Hua Hin Today October 2011

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Volume 8 issue 12 October 2011

Volume 8 Issue 12 October 2011

Land of Smiles

Top World Tourist Destination

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hailand has been voted one of the World´s best Tourist Destinations according to Conde Nast Traveller Magazine.

Italy took 1st place followed by the United States and Turkey.

Thailand was trailed by France, India, Australia, South Africa, New Zealand and Greece. ….continued on page 4…

King´s Cup Elephant Polo Tournament A

udemars Piguet’s Angaad and Uday Kalaan and rock solid Captain Peter Prentice proved too much for King Power International, just as it had been for all the other teams. The least Hua Hin today can say is that this splendid international Elephant Polo Tournament was The Attraction of the Month of September.

Anantara General Manager Tim Boda and his team did an excellent job in organizing and catering for this international prestigious event. “The Elephant Whisperer” as insiders now call Khun Tim will, unfortunately, leave the Anantara for the next step in his career at the end of this month. …continued on page 16...

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Hua Hin Today

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EDITORIAL FOREWORD

to complain about the get to Learn in School Useless Economy, in my opinion, they

By Bill Gates are deliberately delaying things and ill Gates recently gave a bringing currencies down. What B speech at a high school else? Big brother China watching about 11 things they did not from a distance and taking the opportunity to get settled down on the European mainland as an anchor place for Chinese products.

Hey kids, learn Chinese and you will be safe for future jobs.

The Elephant Polo spearheaded by organizer Anantara under the firm leadership of the Elephant Whisperer Tim” Cesar “Boda. Hot dogs from Dairy Queen were my favourite in between goals. The one with Chilli bean sauce and covered with chees. Close your eyes whilst eating and imagine you are standing on fifth avenue in New York.

Yes, the Elephants enjoy it. I am skeptical about animals and games but was convinced they enjoyed it.

They even removed Jumbos when there was a doubt that they didn´t match or enjoy. My eyes caught an ATM van loaded with money but no key sticking. The military were very courteous and friendly. All well done. Went to see the Maybach Limo. 5.5l. V12- 543, not 544 Hp. – 3000 KG plus. Double brake calipers on front axle to prevent you from spilling your sparkling wine, sorry, Moet Chandon Champagne.

DVD, ASB, Wlan, PPA, CIA and FBI and other accessories. Oh, selling in BKK for 81 Million Baht + Vat, no service charge for delivery. Can’t describe the rest as

I got depressed when I mounted my VW 1969 beetle which needed to be push started to take me home.

Watch Alex Jones on U tube for the latest on the Obama regime and our vanishing money. SEA is now your best bet for investment. Prices are stable, increase rapidly, sometimes at Tesco overnight with 20%, no explanation, no choice. Macro will be coming to town, so will Big C and hopefully some more 7/11 as we do not have one on every corner.

Hua Hin one of the safest Tourist Destinations in the world. However, Curacao and Aruba and Dubai(?) are among the very safest. Biggest problems in Thailand : Petty theft, Scams (kollubshon) and traffic.

Discovered a café destination at Mix & Match – Market Village.

Save on coffee (1/2 price of SBugs), friendly and comprehensive, including food. Our world is ruled by lobbies. Watching Dr. Burzynski about cancer on YouTube. Amazing, check it out and check out how the drug producing lobby tries to stop it. There is a cure for many diseases, only it is not convenient for the drug giants to produce as they may lose business. Great Curry at Krua Arraya, on the klong, direction Immigration, pink bridge, immediately turn right, turn left on the right side, viola! Best Italian food? Bella Mia, Soi 94 over the tracks, 500 meters on the left. Best beer ? The fourth glass! Best wine?

Second bottle! Cheapest Pub? In Chiang Mai!

Question to Chinese doctor: Is exercise good for hypertension?

Answer: Heart only good for so many beats. Don’t waste on exercise. Speeding up heart not make you live longer. Want to live longer? Take nap.

Q: Should I reduce my alcohol intake? Answer: A: Oh no. Wine made from fruit. Brandy distilled wine, that mean they take water out of fruity bit so you get even more of goodness that way. Beer also made of grain. Bottom up!

Q: Is swimming good for your figure? A: If swimming good for figure, explain whale to me. Q: Is chocolate bad for me? A: You crazy?!? Cocoa bean! Another vegetable! It best feel-good food around!

Yours Truly GMoss

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offer at least 10 different kinds of curries from North to South with rice noodles, yellow noodles or spaghetti. Famous Kao Soi from Chiang Mai and other goodies are served at Thai local prices.

We also have a fresh vegetable buffet, Thai dessert specialties, Ice cream, herbal teas and other fresh drinks. Fresh coffee and smoothies available.

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and will not learn in school.

He talks about how feel-good, politically correct teachings created a generation of kids with no concept of reality and how this concept sets them up for failure in the real world.

Rule 1: Life is not fair - get used to it!

Rule 2: The world won’t care about your self-esteem. The world will expect you to accomplish something BEFORE you feel good about yourself.

Rule 3: You will NOT make $60,000 a year right out of high school.

You won’t be a vice president with a car phone until you earn both.

Rule 4 : If you think your teacher is tough, wait till you get a boss.

Rule 5 : Flipping burgers is not beneath your dignity. Your grandparents had a different word for burger flipping: they called it opportunity.

Rule 6 : If you mess up, it’s not your parents’ fault; so don’t whine about your mistakes, learn from them.

Rule 7 : Before you were born, your parents weren’t as boring as they are now. They got that way from paying your bills, cleaning your clothes and listening to you talk about how cool you thought you were.

So before you save the rain forest from the parasites of your parent’s generation, try delousing the closet in your own room.

Rule 8 : Your school may have done away with winners and losers, but life HAS NOT. In some schools, they have abolished failing grades and they’ll give you as MANY TIMES as you want to get the right answer. This doesn’t bear the slightest resemblance to ANYTHING in real life.

Rule 9 : Life is not divided into semesters. You don’t get summers off and very few employers are interested in helping you “FIND YOURSELF”. Do that on your own time.

Rule 10 : Television and video games are NOT real life. In real life people actually have to leave the coffee shop and go to jobs.

Rule 11 : Be nice to nerds. Chances are you’ll end up working for one.

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Thailand makes top scores as a world Tourist Destination

Courtesy of Conde Nast Magazine and Chivasom International Health Resort in Hua Hin

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he Chiva-Som International Health Resort in Hua Hin was voted the 2nd best with high scores for accommodation and service/staff, while the leader in this category was the BodyHoliday of LeSport on St Lucia, which gained top marks for exercise programmes and facilities.

(14th) and Amanpuri in Phuket (17th).

Virgin Atlantic was the winner for long-haul holiday flights with top marks for luggage handling, convenience of scheduling and punctuality/efficiency, while Emirates provided the best in-flight entertainment.

Singapore Airlines has the highest standards of service/staff and Cathay Pacific has the best loyalty reward scheme.

Among low-cost airlines, the lead was taken

by Bmibaby, a British outfit, while Air Asia (3rd) received high marks for being value for money, and the UK’s Jet2 was noted for its child-friendliness.

dwellers, Royals and the elites. Today, it is one of the country’s most famous beach towns 36 kilometres from the city. that attracts both Thais and foreigners for both If horse riding on the beach and climbing a hill holidays and long-term stays. to a temple are no longer tempting, Buddhist In 2010, accommodation establishments in visitors may want to travel about 14km further Hua Hin reported 1,043,907 guest arrivals, of to worship Thailand’s largest statue of Luang Phor Thuad at Wat Huay Mongkol. This which 714,605 were Thais.

Among the foreigners, the top 10 arrivals were temple is on the same route as the beautiful from Finland 14%, (44,480) Norway12% and tranquil Pa La-u Waterfall, an elephant (41,652), Sweden 11% (37,657), Germany11% camp and an artists’ village.

Regarding the world’s best airport, Hong Kong International Airport bagged 1st position with top marks for design/layout and shopping/ duty-free facilities, followed by Singapore’s The Six Senses Spa at Six Senses Samui, was Changi International Airport and London the winner of this year’s overseas hotels top Heathrow’s Terminal. spa, gaining credit for offering an individual (34,947), United Kingdom 9%(28,613), Next stop, Hua Hin approach and body treatments.

Denmark 6 % (20,767), the Netherlands Due to its increasing popularity and 5.5% (17,848), Australia 3.4% (11,133), Italy was also ranked high for its culture and rapid growth, the country’s oldest Switzerland 3% (10,066) and Russia 2.8% cuisine, while South Africa offers the best beach resort has several new according to the Tourism Authority of scenery and Turkey outdoes the competition for destinations and activities for visitors (9,720), Thailand Prachuap Khiri Khan Office. its value for money. Phuket was ranked 10th, to enjoy Nestled by the Gulf of Thailand in but was given high scores for value for money Prachuap Khiri Khan, less than 200km south As Hua Hin City has grown rapidly over and for hospitality; according to the magazine, of Bangkok, Hua Hin, literally meaning “rocky the past few years, it has a lot more tourist the island resort was a place where one can find beachhead”, was named after the rocks at the destinations and activities to offer. Apart from “luxury-on-a-budget and a friendly welcome”. north end of the five-kilometre sandy beach. It visiting the Hua Hin Railway Station, the Four hotels here were listed among the top 20 became the country’s first beach resort after a night-time food market and the Mrigadayavan best hotels in Asia and the Indian Subcontinent rail line was laid in the 1920s and King Rama Palace in nearby Cha-am, tourists can enjoy shopping and eating at the artistic Cicada : Four Seasons Resort Chiang Mai (3rd), VII established his summer palace there.

Weekend Market, the retro-style Plearn Wan which has the highest standard comfort of For almost a century, it has been a popular entertainment complex and two new floating accommodation, the Mandarin Oriental Dhara weekend getaway destination for city markets. Or you can sip wine at a vineyard, Dhevi in Chiang Mai (12th), Anantara Phuket

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in Hua Hin supports RICD Wheelchair Project

he RICD Wheelchair Project based at the Rajanagarindra Institute for Child Development (RICD) in Chiang Mai supports poor people with disability all over Thailand, by giving them mobility aid in order to improve the quality of their lives. The RICD Wheelchair Project is a Royal Project under the Royal Patronage of H.R.H. Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn, which means that all appliances must be given free of charge to the beneficiaries. Currently many poor people with disability can-not afford to buy the necessary appliances. All recipients are fitted in their wheelchair according to their special medical needs Wheelchair Project, which project has a and this with assistance of professional close cooperation with Hua Hin Hospital. In wheelchair technicians and medical staff. return for this much appreciated donation, the The Dutch Society NVTHC in Hua Hin secretary of the NVTHC was present at home donated recently 20.000 Baht to the RICD visits as well as during the delivery of mobility

aid to 6 people with disability in Hua Hin district. During the home visits, it became clear that apart from wheelchairs, also bath chairs, toilet chairs, a tricycle as well as matrasses were needed.

Together with the local representative of the RICD Wheelchair Project and the valuable assistance of Hua Hin Hospital (in particular Khun Nam end Khun Joy) were all appliances delivered to the people with disability.

With special thanks to Dr. Samai Sirithongthaworn, Director of the Rajanagarindra Institute of Child Development and the director of Hua Hin Hospital who made this distribution possible by providing free transport as well as medical staff from Hua Hin Hospital.

For more information about the RICD Wheelchair Project please visit http:// www.ricd.go.th For more information about the Dutch Society NVTHC in Hua Hin please visit http:// NVTHC.com

Happiness when the Elephant polo match finished

By Banyan Golf Club, Hua Hin

Hua Hin- Minachai Srichanya, Golf Course Superintendant Banyan Golf Club, Hua Hin lead the golf course attendant team from Banyan Golf Club, Hua Hin to prepare the playing surface for the elephants polo which has been held on 5th – 11th September, 2011 at Suriyothai camp.

Minachai said “Now at the golf course, we know what to damage to expect from maintenance equipment, golf cart & general play traffic. But Elephants we were now sure about. We are happy to report that the filed held up very well to the all the Elephant Polo

play and the players & organizers were very impressed. The field was mowed twice per day during the event and line marking were refreshed every 2 days. The turf looked so good, the Elephants started to eat the pitch”.

The Elephant Polo was a fun event for us to be involved in, and it provided visitors to Thailand the opportunity to get up close to one of our most beautiful animals. Money raised during the week-long event will go to the King’s Elephant Foundation to raise awareness of the need for protection of the Elephant and its habitat.

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Hua Hin to Campaign on

Beautiful Roads & Lively City

By Chamnan

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he Bureau of Policy planning on Natural Resources and Environment, with cooperation of the Prachuab Khirikhan Governor, the Hua Hin Municipality and concerned governmental agencies, will launch the Beautiful Road-Lively City campaign in Hua Hin municipal areas from August to the end of the year.

A part of the program entitled, “Doing Good for Thailand: Love Hua Hin, Love Environment,” this campaign covers the area on Petchkasem Road, starting from Hua Hin Airport to ChivaSom Resort as well as the corner of Nong Kae, Baan Takiab and Khao Tao areas. Any billboards blocking the road will be removed. Trees will be trimmed from time to time. On both side of the road should be decorated by some plants and any scattering electricity posts must be arranged in good order.

According to Ms. Nisakorn Kositarat, the Secretary-General of the Bureau of Policy and Planning on Natural Resources and Environment, the Mayor of Hua Hin is now seeking cooperation from concerned governmental offices as well as owners of hotels, guesthouses, condos, shops, restaurants, offices and department stores in Hua Hin. Moreover, enforcement of municipal laws will be carried out to control billboard and sign arrangement and removal of damaged signs. Buildings will also be asked to decorate themselves with a Thai flag or the flag symbolizing His Majesty the King.

In terms of environmental activities under this campaign, more plants will be grown in mangrove forests of Khao Krailas and Baan Takiab Communities as well as areas along the foot of the hill in Hua Hin. Doing so will help solve the problem on global warming, an issue of concern in Thailand and many other countries.

Ms. Nisakorn added that Hua Hin was also facing problems on carbon emission from cars which affected life of the people. Should bicycles be used more, it will promote good health in the city.

“Thailand is currently using petrol up to 6% of the national GDP. This is a lot.

So, cooperation from governmental, private and local agencies is required to find other alternative energy sources that do not harm our environment. As a representative of Thailand, I’ll present the Beautiful Road-Lively City campaign to the United Nations so that they’ll realize how actively Hua Hin works on and responds to solving global warming,” concluded the Secretary-General of the Bureau of Policy and Planning on Natural Resources and Environment.

Editor Note : It would be even more beautifull if the roads goin off from Petchkasem Road would be repaired and paved.

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Suan Dusit Hua Hin Kicks off 3rd Thai-Chinese Exchange Program

By Chamnan

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Suan Dusit Rajabhat University (Hua Hin Campus) has recently launched the 3rd Thai-Chinese exchange program to strengthen educational relation between Thailand and China, promote use of Thai and Chinese and knowledge on culture of the two nations.

According to the Director of the Suan Dusit Rachabhat University (Hua Hin Campus) Dr. Suraphol Siriset, the University welcomed Chinese 20 students from the Kui Lin University on Tourism in Quang Xi, China, in August. The students will stay here for one year and learn how to speak and teach Thai while acculturate themselves with 20 Thai students. In return, the Chinese students will teach their language to the Thai ones.

มหาวิทยาลัยราชภัฎสวนดุสติ (ศูนย์หวั หิน) รับนักศึกษาแลกเปลีย่ นไทย-จีน

become as crucial as knowledge of English.

Graduates who possess both of the knowledge will be effective human resources of high quality มหาวิทยาลัยราชภัฎสวนดุสติ (ศูนย์หวั หิน) เปิดโครงการเฟส 3 รับนักศึกษาแลกเปลีย่ นไทย-จีนเมืองกุย้ หลิน หวังผล whose contribution to national development is สร้างสัมพันธ์ภาพทางการศึกษาการใช้ภาษาไทย จีน และวัฒนธรรม ในฐานะบ้านพีเ่ มืองน้อง invaluable. จากการเปิดเผยของ ดร.สุรพล ศิรเิ ศรษฐ ผอ.มหาวิทยาลัยราชภัฎสวนดุสติ (ศูนย์หวั หิน) จ.ประจวบฯ ว่าส�ำหรับ Having been launched for almost 10 years, the Thai-Chinese exchange program enjoys great success as Thai students who studied in China got a good job in Thailand and the Chinese ones

The University also plans to send the Chinese students for an internship at hotels or tourist centers or governmental offices after they study here for 6 or 8 months. The Chinese internstudents will gain knowledge on hotel business, daily communication in Thai as well as Chinese interpretation for Chinese tourists. Business owners who would like them to take an internship for their company can contact the University directly because there are 90 Chinese students available for the internship at present.

The Suan Dusit Rajabhat University (Hua Hin Campus) and the one in Bangkok have signed a contract with many prestigious universities in China, many of which provide high quality teaching and researching. The Kui Lin University on Tourism in Quang Xi, which is now joining the current exchange program, has lately sent its students to the Hua Hin Campus.

gained a lot of knowledge on Thai language and culture. So, to continue the project, Thailand and China will send their students 3 times a year. On 23 September, 90 Thai students from the Suan Dusit Rachabhat University (Hua Hin Campus) will go to Kui Lin and U-Chow for 2-month and The Director of the Suan Dusit Rachabhat 1-year courses. In February, 2012, more Thai University (Hua Hin Campus) added that both students will be sent to Chinese universities again. the university executives of Thailand and China Interested students who would like to join the were glad and proud to take part in the project exchange program can ask for more information despite different political administration in the from lecturers at the Suan Dusit Rachabhat two countries. They viewed that Chinese studies University (Hua Hin Campus). on language and culture would in the near future

ในเดือนสิงหาคม ทีผ่ า่ นมาทางมหาวิทยาลัยฯ ได้มกี ารรับนักศึกษาแลกเปลีย่ นไทย-จีน จากทางมหาวิทยาลัยท่องเทีย่ วกุย้ หลิน มลฑลกวางสี สาธารณะรัฐประชาชนจีนชาย-หญิง จ�ำนวน 20 คน ในการเข้ามาเรียนกับทางเรานัน้ ก็จะใช้เวลา 1 ปี เรียนรูท้ างด้าน การพูดภาษาไทย หลักสูตรการสอนภาษาไทย การใช้วถิ ชี วี ติ แบบไทยๆ โดยจะมีนกั ศึกษาไทยจ�ำนวน 20 คนประกบแบบตัวต่อตัว เพือ่ ถ่ายทอดความเป็นไทยให้กบั จีนพร้อมกันนีจ้ ะให้ทางจีนนัน้ ถ่ายทอดภาษาจีนให้กบั ทางนักเรียนของเราด้วยเช่นกันและเมือ่ เรียน ไปได้ประมาณ 6-8 เดือน ทางคณะครูอาจารย์ ก็จะจัดหาสถานทีซ่ งึ่ เป็นโรงแรม แหล่งศูนย์บริการนักท่องเทีย่ ว ส่วนราชการ ให้ นักศึกษาเหล่านีเ้ ข้าไปฝึกงานเรียนรูง้ านวิชาชีพทางด้านการโรงแรม การใช้ภาษาไทยโต้ตอบ อีกทัง้ เป็นล่ามภาษาจีนให้กบั นักท่อง เทีย่ วชาวจีนทีเ่ ข้ามาในเมือง ซึง่ ถ้าเจ้าของกิจการใดฯ ทีต่ อ้ งการนักศึกษาจีนเข้าไปฝึกงานในรูปแบบของการท�ำธุรกิจร่วมโดยไม่ตอ้ ง ว่าจ้างแล้วก็ขอให้ตดิ ต่อมาทีม่ หาวิทยาลัยฯ (ศูนย์หวั หิน) ทางเราก็จะได้จดั ไปให้ตามระยะเวลา ซึง่ ขณะนีก้ ม็ อี ยูท่ งั้ หมด 90 คน พร้อมทีจ่ ะเข้าไป ฝึกงานร่วมได้อย่างมีประสิทธิภาพ ส�ำหรับในส่วนของทางมหาวิทยาลัยราชภัฎสวนดุสิต(ศูนย์ หัวหิน)นี้ทางตนเองและทางท่านอธิการมหาวิทยาลัยราชภัฎสวนดุสิต กรุงเทพฯ ก็ได้มกี ารจัดท�ำสัญญา(คอนแทร็ก)กับมหาวิทยาลัยทีม่ ชี อื่ เสียง ของทางสาธารณะรัฐประชาชนจีนอย่างมหาวิทยาลัยท่องเที่ยวกุ้ยหลิน มลฑลกวางสี และล่าสุดก็ได้มหาวิทยาลัยท่องเทีย่ วกุย้ หลิน มาเป้นมหา วิทยาลัย เฟสที่ 3 ซึง่ แต่ละแห่งนัน้ ก็ตอ้ งยอมรับเลยว่าการ การสอนของ ทัง้ หมดนีม้ คี ณ ุ ภาพ เนือ่ งจากแต่ละแห่งนัน้ มีนกั ศึกษาร่วมหนึง่ หมืน่ คนที่ เข้าเรียนในแต่ละปี ดร.สุรพลฯ ยังกล่าวอีกว่า ขณะนีท้ างผูบ้ ริหารของมหาวิทยาลัย ของจีนและรัฐบาลจีนนัน้ ก็ดใี จและภาคภูมใิ จเป็นอย่างมากทีว่ า่ ไทย-จีนเรา นั้นถึงแม้ว่าระบอบการปกครองจะแตกต่างกันแต่เราก็ยังมาแลกเปลี่ยน ทางการศึกษาระหว่างมหาวิทยาลัยซึง่ ในอนาคตนัน้ การศึกษาทางด้านภาษา การเรียนรูท้ างด้านวัฒนธรรมและพูดภาษาจีนได้นนั้ ก็นบั ว่าเป็นสิง่ ทีด่ แี ละ เมือ่ รวมกับรูท้ างด้านภาษาอังกฤษเข้าไป ก็จะท�ำให้เป็นการยกระดับทางด้านคุณภาพทางการศึกษาซึง่ ถ้าเมือ่ จบออกไปในระดับ ปริญญาตรีทมี่ คี ณ ุ ภาพ การหางานท�ำการด�ำรงชีวติ ก็จะมีคณ ุ ภาพและประสิทธิภาพมากยิง่ ขึน้ เช่นกัน พร้อมทัง้ จะเป็นก�ำลังในการ พัฒนาประเทศควบคูก่ นั ไปด้วย ส�ำหรับโครงการแลกเปลีย่ นนักศึกษาไทย-จีน ของมหาวิทยาลัยสวนดุสติ กรุงเทพฯ(ศูนย์หวั หิน)นัน้ จะยังเดินหน้าต่อไป เนือ่ งจากทีจ่ ดั ท�ำโครงการมาในแต่ละปีเกือบ10 ปีมาแล้วนัน้ ประสพผลส�ำเร็จอย่างสูงเด็กไทยได้ภาษาจบออกมาได้งานท�ำเด็กจีน กลับไปพูดไทยได้รศู้ ลิ ปะวัฒนธรรมไทยซึง่ เป็นการแลกเปลีย่ นซึง่ กันและกันแบบไม่มวี นั หมด ในวันที่ 23 กันยายน 2554 นัน้ ทาง ราชภัฎฯเราก็ได้จดั ส่งนักศึกษาแลกเปลีย่ นไป 2 เมืองคือ กุล้ หิน-อูโ๋ จว ทัง้ หมด 90 คน ซึง่ ก็ไปแบบ 2 เดือนและ 1 ปี ตามครอ สระยะเวลาของระบบทางการศึกษาของเขา และในส่วนของกุมภาพันธ์ 2555 นัน้ ก็จะจัดส่งขึน้ ไปอีกสรุปแล้วทางเรานัน้ จะส่ง นักศึกษาไทยไปปีละ 3 รุน่ ส่วนของทางจีนก็จะจัดส่งมาในรูปแบบแลกเปลีย่ นเช่นกัน ในส่วนของนักศึกษาและผูป้ กครองทีส่ นใจ ทีต่ อ้ งการจะส่งบุตรหลานไปเรียนยังสาธารณรัฐประชาชนจีนตามข้อแลกเปลีย่ นของมหาวิทยาลัยต่อมหาวิทยาลัยแล้ว ก็ขอให้แจ้ง ความจ�ำนงต่อทางคณะครู-อาจารย์ ได้ทางเราจะรับพิจารณาเพือ่ เป็นการขยายฐานความรูท้ างการศึกษาให้กว้างไกลยิง่ ขึน้ ต่อไปใน อนาคตเพือ่ ลูกหลานของท่าน

Hua Hin Today Volume 8 issue 12 October 2011

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Volume 8 issue 12 October 2011

King Rama V Commemoration Day in Hua Hin

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ctober 23, 2011 will mark the 100th years for the death of King Chulalongkorn or King Rama V of the current Chakri Dynasty, Hua Hin will organize a commemoration ceremony at the auditorium of Hua Hin School.

Starting at 8 a.m., this event highlights wreath and garland presenting by local people, governmental and private staff to pay homage to the great king of Thailand. Then, people will give words of praise.

According to Mr. Somchai Bamrungsap, the Hua Hin District Chief, King Chulalongkorn is one of the greatest kings of Thailand whose lifetime dedication contributed overwhelmingly to Thailand and Thai people. The 4th son of King Rama IV, King Rama V modernized the country in several ways. Court systems were modified during his reign with establishment of the Justice Ministry. Education was not limited to aristocrats or elites but extended to local people. A teacher training school was set up at the same time of the Education Ministry. Thai students could go to further their study in Europe. Railways from Bangkok were expanded to other provinces like Nakorn Ratchasima. Trams were introduced for the first time in Bangkok as well as postal services and water supply.

Above all, the greatest contribution King Chulalongkorn made to all Thais is abolishing slavery as it clearly shows his concern on

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human rights and people equality regardless of social class, race and gender. Consequently, Thai people called him Phra Piya Maharat or the most beloved king of Siam.

Given great intelligence and ability on national administration of King Rama V, the Hua Hin Municipality would like to invite all local people and office staff to attend the commemoration day at the above-mentioned date and time.

1st Snooker Hua Hin Open On-Going

he 1st Snooker Hua Hin Open is still continuing until 2 October 2011 at Tarn Diew Snooker Club. Starting on 30 September, this event was organized by the Hua Hin Municipality and Boonrawd Brewery Public Company Limited. With the main aim to encourage young people to play snooker instead of using illicit drugs and serve as a sport forum for snooker players to hone their skill, the 1st Snooker Hua Hin Open offers both cash and trophy for the winner.

10,000 Baht cash, 5,000 Baht cash and 3,000 Baht cash together with a trophy will be awarded to the 1st, 2nd and 3rd winners respectively from the Deputy Mayor of Hua Hin Mr. Athikhun Butying. In addition, a

special prize of 5,000 Baht cash will be given to the one who scores the highest.

One of the most popular sports of Thailand and the world alike, snooker is played around the world and included in both national and international sport events. In Thailand, there are several famous snooker players, such as Rutchaphol Phu-ob-om, aka Tong Sitchoi (or James Wattana as known internationally), Dechawat Phumchaeng, Thepchaiya Oon-nu among others. More professional snooker players are expected in Thailand should people practice the sport seriously. More information on the 1st Snooker Hua Hin Open can be obtained at tel. 081 1900153.

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ายวรุตม์ แจ้งประเสริฐ์ คณะกรรมการจัดการแข่งขันสนุก๊ เกอร์ หัวหินโอเพ่น กล่าวว่า ขณะนีไ้ ด้รว่ มกับส�ำนักงาน เทศบาลเมืองหัวหิน และบริษทั บุญรอดบริวเวอรี่ จัดการแข่งขันสนุกเกอร์ หัวหินโอเพ่น ครัง้ ที่ 1 (ต้านภัยยาเสพ ติด) ขึน้ เพือ่ เป็นการพัฒนาฝีมอื นักสนุกเกอร์สมัครเล่นในจังหวัดประจวบคีรขี นั ธ์ ตลอดจนจังหวัดใกล้เคียงและเป็นการ แช่งขันกีฬาเพือ่ ต้านยาเสพติด โดยจะแช่งขันระหว่างวันที่ 30 ก.ย.– 2 ต.ค.54 ณ ตาลเดีย่ วสนุกเกอร์คลับ ส�ำหรับ กีฬาสนุกเกอร์นนั้ ก�ำลังเป็นทีน่ ยิ มอยูใ่ นขณะนี้ และยังบรรจุให้เป็นกีฬาระดับชาติทมี่ กี ารแข่งขันไปทัว่ โลกประกอบกับนัก กีฬาสนุก๊ เกอร์ของไทยก็ไปท�ำชือ่ เสียงโด่งดังไปทัว่ โลกไม่วา่ จะเป็น รัชพล ภูโ่ อบอ้อม หรือทีร่ จู้ กั กันในนาม ต๋อง ศิษย์ฉอ่ ย (ภาษาอังกฤษ คือ เจมส์ วัฒนา) เดชาวัต พุม่ แจ้ง เทพไชยา อุน่ หนู ฯลฯ แม้แต่ชาวหัวหินก็ยงั มีนกั สนุก๊ เกอร์ชอื่ ดัง อีกหลายคน ดังนัน้ จึงได้รว่ มกันจัดการแข่งขันสนุกเกอร์ หัวหินโอเพ่น ครัง้ ที่ 1 (ต้านภัยยาเสพติด) ขึน้ ส�ำหรับรางวัลนัน้ มีการชิงรางวัลเงินสดและถ้วยรางวัล ซึง่ ผูท้ ไี่ ด้รบั รางวัลชนะเลิศอันดับที่ 1 จะได้รบั รางวัลเงินสด 10,000 บาท พร้อม ถ้วยรางวัล รองชนะเลิศอันดับ 2 จะได้รบั รางวัลเงินสด 5,000 บาท พร้อมถ้วยรางวัล และรางวัลรองชนะเลิศอันดับ 3 จะได้รบั รางวัลเงินสด 3,000 บาท พร้อมถ้วยรางวัล นอกจากนีร้ างวัลพิเศษเบรกสูงสุด 5,000 บาท พร้อมถ้วยรางวัล จาก นายอธิคณุ บุตรยิง่ รองนายกเทศมนตรีเมืองหัวหิน นับว่าการจัดการแข่งขันในครัง้ นีจ้ ะเป็นประสบการณ์ทสี่ ำ� คัญให้ กับนักสนุก๊ เกอร์มอื สมัครเล่นของเมืองหัวหินทีจ่ ะได้พฒั นาฝีมอื ให้กา้ วไปสูร่ ะดับโลกต่อไป จึงขอเชิญชวนประชาชน ตลอดจนนักท่องเทีย่ วร่วมชมและเชียร์ สามารถสอบถามรายละเอียดเพิม่ เติมได้ที่ 081-1900153

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นายสมชาย บ�ำรุงทรัพย์ นายอ�ำเภอหัวหิน เปิดเผยว่า วันที่ 23 ตุลาคมของทุกปีถอื ว่าเป็นวันคล้ายวันทีพ่ ระบาทสมเด็จ พระจุลจอมเกล้าเจ้าอยูห่ วั ทรงเสด็จสวรรคต ซึง่ พระองค์ทรงมีพระมหากรุณาธิคณ ุ อย่างหาทีเ่ ปรียบมิได้กบั พสกนิกร ชาวไทย พระบาทสมเด็จพระจุลจอมเกล้าเจ้าอยูห่ วั ทรงเป็นพระราชโอรสองค์ที่ 4 ในพระบาทสมเด็จพระจอมเกล้าเจ้า อยูห่ วั และสมเด็จพระเทพศิรนิ ทรามาตย์และทรงเป็นพระมหากษัตริยไ์ ทยรัชกาลที่ 5 แห่งราชวงศ์จกั รี พระองค์ทรง สร้างความเจริญรุง่ เรืองให้แก่ประเทศนานับปการทรงบริหารประเทศก้าวหน้าทัดเทียมนานาอารยประเทศ ทรงปรับปรุง ระบบการศาล ตัง้ กระทรวงยุตธิ รรม ปรับปรุงกฎหมายต่าง ๆ ส่งเสริมการศึกษาอย่างกว้างขวางในหมูป่ ระชาชนทัว่ ไป ทรงตัง้ กระทรวงธรรมการ ตัง้ โรงเรียนฝึกหัดครู ส่งนักเรียนไทยไปศึกษาในยุโรป สร้างการรถไฟ โดยทรงเปิดเส้นทาง เดินรถไฟสายกรุงเทพฯ ถึงนครราชสีมา สร้างรถไฟฟ้า จัดให้มกี ารเดินรถรางขึน้ ในกรุงเทพฯ จัดตัง้ การไปรษณียโ์ ทรเลข สร้างระบบการประปา และพระราชกรณียกิจทีส่ ำ� คัญยิง่ ส�ำหรับพสกนิกรชาวไทยนัน่ ก็คอื พระองค์ทรงประกาศยกเลิก ทาส นอกจากนีย้ งั มีพระราชกรณียกิจอืน่ ๆ อีกหมายมายทีท่ รงท�ำให้ประเทศไทยของเราด�ำรงไว้ซงึ่ เอกราชสืบทอดไว้ให้ ลูกหลายไทยมาจนถึงปัจจุบนั ประชาชนชาวไทยได้ถอื ว่าพระองค์คอื พระราชบิดาแห่งตนและประเทศชาติและต่าง ขนานนามพระองค์วา่ พระปิยมหาราช ดังนัน้ เมือ่ ถึงวันที่ 23 ตุลาคม ของทุกปี หน่วยงานภาครัฐ ภาคเอกชน องค์กรต่าง ๆ และประชาชนจะร่วมกันท�ำพิธเี พือ่ ร�ำลึกถึงวันทีพ่ ระบาทสมเด็จพระจุลจอมเกล้าเจ้าอยูห่ วั ทรงเสด็จสวรรคต ร่วมกัน ร�ำลึกถึงพระปรีชาสามารถและพระมหากรุณาธิคณ ุ ของพระองค์ทา่ นทีท่ รงมีตอ่ พสกนิกรชาวไทย ทางอ�ำเภอหัวหินก็ได้ จัดงานพิธวี นั ปิยมหาราช ประจ�ำปี 2553 “100 ปี..แห่งการสวรรคตของพระบาทสมเด็จพระจุลจอมเกล้าเจ้าอยูห่ วั ” ซึง่ เป็นพิธที ที่ างอ�ำเภอหัวหินจัดขึน้ เป็นประจ�ำทุกปี และในปีนโี้ ดยจัดขึน้ ในวันอาทิตย์ที่ 23 ตุลาคม พ.ศ. 2554 ณ หอ ประชุมโรงเรียนหัวหิน เริม่ ตัง้ แต่เวลา 08.00 น. หน่วยงานภาครัฐ ภาคเอกชน องค์กรต่าง ๆ และประชาชนจะร่วมกัน น�ำพวงมาลามาถวายบังคมพระบรมราชานุสรณ์ขององค์สมเด็จพระจุลจอมเกล้าเจ้าอยูห่ วั และร่วมกันกล่าวถวายราช สดุดี ทางอ�ำเภอหัวหินจึงขอเชิญชวนหน่วยงานทุกหน่วยงานและประชาชนทุกคนร่วมพิธอี ย่างพร้อมเพียง เพือ่ เป็นการ ร�ำลึกถึงพระองค์ทา่ น ซึง่ วันนีถ้ อื ว่าเป็นวันรวมใจ เทิดพระเกียรติ พระปิยมหาราชไว้ตลอดกาลนาน

he Preserve Hua Hin Group, in close cooperation with the Chiva-Som Resort Hua Hin, is organizing training courses on environmental conservation in Hua Hin, especially taking care of the city’s beaches, communities, archeological sites and tourist attractions. This project is provided to local students from 7 municipal schools in Hua Hin. According to Mr. Paul Linder, the General Manager of ChivaSom, the project focuses on young participants because they are easily taught and motivated. After learning, they will be more aware of the importance environment of what they learnt will pass to their parents, friends and neighbors.

Importantly, they will be a good role model for people who do not realize about the relevant issue. This will be both direct and indirect problem solution that can be used effectively with enforcement of municipal laws and regulations.

Held once a year, the training accepts only 50 participants. It consists of a knowledge-based training at a camp conducted by qualified trainers and subsequent activities, such as garbage is collecting and mangrove trees planting.

The General Manager of Chiva-Som added that this project was an initiative of Khun Bunchu Rojanasathira, the Ex-Deputy Premier and late leader of Chiva-Som. In 2004, Mr. Krib Rojanasathira, his son, took over this responsibility to set up the Preserve Hua Hin Group as a non-profit organization working on environmental conservation in Hua Hin. The group has constantly dedicated itself to Hua Hin

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beach since 2007 ranked with 4 stars by Pollution Control Department. The Preserve Hua Hin Group is under the royal patronage of Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn.

The group conducts a lot of projects to raise awareness on environmental conservation.

This year, Mr. Krib already made a white-cover report detailing with group’s 5 projects to improve Hua Hin, namely taking care of Hua Hin beach, promoting proper Hua Hin areas according to the city’s condition, reducing daily waste, launching antipollution projects, supporting and helping environmental activities of both governmental, private sectors and encouraging local students to practice ‘Khon’ is traditionally performed by men in masks accompanied and selling local products.

In December, Preserve Hua Hin Group will set up a Concert about Environmental Awareness at Hin Lek Fire Mountain Park.

หน้าโครงการน�ำนักเรียนเข้าฝึกครอสสร้างจิตส�ำนึกในการดูแลอนุรกั ษ์สงิ่ แวดล้อมพร้อมกับปลูกป่าชายเลน โดยมีชม พิทกั ษ์หวั หินในพระราชูปถัมภ์สมเด็จพระเทพฯ เป็นแกนน�ำ จากการเปิดเผยของ มิสเตอร์พอล ลินเดอร์ ผจก.ทัว่ ไปชีวาศรมฯ หัวหิน จ.ประจวบฯ ว่าขณะนีท้ างชีวาศรมฯ ซึง่ เป็นสถาน ทีพ่ กั ทางด้านสุขภาพได้เดินหน้าจัดท�ำโครงการน�ำเอาเด็กนักเรียนของโรงเรียนเทศบาลเมืองหัวหิน ทีม่ อี ยูท่ งั้ หมด 7 โรง เข้าค่าย ฝึกอบรมครอสเพือ่ สร้างจิตส�ำนึกในการทีจ่ ะต้องออกมาร่วมกันดูแลอนุรกั ษ์สงิ่ แวดล้อมของเมืองหัวหิน โดยเฉพาะตามชายหาดทะเล ชุมชน แหล่งท่องเทีย่ วโบราณสถาน ฯลฯ เหตุผลทีต่ อ้ งน�ำเอาเด็ก ๆ มาเป็นตัวช่วยในการร่วมดูแลอนุรกั ษ์นนั้ ก็เนือ่ งจาก เด็ก ๆ จะมีวฒ ุ ภิ าวะและจิตส�ำนึกทีด่ เี มือ่ มีการฝึกการสอน ซึง่ เมือ่ พวกเขารับรูแ้ ล้วก็จะมีการน�ำไปใช้ทบี่ า้ น ชุมชน รวมทัง้ ตามที่ สาธารณะ พร้อมยังจะเป็นแบบอย่างให้เยาวชนและผูป้ ระกอบทีไ่ ม่มคี วามตระหนักรับรูแ้ ล้วมีสว่ นร่วมในเชิงภาคปฏิบตั อิ กี ทาง หนึง่ ด้วย ซึง่ ในสัดส่วนนีจ้ ะเป็นการแก้ไขปัญหาทัง้ ทางตรงและทางอ้อมควบคูก่ บั การบังคับใช้ขอ้ กฎหมายและเทศบัญญัตขิ องภาค รัฐในท้องถิน่ การฝึกอบรมนัน้ ทางชีวาศรมฯ และชมรมพิทกั ษ์หวั หินฯ ก็จะร่วมกันปีละ 1 ครัง้ ๆ ละประมาณ 50 คน หลังจาก เสร็จสิน้ การเข้าค่ายรับและเรียนรูท้ างด้านจิตส�ำนึกร่วมเชิงวิชาการจากทางผูท้ รงคุณวุฒแิ ล้วก็ได้นำ� ออกไปปลูกป่าชายเลน จัดเก็บ ขยะ ฯลฯ มิสเตอร์ พอลฯ ยังกล่าวอีกว่า โครงการร่วมดูแลอนุรกั ษ์สงิ่ แวดล้อมเมืองหัวหินนัน้ ก็เกิดมาจากแนวความคิดของ ฯพณฯ บุญชู โรจนเสถียร อดีตรองนายกรัฐมนตรีและเจ้าของชีวาศรมในนามของ “ชมรมพิทกั ษ์หวั หิน” ซึง่ ต่อมา คุณกฤป โรนเสถียร บุตรชายท่านฯ ก็ได้รบั ช่วงมาตัง้ แต่ปี พ.ศ. 2547 โดยเฉพาะการดูแลชายหาดทะเลจนท�ำให้เมือ่ ปี 2550 นัน้ กรมควบคุมมลพิษฯ ก็ได้มอบค่ามาตรฐานชายหาด 4 ดาวให้กบั เมืองหัวหิน และต่อมาสมเด็จพระเทพรัตนราชสุดาฯ สยามบรมราชกุมารี ก็ทรงรับเอา ทางชมรมพิทกั ษ์หวั หินเข้าไว้ใน “พระราชูปถัมภ์” ซึง่ ก็ทำ� ให้ทางชมรมฯ และชีวาศรมฯ ก็มกี ำ� ลังใจทีจ่ ะท�ำหน้าทีใ่ นการดูแล อนุรกั ษ์รกั ษาสิง่ แวดล้อมของเมืองหัวหินต่อไป โดยในแต่ละปีนนั้ ก็จะมีโครงการโปรเจคต่าง ๆ เข้ามาเสริม ส�ำหรับในปี 2554 นีน้ นั้ ทาง นายกฤปฯ ได้จดั ท�ำสมุด ปกขาวออกมาเป็นโครงการเป้าหมายทัง้ หมดกับเมืองหัวหิน 5 เป้าหมายด้วยกัน เช่น การพิทกั ษ์และรักษาคุณภาพชายหาด ทะเลตลอดแนว การสนับสนุนการใช้พนื้ ทีเ่ มืองหัวหินให้ถกู ต้อง และเหมาะสมตามสภาพของเมือง การสนับสนุนให้มกี ารลด ปริมาณของขยะประจ�ำวัน การจัดท�ำกิจกรรมต่อต้านมลภาวะ เพือ่ สิง่ แวดล้อม การสนับสนุนและให้การช่วยเหลือกิจกรรม เพือ่ สิง่ แวดล้อมของภาครัฐและเอกชน และทีส่ ำ� คัญก็ยงั จะน�ำ เอาเด็กนักเรียนเข้าร่วมกิจกรรมการแสดงโขน ซึง่ เป็นศิลปะเก่า แก่ การออกร้านสินค้าพืน้ บ้าน ทีใ่ นกรุงเทพฯ ช่วงเดือน พฤศจิกายนทีใ่ นกรุงเทพฯ หลังจากนัน้ ในช่วงของเดือนธันวาคม ก็จะมีคอนเสิรต์ บนยอดเขาหินเหล็กไฟประจ�ำปีอกี ด้วย

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Mr.Chaiwan Mix & Match

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Volume 8 issue 12 October 2011

Simon Dell Amari Hua Hin GM

Chef Ick at Hua Hin Hills

Freshly from the UK, Mr. Dell has been with Amari since 2008 having begun his career with the group as Executive Assistant Manager at Amari Orchid Pattaya, before being appointed General Manager of Amari Vogue Krabi, a property he joined in August 2009.

Fluent in 3 languages and able to speak 3 more, Mr. Dell, a British national who grew up in Switzerland and graduated in Business and Hospitality Administration from Johnson & Wales University, USA. He also holds a diploma in Hotel Administration from the Institute Hotelier-César Ritz in Switzerland. Before joining Amari, he accumulated a wealth of experience in international hospitality management in Hong Kong, Russia, Germany, Israel, UK and Switzerland.

My name is Chavanan, nick name Ick , I was born in Bangkok. I went to New Zealand when I was 17 years old and enrolled in high school.

After I finished high school and majoring in computing, level 5, I moved to the USA to study automotive engineering.

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The only son in the family. Born and raised in Bangkok. Graduated degree of Aviation Maintenance Engineering worked in the aviation industry.

His hobbies are: cooking and meeting with people, hanging out with friends at good restaurants and meeting new people, one of the reasons why he knows a lot about great coffee and good food.

Before opening Mix & Match with his parents, he has been in many places to taste coffee and food. His friends encouraged him to open a restaurant. Starting his own business at the age of 27, he began looking for a location.

His dream comes true as the owner of Mix & Match at Market Village. Serving, Thai cuisine, European food, American breakfast, Coffees, Frappés and beverages as well as good and friendly service. Many foreign and Thai Clients. Some readers may have been there but some not yet. Please welcome to enjoy a great time together. Mix& Match always serves fresh Swiss coffee, Lamb and Beef imported from New Zealand as well as favorite wine from Italy. The owner of the restaurant recommends Captain Morgan cocktails or other cocktail which are ready to taste among soft drinks and beers. Mix & Match invites you for a tasting session or just come to say Hello, you are welcome!

However with some influence of my mother, who taught me cooking skills and with the help and advise of my friends, Finally, I decided to make a living as a Chef. I decided to enroll at the famous Le Cordon Bleu Dusit cooking academy. After that, here I am at the Sala at Hua Hin Hills where I specialize in French Cuisine and Pastry. My hobby is my VW beetle .

This hobby I share with your editor who is also an Automotive Engineer. On my off days, I travel to Bangkok and dedicate myself to my car.

Chirapan Permsuwan

(Koy) - Hua Hin Hills was Born and raised in Bangkok.

I graduated from Chandakasem University in major Tourism Industry, in 2004.My previous career was to work at the Plaza Athenee, a Royal Meridien Hotel. I worked there, as a trainee until I was a Lobby Bar Manager before I decided to move to Hua Hin, a total of great seven and a half years. To work in a big chain five star hotel gave me many opportunities to develop myself and see the world though a new eye. They provide you with many important training classes.

After I visited Hua Hin the Vineyard last February I was fell in love in this place and yes The Manager Khun Yosawat, we used to work together in Bangkok, called me a few times to come to work over here. This was a new Challenge to help to build up this place and reach a Five Stars Restaurant level and a great place to visit with a Warm Welcome.

In my free time, I usually I’ll go to a book store where I could stay forever, I’m interested all kinds of books (people say that when you are a reader you will think before you speak) I love to Travels so I will and save money to travel aboard at least twice a year and I love to travel around my Country especially to the beach.

I’ve been to most of the beaches in Thailand, I’m so proud that I’m Thai.

Genex Solutions offered free Seminar with the latest Online Marketing ‘Increasing Capability for Thai Hoteliers’

Hua Hin Marriott Resort & Spa Welcomes World Famous Guitarists for Hua Hin’s First Classical Guitar Concert

Genex Solutions, professional in hospitality business solutions and technology management, organized “Hotel Best Practices for Online Marketing” seminar at VERANDA LODGE HUA HIN BEACH in recently, provided the latest online marketing knowledge and hospitality solutions trends in 2012 to help broadens online marketing and hotelier management skill to clients.

Mr. Peek Malakul Na Ayudhaya, CEO of Genex Solutions said “Genex Solutions provide the latest hospitality business solutions to help hoteliers improve online marketing skill which we organized“Hotel Best Practices for Online Marketing”seminar including how to present your property to the world, 24/7 reservation management – “Real Time” confirmation, how to do marketing on social network, how to manage limited rooms to get maximize sales volume, trends in Online Booking – consumer’s behavior in the online marketing, booking online via mobile phone and distribution channel management.” and concluded by saying, “We would like to say thank you to everyone who attended the seminars. Genex Solutions offered the events as a return-contribution to Consumers and hope the audiences take full advantage to advance this latest technology in order to stay ahead in hospitality industry.” Genex Solutions provides business hospitality solutions and we are committed to provide latest information technology to customer. We will organize more seminars with the topics of hospitality management in main provinces.

Middle: Naowarat Arunkong, General Manager of Hua Hin Marriott Resort & Spa, welcomes world famous guitar artists who will perform at Hua Hin’s First Classical Guitar Concert. Left: Ekachai Jearakul is a world champion, having won the International Guitar Competition in Russia, the International Guitar Competition in Hermoupolis Greece, the Berlin International Guitar Competition and the Singapore International Guitar Competition. Right: Woratep Rattana-umpawan, President of the Thailand Guitar Society, was the first prize winner of the Yamaha Guitar Festival Competition in Bangkok for three consecutive years from 1985 - 1987. He performs at many international guitar festivals all over the world and often plays in a duet with Leon Koudelak. He now teaches at the Mahidol and Silpakorn universities and also at the Thailand Guitar Society. Hua Hin Marriott, a 219 room resort and spa, is located on the beach with easy access to central Hua Hin. The resort has four restaurants and two bars, a Kids’ Club, swimming pool and Jacuzzi, tennis courts, fitness center and Mandara Spa. Hua Hin Marriott attracts upmarket leisure travelers, especially golfers who enjoy the world class championship golf courses around the city.

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Hua Hin property picking up

ua Hin, where property prices have been stable for two years, is expected to see a full recovery next year as buyers overcome concerns over political instability, says Oliver Lutzi, Hua Hin office manager of the brokerage Engel & Volkers Thailand.

Property prices will not surge this year as the market belongs to buyers, he said. Yet, although the number of walk-in buyers has dropped, the take-up rate is high as buyers are keen to purchase, mainly for investment, he said.

During Hua Hin’s property boom, most buyers bought residential units for their own use, he said.

Current prices are also more reasonable than in the past, having stabilised since the slowdown that began in late 2008. Unlike markets such as the United States, where property prices have tumbled, economic turbulence has only had a marginal impact on property in Hua Hin, he said.

Hua Hin’s beachfront condominiums continue to be priced in two ranges – from 70,000 to 90,000 baht per square metre and from 100,000 to 140,000 baht – unchanged from the last two years, he said. Meanwhile, land prices have doubled over five years.

The Hua Hin market in the first quarter was healthier than in mid-2009, with signs of a pickup starting in the fourth quarter last year, he said.

Engel & Volkers currently has 1,700 inquiries showing interest in buying residential units in the area, he said. About 63% of requests are from Thai buyers, up from 50% in 2009, followed by buyers from Germany (6%) and from the UK and Ireland (6%). North America, Benelux countries, France and Singapore each provided 3% of inquiries.

Last year, a wealthy Russian petroleum owner and a Kazakhstan government

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minister broadened the profile of potential buyers in Hua Hin, following the entry of the high-end spa Chiva-som into Russia’s health care tourism market. Russian buyers are normally interested in Pattaya.

But these investors sought six-bedroom beachfront villas and residential units with

branded-hotel management, categories of property that are not available in Hua Hin. Last year, a buyer from Kazakhstan spent more than 100 million baht on a 20-rai beachfront plot to develop a villa project in Huay Yang, an emerging location south of Hua Hin. During the first two months of this year, Engel & Volkers recorded 30 million baht in sales transactions in Hua Hin, while there were no sales in the same period last year.

Over 2010 the company expects 300 million baht in transactions. Currently, it has 132 beachfront and golf-course properties worth 1.9 billion baht on its listing, 90% of them resale units. Of the total, 76 properties are apartments and condominiums worth 814 million baht.

Another 56 are villas and low-rise units with a total value of 1.1 billion baht.

SOURCE: Bangkok Post

Amari Estate lifts Hua Hin prices

mari Estate Co plans to increase prices by 5-10% at its mixed-use Amari Residences in Hua Hin, a flagship property and business model that the company intends to use for other projects, in the first quarter of this year.

One-quarter of the 201 units at Amari Residences were sold in the first 45 days of presales. Chief executive officer Yuthachai Charanachitta said the price increase would be in line with market conditions and demand. The company says property demand is starting to increase this year because of the expected recovery of overall global economic conditions.

In just the first 45 days of presales, around 25% of the 210 units at Amari residences were sold. He said 90% of the buyers were local people wanting to buy the units for residences.

The company believes sales will increase to 40% in April and reach 70-80% in the final quarter. The number of tourist arrivals has increased since early this year, particularly in resort destinations. Demand by foreign investors is also rising in line with good economic sentiment. Apart from the Hua Hin project, the company plans to introduce other projects in resort

destinations such as Phuket, Samui, and Koh Chang.

“We have land banks in prime areas in many resort destinations.

This year, we will focus on expansion in provinces especially in resort destinations,” said Mr Yuthachai.

“However, the investment plan will depend on local political problems as well as the global economic situation.”

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The Villas feature a guest powder room, a comfortable living and dining area served by an ergonometric designed kitchen that includes a food servery, wet kitchen complete with an additional worktop with a sink, durable acrylic work surfaces and designer built-in cabinets. The walk-in-wardrobe in the master bedroom and an extra large Ensuite Bathroom with Jacuzzi and Shower Cubicle add to the pleasure of this personal environment.

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Property News

South East Asia Property Awards

Courtesy by www.property-report.com

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he inaugural South East Asia Property Awards 2011 will take place in Singapore on Wednesday November 30th and leading TV news network Channel NewsAsia has confirmed its official International Media partnership.

Channel NewsAsia is a part of MediaCorp and available in more than 30 million homes and hotel rooms throughout Asia. It is the most watched news channel in Singapore with over 60 per cent market share. Their involvement with the South East Asia Property Awards will not only promote the event across its network, but also provide for great exposure for the winners as well as the event’s sponsors and partners.

“We are happy to be co-organiser of the inaugural South East Asia Property Awards to honour the best talents in the industry, and to play a part in explaining to viewers the stories behind the growth of the regional real estate industry, and the many opportunities these present to the world,” said Ms. Debra Soon, Managing Director of News at Channel NewsAsia, MediaCorp Pte Ltd. Ms. Soon noted that Southeast Asia’s residential properties are among the most beautiful and celebrated in the world and that Channel NewsAsia has featured many of them in its programmes. She also mentioned the importance of featuring growth in the luxury market to portray Asia’s true story.

“It’s an important sector in the overall growth of Asia, and we reach key decision makers and affluent adults all over the region, “ Ms. Soon said. “Featuring the growth of the luxury market in property but also in many other areas, is important to capture stories about Asia.”

“This is great news for the South East Asia Property Awards and regional real estate in

general,” Terry Blackburn, CEO of Ensign Media said.

“We recognise CNA’s market leading position locally and its significant international reach in territories such as China, India, Hong Kong and Taiwan, which will ensure that our winners are widely known throughout Asia. CNA is a dynamic and forward thinking media partner that we look forward to working closely together with to promote the best of South East Asian real estate.”

“We see the South East Asia Property Awards as one of the many projects we can work with committed partners in the region, who have a stake in one of the most dynamic regions in the world,” Ms. Soon added. “The partnership is also a business partnership, which we hope to further and develop as we expand our reach over the years into more territories in Asia.”

Ensign Media launched the first ever South East Asia Property Awards to recognise the very best of the region’s residential real estate industry.

It follows the success of the annual Thailand Property Awards, and the company is confident that the South East Asia Property Awards will equal or surpass the success of the Bangkok event, now in it’s sixth year.

A panel of real estate experts, including Nick Candy, the billionaire developer behind London’s most luxurious residential development, One Hyde Park, will sit on the judges’ panel that will select the winners to be announced at a lavish dinner in Singapore on November 30.

“When someone like Nick Candy agrees to join the judges panel, it is a sign of how seriously real estate in the region is being taken by the international property industry,” Mr. Blackburn added.

China to build World’s Largest Airport B

Courtesy by Malcolm Moore www.telegraph.co.uk

eijing has started construction of a new mega-airport that will be roughly the size of The Bermudas and have nine runways.

When Beijing Daxing International airport opens in 2015, the Chinese capital will become the world’s busiest aviation hub, handling around 370,000 passengers a day.

It is only three years since the opening of Terminal 3 at Beijing Capital Airport, a sweeping structure designed by Sir Norman Foster that is far bigger than all of Heathrow’s five terminals combined.

But an enormous boom in China’s aviation industry has already left the capital’s existing facilities stretched to breaking point. “It is impossible to add even one more flight to the tight daily schedule of the Capital airport,” said Li Jiaxing, the minister in charge of China’s Civil Aviation Administration. “The existing airport in Beijing has an annual capacity of 75 million passengers. Last year it handled 73 million,” said Cao Yunchun, a professor at the country’s Civil Aviation University. “In two years, it will be totally packed. And it cannot be expanded infinitely,” he added.

Instead, Beijing’s planners have found a 21 sq

mile site to the south of the city, in the suburb of Daxing. Currently the site is around an hour’s drive from the city centre, but planners are pencilling in an extension to Beijing’s metro, and perhaps even a high-speed train line.

The new facility will not only serve Beijing, but also Tianjin and parts of Hebei as the Chinese capital morphs into a megacity, its suburbs merging into those of the cities around it.

The airport will be Beijing’s third, after Capital and the smaller, primarily military, Nanyuan airport.

Beijing Daxing is likely to have eight runways for civilian use and a ninth for military use, according to Yao Weihui, the general manager of China United Airlines.

“The suggested location is a place with few residents and buildings, so a lot of runways can be built,” added Wang Jian, the secretary general of the China Civil Airport Association.

However, unlike London, which is currently the world’s busiest hub, the majority of the traffic going through Beijing is made up of domestic Chinese travellers. So far this year, Chinese passengers have outnumbered international travellers four-to-one at Beijing’s Capital airport. Last year, China’s aviation industry reported profits of 43 billion yuan (£3.9 billion), three times the figure for the previous year. In the coming two decades, China is forecast to buy at least 4,300 new jet aircraft, and Boeing has recently upped its targets for the country by 25 per cent.

“We are expecting Beijing to play a major role in transport for the Asia Pacific region,” said Professor Cao.

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What Influences Exchange Rates and The Economy?

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specially now, all kinds of negative news circles the globe.

Falling Dollar, limping Euro, Greek Rhapsody, Italian Opera, China around the corner, it is all about the European and world economy.

It seems like a planned downfall of countries industrial capacity and progress However, as one advisor to our newspaper put it. Quote : “ the more negative news you read , the more you get into this vicious circle. Especially for those who buy and sell stock , falling stock creates opportunity. You buy cheap and sell when stock rises”. I say : “Bread and butter households are more concerned with daily spending , paying bills and savings” We need some answers and we need them soon.

We have quite a few retirees living in Thailand and they are concerned about their lives, visas and being able to stay on with falling currencies. Right now they have to show at least 65.000 Baht income per month. Presently that is 1600 Euro at an exchange rate 40 Baht/Euro. If the Euro falls to let´s say 35 Baht, they must show at least Euro 1857 Euro/ month of income.

Practically impossible so they would have to leave Thailand. Should the Thai Baht fall as well, due to less export, it could balance out the deficit.

Let´s hope that the economic brains in our countries can generate enough responsibility to find a way out of this soap opera. With China holding major US bonds, they are also interested in exporting goods every where but especially to the US. We are all, including China rowing the same boat.

Below, find some facts from professionals: Top Factors Affecting Exchange Rates Exchange Rates change by the second.

Understand the dynamics that affect them.

Currency changes affect you, whether you are actively trading in the foreign exchange market, planning your next vacation, shopping online for goods from another country—or just buying food and staples imported from abroad.

Like any commodity, the value of a currency rises and falls in response to the forces of supply and demand. Everyone needs to spend, and consumer spending directly affects the money supply (and vice versa). The supply and demand of a country’s money is reflected in its foreign exchange rate.

When a country’s economy falters, consumer spending declines and trading sentiment for its currency turns sour, leading to a decline in that country’s currency against other currencies with stronger economies. On the other hand, a booming economy will lift the value of its currency, if there is no government intervention to restrain it.

Consumer spending is influenced by a number of factors: the price of goods and services (inflation), employment, interest rates, government initiatives, and so on. Here are some economic factors you can follow to identify economic trends and their effect on currencies.

1. Interest Rates

Interest rates from central banks influence the retail rates financial institutions charge customers to borrow money. For instance, if the economy is under-performing, central banks may lower interest rates to make it cheaper to borrow; this often boosts consumer spending, which may help expand the economy. To slow the rate of inflation in an overheated economy, central banks raise the benchmark so borrowing is more expensive.

Interest rates are of particular concern to investors seeking a balance between yield returns and safety of funds. When interest rates go up, so do yields for assets denominated in that currency; this leads to increased demand

by investors and causes an increase in the value of the currency in question. If interest rates go down, this may lead to a flight from that currency to another.

2. Employment Outlook

Employment levels have an immediate impact on economic growth. As unemployment increases, consumer spending falls because jobless workers have less money to spend on

non-essentials. Those still employed worry for the future and also tend to reduce spending and save more of their income.

An increase in unemployment signals a slowdown in the economy and possible devaluation of a country’s currency because of declining confidence and lower demand.

If demand continues to decline, the currency supply builds and further exchange rate depreciation is likely.

3. Economic Growth Expectations

To meet the needs of a growing population, an economy must expand. However, if growth occurs too rapidly, price increases will outpace wage advances so that even if workers earn more on average, their actual buying power decreases. Most countries target economic growth at a rate of about 2% per year. With higher growth comes higher inflation, and in this situation central banks typically raise interest rates to increase the cost of borrowing in an attempt to slow spending within the economy. A change in interest rates may signal a change in currency rates.

Deflation is the opposite of inflation; it occurs during times of recession and is a sign of economic stagnation. Central banks often lower interest rates to boost consumer spending in hopes of reversing this trend.

4. Trade Balance

A country’s balance of trade is the total value of its exports, minus the total value of its imports.

If this number is positive, the country is said to have a favourable balance of trade. If the difference is negative, the country has a trade gap, or trade deficit.

Trade balance impacts supply and demand for a currency. When a country has a trade surplus, demand for its currency increases because foreign buyers must exchange more of their home currency in order to buy its goods.

A trade deficit, on the other hand, increases the supply of a country’s currency and could lead to devaluation if supply greatly exceeds demand.

5. Central Bank Actions

With interest rates in several major economies already very low (and set to stay that way for the time being), central bank and government officials are now resorting to other, less commonly used measures to directly intervene in the market and influence economic growth.

For example, quantitative easing is being used to increase the money supply within an economy. It involves the purchase of government bonds and other assets from financial institutions to provide the banking system with additional liquidity. Quantitative easing is considered a last resort when the more typical response—lowering interest rates— fails to boost the economy. It comes with some risk: increasing the supply of a currency could result in a devaluation of the currency as well.

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Kvik Kitchens Hua Hin 2nd Annual Charity was establishedfor the purpose of revolutionizing the kitchen industry

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ith short delivery times, easy sales processes and, above all, transparent prices. Faster, easier and less expensive – that’s the simple recipe for a product philosophy that holds true.

A champion of attractive design Kvik swims against the current and makes a clean break with old paradigms. We celebrate the recipe of the good life where innovative Danish design blends with surprisingly low prices. Spiced up with inspiration, quality and professional advice. Added to this, quick delivery, with the most popular products in stock in each store, and seasoned to taste with your own personal touch. These are the key ingredients of the Kvik universe. Everyone can afford a cool kitchen!

Kvik was founded in 1983 as a reaction to the established industry. Kvik wanted to take a stand against long delivery times, opaque sales processes and high prices. Kvik was in other words founded on willingness to change, common sense and a deep respect for the customers.

The Sociable Kitchen Kvik introduced The Sociable Kitchen in 1998 and the fundamental idea behind this is a large, inviting communal area for the family, with plenty of room to meet, have fun, cook lovely food and eat together. The Sociable Kitchen works just as well on weekdays, when everything needs to be done quickly and efficiently, as it does at the weekend when there is more time to enjoy cooking. The focal point in the kitchen set-up is the work island.

This is in the centre of the room, so that more than one person can work and prepare meals at the same time. In essence, the The Sociable Kitchen is an attitude towards spending time with your family while preparing the meals.

Souloasis In 2005, Kvik introduced Souloasis, which is the room in your house where there is plenty of space for enjoyment and self-indulgence.

Here you can opt out, chill out, recharge your

batteries and look after yourself one hundred percent. Souloasis is furnished with clean lines, with all the practical things and products are hidden away in attractive cabinets. Instead, the room is filled with delightful fragrances, pleasant sounds, soft lighting and stylistically consistent, functional furniture. Souloasis is your oasis in a hectic daily routine, where time can stand still.

Extra cabinet space Modern man has grown, and Kvik’s tables and cabinets have grown with him. It should be easy and comfortable to work in your dream kitchen, whether during the week, when the pace of life is hectic, or at the weekend, when you take more time to prepare meals.

All of Kvik’s cabinets are 80 cm high, which is completely unique on the market. Depending on the worktop you choose, the total worktop height, including plinth, will be 90-100 cm. We call this height X-large, and it offers you the best ergonomic working conditions. If you also need extra cabinet space you should choose our new XX-large solution. This will not only provide you with the ergonomically correct worktop height, but also with extra-deep base cabinets, giving you up to 40% more cabinet space than traditional cabinets. It’s worth thinking big!

Contact Mr.Ole Frendesen in Hua Hin Telephone: 66 (0) 32530211 E-mail olefr@huahin.kvik.co.th Or check them out on the website www.kvik.co.th

Thai tax cuts only for some

Courtesy by www.property-report.com

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he Thai cabinet’s approval on September of tax benefits for first time home buyers is receiving criticism from various fronts.

The Thai government’s new tax incentives may increase home sales but only for a segment of the population According to the Bangkok Post, the Home Builders Association wants the government to refund the 7 per cent value-added tax to customers buying self-built homes from builders as the new tax incentives does not cover such homes. The president of the HBA said the government would be able to collect more corporate tax from home building firms.

At the same time builders must ask for tax invoices from construction materials and equipment suppliers, creating a multiplier effect that would bring all parties involved in building homes into the system, he said. The new tax programme, which is in effect from September 22 to the end of next year and is estimated to cost the government THB1.7 billion (US$56 million) in lost revenue, allows people to deduct 10 per cent of the cost of a new home worth up to THB5 million (US$164,229) from their personal taxable income over the course of five years.

However, industry experts have pointed out that many low-income earners pay no income tax and a person would need to earn at least THB30,000 (US$985) per month to benefit from the scheme. A senior Ministry of Finance official said that only those who earn at least THB5 million (US$131,400) of taxable income per year would be eligible for the 10 per cent deduction.

Sopon Pornchokchai, president of the Agency for Real Estate Affairs said the maximum unit price of THB5 million would only be available to high income earners of more than THB100,000 (US$3,283).

“This will be a disaster for low-income earners, as financial institutions will prefer lending to high income earners at the expense of low income customers. Chances for low income earners to own a home is even dimmer,” said Mr. Sopon. For some, the tax incentive scheme is good news. Analysts say leading Thai real estate developers; Supalai, Pruksa Real Estate and LPN Development are likely to see increased sales on the back of the new policy.

The majority of Supalai’s units and all of LPN’s units on the market are priced below THB5 million.

A survey of five major developers –PS, LH, SC Asset, Quality Houses and Sansiri –showed they have a total of 36,336 units available between them either now or planned for the next 18 months. According to data from the Real Estate Information Center, 104,300 units priced at THB5 million or less are currently available.

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Golf Tournament

rganized by the Rotary Club of Royal Hua Hin, Banyan Golf Club – Friday, October 21, 2011. 4-ball Scramble starts at 12:00 noon 3,500 baht (including Charity Dinner) Charity Dinner 6:30 pm (Dinner without Golf 1,000 baht) Last year’s tournament was a great success and thoroughly enjoyed by all participants. The event raised over 450,000 Baht in proceeds for the installation of five Clean Drinking Water Purification Systems for rural schools in Hua Hin. This year’s tournament is going to be even better and golfers will be contributing not only to the clean drinking water program, but also to ongoing facility renovation projects in rural schools and sustainable development initiatives directed towards enabling today’s youth to succeed in the future. To enter the Tournament, please contact any member of the Rotary Club of Royal Hua Hin or e-mail golf@rotaryroyalhuahin.org or telephone Brian Giles at 089-258-1580.

Community Service Projects Completed since 1st Annual Charity Golf Tournament on October 1, 2010. Installation of 5 reverse osmosis water purification systems for 5 primary schools in Hua Hin with 5-year service contracts. Baan Wang Bos School, Lamoh School, Nong Pran Puk School, Nong Ta Pao School, Wa Lai School.

Renovation of Canteen and Toilet Facilities at Rotary Bangkok School in Hua Hin with RC Bangkok Special thanks to the Main Sponsors of last year’s Golf Tournament for their generous support: Banyan Golf Club, Dunlop Adhesives, HSBC Bank, Jacquard Textile Asia, Webster University Thailand Hole and Prize Sponsors: AA Insurance Brokers, Approach Publishing, Beautiful World, Bourbon Street, Dunlopillo, Engel & Volkers, Hua Hin Fresh, Hua Hin Hills Vineyard, Hua Hin Leisure, La Grappa, Lo Stivale, Mondo Vino, Pro Real Estate Century 21, Siam Pools Shop, Tenderloins, The Cabinet Interiors, The Falls Residence, T.S. Inter Construction

Thailand Golf Tourism Heads Towards $US2 Billion Courtesy by http://www.golfinakingdom.com

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angkok, September 20, 2011 - Led by growth from Australia and Europe, the value of foreign golf tourism to Thailand may reach 60 billion baht or $US2 billion in 2012 for the first time.

Based on a Tourism Authority of Thailand forecast for a record 19 million inbound visitors to the kingdom next year, up to 600,000 foreign golf tourists - or three percent of the total - will make a beeline for its five major golf destinations: Bangkok, Phuket, Hua Hin, Pattaya and Chiang Mai. According to Mark Siegel, whose company Golfasian is one of Thailand’s major inbound golf tour operators, foreign golf tourism into Thailand is continuing to grow, while he says golfers spend an average of 100,000 baht ($US 3,300) each on the ground - three times the average of other tourists.

With Thailand’s major golf courses reporting strong early bookings and forecasting growth above 2011, the estimated 57 billion baht ($US1.9 billion) spent in Thailand by more than 500,000 inbound golf visitors this year should nudge 60 billion baht spent by up to 600,000 foreign golfers in 2012.

“It could be our best season ever,” Mark Siegel says. “The political situation is calm, there have been no natural disasters [elsewhere] to deter tourism, and Thailand’s cultural capability to attract tourists remains streets ahead of other markets.”

The surge in golf tourism to Thailand will entrench the kingdom as by far Asia’s most popular destination for foreign golfers and one of the top three other golf destinations behind market leader Spain, which attracts almost a million golf tourists a year.

Even traditional golf destinations such as Scotland, Ireland and England - or the United States - can’t match Thailand’s year-round golf appeal, with prices about half the cost of most western markets. Thailand has 260 golf courses - 60 fewer than Spain, 200 fewer than Scotland and 100 less than Ireland.

Two new awards are adding to Thailand’s overall tourism aura. Bangkok has been voted the world’s best city by readers of Travel & Leisure magazine in the United States, while Thailand is the world’s fourth best country to visit and Phuket is the world’s 10th best island destination, according to UK magazine Condé Nast Traveller.

Although supplying only 10 to 15 percent of Thailand’s golf tourists compared with 65 percent from Europe, the strong Australian dollar and extra flights into Thailand are bringing more Australian golfers. Importantly for many tour operators and courses, Australia’s winter brings golfers from Down Under in Thailand’s low season between May and September, while Europeans overwhelmingly favour the November to March high season during their winter. …continued on page 16...

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King´s Cup

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Elephant Polo Tournament

he least Hua Hin today can say is that this splendid international Elephant Polo Tournament was The Attraction of the Month of September.

Anantara General Manager Tim Boda and his team did an excellent job in organizing and catering for this international prestigious event.

“The Elephant Whisperer”, as insiders now call Khun Tim will, unfortunately, leave the Anantara for the next step in his career at the end of this month.

The From September 5th to September 11th, twelve elite teams from all around the world descended upon the royal seaside town of Hua Hin in Thailand and battled it out for the championship of this unique sport. The tournament, held at Hua Hin’s Suriyothai army base, offered up a showcase of skillful play and plenty of memorable moments, on and off the pitch.

Audemars Piguet and Anantara Hotels, Resorts & Spas kicked off the 2011 King’s Cup Elephant Tornament.

Elephant Polo veteran team SOCO were pipped at the post in the final few seconds by The British Army in the first game of the season at the 10th Annual Kings Cup Elephant Polo Tournament in the royal seaside town of Hua Hin in Thailand.

Day three of the competition sees last year’s defending champions Audemars Piguet pitted against Mercedes Benz in an all-action match that could have gone either way just minutes into the second half!

A robust first half from the Audemars Piguet team, Captained by Peter Prentice along with the dynamic Kalaan brothers, Uday and Angaad, quickly reduced the handicap deficit to end up with a first half result of 6:6 thanks to a superb hat trick of three consecutive goals by the former captain of India’s horse polo world cup team – Uday Kalaan.

Semi finals day of play at the King’s Cup Elephant Polo tournament, saw Audemars Piguet and King Power deliver triumphant victories over a strong Sara Story Design and Kasikorn Bank to go head to head in the finals on Sunday.

After a fun and ferocious week of elephant polo, attended by teams from all over the world as well as special VIP guests, the final day of the tournament offered up a showcase of skillful play and plenty of memorable moments.

Heavy rain delayed the final match for more than an hour before a sudden death shoot out was called. The shoot out placed two stellar teams on the pitch, both of them full of storied elephant polo histories and exceptional players. Audemars Piguet’s Angaad and Uday Kalaan and rock solid Captain Peter Prentice proved too much for second-place King Power International, just as it had been for all the other teams.

Out of the three penalty shoot-outs, King Power scored two. Audemars Piguet players, the Kalaan brothers, scored their penalty shots and it was left to Prentice to place the winning shot which he did with ease to ensure a successful defence of the title.

The tournament ended with a prize-awarding ceremony, canapes, and plenty of Penfolds as the sun finally came out on what was arguably the

most successful year ever.

The exciting weeklong event has not only been about fun and games either a generous 3.1 million baht was raised for charity at the Anantara Hua Hin gala dinner which hosted a gathering of top dignitaries and well known celebrities.

Among the Food and Beverage tents, worth mentioning were all, although some did not open on weekdays, the Anatara buffet was excellent, headed by Executive Chef Khun Kai of the Marriott, the motorbike wizard and his team displayed a selection of Asian creations, curries and healthy salads.

Penfolds and Siam Winery, together with Singha, Heineken and Chang took care of the ever returning thirst among spectators. Especially worth mentioning was the Dairy Queen caravan with Ice Cream, Smoothies and last but not least, real hot dogs with cheese and chillidogs. Miss that in Hua Hin. All of us looking forward to next year´s King´s Cup Polo !

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Worth Knowing

ONYX HOSPITALITY GROUP

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hailand-based ONYX Hospitality Group has appointed Mr. Simon Dell as General Manager of its newest resort, Amari Hua Hin, set to open in March 2012.

Located in the popular Thai seaside town of Hua Hin, the property is part of an exciting 7.5-acre mixed use development project which includes privately owned condominiums, and will be the 13thAmari property in Thailand for this leading domestic hotel brand.

In his new role, Mr. Dell will be overseeing all aspects of the pre-opening period of the hotel, and will take overall responsibility for the smooth running of the hotel after it opens. His primary focus will be to ensure that this new development is able to fully deliver in terms of customer expectation, occupancy rate and revenue generation.

Fluent in 3 languages and able to speak 3 more, Mr. Dell, a British national who grew up in Switzerland and graduated in Business and Hospitality Administration from Johnson & Wales University, USA. He also holds a diploma in Hotel Administration from the Institute Hotelier-César Ritz in Switzerland.

Before joining Amari, he accumulated a wealth of experience in international hospitality management in Hong Kong, Russia, Germany, Israel, UK and Switzerland.

Mr. Dell has been with Amari since 2008 having begun his career with the group as Executive Assistant Manager at Amari Orchid Pattaya, before being appointed General Manager of Amari Vogue Krabi, a property he joined in August 2009.

Simon Dell and his team will manage the 223room resort, which offers a range of room types, from Superior and Deluxe rooms to expansive Suites and Family suites. Catering to both leisure and business guests, Amari Hua Hin will also offer state-of-the-art meeting and conference facilities and a range of exciting

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dining experiences, a Beach Club, a Kids’ club, and the vibrant Breeze Spa. Amari Hua Hin is ideally situated next to a popular stretch of beach called Khao Takiab, just off Phetchakasem Road and just few minutes away from the popular Cicada market.

The resort is poised to become one of the town’s leading destinations under the direction of its new General Manager.

Elephant polo

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a variant of polo played whilst riding elephants. It is played in Nepal, Sri Lanka, Rajasthan (India), and Thailand. Equipment consists of a standard polo ball and six to nine foot cane (similar to bamboo) sticks with a polo mallet head on the end. The pitch is threequarters of the length of a standard polo pitch, due to the slower speed of the elephants. Two people ride each elephant; the elephants are steered by mahouts, while the player tells the mahout which way to go and hits the ball.

Although elephant polo was first played in India at the beginning of the twentieth century, the modern game originated in Meghauli, Nepal, following a meeting in Switzerland between the late Jim Edwards and James Manclark.

Tiger Tops in Nepal remains the headquarters of elephant polo and the site of the World Elephant Polo Championships.

Elephant Polo in Nepal and Thailand is played under the auspices of the World Elephant Polo Association.

WEPA enforces strict rules regarding elephant welfare and game play. Other tournaments, such as those played in India and Sri Lanka, are managed independently of each other and the World Elephant Polo Association.

Sri Lanka held an annual

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Love and Loss in Thailand

APPOINTS SIMON DELL AS GENERAL MANAGER OF THE NEW AMARI HUA HIN

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Being in the country of the land of smiles it is easy to fall in love, Thailand is a place where people can find paradise but there are always stories about the bitter side as well.

Some time ago a UK man who had lived in South Africa came for a holiday visit to Thailand after a while he discovered that he had fallen in love with Thailand and its people. During his time here he met and fell head over heels in love with a young Thai girl, he was smitten with her and decided to buy a property (land and house) for them to live together, the ownership was put under her name. While the UK man was back in South Africa he discovered through a CC camera system he had installed at his home in Thailand that there was a Thai man, who he suspected was her lover coming in and out of his house. Distressed the UK man quickly flew back to Thailand and contacted his lawyer asking for help about the situation.

The lawyer recommended that he politely ask the Thai girl to transfer the property back into his name, to which she agreed to do.

Sometime after this agreement the UK man had found that the some possessions were missing from his home, he suspected that the Thai lovers had something to do with the missing property. The UK man then took the girl along with his lawyer to the police station after he had found proof that the Thai man had stolen some of his possessions with her assistance.

The girl pleaded innocence and constantly denied that she had any part in the burglary and that there was never any Thai man at any time in their home. At the police station the girl still vehemently denied the allegations until the UK man played his trump card and showed the video to the police officer from his laptop. Also before he had set up the CC camera system the UK man had experimented with a tape recorder at their home and recorded a conversation the girl had with an unknown man. After getting the recording translated discovered that she was in contact with a Thai man who he suspected was her lover. He later placed the recording on her

phone and played it for the police officer which further condemned her case. With this evidence a warrant of arrest was issued for the girl and the Thai man. After this was settled the lawyer asked him “how did you know?” to which he received a reply of “it is OK to trust and love but you will still need to double check”.

Our comment: defacto relationships along with Husband and Wife relationships need both partners to trust in each other. But for this example if you are an old foreigner with a young Thai girl, in this case one who worked at a bar, it is always good to double check.

Almost all work for money and not for love, as a lawyer I receive a lot of complaints from foreigners when they want to separate from a girl that she is a bar girl or a working girl. But I don’t want to hear this because it is them that go to those types of places and when things don’t work out then they will complain. There are plenty of good Thai girls who are willing to build a loving relationship with foreigners old or young, with a view to marriage or whatever each partner wants in life. But one problem that they have in common is communication through language, if you buy love with money, then you will have to buy the separation with money as well. The most important thing is to talk to a lawyer to make a prenuptial contract before you decide to stay together, and hopefully you will have good luck in love.

English Hotline: 081 808 9175, 089 774 6001, 084 979 4714 Pattaya Office: +66 (0) 38 906 721-3 Bangkok Office: + 66 (0) 2 260 3025 – 7 Hua Hin Office: +66 (0) 32 531 508 somsak@siamfirm.co.th For more

information see www.siamfirm.co.th

Concept of Kitesurfing

tournament in Galle under the auspices of the Ceylon Elephant Polo Association. In 2007 an elephant went on a rampage during a game, injuring two players and destroying the Spanish team’s minibus.

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oncept: Kitesurfing or kitboarding is an eco friendly adventure water sport that combines the power of the wind and the ocean to create amazing surfing and flying sensations.

Kitesurfer or kiteboarder uses a board with or without foot-straps or bindings, coupled with the power of a large controllable kite to propel the rider and the board across the water.

History: China is no stranger to kite flying for the past 2000 years but it’s not until the early 1980’ that two brothers, Bruno Legaignoux and Dominique Legaignoux, from the Atlantic coast of France, developed kites for kitesurfing and patented an inflatable kite design in November 1984, a concept that has been used by companies to develop their own products since.The sport took off in the mid 90 in Hawaii with Laird Hamilton and Manu Bertin, two key figures in the development and popularization of the sport.

About KBA: KBA is the biggest kite schools/ centers operator network in ASIA. The group was startedin 2001 with today 16 schools in Thailand, Vietnam and Morocco. All schools are located right on the beach, often on 4-5 stars

resorts property, and offer all the necessary facilities including toilets, showers, internet, refreshments, free lockers for students and of course the best atmosphere and lifestyle. Each kite center/school has a big shop retailing equipment equipped with over a dozen of the most famous kite boarding brands in the world.

KBA also offer accommodation packages with kite boarding and SUP courses and other water sports activities. KBA is the first IKO center in Thailand since 2004 and certifies more than 3,000 students annually. KBA isalso the proud organizer of the first kiteboard pro tour PKRA event in ASIA for 2 years now and will be doing so again next year in March in partnership with sponsors like Coca Cola, True, Yamaha, Singha, Thai Airways, HSBC Bank, Thai tourism authority to name a few.

The News: KBA will open a new location very soon for the upcoming season and they’re inviting all kitesurfers and supporters of the sports to the opening of a brand new school in KhaoTakiab Nov 1st. Come to the party for BBQ refreshments laughers and more.

Please rsvperic@kiteboardingasia.com or call 0818434372.

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The incredible Maybach 62 S

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resented At the King´s Cup Elephant Polo, Mercedes Benz Thailand in close cooperation with Daimler Benz Germany presented the incredible Maybach 62 S Limousine. A jewel among Limos. A revival of the famous Maybach.

Maybach-Motorenbau GmbH is a German luxury car manufacturer. It was founded in 1909 by Wilhelm Maybach and his son.

The company was originally a subsidiary of Luftschiffbau Zeppelin GmbH and was itself known as Luftfahrzeug-Motorenbau

GmbH until 1912.

Today, the ultra-luxury car brand is owned by Daimler AG and based in Stuttgart. Tognum AG based in Friedrichshafen manufactures the commercial Maybach diesel engines under the MTU brand through its subsidiary MTU Friedrichshafen GmbH. Production of the new model commenced in two sizes — the Maybach 57 and the Maybach 62. The numbers are equal to the lengths of the automobiles in decimetres. In 2005, the new 57S was added, sporting a 6.0L V12 biturbo engine, producing 604 bhp (450 kW) and 737 lb•ft (999 N•m) of torque, and featuring various cosmetic touches.

To promote the new Maybach line, Mercedes-Benz has tapped public figures to act as brand ambassadors, including Maybach heir Ulrich Schmid-Maybach and golfer Nick Faldo.

Maybach 62 S

No of cylinders/arrangement 12/V, Total displacement (cc) 5.980, Rated output (kW at rpm) 463/4.800–5.100, Rated torque (Nm at rpm)* 1.000/2.000–4.000, Acceleration 0–100 km/h (s) 5.1, Approx. top speed (km/h)* 250, Tyre size 275/45 R 20, Fuel Super Plus unleaded, Fuel consumption (l /100 km) combined 15.8, CO2 emissions (g/km) combined 368, Emission class EU5, Tank capacity (l)/incl. reserve 110/14, Kerb weight (kg) 2.855, Perm. gross vehicle weight (kg) 3.380, Boot capacity (max. l) 605, Drag Cd 0,31

Smart and MINI

unveil electric scooters

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mart is about to branch out into eco-friendly personal mobility, as it plans to launch an electric scooter at the Paris Motor Show.

The Smart escooter will be powered by a lithium-ion battery with a range of up to 62 miles on a full charge. It will also feature an innovative airbag to protect its rider in a crash.

The official sketches (pictured) show a production-ready version of the escooter, which will stand alongside the updated Smart fortwo on the company’s stand at the Paris Motor Show.

Parent company Mercedes-Benz is said to be diversifying the Smart brand beyond cars in order to revive it with a more distinct identity. However, the four-seat forfour, which was dropped quietly after poor sales, will be replaced in 2012 by a rear-engined, rear-wheel drive version.

Smart isn’t the only maker launching a scooter at the Paris show, as MINI is set to unveil three distinctly decorated two-wheeled vehicles of its own.

Little is known about the MINI scooter, but sketches show that one of the three bears the logo of the MINI e electric concept.

Like the Smart, the MINI scooter will be powered by a lithium ion battery, with a charging lead that coils into the body when it’s not in use.

Production of MINI’s scooter is unconfirmed, but the Smart escooter seems good to go. In a joint deal with German energy supplier ENBW, Mercedes will supply up to 500 electric scooters in Stuttgart. A charging infrastructure will be rolled out, too.

Both MINI and Smart will unveil their scooters on September 30 at the Paris Motor Show.

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enovo has announced its first commercial and consumer tablet PCs for Asean markets.

The first three devices will be launched in Thailand , setting the giant Chinese computer maker on a quest for a 10-per-cent share of the global tablet PC market within three years.

The director of Lenovo Asean’s relationship segment Ronnie Lee said the first three devices in its tablet family included the ThinkPad Tablet, aimed at commercial and business users, and the sleek and stylish IdeaPad Tablet K1, with different Wi-Fi and 3G versions, designed for the consumer market. They are the company’s first mobile Internet devices featuring the Android 3.1 honeycomb platform.

Lee said the ThinkPad Tablet was built to deliver a combination of mobile entertainment, security and productivity for commercial and business users. Its main features include security, reliability and manageability. It features an optional digitizer pen, a full-sized USB port, a full-sized SDcard slot, and a mini-HDMI for connecting to external projectors and displays as well as an optional ThinkPad Keyboard Folio Case with optical TrackPoint.

It also features scratchresistant Corning Gorilla Glass for business professionals who need an ultra-mobile device to keep up with a work-hard, play-hard lifestyle.

“This is the first time we have launched tablets for both the commercial and consumer markets. I am confident that these devices will meet our customers’ requirements, because we want to gain leadership of the market.

This time we have the best situation and this is the right time to launch these new tablets,” Lee said.

He said that for the ThinkPad Tablets, the company would work with system integrators and service providers to customize the devices and develop applications to support commercial users, such as retail, telecom, airline and banking solutions.

“Thailand is a big and interesting market for us. Every country is important, but there are two countries on which we will focus sharply.

We call them hyper-growth countries, and Thailand is one of these hyper-growth markets in this region and the other one is Indonesia.

They have double-digit market growth, so we make sure we give them a bit more attention.

We see a boom coming from this,” Lee said.

Meanwhile, Lenovo Asean’s director of consumer business Feng Jianjian said the IdeaPad Tablet K1 came with HD display, dual cameras and integrated Bluetooth and 802.11 Wi-Fi connectivity. It weighs less than 740 grams and is designed for consumers seeking a mobile-entertainment device for staying connected to family and friends, accessing social-media networks and enjoying music, movies, Android apps and surfing the Web on the go.

The new tablet is also preloaded with more than 30 applications and users can access thousands more in the Android market as well as applications tested exclusively for the IdeaPad Tablet K1 in Lenovo’s App Shop.

The Wi-Fi version of the IdeaPad is priced at 699 Singapore dollars (Bt17,417), and the 3G version, S$799.

“I think that tablet PCs will replace the netbook market because netbook users are switching to use tablets. We aim to gain a 10-per-cent share of the global tablet market in three years, with double-digit market growth,” Jianjian said.

Lenovo also plans to announce a new tablet with a Windows environment in the near future.

Recent reports by global market-research firm IDC have illustrated the startling size of the market for tablet computers and its explosive growth.

IDC says tablets will experience a five-year compound annual growth rate of 54 per cent in the Asia-Pacific excluding Japan region, multiplying nearly ten times from 2 million units shipped in 2010 to 21 million units.

It expects more consumers to adopt media tablets to meet their mobile gaming, Webbrowsing and social networking needs.

Moreover, IDC believes that some of this demand may be driven by the education sector, and mentions the Thai government’s plan to distribute 800,000 Android tablets to primary-school students. Although Thailand’s free-tablets-for-schoolchildren project has

not yet been factored into IDC’s forecasts, the firm points out that it is just one of many opportunities driving media-tablet growth.

It says mature countries like Korea, Australia and Taiwan are showing high interest in mobile devices like media tablets, while China continues to demonstrate high purchasing power for new-tech products. By contrast, emerging countries in Asia-Pacific excluding Japan, like Indonesia and Malaysia, have more conservative attitudes toward media tablets, and still prefer mini notebooks with better keyboard input and a familiar user experience.

EReaders, on the other hand, will carry a lower compound annual growth rate of 18 per cent as these devices are limited to a single function, one that media tablets cover anyway. In fact, IDC says, media tablets offer a better reading experience with colour display for magazine content.

“Lack of localised content is an issue for eReaders in Asia-Pacific excluding Japan.

In China, for example, some consumers are still relying on pirated Internet downloads.

Online bookstores haven’t been earning wide margins on content for device vendors, and they face aggressive iPad pricing, squeezing them further,” says IDC Asia-Pacific’s senior market analyst for client devices research, Dickie Chang.

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RHO-0057 Luxury Villa 7 mins from Hua Hin town center

3 bedrooms + 1 maid room, 3 bathrooms Land area: 700 Sqm, Living area: 276 Sqm. Inc: Internet, UBC and Security 24 hours,

Price: 65,000 THB per month.

Price: 25,000 THB/Month

RHO-0085 House for rent in Hua Hin Soi 114 3 bedrooms,

RCO-0044 Studio condo for rent 5 kms from Hua Hin town center

Negotiable for long term

3 bathrooms, Land area 712 Sqm, Living area 275 Sqm., Price incl: fully furnished, Internet, UBC and Security 24 hours ,

Studio room Floor: 4th Living area: 60 Sqm. Inc: Internet, UBC and Security 24 hours,

(45,000 THB in April to May)

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Including : Land size 800 Sqm. Living area: 600 Sqm. 3 bedrooms and 2 bathrooms

SHO-0069 Nice pool villa Hua Hin center

SHO-0039 Luxury pool villa in the golf course 4 bedrooms, 4 bathrooms

3 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms Land area: 700 Sqm. Living area: 276 Sqm. Security 24 hours and fully furnished.

Land area: 1,100 Sqm., Living area: 400 Sqm. Security 24 hours, club house and fully furnished.

SHO-0071 Luxury Villa 1.5 Km. from golf course

Negotiable for long term

Price: to 8.3 Million THB

RCO-0051 Both House Beach Condo

RCO-0050 Condo in Hua Hin Heart Town

SHO-0031 House 7 Km. from Hua Hin center

Price: 65,000 THB/month

RCO-0045 Sea View Condo

Price: 4.9 Million THB (Hot deal)

RCO-0041 Boat House Sea View Condo

SLD-0015 Stunning Beachfront Land

2 bedrooms 2 bathrooms. Floor 7th, Living area : 88sqm. Full furnished European kitchen, Communal swimming pool and Fitness.

RCO-0001 Takiab Beach Sea View Condo

RCO-0008 Nice Condo in Hua Hin

by Mountain View Side.

Price: 35,000 THB/month

2 bedrooms 1 bathrooms. Floor 18th, Living area : 90sqm. Full furnished European kitchen, Communal swimming pool and Fitness.

Price: 45,000 THB/month

4 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms Land area: 400 Sqm. Living area: 250 Sqm. Security 24 hours, club house and fully furnished.

Price: 65,000 THB/month

2 bedrooms 2 bathrooms. Floor 11th , Living area : 120sqm. Large size of two balconies.

Full furnished, European kitchen, Communal swimming pool and Fitness.

Price: 35,000 THB/month

1 bedroom 1 bathroom. Floor 2nd, Living area: 66sqm. Full furnished European kitchen, Communal swimming pool and Fitness.

Price: 28,000 THB/month

5 bedrooms 6 bathrooms Land Size: 1600 m² Living Space: 320.00 m² House located in Hua Hin Soi 102

Private swimming pool and fully furnished.

Price: to 18.9 Million THB

Price: 20,000 THB per month.

2 bedrooms 2 bathrooms. Floor 3rd , Living area : 150 sqm. Full furnished European kitchen, Communal swimming pool and Fitness.

SHO-0050 HOT OFFER POOL

MANSION HUA HIN FOR SALE

(Hot Offer)

Price: 65,000 THB/Month

2 bedrooms 2 bathrooms. Floor 3rd , Living area : 142sqm. Full furnished European kitchen, Communal swimming pool and Fitnest.

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RCO-0026 Condo close to Takiab beach SHO-0004 House near Cha-am Beach 1 bedroom, 1 bathroom Start from 1.9 to 2.3 Million Baht Floor: 5th Living area: 58 Sqm. Security 24 hours, communal pool and fully furnished.

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This beautiful piece of land is located at Thap Sakae, Prachuap Khirikhan town. Approximately 5 Km. to Prachuap Khirikhan town center.

Price: 15.9 Million THB

3 bedrooms + 1 maid room, 4 bathrooms, Land area: 600 Sqm. Living area: 342 Sqm., Security 24 hours, club house and fully furnished.

Price: 15 Million THB

SCO-0002 Penthouse Condo Beach Front & Sea View 3 bedrooms 2 Bathrooms, 182 Sqm. Fully well furnished.

Price: 9,500,000 THB for 2,104 Sqm. Land size

Price : 15 Million THB

SHO-0040 Pool Villa

SCO-0046 Hua Hin Beach Front Condo

Price: 12 Million THB

Price including all furniture 6.5 Million THB

4 bedrooms 5 bathrooms Land size: 808 sqm.

Living space:425 sqm.24 hours security, golf club, sport club and private swimming pool. *reduced from 16 Million THB.

Ready to move in condo 2 bedrooms 2 bathrooms 120 Sqm. Floor 9th, 2 balconies are large space and Sea view

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The Park The Park

Exclusive Residences in Hua H in Exclusive Residences in Hua H in

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s investment in Asia and in particular in Thailand is on the rise again, investors are quite critical about their investments.

With the dollar on the decline and international finances unstable, investors are price conscious and critical about the quality and security of their purchases. Thailand offers house buyers a stable market with low prices.

Real Estate property inThailand gives investors interesting stable value increases as the country develops to one of the leading economies in South east Asia.

For the price you pay to build a garage in Germany, a potential buyer can purchase a bungalow inThailand. PoolVillas such as the ones inThe Park compound offer top building quality secured

by European building supervision.

The Park is developing project with affordable pool villas fully furnished from Baht 4.5 Million ( € 104.000 ) or fully financed with free housing during the building period. The project, on Soi 114 is only a few minutes away from the beach front and close to the main road in Hua Hin, Petchkasem road and within minute’s reach of 2 mayor golf courses.

The Park Villas are completely furnished with stylish furniture chosen to match the exclusive style of the villas. The basic Villas have a living area of 262 m², 3 bedrooms and 3 bathrooms, with plot sizes from 375 m² onward.

A show house is ready to be inspected. Customized requirements will always be considered.

The resort includes a Club House, Mini Market, Fitness Center and round the clock Security.

The location is conveniently situated on the edge of Hua Hin town center at a short distance from the shopping mall and other stores. A 30 year family club membership at the Springfield Royal Country club is offered for the first 10 buyers.

Sales Office: 58 Naresdamri Rd. Hua Hin Tel. 032 511 535

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House for Sale Seaside Apartments for Rent

(Short-long term)

• Baan Chaitalay 2 br./2 bth.

• Boathouse 1 br./1 bth.

• Mykonos 1 br./1 bth.

• Baan Saechuan 2 br./2 bth.

• Townhouse 2 br./3 bth. • • Palm Pavilion Studio1 br./ 1 bth. 2 br./2 bth.

All apartments featuring: living area with integrated kitchen, balconies or terraces, swimming pool, fitness, direct access to beach. Fully furnished / completely equipped.

Tel : 081-829-5478 (Eng.), 086-003-6920 (Thai) E-mail: huahincondos@hotmail.com

Absolute Beachfront Land Prachaub

Located in country atmosphere with mountain view, 5 km. From Hua Hin beach near La Village, 1,600 sqm ( 1 rai ), 3 bedrooms, 2 bathroom

2,600,000 Baht Call : 081 449 6772

The Breeze Condo for Rent

3 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, 157 sqm.

Exclusive fully furnished, Seaview 65,000 Baht per month.

Contact 0819154169 ( Eng.), 0834486228 (Thai) E-mail: yayajonerot.k@hotmail.com

Shop for Rent

Located in Hilton Hua Hin Resort & Spa An area of 37 square meters (Outside the Hotel) or an area of 47 square meter (Inside the Hotel) For more information please contact: Khun Saowalak & Khun Khwanchanok 032 538 999

Hua Hin Yoga & Pilates

Open Everyday from 9 am – 3 pm Above Zoom Optic Shop, Petchkasem Road. Entrance via soi 74, Tanawit Hotel,

Call 0818208353 or sivapsak@gmail.com

SALE TEAM FOR CONDO LOOKING FOR 5 NEW MEMBERS

• Thai Female, Ages 24 - 30 • Bachelor degree • Good command of English • Computer literacy • Good personality • Attractive salary + commission

Contact: 081 927 2555 Email: condohuahin@hotmail.com

Want To avoid the traffic in Hua Hin ?

A Beautifull Plot on the Pranburi River (Great River Views) 3 Rai available, also divisible - 3 M. Baht per Rai Walled Plots – Running Water and electricity network included

Call: Khun Nan : 0871064682

English and Thai Classes for everyone Educational Visa, Translation & TEFL courses Schools in Hua Hin, Cha-Am & Bangkok 032-470 681 E-mail: david@insightenglish.com www.insightenglish-huahin.com

HUA HIN PHYSIOTHERAPY CLINIC Sport injury, neck & back pain, muscle aches, joint stiffness, repetitive strain and injury, stroke etc.

Our qualified physiotherapist can help you with PT. equipments, spine mobilization technique, therapeutic exercise and massage. More information

please call 032-512735, 086-6992829 or visit us at Soi 88/1 Petchkasem Rd.

Beautiful plot 526 sq.wah., chanote , 30 m. beachfront, 40 km south of Prachaub.

Scenic swimming beach, next to resorts, holiday homes,electricity & black road.

Price 9,500,000 Baht

Insight English Language Schools

( Next to Hua Hin Market Village Shopping Center )

HUA HIN CONDO SERVICE beside Pimpaka Massage Tel : Eng : K.Tu 081-453-5978 Thai : K.Ta 087-689-4203 E-Mail : yogini_tu@hotmail.com

Italian Restaurant

Complete kitchen equipment including a gas Pizza Oven and cooling / Freezing units for sale.

Equipment 1 year old.

Further Restaurant accessories and furniture available.

Call : Peter 0800217969

Reliable Committed Confident Independent -Take care your condo during your absence -service and support based on your reguest Please invite me for a tentative talk to Khun Lek Buain 081-5604708

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at the Hyatt Regency Hua Hin

world’s economic problems before I retreated to my suite, comfortably trying to choose my side of the bed where a couple could easily play hide and seek before falling into a deep and dreamy sleep only to reminded cruelly in the morning by my lovely butler that after breakfast the limousine will take me to my next destination.

And not to forget : you get an iPad at checking in, with which you can sign into your Email , Google the World , play games or listen to music.

A Stay at The Barai Suites include a number of privileges such as all day beverages, eveningpre-dinner cocktails, in Suite steam Bath, Yoga in the morning, complimentary laundry, you name it. For myself , as an experienced globe trotter, this was one unique experience to add to my list of memoires. Look out for my novel at your local bookstore.

However, I need to mention the uninterrupted cordial and professional attention I got from my personal Butler Khun Amp, my Spa Therapist Khun Koy and the entire team of GM Sammy and Food and Beverage director Khun Ben Perera. My respect for exceeding every expectation, beyond my wildest dreams.

long the Siam Gulf coast, in the sleepy tourist destination of Hua Hin, the Hyatt Regency Hotel is located, kissing the beach and spread in a lush tropical, beautifully landscaper garden with the ultimate signature residential Spa, North and South of the equator: The Barai Residential Spa. The Barai Residential Spa is splendour exhibited in 8 exclusive residential spa suites for exclusive patronage of your body and mind. When staying at one of the suites, you indulge in this peaceful feeling of tranquillity whilst therapists of the Barai Spa become the architects of your wellbeing during your stay.

The Barai, an award-winning spa in Hua Hin has 18 exotic treatment rooms within 18,500 sq m of beachfront land adjacent to Hyatt Regency Hua Hin resort.

The Barai Spa is a journey of body, mind and spirit. The goal of this journey is a delightful

feeling of peace and tranquility deep within the inner self.

The architecture is very impressive and a construction of mystic design, corridors and halls welcome you as you start your journey and your treatments.

The Hyatt Regency Hua Hin is where the Barai is located, is a global hospitality company with widely recognized, industry leading brands and a tradition of innovation developed over our more than fifty-year history. Their mission is to provide authentic hospitality by making a difference in the lives of the people they touch every day. They focus on this mission in pursuit of their goal of becoming the most preferred brand in each segment where they serve for their associates, guests and owners. They support Their mission and goal by adhering to a set of core values that characterizes their culture.

I accepted the challenge of a Resort review.

The hotel limousine is send to pick up guests, wherever they may be upon arrival in Thailand.

I was picked up at 8:30 in the morning sharp after a grueling flight from way down under. Swiftly gliding along Thailand´s highways, the Barai residences were reached in two glimpses of the eye. A warm welcome by beauties of amazing Thailand readily exceeded my expectations of an arrival and welcome.

No need to check in at the Lobby. It is done in the Suite. Noblesse here really Obligeant.

I immediately felt at home and couldn´t wait to explore the giant bed awaiting for my after lunch nap.

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But before I could really relax , I was guided through a programme which would take care of my personal wishes and recommendations of the head therapists and butler service of the Residences. My personal notes where already taken care off and a programme was created upon my arrival. Now I was ready for breakfast, healthy and also wholesome. They are not going to let you be hungry because soon after I arrived Breakfast was ready at the famous McFarlane house. A sumptuous Continental breakfast with poached eggs on a Spinach bed and a bread and buns assortment with homemade jams immediately catches your eye as it is served set on your table. A choice of coffee, teas and fruit juices including healthy vegetable and fruit smoothies make you want to skip lunch.

Service was flawless an friendly and my Barai butler was always insight, available and smiling , worried about my wellbeing and trying to read any wish of my face. After breakfast I requested a Spa consultation to set up a programme at the famous Barai Spa. There is a choice of Water , Earth, Air and Fire. I chose Fire due to my South American heritage and a hot herbal treatment energizing therapy.

Spa therapists demonstrated how herbs and spices are mixed and wrapped into a cloth which in return is steamed to release the therapeutical aromas and juices which are gently applied to your skin as your treatment starts.

This takes me directly into the Barai Spa, the most exclusive and impressive I have visited. It is a fascinating trip to the interior of the Barai and over and over again, it is just amazing.

Through the labyrinth of hall ways and corridors, my butler delivered me to my therapist who was already well informed about my therapy which lasted 90 minutes and started off with a herbal, salt and milk bath. After my Spa treatment I felt reborn, fresh and floating on air.

Back to my suite I eyed the 3 x 2 m. emperor sized bed which invited for a siesta, only interrupted for a lunch call.

My Fire ordered lunch stated off with some arranged pastry, an asparagus cream soup and New Zealand Tenderloin on Zucchini with deep-fried Zucchini sticks, fresh fruit salad with grapes and plums, a fruit and vegetable smoothie and double espresso.

Back in my suite, a tennis challenge was announced which took me to the Hyatt tennis court to the pit of the local matador sharpening his racket. In vain. The young man did his best but I wasn’t written off yet. With all those vitamins pushing my limits just one step further, “Still have to count with me all ye aficionados”.

A quick room massageafter tennis freshened my worn down shoulder and back before I indulged in the obligatory high tea with a lovely choice of sweet and salt together with the usual choice of tea.

A well-deserved second siesta is followed up by The Evening Cocktail where you can meet other people sharing the same Barai faith as yourself.

An interesting conversation with the Australian Chamber of Commerce , Trade representative spiced my evening further as we sorted out the

The Barai Residences is indeed hospitality luxury at it´s best. No need to improve as no one is better. Contact : The Barai for more inquiries and reservations : Hyatt Regency Hua Hin - 91 Hua Hin - Khao Takiap Road - Hua Hin – 77110 – Thailand - Tel: +66 3 252 1234 and Skype Fax: +66 3 252 1233 Email: huahin.regency@ hyatt.com - Web : www.thebarai.com

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KIDS & EDUCATION

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Montesori vs. Waldorf Educational Systems

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ontessori education is an educational approach developed by Italian physician and educator Maria Montessori. Montessori education is practiced in an estimated 20,000 schools worldwide, serving children from birth to eighteen years old.

Montessori education is characterized by an emphasis on independence, freedom within limits, and respect for a child’s natural psychological development, as well as technological advancements in society.

Although a range of practices exists under the name “Montessori”, the Association Montessori International (AMI) and the American Montessori Society (AMS) cite these elements as essential • Mixed age classrooms, with classrooms for children aged 2½ or 3 to 6 years old by far the most common • Student choice of activity from within a prescribed range of options • Uninterrupted blocks of work time • A Constructivism or “discovery” model, where students learn concepts from working with materials, rather than by direct instruction • Specialized educational materials developed

by Montessori and her collaborators In addition, many Montessori schools design their programs with reference to Montessori’s model of human development from her published works, and use pedagogy, lessons, and materials introduced in teacher training derived from courses presented by Maria Montessori during her lifetime.

It soon became apparent that Dr. Montessori had developed a highly effective method of teaching which could be used with great success with each and every child. She began to travel

the world, establishing schools, lecturing about her discoveries and writing many articles right up to her death in Holland in 1952 at the age of 82. She was a true pioneer of child-centred education. Her innovative classroom practices and ideas have had a profound influence on the education of young children all over the world.

Montessori saw that children learn best by doing and that happy self-motivated learners form positive images of themselves as confident, successful people. She created specially designed resources to foster independence and a love for learning from an early age.

The Montessori approach is holistic and aims to develop the whole child.

Fundamental to the approach is the belief that a child’s early years from birth to six are the period when they have the greatest capacity to learn.

Waldorf education (also known as Steiner or Steiner-Waldorf education) is a humanistic approach to pedagogy based upon the educational philosophy of the Austrian philosopher Rudolf Steiner, the founder of anthroposophy. Learning is interdisciplinary, integrating practical, artistic, and conceptual elements.The approach emphasizes the role of the imagination in learning, developing thinking that includes a creative as well as an analytic component.The educational philosophy’s overarching goals are to provide young people the basis on which to develop into free, morally responsibleand integrated

individuals,and to help every child fulfill his or her unique destiny, the existence of which anthroposophy posits.Schools and teachers are given considerable freedom to define curricula within collegial structures.

The first Waldorf School was founded in 1919 to serve the children of employees at the Waldorf-Astoria cigarette factory in Stuttgart, Germany. As of 2011 there were 998 independent Waldorf schools located in sixty countries throughout the world;as of 2001 there were 1400 kindergartens and 120 institutions for special education world-wide.

There are also Waldorf-based public (state) schools, charter schools, and homeschooling environments; in addition, other state and private schools are increasingly using methods drawn from Waldorf education.

This philosopher and scientist’s insights inspired what has become a worldwide movement of schools that espouse and promote universal human values, educational pluralism and meaningful teaching and learning opportunities. This progressive, international schools movement is noted by educationalists, doctors, policy-makers and parents for the effective education that it offers children.

The ideas and principles which inform the education provide a credible and thoughtful perspective to the debate on education and human development.

Steiner schools are always co-educational, fully comprehensive and take pupils from 3 to

ideally eighteen. They welcome children of all abilities from all faiths and backgrounds.

The priority of the Steiner ethos is to provide an unhurried and creative learning environment where children can find the joy in learning and experience the richness of childhood rather than early specialisation or academic hot-housing. The curriculum itself is a flexible set of pedagogical guidelines, founded on Steiner’s principles that take account of the whole child. It gives equal attention to the physical, emotional, intellectual, cultural and spiritual needs of each pupil and is designed to work in harmony with the different phases of the child’s development.

The core subjects of the curriculum are taught in thematic blocks and all lessons include a balance of artistic, practical and intellectual content. Whole class, mixed ability teaching is the norm.

Steiner education has proved itself adaptable.

More than 80 years after the first Steiner school was started in central Europe, this education continues to inspire people from all walks of life and in all parts of the world. Steiner schools have a reputation for producing well-rounded and balanced human beings who are able to cope with the demands of a fast-changing and uncertain world.

Steiner graduates are highly sought-after in further education and work place for their ungraded interest in the world and their resourcefulness.

Grand Stadium to Host Hua Hin Helps Benefit Charity Concert T

he Hua Hin Grand Hotel Stadium will host Hua Hin Helps, a charity concert, featuring international and local musicians for a night of eclectic music in support of the local nonprofit organization, Connect3e.

Hua Hin Helps will take place from 20:00 to 24:00 on Saturday, October 15, 2011, offering a variety of live music performances, a live dance show, a charity raffle and snacks from local restaurants.

Hua Hin Helps Coordinator Peter Barry said the headline act is the Lincoln Davis Trio, a new and sophisticated fusion group from Australia.

The Lincoln Davis Trio has been described as, “Classical music with the down-to-earth rawness of blues and folk,” according to the group’s MySpace page.

Barry said the idea for the event began in collaboration with the musician Lincoln Davis, who is coming to Thailand as part of the group, Sailing Conductors. Barry said, the Sailing Conductors are musicians sailing from Sydney, Australia to Berlin, Germany and collaborating with the people they meet to learn and perform traditional music.

“[Lincoln] is touring all around the world making a documentary about music in different countries, and one of his stops along the way is Thailand. He wanted to do a concert here, so I said I’ll help him do that,” Barry said. “We know about Connect3e, and it’s a good organization, so I thought, let’s join these together. The idea just developed from there.”

In addition to the Lincoln Davis Trio, there will be several performances by local musicians, including the duo, Mr. Pahp and Mr. Doctor, who will perform southern Thai music, and a southern Thai band, Sabaii Blue, that will perform blues and reggae.

“Mr. Pahp and Mr. Doctor play very southern and relaxing music. They’ve been playing around Thailand for many years and at local bars here,” said Barry.

All profits from the event will be donated directly to Connect3e, an organization that helps provide support and resources for several Karen villages located in the Pala-U and Ratchaburi areas. Connect3e is entirely dependent on private donations and provides support through a philosophy of, “Embrace, educate and empower.”

Barry said the funds from the benefit concert will specifically help the organization Connect3e support local Karen villages in development.

“I hope the event is going to inform people about Connect3e, and the situation with Burma and the Karen, spread awareness, and raise money.

It might also pave the way for future events for charity. It may be a beginning of something more long term,” Barry said.

Barry said he chose Connect3e for the first Hua Hin Helps concert because it is one of the most active charities in Hua Hin, and it is constantly breaking new ground and helping new villages,

which he said is both encouraging and important.

In addition to performing at Hua Hin Helps, the Lincoln Davis Trio plan to visit several Karen hill tribe villages to learn their traditional music and create a fusion record for a documentary about their journey.

Throughout the event, Hua Hin Helps will also provide snacks donated from local restaurants, drinks that can be purchased from the Grand, a display of traditional Karen hill tribe merchandise for sale, and a variety donated raffle packages, including free dinners from local restaurants,

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rounds of golf, spa packages, etc.

The suggested entry fee is THB 300 to 600. Guests who pay THB 600 or more will automatically be entered into the charity raffle.

Tickets for the concert will available for advanced booking through the Hua Hin Helps Coordinators, who can be reached at 0847371545 or 0822413114. Interested parties can also purchase individual or group tickets at the door on the night of the event.

“I think it’s going to be good, a big crowd and people are going to enjoy it a lot,” said Barry.

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Legal Advice

Criminal Law in Thailand - Part VII

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Getting Arrested without a Warrant—More Grounds

By James Finch and Nilobon Tangprasit of Chavalit, Finch & Partners, Ltd.

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e’re talking about situations in which a police officer can arrest you without a warrant. Last time we mentioned that a police officer may arrest without a warrant if the crime is committed in his or her presence or if it is obvious the perpetrator just committed the crime. These are examples of the “flagrant” offense, as discussed. This time we will discuss the three additional grounds for an officer to arrest without a warrant.

Here’s the first one: if the police officer becomes aware the that a person has arms or tools of a crime and suspects they will be used in the commission of a crime he or she may arrest without a warrant. The obvious example is that a police officer sees Mr. X, a known burglar, running late at night down an alley with a crowbar. The officer could arrest Mr. X on this ground.

But here’s another example of the same exception that shows the subtleties of criminal procedure. What if you are in a bar having a drink? It’s in a pretty rough neighborhood, so you’ve brought a knife with you for protection. The blade is about ten centimeters long, and it’s in a sheath on your belt. A police officer in the bar happens to see it. Can the officer arrest you on the suspicion that the knife may be used in the commission of a crime?

The answer to this question depends on whether the officer’s

suspicion is reasonable. So we must look to other facts.

For example, does the officer know you? And do you have past convictions for stabbing people in bar fights? If so, his suspicion would be reasonable. Likewise, are you acting belligerently, reasonably suggesting to the officer that you might be getting ready to use the knife? This is another factor that should be weighed in making decision made whether or not to arrest.

Here’s another reason a police officer can arrest a suspect without a warrant: exigent circumstances. This is when a police officer sees a situation that would require a warrant to arrest the suspect but because of time pressure and /or emergency circumstances there isn’t time to get one.

Let’s say, for example, a police officer sees a known bank robber running down the street, toward a bank. None of the reasons for arrest without a warrant mentioned earlier would apply, because the officer is not aware that any crime has been committed. Likewise, the officer doesn’t see tools of a crime or a weapon. But because the officer is trying to prevent a crime, and can’t wait to get a warrant to do so, he or she may arrest the suspect based on the necessity of time pressure.

The final ground for arresting without a warrant is that an officer can arrest an escaped offender or accused offender.

Let’s say, for example, a policeman sees an escaped prisoner, who was convicted for robbery and the policeman knows has escaped. The policeman can arrest this escapee without a warrant.

Likewise, and we will discuss this at length later, the police often arrest a suspect and release him or her, explaining

that if they need this suspect for further proceedings the suspect may again be called in by the police. If a suspect has been called again by the police as part of an ongoing investigation but is evading the police, such a suspect can be arrested without a warrant.

Next time we’ll begin the discussion about what happens if you’re arrested and what you should do if the arrest is unlawful. *Chavalit Finch & Partners, Ltd. are lawyers specializing in real estate and business transactions. They can be contacted by email at finch@chavalitfinchlaw.com, on the web at www.chavalitfinchlaw.com or by telephone at+66( 0) 32 522237,( 0)32 522273. Their offices are located at 19/51 Hua Hin Soi 19, (Wat Klaikangwon), Petch Kasem Road, Hua Hin, Prachuab Kirikhan 77110, Thailand. James Finch’s cell number is +66(0)89 207-9390.

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Spa-Health & Wellness

Noblesse Oblige

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Putahracsa Hua Hin Day Spa achieves

at V-Villas Hua Hin small-scale excellence

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f ever a noble exclusive resort, it is V Villas.

Located on Petchkasem road, V Villas is build, slightly sloped towards the beach and the infinity pool giving you the impression that the resort ends where the Gulf of Siam starts. With it´s exclusive two bedroom pool villas, sunken dining and exclusive location, V Villas is certainly a family resort for those seeking absolute privacy, indulging in luxury with 24 hour personal butler service.

At check in , you are handed an iPad which contains not only any information about the resort, but also menues, wine charts , games and the possibility to connect to the internet for those captains of industry following their stock participation even when relaxing in luxury at Hua Hin beach. High Tea, evening cocktails and pool side ice cram are served complimentary, but then again, the room prices are for those who feel they deserve this kind of relaxation. A wonderful place with wonderful , friendly people, headed by GM Khun Kai…in style ! Noblesse Oblige counts for the spa as well. Guided through the menue

by Khun Sa who is responsible for the guests´ wellbeing and her staff.

I was recommended the revitalizing energy package which is a combination of traditional Thai massage , sport massage and Swedish technique. I had to chose the oil balm and chose a tropical herb which is supposed to load me with energy.

To start off , I was taken to the steam bath which I chose instead of a Sauna stay as I just came from the outside Hua Hin Sauna. The steam bath was pleasant and promptly jump started my perspiration glands and opened my body pores to the maximum.

10 minutes of voluntary torture in the steam bath was enough to lose a couple of pints of water.

A rinsing shower and off to the treatment room which was very nicely set up and decorated to represent relaxation and comfort.

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All materials are natural which reminds me that V-Vilas is participating in the green programme to support global Green movements. They were awarded a 5 Star certificate as well.

After a rubbing dry session , my therapist Khun Bow, a native from Hua Hin, studied Thai and other Massage techniques inquired if I want a deep tissue massage or a softer one. I always go for the deep tissue as my muscles need that kind of rubbing. Carefully starting at my feet , Khun Bow professionally worked her way up with the chosen oil penetrating my wide open pores. It felt great and even with max pressure, mind you my therapist kneeing into my back..I felt relaxed and was tempted to doze off. After 90 minutes of absolutely excellent therapy including a 15 minute scalp massage that made me look like Garfield after a shower , I was ready for this world again. I felt relaxed , revitalized and fresh.

A cup ginger tea rounded off my session. Spa prices are on level with other comparable 5 Star Spas in Hua Hin Wonderful, very recommendable, exclusive and classy. This time Noblesse did Obliged !

Thank you to the wonderful team to Khun Sa and congratulations to the GM Khun Kai . Great Resort.

For contact details and reservations : call +66 (0) 3261 6039 Email reservation@vvillashuahin.com On the web ;: www.v-villashuahin.com.

V Villas is managed by The Accor group www.accorhotels.com

ffering a completely natural, traditional spa experience, the Putahracsa Hua Hin Resort Day Spa has gained a quiet reputation for excellence, while resisting pressures to surrender to the modern spa hype.

Putahracsa Hua Hin, 22/65 Nahb Kaehat Rd., is a lesser-known resort located outside the Hua Hin resort strip. While its reputation for luxury is not a secret, the nearly hidden resort offers a quiet alternative to the typical 5-Star Hua Hin experience.

According to Putahrasca Assistant Spa Manager Phadungkhwan (Took) Niamngern, the Putahrasca Day Spa has been a part of the Putahrasca Hua Hin resort for the past five years, over which she said it has remained a small-scale spa.

The Putahrasca Hua Hin resort consists of three main spaces, which are spread across both sides of Nahb Kaehat Rd. The resort side has a main lobby, the Day Spa, the Sala Monsoon restaurant and 44 guest rooms. The ocean side has a more exclusive atmosphere, the Oceanside Beach Club & Restaurant, a lounge area and 15 guest rooms, each with a Jacuzzi.

Nestled just behind the resort side lobby, is the modest, circular, thatched roof spa, which looks as like an exclusive jungle retreat. The spa has five treatments rooms, two manicure/ pedicure stations, and a simple lobby.

Niamngern said the primary focus of the spa is to satisfy resort guests. She said the spa has remained small and has yet to fully develop a design niche, an aspect she hopes to improve over the next year.

“We plan to do a new spa next year. We want to do more things. Now, it is just an activity for in-house guests, so it’s a small space. We want to change that to offer a steam room, many things,” Niamngern said.

Until then, the Putahrasca Day Spa will keep the unpretentious charm of its refreshingly natural space draped in hues of sand, hemp, oatmeal and canvas.

For Lots of People, Getting Older Means Getting Happier

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ld age may not sound exciting. But recent findings offer good news for older people and for people worried about getting older.

Researchers found that people become happier and experience less worry after they reach the age of fifty. In fact, they say by the age of eighty-five, people are happier with their life than they were when they were eighteen years old.

The findings came from a survey of more than three hundred forty thousand adults in the United States. The Gallup Organization questioned them by telephone in two thousand eight. At that time, the people were between the ages of eighteen and eighty-five.

The researchers asked questions about emotions like happiness, sadness and worry. They also asked about mental or emotional stress.

Arthur Stone in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Science at Stony Brook University in New York led the study. His team found that levels of stress were highest among adults between the ages of twenty-two and twenty-five.

The findings showed that stress levels dropped sharply after people reached their fifties.

Happiness was highest among the youngest adults and those in their early seventies. The people least likely to report feeling negative emotions were those in their seventies and eighties.

The study also showed that men and women have similar emotional patterns as they grow older. However, women at all ages reported more sadness, stress and worry than men.

Courtesy by www.voanews.com

The findings appeared in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

Researchers say they do not know why happiness increases as people get older. One theory is that, as people grow older, they grow more thankful for what they have and have better control of their emotions. They also spend less time thinking about bad experiences.

Professor Stone says the emotional patterns could be linked to changes in how people see the world, or maybe even changes in brain chemistry.

The researchers also considered possible influences like having young children, being unemployed or being single. But they found that influences like these did not affect the levels of happiness and well-being related to age.

And that’s the VOA Special English Health Report, written by Brianna Blake. Tell us what you think about the relationship between happiness and age.

“We are earthy, simple and natural,” Niamngern said.

Niamngern said the most popular treatment is the 90-minute Putahrasca Massage (1,900 THB), which is a vigorous fusion of Western and Asian techniques. The Day Spa also offers a variety of body massages, manicure/pedicure, depilatory services, and several unique body and facial treatments, including a Jasmine Milk Scrub (1, 500 THB), Aromatic Salt Scrub (1,500 THB), a Deep Marine Purifying Facial (2,200 THB), and a 100% Active Cryotherapy Facial (2,400 THB).

Niamngern said some of their spa products are imported from France, but the Putahracsa Day Spa is unique because each masseuse mixes the body scrubs and skin/facial treatments by hand in the treatment rooms, immediately before the procedure.

“We have a very fresh product this way,” Niamngern said.

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On the day of my visit to the Putahrasca Day Spa, I receive the October Promotional Spa Package consisting of an Orange Ginger Oatmeal Body Scrub, a Pure Honey Facial Mask, and a 60-minute massage of choice. In total, the promotional package is two hours of pampering for 2,400 THB. After the usual polite greetings and welcome drink of cold passion fruit tea, I followed the curving hallway to my treatment room, which like all the rooms, was separated by canvas walls allowing guests to fully admire the beautifully traditional thatched roof ceiling.

While listening to soft, traditional Thai instrumental music, my entire body was lathered with the warm, freshly mixed orange, ginger and oatmeal body scrub. The treatment was mild and as the masseuse moved from one body part to the next, the scrub dried, acting as a conditioning mask leaving my skin hydrated and smooth.

The Pure Honey Facial Mask was gently painted over my face and left to work its magic for 10-minutes of sticky, sweet bliss. After a quick rinse, I received a standard aromatherapy oil massage with a subtle sesame and mandarin massage oil. The oil massage was relaxing, professional and effective.

Niamngern said the majority of spa customers are resort guests, and only 10 to 15 percent of our customers are from outside. She said the client base is mainly Thai people who vacation in Hua Hin from Bangkok, so the spa prices are reasonable and the treatment style is traditional.

She said the resort hopes to use the October Promotional Spa Package to attract more outside customers who live in the Hua Hin area. She said the package is an exciting offer, and her recommended massage choice is the Fusion Oil massage, because it combines several massage techniques.

“I like the oil massage, but I like a strong massage, so the fusion is a combination, and I have dry skin, so the oil is good for my skin,” Niamngern said.

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Wine & Dine

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ocated about 35 KM outside Hua Hin on a former Elephant Corral, the stunning Landscape of Monsoon Valley hosts a vineyard as for as the eye extends. The views into the valley from the slightly sloped Restaurant, The Sala, is fairy tale suspicious and takes your breath as you stare into the surrounding nature.

The Hua Hin Vineyards produce white , rosé and red wine from French and Italian wine grapes.

The white wine grape , a Colombard is also used together with a Shiraz grape for a perfect mélange of refreshing rosé wine, whilst a pure red Shiraz crowns a glass of red wine.

The grapes enjoy a constant sunshine climate and grow to their fullest of aroma. To name my favorites : Colombard 2010, a floral aromatic, fresh and elegant wine to start of your lunch with Thai aperitif starters.

A Sangiovese Rosé as a second

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taste before indulging in the Premium Range Shiraz 2010, my all time favourite, dark ruby red, rich and balanced dry red wine with an aging potential to locate itself among other great wines after 7 – 8 years from now.

With the dessert, I chose a Sweet Muscat with a 15% alcohol content. A word about the wine maker, Kathrin Puff from Germany , a young , professional winemaker with a great sense of humor , charming and dedicated. Kathrin resides in Bangkok and has contributed mainly to the fact

that Monsoon Labeled wines are now among the leading , world standard wines, working together closely with viticulturist experts.

It was more like Lunch and wine tasting as The Sala Chef de Cuisine , Khun Ick served his personal creations among which the Thai starters ( Satee Gai, Spring Rolls , Wrapped Chicken and huge meatballs) were served before the main courses, Spicy Spaghetti with bacon and the Thai Beef salad were the most interesting.

Unfortunately , The Sala Restaurant is only open during lunch time until about 6 PM. No dinner is served but the views can mostly be enjoyed during day time and shortly before sunset.

The opportunities offered to

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Sala visitors seems endless. Besides experiencing the wide selection of top wines , you can roam through the vineyards on foot or bicycle or even on an Elephant. At the plantation site , vegetables and fruit are grown. There is a petangue field and small playground for children. In February and March , harvesting is celebrated.

All together an interesting experience at the iconic beauty of Siam winery, Hua Hin Hills and Monsoon Valley.

Have you ever tasted good noodles in Hua Hin?

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any Travelers and Foreigners would like to know about all kind of noodles. Well., today we will present you special noodles around Hua Hin that tips to make it a bit easy to choose where you want to eat and what you want to eat together with you friends, family and your loved ones.

Some of Thai people say that fresh rice –flour noodles, the long ones are just like your long life of relationship with your loved one. Whatever, the shortest of noodles are not so bad either and it depends on if it is they are yummy and the restaurant is relaxing and comfortable. So this is a tip for your holiday in October.

Pad Thai at Mix & Match When you walk in to Market Village you will see an outdoor restaurant named Mix & Match.

They Serve noodles named Pad-Thai, itis one of the popular fried noodles served across Thailand.

Many Tourists know the taste of Pad-Thai and how it is prepared with the basic Thai principles of harmonial tastes, with sweet, sour, spicy, salty and bitter herbs.

However Mix & Match also serves European and American food which some of Customers well know as tropical outdoor eating, drinking.

Smoking is allowed outdoors only . Enjoy your iPad with our WiFi free service. See you at my place ! Mix & Match.

Pad See-Ew at MP Restaurant.

MP restaurant is the one of many restaurants opposite Hilton Hotel but you have to walk a bit inside Soi Kan –Janomai around 20 meters on your left-hand side. Recommended today was Stirfried fresh rice –flour noodles in dark soya sauce or Pad-See-Ew (Thai name) with pork, chicken or shrimp together with egg and vegetables with Dark soya sauce, giving the noodles the color while light soya sauce seasons the dish. Another

Pad-See-Ew , vegetarian creation made with fried noodles, egg and vegetables, add firm tofu.

If you would love to follow Vegetarians Festival on October come to us. I often enjoy pad see -ew with just the egg well and sometimes just prefer vegetarian food.

They are not only Serving Thai food but European food also. There is another place where they called themselves PM Restaurant & Inn. Some Farang (Foreigners) call it PM Restaurant & Guest house.

Japanese Soba at Secret Recipe Secret Recipe is a well-known address for those who like to eat cake. Cakes are available in dining. It’s healthy and low fat. You can make it dozens of species. In addition, the menu consists less spicy or spicier as you wish. of fusion food whether it is spaghetti, soup, Robin’s Rest’ established on the main road 200 meters from Cicarda in Khoa Takiab on the right, opposite Baan Sansuk Condo and between the Beach Hut bar and Bob and Noks bar, look for the green canopy and yellow sign.

Originally we were The Robinhood Restaurant in Poonsuk road Hua-hin, Named after the owners’ son Robin who was named after the Hero Robinhood when born.

Well known for the owner tasty Thai food and European dishes and now English breakfasts, recently with an award winning kitchen.

Come and meet our friendly crew, we also have a bar rooms, bike hire and free wi-fi.

Mee Ha Noi at Mekong Café

by Coco 51 If you are wondering about Thai & Vietnamese noodles, we would like to will recommend Mee Ha Noi at Mekong Café . The name originated from Thai regions around the Mekong River. The restaurant is next to Market Village

roasted chicken, black pepper grilled chicken, Mexican food, Burberry Burger Steak, chicken satay and so on. The Shop is decorated with Red & White at the second floor at Market Village Recommended tasty today was a stir-fried Japanese Soba with sliced chicken, crispy celery, mushrooms and carrots in special soy sauce. The highlight of the Japanese Soba is the fragrant of buckwheat seed. The taste of buckwheat soba will make your imagine eating at a Japanese soba shop.

Thai Vermicelli or Yum Wun Sen at The Robinhood Restaurant.

Recommended today is Hot and spicy food (whatever you can say not spicy please taste good also) By Robin hood Restaurant, normally on the table of every meal in Thai house, particularly at dinner, the biggest meal of day and Thai Vermicelli Salad or Yum Wun Sen is all day

Mee Ha Noi is a special white noodle with tropical prawns and pork pieces and sauté mush, mint, salad, cucumber etc. tasting of herbs and spices mixed together. It sounds great try it an enjoy Mekong Café by Coco 51 Chom-Suan Noodles at Chom-Suan Restaurant.

Lunch time Recommend Chom-Suan Noodles at Chom-Suan restaurant. The first time I came here I said I would always come back, and since have brought people to experience of Thai noodles and relaxing just like eating in your garden at home. If you don’t know where to find delicious for taking lunch break time from the office.

Chom-Suan Restaurant mean garden restaurant at Hua Hin Soi 16 around 150 meters on your left-hand side you will see house and garden restaurant for best to eat during the day because the menu is mostly the single dishes (kao-kluk-ka-pi is mixed-cooked-rice-withshrimp-paste-sauce and Chom-Suan noodles ..,).

To appease the workers may have shortly lunch breaking. Highlights of restaurant are natural materials, open air, friendly service and relaxing music.

Tom Yum Noodles Shop at Ran Nai Hoi Tom Yum is the most popular soup in Thailand.

Today we will not recommend you the original Tom Yum Soup, but we will recommend you Tom yum Noodles Soup made from fish and fish ball at Ran Nai Hoi noodles shop on the way to the Hua Hin Hills vineyards.

The Shop is quite a ways out of Hua Hin on the Pala U road. Do not miss it. You will love to taste it again. On the menu is Tom Yum Noodles with Crispy fried fish or order the fish balls instead of noodles. It tastes Yummy! Or choose your favorite Crispy fried fish for you starter.

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Events Calendar

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HUA HIN EVENTS & PROMOTIONS - October Thailand Events – October 2011

Wax Castle & Boat Racing (October 11-14) – End of Buddhist Lent - North East of Thailand Chak Phra & Thot Phapa Festival (October 12-15) - Buddhist celebration - Surat Thani on the Tapi River bank 5000 Year Ban Chiang Civilisation Celebrations (October 22-24) - World heritage location – Udon Thani Lanna Boat Races (October 28-29) - Long-boat races held on the Nan river.

Hotel Promotions

Unless indicated differently , ALL prices are to be understood Per Person - NET + VAT + Service Charge

Banyan Resort & Golf Club

Golf & Wine Dinner - Saturday, 22th October 2011

Afternoon golf tournament. Tee times from 12.30 p.m., followed by a 5 course wine dinner at The Terrace Restaurant.

THB 3,600.- golf & dinner. THB 2,100.- dinner only. Twilight Rate - Experience twilight golf after 2.00 p.m. everyday THB. 1,800.- per person - Valid until 31.10.11 After 4 Golf - Play as many holes as you can and experience the Sunset at Mulligan’s Pub. THB. 1,500.- per person inclusive of a pint of draught beer with finger snacks.

Valid until 31st October 2011 For further information or reservations please contact 032-616200 or reservations@banyanthailand.com, www. banyanthailand.com Banyan Golf Club, Hua Hin is proud to present. “Banyan Pineapple Pairs Cup 2011” on Saturday 1st October 2011 Tee times Available From 10.00 a.m. to 12.30 p.m. (Limited to 32 pairs) Format of Play: Better Ball Stableford - 3/4 Handicap Allowance. Entry Fee: THB 5,200 per pair (Inclusive of tournament fee, green fee, GPS cart, caddy and buffet dinner) Prizes: • Best Stableford Points: 1st, 2nd, 3rd

• Nearest The Pin: All Par 3’s #2, #4, #15, #17

• Longest Drive: Men #7, Women #11

• Special Prize: Highest points on 6 secret holes

• 2’s Competition: Extra THB 100 Agenda: • 09.00 a.m. Check-in (Tea, coffee, juice and pastries available at The Terrace) - • 10.00 a.m. First Tee Time (photo on 1st Tee) • 03.00 p.m. Buffet opens - • 05.30 p.m. Prize giving presentation

Hilton Resort & Spa

White Lotus

All-You-Can-Eat Dim Sum Indulge yourself with a delectable Chinese meal every Saturday, Sunday and on Public Holidays from our comprehensive menu of authentic Dim Sum delicacies Price: THB 449 nett per person Canadian Lobster Promotion - Whole Canadian lobster steamed and served with your preferred Chinese sauce: Garlic sauce, X.O. sauce or Shanghai sauce THB 1,700 nett Full Moon dinner: 12 October Join our 5 course set menu while watching the full moon from the highest restaurant in Hua Hin THB 899 nett per person

Lotus SkyBar

Live DJ playing up tempo funky beats from 7:00 pm – 11:00 pm (Tuesday to Sunday) Enjoy our Fruit Daiquiri cocktails throughout the month of October

Chay Had

The Chay Had Restaurant offers guests sensational oceanfront dining. Enjoy the following special offers throughout the month of October - Fish & Chips combo set or Pork sausage wrapped in bacon combo set served with your choices of soft drink only THB 300 nett Theme Dinners: Monday’s and Tuesday’s – Leisure Night Order from our special unique á la carte menu Wednesday’s – Wine Dinner - Five course set dinner with a glass of wine perfectly matched with each course THB 1,550 nett per person.

Friday’s – Seafood and Meat Sunset Grill “All you can eat” Our chef will open flame barbeque your selection to your liking - all seafood and meat is charged per 100 grams. The salad bar, soup of the day and dessert is free of charge The Market Theme Dinners : Monday’s & Tuesday’s – Authentic Thai Terrace Dinner Enjoy our unique á la carte menu Wednesday’s & Friday’s - All-you-can-eat pizza, pasta and salad buffet. Price: THB 550 nett per adult Price: THB 300 nett per child 6 – 11 years Thursday’s Taste of Siam Thai Buffet with a live Thai music Price: THB 550 nett per adult Price: THB 300 nett per child 6 – 11 years Saturday’s – International Barbeque buffet Enjoy our live band with a unique terrace experience Price: THB 850 nett per adult Price: THB 450 nett per child 6 – 11 years Signature dish of the month – Chicken Cordon Bleu Combo Set risotto served with soft drink at B 320 or a choice of local beer B 400.

Hyatt Regency

Sunday Brunch: McFarlane House from 11.30 – 15.00 hrs.

Baht 1,300 net per person inclusive of a bottle of sparkling wine per two persons. child 6 – 12 Baht 500 Fridays and Saturdays from, 6:00pm to 10:30pm. The all-youcan-eat tapas promotion is priced at Baht 700 net per person.

Talay Thai Restaurant - All You can Eat Thai Dinner Promotion is offer for dinner at Talay Thai Restaurant and is priced at Baht 600 net per person for adults and Baht 300 net for children aged 6-12. children under six , accompanied by their parents eat free.

Afternoon Tea : Take a break and enjoy your day at McFarland House everyday from 2:00pm to 6:00pm priced just Baht 300 net per person.

For reservations and further information, please contact Hyatt Regency Hua Hin on Hotline . +66 2254 6200 or +66 3252 1234, or e-mail huahin.regency@hyatt.com.

CELEBRATE SCHOOL HOLIDAYS - Bring your children to celebrate school holidays and enjoy a variety of recreational activities at Hyatt Regency Hua Hin amidst beautiful tropical surroundings from now until October 31, 2011 starting from Baht 5,500++ per room per night. Children can enjoy our Camp Hyatt while parents enjoy a true relaxation at the resort. Camp Hyatt is a programme featuring cultural and educational activities for children from four – 12 years old, supervised by our friendly staff. A plenty of activities and games are available such asT-shirt painting, Paper Mache, Cup Cake Decoration, Origami FoldingTechnique and many more.

Prices are Baht 650++ per child for a half-day programme, and Baht 950++ per child for a full day programme. A children’s menu for lunch and refreshments are also included.

For reservations and further information, please contact Hyatt Regency Hua Hin at Hotline Tel: +66 2254 6200 or +66 3252 1234 and E-mail: reservations.hrhuahin@hyatt.com www.huahin.regency.hyatt.com

Sheraton

Flavors of Asia Dinner Buffet - Fridays at InAzia Restaurant.

Indulge in Asian flavors. Japanese, Thai and Indian menus at only THB 700 net per person.

Saturdays- International Buffet at The Deck Restaurant with a selection of International Appetizers & Salad, Soups, Hot Entrées and Dessert at THB 900 net per person. and Dinner 6.30 pm-10.30 pm. Info : call (0) 32 708 155 or e-mail fb.huahin@sheraton.com INAZIA RESTAURANT - SWORDFISH PROMOTION throughout October 2011, Tom Som Pla, swordfish fillet simmered in sweet and sour soup with pineapple, sliced ginger and spring onion; Sambal Swordfish, Stir-fried swordfish with bell pepper, onion, spring onion and home made sambal sauce; Pla Yang Samoonprai, Grilled marinated swordfish with Thai herbs and accompanied by spicy dipping sauce; Pla Hor Bai Toey, Deep-fried marinated swordfish wrapped with pandan leaves served with sesame dipping sauce and much more.

Swordfish Promotion starts from Baht 460 net per dish.

Reservations: Guest Services r at Tel: 66 (0)32 708 000 Luna Lanai Goes German “October Fest” - throughout October 2011, from 10:00 am. until 10:00 pm.

Famous German dishes: Goulash Soup, Farmer’s Breakfast, Weisswurst, Bienenstich and wash it down with an ice cold beer. Prices starts from Baht 160 net per dish.

Pizza Journey at Salas Restaurant - A selection of traditional pizza from 5 regions across Italy are awaited to be selected for your favorite dishes. Pizza promotion starts from Baht 280 net per dish For further info call (0) 32 708 155 or e-mail fb.huahin@ sheraton.com

Villa Maroc

“Family & Friends” package at Villa Maroc Resort. 1-night “in a Two Bedroom Villa for THB 17,500* during weekdays** and THB 18,900* during weekends**, or, enjoy the exotic Moroccan décor of the luxurious Royal Villa for only THB 27,500* for a weekday** getaway and THB 28,900* on the weekend**. The “Family and Friends” package comes with 5 star accommodations, daily breakfast for 4 persons, a welcome drink of authentic Moroccan mint tea, Complimentary non-alcoholic mini-bar, iPod Touch and docking station for your in-room use and WiFi connection.

Authentic & sophisticated Thai & Moroccan set dinner. Served family style for 4 persons. The package is available from September 1st until November 30th, 2011. Reservations can be made online at www.villamarocresort.com or contact our reservation office 032 630 771- rsvn@villamarocresort.com. *Rates are inclusive of service charge and applicable government tax. **Weekdays rates are applied with a stay during Sunday – Thursday while Weekend rates apply for a stay Friday and Sat.

Putahracsa

Happy Hours Make your way down to the trendiest chill out venue in the heart of Hua Hin, where great music and inventive beverage creations await. Sit back, relax and sip your favorite cocktail while enjoying the cool sea breeze, an ideal end to a perfect day. 50% discount on all drinks everyday from 5.30pm-7.00pmAnd try out our new menus at Oceanside Beachclub and Restaurant. Daily from 11.00 hrs. – 23.00 hrs.

Tel. 032 531 470

Restaurants & Cafés Ciao Restaurant at The Marriott

Experience Ciao’s new land and sea specialty menu, and enjoy a wealth of tasty surprises devised by Executive Chef Kai Oliver Kauder, reveals Italian cuisine at its finest. Juicy meat selections invite diners to choose between a “Duo of duck, featuring a smoked duck breast and pan fried duck liver on celleriac puree and truffle foam”, a “Lamb shoulder on thyme polenta and tomato with goat cheese and lavander jus”, and the melt in the mouth “Wagyu beef tenderloin rossini with duck liver on a crouton and turned vegetables with truffle jus”. Opening hours: Lunch 12:00 – 15:00 hrs. Dinner 18:00 – 23:00 hrs. For further info : call (66) 32 511 881 ext 1804

Bars - Beer – Wine & Snacks SOS – Tug Boat Bar

Acoustic music - Enjoy Uncle Tom playing accoustic guitar daily from 6:30 pm -9:30 pm (e Wine Cellar - Open daily from 12:00 pm – 10:00 pm Why leave the hotel to enjoy a great bottle of wine? Visit our wine cellar and you will be surprised how reasonable priced our wines are for takeaway. Catch our daily wine tasting from 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm -except on Sunday’s) Live sports on the large TV screen.

Hilton Beer House & Hua Hin Brewing Company

Hua Hin Brewing Company : Roasted duck breast on oven roasted pumpkin with orange sauce THB 450 nett and Grilled mackerel steak on sweet corn pie and lemon sauce THB 450 nett. Milestones.Mini spirit set with a choice of Gin, Rum, Vodka, Black or Red label only THB 800 nett with 2 choices of soft drinks. MV4 Quartet - Enjoy our vibrant Filipino band – MV4 playing from 9:00 pm until late daily except for Tuesday’s . Cocktails on Wheels Open daily from 5 pm until 9 pm ensuring that you are hydrated in the evening. Available for your enjoyment either in the Lobby or for takeaway B100/ Glass Beer house - Halloween warm up party weekend 28 - 30 October with coyote shows - Halloween party October 31 - When witches go riding and black cats are seen the moon laughs and whispers it is Halloween! When witches go riding and black cats are seen the moon laughs and whispers it is Halloween! Weekend Coyote Madness - Every Friday & Saturday from 10:00 pm till late let’s get down and naughty because it is the weekend and the girls are ready to party The home of F1 - 9 Oct Japanese Grand Prix - 16 Oct Korean Grand Prix - 30 Oct Airtel Grand Prix (India).

World News Coffee - Iced Mocha Caramel – Espresso with fresh milk, caramel syrup and ice THB 100 nett Cookie Ice cream – 1 scoop of cookie & cream served with chocolate sauce, whip cream and chocolate THB 150 nett.

Cool Breeze - Café Bar

TapasTapasTapas - Special wine promotion every month with a different wine at a great price. The Happy Hour Promotion is always available from 11am until 7pm 7 days a week.

Tapas Buy 3 Pay 2, Sangria Buy 1 Get 1 Free and house wine 99 baht a glass. We also have El Prado Spanish wine in Red, White and Rose at 880 baht per bottle until stocks run out.

Tel. 032 531 062, 080 080 6811 Naresdamri Road – going towards the pier on your left. @ Tel. 032 531 062, 080 080 6811

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Around Hua Hin

SPA & Golf Promotions THE BARAI at The Hyatt

: EXPERIENCE A NEW LEVEL OF LUXURIOUS RESIDENTIAL SPA

THE BARAI invites you to experience a new level of luxurious residential spa suite that offers you a personal inner peace and tranquillity starting from Baht 18,500++ per night forThe Barai Balcony Suite and Baht 20,500++ per night for The Barai Pool Suite from now until October 31, 2011. This offer includes : One night accommodation in a residential spa suite – The Barai Suite, healthy breakfast at McFarland House, or served in the comfort of your suite, all-day hot and cold herbal tea, and evening cocktails at McFarland. - A choice of 60-minute Thai Foot Reflexology, Traditional Thai Massage, Swedish Massage, Aromatherapy Massage or Muscle Relief Massage for two people per night. -An in-suite Aromatherapy Milk Bath and an in-suite Aroma Steam prepared by your own Suite Butler - Access to all other benefits and courtesies extended to guests of The Barai Suite and all-day Suite Butler services.

THE SEED OF HAPPINESS”WELLNESS RETREAT Take a journey to discover your inner peace, and balance your body, mind and spirit with “The Seed of Happiness” at THE BARAI, the award-winning destination spa located on the beachfront land adjacent to Hyatt Regency Hua Hin on Saturday, October 29, 2011 from 11.00 hrs. – 17.30 hrs.

“The Seed of Happiness” Retreat Programme, priced at Baht 6,000++ per person includes: A 90-minute group meditation session “Body and Mind Alchemy”, conducted by Dr. Buathon, a renowned Thai holistic practitioner. A 90-minute “Sound Healing workshop”, help to improve concentration by using the vibration of a singing bowl. While you take a deep breath, the singing bowl keeps them concentrated on the sound, while the vibration of the bowl vibrates the cells in your body, relieving muscle tension. An Element Light meal to delight your sense of taste served at McFarland House. A 90-minute THE BARAI Blend Massage, this unique treatment is adapted from the traditional Thai massage combined with Swedish and Aromatherapy techniques. Enhance your scent with our signature aroma oil incorporating lemongrass, ginger and mint is applied with ling flowing palm strokes, acupressure along the meridian lines and integrated with join movement and subtle stretching.

THE ART OF BEAUTY, 2.5 HOURS - BAHT 4,000++ PER PERSON - To recharge, revitalise and treat yourself to the best.

A 2.5–hour beauty retreat at THE BARAI will provide you an ultimate pampering and the package includes: A 60-minute BARAI Blend Massage to offer total relaxation.

A 60-minute Soothing Facial to give you a glow. - Complete with a reviving Hair Treatment, including a blow dry at our hair salon.

CHI & AQUA HOLISTIC TREATMENT, 120 MINUTES - BAHT 3,500++ PER PERSON

Detoxifying and replenishing your body and mind with a 45-minute Mineral Scrub under Vichy Shower and followed by a 75-minute Chi Flow Holistic Massage for total cleansing inside and out to ensure that your Chi, life source, is flowing well.

This ancient therapeutic massage treatment based on Traditional Chinese Medicine can stimulate the lymphatic flow and helps to detoxifying the body and brings comfort and relief to the abdomen. Experience a deeper state of relaxation and peaceful mind.

For reservations and further information, please contact THE BARAI on Hotline Tel: +66 2254 6200 or +66 3251 1234 or email thebarai.hrhuahin@hyatt.com www.thebarai.com

SHERATON - Aspadeva Spa

“Touch of Aspadeva” New Spa Promotion

Thai Touch: discover the ancient art of aromatherapy and experience the healing powers of essential oils and help to balance Mind, body and soul - 15 min. Thai Herbal Steam - 45 min Thai Herbal Scrub - 60 mins Traditional Thai Massage or Secret Thai Facial. Mandarin Orange Touch: 15 mins Mandarin Orange Steam - 45 mins Mandarin Salt Body Glow Scrub - 60 mins Swedish Massage with Orange oil. Contact Aspadeva Spa at Tel: 66 (0)32 708 235 E-mail: spa.huahin @sheraton.com, Resort Reservation Tel: 66 (0)32 708 080.

Best rates are always available for online reservations at www.sheraton.com/huahin

By Supansa Kraiwaad

The Deputy Mayor of Hua Hin Mr. Suwit Rienrungreung and The Chief of Public Disaster Prevention and Relief Division of Hua Hin Municipality Mr. Somjit Waidab took a photo with Ms. Chantana Wanichwisuthikul, the General Manager of Sala @ Hua Hin Hotel together with hotel’s staff at training of fire extinguishing on September 1, 2011. The event was held at Sala @ Hua Hin Hotel

Clean Food Good Taste - Sign Certification

PUTAHRACSA SPA

Day Spa RadianceOrange Ginger Scrub + Choice of 60 min Massage + Complimentary Honey Face Mask2,400 Baht net / 2 hrs. ( Original price 3,700 Baht ) Valid 1-31 October 2011 Open daily from 10.00am - 8.00pm Book now 032 531 470 Ext. 2

Marriott Resort & Spa

The Mayor of Hua Hin Mr. Jira Pongpaiboon presided over the ceremony of presenting the ‘Clean Food Good Taste’ sign to Hua Hin’s shop, restaurants and hotel owners on September6, 2011. Held at the Wanna Hotel, the event was also participated by the Deputy Mayor of Hua Hin Mr. Athikhun Butying who delivers a report on the Clean Food Good Taste project.

“Jaew Pha Thiew”

Two night Stay & Play Golf Package

from 1st until 31st October 2011.

Play like a pro on your choice of a famous fairway in Hua Hin and return to coastal luxury, at Hua Hin Marriott Resort & Spa. Enjoy a two night stay in a Deluxe Garden View Room starts from Baht 4,900 that comes with daily breakfast as well as one round of golf, inclusive of caddy and green fee, at any of the following clubs: Royal Hua Hin Golf - Majestic Creek Golf Club – Palm Hills Golf Resort – Imperial Lake View – Black Mountain Golf Club or Springfield Golf club.

Price is not inclusive of 10% service charge and applicable government tax. - Minimum stay 2 nights - The price is inclusive of 1 round trip transfer to golf course.

For further information or reservations, please call (66) 32 511 881 or email to huahinmarriott@ minornet.com or visit Marriott.com/HHQMC

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Thailand Golf Tourism

Rising long-haul demand and improving numbers from Japan and Korea also means members of Golf in a Kingdom: The Thai Golf Experience, a co-operative marketing group comprising Thailand’s top golf courses and hotels, are expecting a bumper high season from November to March and ongoing strong demand throughout 2012.

“There has been a dramatic improvement [in bookings],” says Prasertchai Phornprapha, managing director of Siam Country Club near Pattaya, a two-course complex that relies purely on pay-as-you-play visitors and is expecting to host 50,000 foreign golfers in 2012, half its total expected numbers. “When there is peace in Thailand it is the destination of choice because of its culture and value for money,” he says.

Bangkok’s exclusive Thai Country Club, named by Asian Golf Monthly last year as Thailand’s best course and first runner-up in Asia, is also expecting a bumper season. General manager T.W. Hughes says his optimism follows one of the best high seasons ever in 2011. “We believe this year will be at least equal to last year and perhaps even better, given those who

Fire Extinguishing Training at Sala @ Hua Hin Hotel

experienced TCC are likely to want to repeat their experience.

The course will be in the best condition in years and we continue to make upgrades in and around the rest of the club.”

Stacey Walton, the general manager of Banyan Golf Club at Hua Hin, 200 kilometres south of Bangkok, says the Tourism Authority of Thailand has done a good job in rebuilding Thailand’s image after protests in Bangkok during the past two years severely disrupted tourism for several months at a time. “We should see results from that,” he says. “November to February is looking especially strong and as the golf hub of Asia, Thailand will reap the benefits.”

The Deputy Mayor of Hua Hin Mr. Suwit Rienrungreung and the Director of the Tourism Authority of Thailand, Prachuab Khirikhan Office, attended a broadcast of “Jaew Pha Thiew”, a morning TV program of Channel 3 Thailand, on 10 September 2011 at Thawimuk Sport Complex. They were given a warm welcome by Ms. Prai Thanaampuch, the program moderator, and Dr. Chuthamas Chitchum, the President of Thawimuk Sport Complex.

Harald Ellison, general manager of nearby Black Mountain Golf Club, says forward bookings from Scandinavia, northern Europe and the United Kingdom are encouraging. The club, owned by Swedish interests, which hasn’t missed a day’s golf since it opened in 2007, will bring a new par-3 course into play by the end of the year to accompany its core 18-hole layout.

The new island-dotted mini-course with water on every hole and heavy bunkering will be a test for golfers of all levels and is expected to be played by a large number of Black Mountain’s visitors.

Meanwhile, the Thai Government has high hopes for continued strong tourism growth over the next four years. Earlier this month, Deputy Prime Minister and Tourism and Sports Minister, Chumpol Silpa-archa, announced a target of at least 30 million foreign inbound tourists by 2015, who he said were expected to generate national revenues of 1.4 trillion baht or $US466 billion at current exchange rates.

If achieved, the target would almost double inbound arrivals in just five years. And if inbound golf market’s share and expenditure remain at current levels, golf tourism will contribute 150 billion baht ($US4.5 billion) to the Thai economy four years from now.

The Hua Hin Today Team

Responsible for Hua Hin Today / Cha-Am Today / Property & Golf Today & Food Lovers

Pol.Gen Maj Noi Mr.Gerard Mosselman Wannapaiboon (Jerry) Editor Consulting Editor

Ms.Atchareeya Lindstrand (Ning) Assistant to the Editor

Ms.Julaporn Wannapuek (Kae) Public Relations & Advertising

Ms.Janthar Jadjantuk (Kange) Sales & Marketing

Mr.Grit Promprasert (Nat) Graphic Designer

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Cha Am Today

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Volume 3 issue 2 October 2011

Volume 3 Issue 2 October 2011

By Sorravit

T

he Cha-Am Municipality will organize an event to commemorate Krom Phra Narathip Praphanphong on October 11-15, 2011 According to Mr. Nukul Pronsomboonsiri, the Cha-Am Mayor, the Municipality will join hands with the Cha-Am Municipal Council also concerned agencies to hold this event which may later become an annual occasion of the city. With an aim to honor Krom Phra Narathip Praphanphong, who pioneered city planning and modernizing in Cha-Am until it becomes a famous holiday getaway of Thailand, the event will start on October 11 – the date when Krom Phra Narathip Praphanphong passed away.

The commemorative event starts in the morning session which in a Brahman ceremony takes place in front of the monument

งานร� ำ ลึ ก ถึ ง กรมพระนราธิปประพันธ์พงษ์

of Krom Phra Narathip Praphanphong at 9 am.

Also another Buddhist one at 10 am. As well as sessions may have many stage performances light and sound shows every evening.

The three-day morning session, taking place at the monument on the Narathip road, will allow people and visitors to worship and ask for blessings. The evening session highlights retro Thai folk dance by Od Four S. Should the event be successful, the organizer will think about holding it for one more day in the following year, Mr. Nukul said.

The great patron of Cha-Am whose contribution on urban modernization and city planning is invaluable to local people nowadays, Krom Phra Narathip Praphanphong is now a symbol of the city. The commemoration will take place for the first time this year and will continue every year as an annual event. Proceedings will serve as funding for renovation of his monument. Local people and visitors are welcome to attend the commemoration day of Krom Phra Narathip Praphanphong between the above-mentioned dates.

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บาลเมืองชะอ�ำเตรียมจัดงานร�ำลึกถึงพระเจ้าบรมวงศ์เธอ กรมพระนราธิป ประพันธ์พงศ์ พระบิดาผูว้ างรากฐานเมืองตากอากาศชะอ�ำ เพือ่ น้อมร�ำลึก ถึงพระมหากรุณาธิคณ ุ ทีพ่ ระองค์ทรงวางผังเมือง พัฒนาเมืองชะอ�ำจนเป็นเมืองพัก ตากอากาศทีส่ ำ� คัญของประเทศ เมือ่ วันที่ ๑๗ สิงหาคม ๒๕๕๔ นายนุกลู พรสมบูรณ์ ศิริ นายกเทศมนตรีเมืองชะอ�ำ เชิญผูบ้ ริหารเทศบาล สมาชิกสภาเทศบาล หัวหน้าส่วน การงาน และผูน้ ำ� ชุมชนร่วมประชุมหารือเพือ่ เตรียมจัดงานร�ำลึกถึงพระเจ้าบรมวงศ์เธอ กรมพระนราธิปประพันธ์พงษ์ โดยหวังจะยกขึน้ เป็นงานประจ�ำปี และยกย่องเชิดชูพระ เกียรติยศให้กรมพระนราธิปเป็นเสมือนองค์สญ ั ลักษณ์ของเมืองชะอ�ำ ซึง่ ในทีป่ ระชุม ได้กำ� หนดให้จดั งานในวันที่ ๑๑-๑๕ ตุลาคม ๒๕๕๔ ทัง้ นีเ้ นือ่ งจากในวันที่ ๑๑ ตุลาคม ตรงกับวันสิน้ พระชนม์ของพระองค์ทา่ น

การจัดงานดังกล่าว ก�ำหนดให้มพี ธิ พี ราหมณ์ เวลา ๙.๐๐ น. และพิธสี งฆ์ เวลา ๑๐.๐๐ น. ในวันที่ ๑๑ ตุลาคม ณ หน้าพระอนุสาวรีย์ และในภาคกลางคืนของวัน ที่ ๑๑-๑๕ ตุลาคม ก็จะมีกจิ กรรมทุกคืน นายนุกลู เปิดเผยว่า เทศบาลเมืองชะอ�ำมี ความประสงค์จะยกย่องเชิดชูพระเกียรติยศกรมพระนราธิป ประพันธ์พงษ์ พระบิดาผู้ วางรากฐานเมืองชะอ�ำให้เป็นเสมือนองค์สญ ั ลักษณ์ของเมืองชะอ�ำ โดยจะเริม่ จัดงาน เพือ่ น้อมร�ำลึกถึงพระองค์ทา่ นปีนเี้ ป็นปีแรก และจะจัดให้เป็นงานประจ�ำปีตอ่ เนือ่ งไป ทุกปี ทัง้ นีเ้ พือ่ จัดหาทุนส�ำหรับในการปรับปรุงพระอนุสาวรียข์ องพระองค์ทา่ นให้สม พระเกียรติตอ่ ไป ส�ำหรับกิจกรรมในปีนจี้ ะมีพธิ พี ราหมณ์ พิธสี งฆ์ ณ บริเวณถนน นราธิป หน้าพระอนุสาวรีย์ และมีการจัดดอกไม้ธปู เทียนส�ำหรับประชาชนสักการะ กราบไหว้เป็นเวลา ๓ วัน เพือ่ ให้ชาวชะอ�ำ ผูท้ เี่ คารพนับถือ และนักท่องเทีย่ วได้กราบ ไหว้ขอพร และมีกจิ กรรมร�ำวงย้อนยุคคณะอ็อด โฟร์เอส ในตอนกลางคืน และหากปีนี้ การจัดงานประสบความส�ำเร็จอย่างดี ปีหน้าจะมีการพิจารณาเพิม่ วันในการจัดงานอีก ครัง้ หนึง่ นายนุกลู กล่าว

ดังนัน้ ระหว่างวันที่ ๑๑-๑๕ ตุลาคม ๒๕๕๔ นี้ จึงขอเชิญชาวชะอ�ำ ผูท้ เี่ คารพ นับถือกรมพระนราธิป และนักท่องเทีย่ วเข้าร่วมพิธี ร่วมสักการะและชมกิจกรรมทีท่ าง เทศบาลเมืองชะอ�ำจัดขึน้ ครัง้ แรกในปีนี้

By Sorravit The One Card for Four Provinces will be given away to tourists for promoting tourism in 4 provinces of lower central Thailand in Petchaburi, Prachuab Khirikhan, Samut Songkhram and Samut Sakhorn.

Cardholders will get discounts from tourist sites, hotels, restaurants and souvenir shops in 4 provinces. The card is valid from June 15, 2011 to June 15, 2012.

Conveniently located near Bangkok, Petchaburi, Prachuab Khirikhan, Samut Songkhram and Samut Sakhorn offer priceless and beautiful tourist attractions are Chao Samran Beach, Cha-Am Beach, Hua Hin Beach, Ao Noi, Ao Prachuab, Ao Manao and Kaeng Krachan – one of the biggest national parks of the country. Apart from archeological sites wellknown among tourists, the four provinces boast unique art and traditional culture rarely found elsewhere. While adventurous visitors can admire the mist at the peak of Khao Phanern Thung Hill, food lovers will enjoy fresh seafood specially prepared in the areas also.

The card can be obtained at the Bureau of Strategy Management for Provinces of Lower Central Thailand (tel.

032 400 985), The Office of Tourism and Sport of Samut Sakhorn (tel. 034 815 980), The Tourism Promotion Association of Samut Sakhorn (tel. 034 814 028), The Office of Tourism and Sport of Samut Songkhram (tel.

034 716 112), The Tourism Club of Samut Songkhram (tel. 034 717 213), The Office of Tourism and Sport of Petchaburi (tel. 032 780 336), The Petchaburi Tourism Business Association (tel. 032 472 444), The Office of Tourism and Sport of Prachuab Khirikhan (tel.

032 611 543), The Prachuab Khirikhan Tourism Business Association (tel. 032 611 541)

แจกบัตรเดียว เทีย่ ว ๔ จังหวัด

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ลุม่ จังหวัดภาคกลางตอนล่าง ๒ ประกอบด้วยจังหวัดเพชรบุรี สมุทรสาคร สมุทรสงครามและประจวบคีรขี นั ธ์ จัดโครงการ “บัตรเดียวเทีย่ ว ๔ จังหวัด” เพือ่ ส่งเสริมการท่องเทีย่ วด้วยการประชาสัมพันธ์สถานทีท่ อ่ งเทีย่ ว ทีพ่ กั ร้านอาหาร ร้านขายของทีร่ ะลึก รวมทัง้ สินค้าทางด้านการท่องเทีย่ วทีส่ วยงามและมีคณ ุ ค่าอย่างยิง่ ขณะเดียวกันการเดินทางก็สะดวกสบาย เพราะอยูใ่ กล้กรุงเทพมหานคร อีกทัง้ ยังมี หาดทรายชายทะเลทีม่ ชี อื่ เสียง เช่น หาดเจ้าส�ำราญ หาดชะอ�ำ หาดหัวหิน อ่าวน้อย อ่าวประจวบ อ่าวมะนาว มีอทุ ยานแห่งชาติแก่งกระจานทีใ่ หญ่ทสี่ ดุ ของประเทศ มีจดุ ชมทะเลหมอกทีเ่ ขาพะเนินทุง่ มีพนื้ ทีผ่ ลิตเกลือทะเลทีม่ ากทีส่ ดุ ของประเทศ มี โบราณสถานทีท่ รงคุณค่า มีศลิ ปวัฒนธรรมรวมถึงวิถชี วี ติ พืน้ บ้านทีท่ กุ ท่านสามารถ เยีย่ มชมได้และมีอาหารทะเลทีส่ ดอร่อยไว้คอยให้บริการแก่ผมู้ าเยีย่ มเยียน ผูท้ สี่ นใจสามารถขอรับบัตรได้ที่ ส�ำนักงานบริหารยุทธศาสตร์กลุม่ จังหวัดภาค

กลางตอนล่าง ๒ โทร. ๐ ๓๒๔๐ ๐๙๘๕, ส�ำนักงานการท่องเทีย่ วและกีฬาจังหวัด สมุทรสาคร โทร.๐ ๓๔๘๑ ๕๙๘๐, สมาคมส่งเสริมการท่องเทีย่ วจังหวัดสมุทรสาคร โทร. ๐ ๓๔๘๑ ๔๐๒๘, ส�ำนักงานการท่องเทีย่ วและกีฬาจังหวัดสมุทรสงคราม โทร. ๐ ๓๔๗๑ ๖๑๑๒, ชมรมการท่องเทีย่ วจังหวัดสมุทรสงคราม โทร. ๐ ๓๔๗๑ ๗๒๑๓, ส�ำนักงานการท่องเทีย่ วและกีฬาจังหวัดเพชรบุรี โทร. ๐ ๓๒๗๘ ๐๓๓๖, สมาคมธุรกิจ การท่องเทีย่ วจังหวัดเพชรบุรี โทร. ๐ ๓๒๔๗ ๒๔๔๔, ส�ำนักงานการท่องเทีย่ วและกีฬา จังหวัดประจวบคีรขี นั ธ์ โทร. ๐ ๓๒๖๑ ๑๕๔๓, สมาคมธุรกิจการท่องเทีย่ วจังหวัด ประจวบคีรขี นั ธ์ โทร. ๐ ๓๒๖๑ ๑๕๘๑, บัตรนีส้ ามารถใช้เป็นส่วนลดค่าทีพ่ กั ร้านอาหาร และร้านขายของทีร่ ะลึกได้ตงั้ แต่วนั ที่ ๑๕ มิถนุ ายน ๒๕๕๔ ถึง ๑๕ มิถนุ ายน ๒๕๕๕

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Local News

Volume 3 issue 2 October 2011

Boonrawd’s ‘Big Boss’ หัวหน้าอุทยานแห่งชาติแก่งกระจานรับมอบโทรศัพท์ Offers Satellite Phones ผ่านดาวเทียมจาก“บิก๊ บ๊อส”บริษทั บุญรอดฯ to Kaeng Krachan จาก

By Malila T

he Senior Managing Director of Boonrawd Brewery Public Company Limited ( Mr. Santi Bhirombhakdi has recently offered 4 satellite phones to Mr. Chaiwat Limlikhitaksorn, the Chief of the Kaeng Krachan National Park.

Phones, worth 200,000 Baht, will be used for monitoring areas within the National Park.

Mr. Chaiwat said that the Kaeng Krachan National Park was often intruded by forest trespassers and illegal hunters. Although the authorities know their whereabouts, it is difficult to contact and coordinate with officers at the headquarters and each checkpoint in the park due to lack of high frequency phones. Thanks to the satellite phones offered by Boonrawd Brewery, authorities and officers will work more effectively and quickly on informing any wrongdoings at all areas inside the National Park.

The Chief of the Kaeng Krachan National Park added that he usually monitored the National Park’s area, using a helicopter to comb and check suspicious points. Common problems found include forest trespass along Thai border made by ethnic minority groups like Karen, Karan and Pakayo. Those who have lived there for quite some time will be allocated some areas to work according to His Majesty the King’s Principles of Self-Sufficiency; those who have just arrived, however, will be asked to move out as many of them are found doing illegal activities, particularly planting marijuana and possessing war weapons. If any incident is reported, the border patrol police will be informed to carry out further action.

“Terms of legal action under the Forest Act done

การเปิดเผยของ นายชัยวัฒน์ ลิม้ ลิขติ อักษร หน.อุทยานแห่งชาติแก่งกระจาน จ.เพชรบุรี ว่าหลังจากภารกิจในการดูแล ช่วยเหลือทางทหารทีป่ ระสพอุบตั เิ หตุในเขตอุทยานฯ แก่งกระจานเสร็จสิน้ ไปแล้วทาง นายสันติ ภิรมย์ภกั ดี กรรมการผู้ จัดการใหญ่บริษทั บุญรอดฯ จ�ำกัด ท่านก็ได้เรียกเข้าพบทีส่ ำ� นักงานใหญ่พร้อมกันนีก้ ไ็ ด้มอบ โทรศัพท์สง่ สัญญาณผ่านดาวเทียม จ�ำนวน 4 เครือ่ ง มูลค่าประมาณ 2 แสนบาทให้กบั ตน ทัง้ นี้ ก็เพือ่ ให้นำ� เอาไปใช้ในกิจการต่าง ๆ เกีย่ วกับในการเข้าตรวจสอบพืน้ ทีข่ องเขตอุทยานแห่งชาติ แก่งกระจาน

เนือ่ งจากทีผ่ า่ นมานัน้ ครัน้ เมือ่ เวลาเข้าไปตรวจแล้วก็พบผูบ้ กุ รุกผืนป่า กลุม่ ผูล้ า่ สัตว์ ใน จุดต่างๆ โทรศัพท์ทมี่ อี ยูไ่ ม่สามารถทีจ่ ะ “คอนแท๊กซ์” ติดต่อกับลูกน้องทีอ่ ยูแ่ ต่ละด่านตรวจได้ เนือ่ งจากสัญญาณไม่มใี ห้ผา่ นซึง่ ก็ทำ� ให้ผทู้ กี่ ระท�ำความผิดนัน้ หลุดรอดหลบหนีออกจากผืนป่าได้ ซึง่ เมือ่ ได้มโี ทรศัพท์ทมี่ ปี ระสิทธิภาพแรงสูงซึง่ จะอยูใ่ นจุดใด หุบเขาใด และพบเห็นผูก้ ระท�ำ ความผิดแล้วก็สามารถทีจ่ ะโทรแจ้งให้แต่ละหน่วยทีต่ งั้ ด่านรับทราบเพือ่ ด�ำเนินการเข้าจับกุมและ ตรวจสอบได้ทนั ถ่วงที นายชัยวัฒน์ฯ ยังกล่าวอีกว่า ส�ำหรับปัญหาของแก่งกระจาน นัน้ ตนเองในฐานะ หัวหน้าหน่วย ก็ได้เข้าด�ำเนินการตรวจสอบทุกระยะโดยใช้ ฮ.ทีม่ อี ยูบ่ นิ ขึน้ ลงและตรวจจุดพิกดั ต้องสงสัย ซึง่ ก็ มักจะพบกับปัญหาการบุกรุกพืน้ ทีป่ า่ ตามแนวชายแดนในเขตไทยจากชนกลุม่ น้อยอย่างกระเหรี่ ยง กระหร่าง ปากะยอ ฯลฯ เข้ามาลงหลักปักฐานปลูกกระท่อมอยูอ่ าศัย ซึง่ ถ้าเป็นกลุม่ ดัง่ เดิมที่ มีอยูแ่ ล้วก็จะมีการจัดสรรปันแบ่งพืน้ ทีใ่ ห้อยูอ่ าศัย และท�ำมาหากินโดยการปลูกพืชไร่ในรูปแบบ by the authority of the National Park, we’d ของ “เศรษฐกิจพอเพียง” ของพระบาทสมเด็จพระเจ้าอยูห่ วั like to ensure people and groups of human

ส่วนกลุม่ พวกชนกลุม่ น้อยทีเ่ ข้ามาใหม่ ซึง่ มิใช่กลุม่ เก่าก็จะมีการผลักดันให้ออกไป rights activists of our non-violent procedures เหตุผลเนือ่ งจากตรวจพบว่าได้เข้ามาอยูใ่ นรูปแบบของการกระท�ำทีผ่ ดิ ต่อกฎหมายทัง้ การบุกรุก to deal with the ethnic groups. If we find any unregistered bamboo huts in which nobody ผืนป่า ปลูกพืชเสพติด (กัญชา) มีอาวุธสงคราม ฯลฯ ซึง่ สิง่ เหล่านีต้ นเองนัน้ มีการตรวจพบและ lives, we’ll burn them down,” said Mr. มีหลักฐาน จนท�ำให้บางครัง้ ก็ตอ้ งแจ้งให้ทางทหารซึง่ ท�ำหน้าทีด่ แู ลความมัน่ คงตามชายแดนเข้า Chaiwat. “Any things seized by the officers ร่วมด�ำเนินการ will be kept as evidence. We’ve been asked ส�ำหรับในการเข้าด�ำเนินการทางกฎหมายและ พรบ.ป่าไม้ นัน้ ก็ขอเรียนยืนยันต่อสังคมและกลุม่ to report our work to the committee of human สิทธิมนุษยชนว่า มิได้ใช้ความรุนแรงใด ๆ กล่าวคือ กระท่อม บ้าน ทีต่ รวจพบซึง่ ปลูกสร้างด้วย rights from time to time, and we always told them the truth.” ไม้ไผ่ของชนกลุม่ น้อยทีม่ ใิ ช่ได้จดั ท�ำขึน้ ทะเบียนเอาไว้ ซึง่ ถ้าตัวตนไม่มเี ป็นกระท่อม ฯลฯ ร้างก็จะ เผาเพือ่ ให้ปญ ั หาแต่ละจุดนัน้ จบลงไป ส่วนสิง่ ของทีย่ ดึ ได้กจ็ ะน�ำมาจัดเก็บเป็นหลักฐานและของ The Senior Managing Director of Boonrawd Brewery Public Company Limited Mr. Santi กลาง ซึง่ เหตุการณ์ทงั้ หมดทีเ่ กิดขึน้ มานัน้ ก็ได้ถกู เชิญให้ไปพูดไปชีแ้ จงกับทางคณะกรรมการฯ Bhirombhakdi also said that, on behalf of the มากมายหลายแห่งซึง่ ก็ได้ชแี้ จงไปตามความเป็นจริงในการท�ำหน้าทีด่ แู ลรักษาผืนป่าตามพระราช company, he was concerned on conservation of ด�ำรัสของล้นเกล้า Thai forests. Realizing how hard-working the ทางด้ า น นายสั น ติ ฯ กล่ า วว่ า ตนเองและทางบริษทั บุญรอดฯ นัน้ มีความตระหนักในการทีจ่ ะให้มกี ารดูแลอนุรกั ษ์ผนื ป่าของ authority of the Kaeng Krachan National Park is for duty of protecting Thai forests, the company ประเทศไทยทีม่ อี ยูน่ นั้ ให้มากทีส่ ดุ และก็ได้ทราบและเห็นการท�ำหน้าทีข่ อง หน.อุทยานฯแก่นกระจาน ได้ทำ� หน้าทีอ่ ย่างดียงิ่ ทัง้ การ is very pleased to offer the satellites phones to ดูแลรักษาป่าทีม่ อี ยู่ การเข้าไปดูแลช่วยเหลือทหารทีป่ ระสพเหตุ จึงได้มอบโทรศัพท์ดงั กล่าวเพือ่ ให้นำ� ไปใช้ในการปฏิบตั ห ิ น้าทีเ่ พือ่ facilitate the work in this regard. ขวัญและก�ำลังใจ เพราะฉะนัน้ แล้วก็ขอให้ทางคุณชัยวัฒน์ฯ จงประสพผลส�ำเร็จในการท�ำหน้าทีใ่ ห้กบั ประเทศชาติสบื ต่อไป

More Plants to Make Cha-Am More Lively by ‘Fa Sai’ Over 220 members of the ‘Fa Sai’ environmental group have recently grown beautiful plants on Cha-Am beaches to make the city more beautiful and lively and raise awareness among local people and tourists on environmental conservation.

Taking place on 14 September at the southern part of Cha-Am beach, this activity, carried out as a part of the project, “Cha-Am: Lively City”, was presided over by the Cha-Am Mayor Mr. Nukul Pornsomboonsiri.

In this activity, small plants will be grown at the foot of pine trees along the beach, making the area more beautiful and attractive.

Following the report made by the Cha-Am Municipality Deputy and the activity leader Mr. Amnart Witthaya, the ‘Fa Sai Cha-Am Suai’ (literally, ‘Clear Sky in Beautiful ChaAm environmental group was formed by leaders of civil society groups, academics and governmental staff who have mobilized the development work for Cha-Am in a constant and sustainable way since 2006. Their knowledge and experience on social work is extended and obtained from participating in field trips, trainings and relevant activities.

Realizing that the Cha-Am beach is one of the most beautiful and most famous for Thai and foreign tourists, the ‘Fa Sai’ members has worked with owners of beachside camp beds in Cha-Am to launch this activity to raise awareness on environmental conservation and improve the area of the southern part of Cha-Am beach.Also promotes cooperation from good relations between local people and governmental officers and participation of all concerned agencies in terms of taking care of Cha-Am in a sustainable way.

The activity, funded by the ChaAm Municipal Health Insurance Funding Division, sees 220 participants from the ‘Fa Sai’ group, the local fisher group, the owners of beachside camp beds and the network on Cha-Am: Lively City project. The ChaAm Municipality is responsible for providing plants to grow.

Leaflets on environmental threat and how to protect the world from it are distributed by the Division of Health and Environmental Effect Assessment of the Department of Health. Logistic matters are under responsibility of the Niphon Resort Hotel, Saha Kham and Nong Jaeng communities.

The Cha-Am Mayor, very pleased to attend the activity, said that he appreciated dedication of ‘Fa Sai’ group and people who worked hard to make Cha-Am a lively city.

He added that taking care of the beach and retaining its charm will impress visitors so much that they will keep coming back. This will improve overall economic situation in the city as well. “This activity responds to the Cha-Am municipal policy that aims to internationalize the standard of the city’s tourist attractions under cooperation of several agencies concerned,” said the Mayor.

“Since sustainable development would be impossible without everybody working together. I’d like to thank in advance the owners of beachside camp beds and members of the Saha Kham and Nong Jaeng communities who will take care of all the plants in the future.”

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Volume 3 issue 2 October 2011

Local & Hotel News

Tourists Enjoy Shell Eating,

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The Hotel Cha Am

Bird Watching and joined Food & Hotel Thailand Squid Fishing in Cha-Am

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lock of Thais and foreigners are coming to Cha-Am for the 13th festival of shell eating, bird watching and squid fishing at the Cha-Am lookout between 24 September and 2 October.

Organized by the Tourism Authority of Thailand’s Petchaburi Office, the Cha-Am Municipality and the Boonrawd Brewery Public Company Limited’s the Marketing Division, this event aims to promote tourism in Cha-Am in low season. Well-known among tourists as it has taken place for 13 times already, it offers fun travel experiences and several unforgettable activities hardly found elsewhere in Thailand.

Mr. Chai Panichpornpan, the Petchaburi Governor, said that Petchaburi is one of the highest potential provinces in Thailand in terms of tourism thanks to its various natural resources, unique culture and interesting historical background. The province also boasts many royal initiative projects from which people can learn as well as complete accommodations and convenient location close to Bangkok. These make Petchaburi a precious gem of Thailand.

In terms of Cha-Am, a district of Petchaburi, it is an important tourist spot of the province and Thailand as a whole. Each year, over 4 million tourists visit the area, boosting local economy to the province a lot. Organizing tourism promotion activities like this festival is a good way to allow local people to earn more income, added Mr. Chai.

The Cha-Am Mayor Mr. Nukul Pornsomboonsiri, as an organizing chair of the festival, said that the Municipality of Cha-Am provided visitors with international quality on event organizing.

Throughout the event, the central stage will have performances of various artists. At the Cha-Am lookout, visitors can savor good food and drink.

Those who want to fish squid can do so at 7 p.m. every day on a fishing boat by paying only 100 Baht charge – the cheapest price for tourists.

Fishing boats will be moored beside the ChaAm lookout on the southern part.

Birdwatchers can take a free trip to Khao Nang Phanthurat hill and Thung Takad Phlee to see local and migrating birds. The trip, taking place twice daily – 7 a.m. and 4 p.m. – can be booked at a tent on the north of the Cha-Am lookout.

On 24 September – the first and the opening day of the festival, a fair of One-TambonOne-Product (OTOP) goods was launched together with boat racing from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. The Cha-Am Mayor said that he was confident that the festival would come out very well as it had been held for the 13th times already. Besides, organizers and sponsors for the event know how to prepare everything. So, all visitors will be happy and enjoy great experience there.

The Director of the Tourism Authority of Thailand’s Petchaburi Office Ms. Nongnit Tengmaneewan talked about the festival that the TAT, which has continuously supported it since the first time, would be pleased to coorganize the event again next year because a lot of visitors enjoyed it so much despite the low season. So, the TAT would like to invite tourists to come back to Cha-Am and attend the festival again next year.

Mr. Somchai Paerungrotthawee, the manager of the Boonrawd Brewery Public Company Limited’s the Marketing Division, said that the company was glad to be a co-organizer of the festival because it was a Thai company which supported and took pride of diverse Thai tradition and culture. Boonrawd has continuously sponsored this event as it symbolizes unique Thai lifestyle, especially the way of living in coastal Thailand.

An unmissible event of Cha-Am, the shell eating, bird watching and squid fishing festival will be an unforgettable memory for those who attend it, too. For more information, please contact the Cha-Am Municipality at tel. 032 471 665.

Cha-Am Today Language Corner Welcome to the latest edition of Language Corner, the easy to understand guide to speaking conversational Thai.

We say what we want to do or where we want to go almost in everyday conversation. In this month’s issue, we are going to learn how to express your idea regarding what to do and where to go, as well as to invite other people to join in your proposed activities.

To say ‘want to’, simply use ‘yaak’, meanwhile ‘mai’ can be added before ‘yaak’ meaning ‘don’t want to’.

Examples: Pom yaak gin pizza. = I want to eat a pizza.

Pom yaak bpai Phuket. = I want to go to Phuket.

Pom yaak chuai kao. = I want to help him.

Pom yaak poot gap poo-jat-gaan. = I want to speak to the manager.

Pom mai yaak thoo haa tur. = I don’t want to phone her.

Pom mai yaak duum maak. = I don’t want to drink a lot.

Pom mai yaak hai dtang kun. = I don’t want to give you money.

To ask other people if they would like to do a particular thing, simply add ‘mai?’ at the end of the statement.

Turn the above sentences to questions: Kun yaak gin pizza mai? = Do you want to eat a pizza?

Kun yaak bpai Phuket mai? = Do you want to go to Phuket?

Kun yaak chuai kao mai? = Do you want to help him?

Kun yaak poot gap poo-jat-gaan mai? = Do you want to speak to the manager?

Language Corner is brought to you by Insight English Language School.

For Thai and English classes, contact 032-470 681 or www.insightenglish-huahin.com For on-line study visit www.insightilife.com For inquiry about Thai language, please email parichat.c@insightenglish.com

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vent at Siam Paragon An international event “food & hotel Thailand 2011” was held in Bangkok at Siam Paragon last month with numbers of international participants including The Hotel Cha Am. This is the first time that expects to attract another record number of local and international buyers. The event holds the unique status of being “Asia’s 5 Star Hospitality Event. There are many hospitality competitions such as bed making for housekeeping department, fruit carving and duck free style cooking for F&B and kitchen departments. For the fruit carving we have the concept of “Pranakorn Kiri” The architecture of King Rama 5 from Petchaburi Province.

And for the duck cooking we created using the salt brick as the plate with modern decoration. Even though the hotel cha-am team didn’t win the first prize, we got the recognization from three competitions which is the good thing for our associate to practice and improve our service to guests.

Sheraton Hua Hin

Resort & Spa Wins Luxury Business Hotel Award

by World Luxury Hotel Awards 2011

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ua Hin, September 2011 – Following its successful in Luxury Hotel & Conference Center Award in 2010, Sheraton Hua Hin Resort & Spa has taken the crown as Best Luxury Business Hotel Award at the World Luxury Hotel Awards 2011 ceremony held in Croatia recently.

Sheraton Hua Hin Resort & Spa has already become established as the premier resort in the area of business and leisure guest as well as Meetings, Incentives, Conference and Event attendees. Most importantly, guest feedback and repeat business levels are exceptionally high. The World Luxury Hotel Awards was presented to an exclusive selection of worldclass hotels, in order to recognize their excellent facilities and services provided, and available to their guests. The World Luxury Hotel Awards accounts for all categories in the Luxury Hotel industry & recognize Hotels & Resorts situated amongst 87 countries

where nominated to participate in the 2011 World Luxury Hotel Awards 2011.

“Winning this prestigious award is recognition of the highest standards of service and genuine hospitality that our team consistently delivers to our guests and is especially rewarding given for all associates here at our resort. The credit for efforts and hard working definitely rests with each and every associate. I am proud to serve side by side with them” said Martin Raich, General Manager of Sheraton Hua Hin Resort & Spa. With idyllic surroundings and warm Thai hospitality. Sheraton Hua Hin Resort & Spa comprises 240 guestrooms surrounding a 560-meter circumference lagoon style swimming pool, 5 restaurants & bars, spa, fitness center, 2 tennis courts and a kid’s club. All deluxe rooms feature a private garden, balcony, direct access to the pool or panoramic ocean view.

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