. pact Assessment (EIA). pends on this feasibility study as design, tendering, construction, Smaller projects may also this is what allows you to make Kert Stavorn is a senior legal handover and maintenance. Land investigation need to have an Initial Environ- an informed decision. consultant for Siam Legal In- This article will focus on the The next stage is to conduct a mental Evaluation (IEE) done. ternational. Kert’s practice pri- first stage, which is crucial, as it legal and ground investigation of Project structure marily focuses on real estate, will guide the decision making the land. All issues concerning the Project brief The final step is to outline the construction and corporate throughout the development and land must be ascertained and as- After ascertaining and evaluating project organization and manage- matters. Email: kert@siam- will show early on whether the sessed including ownership, title, land viability for the development ment structure. The players in the legal.com November 29 - December 5, 2008 PHUKET GAZETTE 37

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hen the all-pool- villa hotel Phuket Pavilions opened a Boutique Hotels – Size Matters Wfew years back, one of their key positioning points against larger, upscale competi- Andrew Jessop, who was a tion was, “no welcome drinks, no mainstay at the Sheraton Grande buffets and no tan line”. in Laguna for a number of years, Now, meet the sexy and pro- is co-ordinating new ideas into vocative world of design and bou- this hotel. It promises to be styl- tique hotels, where size really ish and cater to a more demand- does matter and small rules. ing client base. Looking back at the evolu- Any rundown of boutique- tion of these types of hotels, the design hotels wouldn’t be com- emerging tide shift was clearly the plete without including the entry of Twin Palms. granddaddy of ‘em all: The The hotel launched success- Yamu. fully without the advantages of a This iconic Philippe Starck/ beach-front location or the back- Jean-Michel Gathy collaboration ing of a large international man- has been slow into the ground but agement chain. is now looking at opening in 2009 On top of that, it couldn’t and may give birth to the con- even boast having pool villas, yet cept of Phuket Luxury 2.0. the hotel created a buzz in the While the current bench- local community as well as among mark for chicness is the overseas visitors, who raved Amanpuri, the Yamu will offer a about its unique design and how truly new concept for accommo- it reflected their lifestyle ambi- dation options in Phuket and tions. looks to be the cream of the crop Financially, the hotel be- in the years ahead. came a screaming success story, On the institutional bou- eliciting a league of return guests. tique front, there are rumours Its occupancy and average-rate that Starwood’s W Hotels is performance was envied by coming to Phang Nga, however many of the island’s elite-brand no announcement has been hotels. made yet. Over the past year, a Page forward into more re- number of lifestyle brands have cent times and scroll back into the been taking hard looks at Phuket, Greater Phuket landscape, where including Per Aquum, Kor/Vice- hotels such as Aleenta, just over roy, and Nikki Beach. the bridge in Phang Nga, and the Globally, even the conser- Sarojin in Khao Lak have wooed Boutique On The Build: The B-Lay Tong hotel in Patong is shaping up to be a totally unique offering and vative market leader Marriott investors and guests by present- is set to be completed next year. Hospitality, which has luxury ing a stylish image. brands such as Ritz Carlton and The developers came up standard cookie-cutter holidays. At the same time, other in- Tree and Trisara. Bvlgari under its umbrella, is with innovative designs and styles A growing number of dependent hotel projects, such as In Kamala, Cape Sienna, now spinning the ‘Edition’ brand for the hotels, effectively enabling smaller properties are also devel- Sri Panwa with its headline-mak- which is set to open next year, is in partnership with Ian Schrager, them to get approval from the oping in this niche, such as ing outlet Baba, has generated also carving out a unique offer- who is the one of the godfathers bank for the projects. Manathai in Surin, and BYD huge interest among the crowd ing. These additions will give visi- of hip, modern-lifestyle hotels Just last year, the stylish Lofts in Patong, and it looks as if from Bangkok tors to Phuket a and was behind the success of design of the Department of 2009 will usher in more new prop- and has become lot more freedom the Morgan’s chain. Architecture’s Amata Luphai- erties in this segment. a destination unto of choice. To sum it all up, in the boon at Sala Phuket captured the One much anticipated itself through its Yet another growing age of long-tail custom- imagination of a new set of tour- project is the B-Lay Tong, which focus on creating new entry about ized consumer experiences, even ists. They are looking for a more is located at the northern end of great events and to start construc- the staid hotel market is starting personalized, tailor-made holiday Patong Beach Road, north of unique culinary tion is the to take heed of demand and is arrangement as opposed to the Graceland and south of Novotel. experiences. Langham Place offering a broader scale of op- This 125-key property is sched- Other Resort & Spa in tions to give guests more intimate uled to open in the second quar- properties set to Kalim. The re- experiences when they travel. ter of next year and it may well enter this seg- PROPERTY sort is a 78-key, set a new benchmark in innova- ment include the all-pool villa, tion and imagination. recently-opened WATCH which was de- Sarinrath Kamolratana- Anantara in Mai signed by Clint Bill Barnett is the Managing piboon is one of the B-Lay Tong Khao. Although By Bill Barnett Nagata of Blink Director of C9 Hotelworks project’s directors. She has ex- this is a smaller Designs. As with (c9hotelworks.com), a Phuket- tensive experience with top de- institutional its flagship hotel based hotel and residential sign firm dwp in Bangkok. brand, its Bill-Bensely designs, in Hong Kong, the new Langham property consulting firm. With Having walked through the the small number of villas, and will highlight original artwork and more than 20 years’ experience project last week, it’s clear that attention to artwork will put it in introduce to the market place a in the region, he has played an the when completed, the hotel is competition with larger luxury- number of ground-breaking ser- active role in some of the going to turn a few heads. pool-villa resorts like Banyan vice innovations. island’s biggest developments. November 29 - December 5, 2008 CLASSIFIEDS PHUKET GAZETTE 39 Property Gazette

Properties PHUKET COUNTRY For Sale CLUB

POOL VILLA IN KAMALA SEAVIEW LAND LUXURY DEVELOPMENT LAND

for sale or rent. Pool villa, KARON SEA VIEW PANORAMIC modern design, in Kamala. SEA VIEW Total area 320sqm. Built- 4 rai prime sea view land Duplex renovation project up 250sqm. 1.5-story for sale in Kata. Reduced to directly on 15th fairway for with open loft, 3 bed- 10 million per rai. Tel: 081- sale. Reduced price. See rooms, 3 bathrooms. 13.5 273 5047. www.fairway15.com Tel: million baht. No agents. 081-894 1994. Tel: 080-532 8773. Email: [email protected] MAI KHAO LAND Located between Centara RAWAI, 2-STOREY Karon Resort and Secret SALE/RENT, KAMALA HOUSE Cliff Resort. 10.5 rai with Karon land for sale. 15 rai. Single house near beach, 2 Ao Po, Phuket, Thailand. 160sqm, 2 bedrooms, 2 bath- Chanote. Very good loca- Chanote title. Hillside, pan- bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, living 23.5 rai seafront/view. rooms, 400m from beach. tion for business (hotel & oramic sea view, quiet room, kitchen. 4.2 million Ideal for development or Price: 1.8 million. Tel: 086- resort). Asking price: 250 area. Very good location for baht. Tel: 086-277 3381. subdivision. Neighbors in- 940 8914. Email: rawai1@ million baht. No agents. business. 15 million baht per clude The Estate luxury de- yahoo.com Tel: 087-270 9093. Email rai. No agents. Please con- QUICK SALE for sale. 11 rai, Nor Sor 3, velopment, the new Ao Po [email protected] tact by email: allservices29 Only 5.1 million baht, near La- 500 meters to the beach. Marina and Jumeirah Pri- HOUSE NEAR @gmail.com guna. Thai-style home. 3 bed- Contact Tor. Tel: 084- vate Island. Quick sale. Call TESCO LOTUS rooms, 2 bathrooms, kitchen, 5071834. Email: mrpantor 081-970 4765. Visit www. 2 bedroom, 2 bathroom, 3- SURIN BEACH VILLAS, CONDOS living room. Telephone: 087- @hotmail.com phuketluxuryland.com aircons, water. European 893 8590. Land on Soi Haad Surin 2 for Great properties for sale in style kitchen. Fully furnished. sale. 2.2 Rai, 5 min walk to Phuket at www.janeproperty HOUSE FOR SALE Land 36sqw. Price 2.95 mil- Surin Beach. Tel: 082-411 phuket.com CONDO 63SQM 2.5 MILLION BAHT RAWAI HOUSE PATONG lion baht. (Eng) Tel: 086-683 2138. Ban Maneekram Chalong. 2 6913, (Thai) Tel: 080-529 BARGAIN. KATA BEACH Renovated, freehold, 2 rooms, bedrooms, 3 a/c, fully fur- 4944. 3-level house, only 1 min to terrace, nice view, pool, nished, cable TV, ADSL phone LAND IN RAWAI beach. Owner moving. 3.3 beach 200m, furnished, TV, line for Internet. Existing tenant and Nai Harn. Many small and NICE PLOT million baht. Tel: 084-840- Wi-Fi, 2 aircons. 4.9 million on long term rental. Tel: 076- big plots. Special: 1,773sqm near Layan Hills Estate and 5834. baht. Tel: 086-976 0809. 264692, 086-281 2115. w/ sea view, 5.9 million baht. pool villas project. Chanote Tel: 085-795 5383. CONDOMINIUM title and road access on 4 LUXURY POOL VILLA COMMERCIAL RAWAI PROJECT 3-4 bedrooms, 3 bath- sides of the plot. 4.5 million Large 600 sqm pool villa, 5 KARON LAND 88 sq wah, 32 meters front- Beautiful 19 rai of seaview rooms at Rawai Beach. baht. Tel: 081-539 9269. mins to Laguna, 4 bedrooms, sale. Hotel-condos-town- age on busy Sai Yuan Rd. 4.9 property. 13,412 sqm of liv- High-end building materials fully furnished. 16 million baht. house, 1 minute to the beach. million baht. Good investment. ing space. Tel: 075-667071, and furniture. Asking price: For sale or rent. Tel: 081-734 PERFECT LAND Price: 7 million baht or trade. Tel: 085-794 2675. 081-597 9310. Fax: 075- 220,000 euro. Email: png. 4324. For further details, Nearly 2 rai at Bang Tao. Very Tel: 081-446 0215. 667071. Email: lantaland [email protected] please see our website at good location for business. 18 BANGKOK CONDO [email protected]. For fur- www.phuketgreenlandvillas. million baht. No agents. Tel: QUICK SALE 21st floor, Sukhumvit, Nana. ther details, please see our com ON THE BEACH 086-944 2065, 087-689- 5 bedrooms, 5 bathrooms at 3 balconies. Sell for 4.4 million website at www.lanta-apart 2-bedroom apartment in north 9679. Email: tasuwan@ 4.5 million baht. Tel: 081-894 baht or trade. Tel: 081-303 ment.com FOREIGN FREEHOLD Patong. Foreign freehold, top hotmail.com 2009. 2202. condo in Rawai, 250 meters floor, swimming pools. 9.7 NEW 3 BED from the pier. 54sqm. 1.3 mil- million baht. Tel: 086-276- POOL VILLA lion baht. Tel: 086-9408914. 5117. Email for photos. Email: [email protected] at Mission Hills golf course. Email: [email protected] Luxury finishing. Buy it at 9.5 million baht, or rent it PATONG TOWER BOAT LAGOON long term for 40,000 baht a CONDO Twin house for sale or rent, 2 month. Tel: 087-893 4636. 6th floor, mountain view, and 3 bedrooms, fully fur- Email: info@phuketbed 72sqm, furnished. Only 5 nished. Tel: 081-344 4473, andbreakfast.com million baht. Tel: 087-272- 081-862 2962. 0303. LUXURY HOUSE for sale or rent. Mission Heights community, 5 mins from Mission Hills Golf Club. 4 bedrooms, en-suite bath- rooms with bath and shower, large Western kitchen, 90- sqm pool, garden, service in- cluded. Fully furnished. Con- tact So. Tel: 081-862 2962, 081-344 4473.

2-STOREY HOUSE 5.5 million baht. 4 bed- rooms, 2 bathrooms, 72sq wah with some furniture at Villa Samkong. Call Khun Nan. Tel: 081-6779837. Email: knahniez@hotmail. com or okika_j@hotmail. com 40 PHUKET GAZETTE CLASSIFIEDS November 29 - December 5, 2008 Property Gazette

BANG-JO LAND KOH SIRAY LAND

CHEAPEST SHOPHOUSE STUNNING PATONG in Phuket Town. Great loca- STUDIO APT COCONUT AO POR LAND tion and ample parking. Selling Large studio in Phuket Palace ISLAND LAND FOR SALE Bang-Jo area, road access below market price. Yaowarat condo near Simon Cabaret. 4 plots of land on Koh Sireh, on 2 sides of land, 5,044 Rd, same road as Timber Hut All modern conveniences, park view, 480sqm, beach, sqm. Nice square plot. Ask- Pub. 5m x 60m long = 62 sq large balcony, bath, aircon, Chanote title, concrete road ing for 15 million baht. Tel: wah. Not to be found else- kitchen, cable TV, on the top access, 300 meters from 081-536 9252. Email: spp where. Will let it go at 5.5 mil- floor. Spectacular views of new yacht marina. Asking [email protected] lion baht. Tel: 076-612730, the ocean and Patong Bay. for 1.5 million. Tel: 081- 089-726 0446. Email: oldphu Huge swimming pool & ten- 536 9252. Email: sppcnx PATONG DELUXE [email protected] nis courts. 3.7 million baht or @gmail.com for sale. 4.5 rai. Chanote, CONDO near offer. Tel: 076-296738, hillside panoramic sea view, 150 rai. Nor Sor 3 Gor, sea 1st class modern building, EXCLUSIVE 087-031 2154. Email: info@ close to beach. 14 million view. Priced from 2.5 million furnished, all amenities, 280° kellyshotelphuket.com NEW HOUSE, baht. Please call K. Bouddha PATONG SEA VIEW NAI HARN-RAWAI baht per rai. No agents. views, quiet and close to ev- Tel: 089-290 0484. Please contact by email: erything. 4,275,000 baht. Tel: NEW HOME IN CHALONG [email protected] 080-797 5263. Email: caltirol 2-3 bed. Near Circle. Quiet, @hotmail.com close to all amenities. Top TOWNHOUSE IN THE quality build, with garden. 5.5 CHALONG, PROJECT ‘THE INDY’ 2-STORY HOUSE PATONG GUESTHOUSE million baht, or long-term rent. Tel: 089-652 1951. Email: for sale. 3 bedrooms, 3 bath- in the Paradise Complex. Fully phuketsuperhome@gmail. rooms, aircon, fully furnished. furnished. Freehold sale for com Down payment: 850,000 5.9 million baht. Contact Exclusive Patong Sea view baht o.n.o. Tel: 084-841 5835, [email protected], HOUSES IN RAWAI 086-595 0013. or by telephone to 082-558 villas looking to Patong Bay. Freehold: 20 million baht. and Nai Harn, from cheap to 8037. Email: sumalee1955 luxurious. Special offer: 2- AGRICULTURAL LAND @yahoo.com Tel: 076-612744, 086-982 2888. Fax: 076-612744. bedroom house and pool, 4.8 for sale. 120 rai of agricult- million baht. Contact Nico. Tel: ural land for sale, 20km from BARGAIN Email: prim_purdue@yahoo .com 085-795 5383. For further de- resort area of Khao Lak. Total KATA BEACH tails, please see our website at the entrance to BIS. price 3.84 million baht. Please 3-level house, only 1 minute to at www.warmwaterland.com Townhouse is at the corner telephone 087-020 0191 for beach. Owner moving. 3.6 BRAND-NEW HOUSE and adjacent to the project’s further information. million baht. Tel: 084-840 For sale in Baan Suan Loch AMAZING CONDO public garden. 2 floors, 6.5 5834. Palm. 2 stories, 3 bedrooms, VILLA LAND meters wide, 3 bedrooms, FREEHOLD IN PATONG 4 bathrooms. Price: 10.5 mil- 3 bathrooms. Land: 32sq for sale. New studio with pool TOWNHOUSE lion baht. Urgent sale! Tel: in Patong, 45sqm. 3.2 million 3-storey house villa, sea wah. Tel: 089-472 9118. IN PHUKET TOWN 087-279 9500. baht. Quick sale. Tel: 089-728 view, hill view, garden, pool, Chanakarn Baan Klang Muang 4005. Email: antoniocpala@ 4 bedrooms, 2 en-suites, 6 CONDO: 63SQM, Project, 5 minutes from Central PERFECT LAND yahoo.it and Big C, 2 floors, 140sqm. bathrooms, ADSL. Jacuzzi, PATONG FOR SALE big living room, kitchen/din- 100% renovated, freehold. 2 Resale contract 500,000 baht. HILL LAND Call Kosta. Tel: 080-071 9098. on the main road to Cherng- ing, laundry room. 5 aircons. rooms, terrace & nice view, Talay and Surin. 43 rai, Up to 16 meters building with Private pool 8x3.5m, 2 park- pool, security. Beach: 200m, SOUTH OF AIRPORT 1ngan, 85sq wah. For sale 3 stories. Full sea view of ing spaces. Chanote. Tel: furnished, TV, Hi-Fi, 2 aircons. 18 Rai of Nor Sor Sam Gor HOUSE IN RAWAI by owner. 5.5 million baht 180 degrees, from Chalong 081-6779837, 089-646- 4.9 million baht. Telephone: land for sale by owner. Six km for sale. Corner unit, 26 sq per rai. Tel: 081-956- Bay to South Islands. 5 rai 4786. Email: sync_ koji@ 086-9760809. south of airport. Prepared for wah. Price 990,000 baht. Tel: 2406. Email: phatsarar@ at 10 million baht per rai. Tel: hotmail.com development with roads and 086-952 9517. Email: condo gmail. com 084-445 2831. STUNNING PATONG drainage. Partial sea view to- [email protected] STUDIO APT wards NaiYang. 36 million KRABI AREA Large studio in Phuket Palace baht. Tel: 081-8936630. Fax: SEAVIEW LAND condo near Simon Cabaret. 076-241408. Email: baan 19 rai of hillside land overlook- All modern conveniences, [email protected] ing mountains and Phang-nga large balcony, bath, aircon, Bay. 1.2 million baht per rai. kitchen, cable TV, on the top TOP SEAVIEW LOT Tel: 086-9410410. Email: floor. Spectacular views of 2 rai, Yamu hills. Chanote, [email protected] For further the ocean and Patong Bay. gated, good road, 11.5 million details, please see our web- Huge swimming pool & ten- baht. Tel: 080-5358767, Tel site at http://krabi.land.here. nis courts. 3.7 million baht or (US): 0011-760-7808584. fastmail.fm/ near offer. Tel: 076-296738, Email: [email protected] 087-031 2154. Email: info@ PATONG LAND kellyshotelphuket.com KOH YAO YAI Prime land, 5.5 rai, central lo- 3.8 rai, 1 million baht. Cha- cation in Patong. Mail or call af- CORNER BUILDING note, electricity, near pier. ter 11am. Tel: 081-4095175. OFF BYPASS Thai owner needs money. Call Email: [email protected] 2 units, 24 + 33 sq wah, 4 for more details. Tel: 081-892 stories. Located opposite 8208. NAIHARN CONDO, Kejmukda restaurant, 300m 1.8M from the Bypass road. 7- 68 RAI OF KRABI LAND Modern, beautiful surround- Eleven is on the ground floor. Super-prime hilltop, 280 de- ings, swimming pool & fully Price for the building is 15 mil- gree bay view above Shera- furnished. Please contact. Tel: lion baht. Tel: 081-893 6630. ton. Chanote and Norsor 3. 086-596 9601. Email: ford Fax: 076-241408. Email: B6.5m per rai. Email: thunder asia777@gmail. com [email protected] [email protected]

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KHAO LAK BEAUTIFUL

1 RAI LOTS RAWAI BEACH in gated community. Ocean POOL VILLA beach land for sale, 25-40 rai, view. East coast, Pa Khlok. all title deeds, 150m-wide Starting at 3.5 million per rai. beach front. 10 mins drive Royal Coast Company Ltd. from Le Meridien KhaoLak. Tel: 076-353926, 081-6932 1km down Soi Baan Nam 791. Email: eam1008@mac. Khem. Ideal for resort devel- com opment. Contact Maneerat. Tel: 081-812 0388. Email: 50 RAI OF LAND [email protected] Sale, lease. 1, 2, 3 or 4 bed- W/CHANOTE TITLE rooms, furnished, ADSL, Phang Nga, 8kms from town 1.9 million baht ono. Con- center. 30 rai of powered li- DOUBLE VILLA IN FREEHOLD IN PATONG tact. Tel: 086-940 8914. cenced factory for meat + KATA Email: [email protected] fish. Walk-in fridge + frezer. for sale. New condo with pool 8,000 hardwood trees in Patong. 45sqm. 2.95 million NEW CONDO GOOD planted on 20 rai. Genuine baht. Great deal! Tel: 089-728 VIEW FROM 1.5 MB sale. Tel: 087-269 4083. 4005. Email: antoniocpala @yahoo.it Rawai. 40sqm, 1 bedroom, 1 bathroom, big pool, 24hrs se- HILL HOUSE AT curity. Price: 1.5 million baht. KATA PATONG BEVERLY And 60sqm, 2 bedroom, 1 BUNGALOW IN NEW WAREHOUSE HILLS for sale. Sea view, 600sqm Panoramic sea views - 5 bathroom, seaview. Price: 2.8 CHALONG Luxurious villa for sale, for total area. Two-story bedrooms, 466sqm living million baht. Please call Kuno. Nanai Rd, close to Patong house with 3 bedrooms, 3 space, 36sqm pool with Tel: 081-968 5963. Fax: 076- Beach hillside. Big pool, fan- bathrooms, 2 kitchens, Jacuzzi, 4 minutes from 381303. Email: kuno@bay tastic sea view, 2km from parking, pool. Nice location, Kata Beach. Ready to project.com Website: http:// the beach, 5 bedrooms, 5 minutes to Kata Beach. move into. Only 24 million www.bayproject.com 650 sqm living space, huge Can adapt for 2 apartments baht. Email: allservices29 private garden, very large for rent. Please take a look @gmail.com spa house, walled property, and ask for price ono. Tel: 900sqm new warehouse fully furnished. No agents. LAND PLOTS FOR 087-689 9679. Newly refurbished 3 bed- and 8 new houses on nice SALE, LAYAN room, bungalow on 65sq square plot of 6,000sqm. Only 65 million baht. Email: 2 land plots for sale in an ex- MISSION HILLS wah. Brand new modern Land 7km from airport. [email protected] clusive villa development, 8 BEACHFRONT LOTS LAND FOR SALE kitchen and bathroom. Cov- Asking for 38.5 million 900sqm and 856sqm. for sale. Now only 4 left! Co- Two adjoining 1.5 rai plots ered parking and landscaped baht. Tel: 081-536 9252. conut Island (Maphrao), half garden. Price: 4.2 million Email: [email protected] SEA VIEW LAND, Ready to build at only 5,000 of land for sale in the heart PATONG baht per sqm. Tel: 081-891 rai for 2.75 to 4.4 million baht. of Mission Hills Golf Club. baht. Tel: 089-922 2800. Sea view land in Patong. 1826. Fax: 076-238940. 8% fee to brokers Royal Coast Only 3 million baht per rai. Pls email: meen443_40@ 132 sq wah, Nor Sor 3 Email: [email protected] Company. Contact K. Apple. Tel: 081-891 1826. Fax: hotmail.com PARICHART Gor, road access and elec- Website: www.baanboosa Tel: 076-353926 or 081-693 076-238940. Email: kevinq VILLAGE, CHALONG tricity. 14 million baht. Tel: korn.com 2791. Or simply email to: ang @loxinfo.co.th [email protected] 086-982 2888. Fax: 086- BEAUTIFUL 982 2888. Email: prim_ NAI YANG LAND [email protected]

VILLA + 2 HOUSES IN PATONG

35/20 Soi 1. 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 2 aircons, 9.5 rai, beachfront. 5 min- some furniture, 50sq wah, utes to Phuket airport. Ask- garden. For sale at 4 million ing price: 120 million baht. baht or for long-term rent. Chanote. Must see. No Must see. Contact Nina. agents. Please contact via Tel: 087-689 9679. Email: Villa, 4 bedroom, private by email: allservices29 [email protected] pool and good views. 2 @gmail.com houses with 8 small apart- ments, 700sqm. Freehold 22 RAI land. 40 million baht. Tel: CONDO SUPER @ 500,000 BT/RAI 089-290 9567. Email: lars. SALES Beautiful plot of land suitable for [email protected] - 1 bedroom, pool view, Ka- either development or agricul- For further details, please mala, 2.3 million baht tural use. Nice mountain views. see our website at www. - 2 bedrooms, sea view, pent- Has paved road access and brommathaihouse.com house, Rawai, 4.95 million electricity. Located 5 km south baht of Tablamu golf course and 10 km north of Khao Lak. Call or - 1 bedroom, Patong Tower, NEW BUILDING email for more info. Price: 11 FOR SALE mountain view: 5 million baht million baht. Tel: 081-892 in busy area, Soi Sai Nam - 1 bedroom Allamanda La- 1097. Email: info@swethai- Yen, Patong Beach. guna condo: 6.5 million baht realestate.com - 2 bedrooms at Bang Tao * 4-storey Beach: 7.5 million baht 2 RAI (3,200 SQM) * 8 apartments on floors 2, 3 and 4 - 2 bedrooms w/ sea view at Sea view land plots available Kalim Beach: 10 million baht at the prestigious Yamu Hills * Chanote title All serviced units with rental near Cape Yamu. Full infra- * Electricity, water return direct from owner. For structure from only 5 million * 2 minutes to the beach more infomation see www. baht per rai. Financing avail- Asking price: 52 million phuket-villa-property.com or able. Tel: 086-6865998 or baht. Tel: 087-270 9093, call Marc at 087-272 0303. 081-7871108. Email: info@ 081-868 7676. We've got it... tropical-homes.net 42 PHUKET GAZETTE CLASSIFIEDS November 29 - December 5, 2008 Property Gazette

Properties RAWAI RAWAI BEACH SPACIOUS 2 BED For Rent BEACHFRONT POOL VILLA SEAVIEW CONDO Come stay in a spacious 2 bedroom, 2 bath condo RAWAI POOL overlooking Patong Beach. GUESTHOUSE Still available over New Year. Tel: +85-2-2813 6093, +85-2-610 04034. Fax: +85-2-2813 6083. 1, 2, 3 or 4 bedrooms, bath- Email: eddy.amaro@rbs. room, aircon, ADSL, cable com For further details, TV. 24,000 baht per month. please see our website at Tel: 086-940 8914. Email: www.phuket-patong- [email protected] condo.com Private aircon room, fridge. RAWAI BEACH NEW HOUSE Cable TV, Wi Fi. 10,000 POOL HOME STAY (BANDON) baht per month. Contact for RENT THALANG – PA KHLOK NICE AND COZY more infomation. Tel: 086- HOUSE FOR RENT 940- 8914. Email: rawai1@ 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, yahoo.com fully furnished, 1km from Heroines' Monument. 16,000 house for rent. 3 bedrooms, baht per month. Tel: 087-283 NEW 3 BED 9181. POOL VILLA aircon. True TV. ADSL, fur- nished. Contact Gina. Tel: at Mission Hills golf course. 089-6499939. MAI KHAO HOUSE Private bedroom, bathroom, Luxury finishing. Buy it at 9.5 for rent. In quiet and safe area, aircon, ADSL, Wi-Fi, cable million baht, or rent it long term long or short term. Fully fur- Furnished and excellent lo- TV. 3,500 baht weekly. Tel: for 40,000 baht a month. Tel: B.L. APARTMENT nished, 2 bedrooms, 3 aircon, cation, 5 mins from Rawai 086-940 8914. Email: 087-893 4636. Email: info@ New in Kathu. Big rooms, 1 TV, DVD, telephone line, 10 and Nai Harn beaches. [email protected] phuketbedandbreakfast.com bedroom, 1 living room, aircon, mins to airport, big garden. 162sqm. 2 bedrooms with cable TV, ADSL, hot shower, Tel: 081-719 7015 or 089- private bathrooms. 1 guest PATONG DELUXE for sale/rent near Laguna. CHRISTMAS garden, car park. 8,000 baht 470 8926. Email: eantievet@ toilet. 3 aircons. Large living- CONDO 2 bedrooms, fully furnished, per month. Tel: 081-692 3163. @ THE BEACH voila.fr dining room. Telephone line Beautiful, modern, fully fur- just bring your bag. Price Magnificent new teak Thai- with ADSL. Free water sup- nished, stunning views, Quiet. negotiable, 1-year contract. style apartment with terrace THAI VILLA AND POOL ply and garbage collection Can walk to everything. For Tel: 089-874 2960. Email: on Phuket's most beautiful in Nai Harn, 1km to beach, HOUSE FOR RENT service. Please contact K. rent long term at 23,000 baht [email protected] beach. Available all dates, very quiet location, stunning OR SALE Nui. Tel: 087-383 0936. per month. Tel: 080-797 5263. For further details, please even Christmas! Nai Yang view, 2 bedrooms, en-suite Email: [email protected] see: www.phuket-on-tour. Beach is just 5 minutes south Jacuzzi, open-plan lounge, blogspot.com of Phuket airport. Tel: 087- diner, European kitchen, pri- NEW HOUSE IN CHALONG NEW 267 5376. vate garden with parking. NAI HARN-RAWAI HOME Rent long term for 40,000 2 bedroom furnished home HOUSE IN KATHU BRAND NEW VILLA baht per month. Tel: 081-270 for rent with telephone, UBC for rent. 2-bedroom villa lo- 5126. and aircon. Tel: 089-652 cated in Kamala. Spectacular Phanason Kathu, furnished. 1473. Email: anandaestates ocean views from every PATONG TOWER Single house, 2 bedrooms. @yahoo.com room. Japanese erotica style Deluxe condo on beach road. Ready to move in. Tel: 089- with 2 enclosed gardens, sala, Tel: 084-847 3304. For further 662 8733. KAMALA infinity-edge swimming pool, details, please see our website BEACHFRONT VILLAS European open kitchen, flat at www.selectphuket.com Fully furnished to a high stan- screen in every room. Mini- 2 bedrooms, fully furnished, KATA LUXURY dard. Western kitchen. 3 bed- aircon, cable TV and TV mum rental 3 months, rental APARTMENTS NEW HOUSE rooms, 2 bathrooms, lounge set. Just bring your bag. rate 125,000 baht per month. and dining areas. Large bal- for rent. Fully furnished. Villa New, fully furnished, 1 or 2 13,000 baht per month. Contact Katherine. Tel: 080- cony overlooking swimming 3, Soi 8/1, 70/76. Good price, bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, full Contact Khun Wannee. Tel: 699 2436. Email: info@king pool and landscaped garden. private area, 65sq wah. Tel: aircon. Large Western teak 089-288 9936. Email: domvillarentals.com Stunning sea views, only 081-537 6045. kitchen and bath, 130sqm, [email protected] large seaview terrace, pool, meters from the beach. Pri- APARTMENT AT parking. Weekly, monthly vately gated, parking and KATA BEACH HOUSE IN CHALONG and long-term rates avail- storage. UBC and ADSL. In- for rent. Furnished, cable TV, for rent near Palai Beach. 3 able, serviced also available. cludes daily cleaning and 3 BEDROOMS Internet. Tel: 086-595 8512. bedrooms, aircon, fully fur- Tel: 089-592 6890. Email: washing, pool & gardening HOUSE Email: nalumana2000@ nished, kitchen, ADSL, car [email protected] service. Daily rental 8,000 for rent. 3 bedrooms + yahoo.com park. Tel: 089-728 8311. for rent. 3-story villa, sea baht. Contact Khun Suchada. bathroom, pool, ADSL. Tel: view, hill view, garden, pool, Tel: 084-8436 837. Email: 081-606 7410. Email: info 4 bedrooms with 2 en-suite [email protected] @siam-business.com bathrooms, 6 bathrooms, For further details, please ADSL. Jacuzzi. Big living see our website at http:// room, kitchen/dining, laundry www.phuket-island-homes. RESORT VILLA POOL room. 5 aircons. 8m x 3.5m com 2,000 baht daily, Laguna, fur- private pool. 2 parking nished, Jacuzzi, BBQ, secu- rity. Has everything. Tel: 089- spaces. Tel: 081-677 9837, HOLIDAY VILLAS 089-646 4786. Email: sync 594 4067. [email protected] Selection of beautiful pool vil- las, studios and beach rooms in Rawai. Tel: 081-970- RAWAI FLAT VILLAS IN BANG TAO 1716. For further details, for rent. Fully furnished, 2 for rent near Laguna. 2 or 3 please see our website at bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, liv- bedrooms, pool, fully fur- http://www.coconut- ing room, kitchen, swim- nished. 50, 000/65, 000 baht/ paradise.com ming pool, balcony, cable, month, short- or long-term. ADSL. Tel: 081-606 7410. Tel: 081-897 6984 (English); 089-699 5136 (Thai). THE GREENHOUSE BUNGALOWS FOR RENT NICE VILLA FOR RENT Chalong new 2-bedroom Rawai beach road. Nicely fur- 4 bedrooms, fully furnished. bungalows. Fully furnished, nished unit with aircon and Email for photos, then call or cool, quiet, close to all facili- terrace (100% sea view). mail for further details. Tel: ties. 12,000 baht per month. Perfect location for coffee 076-273 466, 081-968 9046. Contact K. John. Tel: 081- shop, ice cream, salon or cock- Fax: 076-238948. Email: pen 979 1976. tail bar. Rent: 25,000 baht @phuketpropertytrip.com per month. Tel: 087-270 6297. 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KATA BEACH CHALONG Property Property Accommodation Southern Fried Rice. “A dia- APARTMENT Household Wanted Services Available mond in the crown of Phuket”: Air conditioned, cable TV, hot Items TripAdvisor. 8 beautiful rooms, shower, free ADSL, new fur- 3-minute walk to beach, free niture. 4,900 baht per month WANTED FOR RENT FIND YOUR PERFECT CHEAP APARTMENTS Internet Wi-Fi. For further de- or 380 baht/day. New room. PORTABLE AIRCON House for rent in Kamala. PROPERTY for rent in Kamala. Fully fur- tails, Tel: 081-894 8446. Or Contact for more details. Tel: 12,000 BTU, only 6 months Should be fully furnished and in less then 1 minute. Please nished 1 and 3 bedroom apart- Email: [email protected] 085-8885144. old. New price: over 30,000 have 2 bedrooms, 2 bath- see us at: www.phuket- ments for long-term rental. Tel: please see our web site at. baht. Will sell for 15,000 rooms and TV. Needed from villa-property.com or just call 086-244 9625. www.southernfriedrice.com baht Tel: 089-932 5175. beginning of November for 3 087-2720303. We've got Accommodation Email: wojidkowbengt@ months, with option to renew it... PATONG LUXURY Wanted hotmail. com until March 2009. Quiet and APT SURIN / BANGTAO secured area preferred. Email: Center Patong, 1 and 2 bed- APARTMENT 48-INCH LG VILLA rooms. Tel: 076-341827 or Two-bedroom Club Lersuang [email protected] MANAGEMENT VILLA WITH POOL PLASMA TV email for info and photos. Apartment with fantastic fa- Start Dec 1. Two months. 2 Flat-screen LG plasma TV for FLAT OR HOUSE by self-employed person. I Tel: 076-341827. Email: cilities. Tel: 076-271870 or bedrooms, pool. 70,000 con- sale with wall mounting. Ideal from October 8 until March have 7 years’ experience [email protected] 087-079 0650. Or Email: tact. Tel: 087-284 4425. for home or bar. 25,000 2009. Could be in Phuket or with real estate and prop- [email protected] baht. Tel: 087-086 9821. Krabi, including Koh Lanta. The erty management in Aus- APARTMENT & CHEAP ROOM Email: jpoole-robb@knights important things are seaside (or tralia. Have worked with ROOM IN PATONG NEEDED bridgecs.com hotel management in Phu- HOLIDAY at least sea view) and a swim- Apartment for long term rent. Cheap room in Patong needed ket resorts for 3 years. I APARTMENT ming pool. Two bedrooms, for 16,000-20,000 baht per by English teacher. Long term, LAWN MOWER provide high-quality service Quality apartment in Patong a couple. No pets and no par- month. Room from 800-1,500 must have pool and TV. Please Black & Decker GR298.One and villa management at for rent. Visit our website at. ties. Can be a quiet location. baht per night. Tel: 076-512- contact for more information fair prices. Can carry out www.patongapartments.com year old, as new. 900-Watt Email: [email protected] 151, 089-290 9567. Email: at Tel: 084-7469878. Email: professional duties set out motor. 30cm cutting width. [email protected] [email protected] 3 cutting heights, at 28, 43 in the management agree- www.brommathaihouse.com KATA, STUDIO LOOKING FOR LAND APARTMENT and 58mm. Grass box capac- I'm looking for a piece of land ment, including house- keeping & maintenance of for rent. 28,000 baht a month. LONG-TERM RENTAL ity: 25 litres. 12-m cable to build a house on in Phuket: 1/ SPACIOUS 2 BED Building includes pool, restau- Looking for a long-term rental length. Quiet induction mo- 2-1 rai maximum. Price should property. Can organize flight tickets and activities SEAVIEW CONDO rant, elevator, gym. Walking (one year). Seeking a stylish tor, therefore no servicing not be over 2 million baht for 1 condo, apartment or house needed. New: 5,000 baht; as well as other requests. Come stay in a spacious 2 distance to beach, shopping rai. Kathu district preferable, with 2 bedrooms. Location: will sell for 3,000. Email: Tel:087-1006111. Email: bedroom, 2 bathroom condo and nightlife. Telephone 087- but any other residential area Thalang, Bang Tao or Surin. [email protected] [email protected] overlooking Patong Beach. 893 8747. would not be ruled out. Email: Renting from November 1. Still available over New [email protected] Budget: 25,000 - 30,000 baht Year. For further details, TOILET & BASIN maximum per month . Email: RENTALS WANTED Tel: +85-2-2813 6093, NICE ACCOM Toilet and wash basin, SINGLE STOREY IS HERE [email protected] American Standard brand, WITH GARDEN Siam Real Estate have clients +85-2-6100 4034, or fax:+85-2-2813 6083. - High-end villas color: blue. Used once but We are looking for a single- waiting for good quality rentals APT WITH KITCHEN NOW - both holiday and long- Please see our website at: - House for rent still in good condition. Call or storey property with garden, Looking for 2-bedroom apart- email for further information preferably in or around La- term rentals. If you want to rent http://www.phuket-patong- - Guesthouse your property quickly and get condo.com/. Email: eddy. ment, fully equipped with furni- at Tel: 076-223560, 081- guna area. Don’t mind some - Apartment or condo ture and kitchen equipment. 8929191. Fax: 076-223- refurbishment. Budget: ap- top dollar, contact us immedi- [email protected] ately. Tel: 076-288908. Email: - Hotel in town, other areas Wanted from December 1 566. Email: romeplace@ proximately 2 million baht. until mid-February. Please hotmail.com [email protected] KARON BEACH Includes backpacker Visiting October 3 for 2 lodgings. email with photo and monthly weeks. Tel: +003-57-997 Please visit our website at BUNGALOWS www.siamrealestate.com Check your booking period rental. Email: mrbeenieman CORNELL WATER 91857. Fax: +003-57-269 Fully furnished, available un- @hotmail.com HEATER 30780. Email: helen@cyp til mid-December. Call or at Email: allservices29 @gmail.com for kitchen or bathroom: 700 rusresalesdirect. com ENGLISH BUILDER mail for more info, or see our baht. Call for details. Tel: 089- working 10 years in Phuket. website at the address be- Building 291 3641. GOLF-VIEW Renovations, refurbish- low: Tel: 089-6517818. CONDOMINIUM ments, modifications, re- Fax: 076-333243. Email: Products LUXURY VILLA & Services HITACHI Kathu area only. Want to buy pairs and maintenance. Ex- [email protected] RENTALS AT REFRIGERATOR or rent long term. Email: cellent work undertaken. Please visit our website at www.luxuryphuket Model R-S31NVTH. One year [email protected] Tel: 081-9241447. www.capt-horst.com holidays.com CRYSTAL CLEAR TAP old, as new, excellent condition. Book your villa now! WATER Price when new: 24,990 baht. Cost effective domestic water Will sell for 15,000 ono. Email: Classified Advertisements treatment now available in norbert.hofmeister@gmail. com Please use this form to write your classified advertisement. Phuket. Call or send us an LUXURY 3 BED email for further details. Tele- Then hand it to any of our agents. VILLA & POOL phone: 081-691 9907. Email: FOOTBALL TABLE Luxury, brand new villa on [email protected] High-quality football table. small estate close to La- Price when new: 32,000 baht. |_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_| (heading) guna, available for short Will sell for only 25,000. Tel: term let. 3 bedrooms, 3 HONEST THAI 075-695421, 087-9214260. bathrooms, modern, well- BUILDER Email: [email protected] |_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_| equipped kitchen and living I promise satisfaction. I am a room. 2 large screen TVs building college graduate. I |_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_| and Satellite. Free WiFi, will design, plan and execute Household pool, BBQ, and small garden your home or extension. Sat- Services area. Fully equipped with isfied customer references |_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_| high quality furnishings and available. Tel: 086-7438202. daily maid service. Rates Or contact us for more info PHUKET HOME from US$240 to US$600 a Email: [email protected] MAINTENANCE night, depending on time of Construction, renovation, |_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_| year. Discount for bookings NEW SWIMMING electricians, plumbers, car- of 7 nights or more. Calls POOL penters, painters, tilers, gar- after 4 pm please. Tel: 081- 8ft, easy set Intex above- deners, keycard setting, sand 788 6639. Fax: 076-238- ground pools. Includes filter. 6 wash and gutter. Contact K. |_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_| 721. Email: scubamatt72 units left. Price: 6,000 baht. Rin. Tel: 084-193 5124. Email: @gmail.com Please visit our website at phukethomemaintenance@ Classified ads are charged per line. Each line is 120 baht, www.pools4fun.com yahoo.com with a minimum of 4 lines (heading included) per ad. All advertising must be paid for in advance. Looking for land to buy? Deadline for Property Gazette page: Friday 3 pm. Deadline for all other ads: Saturday 12 noon. See more classified ads at www.phuketgazette.net 44 PHUKET GAZETTE CLASSIFIEDS November 29 - December 5, 2008 Boats & Marine

32FT CATAMARAN TWO MILLION BAHT 4 double cabins, 32sqm sail Fiberglass speedboat, pair of TOUR CRUISER area, 9 HP Honda. 490,000 250hp Suzuki 4-stroke out- FOR SALE baht. Tel: +6-87-461 8089. boards. Used 150 hours. Tel: 38-ft tour cruiser for sale. All 076-203010. fiberglass. Excellent fuel economy. Mercruiser in- BOAT TRAILER BRAND-NEW BOAT Excellent condition. New winch, board diesel engine, cruises Brand-new flybridge boat. comfortably at 27 knots. 6.4 meters. Only 26,000 baht. Fiberglass. Offers. Email: Contact Dorn. Tel: 089-474 Very low hours on the en- [email protected] 1520. gine. Toilet & freshwater shower, large sun roof, s/s SPEEDBOAT 85 HP DINGHY ladder at bow and stern for FOR SALE beach access. Commercial 4m Cholamark built, 1 year old, Fiberglass speedboat, 85hp, Thai registration. 1.65 mil- 40hp Yamaha, optional center with trailer. 330,000 baht. lion baht. Tel: 081-979- console, 8-person life raft Telephone: 087-975 7672 or 0525. Email: bosch.michael (needs inspection), kayaks, send email to eric.jehannin@ @gmail.com BCDs, regs, etc. Tel: 086-952 neuf.fr 0772. 12 FOOT SEARAY WOODWORK, JET BOAT GLADIATOR 38S REPAINT & REPAIR Very fast 90 hp jet boat. Lots Specialized in woodwork for of fun. Low hours. Comes with boat and house. New office trailer. Call Joseph for details and workshop in Boat Lagoon Tel: 089-874 4635. Email: now open. Our services in- [email protected] clude: boat maintenance, full BAYLINER 225 hull repairs, internal works, teak woodwork, teak acces- New 2008 model coming BOWRIDER sories, fiberglass repairs, soon for PIMEX 2008. Full 2006 Mercuiser 5.0l mpi v8 spray painting, boat building, options, many upgrades, petrol & alpha 1 stern drive. home furniture, kitchens, built- high speed, free test drive Thai registered, many extras. in or moveable bars, counters, available. Tel: 087-030- 1,350,000 baht. Tel: 081- work desks and much more. 6688, 081-821 4060. 271 3447. Email: abannock Tel: 076-243089, 081-968- Email: [email protected] @gmail.com 3118 or Fax: 076-242- 5.5-M CATAMARAN 742. Email: info@procarpen SPEED BOAT, 33FT Huge dinghy, sailing equip- tering.com For more informa- Wooden hull, equiped for div- ment available. 80,000 baht. tion, please visit our website ing. Yamaha 2x200hp. Tel: Contact for more details. Tel: at www.procarpentering. 080-080 9912. 087-461 8089. com November 29 - December 5, 2008 CLASSIFIEDS PHUKET GAZETTE 45 Island Job Mart

SALES DIRECTOR / MANAGER wanted for new e-com- merce company. We re- quire a hard-working and ambitious Thai national with a minimum 3 years of top-level sales experi- ence to help build and manage our sales team. Generous salary plus share options and monthly cash bonuses for the right candidate. Good English and computer skills a must. Please send your photo, resume and present and expected salary by email at: asia [email protected]

CHEF WANTED Chef needed for new restau- FAMOUS SPA IN rant in Karon. Must have expe- SELL LUXURY SINGAPORE rience cooking Farang food. TECHNOLOGY - We need 4 therapists (fe- Call or mail for further details. for our special luxury prod- male). Tel: 089-590 3923. Email: ucts. We need a market- [email protected] - Salary + accommodation + ing/sales person to ex- food. $1,100 (Singapore dol- pand our team. Experi- PHUKET WITTAYALAI lars). ence in sales an asset. - Minimum 3 years' experi- SCHOOL Salary + commissions Requires one full-time English ence with certificate for mas- over 60,000 baht/month. sage. EXPERIENCED THAI EURO FOOD teacher. Friendly work envi- Or Send CV to: Email: HOUSEKEEPER Chef needed for Thai-Euro CONDO MANAGER ronment and assistance with pascal@taillard-electri Please contact K. Boom Tel: British family in Singapore food restaurant in Patong. REQUIRED work permit. Please send your city.com 076-342951, 076-340608, requires Thai housekeeper. 9,000 baht per month. Tel: Will be responsible for CV with details by email to ext 8825. Email: aspara@ Must take care of house, laun- 081-827 8442. Email: wojid maintenance of common [email protected] or phuket.ksc.co.th dry, pets, cooking and some [email protected] areas; supervision of call 081-415 1698 or 081- ENGLISH SPEAKING childcare. Must have Mor Thai staff; liason with 537 2886. TOUR GUIDE PADI INSTRUCTORS Sam education or above and SALES / MARKETING owners & management Needed for busy speedboat wanted to join our experienced speak, read and write some Wanted: Experienced Sales- board; and control, bud- POOLMAN WANTED charter company. Thai nation- team. Must have valid work English. References required. person for Cruise Operation. geting and accounting for maintenance. Full-time. als only. Good salary and bo- permit and good personality. Tel: +65-9643 2084. Email: Fluent English and other lan- functions. Email: kalim Experience with saltwater nuses. Tel: 076-354074. Or Please send your CV with singaporefamily@yahoo. guages. Tel: 076-381334. [email protected] system pool. Flexible. Tel: Email: info@coralseekers. details by email to tony@ com.sg Email: [email protected] 081-537 6866. com thailand-divers.com

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BANGTAO TROPICAL INTERNATIONAL RESIDENCE RESTAURANT FINANCIAL Employment We are seeking 3 Sales Ex- STAFF NEEDED ADVISORS WANTED Wanted ecutives, male or female, with European/Thai restaurant Mature and motivated indi- at least 2 years' experience looking for cook, cook’s viduals with finance and/or within the property sector. helper, bartender, waiter, strong sales skills for Phuket SPECIALIST DESIGN Candidates may be Thai or waitress. Telephone: 085- and Thailand businesses. kitchens. Dutchman, special- foreign and must be highly 336- 0231. Please send resume to Ma- ized in design kitchens and organized. Good communica- rine: [email protected] bathrooms, with a lot of expe- tion skills are required. Inter- rience in renovation and gen- DRIVER NEEDED eral interior building, is looking ested parties should contact RESERVATIONS us at [email protected] or Eden Divers needs Thai male for opportunities. I have ex- to drive company truck and STAFF cellent communication skills, Tel: 076-261772. Fax: 076- Eden Divers needs Thai female 261773. For further details, take care of diving equipment. live in Phuket, and speak fluent Call Andy at 085-765 4677. reservations staff. Contact English, Dutch, and French - please see our website at Andy at 085-765 4677. http://www.phuketdeluxe and fairly good German. Tel: base.com RECEPTIONIST 085-156 9084. Email: richard Full time job. Must be service [email protected] RESTAURANT CASA minded, responsible, good in ASSISTANT D’ORASA English & able to handle com- MANAGER PAINTER/ECORATOR We need one professional puter, Internet. Apply at: Real Estate Field 30 years' experience in En- waiter/waitress, English Email: [email protected] - Thai National gland. Seeking work in the HOTEL RESTAURANT & speaking. We also need one http://www.diversinn.com/ Phuket area. No job too small RECEPTIONIST BAR MANAGER - Excellent command of writ- cook's assistant for Italian contact.htm ten and spoken English - give me a call! Tel: 085- We are seeking to hire a We need an experienced 4608487. Email: bobham cuisine. For more information - Computer literacy male receptionist, 22-35 manager to run a team of please contact Khun Orasa. WAITER & BAR [email protected] years old. Good spoken 10 in a creative F&B ven- Tel: 087-518 8837. Email: STAFF WANTED - Experience in profession and written English. ture. Reporting to the [email protected] Spice Island, a new and excit- herein EXPERIENCED BAR Internet and email skills. shareholders, the suc- ing restaurant, is looking for We provide good working MANAGER Smart appearance. cessful candidate will need RECEPTIONIST KATA experienced waiters, wait- conditions for employees. English nationality, experi- Minotel hotel, Sawadirak to understand all aspects Hotel requires a female Thai resses and bar staff. Please Tel: 083-5035153, 084- enced in stock taking, sales Road, Patong Beach of the business and be in- receptionist. Must be reli- send your CV to us for consid- 1909491. Please apply to etc. Looking for relief/part Tel: 076-296654. volved in its development. able and speak English. eration. Tel: 081-8937028. Thairus Development Co Ltd time work within Phuket. All Email: Tel: 081-8937028. Email: Please contact for more in- Fax: 076-254827. Email: 17/21 Phraphuketkaew Rd, offers considered. Tel: 085- [email protected] [email protected] formation at Tel: 081-892 spice.island.phuket@gmail. Kathu, Phuket 83120 460 8487. Or send email to: 1621. com [email protected] November 29 - December 5, 2008 CLASSIFIEDS PHUKET GAZETTE 47 Tout, Trader & Trumpet

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Tel: 081-367 for pic: [email protected] EXPAT LEAVING SALE pm). Please contact for more Hello again, Ralph. I have an- 11 – choose from either a 3534. Email: lorenzo.matis Quality teakwood furniture. information. Tel: 084-846 other letter for you. You can 10am or 6pm time slot. Reg- @gmail.com FOR SALE Display/Book case, Desk, Side/ 4256. Email: funfairy2000 get it Mon to Fri at my office. istration for 4-class series is New aircon: 35, 000 BTU, 3 display table, Sun-lounger with @yahoo.com John. Tel: 076-330 967, 081- 3,000 baht. Classes are 75 massage beds, all furniture fabric cushion, pair bedside 892 0474. Fax: 076-330990. minutes. Space is limited. Email: [email protected] PATONG and equipment for massage/ tables w/ drawers, 6 drawer SIZE 41 WOMENS’ Please contact for more in- GUESTHOUSE salon. Contact Khun Zai. Tel: chest, telephone cabinet. Tel: SHOES, HOT! formation. 18 rooms, bar, restaurant, 083-635 6239. 087-274 7648. Email: deb I bought these on Ebay and LOOKING FOR BOAT Tel: 089-027 6970. great location, Thai limited [email protected] they are too big for me. Tur- PARTNER co, 2 work permits. 4.8 GOLD & SILVER quoise leather, open-toe cork I am looking for someone in Email: angel@asiapacific Phuket who is interested in million baht. Tel: 080-697 9CT gold watch: 6,000 baht. NINTENDO WII wedges, from the UK. Very leisure.com buying a small speed boat, 1744. Lady's dress ring, emerald Almost brand new Nintendo unique and great condition. such as "Crownline", as a half style: 3,000 baht. My ring: Wii, with extra remotes. Also Price 650 baht. Email: sylvie owner. I live in Rawai. Please 7,000 baht. 9 CT, solid silver Guitar Hero III. Both still in @andamanavenue.com SPONSOR contact me, Gary, as above if rose bowl: 6,000 baht. Tel: boxes. For sale due to country a needy child. The Phuket BECOME RICH! you might be interested. Tel: 087-922 3242. Email: patong relocation. Email: yantyhong International Women’s SPONSOR 089-090 6969. Email: tropical [email protected] @yahoo.com Articles Club is a volunteer organi- Kenika. Make 400,000 [email protected] Wanted zation raising funds for edu- baht every 90 days, or 1.6 ARTICLES FOR SALE cational scholarships. We million baht a year. Tele- BABY / TODDLER LADIES SOCIAL phone: 081-415 1894. STUFF 1. Crafted wood antique vase. rely on the goodwill of do- TENNIS nors and sponsors – small Imported quality Quinny 2. Glass food display cabinet. PLAYSTATION 3 Anyone interested in getting a and large. If you would like Speedi SX, three-wheel baby/ Brand new: 7,000 baht. WANTED group of Ladies, 40+, to- to put something back into ELEGANT toddler stroller with Maxi- 3. Painting of Louisiana street Phuket resident wants to gether to enjoy social Tennis? the community in which SHOPHOUSE Cosi car seat (fits together). scene. Best for restaurant, buy Playstation 3. Please Tel: 089-469 8100. Email: you live, contact us to find Bargain: 4-story shophouse 10,000 baht. Good quality pub, bar. contact me if you have one [email protected] out more about giving a with Chanote. Fully-equipped traditional dark wood crib st nd Tel: 081-294 5441. available. Tel: 084-855 prize or being a sponsor. restaurant on 1 and 2 floors. with pads and mattress. 7803. Email: shellycider BRIDGE Contact Carol (Tel: 087- Fully furnished apartment on 7,500 baht. Or everything for rd th FURNITURE @yahoo.com Play Wednesday afternoons at 417 8860) or Sue (Tel: 3 and 4 floors. Value: 6.7 15,000 baht. Tel: 076- ELECTRONIC SALE Royal Phuket Marina. Tapas 087-277 6948). Or email: million baht. Now priced at only 282795, 081-787 9454. + drinks included. Tel: 084- 5.5 million baht. Have to move Moving sale. All beautiful and RECUMBENT [email protected] Fax: 076-246180. Email: contemporary. For info call af- 065 7590. out. Tel: 081-891 5602. [email protected] EXCERCISE BIKE ter October 20. Contact Ben. Want to buy a recumbent Tel: 087-897 5175. MOVING SALE excercise bike in good condi- Never used sofa, bed, mat- GAS GRIDDLE tion. Can collect if the right Agents for Classified Advertising tress, cooker, 3 fridges, cof- Cost 20,000 baht, will accept bike found. Tel: 081-892 fee machine, 2,000 DVDs in 13,000 baht. Double 3-liter 7948. Email: jypenman@ PHUKET Italian/French, Pioneer DVD french fries machine. Will ac- phuket.ksc.co.th recorder, computer scanner- cept 10,000 baht. Both new. Julapan Stationery Tel: 076-282254 laser, Acer laptop, Samsung Located in Rawai. Telephone: Bar & Chao Fa East Rd (next to Siam Commercial Bank) TV 21". Tel: 081-294 5441. 089-473 1351. Restaurant Khun Woody’s Sandwich Shoppe Tel: 076-282403 Equipment Fisherman’s Way Business Center, Chao Fa East Rd

ICECREAM DISPLAY K.L. Mart Tel: 076-280400/3 FREEZER Patak Rd, Chalong Fax: 076-280403 near new, 10 tubs, sliding glass tops, Baht 15,000. Tel: Earth Language School Tel: 076-232398/9 089-062 0932, 086-031 1884. Email: handsomemr Phang Nga Rd, Phuket City Fax: 076-232398 @hotmail.com Sin & Lee Tel: 076-258369 Bulletins Thalang Rd, Phuket City Fax: 076-211230 Taurus Travel Tel: 076-344521/2 PUBLIC NOTICE Aroonsom Plaza Rat-U-Thit 200 Pi Rd, Patong Fax: 076-344523 Bungy Thrills Int’l Co Ltd wants to add 1 Director, Khun 41 Minimart Tel/Fax: 076-324312 Unruean Kaeobun. Terrence Andrew Pearce and 2 Thai di- Srisoonthorn Rd, Cherng Talay rectors to have power to sign all company papers and stamp. Deli Supermarket Tel: 076-342275 Rat-U-Thit 200 Pi Rd, Patong Fax: 076-344314 TO ALL FILIPINOS Need help? Please contact to Property Information Center [PIC] K.Emelda. Tel: 084-305 2nd Fl, Central Festival (in front of Siam Commercial Bank) 0963. 48 PHUKET GAZETTE CLASSIFIEDS November 29 - December 5, 2008 Tout, Trader & Trumpet

KAMALA BAR PATONG PARADISE ANNA BEAUTY for sale. Good location on 30-room successful hotel, HOTEL FOR SALE IN beach road. Fully stocked and only 25 million baht (no PATONG includes 1 motorbike. Only agents). Email: docucolumns 850,000 baht. 5-year lease. @hotmail.com Tel: 084-843 4569. RESTAURANT & BAR RESTAURANT Guesthouse for sale, opposite FOR RENT Royal Paradise Hotel Patong. Walk in with 400,000 baht, 8 guest rooms, shower, 100,000 baht per month. All aircon. TV, luxury. Tel: 081- Bromma Guesthouse, 22 equipment, very good revenue. 895 6587. rooms in 3 units, 800sqm Tel: 084-445 2831. building. 400sqm of freehold MASSAGE / BEAUTY land. Sell direct by owner. 45 RESTAURANT RAWAI SALON million baht. Tel: 089-290 6 million baht renewable 3- For sale: 120sqm in Patong. 9567. Email: lars.micksater year lease. Great location. Brand new, fully equipped. @comhem.se For further Fully equipped. Excellent re- Tel: 081-747 3916. details, please see our web- turn on investment. Tel: 084- site at http://www.bromma 445 2831. SPACE FOR RENT thaihouse.com Prime location in Phuket City, For sale: Beauty Salon and RESTAURANT-BAR 80 sqm. Rent for yoga or massage shop in Patong (on IN KATA FOR SALE dance studio. Please contact DIVE SHOP - AO Sainamyen Rd). Call Khun Fully-stocked bar with big flat- George. Tel: 081-892 7860. NANG - KRABI Anna at 081-958 5083. TV, 2 living rooms, high quality Small Dive Shop in Ao Nang furniture, 1,200,000 baht. NEED 12 MILLION for sale. Includes: Speed RESTAURANT, KATHU Tel: 083-390 4906. Email: BAHT LOAN boat specifically equipped for sale. 250,000 baht; rent [email protected] Term: 6 months. Can secure for diving, existing lease, 120,000 baht. On Kathu main w/ land title valued at 30 mil- brand new equipment (15 lion baht. Tel: 087-276 5552. sets), and beach front loca- road. Thai food. Tel: 081-719- BAR IN PATONG 3928 (Thai), 085-098 4239 Email: [email protected] tion. Has been in operation (English). for sale. Heart of Patong, all since 2001. Price: 3.5 mil- ready to go for high season. lion baht. Contact. Tel: 084- Pool table, etc. 500,000 GUESTHOUSE GUESTHOUSE URGENT SALE 328 3476, 087-465 4729. baht. Please contact Get. Email: seafadiving@gmail. PATONG Tel: 084-895 5736. Remodeled/furnished, 12 for rent. 10 rooms, furnished, com Website: http://www. rooms, restaurant and bar, seafa.com 2 minutes to Patong Beach. next to Jungceylon. Deal of Call K. Pam. Tel: 089-866- the year for 9 year lease. 9615. LOOKING FOR RESORT FOR SALE AN INVESTMENT Includes company, work permit, website +++. A well-known resort for sale BAR SOI SUKHUMVIT in Phuket & Phang Nga. Must conclude sale in next in Koh Jum (Krabi), 7 rai with Seaview land/house. Tel: Soi under new management. 30 days with best offer Chanote title in the center of 081-539 9269. Website 23-month lease only 490,000 over 3 million baht! Email: the beach. Access road, wa- at: www.jan-property.com baht, includes rent. Contact [email protected] ter. Power will be installed Kevin. Tel: 081-788 7991. mid-2009. www.woodland- koh-jum.com BAR FOR SALE BURGER DINER ICE CREAM SHOP FOR SALE Equipped with TV, pool table in excellent location. Great for RESTAURNT IN Fully operating, located in and fully-stocked bar. Great franchise, prime time to buy, PATONG Bzenter in Rawai. Good spot on Nanai 89, opposite sad to leave. Reduced price for sale. Very central, ready to Value for Money. Tel: 084- Baan Zan Market. Only for quick sale. Tel: 081-081- start. Price: 1,500,000 baht. 104 0741. Email: mauro@ 750,000 baht. Tel: 076-323- 6078. Email: skate1047 Tel: 089-728 4005. Email: touringasiaonline.com 219, 089-971 2989. Email: [email protected] @hotmail.com [email protected] DOMAINS FOR SALE VERY NICE TOWNHOUSE, TAINA GUESTHOUSE Please visit our website. RESTAURANT ROAD, KATA FOR SALE Email: [email protected] for sale 2.5 million baht. All for rent. Taina Road, Kata Good location with restau- http://www.hostket.com/ new materials. 6 year lease, Center. 2 units, long-term rent rant, 6 rooms, newly reno- forsale.php renewable. 40 seats + 16 on for five years up. Ideal for bar vated, ready to run, includes terrace next to pool. Tel: 084- or restaurant. Contact Khun website. 1.2 million baht. Tel: MASSAGE SHOP 445 2831. Charoon. Tel: 086-953 8692. 087-069 1823. for sale. Patong, massage / salon, 3 floors, 2 bedrooms, aircon, fully furnished. Price: 300,000 baht. Tel: 083-635- 6239. Business Products & Services

ACCOUNTING SERVICE Monthly and annual accounts, tax, VAT, payroll, accounting system. Reliable, efficient, economical. Call Khun Mam. Tel: 086-470 5809.

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CHIROPRACTIC CARE THE GOLF GURU BUKIT MEDIA Dr Richard P. Cracknell. Dive Gear 18-bay driving range. Golf les- - Branding Tel: 076-330889. sons available. Tel: 089-731 - Website Design website at DIVE GEAR FOR SALE 9390. Email: martin@the - Brochure Design and Print www.naturopath.asia Knighthawk BCL, 12 Kbt; golfguru.com - Trade Stands SP MK25/S600, 11 Kbt. RELAX AND ENJOY - Programming Solutions Wetsuits, HID torch and Cameras & much more. Tel: 085-614 When you want a massage - Presentations Equipment 1641. Email: scubabuddha please call Khun Jan at: 084- - Billboard Design and Loca- @hotmail.com 729 9938. Massage in your tion in Phuket home. - Signage CANON A710 TOP DIVE LIGHT - Premium Gifts CAMERA Blackwater 3000. New: MASSAGE DELIVERY - CD/DVD Replication and Includes waterproof case, $625, offer $300. Call Don on “For men by a man” at your Printing wide angle lens. $250. Make Tel: 086-170 3528. place. Tel: 089-222 8206. offer. Call Don. Tel: 086-170 - 3D Architectural Render- 3528. ings DIVE COMPRESSOR BIBLE STUDY IN 30 hrs use: 80,000 baht. 2 - All Printing: High Quality ENGLISH bottles, computer, bed, fins, Offset Printing, Large For- Club spare air, complete kit: 40,000 In the privacy of your home or mat Vinyl Printing, and PP Membership baht. Tel: 084-309 6934. at other locations. Tel: 076- Glossy Posters with Acrylic 381260, 084-921 2600. Frames Available If you need more informa- Miscellaneous tion, please email me or LEARN SWIMMING IN LAGUNA GOLF CLUB For Sale 9 DAYS call me (Pooh) : +66- (0) MEMBERSHIP 87-627 0561. Email: pooh For non-swimming adults and for sale. Full family member- children. Learn swimming step [email protected] or ship, expires June 2035, i.e., BE SAFE-SPARE AIR [email protected] by step; also get trained for 27 yrs remaining. Offers over Spare air standard 3.0 ft3. snorkeling and scuba diving at 1,000,000 baht. Pls contact Cost: $400 - $200/offer. Call your personal pool or at the . BUDS PRESCHOOL / Ross Boyens at: rcboyens Don. Tel: 086-170 3528 Dolphin Club. Tel: 089-867 NURSERY @telus.net 6776, 087-620 7674. Email: High-quality structured bi-lin- VACCUUM MACHINE [email protected] gual child care, native English CLUB MEMBERSHIP A slightly used vaccuum ma- teachers to teach ages 1 1/2 Blue Canyon 2-person corpo- chine which looks new and LEARN THAI AT HOME - 6 years. Mon-Fri 8am-5pm. rate. 1.2 million baht + trans- originally cost 180,000 baht. Charming Thai lady teacher Transportation available from fer. Tel: 081-892 9207. Email: But now we sell it for gives Thai lessons at your Patong, Karon, Phuket, Rawai [email protected] 100,000 baht only. Please home. Full course with conver- and Chalong. Please contact. contact for more information. sation practice and home Tel: 076-282232, 080-624- PCC FAMILY GOLF Tel: 085-888 0223, 089-729 study material. Beginners or 7060.Website: www.buds- Phuket Country Club lifetime 2221. Email: csf_vangie@ more advanced. 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WEB HOSTING FROM 3.95 USD Tel: 076-296443. Fax: 076- 296427. Website: www. hostket.com 50 PHUKET GAZETTE CLASSIFIEDS November 29 - December 5, 2008 Wheels & Motors

2007 FORD RANGER Saloon Cars CHEVROLET SUBARU 1800 GLF-5 1993 PORSCHE Pickups PICKUP OPTRA 1.6L Metallic blue, very good con- 928GTS Like new, only 23,000km. Still 2006, auto, 18,000km, dition, recently spent 50,000 Described by the test driver has 13 months of factory war- gray. Can convert to gas. PICKUP FOR SALE AUDI A6 2.4 V6 baht to recondition engine, at the Porsche dealer as the ranty. Extras include alloys, Blaupunkt 5-CD stereo. battery, petrol pump, alter- best 928 in Thailand. 2.4 Mazda Familia, 1996, manual. maxi-liner, Carryboy box, and 480,000 baht or 170,000 nator. Service receipts avail- million baht. Serious inquir- Price: 75,000 baht. Tel: 081- 3 months of first class insur- + take over payments. able. 80,000 baht. Tel: 080- ies only. Tel: 089-472 4904. 606 7410. ance. Western lady owner. Tel: 081-893 4661. Email: 7179353. Email: wblueboyo Email: [email protected] Living in Thailand; hence the [email protected] @aol.co.uk OLD TOYOTA low price of only 375,000 baht. PICK-UP Tel:081-895 4480. Email: 1990 TOYOTA TOYOTA CAMRY 4-door diesel. Runs great; [email protected] CORONA HONDA CITY TYPE Z FOR SALE body needs work. 65,000 Excellent running condition. Year 2001, dark blue, 1.5cc, New Model 2006/2007. baht. Tel: 081-538 1108. Or CUSTOM VIGO Model 2000, silver/blue in- Female owner. Used daily. manual, aircon, central lock- Dark Blue, 40,000km all op- [email protected] Best Vigo in Phuket. 2006/7. terior, 180,000km, service 1st class insurance. Aircon, ing, 138,500kms. 320,000 tions. Cost new: 1.75 million Road permit is valid for 1 year. book and bills. New service power steering, electric win- baht. For sale direct from baht. Will sell for 1.2 million. Fully fitted inside and out. Ex- and tires, no scratches or dows. 105,000 baht (non-ne- owner. Contact. Tel: 081- Tel: 081-788 8280. ISUZU D-MAX, 4X2 cellent condition. Priced for a dents. Will sell for best offer gotiable). Tel: 076-381523, 970 7019. Email: nisaya19 quick sale at 850,000 baht. only until Dec 31. Fax: 076- 084-006 8736. Or email: @yahoo.com HONDA CITY ZX V- Tel: 083-481 1203. Email: 521463. Email: sales@ [email protected] [email protected] kaindl-phuket.com TEC 2006 CHEVROLET OPTRA 31,000km, automatic, ABS, MITSUBISHI CEDIA air-bag, 2005/45 ZR, 16' mags, ISUZU DMAX 2008 NISSAN 350Z 1.6 Estate, year 2005, 1 VIRAGE 1-year warranty. 495,000 Brand new, bought for 735,000 Good condition, convertible, year of top insurance, family 2004, limited edition. Im- baht. Tel: 087-886 6766. baht. Selling for 595,000 baht. year 2008. Tel: 081-956- car, only one owner (farang), maculate condition. Black. 2003. 130,000km. Good Less than 4,000km. Call for in- 7700. excellent condition. 510,000 Asking 450,000 baht (nego- 2006 HONDA CIVIC condition. Runs great. 3.0L, formation. Tel: 081-271 3045. baht. Contact Khun Porn, as tiable). Tel: 081-892 2248. 1.8 I-VTEC automatic, only one owner. above. Tel: 076-661572, SALOON CARS Email: rajbalaguru@yahoo. Auto, full options, chrome Price: 490,000 baht. Con- 087-274 0680. Email: noe 2007 CHEVROLET Toyota Wish 2004, one farang com wheels, many extras, tact for more details. Tel: [email protected] COLORADO owner, full service history, black 35,000km, well maintained. 087-270 9093. 4-door, common rail, 3.0cc, color. Only 70,000kms. Abso- Asking 650,000 baht. Tel: NISSAN SENTRA 92 tax, insured. 395,000 baht. lutely beautiful car. Price: NEW HONDA JAZZ 084-446 4492. Email: rabbit_ Please call for more details. 230,000km, good condition 760,000 baht. Tel: 081-924 Red Jazz, 2009 SVAT, 2 [email protected] MITSUBISHI Tel: 084-441 3633. 1447. 120,000 baht. Tel: 086-064 8265. Email: qrospidou@ months old. 1,000km. In- STRADA 25 TURBO hotmail.com cludes 50,000 baht in ac- VOLVO 2.3 T 2 small scratches in doors. MAZDA PICKUP VOLVO XC90 cessories. Sale due to reloca- Blue colour, very fast due to Good condition. Insurance 125,000km. Perfect condi- T6 2006 MISUBISHI LANCER tion of lady owner. Cash or fi- upgraded computer. Only paid until August 2009. See tion. 100,000 baht. Contact. Excellent condition, 34,000 nance transfer. Tel: 087- for yourself. 350,000 baht. Auto gear, 99,000 baht, 625,000 baht. Excellent con- Tel: 087-975 7672. Email: km with full options including 2747 648. Email: debspatter Call 076-285352 or 089- power steering, no rust, CD dition w/ all service from [email protected] factory installed DVD/Naviga- [email protected] 473 2377 for more details. player, new aircon, service Volvo. Contact. Tel: 081-091 tion and rear seat TVs. New Or email morten.pasby@ record, new tyres. Tel: 084- 7565. Email: vikas.malik ISUZU D-MAX Volvo 20” wheels imported SLK MERCEDES 200 @courtyard.com gmail.com from Sweden for 240,000 184 1856. 4-DOOR 2004 1997, green. Perfect condi- baht. New price is 4.5 million 2.5 manual, 100,000km, tion. 98,000km, full insur- baht, not including the wheels. HONDA CITY 1997 CD/DVD player, radio, TV. ance. Asking 1.5 million baht. FOR SALE: NISSAN I will sell for 2.95 million baht. Economical, nice car, CD FORD LOVER ONLY 399,000 baht ono. Good deal. Tel: 087-284 9690. Contact SUNNY 1,800 Tel: 081-892 1097. Email: player, 135,000km. Can be Tel: 081-387 3809. for more details. Email: full Vip neo, leather, gold, Ranger Hi Rider 2004. Auto- [email protected] seen at QSI school. 190,000 matic, ABS, 2 airbags, 16" baht obo. Tel: 076-354077. [email protected] 40,000km, 1 year full insur- ance, 4 years old. 475,000 alloy wheels, very good con- NISSAN BIG M dition. Please contact. Tel: 115,000 baht obo. 1990, very NISSAN SENTRA ’98 TOYOTA SOLUNA baht. Contact. Tel: 089-854 FORD FOCUS 0277 (English) or 086-441 076-211301, 081-737- good condition with newly re- FOR SALE 2000 Excellent condition, 1.5 li- 3720. Email: chaiyaphong@ built engine. Very reliable, New LPG, automatic, ste- ters, 5-speed, power win- 7686 (Thai). Email: djxav 2006, 4 doors, blue, auto, @loxinfo.co.th dewaphuket.com many extras. Contact for more 1.8L, just 10,000km, full reo, aircon, looks perfect. dows and locks. 255,000 details. Tel: 086-684 5368. service. 750,000 baht. Tel: Supercheap asking price of baht. Contact for more details 083-103 6578. only 99,000 baht. Tel: 089- at. Tel: 081-003 6902. 728 6752. Email: [email protected] Wheels & Motors

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TOYOTA 2007 RED HONDA 4 x 4s SPORT RIDER Motorbikes PHANTOM Rentals Wanted 2004. Immaculate condition, Garaged from new and in WILLYS JEEP fully loaded, auto 4x4, one HARLEY DAVIDSON brand new condition Tel: WANTED Reconditioned engine, new owner, must see. Tel: 081- ROAD KING 086-757 1362. Or Email: MINIBUS/JAZZ/VIOS Are you leaving Phuket and/or paint, excellent condition, pink 7645179, 086-4780340. 1997, nice and well main- peteroconnor1980@hot FOR RENT looking to sell a car? Wanted: and white, very straight, not Email: j.t.torgersen@gmail. tained. "New" tax just paid mail.com small 4 door car up to, say 4 years an ex-rental. 180,000 baht. com (51,000 baht). Quick sale at old. Auto or manual. Must be Tel: 086-272 2483. 500,000 baht. Tel: 089-866 PHANTOMS direct from owner, all in good FORD RANGER 4X4 2365, 086-683 0783. Email: Yellow: 45,000 baht. Silver: condition and reasonably priced JEEP FOR SALE Hurricane, turbo. Full options, [email protected] 55,000 baht. Red: 60,000. All for immediate sale. For quick Bikini top, power steering, year 2004. Only 48,000km. 4- bikes 2 to 5 years old. Tel (En- sale, Tel: +34-629-791004. all-terrain tires and book. door, manual gear, sound sys- HONDA MAGNA 250 glish): 086-149 0005. Tel Email: [email protected] Only 160,000 baht! Tel: tem: 40,000 baht. Dark blue. V- Twin, custom pipes, black (Thai): 089-487 5126. 089-195 4005.Or Email: Excellent condition. 450,000 chopper. 58,000 baht. Tel: baht. Tel: 081-8919461. 081-187 7637. Short or long term. Price: [email protected] HONDA DASH 125CC 11,000-18,000 baht/month. Bicycles 1999, 40, 000km, fast bike: Tel: 081-538 8567. VIGO 4WD 4X4 2005 JRD AND SIDECAR JRD 125 cc and custom side- 180kph, fully legal + docu- RANGE ROVER '04 G, manual, complete & top ments. Kathu. Price: 18, 000 ‘06 TREK MADONE 5.2 condition, extras, service car. Unfinished project - all steel- P.M.P. CAR RENT work ready for welding on build baht. Tel: 087-0331829. Frame: OCLV 120 Carbon book. Price: 560,000 baht. New cars for rent - Toyota Aero Tel: 087-294 5737. jig, including wheel /suspension. Vios, Yaris, Fortuner, Wish Bike needs some work, but HONDA CLICK - Fork: Bontrager Race X Lite, and Honda Wave, two years and Honda Jazz. Tel: 087- complete. Comes with green 264 6808, 083-174 3880. carbon book. Offers around 15,000 old, very good condition. Tel: - Wheels: Bontrager Race Lite FORTUNER 2006 081-2945441. AUTO baht. Tel: 076-282283, 087- CHEAP CAR - Shifters: Shimano Ultegra 897 7083. Or contact by Email: FOR RENT STI, 10 speed Diesel, silver Lenso alloys, [email protected] HONDA PHANTOM, 3 DVD, special reg no. Toyota Honda City, automatic, long- - Front & Rear Derailleur: Blue/blue, excellent condi- YEARS OLD warranty plus immaculate. term. Only 12,000 baht/mo. Shimano Ultegra tion, includes license plate HONDA PHANTOM 13,500km. Price: 55,000 950,000 baht. Tel: 085-784 Tel: 086-743 2011. Email: - Pedals: Shimano Dura Ace #9 (value 220,000 baht), 2003, black/grey, excellent baht. Phone (Eng): 087-893 0569. [email protected] 7800 Pedals. 43,002km. Price: 3.9 mil- running condition. 40,000 0589. Phone (Thai): 086- lion baht.Tel: 089-866 baht. Tel: 076-319091, 087- 9483052. Tel: 086-945 0370. Or mail: RENT MOTORBIKE: harald20 @hotmail.com 2121. ISUZU D-MAX 2004 275 3614. Email: tradexpat 2,400 B / MO @hotmail.com MOTORBIKES Top of the line D-MAX. 4WD, Very nice custom bike: Honda Honda Wave: 2,400 baht per SUZUKI CARIBIAN 4 Doors, 3L, many extras. Steed. Green book, insurance month. Honda Click automatic: Others Economical red Jeep, good 425,000 baht. Tel: 086-942- YAMAHA FAZER 3,000 baht per month. Call or 1000 and tax, new. 152,000 baht. condition, 1 year registration, 1969. Or email: laclisque@ Tel: 084-639 0392. mail for details. Tel: 089-973 aircon. 100,000 baht. Tel: gmail.com 2003, GPR exhaust, 24,000 5081, 086-683 7162. Email: KIA K 2,700 MOBILE 076-319457. km, good condition. 320,000 [email protected] HOME baht, with book. Tel: 089-971 SUZUKI SV650 5664. 1996 in good condition. Very New Kia Mobile Home. 2 VIGO 4WD 4X4 2005 MITSUBISHI 4X4 fast, green book, insurance. TOYOTA AVANZA beds to sleep 4. Fully G, manual, complete & top TRITON 3.2 SUZUKI GSX-R 600 Tel: 081-5391380. 1,500CC AUTO equipped with bathroom, condition, extras, service 2005, GPR exhaust, 4,800km, for rent. 18,000 baht per kitchen, 150 liter fresh wa- book. Price: 560,000 baht. top condition. 360,000 baht GREEN YAMAHA MIO month; 5,500 baht per week. ter tank, 2 aircons, 220 Tel: 087-294 5737. with book. Tel: 089-971 5664. Automatic, 2.5 years old, Tel: 089-700 4094. Email: Amp/h battery capacity, 9,700 km. Good condition with [email protected] solar panels (160 watt), FORTUNER 2006 ATV 4X4 FOR SALE green book and insurance. etc. Please contact us for more details and pictures. Auto diesel, silver Lenso al- Runs good, lots of fun. 25,000 Price: 23,000 baht. Tel: 084- HONDA CIVIC 1,850,000 baht. Tel: 081- loys, DVD, special reg no. baht. Tel: 085-783 1890. 668 4537, 086-953 3884. FOR RENT 894 6506. Or email us at Toyota warranty plus im- Email: miyax_25@hotmail. 18,000 baht per month with full insurance. Nego- [email protected] maculate. 950,000 baht. Top model. Auto. 73,125 HARLEY DAVIDSON com tiable for long term rental. Tel: 085-784 0569. km, black. March 27, 2007. Soft tail deluxe, 2005, as new, Contact for more details at. 1st-class AIG insurance. 13,000km. 790,000 Call Joe. HARLEY DAVIDSON / Tel: 083-790 7118. Email: 750,000 baht (fixed). Bought Tel: 084-054 8122. DYNA ENGINE FOR SALE [email protected] '02 FORD RANGER for 900,000 baht and up- Low Rider - 2003 Anniver- 5.7 litre Chevrolet V8 c/w au- 2.5 4DR 4WD graded this car at a cost of HONDA SHADOW sary. Only 4,500 km. Acces- tomatic transmission. Can be Near-showroom condition. 300,000 baht. For everything 400 sories, new tires, Green Book, CAR RENTAL test run. 120,000 baht. Tel: 185,000 kms. Carryboy and we have the documentation American classic, 1999, ex- tax and 1st class insurance. 10,000-20,000 baht per 086-277 8461.Or contact for Sony CD/MP3. 310,000 baht. from the companies. Must cellent condition, nice bike. 620,000 baht. Tel: 076-398 month, full insurance. Con- more information at Email: Tel: 086-949 9255. Email: see. Tel: 081-607 8000. 135,000 baht. Tel: 085-384 040 or 089-474 1828. Email: tact for more details at. Tel: [email protected] [email protected] 8494. [email protected] 089-472 7304. 52 PHUKET GAZETTE November 29 - December 5, 2008

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