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he special online insurance coverage scheme, known as the Thailand Travel Shield, was initiated by the Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) to help visitors whose own insurance policy might be void because of the ongoing martial law. However, the policy has so far attracted only a small number of members, about 1,000, principally from Italy, Australia and Canada. The scheme offers travel insurance of up to 2 million baht for up to 60 days on any one trip to Thailand for a premium
which varies from 650 baht to 12,000 baht, depending on the length of the proposed stay and the precise benefits provided. The insurance must be applied for online prior to arrival in Thailand. Nobody over 70 is permitted to join the plan and foreign residents in Thailand are also excluded. Thailand Travel Shield is offered by four public-listed Thai insurance companies: Muang Thai Insurance, Chao Phaya Insurance, Siam City Insurance and Krungthai Panich Insurance.
There are a broad range of benefits for unforeseen events including medical care for accidents, trip cancellation, loss of personal belongings and emergency hotel accommodation. Pre-existing medical conditions are not covered. Marketing the scheme has been left to TAT and the four insurance companies, but few people seem to be aware of its existence. Pattaya Today contacted several Bangkok-based foreign embassies, but only the Australian mission seemed to Continued on page 6
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News Ladyboys arrested for pocket-picking Three transvestite gang members were arrested after trying to trick Indian tourist Nirav Dehai into giving up his precious possessions. The group tried to distract their victim on Walking Street by hugging him and offering him a special time for a low fee. However, Dehai realized what was afoot and began shouting in protest. The trio was found by police to have 170 baht, 10,000 rupees and 200 dollars on their persons and was processed for judicial proceedings. One of the group, Nattapong Duangsri, 24, said he was the leader and had been arrested before on a similar charge before being released owing to lack of evidence.
Chicken soup was doped
An Iranian tourist devised a subtle plot to defraud a hotel after renting a room in Soi Khopai. He engaged the hotel receptionist in conversation and then offered her a bowl of chicken soup which resulted in her falling asleep. Another member of staff then saw Saeid Hosseini, 46, trying to break into a cash drawer in the reception area. Police later said the Iranian national had been arrested with evidence which included two cups of coffee, soup remains and a screw driver.
American stabbed by Thai woman
A laundry in Soi Buakhao was the scene of a nasty incident when an American man, Morgan Kent, was injured in a knife attack and was sent to Pattaya Memorial Hospital for emergency treatment. Sunisa Ampan, 21, was still holding the kitchen knife when police arrived on the scene. She said that Kent had been quarrelling violently with his Thai girlfriend and had suddenly started arguing for no apparent reason with her (Sunisa’s) French husband who was too small to defend himself. Police were still investigating the incident at press time.
Driver run over by own bus In a very sad event behind Pattaya Floating Market, a Thai bus driver lost his life in an accident while he was repairing the brake system and lying on his back under the vehicle. A wooden stick which was blocking the front wheel snapped in two and the bus rolled over him with fatal results. The police said there were no suspicious circumstances and relatives of the dead man, Amporn Chumwan, were invited to collect his remains from the Banglamung hospital’s mortuary.
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Pattaya Mayor turns 41 Pattaya mayor Itthiphol Kunplome celebrated his 41st birthday at his Naklua home with his wife Ratchada and many family members and associates. Born in 1973, Itthiphol is the fourth son of Somchai and Satil Kunplome. He graduated from the Golden Gate University in USA and completes his second mayoral term in Pattaya in 2016.
Ripley’s hosts run
Ripley’s Believe It or Not Museum cooperated with the Royal Thai Naval Air Division in hosting U-Tapao Ripley’s Run which was attended by 2,000 people. To
make the running more thrilling, Ripley’s provided several ‘ghosts’ which chased the contestants in a friendly fashion.
Goodbye to district chief At the Garden View Resort many officials and business people gathered to say thank you to retiring Banglamung district chief Sakchai Taenghor who is leaving to take up a new position as director of the Investigation and Legal Affairs Bureau at the Department of Provincial Administration. During his 21 months in office in Banglamung, Sakchai has been busy fighting the drug menace, enforcing licensing laws and dealing with loan sharks. He was awarded the honor of being the most outstanding chief in the central region of Thailand and is the 16th individual to have held the office in Banglamung.
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News Tourist safety highlighted The Ministry of Tourism and Sports held a seminar to boost tourist safety during the Pattaya high season. Assistant minister Dr Chawanee Thongrot said that Pattaya now received 10 million domestic and international visitors per year and that trained personnel were vital to assist them as and when necessary in cases involving accidents or crime. Certificates of competence were handed out to volunteers who attended the seminar including medical staff, marine police and the Sawangboriboon Foundation.
Vantage Resort and Police and media compete halal restaurant open Vantage Point Group CEO Mujibur Rahman led the grand opening of Vantage Resort and its halal restaurant in Soi Siam Country Club. The 30-room boutique style resort features services for Muslim guests. Vantage Restaurant serves organic halal food, healthy international dishes, and non-alcoholic fruit and vegetable drinks. Another resort facility, Vantage Clinic, is scheduled to open this month.
New zoning on beach The military authorities and civic officials are implementing new regulations about beach chairs and umbrellas on the resort’s beach areas. The new rules mean that for every permitted area of 100 meters, there must be 10 meters of empty sand. Beach operators have been instructed to move their beach chairs and umbrellas in accordance with the military intervention. Colored paint is being used to mark out the new boundaries which have caused some consternation among vacationers. In fact, the new rules are less restrictive in Pattaya than in Phuket and Hua Hin where beach vendors were removed altogether. A military spokesman said the moves were in accordance with the policies of the National Council for Peace and Order and were designed
Police Lieutenant General Thanet Pinmuang-ngam presided over the opening ceremony of the football game between Chonburi-based police and reporters for the print and online media. The police won two to one. The idea was to celebrate New Year and to harmonize the working relationship between the two groups.
New power grid for Pattaya
to increase the amount of beach space which users could enjoy for free. However, critics pointed that out the new regulations were confusing to the public and would mean that vendors might lose their regular customers who were used to one particular spot.
A one-billion-baht computerized “smart grid” for power supply in Pattaya has been agreed by the Thai Cabinet. Under the proposal, the Provincial Electricity Authority will borrow most of the money at authorized rates and the city should have a new power system installed by 2017. The grid provides a modern electricity network which can utilize clean energy sources as well as traditional ones. Initially the cost of the project was estimated to be in the region of one and a half billion baht, but a rigorous scrutiny of the project’s documentation found considerable scope for savings.
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Blood donation session held
Mike Shopping Mall and the Thai Red Cross hosted their biannual blood donation session on the fourth floor of the mall. The precious fluid will be used to take care of injured and sick people throughout the Pattaya area.
Supermodels line up
Twenty children aged 8-12 took part in the Junior Thai Supermodel 2014 competition with elimination rounds at Nong Nooch Garden and Siam Paragon. The contest aims to encourage children to show their speaking, acting or musical talents and to provide evidence they use their free time in a constructive way. The lucky winners will receive the Princess Soamsavali trophy and cash incentives.
New building for Huay Yai school The local branch of the YWCA, Jesters Care for Kids and other organizations have raised the cash to construct a new building with eight classrooms at Huay Yai School, near Pattaya. At the moment the premises are overcrowded and several different student groups are being taught in the same room. There is a total of 264 students on roll at present from pre-school to primary level.
Office managers hold Amari Pattaya appoints New Year’s party new resident manager
The Front Office Manager Alliance (FOMA) Pattaya, with 80 hotels locally represented, held a New Year’s party at the Pinnacle Grand Jomtien Resort. FOMA president Phisut Sae-khu said the idea of the organization was for people with similar jobs to compare notes on dealing with the general public.
Royal Cliff wins another award The Royal Cliff Hotels Group and its convention center PEACH have received their sixth Environmental Impact Assessment monitoring award from the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment. The hotel group’s senior sales executive Sirinarin Samanaree accepted the award from Dapong Ratanasuwan, deputy commander-in-chief of the Royal Thai Army, who is also the minister in charge of natural resources and environment.
Amari Pattaya has appointed Richard Gamlin from New Zealand to the position of resident manager. He has had 25 years of experience in the hospitality industry before joining Amari Pattaya. During his career he has worked with Hilton in China for eight years and most recently held the position of director of Operations at Hilton Wuhan Optics Valley. He brings with him a strong background in food and beverage as well as operational and administrative areas.
Foreign tourist police assistants needed The Tourist Police are a special division of the Royal Thai Police. The FTPA assist with carrying out the functions of the Tourist Police including assistance to tourists and local community members, helping to resolve misunderstandings and disputes, offering general advice to tourists and providing services for international events from time to time. We operate primarily in the Walking Street/Beach Road entertainment area, nightly from 9.00 pm to 2.30 am. We are currently inviting qualified male and female foreigners living in Pattaya to join the group. It’s important for members to have a friendly and relaxed attitude, to enjoy helping others and to be able to spare one or more evenings a week. A probationary period, including initial training, is part of the program. Our initial requirements are: • You live in Pattaya most of the time • You have a current and renewable one year visa • You have language skills or relevant backgroud experience • You have a verifiable clean police record in your home country and Thailand
Applicants should send a short email telling us about yourself to ftpapattaya@gmail.com We will send you an application form and try to answer any questions you have. Feel free to visit us on Walking Street any night and don’t hesitate to see us if you need any assistance.
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News Insurance cover needs marketing Continued from page 1 have any knowledge. The British and American embassies referred us to their websites, but there is actually no mention there of the Thailand Travel Shield. The scheme is actually a good one and even includes pre-trip information on inoculations, weather, exchange rates and general medical information. However, tourists have long visited Thailand without any form of travel insurance whatsoever, presuming that no disaster would befall them. This is particularly true of new-generation visitors from India and China who may not have any form of cover in their own country, let alone when they are travelling abroad. According to a British Foreign Office
report two years ago, about one half of British tourists travelling abroad fail to carry any insurance at all. Some travel companies insist on clients taking out some form of cover, but there is no requirement in Thailand for visitors to have insurance when entering the country. A British travel agent in Pattaya said, “Many travelers just don’t think of accidents or the tremendously high cost of top-class hospitalization in Thailand. They tend to think accidents are what happen to other people.” Several Thai hospitals have also confirmed that there have been hardly any claims under the Thailand Travel Shield scheme. Pattaya Today was able to trace only two such cases in the entire country, both in southern Thailand. A
spokesperson for TAT said that there would be a new marketing campaign beginning in the new year. However, she pointed out that some travel insurance policies, especially in Europe, were not voided by the imposition of martial law. This could be one reason why the takeup has been low, she said. The fine print of Thailand Travel Shield states that there are other exclusions apart from old age and preexisting medical conditions. These include accidents occurring while under the influence of alcohol or drugs, hazardous or extreme sports including motorbike riding and getting involved in public brawls. Full details are on the website www.tourismthailand.org/ ThailandTravelShield.
Walker has Onyx Residences sore feet breaks ground
L e k Fa n d e n , t h e well-known actor, finally arrived in Sri Racha after a walk of 180 kilometers to celebrate the fact that the country is no longer in a political crisis. Many fans brought him water and snacks and he admitted his feet were very sore. He then proceeded on to Central Pattaya in a final burst of enthusiasm. Lek said he wanted to see Thai people live safely together and with mutual respect.
The Russians aren’t coming! The Russian market in Pattaya has at last slumped after 12 years of strong growth. The main reason is the devaluation of the ruble which has dropped more than half its value in recent months, thus acting as a travel disincentive to many of Russia’s working and middle classes. The Thai Hotels Association has confirmed that the Russian total for this high season has slumped around 50 percent. Pattaya hoteliers have been under pressure to reduce room rates and to offer package incentives to try and boost the numbers. It is well known that Russians prefer to make hotel bookings at the last minute. Normally, about 80,000 Russian tourists arrive in Thailand every month through tour agents, but the weak ruble has made a serious dent in those figures, even though Russia remains the third biggest market for Thai hospitality. Travel gurus say that the Thai tourist industry would be well advised to switch its marketing attention to China.
Silver Lining for diners
Tourists and visitors can now look forward to an exciting gastronomic experience with the opening of Silver Lining by The Glass House, operated by The Glass House Beachfront Restaurant and Bar on the beachfront of Zire Wongamat-Raimon Land’s latest residential property on the exclusive cove. Open all day and through the evening, the 200-seat Silver Lining offers top-quality international cuisine including fresh seafood.
Construction of the 900-million-baht Onyx Residences South Pattaya has begun with the drilling of more than 200 pile holes 37 meters deep by Thai Bauer Co Ltd. Thai Bauer has been offering foundation design and construction services for over 20 years with operations in Malaysia, Hong Kong, Singapore and Australia. Onyx expressed elation “to be partnering with contractors AE Asia, Thai BAUER and Marriott to bring a new standard of luxury, amenities and lifestyle to the most exciting market in the country.”
Woman gives birth in pickup
Police and ambulance crews rushed to Sukhumvit Road after reports that a pregnant woman was crying out in pain in a parked vehicle. Parichat Kamdam, 19, was found to be five months pregnant and the medical team on the spot decided to deliver the baby there and then. At Banglamung Hospital later, it was stated that the mother had recovered satisfactorily but that the baby had died because of its premature state.
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News Bangkok is popular choice Bangkok is the world’s 10th most popular worldwide destination to celebrate the new year, according to reports on Trip Advisor, the world’s biggest travel site. The most popular destination in provincial Thailand is Chiang Mai followed by Hua Hin. These are the only entries for the whole of Asia in the top ten according to the media relations department at Trip Advisor Asia-Pacific. The top three global destinations were London, Paris and New York. The research also showed that Thais in general preferred domestic destinations at new year rather than international choices. But Thais who were travelling abroad preferred Hong Kong to any other city even though the price of hotel rooms has skyrocketed nearly 200 percent in a matter of months. Falling oil prices are thought to be acting as a stimulant at the moment for domestic tourism in particular. Thai destinations within 300 kilometers of the capital, including Pattaya, are thought to be benefitting from Thai domestic travelers.
Manathai Hotels opens Bangkok office Independent Thai hospitality group Manathai Hotels and Resorts has opened a centralized sales office in Bangkok to coordinate global sales and marketing activities for its four boutique resorts in Thailand. The team is headed by BobbieJane Skewes, a 15-year veteran in shaping leading boutique hotels and corporate offices in Australia, Dubai, Egypt, Cambodia and Thailand. The Australian is also adept at identifying business opportunities through knowledge, research and market intelligence, evinced during her experience at Sofitel Luxury Hotels, Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts, Banyan Tree Hotels and Resorts and the Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company.
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Iron gate collapsed
Fake job finder arrested
No turning left Pattaya’s traffic cops are stopping more and more foreigners. The most common offense is “turning left while waiting light”, as the sign usually says, which some farangs believe means “turn left anytime if safe to do so”. Actually it means the opposite – proceed only when your signal shows green. The fine is 400 baht and you have to pay it at the designated police station before collecting your license. U-Tapao once again The transport ministry has launched yet another campaign to upgrade U-Tapao as a regional hub for commercial airlines in the hope of luring 3 million passengers a year. Apparently the Royal Thai Navy, which runs the facility jointly with the civil authorities, is in favor of the plan. Already a new passenger terminal is being built together with a longer runway. Let’s wait and see. Thepprasit woes A recent drainage revamp restricted the road surface on Thepprasit Road and caused some mighty tailback delays for a couple of weeks. Makes you wonder what will happen to the traffic once the construction of the Sukhumvit tunnel begins. Whatever is done to alleviate the jams along Sukhumvit, we are in for three years of what is euphemistically called “dislocation”.
The Sawangboriboon foundation rushed to Sukhumvit Pattaya Soi 73 after a 100-kilo iron gate collapsed and fell onto Sukanya On-don. The 24-year-old woman suffered facial and neck injuries and was sent to Banglamung Hospital. A relative said Sukanya was trying to open the gate when the whole structure collapsed.
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Tolls into Pattaya Of course it had to happen. So it has now been announced officially that there will be a toll plaza to collect cash from all incoming (and departing?) vehicles on the new super highway from Bangkok. The plaza will be located a few kilometers out of town and is scheduled to begin its activities in mid-2016. The cash raised no doubt will compensate for the cost of building the plaza in the first place. Urban technicalities It’s 36 years since the city of Pattaya was formally founded. Before the Pattaya City Administration Act of 1978, the area was technically known as the Naklua Sanitation District. Since 1978 the city has been administered under a special autonomous system of city management. Bangkok and Pattaya alone in Thailand are governed under the autonomous regulations. Jomtien torture Let’s hope that the ill-conceived plan to make Jomtien Beach Road one-way does not resurface in the new year. The small sois connecting beach road and Jomtien Second Road are already too congested to deal with an extra surge of vehicles trying to reverse their direction. The scheme, which was delayed at short notice last month, simply won’t work. Better think it out again. Daily Mail query The National Council for Peace and Order, as is their right, banned direct web access to the UK tabloid The Daily Mail soon after coming to power on the grounds that it publishes insensitive material about Thailand. Fair enough. But the newspaper is legally available with many others at book shops, stores and newspaper stands throughout the city. Maybe the online version is different in content to the flesh edition.
Officials of the Department of Employment and police visited an office in Jomtien after learning that a fake employment bureau was based there. Police later arrested Miss Suttirat, 30, who was thought to be collecting sums of money up to 60,000 baht in return for finding applicants suitable employment in the United States. They were allegedly told that getting to the US and obtaining a visa were not any problem at all. However, police had not found any documentation to prove any overseas employment, so she was detained and sent to police station.
A malevolent woman offered to pay 25,000 baht a month to anyone who would loan her their car so that she could rent it to foreign tourists. Passaraporn Buabok, 45, found several people were willing to hand over their transport on the promise of regular income. However, they then filed a complaint at the police station in Sattahip when they received absolutely nothing even though the contract specified the agreed sum monthly. One complainant, Witoon Boontawee, aged 30, said he had been the victim of a scam and that the woman in question had disappeared without a trace.
Cambodian snatchers caught after chase
A police raid involving 30 officers found four teenagers on a bed and marijuana on a table in Jomtien. Altogether there were 100 teens of both sexes at the party but the hosts said they had warned the youngsters not to bring illegal substances with them under any circumstances. Police stated they would make an investigation as to who owned the marijuana.
Club searched for illegal workers
Quick results The Bangkok Hospital Pattaya is busy at this time of the year with outpatients wanting a blood check as part of the various discounted health promotions currently operational. The surprising feature is that the results, after the blood sample is taken, are usually ready in 30 minutes. If you are in a hurry to know your blood sugar level, cholesterol count, uric acid or whatever, this is the place to head. Good quality buffet One of the best value-for-money buffets in town is the nightly one at the Thai Garden Resort on North Pattaya Road. Just 399 baht for adults from 6 to 9 p.m. with some changes nightly, e.g., pizza night Mondays, BBQ buffet Tuesdays, German selection Thursdays, international buffet Saturdays. There’s also a promotion – buy six coupons and get an extra one free.
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Two Cambodian men fled on a motorbike after snatching a woman’s bag on Central Pattaya Beach Road. Napaporn Chiengmueng, 26, said the tandem took her bag while she was on a motorbike taxi. She then asked help from nearby people to call the police. Police chased the thieves to Second Road in South Pattaya, where they crashed and injured three other motorists. The snatchers admitted to having previously robbed to pay for drugs.
During a police search of a Walking Street club, seven Cambodian nationals were arrested for working without permits. The club owner may be charged for hiring foreigners illegally.
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Cape Dara Resort Pattaya introduces Luminous Spa
Cape Dara Resort Pattaya invites you to experience luxurious pampering at its newly opened Luminous Spa. Located at the resort’s 4th floor, Luminous Spa offers comprehensive spa treatments in a serene surrounding with view of Pattaya Bay. The new spa features five treatment rooms, herbal steam-sauna room, and an open-air gazebo where guests can experience the sea breeze with the enchanting sounds of nature while having spa treatment. Spa-goers can avail of the soft opening promotion for only 3,500 baht net, which includes 90-minute Luminous signature massage plus steam or sauna for 15 minutes and 30-minute body scrub. Luminous Spa opens daily from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. For more information, please contact Tel: 038 933 888 or visit www.capedararesort.com.
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Pattaya Marriott promotes fitness Pattaya Marriott Resort and Spa executive assistant manager Terapan Chuaprasert presided over an aerobic contest for charity event at the resort’s Fitness Club. He stated that aerobics were now very popular among all age groups as they provided excellent body exercise and did not require any equipment. Winners were declared after accomplishing the three-hour charity aerobic marathon.
Holiday Festivities around town Bobby Brooks hosts Christmas party
Property advisor Bobby Brooks hosted his company’s 10th annual Christmas party at Kaffa Restaurant on Jomtien Beach. The guests, including the host’s friends and members of the media, were treated to a night of food, live band entertainment, and giveaways.
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A jolly Christmas at Hilton Pattaya
Special thank you dinner at Mantra
Hilton Pattaya was brimming with holiday spirit on Christmas day as guests were entertained by children from Father Ray Foundation singing the season’s favorite carols. The choir was seen around the hotel’s lobby and restaurant outlets serenading guests and spreading Christmas cheer.
Amari Pattaya hosted a special thank you dinner for invited guests from Pattaya media outlets at the hotel’s Mantra restaurant and bar. General manager Brendan Daly expressed his appreciation for the local media’s ongoing support to the hotel.
TFI organizes Jolly Kids Xmas party
Christmas and New Year celebration at Mimosa
The Thai Farang Initiative (TFI) organized the second Jolly Kids Xmas party at Jameson’s where Santa Claus gave every child a Christmas present. The charity event also provided kids with free meals, a magic show, face painting, games and prizes.
Mimosa Pattaya hosted a parade, cabaret show and musical fountain to celebrate Christmas and New Year. Tourists enjoyed the winter atmosphere at the Frenchstyle attraction.
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Kandy Lounge and Club opens in Pattaya The upscale Kandy Lounge and Club made its entrance in Pattaya in an exclusive official launch party hosted by the owners Karan Khanijou from Thailand, Dani Corallini from Italy, and Randy Kalsi from UK. The new trendsetting nighttime destination is set to bring a whole new level of sophisticated lounge experience with its refined décor, exquisite signature menu from its London chef, outstanding entertainment acts and DJs from around the world, and prime location in Chateaue Dale complex on Thappraya Road just between Pattaya and Jomtien. Must-see and mustexperience at Kandy are the mixology trolley serving wellcrafted signature cocktails and luxurious tapas creations by head chef Emanuele Guerra from UK, all using intense ingredients with a sweet note.
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New Year Special Gift at Spa Cenvaree, Centara Grand Mirage Beach Resort Pattaya Spa Cenvaree at Centara Grand Mirage Beach Resort Pattaya provides an oasis of relaxation and rejuvenation with Heavenly Care Spa Membership – the perfect gift for New Year. For an annual membership fee of 10,000 baht net, you can enjoy spa treatments worth 35,000 baht and other benefits. Members will have unlimited access to spa facilities, receive discounts and special privileges such as oil massage, body care, facial massage, pedicure or manicure, and a welcome gift of Thai massage pajama.
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Tennis stars at Royal Cliff Hotels Group Royal Cliff Hotels Group top executives led by managing director Panga Vathanakul (6th from right) hosted an exclusive cocktail reception to welcome Russian tennis superstar Dr. Mikhail Youzhny (6th from left) along with other professional Russian tennis players at the Sunset Terrace Lobby and Bar of the Royal Cliff Beach Terrace Hotel. The players were in Pattaya to prepare for the upcoming Grand Slam – 2015 Australian Open. The intense tennis camp is held every year at Royal Cliff’s world-class stateof-the-art fitness center Fitz Club – Racquets, Health and Fitness.
Centara signs agreement with Bangkok University for student training Thirayuth Chirathivat (center), chief executive officer of Centara Hotels and Resorts, and Dr. Mattana Santiwat (3rd right), president of Bangkok University, jointly signed a memorandum of understanding between the hotel company and university for student training. Also pictured are hotel executives and university administration.
Indian by Nature hosts Amari celebrates clubhouse opening sitar recital of the year
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Chocolate Lover Ritual at The Okura Spa, The Okura Prestige Bangkok Every day is Valentine’s Day in the month of February at The Okura Spa. The Spa, fittingly, is offering a very special Chocolate Lover Ritual treatment throughout the month. Chocolate is not just for eating. It also has gentle moisturizing qualities and has a positive effect on cell renewal. Chocolate contains antioxidants which help to combat environmental stressors that impact upon the skin and accelerate the aging process. The scent of chocolate stimulates the ‘feel good’ endorphins – an essential element in any quality spa treatment. The ritual comprises a chocolate body scrub and chocolate body wrap before applying a chocolate moisturizer to enrich your skin. This special 90-minute Valentine’s treatment is available from February 1-28, 2015 for 3,800 baht ++. The Okura Spa is located on the 25th floor of The Okura Prestige Bangkok. For more information and reservations, please contact 02 687 9000 or spa@okurabangkok.com.
Amari Phuket management team led by Pierre-Andre Pelletier (second from left) – vice president and area general manager, South Thailand, Richard Margo (right) – hotel manager and Tipaporn Koonphol (left) – deputy general manager seen here at the exclusive opening party of the hotel’s clubhouse. Also in photo is Yuthachai Charanachitta (second from right) – president and CEO of Amari Estates Co., Ltd. The Clubhouse features a free-form swimming pool with a sundeck and pool bar. Additional facilities include a fitness center and an exclusive dining and lounge area.
The illustrious venues where Purbayan Chatterjee has performed include the Royal Festival Hall in London, the Sydney Opera House, Salle Gaveau in Paris, Konzerthaus Berlin, the Esplanade Singapore and now Indian by Nature in Jomtien. Purbayan rose to fame when he was only 15 and proceeded to become the winner of the “President of India Award” and has been described as one of India’s most respected musicians. Purbayan has recorded nine CDs, one of which won the Palm IRAA Award for the Best World Music Album of the Year. He performed at the famous Indian by Nature restaurant with the accomplished tabla player, Sandip Ghosh. The restaurant was packed full of music lovers gathered to listen to the duo’s virtuosity and of course, enjoy the restaurant’s gourmet buffet created especially for the occasion.
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Amari Pattaya receives Holiday Inn Pattaya donates fund to Father Thailand Tourism Standard 5-star award Ray Foundation
Brendan Daly (left), general manager of Amari Pattaya, was delighted to receive Thailand Tourism Standard for 2014-2017 (5-star Hotel Award) from the Department of Tourism presented by Tourism and Sports Minister Kobkarn Suriyasat Wattanavrangkul. This certification is given to establishments that provide quality services that contribute to raising the standard of tourism in Thailand.
Long Lake Hillside Resort receives certifications
Absolute Living Thailand’s Long Lake Hillside Resort received accreditations from Thailand Tourism Standard and National Food Institute confirming its stand as the best retirement resort with care facilities providing premium service for the elderly. Tourism and Sports Minister Kobkarn Wattanavrangkul (right) presented Long Lake Hillside Resort accommodation standard for long-stay tourism gold award after meeting the rigorous standards set by the Department of Tourism. Pensiri Panyarachun, managing director of Absolute Living Thailand, was on hand to receive the award. The long stay resort was also certified by National Food Institute under Ministry of Industry for having world-class food safety standard mass catering.
Kate Gerits (center), general manager of Holiday Inn Pattaya, together with Bernardo de la Garza, director of food and beverage (left), present a donation of 15,650 baht to Bro. Denis Gervais, C.Ss.R. (right), vice president of Father Ray Foundation. Funds were raised during the hotel’s activities of Melbourne Cup 2014.
Royal Cliff Hotels Group visits TAT Pattaya director
Royal Cliff Hotels Group represented by Somruthai Chomrat (right), senior assistant PR and marketing communications manager, visited Suladda Sarutilavan, director of Tourism Authority of Thailand – Pattaya Office, to present her a New Year’s hamper and extend holiday wishes to her team.
Silver anniversary at Centara Grand Mirage Beach Resort Pattaya
Tik Klinsee at Ravindra Beach Resort & Spa
Actor-director Channarong Khuntee-tao, well-known as Tik Klinsee (right), seen during his stay at Ravindra Beach Resort and Spa. Also in photo is Ploywadee Dibbayawan, resort resident manager.
Colin and Beverley Grant celebrated their silver anniversary at Centara Grand Mirage Beach Resort Pattaya where they renewed their wedding vows administered by general manager Andre Brulhart in his position of “Captain of the Resort”. Chef Colin is the executive chef of the hotel where the celebration was held. Invited friends and family joined together to congratulate the happy couple and to wish them another 25 years of matrimonial bliss.
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Mick & Di BACCO BEACH The Food Lovers
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A Culinary Pleasure Dome
Isn’t it a wonderful thing when your experience lives up to your expectations? Such an event happened to us the night we dined at Bacco Beach. This extraordinary structure on Na Jomtien Beach, which has been in the construction stages for 16 months, is now complete and what a phenomenal pleasure dome of gastro happiness it is. With seating for over 500 people inside and outside, 605 distinguished wine labels housed in their temperature-
controlled wine cave, two pizza ovens of variable temperatures for specific pizza varieties, a rotary oven, microbrewery conditions where beer is kept at minus 2 degrees, VIP “Chef’s Kitchen” with seating for 18 people plus a pink baby grand piano – it is one extraordinary destination. Sited on a rai of pristine sands with vista daybeds reaching down to the shoreline this is – yes, I’m going to say it again – one extraordinary destination.
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This bastion of Italian cuisine is the ingenuity of padrone/chef Sergio Forte, proprietor of sibling venue, Bacco in Thonglor, Bangkok. His passion for Italian food and fine wines were the building blocks for this remarkable beachside restaurant and wine bar. Bacco is Italian for the god of wine – Bacchus to us, and assuredly he would be very content to spend a while in Bacco’s wine cave which houses hundreds of labels of distinction; Italian centric certainly but with labels from all the great vineyards in the new and old vino-worlds. He would also we’re sure be more than happy to devour one of Bacco’s artisan pizzas where the dough and the oven temperature are just as important as the toppings. (Prices from B.210). After a refreshing glass of Aperol Spritz we spent time browsing through the two all-embracing menus (pizza and a la carte) which reflect the scope of this multi-manned kitchen. Marco is the manager front of house who untiringly beetles around making sure everyone’s happy while Chef Luca controls his culinary team in the kitchen with zeal and professionalism ensuring that his impeccable quality control is maintained all the time. To commence the proceedings
Mick and I ordered a platter of gran misto di antipasti for an assortment of appetisers (B.800). A sextet of eye pleasers was laid before us centred by a Parmesan crisp basket containing a sparkling salad of arugula. Italian mussels were coated with a fresh tomato sauce, a tower of sweet tuna tartar with citrusy pomelo for a touch of fusion, a tongue of luscious foie gras perched grandly on a pouffe of creamed potatoes, a rosette of smoked salmon, wonderful San Daniele ham and honeydew melon , and two cuts of salsiccia (Italian sausage) completed the deluxe medley. Paired with these premier appetisers was a glass of classic Chablis: dry, full-bodied and flinty, it made the perfect escort. Our next course was a tasting trio of the house pasta and risotto. My all-time favourite is risotto with black squid ink sauce and seafood and here at Bacco’s it was ambrosial. The glossy black ink lends a briny, earthy taste to this sexy, darkly Northern Italian dish. Ravioli with truffle cream, porcini mushrooms and rocket leaves was another winner, the ravioli parcels harbouring untold intensity and the deeply creamy and powerful sauce was a star allowing those earthy truffles to express their identity and uniqueness. The last pasta comprised spaghettini with fish roe, garlic and chili. An artful dish packed with salty, fishy flavours enlivened with garlic and just a touch of chili. The wine with this course was a full-bodied dry Sangiovese which was big enough to handle the vigorous flavours beautifully. Our main course consisted of sole with an almond and lemon sauce (B.420). Forget the quotidian this
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sole was a whorl of freshness bathed in the most delicious fish broth, packed with fat tasty capers and the taste of lemon resounding with the sweetness of the sole. Served with a profoundly superb Nero wine it was yet another cunningly balanced dish. After all this gleeful eating we did manage to conclude with two luscious desserts of creamy flambéed crème brûlée and a portion of gorgeous homemade chocolate ice cream with a raspberry coulis sweetly brought down the curtain on our magnificent Bacco Beach dinner. This chef-driven spot offers a world of Italian gastronomy. It opens at 9:30 a.m. to serve the early birds with coffee and croissants with the main restaurant leaping into action at 10:30 and continuing to serve throughout the daylight hours until the kitchen closes at 11:30 p.m. with the venue closing at midnight. If this review sounds like a rave – it’s because it is! The food here is lovingly made and very tasty, every ingredient showcasing it’s clarity of flavour. With a focus on delicious food and friendly service, Bacco Beach blends its traditional authenticity with a fresh approach, making it perfect for the contemporary palate. Bacco Beach is located on Na Jomtien Beach. Heading towards Sattahip from Pattaya look out for the Shell garage on the right and take the first U-turn. Shortly after you will see the large banner on the left announcing the opening of Bacco Beach, take this turning down to the restaurant.
Bacco Beach
Open daily from 9:30 a.m. till midnight Tel: 038 255 591
MOSCOW MULE INGREDIENTS 1 pc 1 Tbsp 1 Tbsp 1½ oz ½ oz 3 oz 1 oz 1 oz 1 can 2 pcs
orange wedge cinnamon sugar white sugar vodka Cointreau cranberry juice lemon juice sugar syrup orange juice whole orange wheel
GARNISH
fresh mint leaves cinnamon stick dry ice
HOW TO MIX
Moisten the rim of a jam jar with orange wedge and coat with combined cinnamon sugar and white sugar. Mix
vodka, Cointreau, juices and syrup in a shaker with ice cubes. Shake well and strain into the sugar-rimmed jam jar. Add orange juice and top with crushed ice. Put orange wheel inside and place mint leaves and cinnamon stick on top. Serve with dry ice in a box.
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MOONLIGHT – A Smooth Mood and Exquisite Food
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FOODIE HIGHLIGHTS FROM 2014 New Friends Reprised
Looking back over 2014 we’ve seen more than a few restaurants open and sadly more than a few which have closed. During a year which has made some restaurants wince, the ones that are doing a roaring trade are those that have researched their market, pitched their prices accordingly and unfailingly provide consistent quality. Here are the first two of the new restaurants that opened in 2014 and which we will be reprising. Le Bistrot 89 – Puts the “Ooh La La” into the Dark Side As the name implies it is situated on Soi 89 off Sukhumvit Road (almost opposite Makro). The powerhouse in this kitchen is Weena who cooks wonderful French and Thai food. Married to a French master baker, they travelled Europe together spending much of their time in Barcelona and the south of France. Now back in her homeland she decided to open her own bistro and that decision brought about the birth of Le Bistrot 89. Weena offers all-day dining from 10 a.m. until 3 p.m. for breakfast and lunch and then 6 p.m. till 10 p.m. for dinner. The lunch special is only B.200 which includes homemade tomato soup, ham and cheese crepe with salad, ice cream or an espresso coffee. The décor here is bistro to its core, red checked tablecloths, cosy red lighting with posters and pictures of La Belle France draping the walls. With seating for 35 people, the atmosphere positively buzzes with neighbourliness and bonhomie. For starters do order the house pâté de campagne (B.90) or the shrimps baked in olive oil with garlic and parsley (B.150), they’re both winners. Follow with the speciality, bœuf bourguignon or the chicken in cream sauce; desserts change daily. Enjoyed with a pitcher of house wine (75 cl for B.480), it’s a great family bistrot and easy on the pocket to boot!
Moonlight Restaurant is located on View Talay 7. It is undeniably tucked away and has absolutely no passing trade so unless you make a determined effort you will never know it is there. We urge you to make that effort. It is a bijou (only 35 covers) restaurant, chic to its bones and an almost clandestine destination. Compact this restaurant may be but that does not stop its chef from packing a big flavour punch. Chef Gig heads the restaurant team while Art, the manager, meets and greets with much charm and cordiality. A cosy terrace offers seating for 12 or so. The menu is decidedly set in the contemporary fine dining quarter of gastronomy offering an array of beautifully prepared and exquisitely presented dishes. Start with the soft-shell crab salad and seared tuna salad accompanied by a vibrant mix of leaves and fruits (B.350) or the seared foie gras and fruit compote. For oyster lovers, French Fine de Claire are offered daily. Follow with the imported grain-fed premium Australian steaks for meat lovers, featuring the legendary “Tomahawk” which comes in at a colossal 600 grams for two people (B.1590) or a daintier weight at 150 grams of prime tenderloin (B.890). Australian lamb chops and pan-roasted sea bass with soft polenta are also recommended. The dessert must-have is the Tartufo Al Pistacchio, a luscious Italian ice cream confection with a frozen fruit filling and served with Brie cheese (yes!), blueberry sauce and mixed fresh berries. Located on View Talay 7 Condominium, Jomtien. Walk through the entrance and keep going down a long corridor; the restaurant is sited at the end on the left-hand side overlooking the pool. Open daily from 6 p.m. till 11 p.m. www.moonlightpattaya.com.
Le Bistrot 89 is open from 10 a.m. till 3 p.m. and then 6 p.m. till 10 p.m. Open daily except Sunday. Located in Soi 89 off Sukhumvit Road (opposite Makro) it is about 300 metres past the railway line on the right-hand side. Tel: 087 971 1192 or visit their facebook page on www.facebook.com/ lebistrot89. Takeaway service available. Wishing all our readers a healthy, happy new year and of course “Good Eating!”
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Braised Pork Belly INGREDIENTS (for 1 serving) 150 grams pork belly 5 grams salt 10 ml Kikkoman sauce 2 Tbsp olive oil 5 grams onion, chopped 3 grams garlic, chopped 10 ml Chinese whisky 25 grams eryngii mushroom 50 pcs lentil, boiled 30 ml whipping cream 25 grams black pepper
¼ tsp truffle oil 1 pinch spring onion, sliced 1 whole quail egg 10 grams Parma ham, roasted 120 degrees Celsius until crispy
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Sheraton Pattaya Resort is located at 437 Phra Tamnak Road, Pattaya. Tel: 038 259 888 www.sheratonpattayaresort.com
Marinate pork belly with salt and Kikkoman then vacuum. Steam roast in 72 degree Celsius for 6 hours. Cool down and cut into 50 grams each. Heat one spoon of vegetable oil in the pan over medium heat, add pork belly and cook for 1 to 2 minutes per side until golden brown. Meanwhile sauté onion, garlic with remaining olive oil, add Chinese whisky, mushroom, lentil and whipping cream then season with salt and pepper and finish with truffle oil and spring onion. Fry the quail egg sunny side up. Arrange lentil and mushroom on the plate. Place the pork belly and top with fried quail egg. Finish with crispy Parma ham.
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Favorite Festive Goodies & Hampers
The Next Level of Blue
at Elements restaurant, Sheraton Pattaya Resort
at Numero Uno, Pattaya Marriott Resort & Spa
at Horizon, Hilton Pattaya
Come and indulge with a fine selection of succulent rock lobster dishes, cooked to perfection by Chef Pichit and Chef Kit. Their mouthwatering masterpieces are guaranteed to satisfy your cravings of this healthy and highly nutritious seafood. Lobster Avocado: 370 baht ++ (Rock lobster salad, celery, olive, cherry tomato and shrimp roe) Lobster & Asparagus: 390 baht ++ (Wrapped with Parma ham, chick pea, clam and bisque) Gang Pad Khaikhem Man Pu: 490 baht ++ (Stir-fried rock lobster with capsicum, salted egg and crab paste) Lobster Roti: 370 baht ++ (Lobster curry, capsicum, onion and mozzarella cheese) Linguine Lobster: 370 baht ++ (Cherry tomato, eggplant, bocconcini and sweet basil) Available daily from 11 am to 10:30 pm throughout January and February 2015.
Present family, friends or business partners with an exquisitely prepared festive hamper, or personalize your gift by choosing from the assortment of gourmet products. Alternatively, enjoy a light, delicious breakfast of croissants and freshly brewed coffee. You can also sip some tea while biting into a delicious pastry. Numero Uno also accepts special orders for cakes. Numero Uno is located on the ground floor of Royal Garden Plaza.
Horizon rooftop bar and restaurant introduces a new signature cocktail, Blue Mojito, for 2015 under the concept of The Next Level of Blue. Indulge in style with a twist or simply relax at the Infinity Bar with great lounge beats by resident DJ Norbett. Experience the next level of blue at the open-air bar, stretching out into the neverending skyline with the hippest beats and the highest cocktails at sunset in Pattaya. Enjoy the Blue Mojito at sunset on level 34 of Hilton Pattaya, available daily from 5 to 7 pm.
For more information, please call 038 259 888.
Pool Bar Beer & BBQ Festival at Hua Chang Heritage Hotel, Bangkok From now until January 31, 2015, beer lovers can celebrate their fantastic moment with a daily special promotion: buy one get one free beer. Enjoy sumptuous BBQ items: grilled garlic scallop topped with butter and cheese, smoked salmon with Hollandaise sauce, roast prime rib of beef with gravy and much more, plus live music every Friday and Saturday. Pool Bar Beer and BBQ Festival is from 5 to 10 pm daily. For more information or to make reservations, please call 02 217 0721, 02 217 0777, or visit www.huachangheritagehotel.com.
For more information, please contact 038 412 120 or visit facebook.com/NumeroUnoPattaya.
Celebrate Kids Birthday Parties in Style
For more information or reservations, please dial 038 253 000.
at Funtasea – Kids World, Royal Cliff Hotels Group
The finest beef from Japan
Funtasea – Kids World now offers fantastic Kids Party Packages to take your child’s party to the next level with non-stop fun and games for everyone and creative themes to choose from. Customized options include everything from yummy lunch sets and fun snacks with refreshing drinks, foot stomping tunes, colorful decorations and even a visit from Royal Cliff ’s very own dolphin mascot! Every colorful party will be completely planned to include age-appropriate games and activities with plenty of time for enjoying delicious refreshments and cake. Don’t let the hassle of party preparations ruin this special day as you have the option to celebrate your child’s next birthday party stress-free! From planning to execution, the birthday party team will do everything to make your child’s dream party a reality – from creative invitations for party guests, artistic backdrop, party novelties and amazing food to a talented photographer snapping photos of special moments. For more information, kindly contact the Funtasea manager, Monica at 038 250 421 ext 2064, email: funtasea@royalcliff.com or visit www.royalcliff.com/leisure/funtasea.
at Elements restaurant, The Okura Prestige Bangkok Beef lovers will enjoy dining at Elements restaurant from January 6 to 31, 2015 as this casual dining venue is adding beef from Japan to its extensive à la carte menu. Guests may order the finest cuts of Hokkaido, Matsuzaka and Kiwami beef cooked to order as part of a memorable à la carte dining experience. Chef de Cuisine Henry Jordan recommends Kiwami Wagyu sirloin with anchovy salt, roasted morels, Wagyu fat roasted carrots and sake-dashi bath. Prices start from 2,200 baht ++ and these additional choices are available for dinner every evening from 6 to 10:30 pm. Elements is located on the 25th floor of The Okura Prestige Bangkok. Reservations are recommended. Please call 02 687 9000 or email elements@okurabangkok.com.
For food promotions please email press release at lifeandleisure@pattayatoday.net
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The holidays and your health! Holidays are quite often accompanied with excessive eating and drinking for lots of people. These excesses can be quite detrimental and spoil your annual holiday. Liver and kidneys take a beating. During our working days we are constantly exposed to a multitude of toxins at work and sometimes unknowingly at home too. A beach holiday seems like the perfect solution. But quite often we are so happy to be free from the daily grind that excesses are committed. Alcohol has to be detoxified via the liver and then the kidneys have to excrete the by-products. Occasionally too, food excesses or poisoning can also complicate matters. We are always feeling freer on a holiday and more willing to try new foods or tempting delicacies.
Always remember to wash fruit or peel them if possible. Consume hot food as quickly as possible after cooking so chances of food poisoning are reduced. With the symptoms of gastrointestinal upset, accompanied by vomiting or diarrhea, this makes regulating our bodies even harder. The first things to consider are to maintain your hydration. Drink plenty of fluid to replace the losses. Sometimes even just the tropical conditions can tax our hydration balance. If the losses via vomiting or diarrhea are too great, intravenous fluid therapy may be required. This can be remedied within a few hours. Nausea can be controlled with mucosal protectors from the pharmacy or if needed via injections if the vomiting persists.
Glutathione is also an important adjuvant to help the liver handle the extra work that is put upon it. This important amino acid comes under different forms, oral or via injections. More forms of chronic environmental toxicity can be helped with chelation treatments. This form of treatment, very popular with Europeans, is done via intravenous drip that combines vitamins and drugs specifically designed to mop up toxins from your system. All you need is a few hours of rest while the fluid infusion works it’s way through your system. You can plan some relaxation time in a clinic for this. Rest by the beach is an important point of your holiday but sometimes it is not enough and these other therapies are there to refresh you and make you take a better advantage of your holiday period. Holiday season is also time to pamper yourself. From the toxins mentioned and the stresses of work, your appearance may tell a lot about your state of mind. Consider the help that Botox and fillers can do for you to regain a more youthful and relaxed appearance. Wrinkles can be greatly diminished by a few injections of Botox and with the help of hyaluronic acid fillers, the creases and folds that come with aging can also be attenuated. These treatments only take a few hours and will greatly improve your appearance when your return home from your holiday. The effects of Botox can last six months or more. Fillers are gradually reabsorbed by your body
over much longer periods. So every time you come on holiday you can return home looking younger and refreshed. New technologies are also developed continually in aesthetic medicine. Thread lifting has come along to prevent sagging of the jowls. Different methods exist and a very popular one is the use of longer threads with some small anchoring points to achieve better lifting. All these procedures are done with the use of some local anesthesia so the discomfort is minimal. After all if these treatments hurt the patient… they are not willing to repeat the procedure next time it is needed. Time marches on for everyone, men and women! Depending on the length of your holiday, you may also consider liposuction as a tool to reshape your body. Maybe these love handles are
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not as sexy as you think. Sometimes men’s breasts can be a source of embarrassment. Saddlebags for women are difficult to reduce even with the strictest diets. Some fatty deposits just refuse to budge. Liposuction procedures require at least two weeks of post-treatment rest in Thailand before flying back home. Proper medical examinations with blood screenings are done before every surgery.
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upcoming movies at Major Cineplex The Avenue Pattaya
Title – Meghan Trainor
Blackhat
Taken 3
Title is the third studio album by American singer Meghan Trainor, to be released on January 13, 2015, by Epic Records. “All About That Bass” was released as the lead single from Title on June 2, 2014, and became Trainor’s first single to peak in the top position in the United States. The second single “Lips Are Movin” was released on October 21, 2014, and peaked at number 4 on the US Billboard Hot 100.
1. The Best Part 2. All About That Bass 3. Dear Future Husband 4. Close Your Eyes 5. 3am
6. Like I’m Gonna Lose You 7. Bang Dem Sticks 8. Walkashame 9. Title 10. What If I 11. Lips Are Movin
Release Date Lead Actors Director Writers Genre
January 8, 2015 Liam Neeson, Maggie Grace, Famke Janssen Olivier Megaton Luc Besson, Robert Mark Kamen Action | Crime
Bryan Mills, an ex-government operative, is accused of a ruthless murder he never committed or witnessed. As he is tracked and pursued, Bryan Mills brings out his particular set of skills to find the true killer and clear his name.
Release Date January 15, 2015 Lead Actors Chris Hemsworth, Viola Davis, William Mapother Director Michael Mann Writers Morgan Davis Foehl (screenplay), Michael Mann(screenplay) Genre Action | Crime | Drama A man is released from prison to help American and Chinese authorities pursue a mysterious cybercriminal. The dangerous search leads them from Chicago to Hong Kong.
Do you understand your partner? by Khun Dee
If you’re involved in a crosscultural relationship (for example, let’s say…oh, you’re an expat with a Thai wife or girlfriend), odds are you sometimes have difficulty understanding your partner. That goes for her as well. You may know everything about one another, yet there are times when you simply don’t have the slightest idea why your mate is acting strangely, is being so irritating, or won’t tell you what’s wrong. Of course there are fewer problems if you speak Thai and your partner speaks fluent English. But the underlying cause of many conflicts has nothing to do with language or cultural differences and everything to do with knowing your partner on a deeper level. Easier said than done, you say? Not according to Leslie BeckerPhelps, PhD, the esteemed psychologist who has written the widely acclaimed book, Insecure in Love (New Harbinger Publications, 2014). In her new, easy-to-read guide on relationships, Dr. Becker-Phelps offers an exercise entitled “Getting
to Know Your Partner from the Inside Out.” The goal of the exercise is to honestly see the world through your partner’s eyes, including what she or he observed, felt, and thought—even when you don’t personally agree. Ready to try it? The next time your partner is talking to you about an experience (whether it’s about something seemingly trivial like a spat with a baht-bus driver or something serious like an illness in the family), follow these guidelines: DO: • Give your partner all of your attention—no multitasking • Tell your partner you’re interested in hearing about the topic • At appropriate times, ask for more detail or explanation so you can really “get it” (don’t just ask about the facts, also ask “How do you feel about that?” and “What are your thoughts?”) • Pay attention to nonverbal cues that might help you better understand the impact of the experience being discussed • Be open to the other person’s perspective, particularly when it doesn’t match yours.
DON’T: • Multitask (don’t even think of looking at that incoming text or glancing at the TV) • Interrupt, unless you are confused and need clarification • Assume you know what they are thinking or feeling • Try to solve a problem (unless you are asked to) • Tell them they’re wrong about their feelings or their experience. The American psychologist tells Pattaya Today that if readers practice the above steps over time, “They will find that they feel closer to their partners and to themselves. And when conflicts arise, they will have an easier time understanding the other person’s perspective—even if they still don’t agree with one another.” Subtitled “How Anxious Attachment Can Make You Feel Jealous, Needy, and Worried and What you Can Do About It,” Insecure in Love is available online for about 300 baht from Amazon. com, Barnesandnoble.com and Newharbinger.com. Though writing for the lay reader, Dr. Becker-Phelps nevertheless bases her book on the latest scientific research. She says, “I explain attachment theory and how people with anxious attachment can develop more secure attachment styles and healthier relationships (with themselves and others— especially with romantic partners). I introduce the idea of compassionate self-awareness (a combination of self-awareness and self-compassion), along with techniques for building it.” The book guides readers in learning to recognize negative thoughts and insecure feelings and how to respond to them in a positive way, notes the former chief of psychology at Somerset Medical Center in New Jersey, where she was also clinical director of Women’s Psychological Services.
“I also encourage readers to discover how to cultivate a healthy dialogue with their partner and stop reverting back to feelings of inadequacy.” A psychotherapist with a private
practice, Dr. Becker-Phelps also inspires people to change, grow, and heal through her work as a speaker, as well as a writer for WebMD.com and PsychologyToday.com. Visit her website at DrBecker-Phelps.com.
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automotive Thailand International Motor Expo Anno 2014 Vol. 03 No. 01 | Jan 1-15 2015
Hot Wheels and Great Deals Galore at IMPACT Challenger Hall
The 31st edition of Thailand “Motor Expo” (not the ‘Motor Show’ that’s in March/April) is a supersized exhibition cum sales extravaganza of new by John K. Lindgren passenger cars, Editor-in-chief: carsanook.com crossovers, SUVs, pickup trucks, big bikes and accessories presented by an army of young, pretty ladies. In spite of the 30 percent drop in the automotive business the 2014 Motor Expo went full throttle, again. Thailand International Motor Expo always kicks off in November/ December at IMPACT Challenger Hall 1-3, Muang Thong Thani – the Kingdom’s biggest international exhibition/convention venue with indoor parking for 2,500 vehicles. The event started on 28th November: VIP/Press day. General public: 29 November until 10 December. Entrance fee: 100 baht. Showtime: from high noon till 10 in the evening – 12 days of kickin’ the tires, slammin’ the doors and lookin’ at the scantily clad presenters. Forty car manufacturers from 13 countries, 11 motorcycle makers from seven countries and more than 300 after-market accessories vendors displayed their products. And additional sideshows from vintage cars to outdoor test-drives and car audio activities. Impressions from the floor The gates open at eight o’clock. VIPs and media arrive, ready for the press conferences. Tight schedule. Cars: 10 minutes per conference. Motorbikes: 20 minutes. Non-stop presentations from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Before every press conference, first music followed by the pretties struttin’ their stuff on the stands, in front, beside and on top of the brand new shining automobiles and big motor
MG3
Suzuki 2015 GSX-R1000
bikes. Then comes a speech by a suitclad executive, a car salesman. And I notice the MG booth (Morgan Garage) a British iconic brand, now Chinese-owned, attracting the crowd with two young Australian slackline/ tightrope dancers before the MG3 subcompact hatchback is unveiled. And everybody is taking pictures incessantly; digital photos. Cameras and smartphones everywhere you look. And of course, the ‘selfies’, many taken with those new unbelievable, extendable selfie sticks. A torrent of digital images, uploaded real-time on social media: facebook, instagram and twitter. But the stars are the cars and they are still made of sheet metal, aluminum, glass, plastic, carbon fiber and rubber. Highlights The Motor Expo’s main attraction was the new Mazda2 compact sedan in both five-door hatchback and salon variants. The vehicle is powered by a 1.5-liter ‘SkyActiv-D’ diesel engine with 105 horsepower and 250 newton meters of torque. Fuel consumption is frugal: 23 kpl. More highlights: the all-new Honda HR-V compact, a premium sport crossover. Honda’s tagline: “Drive to the Next Enjoyment”.
THE WOMAN WHO STOLE MY LIFE By MARIAN KEYES 9780718155346 Stella Sweeny is back in Dublin. After living the dream in New York for a year - touring her self-help book, appearing on talk shows all over the USA and living it up in her 10-room duplex on the Upper West Side - she’s back to normality with a bang. And she’s got writer’s block. Stella wants a clean break as she didn’t exactly leave New York on a high. Why is she back in Ireland so soon? Who is it who keeps calling? Stella wants to get back to being the woman she used to be. But can she? And should she?
Ducati 1199 Panigale
Mitsubishi (Thailand) rolled out its new 2.4-liter turbo diesel pickup ‘Mitsu’ Triton available in single, double and Clubcab models. The German luxury rides, MercedesBenz and BMW, presented their new models. “Benz” launched the new C 300 BlueTEC HYBRID AMG Dynamic and C 300 BlueTEC HYBRID Estate AMG Dynamic. The Munich archrival BMW Group “The Ultimate Driving Machine” brought a lineup of sporty yet luxurious new models including: BMW X6 xDrive30d M Sport, BMW M4 Sport Coupé and 428i Gran Coupé M Sport. BeeEmm’s wow factor: the futuristic i8, the world’s first plug-in hybrid sports car. In zero-emission all-electric mode, the BMW i8 has a top speed of 120 km/h and a range of 37 km. In Sport mode it offers mid-range acceleration from 80 to 120 km/h in 2.6 seconds. Top speed is 250 km/h. The iconic MINI, a BMW Group brand brought their first-ever MINI hatch with five doors. BeeEmm also exhibited their latest handsome, ueber motorbike: BMW S 1000 RR. At the booth nearby: “Una bella macchina”, a cool car: the tridentbadged Italian thoroughbred marque showed off Maserati Ghibli and Quattroporte attracting hordes of media/VIPs.
Mercedes-Benz C 300 BlueTEC HYBRID Estate AMG Dynamic
Prototypes & More Bikes And of course, the prototypes, the concept vehicles: one Korean, the Hyundai HND-9 a luxury sports coupe concept with butterfly doors boasting Hyundai’s future design direction, ‘Fluidic Sculpture’. The Japanese concept vehicle: SUBARU VIZIV GT Vision Gran Turismo, the all-wheeldrive SUV prototype with a sky roof and gull-wing doors. Despite looking like an angular futuristic wagon racer, the VIZIV GT is inspired by a traditional Japanese fish! Most of the concept cars, prototypes never make it to production. The Motor Expo is also a bike lovers’ mecca. The Italians show off their super bike Ducati and the new retro looking, tough Scrambler. The Japanese brands exhibit world’s fastest road bike: Suzuki Hayabusa GSX 1300R and the ultra cool, black road cruiser Honda Gold Wing F6C. This annual auto exhibition is also an important sales event and the order books will be filled again. Kwanchai Paphatphong, the expo’s affable chairman of the organizing committee, said “50,000 orders are expected to be placed during
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the 2014 event, while the show’s attendance will grow slightly to circa 1.5 million visitors.” He added “the trend for 2014 revolves around SUVs and crossovers, these segments are becoming popular among Thai buyers”. “Moving Forward Together... ASEAN Autos” – Motor Expo 2014 slogan: The tagline reflects the 2015 opening of ASEAN Economic Community (AEC). It’s estimated that by 2018, the number of cars sold in the 10 Southeast Asian member countries would reach 4.7 million vehicles per year. (I hope that there will be enough roads and parking for all these cars and pickup trucks). Finally, a piece of advice: Thailand International Motor Expo is the place to shop around if you want a new car, motorbike or just wanna buy some cool accessories for the old family car. Don’t waste your time running around to different showrooms and shopping malls. At the Motor Expo you’ll find everything under one roof including an army of pretties and parking for 2,500 cars. Buckle Up – Don’t Drink & Drive Happy Holidays www.motorexpo.co.th
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What's Inside: Legal Advice
Trademark Registration in Thailand
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The Birth of Olympus
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Global Top Group is extremely proud to be announcing the launch of Olympus City Garden! This newest luxury condominium project is located in the heart of Pattaya, only five minutes from Walking Street and shopping malls. In every project that we have launched, we have built upon the experience gained from the previous project and learned from the marketplace. And we can’t wait for you to see Olympus and show you what we’ve learned. Life at Olympus is geared towards a healthy, active lifestyle. There are five swimming pools spread over the grounds, including a massive 1000-square-meter freeform pool. There is a Jacuzzi, steam room and sauna. There are badminton courts and a yoga room. And we have the only rooftop providing both a golf range and sky gym containing state-of-the-art equipment. Life at Olympus City Garden is also about after-work convenience and leisure. Besides providing all of these lifestyle features, Olympus
caters to the leisure side of life by providing a supermarket, cafés, restaurants and shops – over 700 square meters of retail space in all! Olympus consists of six Mediterranean-style buildings featuring flower boxes on the balconies to enhance the parklike atmosphere. The buildings are positioned over an eight-rai property, and set amid tropical gardens, a butterfly and cactus garden, lit footpaths, pools, fountains and circled by a jogging track. Parking is completely underground, and all buildings can be easily accessed from the basement car park. “I bought into the Mediterranean styling. I love the feeling it gives of being in Barcelona, Nice or Athens.” Miquel Messina – Avila, Spain
By providing all of these features that residents would normally have to leave the grounds to find, Olympus creates a real sense of the utmost security and practical selfreliance. And by being in the center of Pattaya, Olympus is able to offer its residents far more options in their choice of shopping, dining and leisure. The features and facilities rival anything on offer at any fivestar hotel. Olympus offers well-known, copyrighted, smart designs by Yigal Yonah Heli of one-bedroom and two-bedroom combined units. In giving careful consideration to the design of the units, Global Top Group is able to offer the units at prices that start at under 2 million baht and still provide all of the amenities and features listed above and an excellent location in the
heart of the city. The response that we’ve had once the concept has been explained to people has been phenomenal. We’ve been overrun with requests to book units before we’ve even had a chance to publish the price list. But we want to tell you the story of the process that we went through in arriving at the concept of what we consider to be an evolution in the residential condominium development. Once upon a time, our first priorities were finding the best design to provide for our customer’s comfort and needs, and finding the most desirable locations in which to build our condominiums. Often, this meant paying more than we wanted to for a prime piece of land. Continued on page P2/22
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However, one of Global Top Group’s most popular developments is City Garden Pattaya, a four-building, 474-unit development just off Second Road in the heart of Pattaya. In that development, managing director Yigal Yonah Heli included 40 smaller studio units, to widen the range of interest that the development would create. These units were quick to sell out. While Yigal wished that he had included more of these units in the development, he also took note of their success, and the seed of evolution to the new business model was planted. As we thought about why some of the fastest-selling units were also the smallest, we looked at all of the factors that might account for the high rate of sale. City Garden Pattaya is in the heart of Pattaya, less than 200 meters from the beach and around the corner from the prime shopping area of Pattaya. Central Festival shopping mall is within walking distance, as are hundreds of restaurants and bars. Of course, the desirable location was one of the main drawing cards. Yigal knew this from the beginning and we played it up in our marketing and advertising for City Garden Pattaya. Four years after it first opened, City Garden Pattaya is still one of Pattaya’s most popular developments. There is a very high
rate of investment return in its rental business, and it is one of the most difficult developments in which to find a vacancy. “My family first came to Pattaya three years ago, when City Garden Pattaya was relatively new. My wife mentioned that it was great to find a place in the middle of everything that still offered some solitude and security. Before, we felt like we had spent half our holiday time on a bus.” Dmitri Bukraev – Minsk, Russia The Global Top Group realized that for the buyers who had invested in these smaller units, the unit’s floor space was far less important than location. These customers were investing in units that are in a tropical, beach environment. They were not going to spend a lot of their time indoors. For them, the important thing was easy access to external shops and attractions. Yet, they still wanted a unit that was built to high-quality standards, had desirable features and was comfortable. It was still an investment, and it was still a home. We focused on the design of the individual units even more closely. We utilized smart design principles to maximize and make better use of the unit’s area and fixtures. We began to research our fixtures and materials based on quality, as quality means lower maintenance costs. In the end, we were able to offer a more livable space while maintaining our competitive pricing. Knowing we were on to something, we continued our focus on the two-prong strategy of the design of the individual unit and the location of the overall development. We asked: if the location was the most important aspect to one group of customers, would the customers who still preferred larger units also appreciate a better location and easier access to shops and facilities?
And we took this idea further. A few developments provided mini-marts and laundries in their developments. But life in warm-weather countries is not only about being able to have a market close by or a laundry in the neighborhood. It’s about being able to be outside in a comfortable environment that allows one to enjoy the day or evening. And if that environment is within the development itself, it would definitely appeal to all customers – because every customer appreciates the convenience of having everything at their fingertips and having that convenience around the clock. By providing a range of tasteful, well-thought-out facilities within the development, we could actually create a better location. The Global Top Group began to search for the perfect site for this new business model. We looked for a parcel of property that had the perfect city location, one that would provide easy access to main roads, yet offer a unique measure of privacy and security. Above all, we looked for one that would be large enough to showcase the experience that we had gained over the years, and large enough to contain all of our new ideas for this residential park. As the available supply of land dries up in Pattaya and Pratumnak, more and more developers are turning to Jomtien. It’s the easier option, but one that limits the customer’s choices. And this option locates the customer further from the attractions that brought them to Pattaya in the first place. We didn’t want to inconvenience our customers by pursuing that option. Instead, we looked for a site that would be within a short distance of the vibrant beach areas of Jomtien, Pratumnak and Pattaya.
The property is located behind Tony’s Gym, with direct access to the main streets of South Pattaya and Soi Khopai. Once we had found the perfect location, we began to design our development. That development is Olympus City Garden. The Global Top Group is referring to Olympus as a ‘residential park’, because that’s the most practical description of what we have created. And what we have created is a balance of location, quality, smart design, facilities and price. As a residence or rental, Olympus is the best location in the hottest-growing area of the city. Olympus City Garden – Truly a New Way of Life.
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Legal & Expat Money
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS by Magna Carta Law Office
Trademark Registration in Thailand What is a trademark? A trademark is a recognizable sign, design or expression which distinguishes products or services of a particular source from those of others. The trademark owner can be an individual, business organization, or any legal entity. What types of trademarks are recognized in Thailand? Trademarks, collective marks, certification marks, and service marks may be registered in Thailand. Service Mark is a special type of trademark used in connection with services instead of products. Businesses use service marks to identify their services and distinguish them from others’ services. Certification Mark is used by the owner in connection with goods or services of another person to certify the origin, composition, method of production, quality or other characteristics of such goods, or to certify the nature, quality, type, or other characteristics of such services. Collective Mark is a trademark or service mark used by companies or enterprises of the same group, or by members of an association, cooperative, union, confederation, group of persons, or any other state or private organization. Is it compulsory to register a trademark? Thailand does not officially require trademarks to be registered. However, there are numerous benefits to be considered. What are the advantages of registering a trademark? A. Registering a trademark provides greater legal protection against counterfeiting and infringement as it protects a company’s name or logo and grants the trademark owner exclusive nationwide ownership of the mark B. Registering a trademark deters others from using your trademark. The registered trademark will appear in trademark search reports ordered by others, likely discouraging others from proceeding with registration of the same or similar mark, and C. Registering a trademark provides the trademark owner with greater remedies as it increases the likelihood of the successful filing of a dispute resolution case from an infringer. How can a trademark be eligible for registration? For a trademark to be eligible for registration, it must be distinctive and should not be similar or confusingly similar to a trademark registered by another. The trademark must not consist of any characteristics mentioned in Section 8 of the Thailand Trademark Act B.E. 2534 (with B.E. 2543 amendment). The applicant or his agent must have an office or address for communication by the Registrar in Thailand.
What types of trademark cannot be registered under Thai Law? According to Section 8 of the Trademark Act B.E. 2534(with B.E. 2543 amendment), trademarks having or consisting of any of the following characteristics cannot be registered: • state arms or crests, royal seals, official seals, Chakkri emblems, emblems and insignia of the royal orders, and decorations; • national flags of Thailand, royal standard flags, or official flags; • royal names, royal monograms, abbreviations of royal names or royal monograms, or names, words, representations, terms or emblems signifying the King, Queen or Heir to the Throne or members of the royal family; • national or official emblems, names, monograms and flags of foreign states, international organizations, and head of a foreign state, unless permission is given by the competent officer of the foreign state or international organization; • official emblems and emblems of the Red Cross or appellations Red Cross or Geneva Cross; • a mark similar to a medal, diploma, certificate, or any other mark awarded at a trade exhibition or competition held by the Thai government or a Thai government agency for public enterprise, or any other government organ of Thailand, a foreign government, or international organization unless such medal, diploma, certificate, or mark has been actually awarded to the applicant for goods and is used in combination with the trademark; • any mark which is contrary to public order, morality, or public policy; • a mark, registered or not, which is identical to a well-known mark as prescribed by the Ministerial Notifications, or so similar thereto that the public might be confused as to the owner or origin of the goods; • geographical indications protected under the law on geographical indications; How long does trademark certification take? The entire process takes approximately one year from the date of filing. However, trademark protection begins on the day the application is submitted. How long is the trademark protection valid? Registration of the trademark entitles the owner to protection of his trademark for a period of ten (10) years from the application-filing date. However, this can be renewed within 90 days before the expiration of each 10-year term. When an application for renewal is filed within the prescribed period, the trademark shall be deemed registered until the Registrar orders otherwise. The renewal of trademark registration shall be in accordance with the rules and procedures prescribed in the Ministerial Regulations.
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Expat Money Corner by Tim Whiteley
EquityRelease… Unlocking cash from existing offshore assets and raising the bar on equity release schemes. So what do you do if you want to buy overseas property perhaps to live in, perhaps to retire to, or to generate rent from to supplement your other income? You don’t want to empty your bank accounts of your savings or sell your portfolio holdings and vendor, or developer finance is not an option. Well, before you abandon the idea completely, it is perhaps worth looking at your asset column for alternative ways of freeing up capital that you can put to work elsewhere. Home equity loans Releasing equity (the difference between an outstanding mortgage if any and the current value) from your existing overseas property is a well-documented method of raising cash via a traditional remortgage facility. This is worth looking into if you have some equity as well as easy access to a friendly lender who is not allergic to expatriates! If however, you do not own a property with equity, then there are other ways to access capital. Asset backed lending from offshore portfolio structures Many expatriates and/or retirees living overseas will already have an offshore investment structure or portfolio bond that has over the years, with ad hoc top-ups and investment returns, risen to a valuation of US$ 1 million or more. In many cases, that can be used as security to provide access to a cash loan, secured by the portfolio itself. A lending ratio of 50 percent loan to value would, in this example, release $500,000 cash lent to the investor on a rolling term basis. The underlying assets in the portfolio would have to be of a low risk nature at outset to qualify, and then be conservatively managed going forward, but even so can still provide a return higher than the interest cost of the loan in the current environment. There are risks involved if the portfolio valuation were to fall below a certain limit which could in theory lead to a margin call from the lender, so a word of caution here is to avoid holding cross-currency loans and risky stocks or funds inside the portfolio. That said, the days of lending against highly aggressive portfolios are largely in the past now as we enter a new world of cautious lending strategies being adopted by banks. Many will now only look to be lending against low to moderate risk assets such as blue-chip stocks, investment grade bonds, government gilts, and professionally managed unit trusts. One of the main benefits of asset backed lending of course is that the security that you put up for the loan remains invested even after the loan proceeds have been released to you – whether that be the portfolio or the first property. If your loan is costing 5 percent a year in interest, and your portfolio is conservatively managed yet still returns 8 percent pa, then this can be a very viable option. An experienced investment professional should be able to properly structure your portfolio, prior to submission of a loan application, to maximize the chances of success. With proper ongoing monitoring and a full understanding of the risks involved and how to mitigate them, this can be a very powerful tool for individuals seeking cash funding for new ventures or who would like to buy a property in Thailand with cash. Important Note - This article contains general information only and is not intended to be taken as specific financial, investment, or tax advice. A personal analysis should always be obtained. Tim Whiteley of IFA International has over 25 years as an IFA, advising international investors and expatriates, both onshore UK, and offshore in Asia. With offices in Bangkok, and regular client visits to Pattaya, IFA specialises in wealth protection services, offshore trusts, QROPS UK pension transfers and QNUPS, creating tailor-made investment solutions for individuals around the world. IFA International does NOT provide discretionary portfolio management, securities advice, forex trading, or local brokerage / insurance products. The services that IFA International Group provides are for international investors and expatriates only and are not applicable to local nationals. This is NOT a solicitation to sell or market securities. Questions to the author can be directed to: timwhiteley@ifainternationalgroup.com
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Property
Dream Estate Nightmare! I usually refer to existing properties as ‘real estate’ and properties under construction as ‘Dream Estate.’ I wrote my last column (The Thai Economy and the Pattaya Real Estate Sector) during the light of day, and the facts and figures really did add up. They still look positive for Thailand’s industrial sector over 2015. When that issue of Pattaya Today hit the newsstands, I picked up a copy and read my column again; it struck me that I had considered only one side of the story: the inside. I focused only on Thai industrial outlook and did not consider the average Thai consumer and the outside world economy and how together they might affect Thailand’s own economic future. As I continued reading my upbeat article, I came upon an observation related to condominium construction on the Eastern Seaboard. To wit, ‘local developers seem to have absolutely no fear as they continue launching one more condominium after another.’ At that point a question struck me: is it ‘no fear’ in the minds of local developers or is it blinding greed? Did I disregard the average Thai consumer? More importantly, perhaps, did local developers fail to consider average Thais? And did we both ignore outside influences on Thailand and their effect on new condominium construction? Most of us know that Thai buyers together with the roaring Russian-buying frenzy of the last five years represented anywhere from 70 to 80 percent of the market on the Eastern Seaboard. That factor awakened me from my ‘Dream Estate Nightmare’ and encouraged me to consider outside influences. My first consideration was how the economy might influence Thai buyers and what impact that would have on condominium construction here. After reviewing the policies of the Yingluck Shinawatra regime--easy, fast and great terms and conditions for bank loans, 100,000-baht automobile rebates, supposedly higher prices for rice crops, computer tablets for the kids, and on and on--I was compelled to ask: What did that leave the Thai people with? Yes, as stated in my previous column, there are many positive indicators for Thai industry and exports, but what about the population as a whole? Both now and in the year ahead?
Just for starters, some 2,081 registered Thai businesses worth 9.1 billion baht shut down in November 2014--an increase of 17 percent compared to the same period a year earlier. That represented an increase of 27 percent over October, according to the Thai Business Development Department. As well, there was a 13 percent decline in business start-ups compared to the same period in 2013. Not a huge difference, but substantial enough to keep an eye on. And how about the 100,000-baht rebates on car loans? Lenders repossessed three times as many cars as a year earlier; auto loan defaults are soaring in an economy which is basically flat. Sakchai Peechapat, senior executive vice president of TISCO Bank, says, ‘The worrying sign is that some clients in the provinces have less income than earlier expected.’ TISCO Bank is currently seizing and repossessing about 1,000 vehicles a month, compared with an average of 300 to 400 a month a year earlier. What is even more alarming is that these souring loan defaults account for 25 percent of consumer loans, which only illustrates the growing debt burden on households throughout the country. According to international consumer watch dog Fitch Ratings, the rising Thai household consumer debt is a threat to the asset quality for Thai banks, particularly if economic conditions worsen. In fact, Sutapa Amornvivat, chief economist and first executive vice president of Siam Commercial Bank, warns, ‘The skyrocketing household debt in Thailand now has the highest expansion rate among Asian countries, and investors are advised to monitor it closely’. Rising consumer debt ratings represent more than 80 percent of Thailand’s total output, which makes one realize very clearly that the average Thai does not have the disposable income to help bring the Thai economy out of stagnation any time soon. So when you consider that the Indonesian rupiah is at its lowest level since 1997, India’s trade gap has slid to a 30-month high, Brazil’s currency is falling, and the currencies of most other emerging markets have weakened, it becomes clear that Thailand has a lot of work to do to revive its economy. That brings us to the second-largest segment of Pattaya’s new condo market:
Atlantis Condo Resort Pattaya
by Clayton Wade Managing Director
Premier Homes Real Estate Co., Ltd. clayton@premierinternational.com
the Russians. Their story is more than alarming as the ruble has plunged well over 50 percent as of this article’s writing (December 23, 2014). In fact, the Voice of America website reported two weeks ago that the ruble has lost nearly 60 percent of its value against the key Western currencies this year. Now with the future of Thailand’s industrial sector aside and considering the economic situation of the average Thai and the woes of the Russian currency on its citizenry, it does not fare well for the new construction industry in Pattaya. In a Thai Public Broadcasting article last week, Pattaya Business and Tourism Association President Sinchai Watanasatsatorn said, ‘Now that the ruble has gradually depreciated against the US dollar, the tourism and property sectors in Pattaya have begun to feel the impact from the decline in the Russian currency.’ Sinchai went on to say that ‘Many Russians who bought condos have stopped making their monthly installment payments, which has consequently affected the project developers, and we have to prepare for the worst to come.’ As we enter 2015, we are looking at thousands of new condos coming onto the market and an equal number being launched. It is time to ask: who is going to be able to complete their purchases of new condos and who will buy those that are now under construction and in the planning stages?
Our very special thanks to Clayton Wade for preparing this Pattaya Today column. Clayton Wade is managing director of Premier Homes Real Estate Co., Ltd., the Eastern Seaboard’s leader in exclusive property sales and rentals, as well as managing director of the Premier Land and Development Co., Ltd. The American-born entrepreneur has been running Premier Homes with his wife, Khun Supap, for more than 18 years. He has been in real estate going on 28 years, having started his career in the United States where he was licensed and practiced both real estate sales and property management in Seattle, Washington.
Wade, a Certified International Property Specialist (CIPS), is an active member of the National Association of Realtors (NAR) and a current board member with the Real Estate Sales and Marketing Association of Thailand. He also is a council member with the Gerson Lehrman Group, the New Yorkbased international research and consulting firm, and has been a national panel judge with the Thailand Property Awards for many years. Having done business successfully on the Eastern Seaboard/Pattaya area for more than 18 years, Clayton Wade is known throughout the AsiaPacific region for his writing, public speaking and
There is no satisfactory answer to those questions, leading one to consider that Pattaya may be moving towards a ‘Dream Estate Nightmare’ scenario where new construction comes to a screeching halt and current condominium values are threatened. I am writing this article wearing my journalist’s hat, and I always do my best to be true to my thoughts, feelings and observations, but my ‘other hat’ is that of a Pattaya realtor, and damage to my own industry is the last thing I want for this city. I want to see the average Thai regain a greater amount of disposable income making their lives easier and more enjoyable. As well, I wish to see the ruble quickly regain its purchasing strength for the benefit of our Russian brothers and sisters. Meanwhile, I always believe that ‘every cloud has a silver lining,’ and we just might want to start focusing in the meantime on the Chinese yuan as I am seeing more and more affluent Chinese around Pattaya, and they do seem to be flush with money. This ‘Dream Estate Nightmare’ just might turn into what every real estate broker and condominium developer dreams of: that the largest consumer group on the planet—the Chinese— arrives in Pattaya in larger and larger numbers each year… and with a healthy consumer appetite! television presentations, having written regularly for many of the area’s leading newspapers and magazines (Bangkok Post, Thailand Property Report, Tropical Homes Magazine, Real Estate Magazine Thailand, The BigChilli, Tattler, Homes and Condos Magazine, and others). He has been a regular guest on CNBC’s Managing Asia with several of Thailand’s top political and business figures. Premier Homes is Pattaya’s leader in exclusive property sales and rentals. Visit their website at: www.premierinternational.com. Clayton Wade may be contacted at +(66) (81) 634-2915 or at: clayton@premierinternational.com
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GM Outlook
The Peak Chinese Restaurant
Meet the new executive chef at Dusit Thani Pattaya by Barry Kenyon
Jens Heier tops the culinary bill The 457-room Dusit Thani Pattaya is famed for standards of excellence under the long-term leadership of general manager Chatchawal Supachayanont.
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Executive Chef Dusit Thani Pattaya
hat tradition has certainly been enhanced by the recent appointment of German-born Jens Heier as the new executive chef, now marking out more than 26 years in the culinary profession which included working in several Michelin-starred fine dining restaurants in Europe and a cluster of luxury hotels in places such as South Korea, Vietnam, China and Thailand. He was sous-chef at Sheraton Saigon Hotel and Towers from 2004 to 2006. Prior to his current appointment, chef Jens worked in the corporate office of the Onyx Hospitality Group as culinary director in charge of corporate operations of all Onyx properties.
Born in the university town of Heidelberg in southwest Germany, chef Jens wanted to be a chef from his earliest years and was doing holiday jobs in hotels as early as the age of 13. A lot has happened since then. His work has been recognized with two prestigious awards – as chef of the year for two consecutive years in Germany for his outstanding contemporary Pan-Asian cuisine and in South Korea for his contemporary French cuisine. In addition, he has prepared a meal for Queen Silvia of Sweden and personalities including Madonna, Kate Moss and Jamiroquai. At Dusit, Jens has overall responsibility for the hotel’s three restaurants, a gourmet bakery, two pool
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bars and two lounges. He’s also playing a major role in the outside catering business providing banquet support for clients in the fast-expanding MICE (Meetings Incentives Conferences Exhibitions) business which is becoming an integral part of turnover in most of Pattaya’s five-star hotels. Two of the restaurants are particularly famous. The Peak offers contemporary Chinese cuisine complemented by a panoramic view of the bay. The kitchen turns out a stellar selection of Chinese dishes including hot and cold appetizers, steamed abalone stuffed with minced shrimps on sesame egg noodles and the famous “eight treasure” rice dish. A daily dim sum lunch, remarkably good value, is available. The Peak is also the venue for the exclusive breakfast which caters for the elite guests of the Dusit Club. Meanwhile, The Bay is an Italian restaurant in a contemporary setting offering an informal dining experience both indoors and outdoors with a
We really feel we are breaking new ground with Seven Seas Cote d’Azur and the project owes its entire appearance and ethos to the actual Cote d’Azur.
scenic view. The Bay has established itself as one of the finest dining establishments in the resort and hosts a fabulous BBQ buffet dinner each Saturday night and a menu of Italian favorites including Parma ham and melon, Carpaccio of tuna, minestrone soup, homemade pizzas and pasta dishes and some remarkable desserts. To complement the dining there’s also a very good choice of fine wines. Chef Jens believes in using only the freshest and best local products adding that simplicity is actually the ultimate challenge. “To be a chef is not just a job,” he explains, “it is a mission to create with passion. A top chef needs to have interaction with guests to find out new trends in order to create new dishes and to meet guest expectations.” He adds that the menu is just a guideline for the guests as chefs must be able and willing to follow individual food ideas and creations. “Being a successful chef means you have to know what your guests will want to eat tomorrow.”
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Business Opportunities
A Leading English Language Magazine for sale. Call 089 607 9850 for more details. Fantastic Investment with Great Rental Return! 12 Million Baht only for Five (5) spacious 160 square meter 3 bedroom 3 bathroom multiplex houses on 37 Tarang Wah (148 square meters) of land each. That is only 2.4 Million Baht per house! All five (5) houses are currently rented and bringing in 80,000 baht per month total. For appointment and private viewing, call the Premier Homes Real Estate Co., Ltd. at (038) 231931 and 081-634-2915 or by Email: premier@loxinfo.co.th or visit our website at www.premierinternational. com (PR6164) Grand Estate Home or Resort with Restaurant for Sale with Great Business Opportunity! 8 Guest Suites all with en suite Bathrooms! Americana Antiques in Every Guest Suite! Over 2 Rai of Beautiful Gardens (847 TLW) Absolutely Gorgeous Swimming Pool! 1950’s Rock n Roll era Siam Country Club Roadside Restaurant. For appointment and private viewing, call the Premier Homes Real Estate Co., Ltd. at (038) 231-931 and 081-634-2915 or by Email: premier@loxinfo. co.th or visit our website at www. premierinternational.com (PR5796) Restaurant/Bistro with 6 Guest Rooms for Sale/Lease: Jomtien beach, 600 Sqm. Rent 92K baht p/m. HOT PRICE: 3,490,000 Mil. Includes everything. 2013 Gross Income 4.8 Mil Baht. Please call 085-910-5124 Email to bobbybrooksproperty@ gmail.com ID: BB-B1203 Sky View Penthouse Restaurant for Sale/Lease: Stunning views of Pattaya and Jomtien Bay 500 sqm Rent 45k p/m. SALE PRICE: 4,950,000 THB includes everything. 2013 Gross income 5.3 Mil THB. Please call 085-910-5124 Email to bobbybrooksproperty@gmail.com ID: BB-B1205 French Restaurant for Sale/ Lease: Established 11 years in the same location in Jomtien rent 25K THB p/m. 6 year lease. Sale Price: 3,950,000 THB includes everything. 2013 Gross Income 4.5 Mil THB. Please call 085-910-5124 Email to bobbybrooksproperty@gmail.com ID: BB-B1204 (ptmpt-bo00) For Sale or Lease. 23 Nice Two Room Apartments located in 3 buildings on a one rai land parcel in a very central location south Pattaya. Within 5 min walking distance to Walking Street, however still a quiet and secure area. For more info contact 081 9099098, No agents please
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FOR RENT: Central Jomtien Restaurant- Bar. A 50 seat 3 shop house unit ground floor restaurant and bar with full commercial kitchen in a very busy location 75m from the beach and surrounded by hotel and guesthouses. No key money. Rent: 45,000 Bt per month. Website Ref: COMR028. Tel: 085 129 5657. Email: lam@pattaya-jomtien-property.com www.pattaya-jomtien-property.com GUESTHOUSE - Jomtien. An opportunity to take over this easy to run guest house with 5 fully furnished rooms located in a busy location in central Jomtien just 100m from the beach. For Sale Leasehold: 250,000 Bt and rent 15,000 Bt per month on 3 year lease. Website Ref: BUSS033. Tel: 085 129 5657. Email: lam@ pattaya-jomtien-property.com www. pattaya-jomtien-property.com SHOPHOUSE IN BUSY ‘5-STAR’ LOCATION - Single four-storey building with rooms above in the busiest foot traffic location in Jomtien and near to several hotels and guesthouses. Ideal for massage, office or retail premises. For Sale Leasehold: 700,000 Bt, monthly rent of 20,000 Bt and NO key money. Website Ref: BUSS026. Tel: 085 129 5657. Email: lam@pattaya-jomtienproperty.com www.pattaya-jomtienproperty.com GUESTHOUSE & BAR - Ideally located profitable 10 room guesthouse and bar. Located in a busy Soi in Central Jomtien and close to the beach is this 3 unit building with the ground floor running as a bar with pool table, music system and large flat screen TV. There is ample room to install a kitchen to offer breakfasts and food to the guests and customers, thus increasing the profits further. The upper floors contain 10 renovated and fully furnished guest rooms, a store room and maid’s room. An established business. For Sale Leasehold: 3.5m Bt, monthly rent 30,000 Bt plus key money. Website Ref: BUSS019. Tel: 085 129 5657. Email: lam@pattayajomtien-property.com www.pattayajomtien-property.com
Services Provided
Magna Carta Law Office can assist you in securing loans from a minimum 700,000 up to a maximum of 50 Million Baht through various financial institutions with no credit checks or black marks and no penalty for a bad credit history. All loans are secured against either land or property and we are able to lend you up to 50% of the appraised valuation of your asset. The funds will be available around 10 days from the start of the application. Loans can be for a period of 6 months to 1 year and can be extended for longer if needed. Call either 038-373735 or 081-9833620 to make an appointment.
(ptmsp-s1114)AIR CONDITIONING & RENOVATIONS Condo - House. For free quotation contact: Phone 089 608 7808 www.irishaircon.com Construction Renovation Company. Need office, home, garden, swimming pool improvements? Very reliable contractor, high quality standard job with reasonable price. Please call 038 373 145 (English), 086 831 8879 or 087 509 0102 (Thai) PAC Co., Ltd. Can renovate your condo at a very reasonable price with very good standard of work. Ring 087 139 1539 for estimates Eng, 087 150 4845 Thai DeKu German Windows & Doors. Top-quality uPVC window profiles according to German quality standards! Tel: 038-424-092, Mobile: 094-896-0060, Email: info@deku. asia, Web: www.deku.asia If You are Having a Problem with Your Computer either software or hardware, please phone 0868202577 or 0958466533 (Thai &Eng). I will go to service at your place. WORACHAI AIR Services offered: Air-condition installation, cleaning, and repair. Refrigerator repair. Call 089 513 7826 or 087 149 4976 (Khun Pom)
Education & Training
Learn Fruit and Vegetables Carving from a Professional teacher with more than 18 years experience. For inquiries contact Yui at tel no. 0863209569 and/ or 0852385453 or email at yuibua@ hotmail.co.th (pta-tk0008)Do you want to Study Thai Language or Thai Culture in Fun & Easy Way? Come to Thankful Knowledge Learning Center. Learn with the native professional teachers. Affordable price & friendly environment call 038 373 175 or 038 416 493. We speak Thai, English, German & Deutsch.
Open House
SAT. JAN 3, 2015 12-3 PM: Majestic Condominium Jomtien, Soi Watboon Poolside Units #22 899,000 THB ID: BB-C1389, #24 894,000 THB ID: BB-C1389 Foreign Name please call 085-910-5124 Email to bobbybrooksproperty@gmail.com *refreshments served
Apartments for Rent
(ptmafr-r0314)AROMDEE APARTMENTS, quiet, clean, well maintained, with European management. Fan/AC rooms for rent start from 5,000.- baht to 18,500.monthly. Free Wi-Fi, Cable-TV, Gym, and Car park. Inside Minimart, breakfast dishes, coffee bar/bar, 24 hr laundry, and CCTV security coverage. Within walking distance of Big C, Tesco Lotus, and BKK Bus Station North Pattaya. Phone Thai/Eng.: 082304-3907, Phone Norwegian/Eng.: 087-329-0300, Office/Fax: 038-370861 Email: aromdeeapartment@ hotmail.com
Houses for Sale
(ptmhfs-tpis0000)House for sale in Grange Park Village opposite to Tara Pattana International School at 18.5M Thai baht. House was built in 2008 and is being sold by original owners. House construction was supervised by owners and is to the highest American standard from the bathrooms to the 390 sqm. of ceramic floor tiling. Land area is 1,600 sqm. with private garden and swimming pool, very large living space of over 600 sqm., 4 bedrooms (3 upstairs and 1 downstairs), 3 bathrooms/toilets. House has alarm system throughout, Internet, satellite TV and underground pest control and ample parking space for up to 6 vehicles. For inquiries please call: 082-462-3666 (Thai) 082-040-4788 (English). (ptmhfs-tpis0000)House for rent/ sale in Siam Garden (Soi Siam Country Club) 820 sqm. land area, fully furnished with 3 bedrooms, 4 bathrooms/toilets, spacious living room and kitchen, separate maid’s room, swimming pool and office. For inquiries please call: 087-558-5933 Thai/English. East Pattaya - A two storey townhouse in a very quiet secure development just a 5 minute drive from Sukhumvit Road. Very spacious, well furnished and offering 3 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, open plan lounge, dining area, European kitchen with oven, car parking, clubhouse, communal pool and 24/7 security. Outstanding value for this large family home. Price: 1.99m Bt. Website Ref: HSES071. Tel: 085 129 5657. Email: lam@ pattaya-jomtien-property.com www. pattaya-jomtien-property.com
Great Pattaya Central Home! Selling Price 8.9 Million Baht, 3 Bedrooms/3 Bathrooms, 200 Sqm/71 TLW. For appointment and private viewing, call the Premier Homes Real Estate Co., Ltd. at (038) 231931 and 081-634-2915 or by Email: premier@loxinfo.co.th or visit our website at www.premierinternational. com (PR6600) Beautiful Home in Jomtien Yacht Club!! Selling Price 27.5 Million Baht, 4+1 Bedrooms/4+1 Bathrooms, 390 Sqm/212 TLW. For appointment and private viewing, call the Premier Homes Real Estate Co., Ltd. at (038) 231-931 and 081-634-2915 or by Email: premier@loxinfo. co.th or visit our website at www. premierinternational.com (PR5846) Great Phoenix Lakeside Family Home! Selling Price 9.9 Million Baht 3 Bedrooms/3 Bathrooms, 180 Sqm/200 TLW. For appointment and private viewing, call the Premier Homes Real Estate Co., Ltd. at (038) 231-931 and 081-634-2915 or by Email: premier@loxinfo. co.th or visit our website at www. premierinternational.com (PR5035) Fabulous 5 Bedrooms Lakeside Home! Selling Price 24.95 Million Baht, 5 Bedrooms/ 6 Bathrooms, 500 Sqm/ 380 TLW, For appointment and private viewing, call the Premier Homes Real Estate Co., Ltd. At (038) 231-931 and 081-634-2915 or by Email: premier@loxinfo. co.th or visit our website at www. premierinternational.com (PR3346) Stunning New 8 Bedroom Beachfront! Selling Price 65 Million Baht, 8 Bedrooms/8 Bathrooms, 650 Sqm/850 TLW. For appointment and private viewing, call the Premier Homes Real Estate Co., Ltd. at (038) 231-931 and 081-634-2915 or by Email: premier@loxinfo. co.th or visit our website at www. premierinternational.com (PR6536) Great Family Home Near Town! Selling Price 20 Million Baht, 5+1 Bedrooms/7 Bathrooms, 1 Rai/660 Sqm. For appointment and private viewing, call the Premier Homes Real Estate Co., Ltd. at (038) 231931 and 081-634-2915 or by Email: premier@loxinfo.co.th or visit our website at www.premierinternational. com (PR6363) Magnificent House with a Grand Palace Style! Selling Price 75 Million Baht, 5 Bedrooms/ 5 Bathrooms, 620 Sqm/ 320 TLW, For appointment and private viewing, call the Premier Homes Real Estate Co., Ltd. At (038) 231-931 and 081-634-2915 or by Email: premier@loxinfo. co.th or visit our website at www. premierinternational.com (PR6686) Charming Detached House with swimming pool and lovely gardens in Wongamat Location! Selling Price 21 Million Baht, Baht, 3 Bedroom/3 Bathrooms, 300 TLW/300 Sqm. For appointment and private viewing, call the Premier Homes Real Estate Co., Ltd. at (038) 231-931 and 081-6342915 or by Email: premier@loxinfo. co.th or visit our website at www. premierinternational.com. (PR6075) Beautiful Home in Tadarawadi Village For Sale! Selling Price 42,075,000 Million Baht, 4 Bedroom /4 Bathrooms, 526 TLW/769 Sqm. For appointment and private viewing, call the Premier Homes Real Estate Co., Ltd. at (038) 231-931 and 081-6342915 or by Email: premier@loxinfo. co.th or visit our website at www. premierinternational.com. (PR5758) Great Jomtien Park Villa with Very Nice Modern Furniture! Selling Price 32 Million Baht, 4 Bedrooms/4 Bathrooms, 238 TLW/500 Sqm. For appointment and private viewing, call the Premier Homes Real Estate Co., Ltd. at (038) 231-931 and 081-6342915 or by Email: premier@loxinfo. co.th or visit our website at www. premierinternational.com. (PR4176) Gorgeous Lake View Thabali Home! Selling Price 7.5 Million Baht, 3 Bedrooms/3 Bathrooms, 90 TLW/206 Sqm. For appointment and private viewing, call the Premier Homes Real Estate Co., Ltd. at (038) 231931 and 081-634-2915 or by Email: premier@loxinfo.co.th or visit our website at www.premierinternational. com. (PR4465) Great Home in the very popular Siam Royal View! Selling Price 33 Million Baht, 4 Bedrooms/5 Bathrooms, 1 Rai/360 Sqm. For appointment and private viewing, call the Premier Homes Real Estate Co., Ltd. at (038) 231-931 and 081-6342915 or by Email: premier@loxinfo. co.th or visit our website at www. premierinternational.com. (PR4211)
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HOUSES FOR SALE
Great Pattaya Central Home! Selling Price 8.9 Million Baht, 3 Bedrooms/3 Bathrooms, 200 Sqm/71 TLW. (PR6600) Beautiful Home in Jomtien Yacht Club!! Selling Price 27.5 Million Baht, 4+1 Bedrooms/4+1 Bathrooms, 390 Sqm/212 TLW. (PR5846) Great Phoenix Lakeside Family Home! Selling Price 9.9 Million Baht 3 Bedrooms/3 Bathrooms, 180 Sqm/200 TLW. (PR5035) Fabulous 5 Bedrooms Lakeside Home! Selling Price 24.95 Million Baht, 5 Bedrooms/ 6 Bathrooms, 500 Sqm/ 380 TLW. (PR3346) Stunning New 8 Bedroom Beachfront! Selling Price 65 Million Baht, 8 Bedrooms/8 Bathrooms, 650 Sqm/850 TLW. (PR6536) Great Family Home Near Town! Selling Price 20 Million Baht, 5+1 Bedrooms/7 Bathrooms, 1 Rai/660 Sqm. (PR6363) Magnificent House with a Grand Palace Style! Selling Price 75 Million Baht, 5 Bedrooms/ 5 Bathrooms, 620 Sqm/ 320 TLW. (PR6686) Charming Detached House with swimming pool and lovely gardens in Wongamat Location! Selling Price 21 Million Baht, Baht, 3 Bedroom/3 Bathrooms, 300 TLW/300 Sqm. (PR6075) Beautiful Home in Tadarawadi Village For Sale! Selling Price 42,075,000 Million Baht, 4 Bedroom /4 Bathrooms, 526 TLW/769 Sqm. (PR5758) Great Jomtien Park Villa with Very Nice Modern Furniture! Selling Price 32 Million Baht, 4 Bedrooms/4 Bathrooms, 238 TLW/500 Sqm. (PR4176) Gorgeous Lake View Thabali Home! Selling Price 7.5 Million Baht, 3 Bedrooms/3 Bathrooms, 90 TLW/206 Sqm. (PR4465) Great Home in the very popular Siam Royal View! Selling Price 33 Million Baht, 4 Bedrooms/5 Bathrooms, 1 Rai/360 Sqm. (PR4211) A Really Unique Estate on One Rai of Land! Selling Price 35 Million Baht, 6 Bedrooms/7 Bathrooms, 1000 Sqm/440 TLW. (PR5052) Phoenix Golf Course Villas! Selling Price 13.950 Million Baht, 3 Bedrooms/3 Bathrooms, 350 Sqm/200 TLW. (PR6407) Charming and Very Well Constructed Home! Selling Price 15.8 Million Baht, 4 Bedrooms/4 Bathrooms, 420 Sqm/200 TLW. (PR5086) Fantastic Estate Home For Sale! Selling Price 32 Million Baht, 4+1 Bedrooms/6+1 Bathrooms, 600 Sqm/291 TLW. (PR4516) Grand Estate Home or Resort with Restaurant for Sale with Great Business Opportunity! 8 Guest Suites all with en suite Bathrooms! Americana Antiques in Every Guest Suite! Over 2 Rai of Beautiful Gardens (847 TLW) Absolutely Gorgeous Swimming Pool! 1950’s Rock n Roll era Siam Country Club Roadside Restaurant. (PR5796)
HOUSES FOR RENT
Thai Balinese Designed Home! Rental Price 125,000 Baht/ Month, 4 Bedrooms/ 5 Bathrooms, 387 Sqm/ 282 TLW.(PR4606) The Award Winning Development Home! Rental Price 70,000 Baht/Month, 3 Bedrooms/3 Bathrooms, 260 Sqm/110 TLW. (PR6483) Bangsaray Beach Home! Rental Price 80,000 Baht/Month, 4 Bedrooms/4 Bathrooms, 600 Sqm/200 TLW. This is an absolutely fantastic family close to Bangsaray beach and Cartoon Network Water Park. (PR5961) Charming and Very Well Constructed Home! Rental Price 90,000 Baht/Month, 4 Bedrooms/5 Bathrooms, 465 Sqm/247 TLW. (PR6921) Lovely Thai Bali Style Homes! Rental Price 95,000 Baht/Month, 3 Bedrooms/3 Bathrooms, 300 Sqm/125 TLW.(PR6902) Nice Rental Home in Phoenix Golf Course Area! Rental Price 95,000 Baht/ Month, 3 Bedrooms/4 Bathrooms, 400 Sqm/600 TLW. (PR5230) Spacious 4 bedroom home with large private pool! Rental Price 100,000 Baht/ Month, 4 Bedrooms/ 4+1 Bathrooms, 500 Sqm/ 1 Rai. (PR1601) Very Impressive Nagawari Home for Rent! Rental Price 80,000 Baht/Month, 3 Bedrooms/3 Bathrooms, 250 Sqm/98 TLW. (PR2587) Baan Amphur Beachfront! Rental Price 50,000 Baht/Month, 4 Bedrooms/3 Bathrooms, 220 Sqm/74 TLW. (PR6999)
CONDOS FOR SALE
Incredible Sea Views and Right on the Beachfront! You will be impressed by this spacious 127 square meter fully furnished 2 bedroom 2 bathroom condo apartment with gorgeous sea views. The price has been reduced for immediate sale and is a very good value for someone looking for a great beachfront home or a great rental property. (PR6471) Spectacular Penthouse For Sale! Selling Price 20 Million Baht, 3 Bedroom/3 Bathroom, 282 Sqm. (PR6517) Wonderfully Designed Luxury Apartment! Selling Price 9.5 Million Baht, 2 Bedroom/2 Bathroom, 134 Sqm. (PR5559) Charming Condo with Great Sea View! Selling Price 45 Million Baht, 4 Bedrooms/ 4 Bathrooms, 640 Sqm. (PR1667) Foreigner Ownership in Jomtien’s La Royale! Selling Price 11.95 Million Baht, 2 Bedroom/2 Bathroom, 148 Sqm. (PR4015) Great Sea Views and In Town Location! Selling Price 29.5 Million Baht, 3 Bedroom/3 Bathroom, 268 Sqm. (PR5786) Ocean front Super Luxury Condominium! Selling Price 24 Million Baht, 3+1 Bedroom/5 Bathrooms, 217 Sqm. (PR6662) High Floor View Talay III Condo Apartment!! Selling Price 14.4 Million Baht, 2 Bedrooms/2 Bathrooms, 198 Sqm. (PR5075) Nicely Decorated Apartment in Town at Northshore! Selling Price 9 Million Baht, 1 Bedroom/1 Bathroom, 67 Sqm. (PR4990) Great Sea View and Well Located on Pratamnak Hill! Selling Price 6 Million Baht, 2 Bedroom/2 Bathroom, 95 Sqm. (PR6369) Wongamat Bay Sea View Apartment....This Month Huge Reduction! Selling Price is 14.375 Million Baht, 3 Bedrooms/3 Bathrooms, 210 Sqm. (PR3990) Beachfront Living in Dongtan Area Apartment! Selling Price is 4.95 Million Baht, 2 Bedrooms/2 Bathrooms, 96 Sqm. (PR6646) Sea, Sunset and Island Views at Jomtien Beach! Selling Price 7.95 Million Baht, 2 Bedroom/2 Bathroom. 165 Sqm. (PR6410)
CONDOS FOR RENT
Great Marina Beachfront View! Rental Price is 70,000 Baht/Month, 2 Bedrooms/2 Bathrooms, 157 Sqm. (PR5853) Beachfront Living at its Best for Rent! Rental Price is 42,000-227,500 Baht/ Month, 2-5 Bedrooms/2-5 Bathrooms, 77-450 Sqm. (PRC084) Beachfront Luxury Penthouse Wongamat! Rental Price is 90,000 Baht/Month, 2+1 Bedrooms/3 Bathrooms, 240 Sqm. PR6500) Absolutely Beachfront Apartment....Definitely a 5 Star Lifestyle! Rental Price is 90,000 Baht/Month, 4 Bedrooms/4 Bathrooms, 350 Sqm. (PR1704) The Resort Style Residence Apartment! Rental Price is 65,000 Baht/Month, 2+1 Bedrooms/3 Bathrooms, 138 Sqm. (PR6896) Ocean front Super Luxury High Rise Residence on Jomtien Beach! Rental Price 120,000 Baht/ Month, 4 Bedrooms/ 5 Bathrooms, 217 Sqm. (PR6662) Lovely Apartment with a Nice Sunset & Island Views! Rental Price 75,000 Baht/Month, 4 Bedroom/4 Bathroom, 254 Sqm. (PR5338)
LAND FOR SALE
Wat Yan Area! Selling Price is 41,250,000 Million 16 Rai 200 Tarang Wah. (PLD0325) Phoenix Golf course Area! Selling Price is 12,000,000 Million 2 Rai 1 Tarang Wah. (PLD0711) Huay yai Area! Selling Price is 23 Million 31 Rai 200 Tarang Wah. (PLD0718)
BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY
Fantastic Investment with Great Rental Return! 12 Million Baht only for Five (5) spacious 160 square meter 3 bedroom 3 bathroom multiplex houses on 37 Tarang Wah (148 square meters) of land each. That is only 2.4 Million Baht per house! All five (5) houses are currently rented and bringing in 80,000 baht per month total. (PR6164) Grand Estate Home or Resort with Restaurant for Sale with Great Business Opportunity! 8 Guest Suites all with en suite Bathrooms! Americana Antiques in Every Guest Suite! Over 2 Rai of Beautiful Gardens (847 TLW) Absolutely Gorgeous Swimming Pool! 1950’s Rock n Roll era Siam Country Club Roadside Restaurant. (PR5796)
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Classified Houses for Sale
A Really Unique Estate on One Rai of Land! Selling Price 35 Million Baht, 6 Bedrooms/7 Bathrooms, 1000 Sqm/440 TLW. For appointment and private viewing, call the Premier Homes Real Estate Co., Ltd. at (038) 231-931 and 081-634-2915 or by Email: premier@loxinfo. co.th or visit our website at www. premierinternational.com (PR5052) Phoenix Golf Course Villas! Selling Price 13.950 Million Baht, 3 Bedrooms/3 Bathrooms, 350 Sqm/200 TLW. For appointment and private viewing, call the Premier Homes Real Estate Co., Ltd. at (038) 231931 and 081-634-2915 or by Email: premier@loxinfo.co.th or visit our website at www.premierinternational. com (PR6407) C h a r m i n g a n d Ve r y W e l l Constructed Home! Selling Price 15.8 Million Baht, 4 Bedrooms/4 Bathrooms, 420 Sqm/200 TLW. For appointment and private viewing, call the Premier Homes Real Estate Co., Ltd. at (038) 231-931 and 081-6342915 or by Email: premier@loxinfo. co.th or visit our website at www. premierinternational.com (PR5086) Fantastic Estate Home For Sale! Selling Price 32 Million Baht, 4+1 Bedrooms/6+1 Bathrooms, 600 Sqm/291 TLW. For appointment and private viewing, call the Premier Homes Real Estate Co., Ltd. at (038) 231-931 and 081-634-2915 or by Email: premier@loxinfo. co.th or visit our website at www. premierinternational.com (PR4516) Grand Estate Home or Resort with Restaurant for Sale with Great Business Opportunity! 8 Guest Suites all with en suite Bathrooms! Americana Antiques in Every Guest Suite! Over 2 Rai of Beautiful Gardens (847 TLW) Absolutely Gorgeous Swimming Pool! 1950’s Rock n Roll era Siam Country Club Roadside Restaurant. For appointment and private viewing, call the Premier Homes Real Estate Co., Ltd. at (038) 231-931 and 081-634-2915 or by Email: premier@loxinfo. co.th or visit our website at www. premierinternational.com (PR5796) Baan Suan Mai Ngam 2 Bed 2 Bath with Private Pool / Size 200 SQM, 3.6 Million THB (Thai Name) please call 085-910-5124 Email to bobbybrooksproperty@gmail.com ID: BB-H1331 View Talay Villas -Private PoolGarden- 3 Bed 3 Bath / Land 500 Sqm. fully furnished, 12 Million THB. Company Name. (Freehold) please call 085-910-5124 Email to bobbybrooksproperty@gmail.com ID: BB-H1314 Tropicana Villa- Modern duplex 3 Bed 4 Bath, 230 sqm. fully furnished, private pool, garden, 8.3 Million THB. Company Name (Freehold) please call 085-910-5124 Email to bobbybrooksproperty@gmail.com ID: BB-H1328 Luxury Villa- 4 Bed 5 Bath, 408 sqm. fully furnished, private pool-Jacuzzi, garden, 16.9 Million THB. Company Name (Freehold)-Owner financing available, please call 085-910-5124 Email to bobbybrooksproperty@ gmail.com ID: BB-H1322 Private House on Thappraya Rd.House 4 Bed 5 Bath, Land 400 sqm. fully furnished, private pool, garden, 12.5 Million THB. Company Name (Freehold) please call 085-910-5124 Email to bobbybrooksproperty@ gmail.com ID: BB-H1321 Royal Park Village (Jomtien) 2 Bed 1 Bath, Total Size 190 Sqm. / Furnished, European Kitchen, Communal Pool, Sale Price 4.2 Million THB. (Company Name) Freehold. Please call 085-910-5124 Email to bobbybrooksproperty@ gmail.com ID: BB-H1319 The Ville(Jomtien) – House 2 Bed 2 Bath, Total Size 160 Sqm. Fully furnished, Private Jacuzzi Pool, 4,499,999 THB. (Thai Name) Freehold. please call 085-910-5124 Email to bobbybrooksproperty@ gmail.com ID: BB-H1329
Houses for Rent
(ptmhfr-h0714)OCCASION! Beautiful townhouse (South Pattaya), 2 minutes to city or beach, peaceful and green environment, superbly fully furnished, 3 bedrooms, 2 televisions, ADSL, 4 air-conditions, garage. Contact 092 647 1521 (ptmhfr-tpis0000)House for rent/ sale in Siam Garden (Soi Siam Country Club) 820 sqm land area, fully furnished with 3 bedrooms, 4 bathrooms/toilets, spacious living room and kitchen, separate maid’s room, swimming pool and office. For inquiries please call: 087-558-5933 Thai/English.
(ptmhfr-tpis0000)A two-storey house in a very quiet secure development for rent in Grange Park Village opposite to Tara Pattana International School. With 1,600 sqm land area, very spacious, fully furnished and offering 3 bedrooms, 4 bathrooms/ toilets, office, spacious living room and kitchen, swimming pool and garden, separate maid’s room. For appointment and private viewing call: 082-462-3666 (Thai) 082-0404788 (English). The Ville(Jomtien) – House 2 Bed 2 Bath, Total Size 160 Sqm. Fully furnished, Private Jacuzzi Pool, 35,000 THB/Month (1 Year Lease) please call 085-910-5124 Email to bobbybrooksproperty@gmail.com ID: BB-A1217 East Pattaya - A single storey house in a very quiet secure development on Khao Noi. Very spacious, well furnished and offering 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, open plan lounge, dining area, European kitchen, car parking, communal pool and 24/7 security. Outstanding value for this large family home. Rent: 25,000 Bt for 1 year contract. Website Ref: HSER064. Tel: 085 129 5657. Email: lam@ pattaya-jomtien-property.com www. pattaya-jomtien-property.com East Pattaya - A two storey townhouse in a very quiet secure development just a 5 minute drive from Sukhumvit Road. Very spacious, well furnished and offering 3 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, open plan lounge, dining area, European kitchen with oven, car parking, clubhouse, communal pool and 24/7 security. Outstanding value for this large family home. Rent: A minimum rental period of 1 year applies at 18,000 Bt per month. Website Ref: HSER011. Tel: 085 129 5657. Email: lam@pattaya-jomtienproperty.com www.pattaya-jomtienproperty.com East Pattaya - Located on a spacious corner plot in this popular, quiet and secure village less than 5 minutes from Sukhumvit Road and Central Pattaya, the single storey property is offered living area 150 sqm , land area 390 sqm , fully furnished with 3 bedrooms all with Flat screen TV, 2 luxury bathrooms, European kitchen, living room with large LCD TV, dining area, landscaped tropical gardens, communal pool and clubhouse, 24/7 security. An ideal property for those looking for a quiet and secure village yet near to all amenities. Rent: 35,000 Bt per month on 1 year lease. Website Ref: HSERxxx. Tel: 085 129 5657. Email: lam@pattaya-jomtienproperty.com www.pattaya-jomtienproperty.com East Jomtien - A single storey house in a very quiet secure development on Soi Chaiyapruk. Very spacious, well furnished and offering 2 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, open plan lounge, dining area, European kitchen, car parking and 24/7 security. Rent: 15,000 Bt for 1 year contract. Website Ref: HSER065. Tel: 085 129 5657. Email: lam@pattaya-jomtien-property.com www.pattaya-jomtien-property.com Thai Balinese Designed Home! Rental Price 125,000 Baht/ Month, 4 Bedrooms/ 5 Bathrooms, 387 Sqm/ 282 TLW, For appointment and private viewing, call the Premier Homes Real Estate Co., Ltd. At (038) 231931 and 081-634-2915 or by Email: premier@loxinfo.co.th or visit our website at www.premierinternational. com (PR4606) The Award Winning Development Home! Rental Price 70,000 Baht/ Month, 3 Bedrooms/3 Bathrooms, 260 Sqm/110 TLW. For appointment and private viewing, call the Premier Homes Real Estate Co., Ltd. at (038) 231-931 and 081-634-2915 or by Email: premier@loxinfo. co.th or visit our website at www. premierinternational.com (PR6483) Bangsaray Beach Home! Rental Price 80,000 Baht/Month, 4 Bedrooms/4 Bathrooms, 600 Sqm/200 TLW. This is an absolutely fantastic family close to Bangsaray beach and Cartoon Network Water Park. For appointment and private viewing, call the Premier Homes Real Estate Co., Ltd. at (038) 231-931 and 081-6342915 or by Email: premier@loxinfo. co.th or visit our website at www. premierinternational.com (PR5961) C h a r m i n g a n d Ve r y W e l l Constructed Home! Rental Price 90,000 Baht/Month, 4 Bedrooms/5 Bathrooms, 465 Sqm/247 TLW. For appointment and private viewing, call the Premier Homes Real Estate Co., Ltd. at (038) 231-931 and 081-6342915 or by Email: premier@loxinfo. co.th or visit our website at www. premierinternational.com (PR6921)
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Lovely Thai Bali Style Homes! Rental Price 95,000 Baht/Month, 3 Bedrooms/3 Bathrooms, 300 Sqm/125 TLW For appointment and private viewing, call the Premier Homes Real Estate Co., Ltd. at (038) 231931 and 081-634-2915 or by Email: premier@loxinfo.co.th or visit our website at www.premierinternational. com (PR6902) Nice Rental Home in Phoenix Golf Course Area! Rental Price 95,000 Baht/Month, 3 Bedrooms/4 Bathrooms, 400 Sqm/600 TLW. For appointment and private viewing, call the Premier Homes Real Estate Co., Ltd. at (038) 231-931 and 081-6342915 or by Email: premier@loxinfo. co.th or visit our website at www. premierinternational.com (PR5230) Spacious 4 bedroom home with large private pool! Rental Price 100,000 Baht/ Month, 4 Bedrooms/ 4+1 Bathrooms, 500 Sqm/ 1 Rai, For appointment and private viewing, call the Premier Homes Real Estate Co., Ltd. At (038) 231-931 and 081-6342915 or by Email: premier@loxinfo. co.th or visit our website at www. premierinternational.com (PR1601) Very Impressive Nagawari Home for Rent! Rental Price 80,000 Baht/ Month, 3 Bedrooms/3 Bathrooms, 250 Sqm/98 TLW. For appointment and private viewing, call the Premier Homes Real Estate Co., Ltd. at (038) 231-931 and 081-634-2915 or by Email: premier@loxinfo. co.th or visit our website at www. premierinternational.com (PR2587) Baan Amphur Beachfront! Rental Price 50,000 Baht/Month, 4 Bedrooms/3 Bathrooms, 220 Sqm/74 TLW. For appointment and private viewing, call the Premier Homes Real Estate Co., Ltd. at (038) 231931 and 081-634-2915 or by Email: premier@loxinfo.co.th or visit our website at www.premierinternational. com (PR6999)
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Pool Villas for Sale (ptmar-pvfs1114)Stunning 5 bed,
7 bath Villa, sea views, 25 MB. 092-472-5743 (Eng), 089-249-7047 (Thai) or www.facebook.com/ beachvillabangsaray (ptmar-pvfs1114)The Willows Exclusive Villas from 7.8 MB. 092472-5743 (Eng), 089-249-7047 (Thai) or www.willowsbangsaray.com East Jomtien - Located in a quiet village off Soi Chaiyapruk is this new build unfurnished 160 sqm executive style single storey pool villa, 3 bedrooms two of which are en-suite, 3 luxurious bathrooms, large European kitchen with double sink, open plan living room-dining area, terrace, 10m x 5m private pool with waterfall and water features, underground water storage, parking with remote roller shutter doors, 24/7 security and just 5 minutes from Makro and Tesco Lotus. Great value. Price: 6.5m Bt. Website Ref: PLVS205. Tel: 085 129 5657. Email: lam@pattaya-jomtienproperty.com www.pattaya-jomtienproperty.com Jomtien - REDUCED: Partially furnished 324 sqm pool villa in a popular village in central Jomtien offering 3 bedrooms, 1 bedroom on 2nd floor, 3 luxury bathrooms, European kitchen, large open plan living room and dining area, private pool, terrace, in quiet Soi with 24/7 security, 150m to restaurants, shops, bars, taxis and 400m to the beach. Price: 6.9m Bt. Website Ref: PLVS199. Tel: 085 129 5657. Email: lam@pattaya-jomtien-property.com www.pattaya-jomtien-property.com Bang Saray - A brand new unfurnished 154 sqm single storey pool villa ideally located in a quiet residential area of Bang Saray village and just 500m to the un-spoilt beach. The villa has been built to European standards offering 3 bedrooms with the two main rooms having direct access to the pool, 3 luxurious bathrooms, a white fully fitted European kitchen with oven and gas hobs, open plan living room and dining area with step-ceiling and dimmer lights, private pool, poolside terrace, covered parking with remote electronic gate. A great value pool villa close to the beach. Price: 7.9m Bt. Website Ref: PLVS198. Tel: 085 129 5657. Email: lam@pattaya-jomtienproperty.com www.pattaya-jomtienproperty.com
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Pool Villas for Sale
Huay Yai - So much is included in this great value buy 190 sqm detached villa built to European standards with block walls, white Upvc windows and doors, ceramic tile floors. Offering 3 en-suite bedrooms, 3 luxurious bathrooms, high gloss European kitchen with center isle work top, Franke oven and dishwasher, open plan living room and dining area opening up to the 8m x 4m pool and terrace, ceiling fans in every room, garage with remote electronic doors. Price: 5.95m Bt. Website Ref: PLVS241. Tel: 085 129 5657. Email: lam@pattaya-jomtien-property.com www.pattaya-jomtien-property.com Ban Amphur - FIRE SALE POOL VILLA: A really great buy, a spacious and stylishly furnished 450 sqm two storey villa offering 5 en-suite bedrooms, 5 luxurious bathrooms, white gloss European kitchen with center isle, open plan living room and dining area, office, private pool with pool side terrace and covered patio, large 680 sqm landscaped gardens, covered car parking, alarm and CCTV, just 3km to Sukhumvit Road. Price: 7.9m Bt. Website Ref: PLVS242. Tel: 085 129 5657. Email: lam@ pattaya-jomtien-property.com www. pattaya-jomtien-property.com
Pool Villas for Rent
Pool Villa For Rent – Jomtien - Located in this exclusive new development near to the new Jomtien 2nd Road this modern design single storey pool villa is stylishly finished and furnished throughout offering 2 en-suite bedrooms, 2 luxurious bathrooms, 125 sqm , land area 210 sqm ,high gloss European kitchen, open plan living room and dining area, UPVC windows, private pool, poolside sun terrace, car parking, small park outside the property, 24/7 security and just 700m to the food market and shops and 1km to Jomtien Beach. Minimum rental period of 6 months applies. Rent: 55,000Bt for 6 month lease or 45,000 Bt for 1 year contract. Website Ref: PLVR289. Tel: 085 129 5657. Email: lam@ pattaya-jomtien-property.com www. pattaya-jomtien-property.com East Jomtien - Located in a quiet village off Soi Chaiyapruk is this new build fully furnished 80 sqm single storey pool villa, 2 en-suite bedrooms, 2 luxurious bathrooms, large European kitchen, open plan living room-dining area, terrace, 7m x 4m private pool, underground water storage, parking
with remote roller shutter doors, 24/7 security and just 5 minutes from Makro and Tesco Lotus. Great value. Rent: 30,000 Bt on 1 year lease. Website Ref: PLVR346. Tel: 085 129 5657. Email: lam@pattaya-jomtienproperty.com www.pattaya-jomtienproperty.com Pool Villa For Rent – Bang Saray - A brand new unfurnished 154 sqm single storey pool villa ideally located in a quiet residential area of Bang Saray village and just 500m to the un-spoilt beach. The villa has been built to European standards offering 3 bedrooms with the two main rooms having direct access to the pool, 3 luxurious bathrooms, a white fully fitted European kitchen with oven and gas hobs, open plan living room and dining area with step-ceiling and dimmer lights, private pool, poolside terrace. Minimum rental period of 1 year applies. Rent: 30,000Bt per month. Website Ref: PLVR289. Tel: 085 129 5657. Email: lam@pattayajomtien-property.com www.pattayajomtien-property.com
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V i e w Ta l a y 1 A J o m t i e n Condominium, 34sqm studio, 13 th floor for fabulous sea views (Pattaya side) just been decorated with new shower room, kitchen, all new matching furniture, A/C, ceiling fan, big screen TV, everything new. Complex has big swimming pool, gym, loads of restaurant, bars, laundry, etc. Excellent location near bus and taxi routes, ideal for renting only. 1,495,000 (in foreign name). C all ALAN 087 139 1570 View Talay 1B – Located near Jomtien Beach 41 sqm on 5th floor. Just been fully renovated. Fully furnished. Brand new matching high-quality furniture. Euro kitchen. Remote A/C. Brand new 40-inch LED TV. Excellent pool view and sea view from balcony. Pattaya side. Absolutely lovely room for only 1,790,000 baht including costs (in foreign name). Call 087-139-1570 or 087-139-1539 (English). View Talay 1B 32 sqm studio on 5th floor, Pattaya side (the best side). Just been completely renovated to very high standard with fully equipped Euro kitchen, big fridge freezer, new A/C, 40-inch LED TV, remote ceiling fan, everything new. This fabulous studio has a lovely swimming pool view with sea views. Great location complex with many bars, restaurants, shops, etc. A real must-see for only 1,590,000 baht including costs (in foreign name). Call 087-139-1570 or 087-139-1539 (English).
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Wongamat Tower – A high floor 64 sqm duplex in this new high rise beachfront tower with stunning sea views offering 1 bedroom with fitted wardrobes, 1 luxurious bathroom, European kitchen, open plan living room, balcony, infinity pool, fitness, hotel style lobby, key card entry, 24/7 security and 100m to the beach. Price: 6.5m Bt in Thai name. Ref Code: CDOS983. Tel. 085 129 5657 Email: lam@pattaya-jomtienproperty.com www.pattaya-jomtienproperty.com Atlantis – A new resort style low rise development ideally located just 300m from Jomtien Beach. This high floor pool facing front corner unit offers 1 bedroom with fitted wardrobes, 1 luxurious bathroom, European kitchen, open plan living room and dining area, balcony, huge lagoon style communal pool with Jacuzzis, kiddies’ pool and slides. Fitness, sauna, restaurants, key card entry, 24/7 security. Price: 2.579m Bt in foreign name. Ref Code: CDOS941. Tel. 085 129 5657 Email: lam@pattayajomtien-property.com www.pattayajomtien-property.com Jomtien Beach Rimhad - The owner has carried out a very nice renovation, with stylish furnishings and fittings over 56 sqm offering 1 bedroom, 1 luxury bathroom with new LG washing machine, European kitchen, open plan living room and dining area with large LCD TV and sound system, office, 2 balconies, communal pool, fitness, cafes, laundry, 24/7 security and just 300m to Jomtien Beach. Great value for money, probably the best one bedroom available in these popular buildings. Price: 2.5m Bt in foreign name. Ref Code: CDOS835. Tel. 085 129 5657 Email: lam@ pattaya-jomtien-property.com www. pattaya-jomtien-property.com Avatara - With great sea views from Koh Larn down to Bang Saray and just 40m back from the beach, this high floor unit is superbly finished and stylishly furnished throughout with a stunning interior renovation by one Pattaya’s leading interior designers offering 68sqm 1 bedroom with fitted wardrobes and large balcony, 1 luxurious bathroom with open shower, fully fitted European kitchen with breakfast bar, open plan living room with large balcony, roof top infinity pool, Jacuzzi, fitness, key card entry, 24/7 security, Wifi and just 40m walk to the beach, numerous fish restaurants, shops, and taxis. A contemporary building, which does set it aside, in a quiet secluded location. This is a ‘must view’ , to fully appreciate this beautiful beachfront location and the extensive interior design. For Sale: 6.9m Bt in foreign name. Website Ref: CDOS582. Tel: 085 129 5657. Email: lam@pattayajomtien-property.com. www.pattayajomtien-property.com Acqua - A fully furnished pool facing 34.5 sqm unit that can easily be converted into a one bedroom if desired in this new modern low rise building ideally located in central Jomtien and just 200m to the beach, European kitchen with breakfast bar, luxurious bathroom, stylish living area, large balcony overlooking the pool, communal pool, fitness, key card entry, 24/7 security. The building is schedule for completion end of 2014 and this unit is offered with great payment terms to the buyer, with 1,157,394m Bt payable on contract transfer, followed by 6 monthly payments of 12,688 Bt starting from 30th July 2014 and a final payment of 1,440,228m Bt on completion end of 2014. For Sale: 2.67m Bt in foreign name. Website Ref: CDOS759. Tel: 085 129 5657. Email: lam@pattayajomtien-property.com www.pattayajomtien-property.com The Cliff - REDUCED PRICE: This partially furnished 72 sqm high floor front corner unit has stunning views over Jomtien and Koh Larn Island and offers 2 en-suite bedroom with fitted wardrobes, 1 luxurious bathroom, European kitchen, open plan living room and dining area, large corner wrap-around balcony, fitness, communal pool, high speed elevators, 5-Star hotel style lobby, gourmet restaurant, 24/7 security, 150m to the beautiful Cosy Beach, restaurants, shops, bars and taxis. Great value for a high floor front corner unit in this new building! Price: 5.99m Bt in foreign name. Website Ref: CDOS774. Tel: 085 129 5657. Email: lam@pattayajomtien-property.com www.pattayajomtien-property.com
View Talay Residence - These ever popular modern low rise buildings are ideally located just 150m from Jomtien Beach and 75m from the Night Plaza and fresh food market. This 55 sqm studio really is one of the best value for money studios we have offered. Stylishly furnished throughout, spacious living area with built-in wardrobes, 1 luxurious bathroom, large European kitchen, large balcony overlooking the communal pool, sauna, 24/7 security and close to all amenities and taxis. For Sale: 3.2m Bt in foreign name. Website Ref: CDOS885. Tel: 085 129 5657. Email: lam@pattaya-jomtien-property.com www.pattaya-jomtien-property.com Incredible Sea Views and Right on the Beachfront! You will be impressed by this spacious 127 square meter fully furnished 2 bedroom 2 bathroom condo apartment with gorgeous sea views. The price has been reduced for immediate sale and is a very good value for someone looking for a great beachfront home or a great rental property. For appointment and private viewing, call the Premier Homes Real Estate Co., Ltd. at (038) 231-931 and 081-634-2915 or by Email: premier@loxinfo. co.th or visit our website at www. premierinternational.com (PR6471) Spectacular Penthouse For Sale! Selling Price 20 Million Baht, 3 Bedroom/3 Bathroom, 282 Sqm For appointment and private viewing, call the Premier Homes Real Estate Co., Ltd. at (038) 231-931 and 081-6342915 or by Email: premier@loxinfo. co.th or visit our website at www. premierinternational.com (PR6517) Wonderfully Designed Luxury Apartment! Selling Price 9.5 Million Baht, 2 Bedroom/2 Bathroom, 134 Sqm For appointment and private viewing, call the Premier Homes Real Estate Co., Ltd. at (038) 231931 and 081-634-2915 or by Email: premier@loxinfo.co.th or visit our website at www.premierinternational. com (PR5559) Charming Condo with Great Sea View! Selling Price 45 Million Baht, 4 Bedrooms/ 4 Bathrooms, 640 Sqm, For appointment and private viewing, call the Premier Homes Real Estate Co., Ltd. At (038) 231-931 and 081634-2915 or by Email: premier@ loxinfo.co.th or visit our website at www.premierinternational.com (PR1667) Foreigner Ownership in Jomtien’s La Royale! Selling Price 11.95 Million Baht, 2 Bedroom/2 Bathroom, 148 Sqm For appointment and private viewing, call the Premier Homes Real Estate Co., Ltd. at (038) 231931 and 081-634-2915 or by Email: premier@loxinfo.co.th or visit our website at www.premierinternational. com (PR4015) Great Sea Views and In Town Location! Selling Price 29.5 Million Baht, 3 Bedroom/3 Bathroom, 268 Sqm For appointment and private viewing, call the Premier Homes Real Estate Co., Ltd. at (038) 231931 and 081-634-2915 or by Email: premier@loxinfo.co.th or visit our website at www.premierinternational. com (PR5786) Ocean front Super Luxury Condominium! Selling Price 24 Million Baht, 3+1 Bedroom/5 Bathrooms, 217 Sqm. For appointment and private viewing, call the Premier Homes Real Estate Co., Ltd. at (038) 231-931 and 081-634-2915 or by Email: premier@loxinfo. co.th or visit our website at www. premierinternational.com (PR6662) High Floor View Talay III Condo Apartment!! Selling Price 14.4 Million Baht, 2 Bedrooms/2 Bathrooms, 198 Sqm. For appointment and private viewing, call the Premier Homes Real Estate Co., Ltd. at (038) 231-931 and 081-634-2915 or by Email: premier@loxinfo. co.th or visit our website at www. premierinternational.com (PR5075) Nicely Decorated Apartment in Town at Northshore! Selling Price 9 Million Baht, 1 Bedroom/1 Bathroom, 67 Sqm. For appointment and private viewing, call the Premier Homes Real Estate Co., Ltd. at (038) 231931 and 081-634-2915 or by Email: premier@loxinfo.co.th or visit our website at www.premierinternational. com (PR4990) Great Sea View and Well Located on Pratamnak Hill! Selling Price 6 Million Baht, 2 Bedroom/2 Bathroom, 95 Sqm. For appointment and private viewing, call the Premier Homes Real Estate Co., Ltd. at (038) 231931 and 081-634-2915 or by Email: premier@loxinfo.co.th or visit our website at www.premierinternational. com (PR6369)
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Wo n g a m a t B a y S e a Vi e w Apartment....This Month Huge Reduction! Selling Price is 14.375 Million Baht, 3 Bedrooms/3 Bathrooms, 210 Sqm. For appointment and private viewing, call the Premier Homes Real Estate Co., Ltd. at (038) 231-931 and 081-634-2915 or by Email: premier@loxinfo. co.th or visit our website at www. premierinternational.com (PR3990) Beachfront Living in Dongtan Area Apartment! Selling Price is 4.95 Million Baht, 2 Bedrooms/2 Bathrooms, 96 Sqm. For appointment and private viewing, call the Premier Homes Real Estate Co., Ltd. at (038) 231-931 and 081-634-2915 or by Email: premier@loxinfo. co.th or visit our website at www. premierinternational.com (PR6646) Sea, Sunset and Island Views at Jomtien Beach! Selling Price 7.95 Million Baht, 2 Bedroom/2 Bathroom. 165 Sqm, For appointment and private viewing, call the Premier Homes Real Estate Co., Ltd. at (038) 231931 and 081-634-2915 or by Email: premier@loxinfo.co.th or visit our website at www.premierinternational. com (PR6410) The Majestic Jomtien – Studio/ 1 Bath 28 Sqm. fully furnished 895,000 THB (Foreign Name) please call 085-910-5124 Email to bobbybrooksproperty@gmail.com ID: BB-C1381 View Talay 1B(Jomtien Side) – Studio/ 1 Bath 30 Sqm. Furnished 1.25 Million THB (Foreign Name) please call 085-910-5124 Email to bobbybrooksproperty@gmail.com ID: BB-C1391 The Majestic Jomtien – New Renovated Pool Side, Studio- 28 Sqm. fully furnished 894,000 THB (Foreign Name) please call 085-9105124 Email to bobbybrooksproperty@ gmail.com ID: BB-C1390 Park Lane Resort – Condo 1 Bed/1 Bath 36 Sqm. pool view, fully furnished 1,649,999 THB - Owner financing available (Foreign Name) please call 085-910-5124 Email to bobbybrooksproperty@gmail.com ID: BB-C1368 Park Lane Resort –1 Bed/ 36 Sqm. pool view with gate open direct pool, fully furnished 1,699,999 THB Owner financing available (Foreign Name) please call 085-910-5124 Email to bobbybrooksproperty@ gmail.com ID: BB-C1371 Paradise Park Jomtien- Condo 1 Bed/1 Bath 37.31 Sqm. High floor with pool view, fully furnished 1,649,999 THB (Thai Name) please call 085-9105124 Email to bobbybrooksproperty@ gmail.com ID: BB-C1341 Park Lane Resort – Condo 1 Bed/1 Bath 36 Sqm. High floor city view, fully furnished, Sale 1,399,000 THB (Foreign Name) please call 085-9105124 Email to bobbybrooksproperty@ gmail.com ID: BB-C1374
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Pattaya Hill Resort – Condo 2 Bed/2 Bath, 99 Sqm. High floor sea view, fully furnished, Sale 3,590,000 THB (Foreign Name) please call 085-9105124 Email to bobbybrooksproperty@ gmail.com ID: BB-C1392 Chateau Dale Tha-Bali – Large Studio-1 Bath, 65 Sqm. fully furnished, Sale 3,200,000 THB (Company Name) please call 085-910-5124 Email to bobbybrooksproperty@ gmail.com ID: BB-C1393 City Garden Pattaya - Central Pattaya. 75sqm. 2 Bedrooms, 1 Bath, Fully-Furnished w/ European Kitchen. SALE 5,700,000 THB or RENT 50,000 THB/mo. Thai Name. Contact: ELITE PROPERTIES 085-219-8232 / eliteproperties. pattaya@gmail.com City Garden Pattaya - Central Pattaya. 77sqm. 2 Bedrooms, 1 Bath, Fully-Furnished w/ European Kitchen. SALE 5,500,000 THB or RENT 50,000 THB/mo. Thai Name. Contact: ELITE PROPERTIES 085-219-8232 / eliteproperties. pattaya@gmail.com City Garden Pattaya - Central Pattaya. 58sqm. 1 Bedroom, 1 Bath, Furnished w/ European Kitchen. FOR SALE 4,600,000 THB. Foreign Name. Contact: ELITE PROPERTIES 085-219-8232 / eliteproperties. pattaya@gmail.com Park Royal 2 - Beautiful 1 bedroom w/ sea view in Pratumnak. 85sqm. Fullyfurnished. FOR SALE 5,690,000 THB or RENT 40,000THB/mo. For viewing Contact: ELITE PROPERTIES 085-219-8232 / eliteproperties.pattaya@gmail.com Park Royal 3 - Pratumnak. 3 bedrooms, 2 baths, 1 balcony. Fullyfurnished w/ European Kitchen and pool view. FORSALE 6,500,000 THB or RENT 70,000THB/mo. 1-yr. rental 40,000 THB/mo. Foreign name. Contact: ELITE PROPERTIES 085-219-8232 / eliteproperties. pattaya@gmail.com Park Royal 3 - 84sqm, 1 bedroom located in Pratumnak. Fully- furnished w/ European kitchen and pool view. FORSALE 4,490,000 THB or RENT 50,000THB/mo. 1-yr. rental 35,000 THB/mo. Contact: ELITE PROPERTIES 085-219-8232 / eliteproperties.pattaya@gmail.com HOT DEAL!!! The Base - RESALE! - Central Pattaya. 30sqm, 1 bedroom, 1 bath. Semi-furnished w/ sea view. Walking distance to Central Festival and Pattaya beach. 2,850,000 THB Contact: ELITE PROPERTIES 085-219-8232 / eliteproperties. pattaya@gmail.com FOR SALE! Beautiful House in East Pattaya, 3 bedroom, 3 baths, 2 balconies, land area 128sqm, living area 180sqm, Fully-furnished w/ European kitchen. For viewing Contact: ELITE PROPERTIES 085-219-8232 / eliteproperties. pattaya@gmail.com
FOR SALE! Beautiful House in East Pattaya, 3 bedroom, 3 baths, 2 balconies, land area 128sqm, living area 180sqm, Fully-furnished w/ European kitchen. Contact: ELITE PROPERTIES 085-219-8232 / eliteproperties.pattaya@gmail.com FOR SALE! City Garden Pattaya - 2 bedrooms, 2 bath, 108sqm. Furnished w/ pool view, Thai Name. 8,100,000 THB Contact: ELITE PROPERTIES 085-219-8232 / eliteproperties.pattaya@gmail.com
Condos for Rent
(ptmpt-cfr0714)Condo at Wong Amat for Rent 48 sq.m. floor 27 for most beautiful 360-degree panorama view in North Pattaya 15000/mth 081-9332240 pitipity@hotmail.com Pratumnak Area, 200 Meters from Beach. 2 bedroom, 84 sqm, top floor. 2 big balconies with sea views. Fully furnished. 24,000 baht per month. Also, 42 sqm. studio with same specs 12,000 baht per month. Call 087 139 1539. (ptmcfr-u0000)The Cove – Ultra luxury residence in Wongamat’s best location. Ocean front living with stunning, unobstructed views over Pattaya Bay.3 beds, 2 baths, 235 sqm. Fully furnished. Rent 180,000 THB/ month. Call: +66 89 213 0248 (Eng/ German). Email: axisamproperty@ yahoo.com MAJESTIC JOMTIEN CONDOMINIUM 800 METERS FROM BEACH. Lovely 30 sqm studio, fully furnished, everything you need, 5th floor. Only 7,000 Baht per month. Call 087 139 1539, 087 139 1570 (English). Park Lane Resort - 1 Bed, 36 sqm. city view, fully furnished, Large communal pool, restaurant, gym, 12,500 THB/Month (1 Year Lease) internet include please call 085-9105124 Email to bobbybrooksproperty@ gmail.com ID: BB-A1236 Jomtien Complex - 2 Bed, high floorsea view, 136 sqm. fully furnished, communal pool, restaurant, gym, 35,000 THB/Month (1 Year Lease) please call 085-910-5124 Email to bobbybrooksproperty@gmail.com ID: BB-A1240 View Talay 1A - Top Floor Studio 30 Sqm. Sea View, fully furnished, communal pool, 10,000 THB/Month (1 Year Lease) please call 085-9105124 Email to bobbybrooksproperty@ gmail.com ID: BB-A1231 Great Marina Beachfront View! Rental Price is 70,000 Baht/Month, 2 Bedrooms/2 Bathrooms, 157 Sqm. For appointment and private viewing, call the Premier Homes Real Estate Co., Ltd. at (038) 231-931 and 081-6342915 or by Email: premier@loxinfo. co.th or visit our website at www. premierinternational.com (PR5853) Beachfront Living at its Best for Rent! Rental Price is 42,000-227,500 Baht/Month, 2-5 Bedrooms/2-5 Bathrooms, 77-450 Sqm. For appointment and private viewing, call the Premier Homes Real Estate Co., Ltd. at (038) 231-931 and 081-6342915 or by Email: premier@loxinfo. co.th or visit our website at www. premierinternational.com (PRC084) Beachfront Luxury Penthouse Wongamat! Rental Price is 90,000 Baht/Month, 2+1 Bedrooms/3 Bathrooms, 240 Sqm. For appointment and private viewing, call the Premier Homes Real Estate Co., Ltd. at (038) 231-931 and 081-634-2915 or by Email: premier@loxinfo. co.th or visit our website at www. premierinternational.com (PR6500)
Absolutely Beachfront Apartment.... Definitely a 5 Star Lifestyle! Rental Price is 90,000 Baht/Month, 4 Bedrooms/4 Bathrooms, 350 Sqm. For appointment and private viewing, call the Premier Homes Real Estate Co., Ltd. at (038) 231-931 and 081-6342915 or by Email: premier@loxinfo. co.th or visit our website at www. premierinternational.com (PR1704) The Resort Style Residence Apartment! Rental Price is 65,000 Baht/Month, 2+1 Bedrooms/3 Bathrooms, 138 Sqm. For appointment and private viewing, call the Premier Homes Real Estate Co., Ltd. at (038) 231-931 and 081-634-2915 or by Email: premier@loxinfo. co.th or visit our website at www. premierinternational.com (PR6896) Ocean front Super Luxury High Rise Residence on Jomtien Beach! Rental Price 120,000 Baht/ Month, 4 Bedrooms/ 5 Bathrooms, 217 Sqm, For appointment and private viewing, call the Premier Homes Real Estate Co., Ltd. At (038) 231-931 and 081634-2915 or by Email: premier@ loxinfo.co.th or visit our website at www.premierinternational.com (PR6662) Lovely Apartment with a Nice Sunset & Island Views! Rental Price 75,000 Baht/Month, 4 Bedroom/4 Bathroom, 254 Sqm. For appointment and private viewing, call the Premier Homes Real Estate Co., Ltd. at (038) 231-931 and 081-634-2915 or by Email: premier@loxinfo. co.th or visit our website at www. premierinternational.com (PR5338) FOR RENT – Small Studio in Central Pattaya, 32sqm. 400metres from Big C Extra, 5minutes to Pattaya beach. 7,000 THB/mo. For viewing Contact: ELITE PROPERTIES085-219-8232 / eliteproperties.pattaya@gmail.com Avenue - Beautiful 43sqm, 1 bedroom located at the center of Pattaya. Walking distance to shopping malls, Walking Street and Pattaya beach. 20,000 THB/mo. or FOR SALE 3,300,000 THB Contact: ELITE PROPERTIES 085-219-8232 / eliteproperties.pattaya@gmail.com Avenue - Cozy 34.5sqm, Studio located at the centre of Pattaya. Walking distance to shopping malls, Walking Street and Pattaya beach. 15,000 THB/mo. or FOR SALE 2,600,000 THB Contact: ELITE PROPERTIES 085-219-8232 / eliteproperties.pattaya@gmail.com The Residence Condo Jomtien – 3bedroom, 3 bath, 2 balconies, Furnished w/ European Kitchen. 150sqm area. 6-month rental: 65,000 THB/mo. long term is cheaper. For viewing Contact: ELITE PROPERTIES 085-219-8232/ eliteproperties.pattaya@gmail.com The Residence Condo Jomtien – 1bedroom, 2 bath, 1 balcony, city view, Furnished w/ European Kitchen. 80.2sqm area. 36,000 THB/mo. long term is cheaper. For viewing Contact: ELITE PROPERTIES085-219-8232 / eliteproperties.pattaya@gmail.com The Residence Condo Jomtien - 3 bedroom, 3 bath, 1 balcony, Furnished w/ European Kitchen. 150sqm area. 59,000 THB/mo. long term is cheaper. For viewing Contact: ELITE PROPERTIES 085-2198232/ eliteproperties.pattaya@gmail. com
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Laguna Bay 1 - Nice Studio in Pratumnak, fully-furnished, 26sqm area. Walking distance to shops and the beach. 25,000 THB/mo. 1-year rental 12,000 THB/mo. or FOR SALE 1,700,00 THB Contact: ELITE PROPERTIES 085-219-8232 / eliteproperties.pattaya@gmail.com Laguna Bay 1 - Nice Studio in Pratumnak, walking distance to shops and the beach. Fully-furnished, 26sqm area. 25,000 THB/mo. 1-year rental 12,000THB/mo. or FOR SALE 1,575,00 THB Contact: ELITE PROPERTIES 085-219-8232 / eliteproperties.pattaya@gmail.com Park Royal 2 - 45sqm Studio located in Pratumnak. Fully-furnished w/ Sea view. 40,000 THB/mo. 1-yr. rental 20,000 THB/mo. or FOR SALE 2,890,000 THB Contact: ELITE PROPERTIES 085-219-8232 / eliteproperties.pattaya@gmail.com Club Royal Building A - Naklua. 42 sqm. 1 bedroom, 1 bath, Furnished w/ European Kitchen and city view.40,000THB/mo. or FORSALE 2,890,000 THB. Thai name. Contact: ELITE PROPERTIES 085-219-8232 / eliteproperties.pattaya@gmail.com
Phoenix Golf course Area! Selling Price is 12,000,000 Million 2 Rai 1 Tarang Wah For appointment and private viewing, call the Premier Homes Real Estate Co., Ltd. at (038) 231-931 and 081-634-2915 or by Email: premier@loxinfo. co.th or visit our website at www. premierinternational.com (PLD0711) Huay Yai Area! Selling Price is 23 Million 31 Rai 200 Tarang Wah For appointment and private viewing, call the Premier Homes Real Estate Co., Ltd. at (038) 231-931 and 081-6342915 or by Email: premier@loxinfo. co.th or visit our website at www. premierinternational.com (PLD0718)
The Majestic Jomtien- Studio 28 Sqm. Pool Side, fully furnished, malls, markets, public transport all close, 499 THB per day, Min 14 day stay call 085-910-5124 Email to bobbybrooksproperty@gmail.com ID: BB-C1390 Park Lane Resort- 1 Bed, 36 sqm. city view, fully furnished, Large communal pool, restaurant, gym, 1000 THB per day Min 14 day stay please call 085-910-5124 Email to bobbybrooksproperty@gmail.com ID: BB-A1236 View Talay (1A) - Studio 30 Sqm. Sea View, fully furnished, malls, markets, public transport all close, 1000 THB per day, Min 14 day stay call 085-9105124 Email to bobbybrooksproperty@ gmail.com ID: BB-A1231
(ptm-jv1014) Wanted driver for mini-van. Call 0811461811. Experienced Sales Person / Customer Service Wanted. We are looking for a female who is interested to work in a property industry. Requirements: Good written and spoken English / Chinese / Russian. Must be customer service-oriented. Must be sales driven, enthusiastic and hardworking. Send CV/Resume to john@citygardenpattaya.com or call 0903855595. Urgent! Experienced Waitress Wanted for International restaurant. Must speak English. Good salary + tips. Call 091 240 4331.
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Land for Sale
(ptmar-lfs1114)Stunning Plots of Land for Sale, Bang Saray www. facebook.com/Landbangsaray 092472-5743 (ptmlfs-tpis0000) Land for Sale at Grange Park Village! Selling price is 5.5M 1,600 sqm. For appointment and private viewing call: 082-4623666 (Thai) 082-040-4788 (English). Wat Yan Area! Selling Price is 41,250,000 Million 16 Rai 200 Tarang Wah. For appointment and private viewing, call the Premier Homes Real Estate Co., Ltd. at (038) 231931 and 081-634-2915 or by Email: premier@loxinfo.co.th or visit our website at www.premierinternational. com (PLD0325)
Property Investment
W E H AV E C A S H B U Y E R S WAITING: for View Talay Villas, View Talay Condominium 1, 2 & 5, and Park Lane Resort Jomtien. They can transfer at the land office in 5 days, if you want to sell. Please call 082447-0442 or email dew@bbpasia.net
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Vehicles for Sale
2005 NISSAN TEANA 230JMDiamond Black/ Cream Leather interior, all options, new paint, serviced by Nissan, low miles, 499,000 or 50% down take over pymts 18 months left to pay. Call 0841580785 Toyota Vigo Champ Pre-runner 4 door G Model automatic 3.0 VN Turbo Diesel 2012 (latest model) white with tan velour interior, full spec twin air bags, C.D. rear camera, cost nearly 1 million baht, selling for 690,000 baht. Call 084 529 9939 Toyota Corolla Altis Automatic 1.8 G Model latest shape 2002 champagne gold tan leather interior, 2 air bags, walnut dash, alloy wheels top model. 1 owner from new. Only 230,000 baht. Call 087 139 1539
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Tips & Advice
Visa extension Q: I am a UK citizen with a month on arrival stamp in my passport. I wish to stay in Thailand for a further three weeks, so is it necessary for me to leave the country to obtain a 21 days extension? A: No, under rules introduced in the summer, you can take your passport to the Immigration Bureau for a further 30 days. That will be a total of 60 days, but you must then leave the country before the end of the extension period. The regulation applies to some countries only. Work permit woes Q: I have a double entry non-immigrant “B” visa and am currently applying for a work permit here in Thailand. I have been told that the application may take three or four months so I may need to leave on a visa run before the actual granting. But how do I stay in Thailand to perform my work after the granting? Do I have to leave the country to obtain yet another non-immigrant “B”? A: No you don’t. Once the work permit is granted, the Immigration Bureau can issue you with a one-year visa based on the non-immigrant “B” you already have. The fee is 1,900 baht. The bureau can provide you with a list of required documents required when the time comes.
Illness and overstay 1 Q: I am having an emergency operation next week and my 30-day stamp on arrival will have expired by the time I am able to leave the country. I assume there is a special provision to deal with this problem. A: Not really. Overstay is overstay. You could get a friend to obtain a medical extension on your behalf. He or she should take to immigration a passport photo of you, the signed TM7 application form, your passport and a detailed letter from a hospital doctor describing your condition and how long you need. Cost 1,900 baht. Alternatively, go into overstay and pay the fine at the airport on leaving – 500 baht a day up to 20,000 baht. But take with you detailed medical records and a letter from the hospital to avoid any misunderstandings about why you are on overstay. The first option is best. Some hospitals offer this service to obtain your medical extension, so check with them first. Illness and overstay 2 Q: My friend went to the immigration to obtain a medical extension on my behalf, but I see that I was given only one month extension when I need two to recuperate from a serious operation. So what happens now? A: The length of time given by the immigration is really a matter of officer discretion. Before the end of the extension period you were given, your friend should return to the Immigration Bureau with all the necessary documentation plus a new and detailed letter from the hospital doctor explaining why you need more time. In our experience, these letters from doctors vary a great deal in the amount of medical detail they give. The more detail, the better.
Your intimate counselor Dear Agony Ivy, Age and Beauty I recently retired to Pattaya at the grand old age of 91 and decided to get married again. My first wife died many years ago in UK after she accidentally drank a quantity of bleach, believing it to be lemonade. Be that as it may, my problem now is that I wish to have carnal relations with my new wife, but I just can’t remember what to do. A secondary problem is that I am rather deaf so there is no point in anyone whispering advice to me as I won’t hear a thing. I am hoping against hope that you can advise me how to improve my sex life which frankly is non-existent at the moment. Doddery David Agony Ivy replies: Thank you for sending me the photo.
The first thing I’d say is that you do need to undress before going to bed, although I’m not so sure about removing your teeth. I am sending you under plain cover a copy of my DVD Sex without Touching which you may find useful. The commentary may be too quiet for you so I have also enclosed a print copy which your wife will be able to shout out whenever you are feeling in the mood and watching the film. By the way, your wife must be a saint. Or has she buried several husbands in the past? Dear Agony Ivy, Unwanted advances I am trapped inside a particularly unhappy marriage. My husband drinks far too much, has a large beer gut and has the most dreadful, smelly breath. I did know all that when I married him but I was
wrongly informed that he only had months to live. That was three years ago. We live in a very small flat and my husband insists that we sleep in the same bed. Every night is absolute torment. I have thought about throwing him out of the window when he is drunk, but we live on the ground floor. Miserable Mavis Agony Ivy writes: I feel that the answer to your nasty problem is to visit the nearest Joke Shop in your area. Here you will find a most useful commodity called itching powder which you should spread sparingly but only on your husband’s side of the bed. I am confident that you will soon discover that he has other things to worry about and will certainly not be interested in harassing you. If you are lucky, he might even jump out of the window himself.
Snap Judgment Recalling 2014
Although 2014 will be best remembered for the bloodless, May coup d’état which dissolved the incumbent Yingluck Shinawatra government, Pattaya was not dramatically affected. For a short time there was a strong military presence at the police station and the local radio stations were shut down for months, but otherwise it was business as usual as the cash registers continued to ring in the hub of the Eastern Seaboard. Pattaya has an amazing ability to carry on regardless. Indeed, the main issue still being debated is what to do about deck chairs, umbrellas and business concessions on Pattaya and Jomtien beaches. Seen as irrelevant by those who never walk on sand, the debates about how and where people can sit, and whether they should be allowed to eat in a reclining position, are among the most hotly debated topics in the bars. This was certainly another result of the coup as the military sought to “clean up” the beaches. Whether any changes will be long-lasting remains to be seen. Much the same can be said of the army-backed motorbike reforms which are designed to introduce fair prices for customers, stop corruption and so on. Although progress has been made in standardizing the compulsory uniform for motorbike taxi boys and girls, it is far from clear that the two-wheel motorized transport system in Pattaya is moving towards revolutionary reform. Still, give it time. The bigger impact on foreign tourists probably comes from the sustained crackdown on traffic offenses by the police traffic division which is stopping and fining ever-increasing numbers of drivers for turning left at the wrong time, parking outside the limits and daring to proceed through an amber light. In other contexts, Pattaya in 2014 continued to evolve into a multifaceted resort catering for families and not just for nighttime revelers. New attractions such as the Cartoon Network Amazone opened to the public and retail facilities continued to expand, for example Marks and Spencer finally came to town. At least 50 new restaurants opened in the city, but a similar number seems to have died. The Walking Street remained popular but the visitors included many just taking a walk to see the sights. There was a crackdown on some one-year visas, notably the education variety, in order to weed out foreigners whose grasp of Thai was not proceeding well, or maybe not at all. But the National Council for Peace and Order announced that tourist visa regulations would be relaxed for some. UK, US and some other nationals entering with a 30-day stamp on arrival were allowed to obtain a 30 days extension at immigration rather than the traditional one week. So what’s in store for 2015? We can expect to hear a great deal about the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) which formally kicks in a year’s time. Contrary to many reports, the impact will be medium and long term rather than immediate as the 10 countries involved clear up confusion about free trade and get to grips with migration across national frontiers for ASEAN citizens. The international language of the AEC will be English, so expect to see crash language courses for Thais springing up very soon. Locally, we will be told much about a fast-track railway from Rayong to Bangkok, stopping at U-Tapao and Pattaya, but it’s not likely that the funding for such a project will be fully resolved. This overdue transport improvement is unlikely to see the light of day until the next decade. The new Sukhumvit Road tunnel project will undoubtedly begin its three-year journey to completion with resultant traffic mayhem in the meantime. Finally, 2015 will be the last year when it will be free to come to the city by motorway. A toll plaza is already being built. And a happy new year to one and all.
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Youth Focus The Importance of Performing and Visual Arts in Developing Your Child’s Personality
by Jojo J. Patubo, BME, MSM
At Anda Performing Arts School, we nurture our students to the highest level. It offers variety of special programs in different fields of performing arts and visual arts such as: Dance: Dance helps develop a student’s ability to communicate in a way that is different from the written or spoken word. It allows them to gain a heightened awareness of self and others, while experiencing the joy of expressing emotions through movement. Music: Research has shown that the benefits of music education include improved aesthetic appreciation and reasoning ability. Our students have a variety of classes to choose from in our music program. Theater: From an early age,
children create characters and stories to explore their worlds. Our theater classes will help students use their dramatic play skills to create characters, develop action and explore situations both like and different from their own. Puppetry, games, improvisation, storytelling and acting are some of the activities that will teach students how to tell a story and how to allow others to participate in developing dialogue and scenes. Students will also partake in decorating sets and costumes. Visual Arts: Students gain knowledge of the concepts of art and design from patient instructors with professional skills in art. Students have the chance to take classes based on drawing and painting. They will develop
A Christmas Carol by Peter Hartnell
As I write this, sitting in the staff room at school, the strains of Christmas carols drift in on the air and I am suddenly transported. The school is having the final dress rehearsal for our Christmas performance – Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol. Hearing some of these carols makes it hard to prevent our hardened adult hearts from travelling back to the warm Christmas memories we all have of our own distant childhood. Christmas and New Year are times of change, new beginnings and second chances, and during the story of A Christmas Carol, the personality of Ebenezer Scrooge changes from a mean, miserable, miser who cares only for himself, into a kind and gentle man who knows how to show kindness and generosity to others. We are reminded that the true spirit of Christmas is not a date, a time or a season, but a state of mind. You won’t find the spirit of Christmas wrapped up under the Christmas tree. It isn’t the snow, the holly, the lights, the tinsel or the
decorations that embody the true spirit of Christmas. The spirit of Christmas is the warmth that glows in the hearts of men and enfolds us all with goodwill. One should not forget that Dickens wrote A Christmas Carol specifically to address and try to remedy the problems of poverty and social injustice that he saw all around him in Victorian London, especially after his father was jailed in the notorious Marshalsea Prison for owing a debt to a baker. Dickens, at the age of 12, was forced to move close to the prison, sell all his books and possessions and take work in a polish factory. This disturbing period of Dickens’ life led him into direct contact with many of the unforgettable and often unpleasant characters that people his books, and his concern for the poor and the unequal distribution of wealth that he saw all around, haunted him for the rest of his life. His contact with the ragged schools movement, so called because the schools were exclusively for “raggedly clothed children,” fired him with a lifelong mission to
their creativity and expression while creating original works with the guidance of our talented art instructors. Try to experience the wonderful instruction in theater arts, music, dance, and visual arts that Anda Performing Arts School offers. Please bring your child and friends and visit the school. For more information, call 082 041 6200, 082 040 4788 or visit the website at www.andaschool. com. Jojo Patubo is academic director at Anda Performing Arts School.
try to solve the problem of the halfstarved illiterate street-children – Ignorance and Want as they appear in the Christmas Carol – through education. In this cause Dickens was considering writing a political pamphlet entitled “An Appeal to the People of England on behalf of the Poor Man’s Child,” but he decided instead to write a story, A Christmas Carol, which he predicted would be “like a sledgehammer coming down with twenty thousand times the force on the problem than I could ever muster with a pamphlet.” He made fund-raising speeches all around the country, coupled with readings from A Christmas Carol urging workers and employers to unite to combat ignorance and want. Having been shown the poverty and loneliness of his own future and his solitary unmourned death, Scrooge resolves to change. He becomes generous and caring. “I will honour Christmas in my heart and try to keep it all the year”, he vows. Dickens remained a passionate advocate of universal education and campaigned for it in his fiction, correspondence, journalism and
speeches for the rest of his life. A Christmas Carol helped to provide much of the momentum for change and in his writings he constantly challenged the public’s moral sense. In the year of Dickens’ death parliament finally passed the Elementary Education Act, which effectively inaugurated mass, compulsory schooling.
When our audience of parents settles down to watch their children in our school production of Dickens’ story, I wonder how many of them will appreciate the impact and significance that this simple story had on the early development of education. Peter Hartnell is head teacher at Tara Pattana International School.
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Youth Focus Today’s Students’ Rapid Development of ICT Skills by Wesley Gibbs A good understanding of information and communications technology, or ICT, is vital and important for today’s students, no matter how young. At Mooltripakdee International School, the ICT team is fully engaged in preparing our young learners for a fully engaged future in the technological fields of computers and the internet. Our youngest computer novices spent the first term of this year developing and honing their conceptual computer skills with hands-on practice with two main programs. The first being comprehension and practice with phonics, and the second being practical step-by-step learning with
French-developed, highly interactive, multilingual site called poissonrouge.com. Most progress was trial and error at first, but by the end of the term all the youngest students gained practical competence in almost all their key stage skills, and are
now fully engaged in their digital studies. Elementary students are engaged in stepby-step programming tasks through online activities and basic game development programming with “Scratch”, a beginner’s
computer programming suite developed by MIT and now hosted at Harvard University in America. These year two and three students have also developed basic skills in animation, word processing, spreadsheet formulas, databases and some are even opening up and repairing computers. More advanced middle
Oxford Junior School holds Christmas party Oxford Junior School Pattaya celebrated the festive season at its annual Christmas party held at Cholchan Pattaya Resort. Director Kamonporn Sae-Tae (Teacher Benz) was on hand to welcome and thank parents and guests. Pattaya City Deputy spokesperson Banchong Bantoonprayuk, guest of honor, stressed the importance of education in an address to participants. The evening also showcased talents of students, all of whom prepared performances for the special occasion. And in the spirit of Christmas, the school gave away some goodies at the lucky draw.
school students have participated in hands-on digital image workshops with graphics programs like PaintShop Pro and PhotoScape. And they are already looking at developing and programming their own desktop applications such as a stand-alone web browser in Visual Studio. Personally, I never had
access or instruction to such programs and ideas until I was well into university and postgraduate work. So I am confident that these students will have all the skills and competency necessary to engage with the technologic future. Wesley Gibbs is ICT Teacher at Mooltripakdee International School.
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Local Sports Local and International Motorsports Report Recent Race Updates: 2014 F1 News: 2014 season completed. Lewis Hamilton is the Formula 1 champion. Upcoming Races: 2015 01 Australia (Melbourne) Mar 13-15 02 Malaysia (Kuala Lumpur) Mar 27-29 03 China (Shanghai) Apr 10-12 04 Bahrain (Sakhir) Apr 17-19 www.formula1.com (free live timing and scoring online) **All events will be shown on Star Sports Asia. 2014 NASCAR News: 2014 season completed. Kevin Harvick is the NASCAR champion. Upcoming Races: 2015 Calendar Forthcoming www.nascar.com (free live timing and scoring online) **All events will be shown on Star Sports Asia. 2014 Indy Car News: 2014 season completed. Australian driver Will Power is champion. Upcoming Races: 2015 Mar 08 Autodromo Internacional Nelson Piquet, Brasilia, Brazil Mar 29 St. Petersburg, Florida Apr 12 NOLA Motorsports Park, Avondale, Louisiana Apr 19 Long Beach, California Apr 26 Barber Motorsports Park, Birmingham, Alabama May 09 Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Indianapolis May 17 Indianapolis 500 Qualifying, Indianapolis May 24 Indianapolis 500, Indianapolis www.indycar.com (free live timing and scoring online) **All events will be shown on Star Sports Asia. 2014 MotoGP News: Season completed. Marc Marquez is the 2014 champion. Upcoming Races: 2015 Mar 29 Qatar MotoGP Apr 12 Austin MotoGP Apr 19 Argentina MotoGP www.motogp.com (free live timing and scoring online) **All events will be shown on Star Sports Asia. **Local Thailand Motorsports** Thailand Super Series 2014: Bangsaen, Chonburi – Camaro GT3 dominated Thailand Super Series Bangsaen speed festival on December 10-14, 2014, Tomas Enge finished first. Chonsawat Asawahame wins championship in the top level racing.
Dragons slay the favorites in exciting Queen’s Cup Pink Polo triumph The Singapore-based Paisano Dragons scored an upset victory in the final of the St Regis-sponsored Queen’s Cup Pink Polo tournament held at the Thai Polo and Equestrian Club, downing the hot favorites Maple Leaf by three goals to two. The Paisano Dragons, led by Norwegian expatriate Anne Ringen (-1 goal), with Isabelle Larenaudie (0 goal), and the two UK-based professionals Bryony Taylor (1 goal) and Sarah Wiseman (1 goal), recorded a narrow but exciting victory over the Claudia Zeiberger-led Maple Leaf team which featured Sunny Hale, recognized as the number one female polo player in the world. Favorites Maple Leaf had fallen to a three-goal deficit to Paisano Dragons by the last chukka, but with just one minute and 10 seconds left on the clock, they finally scored, thereby making the
final minute a nail-biter for the estimated 1,000 or so spectators. At the restart a foul needed a decision from the umpires, the only males allowed on the field on horseback during the day. The French and Argentinian judges made a decision which favored the Paisano Dragons, virtually ensuring they would be able to hold onto the ball for enough time to give them the victory. Sure enough, valuable seconds were gained by the Dragons, but then Sunny Hale rose to the challenge and managed to send the ball towards the Dragons goal. With literally seconds left on the clock, Maple Leaf scored their second goal, but time ran out and the Paisano Dragons hoisted the trophy. The round-robin featured three teams, with the Thai Polo and Equestrian Club fielding their players
under the sponsor’s banner. While St Regis played to the best of their ability, led by their professional, German national Eva Bruehl (2 goal), they were ultimately outclassed by the likes of Maple Leaf and Paisano Dragons. The Queen’s Cup Pink Polo Tournament, which is a major charity event in support of the Queen Sirikit Center for Breast Cancer, has grown in stature since it was first held in 2010. Organized by the owners of the Thai
Karen and Ted Sparkle at Crystal Bay ‘Tis the season for holiday golf and Tropical Golf has been quite busy lately. Signup sheets fill up quickly and many old acquaintances are renewed as visitors come into town. It took some effort to get the transport organized and once again a rather large group headed out Friday to Crystal Bay. Fate has smiled on us recently. Crystal Bay is in very good condition, and the only minor complaint was some spots were a little brown and dry – something we haven’t come across in months. Also the previously disgusting showers have been renovated and functioning perfectly.
Weather cooperated this day also, with breeze strong enough to affect some shots but also keeping people cool. With such favorable conditions who would have the sense and skills to take advantage of the “A” and “C” nines? The large turnout allowed for generous prize giving, and we ended up in two flights with five prizes in each, plus near pins and long putts. In the B flight (19+) the winner was Karen Brown (36) with an impressive 40 points! Well played Karen, and keep it up! Coming second was the Silver Fox, Barry Oates (24) with 35 points, beating out
Jim Ferris (20) and Barry Elphick (22) with the same total. It pays to finish strong. Rounding out B flight was Brad Robbins (19) at 34 points. A flight came in with impressive scores, and in the end Ted Morris (14) took the honors with 39 points. Congrats! Next was
THE GROWLING SWAN
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by Derek Brook
John Hackett (16) with 38, Landis Brooks (10) over Paul Sharples (14) both with 37, and finally Rob Brown (10) with 36. Well played, all! Near pins: John Davis, John Hackett, Mick Coghlan, Mashi Kaneta Long Putts: Dick Warberg, Mashi Kaneta
PATTAYA SPORTS CLUB GOLF
Tomas Enge in a Camaro won Bangsaen with patience.
Chonsawat is 2014 TSS (Class 1) champion.
Polo and Equestrian Club, Harald Link and Nunthinee Tanner, the event has taken on a special significance in recent times. To have the likes of Sunny Hale, Sarah Wiseman, and Eva Bruehl compete gives the tournament a greater profile on the world polo stage. The Thai Royal Family was represented by Princess Sirivannavari Nariratana, herself a keen sportswoman, who presented the Queen’s Cup trophy to a very proud Anne Ringen.
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Mt Shadow Crystal Bay Pattaya CC Emerald Greenwood Pattaiva Khoa Kheow Treasure Hill
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Our Community Holiday Inn Pattaya cleans up Wat Saisukhon Holiday Inn Pattaya led by Kate Gerits, general manager, organized a cleanup activity at Saisukhon Temple, Khao Mai Kaew as part of the hotel’s commitment to supporting the community. The hotel’s third corporate social responsibility project saw 50 hotel team members and management joining the initiative to repaint the walls and clear the temple of garbage and dirt.
The Thai obsession with soccer The annual Shai Davis Soccer Tournament took place at Planet Football, and as in previous years the rivalry among teams was fierce. Now in it seventh year, this competition sees teams from local charitable organizations competing against each other. Teams from Father Ray Children’s Home, Pattaya Orphanage, Banglamung Home for Boys, and Baan Jing Jai Foundation battled it out in
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the afternoon heat, but it was the team from Banglamung Home for Boys which carried off the winner’s cup, beating Pattaya Orphanage in the final. Not only did the captain of the winning team, 15-yearold Somchai, lift the winner’s trophy, but he was also awarded well-deserved trophies for Player of the Tournament and Top Goal Scorer. The following day 12 teams, six adult and six youth, including three of the teams from the previous day, gathered at the Father Ray Children’s Home to take part in the annual CH Charity Soccer Tournament. While most teams were from the local area, one team of youngsters traveled from the province of Pathum Thani, north of Bangkok, to play and were disappointed they did not play as well as they hoped.
Outright winners of the youth competition were the team from Banglamung Home for Boys, with Father Ray Children’s Home, playing on home turf, coming second. Young Somchai once again lifted the winner’s trophy and also received the Player of the Tournament award, and if he keeps playing the way he has played there is a promising future ahead of him.
Mr. South Africa 2014 finalist visits Pattaya Orphanage Christmas came early this year, when Mr. South Africa 2014 finalist, Armand du Plessis, visited Pattaya Orphanage. Du Plessis, a South African citizen, is currently in Thailand on holiday and will return to South Africa on Saturday. To many tourists, holidays are the perfect time to relax and spend with their loved ones, Armand’s view on his perfect holiday included a visit to institutions and organizations such as Pattaya Orphanage, spending time with those less fortunate than himself who might not be as lucky as he to be able to spend time with their loved ones during the festive season. This Mr. South Africa finalist has
always been very passionate about charity work and reaching out to others, not necessarily in his exact environment or community, but wherever he goes, this could’ve been seen on his visit to Thailand. This isn’t the first time Armand is travelling to Thailand; he and his family are frequent travelers to Asia. Armand didn’t visit this orphanage empty-handed but arrived with 80 packets of sweets for the children. Armand celebrated Christmas Eve with family and friends, in Thailand on holiday with him, but was back at Pattaya Orphanage on Christmas Day to share in their festivities.
Redemptorist Center Chapel Catholic Mass Schedule
Daily 06:30 (English) Sunday 08:30 (Thai), 10:00 (English)
Sukhumvit Road KM145 Between North & Central Pattaya Roads
038 422 290 Celebrate Mass in the chapel built by Fr. Ray Brennan
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You & Your Pets You’re probably prepared in case a member of your family gets injured or has a medical problem. But do you know what to do if your pet chokes on a bone or is involved in an accident? This Pattaya Today feature will help answer some common first aid questions related to your pets. Such information could mean the difference between life and death.
Bee and Wasp Stings Bee and wasp stings usually cause just minor swelling and itching. If you can see the stinger, use a credit card to scrape it out, or pull it out with tweezers. An antihistamine like Benadryl will relieve some of the symptoms, but call your vet to ask how much to give. If you notice any swelling on the face or neck, or hives all over the body, get the animal to the vet right away. This could be a severe anaphylactic reaction -- a definite emergency.
and surgery are complicated and costly. Spaying your pet before her first heat offers the best and least expensive protection from these diseases. Did you know that a spayed or neutered animal is better behaved? Neutered cats and dogs focus their attention on their human families. On the other hand, unsterilized, unsupervised males roam in search of a mate, risking injury in traffic and in fights with other males. They mark their territory by spraying urine on surfaces. Indoors, male dogs may embarrass you by mounting furniture and human legs when stimulated. Don’t confuse aggressiveness with protectiveness – a neutered dog protects his home and family just as well as an unneutered dog, and many aggression
Cats for You is a great and much needed service in our area, but Paul and Sandra point out that adopting a cat or kitten is a longterm commitment with costs such as feeding and veterinary fees. Many adopters find it’s a good idea to adopt two animals so that they can enjoy each others’ company as well as yours. Contact Paul and Sandra on 0852875004 or look at their useful website http://cats4youinpattaya.webs.com/
New arrivals
These small kittens were rescued from a local temple. At the moment we are trying to get them a little stronger as they have not had their mom to take care of them. But by the time you see this snippet they should be fit and ready to go.
Tinker
Why Spay or Neuter? Spaying or neutering your dog or cat not only helps fight the overpopulation of animals and the plague of Pattaya soi dogs and cats, it also improves the health and longevity of your pet. Spaying a female (removing the ovaries and uterus) or neutering a male (removing the testicles) are veterinary procedures that should be performed as early as possible. Besides preventing unwanted litters, neutering a male cat or dog before six months of age prevents testicular cancer and prostate disease. Spaying a female cat or dog helps prevent pyometra (a pus-filled uterus) and breast cancer--which can be fatal in about 50 percent of female dogs and 90 percent of female cats. For an older, seriously ill animal, anesthesia
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problems can be avoided by early neutering. While their cycles vary greatly, most female cats exhibit the following signs when in heat: * For four or five days every three weeks during breeding season, they yowl and urinate more frequently – sometimes all over the house – advertising for mates. * Female dogs generally have a bloody discharge for about a week, and can conceive for another week or so. * They attract unneutered males – some from great distances – who spray urine around the females’ homes. Millions of cats and dogs of all ages and breeds are euthanized annually or suffer as strays. Many of these are the result of unwanted, unplanned litters that could have been prevented by spaying or neutering. Rarely surviving for more than a few years on their own, stray dogs and cats in Pattaya die painfully by starvation, disease, or being hit by cars. Start the New Year off right. Do yourself—and your beloved pet—a good deed: Have it spayed or neutered now. It’s a fast and inexpensive procedure that yields healthy benefits.
Going to the Dogs... I talk to him when I’m lonesome like And I’m sure he understands. When he looks at me so attentively, And gently licks my hands. Then he rubs his nose on my tailored clothes, But I never say naught there at. For the good Lord knows I can buy more clothes, But never a friend like that. ~W. Dayton Wedgefarth
This playful little guy is at our local temple, so we really need to find him a new home quickly before he comes to some harm. If you would like to meet him please contact us as soon as possible and we can take you to where he is.
Tiger
Here is another Tabby temple kitten that we are trying to find a new home for. As you can see, he is full of mischief and deserves to find a special new family who will love and care for him. Please contact us so we can show you where he is living at the moment.
Dexter & Splash
These two bigger cats are around 18 months old, both have been neutered and are very good friends. Ideally we would love someone to take them as a pair so they can keep each other company when you are out and about.
Cat Corner Tip by Dr. RJ Peters to Pattaya’s cat lovers
Dueling Dogs? Clashing Cats? If your pets are fighting with each other, recognize that tension can occur with pets that have been longtime cohabitants, just like humans. Dogs are less likely to displace aggression, but they tend to be more competitive about guarding resources such as food, toys or an owner’s attention. Cats, meanwhile, are more apt to snap if they’re sharing a litter box, food or access to a sunny window. To correct such behavior, add as many additional litter boxes, food dishes and strategically placed perches as you can. The more resources you provide, the faster you’ll have peace. Don’t forget to consider medical issues inasmuch as animals—just like people--can become irritable when in pain. Dr. Peters is the author of three informative and entertaining books about household pets. They include Our Amazing Cats, and Our Amazing Cats Vol. 2, now available from Amazon Books and at www.ouramazingcats.com. Her newest book is Our Amazing Dogs. To download eBook versions of any or all three books (about 200 baht each), go to http://youniquesolutions.com/3Books.html. Dr. Peters also publishes a free newsletter, The Kitty Times. To subscribe, go to: http:// www.theproblemcat.com. (Proceeds from book sales help support abandoned cats; the books help support your emotional health through their heartwarming stories.)
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