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The overflow of the untreated wastewater from the canal near Surin Beach is somehow released onto the beach.

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he Cherng Talay Tambon Administration O rganisation (O r B or T or ) has begun pumping out the large amount of foul and unsightly, untreated sewage that has been accumulating in a canal near Surin B each, and transferring it to temporary holding tanks near B ang Tao B each.

he o er o rom the canal o ten gets released onto the beach leaving a pool of the dirty water for all to see.

The three-times-daily pumping sessions, which commenced last week, are part of stopgap measures to address unrelenting complaints from local residents and business operators, while the stalled wastewater treatment facilities are not due to be fully operational until the end of this year.

Speaking to T h e P h uk et N ew s ,

Cherng Talay O r B or T or Chief Mann amran confirmed that the million wastewater project – which will serve the communities surrounding Surin and B ang Tao beaches – is a out er cent com lete.

Construction on the cu ic metre-per-day facilities at Surin and B ang Tao beaches, started in ugust and ere initiall due or com letion ugust .

H owever, the project stalled as its initial pipe grid layout plan did not

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take into account new developments that ere confirmed a ter the initial plan was drafted, he explained.

Meanwhile, Mr MaAnn has assured that pumps will continue to transfer untreated wastewater at Surin via trucks to a semi-operational processing facility near B ang Tao B each.

“The pumping times are scheduled dail or am m and m. his is only a temporary measure, and we will use cutters and other eq uipment to break down the wastewater and...

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halong Municipality has shut down the snake show where a Chinese tourist was bitten on her nose by a reticulated python last Saturday (Jan 9) and vowed that other ‘ animal shows’ in Chalong will be getting a visit soon.

News of the closure was confirmed on uesda an 12) by Deputy Mayor of Chalong Municipality, Chettanasak Lukchan during an inspection of the facilities operated by B io Technology Co. on oi alai here o cials met with the company’s general manager Kritiporn Phumikulshawn.

I n addition to earning money from snake charming and venom extraction shows, the company also sells herbal medicine and related products.

Dep Mayor Chettanasak explained that the aim of the inspection was to thoroughly check the validity of the operation. The inspection found that the company was unable to produce a valid

The snake show was shut down by officials from Chalong Municipality after the company behind it was unable to produce a valid permit for operating a snake show. permit for operating a snake show in addition to a permit for “building renovation,” Mr Chettanasak said.

“We have advised them to get the two permits and Ms Kritiporn said her company will do it as soon as possible.

At this time we have ordered them to shut down the snake show until they have supplied the permits.”

H e continued, “O verall the area is eq uipped with safety eq uipment and procedures but I believed the incident happened because

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of recklessness of the animal caretaker who failed to take precautions when handling this wild animal.

“Many animal shows in Chalong area such as the dolphin show and crocodile show will get a visit from us soon to stress safety issues and incident prevention.” Mr Chettanasak added.

Following last week’s incident, the company gave the Chinese tourist a B 135 ,000 compensation package to cover her medical and other expenses. The company paid

B 13,000 for medical expenses, B 5 0,000 for victim’s compensation, B 5 0,000 for potential sick leave, and B 22,000 in additional expenses. ideo cli and selfie o the incident q uickly went viral on social media, prompting mixed reactions.

Some netizens said the woman deserved getting bit for daring to get so close and trying to kiss a wild animal, while others asserted that it is the responsibility of tourism operators to ensure safety for all customers.

C ontinued f r om page 1 ... store it until we’re ready to treat it and release it elsewhere,” he said.

The Department of E nvironmental Q uality Promotion (DE Q P) is expected to approve a revised pipe grid layout plan within this month.

“The original layout had to be updated due to many new residential construction projects in the area, which weren’t part of the original plan,” he said.

MaAnn added that the pumping will req uire a lot of water, however.

“We need more cooperation from local businesses to help conserve water, together.

Now, we have only three businesses supporting us. Nobody wants to see the [ untreated] wastewater released into the ocean, neither do I .”

Meanwhile, Kitchanat Suphatthakit, Deputy Administration Clerk of Cherng Talay O r B or T or , who is overseeing the Cherng Talay water treatment ro ect s ecified on the

progress being made.

“The mixed water purification systems are almost complete with most of the cutter [ pumps] , water pipes, treatment system engines and other pumps, main and subtanks operational.” o e er he clarified that everything still needs to be connected and tested, which is pending approval of the revised pipe grid plan from the DE Q P . nce finished the ater treatment project will have a daily treatment capacity of 5 ,000M3 and will cover all areas in Moo 2, 3, 5 and some parts of Moo 1 in Cherng Talay, which include B ang Tao and urin eaches he confirmed.

The system will include two underground cutters or shredders – in B ang Tao beach area, as well as at the entrance of Surin beach, he said Mr Kitchanat was adimate that the project would not req uire any more or less than the original budget of B 320mn.

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TWO TE E NAGE RS WE RE arrested on Tuesday (Jan 12) for assaulting and robbing a Finnish tourist after one of them slashed her arm with a knife during a snatch and grab theft in Karon.

The theft happened last Saturday (Jan 9) as 31-year-old Ms Mari I nkeri Ruohonen was walking with her husband on

Soi Kloktanod in Karon.

Two teenagers approached them and attempted to snatch her bag. H owever, Ms Ruohonen fought back so one of the teens slashed her wrist with a knife leaving her with a 25 cm slash wound. he thie es then ran o with her bag which contained cash and other valuable items.

Following the report of the incident, Karon Deputy Superintendent Lt Col Pachai Mutayan and his team investigated and checked CCTV footage from the area, and on Tuesday arrested an 18-yearold named only as Serm and 19-year-old Chai at properties in Land and H ouse in Chalong and Phuket Villa 5 in Wichit respectively.

Police seized from the two one kni e camou age shirt two helmets and a H onda Scoopy motorbike.

Karon Police Chief Col Sompong B oonrat explained that police managed to identify the two from CCTV footage and also managed to get the licence plate number of their getaway vehicle.

“The licence plate on the getaway vehicle was fake, but when officers followed the teens movements it led them

Serm and Chai admitted that they carried out the crime. to Land and H ouse. There officers s otted one teen dri ing a similar motorbike and when they searched it found the victim’s purse in the basket,” he said.

“We q uestioned the driver, Serm, and he told us that he drove the motorbike that day and robbed the tourist with his friend Chai. I t was Chai who got o the ike and assaulted the victim before snatchin the bag.” he added.

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he sighting of a killer or orca hale o the west coast of Phuket last Friday (Jan 8) was the 11th reported sighting of the species according to a dolphin, whale and turtle specialist from Phuket Marine B iological Centre (PMB C).

Dr Kongkiat Kittiwattanawong from the (PMB C) told T h e P h uk et N ew s on Monday an he first recorded sighting of a killer whale by the PMB C was in 1993. This sighting was made at Mai Thon I sland.

“This recent sighting is the 11th on record,” he said.

“Killer whales are found in all oceans, from Arctic and Antarctic regions to tropical seas. I n addition, false killer whales have also been sighted in the Andaman too.

“This recent sighting gives us hope that we will see killer whales around Phuket more often, and we are now making records with photos and

The killer whale was spotted by tourists off Freedom Beach at the southern end of Patong. Photo: Madeline Tisell locations as to where they have been seen. H owever, without a photo, or other evidence, we will take the sightings as false,” he added.

Dr Kongkiat went on to say that if killer whales are s otted o huket it ill usually be in the Andaman sea, on the West side of the island, and will likely only be during the early months of the year.

“Sometimes they have appeared around Similan I slands and Mo Ko Surin National Park,” he said.

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out that the waters of Phuket are not really good feeding grounds for killer whales. I f they are seen here they are usually in transient. They are passing Phuket to get to another place.

“I f any kind of whale is spotted near Phuket it will more likely be a whale from the northern, tropical or southern whale community,” he said.

Dr Kongkiet concluded by stating that anyone who does see a killer whale should not chase them, and that people

nidentified bod found oating on shoreline

PO LI CE ARE TRY I NG TO identify the body of a man found washed up near rocks at Ao Makham in Wichit on Tuesday morning (Jan 12).

The body was found to have a severe slash wound to the neck when it was recovered.

Wichit police received a call from a local resident at 8:20am stating that he had seen the od o a man oating in the sea behind Thailand melting and efining Co td (Thaisarco Ao Makham) in Moo 8 Wichit.

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The body was found floating in the sea at o Makham.

Photo Ekkapop Thongtub Wichit Police investigator Lt E kkarach Chartpai and his team arrived at the scene with Moo 8 village headman Sontaya Usaha and Kusoldharm rescue workers who were able

to recover the body.

Village headman Mr Sontaya added, “After looking at the body, I don’t think he is from this area. No one seems to know or recognise him.”

should not worry about being attacked as they are not known to attack humans.

“We have never had any record of a killer whale attacking a tourist in the waters around Phuket,” he said.

Last Friday’s sighting was made by a couple who were on holiday in Patong and had taken a trip out to sea by longtail boat.

The sighting was made ust o the coast o reedom B each, a 300m-long strip of white sand at the southern end of Patong B each.

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Scores injured in bus crash in Phang Nga 18 PE O PLE WE RE I NJURed, including a number of Chinese tourists, when the bus they were travelling on crashed on Phetkasem Rd in Phang Nga on Monday night (Jan 11). Police are still in estigating to find the cause of the accident.

Takua Thung police, Phang Nga Governor Phagpong Tawiphat and more than seven units of local rescue workers were called to the scene of the crash at the Pakchang bend on the southbound side of Phetkasem Rd (Phang NgaPhuket route) in Krasom subdistrict where a bus carrying Chinese tourists had crashed and i ed on its side.

I t was reported that 18 people had been injured in the crash.

The bus driver, 34 -year-old Suriyon Tanjaroenrat from Phuket and a Thai guide named as Ms Kanjana Leelawatkarn, 4 8, were immediately taken to Phang-nga H ospital due to injuries sustained in the crash, while rescue workers helped recover injured passengers from the crashed vehicle before taking them to the hospital.

O ne Chinese passenger, Mr Z hang Shuai, 24 , who had

The bus finally came to rest on its side. suffered head injuries was later transferred to Vachira H ospital.

Pol Lt Sornsak Chandee said, “The bus left Phuket and was heading to Krabi Airport to dro o the tourists. here were 18 people on board – 16 Chinese tourists, one Thai tour guide and the Thai driver.

“This bend is prone to accidents as it is very sharp.

Many vehicles lose control and have accidents here,” he said.

Gov Phagpong added, Medical sta rom hang nga os ital ha e confirmed that all passengers are recovering from their injuries there. cials ha e contacted the Chinese embassy and tourist rescue centre,” he said.

“Police are investigating to find hat caused the us to crash and will start q uestioning the passengers and driver as soon as possible,” he added.

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wo foreign nationals, one Russian and the other Chinese, were arrested for working as illegal tour guides on Monday (J an 1 1 ) when they were found to be leading tour groups from their respective countries.

Chinese national Wu Daolin, 23 , was arrested at the fam ous Phuket landm ark Prom thep Cape when he was seen leading 20 tourists.

Tourist police and Director of the Ministry of Tourism and Sports Phuket ffice (MoTS), Santi Pawai, led a team of officers in the arrest and seized from Daolin a list of tourist’s nam es, four tour program s offered by Fong Y un Travel Co Ltd, six receipts for tour program s, 42 entry tickets to Sim ilan N ational Park, and a num ber of m em bership cards for shops across the island.

Mr Santi explained, “The arrest came after an officer doing a routine patrol of the area spotted a Phang-nga registered m inivan with Fong Y un Travel Co Ltd sign writing parked in the area.

Giorgiy Shokhadze (above) and Wu Daolin (below) after they were apprehended by authorities.

“They then noticed Daolin conducting a tour for 20 Chinese tourists,” he said.

“After m onitoring Daolin for a while, off icers approached him and questioned him. fficers searched his bag and found all the seized items, each of which contained his nam e and som e even had his

photo,” he added.

“Daolin told police that he worked as a guide assistant not as a tour guide so he did not have paperwork, however, he was taken to Chalong Police Station,” he said.

Meanwhile, 22-y ear-old Russian national Giorgiy Shokhadze was arrested in

Phang N ga when he was caught taking 1 2 tourists on a tour of the province’s popular Suwannakuha tem ple cave tourist attraction.

Phang-nga tourist police, led by Capt K ritsathon U thong, arrested Giorgiy , who was working a a tour guide for Anda Adventure.

Police seized a list of attractions where his em ploy ers take tourists, a notebook, two m aps and ten tour brochures.

Capt ritsathon said officers saw Giorgiy lead a group of 1 2 Russian tourists. When officers approached, Giorgiy had his work perm it which stated he could work as a tour coordintor, but not as a tour guide. Giorgiy denied he was an illegal guide.

Daolin was charged with working as an illegal tour guide and working in Thailand on a tem porary visa. O nce his case has gone to court, it is likely that im m igration will deport him and blacklist him from re-entering.

Giorgiy was charged with breaching conditions of his perm it and working as illegal tour guide. H e is likely to face sam e punishm ent as Daolin.

Freshman smashes into parked trailer A 20-Y E AR-O LD RAJ AB hat Phuket U niversity freshm an is in critical condition at V achira Phuket H ospital with broken arm s, legs and a head injury sustained early Saturday m orning (J anuary 9 ) when he sm ashed his m otorbike, headfirst into a parked trailer truck.

J ust before 6am Pongsakorn K ongkaew was rushed to the E m ergency Room as

Phuket police were alerted

by K usoldharm param edics who responded to the incident which took place on the shoulder portion of Thepkrasatri southbound lane near the U -turn for N ai K lum village in Thalang.

The driver of the trailer Tana Daengkrajang, 3 2, told police that he was waiting, parked, to deliver steel to a

evacuated after dive

A 24-Y E AR-O LD TH AI m edical student is being m onitored in a H y perbaric Cham ber at V achira Phuket H ospital after he fainted during a 1 3 -m etre dive before being evacuated to Phuket via helicoptor from Sim ilan islands.

Mr Tosawat, 24, a Rangsit U niversity student, was reportedly doing a “practice dive” in tandem with an unnam ed instructor at a depth of about 1 3 m etres, on Saturday (J anuary 9 ) in the area of K o Miang’s island num ber 7, located in the south of the Sim ilan Islands N ational Park, som e 8 5 k ilom etres from Phuket.

While diving, Mr Tosawat gave signal that his head was spinning and was subsequently brought to surface, where he lost consciousness.

At about 1 : 40pm , the navy dispatched an em ergency rescue helicopter and pulled Mr Tosawat to safety .

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Navy carry out rescue exercise third party at tim e of the crash.

Mr Pongsakorn was not wearing a helm et, police said.

As of press tim e, no charg-

es have been filed as police are hoping to speak with the y oung m an as soon as he recovers.

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Helmetless biker dies after motorbike crash TH E E MS U N IT AT Thalang H ospital was unable to save m otorbike driver J ittakorn Chujit, 3 6, who died from blood loss on J an 1 0 after his head sm ashed into a car on in Thalang.

Police were notified at

5 pm of the accident that occurred on the southbound traffic lane of Thepkrasattri Rd, near the U turn for B an Muangm ai.

Police on the scene found a black Toy ota Cam ry parked on the shoulder of the road with dam ages

and a totaled m otorbike nearby .

Police questioned the driver of the car, Mr E kapong Meekaew, 43 , who said the m otorbike cut in front near the u-turn.

At tim e of press, police were still investigating.

TH E RO Y AL TH AI N AV Y Third Area Com m and carried out a successful Search and Rescue E xercise (SARE X ) off Patong B each on Wednesday (J an 6) sim ulating the recovery of people involved in various m arine accidents.

Also involved in the exercise were officials from Patong Municipality , Phuket Marine Police, em ergency rescue team s and Patong H ospital.

The aim of the exercise was to ensure clear lines of com m unication and that boundaries of responsibility are set should a real life incident arise.

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he arre o a oman caught ith metham hetamine ( y a b a ills la hursda an led to the arre o a man and woman from Nakhon Sri Thammarat who had in their ossession ills orth more than million. he arre o the t o as announced at a ress con erence held by Region 8 Police’s Lt General Tesa Siriwato and e ut u erintendent of Phuket City Police Lt Col Prawit E ngchuwn on Monday an at egion olice ead uarters in Mai hao. t the ress con erence olice resented Ms ira orn Phromnoo, 4 2, and Somnieg Rammanee together with their ash o ills and other seized items including two mo ile hones and an suzu

Jiraporn (left) and Somnieg had pills worth over B7mn. Photo: Ekkapop Thongtub ick u truck ith hattalung licence late. ira orn and omnieg were initially charged with illegal ossession o a Categor drug ith intent to sell ills . o e er ira orn as later charged again with illegal ossession o a categor

drug ith intent to sell a ter olice disco ered a urther ills at a ruit orchard in the Chauat di rict o akhon ri hammarat. he arre o ira orn and Somnieg came after Phuket drug and crime su ression olice arre ed atchanee anti ith a ah ills

in risoonthon on an .

Patchanee was charged ith Categor dr ug in ossession ut to lessen her enalt she told olice that there would be a drug delivery made in Phang-nga on Jan 8 and ro ided o cers ith the time and location.

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and Phuket drug and crime su ression olice na ed ira orn and omnieg ith meth ills at the acha hurg gasoline ation in hang nga. he ne t da olice seized a urther ills in Chauat. he also searched a house in Phattalung where they seized bank account books and other documents related to drug transactions. t Col ra it said o cers followed the drug trail through our ro inces to make the arre s and that the total value of the drugs seized amounted to o er million. ira orn and omnieg said they have been selling y a b ah in addition to farming mushrooms in Nakorn ri hammarat. he told us the got aid to trans ort the drugs rom ra i to huket he added.

Pol Lt General Tesa said that ollo ing the arre s o ira orn and omnieg the have issued two more warrants or drug sus ects in the cou le’s net ork. e kno that drug smuggling and trans orting are mo common in Chum on and Nakorn Sri Thamarat and e ill ha e more o cers sent to these areas he said.

Meanwhile, nine smalltime drug users are in jail a ter huket o n olice la week seized a total of three kilogrammes of kratom, a little over 32 grammes of cr al meth y a ice y a b ah ills a home made gun and ullet. he arre s are onl the late in a continuing ring o drug related u s that has occu ied the island’s rimar eace kee ers throughout the e i e ecem er anuar eriod.

Police apologise for raid over ‘ganja-looking’ tea C M olice tation ere disa ointed hen it turned out that a ag o drugs ound on the erson o a urkish national at a atong a artment as nothing more than dried tea lea es. olice re orted eing inormed a good citizen at

am on an that there as a sus icious oreign touri a ing at atong Condotel ho as dis la ing drug eha iour . orce o olice o cers ere dis atched to the sus ect’s room and confronted a Turkish man named onl as Mult

and another foreign man who as also in the room. su se uent search o the room unco ered a sus icious la ic ag ull o dark lea es hich olice ere almo certain as gan a dried canna is sati a o ers. o e er it as finall

determined that the bag of lea es as e actl that dried lack tea lea es im orted rom urke . olice a ologised to the t o men or the misunder anding and osed or a hoto in good s irits o the incident.

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Police smile with the Turkish man and tea.

17 arrests made for Thalang riots O UT O F 86 ARRE ST WARrants issued for O ctober’s halang riots u arre s have so far been made, Region 8 Police Commander has confirmed. e has also ated that no further warrants will be issued in connection with the incident.

Pol Maj Gen Tesa Siriwato told T h e P h uk et N ew s on Monda an e ha e arre ed eo le so ar in connection with the riots at Thalang Police tation. Mo o those arre ed are teenagers who were initially arre ed on drug charges. he ill remain in custody, and after their drug cases have been cleared they will further be charged with setting an illegal blockade and gathering or more eo le together for violent acts and other charges regarding the

riot incident. e ha e arre arrants out or sus ects in ol ed in the riots and I don’t think more warrants will be issued because the evidence we have is clear he said.

The riots occurred when local residents reacted to the deaths o t o sus ected teen drug dealers who were being chased olice and resulted in millions of bahts worth of damage to government and u lic ro ert .

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Ms Hilmi suffered serious abrasions to her arms and legs. prawat said, “The incident happened on January 7 at about 5 :4 0 pm opposite the Shell station on Phra Phuket Keaw Rd in Kathu,”

he said.

O ne suspect, a Thai national, was apprehended by Phuket Police on January 13, the other at large.

Serial thief arrested in Phuket PO LI CE LAST TUE SDAY (Jan 5 ) arrested a man who has admitted to a spate of burglaries in Phuket Town carried out in the past month.

After receiving a number of complaints about break ins and thefts in and around Phuket Town, police investigated, and after speaking to witnesses and checking CCTV footage they found the same man was carrying out the crimes.

“When our investigation team looked into this case we learned that the man carrying out the crimes was similar to a man arrested in May 2011,” Deputy Chief of Phuket City

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Kamala polic e s ay they have increased patrols in target areas in a bid to reduce the number of thefts taking place.

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26-year-old B ritish woman had over B 100,000 worth of valuables stolen and su ered serious a rasions to her arms and legs when she was the victim of a snatch and grab theft on Phra Phuket Keaw Rd in Kathu at 5 :4 0pm last Thursday (Jan 7).

Police are continuing to hunt for two suspects involved in the incident.

The woman, Dalia H ilmi, the Lifestyle E ditor at T h e P h uk et N ew s , was riding home from Chalong Pier after a trip to Koh Phi Phi Don when two men on a motorbike viciously grabbed a bag she was carrying.

The force of the grab pulledMiss H ilmi from the bike and left her with serious abrasions to both her arms and legs and also a burn to her neck caused by the strap of the bag.

I tems stolen from Miss H ilmi included an iPhone 5 , B 1,5 00 in cash and an original Louis Vuitton bag valued at around B 108,000.

The total value of the stolen items is said to be B 132,100.

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Beer admitted to carrying out eight recent burglaries.

Police Col Peerayuth Karajedi told T h e P h uk et N ew s .

Chatchai ‘ B eer’ Klanphakdee, 26, from Thayang in Petchaburi, who had indeed been arrested in 2011, was tracked down to a house in Cherng Thalay and found to be in possession of a number of stolen items.

t first e onl ound one notebook and a motorbike, but after q uestioning Chatchai he told us that he had stolen eight times in the past month,” Col Peerayuth explained “After that, we found eight more notebooks, two motorbikes, a guitar and tools used in the crimes,” he added.

KAMALA PO LI CE ARE ASKI NG residents to be on their guard following a rising amount of burglaries happening in the area. H owever, Col ML Pattanachak Chakrabandhu told T h e P h uk et N ew s last Wednesday (Jan 7) that he believes now that the New Y ear festivities are over the number will reduce.

Col ML Pattanachak said that because police were assigned to other duties during the New Y ear period, thus reducing manpower, people were using this as an opportunity to carry out burglaries on sois and small streets.

“After receiving complaints and reports about the burglaries we immediately held a meeting to try to counter the problem,” Col ML Pattanachak explained.

“We located the hot spots and found the time the crimes were being committed and re-adjusted our man power to cover the areas in q uestion.

Since taking this action we have seen a reduction in burglaries in those areas,” Col ML Pattanachak said.

Although the number of burglaries have now reduced, police are still not com letel satisfied ith the results because they have only made one arrest.

“We are now investigating case by case and studying closely CCTV footage to help us try to identify the culprits. We expect to bring them in for q uestioning soon,” he added.

H owever, Col ML Pattanachak is also asking for cooperation from the local residents, especially foreigners, and has instructed them to make sure they lock their premises before leaving and also to make a record of serial numbers of expensive electrical appliances.

“I n some cases we have found that the victims had left the doors of their premises unlocked when they leave. Sadly, that invites crime.

“I f you have a record of the serial number of your appliances it will make it easier for us to return them to you once they have been recovered,” Col ML Pattanachak concluded.

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tay home, lock your doors – in fact, avoid Phuket and Thailand altogether if you don’t want to become the victim of the next mugging, rape, suicide or murder.” Such is the message and tone of fear being set by certain agitators as of late, especially in places like the UK, where it seems a large portion of the reported spate of “Thailand tourist victims” tend to be hailing from.

Truth be told, you could swap out “Phuket” from the above message with “B ali”, “H awaii”, “London”, “Sydney” “Athens”, “Rome”, “New ork aris ok o or pretty much any other popular international destination, and it would carry the same weight – that is if “fear” is to be one’s preferred catalyst for “survival”.

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day in, day out, T h e P h uk et N ew s ’ aim is not to promote fear but rather to inform readers of the challenges and potential threats, in the hopes that they are able to cope with and mitigate reality, not avoid or run from it.

Though it’d be a fool’s task to argue that violent crime does not exist in Thailand, and Phuket specifically, it would be eq ually foolish to make the claim that you are safer in any other destination.

Victims of most violent crimes the world over, usually but not always, have one thing in common. That is they are vulnerable, and this vulnerability is subseq uently exploited by the darker side of “human nature” – not exclusively “Thai nature” like some tabloids might have you believe.

I t seems that many foreign visitors to Phuket all-too-often

leave their “common sense” behind at the airport. That is they proceed to behave here in ways that they wouldn’t back in their safe havens abroad.

They let their guard down, naive to think that “it won’t happen to me”.

I ndeed, many of the wellpublicised victim crimes in Thailand might have been avoided had vulnerability not been a factor. And while T h e P h uk et N ew s does not advocate putting blame on victims after the fact, we strongly encourage readers to be proactive, realistic and objective when consuming bad news, so as to learn from it in order to not have to become it.

This will ensure that you can enjoy your time here in paradise, safe and sound.

H owever, failing to apply basic “street smarts” – everywhere in the world – could prove detrimental.

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HAVE YOUR SAY Some noise from the silent majority

R e: s til l w aiting f or S ur in b each cl ub cl ear ance I n December you reported that Phuket Vice Governor Chokdee Amornwat declared that the clearance of the Surin beach clubs would happen before January of this year.

At the time, we set aside a bottle of champagne, to e sa ored at first sight o bulldozers. Sadly, the cork remains un-popped to this day.

The beach “clubs” along the northern half of Surin beach are little more than a public nuisance. The relentless thumping they blast across the entire bay, day and night, may be welcome to their presumably deaf customers, but it’s ruining the experience of Surin beach for everyone else.

B y the time this godawful racket has been dampened by the trees and umbrellas opposite their establishments, all that’s left is a dull bass-heavy sound-shadow which extends well beyond the portion of beach occupied by the clubs.

To add insult to injury, it’s widely alleged these so-called

“clubs” are illegally occupying the land and spoiling the rest of the beach for all but a handful of musicallychallenged patrons.

O ne can only wonder from which bountiful wells the “club” managers siphon their arrogance. B eyond the noise-pollution, some ban non-customers from parking motorbikes on the public beach-front road opposite their venue, whilst others operate a door and fee policy more fitting of a Mayfair nightclu than an illegal i o and urgers oint.

We, and no-doubt the wishing-for-silence majority, sincerely hope your esteemed pages will soon report the demise of these cacophonists.

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Disappearing trees to make way for more cars

R e: W idening r oad to C h er ng T al ay I was wondering if you were aware of the beautiful treealley that is being destroyed on road between H eroines monument and B aan Manik.

I guess the purpose is to

enlarge the road, which is nonsense as I pass there many times a day and there’s never a tra c ro lem there. he problem is at entrance of Cherng Talay or near H eroines monument.

I t’s a shame for this alley which is one of the last remaining (that i know of) in Phuket. I believe that it will increase the speed of cars crossing B aan Manik which is already dangerous with double parked vehicles near the 7 E leven.

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Get well soon Dalia

R e: B r itis h w om an inj ur ed and v al uab l es s tol en in day l igh t P h uk et s natch and gr ab th ef t I hope that Dalia’s injuries heal q uickly and that she is doing okay. What a horrible thing to have to experience.

I wish her a very speedy recovery. All the very best and lots of love from PI A. Natalie These attacks are becoming daily events all over Thailand. not good news for Thailand and especially for Phuket too.

Maybe the time has arrived to

wake up for the Thai justice system and really serious sentences are handed down and “the slap on the wrist and a small fine and M a short jail time, is shelved.

People are being seriously injured in attacks and sooner than later, there are going to be deaths. Gangs and lawlessness are taking over in communities. This has to be nipped in the bud with some serious e ort e ore it becomes totally unsafe! yvonne

Som num na to her!

R e: S nak e s h ow com pany to com pens ate C h ines e tour is t w h o got b it on nos e b y py th on C’mon, you going to pucker up to kiss a snake? Silly people. I f I was this Santi Pawai guy, I would be insisting on any of my “silly” customers signing a release form before they could come near something like this!

Kiss a snake – that’s almost as bad as the SCUB A diver who tried to plant one on a shark and had to have stitches in his lip!

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Hackers take out Thai court websites over Koh Tao ruling Measures tightened for EU inspection H ACK E RS ASSO CIATE D with the Anony m ous collective have knocked offline nearly 300 Thai court and government websites in retaliation for death sentences handed down to two Myanmar men for murdering a pair of British tourists on K oh Tao. n a acebook post to a non official Anonymous page, the hackers, believed to be the same Myanmar group that defaced Royal Thai Police websites on Jan 5 , said they had shut down “all Thai Court of Justice websites in protest over the ohTao murder verdict.”

“Anonymous is supporting the cam paign to ask tourists to boycott Thailand until such time changes are m ade with the way Thai police handle investigations involving foreign tourists’,” the post read.

The post included the graphic bearing the name “Blink Hackers Group” that replaced the home pages of a reported 13 Thai police websites earlier this month, along with a Thai flag emblazoned with a hand giving a middle finger gesture.

The group also listed the 294 websites attacked.

Random checks of those on the list all resulted in failures to connect as of Wednesday afternoon (Jan 13).

The list of sites includes every Court of Justice website, and in addition, the Chiang Mai Tourist Rights Protection website.

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Critics of the judgement claim the 22 year old men were tortured by police and forced to confess to a crime they did not com m it, then were railroaded in a botched investigation using questionable DNA evidence.

Anony m ous is a loosely organised band of “hacktivists” that has launched cyber attacks against businesses, terrorist groups and governments it feels have affronted society’s norms. ringe groups often claim Anonymous support to launch their own attacks.

Anonymous, however, has been vocal in its criticism of the handling of the oh Tao case. t prepared a 40 minute video detailing what it claims were the shortcomings in the investigation and has tacitly or explicitly endorsed several cyber attacks against the Thai government and police. arlier, police refused to firmly state that the oh Tao ruling was the motivation for the cyber attack and, unlike today, hackers did not explicitly state their reasoning for the attack.

At least five websites were penetrated on Jan 5 – the Police Clearance Certificate Centre, Metropolitan Police Bureau, Marine Police Division and the Phichit provincial police office – and the hacker group claimed eight others were taken down.

After many of the home pages had been restored a police spokesm an even m ade a taunting com m ent to R euters: “ T hey’r e not go o d enough to hack into our system and steal any of our data,” Pol Gen Dejnarong Suthicharnbuncha told the news agency . B an g kok P ost

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he government is tightening measures against llegal, nreported and nregulated ( ) fishing and ty ing up loose ends ahead of the uropean nion’s inspection next week.

During a cabinet meeting Tuesday (Jan 12), Deputy Prime Minister Gen Prawit Wongsuwon revealed a list outlining government efforts to clamp down on fishing that will be presented to the delegation between Jan 18 and 22.

Thailand was issued a yellow card last April for failing to tackle illegal fishing practices.

The E U delegation, com posed of inspectors and envoy s, is expected to announce whether to rescind the yellow card or issue a red one at the end of the visit or soon after.

A red card will mean an automatic import ban on Thai seafood products.

Gen Prawit has called a final meeting between state agencies for tomorrow, to prepare for the visit. “ ’m certain Thailand will pass the inspection,” he said confidently.

All agencies were ordered to implement measures laid down by the government by last riday (Jan 8), as well as prepare necessary documents

and information to present to the E U team .

Among the measures introduced by the government since the middle of 2015, are a revised isheries Act – which came into force last June – and 31 related laws published in the Royal Gazette. Another 21 are about to be published.

According to the Command Centre for Combating llegal ishing (CCC ), Thailand has inspected 317 fishing vessels operating in its territorial waters for signs of illegal fishing. The only required the authorities to examine 220, or 10 per cent of the total number of vessels in home waters.

However, authorities have only inspected 43 vessels that operate in international waters out of a required 73.

The E U also dem anded that 10 of the country’s seafood processing factories be inspected – or 81 factories. f the 115 factories examined by the isheries Department, five were ordered to close for 10 days after they were found to have violated regulations.

Three are facing permanent closure, while the ndustry Ministry shut down another factory.

An licence system for contractors will be finalised before Jan 30, the government

says, while procedures to improve the issuing of licences and the monitoring of vessels in real time and online were com pleted last m onth.

A total of 2,076 trawlers – out of 2,216 – weighing more than 60 gross tonnes were equipped with Vessel Monitoring Systems.

Authorities say they are making the presence of observers on board trawlers that weigh more than 60 gross tonnes mandatory. The isheries Department has trained these observers to detect unusual activities and could be deployed later this month.

Meanwhile, the ffice of the Attorney General ( AG) has forwarded human trafficking cases to prosecuters.

Among the 41 cases handed to them between ctober and December 2015, eight were

directly linked to the fishing industry.

The government has also joined forces with seafood enterprises, non governmental organisations – including Greenpeace and the nternational Labour rganisation – and other governments through the signing of agreements.

These include an agreement on migrant labour with Vietnam and Cambodia. n another development, the cabinet also approved a new ministerial regulation prohibiting children under 18 working in seafood processing factories.

Previously children under 18 were allowed to work anywhere except slaughterhouses, gambling dens and massage parlours, government spokesman Maj Gen Sansern aewkamnerd said. B an g kok P ost

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Life as a drug lord’s ‘sicario’ Kingpin Escobar lives on in heart of top hitman Popeye COLUMBIA

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opeye the hitman kneels down in the gravel, bends over and kisses the black slate tomb of his late boss and friend, Colombian drug lord Pablo E scobar.

H e parted ways with E scobar’s blood-stained Medellin Cartel in 1992, and, after serving a 23-year prison sentence, says he is now trying hard to be a new man.

B ut this self-confessed killer of hundreds of people still harbours fond memories of the man who took him aside three decades ago and invited him into a world of glitz, intrigue, violence and wealth he could only have dreamed of.

“Pablo E scobar Gaviria was a murderer, a terrorist, a drug tra cker a kidna er and an extortionist. B ut he was my friend,” said Popeye, whose real name is Jhon Jairo Velasq uez.

“H e had an incredible magnetism,” he said in an interview in Medellin, the city from which E scobar ran a massive cocaine tra cking o eration that made him the world’s seventh-richest man.

Popeye was E scobar’s chief

John Jairo Velasquez, A.K.A “Popeye”, self-confessed killer of hundreds, still harbours fond memories of Pablo Escobar, who took him aside three decades ago and invited him into a world of glitz, intrigue, violence and wealth. Photo: Raul Arboleda/AFP “sicario”, or hitman, during the bloodiest period of the Medellin Cartel’s reign in the 1980s.

H e met the feared kingpin while working as a bodyguard for a Colombian beauty q ueen.

E scobar invited her to his house one night, and Popeye went along with her.

“H e came up to talk to me and asked me to come work for him. I was 23,” Popeye said.

Simple as that, this cattle farmer’s son from the small village of Y arumal was employed by the Medellin Cartel.

H owever, Popeye, who turned 5 3 recently, is unabashed by his crimes.

H e estimates he killed “at least 25 0 people, maybe 300,” and ordered the killing of some 3,000 others.

“At that level, you don’t count anymore. I didn’t make a little hash mark every time I killed somebody,” he said, seated on a bench in front of E scobar’s austere tomb in the I tagui cemetery perched above Medellin.

“I t was a brutal war. The

Medellin Cartel against the Cali Cartel, against the government, against the Americans... B ut the problem with war is that there are innocents, there are pregnant women who fall,” he said with a sigh. o e e uit sco ar’s outfit one morning in July 1992, knowing he would be arrested.

H e was 30 years old.

“I was in love. I wanted to live. I gave him my pistol. We hugged and I left him, alone,” Popeye said.

E scobar was killed in a

rooftop shootout with police in Medellin the following year.

Popeye for his part was sentenced to 30 years in a maximum security prison. H e was released last year on parole, nearly seven years early.

H e went into therapy while he was in prison.

“I ’m a professional killer, not a psychopath who kills people because he can’t help it,” he said.

For eight years, he and his psychologist “worked on my violence,” he said.

“E very day, I made a list of all the nasty things I said to the guards. Little by little, I changed my way of thinking and acting.”

Popeye got his nickname from an early stint as a sailor and his sharply protruding chin – which he has since had plastic surgery to reduce.

Today, his close-cropped hair going white, he says little remains of his younger self.

B ut he retains his esteem for “the boss.”

H e is not alone.

E very year in Medellin, E scobar’s admirers celebrate the anniversary of his birth and death – December 1, 194 9 and

December 2, 1993.

People come from across the country and even overseas to visit his grave.

“Pablo E scobar was a god,” said 28-year-old Jorge Londono.

“E ven if he did a lot of harm to Colombia. H e was a complex character, capable of loving and hating with the same strength.”

I rene Gaviria, 88, thanks the fallen drug lord for giving her a decent roof over her head – one of the thousands of colourful houses he built for the destitute people who lived at the Moravia garbage dump.

The neighbourhood is today called B arrio Pablo E scobar.

“H e did a lot of good things for us,” said Ms Gaviria.

The reverence for E scobar extends to Popeye, who gamely signed autographs on 2,000-peso bills (worth about B 21) for visitors to the drug lord’s grave.

“People like me, they support me,” he said.

B ut Popeye is glad to distance himself from the past.

“I ’d never been free before.

I was with Pablo E scobar and then I was in prison,” he said.

“Today I ’m the owner of my time, my life.”

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Peru’s skateboarding bulldog hungry for extreme sports title PERU O TTO , TH E SKATE B O Ard-riding bulldog who set a world record last month coasting down a sidewalk in Lima, has his sights set on a new prize: most talented extreme-sports dog.

The accomplished canine rolled his way to a Guinness World Record by passing through the legs of 30 people, or “the longest human tunnel” ever travelled by a dog on skateboardat the end of last year.

Now he’s hoping to take home the “H ot Dog” prize for extreme sports this month, which will be awarded by US television network CW during its “World Dog Awards.” tto does surfing skateboarding, sandboarding and skimboarding. H e weighs 27 kilos and is a healthy dog for his breed and age,” one of his owners, Luciana Viale, said.

O tto’s fondness for skateboarding started out as part of his play routine, she said.

Otto, the skateboarding bulldog from Peru, is hoping to take home the ‘Hot Dog’ prize for extreme sportsthis month, which will be awarded by US television network CW during its ‘World Dog Awards’. Photo: AFP “When we went out in the street with O tto who played on the skateboard, people would tell us: ‘ We want to see it.’ Seeing a dog on a skateboard is unusual – and a fun thing for people.”

The four-year-old bulldog’s record-setting feat was widely celebrated in Lima. H is Facebook fan

page has more than 4 5 ,700 likes, and his owners are using his new-found celebrity status to help raise money for children’s shelters.

“O tto is competing in the World Dog Awards in the ‘ H ot Dog’ category... hat fills us ith ride he is a member of the family,” Ms Viale said.

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Phuket's yachting lifestyle is synonymous with beautiful cruising grounds and marina facilities that have helped to earn it the reputation of being the ‘Asian Riviera’.

Local yachting scene boom The isle of Jersey is famed for its quiet life and strong offshore banking reputation.

Expat eyes drift offshore PHUKET EXPAT FINANCE

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ffshore Financial Centres (O FCs) are jurisdictions, usually self-governing, which because of their low tax regim es, have specialised in providing com m ercial services to corporations and individuals, whether or not they are norm ally resident in that jurisdiction. The better-known offshore financial centres are sm all and sparsely populated countries or islands, and are ty pically very prosperous.

These centres often have specialist areas of finance for which they are known.

Luxem bourg, for exam ple, is a renowned dom icile for SICAV s (socié té d’investissem ent à capital variable) and also unit trusts.

Fiduciary , trust and offshore com pany form ation are sought out in the B ritish V irgin Islands (B V I), Mauritius or the Sey chelles. We have seen Gibraltar and Malta establishing them selves as the dom inant jurisdictions for QRO PS (Qualify ing Recognised O verseas Pension Schem es).

And, of course, other jurisdictions are popular for corporate and personal banking, as well as investm ent, such as Switzerland, Isle of Man and the Cay m an Islands.

Interestingly , the U nited States, which has been critical of the tax breaks offered by offshore centres, actually harbours its very own taxhaven. B ecause of its taxfriendly laws, the U S State of Delaware is hom e to over half of all publicly traded corpora@thephuketnews

tions in the U nited States and 60 per cent of Fortune 5 00 com panies.

The num ber of O FCs has grown in recent y ears, and today there are nearly 1 00 O FCs spread around the world, with new centres em erging all the tim e. Like Tunisia, for exam ple. Africa’s first offshore centre, the U S$ 3 billion (B 1 08 .3 8 billion) Tunis Financial H arbour developm ent is expected to take advantage of its strategic position on the Mediterranean Sea to becom e the bridge between E urope and developing Africa.

The main benefit of keeping y our m oney in an offshore centre usually relates to taxes, but they are not open to every one. Y ou m ust be deem ed a “non-resident” of y our hom e country for tax purposes in order to legitim ately establish a base in an O FC. If y ou spend the vast m ajority of y our tim e in Phuket, or have m ultiple countries of residency with favourable taxation sy stem s like Thailand’s, y ou will probably qualify .

For those Phuket residents who do spend tim e in their hom e countries, they m ust ensure that they are not spending sufficient time there for their governm ent to continue to deem them a tax resident of that country . For exam ple, the U K has a residency test which looks at the ties y ou still have to B ritain; m ost other countries still go by the old 1 8 3 day s rule.

So if y ou are a non-resident for tax purposes, what are the best and safest offshore centres to use? B ased on security , political stability , and confidentiality it is difficult to com pete with the U K ’s Channel Islands (J ersey and

Guernsey ), and the Isle of Man. These centres have investor protection schem es in place to protect y our m oney which are equivalent, if not superior, to the assurances offered by m ost onshore jurisdictions (and certainly better than those in m ost other O FCs).

All the institutions y ou can do business with are m ajor institutions, with assets in the hundreds of billions, but to offer y ou an added lay er of security , investm ents m ade on these islands are held by a third party trustee or custodian in a segregated account. In the case of the Isle of Man, a separate protection schem e has been established by the regulators to further protect y our capital.

It is im portant to note that the Channel Islands and Isle of Man are B ritish Crown Dependencies, but not part of the U K . This m eans their foreign representation and defense are handled by Whitehall, but they still in fact rem ain selfgoverning territories.

Whereas the U K has a diverse econom y , a very large proportion of the GDP of these islands is based on financial services. J ersey and Guernsey have sm all tourist industries; the Isle of Man hosts the TT races every y ear; all three have a lot of sheep; but banking and finance are very m uch the staples of their econom ies.

That m eans they will alway s do every thing necessary to protect their already strong reputations.

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WO R LD - CLASS cruising grounds, a welldeveloped m arine infrastructure and international-standard m arinas m ake Thailand the beating heart of Asia' s m arine industry and Phuket the play ground for yachting aficionados the world over.

Looking to grow y achting and m arine tourism in Thailand further is leading international y acht dealership, brokerage and service com pany Sim pson Marine, and Thailand' s only 5 -Gold Anchor award-winning m arina, Roy al Phuket Marina.

“I have been sailing in Phuket' s waters for m any y ears and the cr uisinggrounds are truly worldclass. Phuket has now becom e the Asian Riviera. My vision for Phuket rem ains unchanged: to help develop the best y achting and m arine infrastructure, and encourage quality visitors to com e and enjoy the beauty of Phuket island.

“I can see dem ographics of y acht buy ers and charter guests is changing with m ore Asians enjoy ing the y achting lifesty le, and as m ost m arinas are already full we are expanding our facilities at Roy al Phuket Marina to accom m odate m ore y achts,” said Gulu Lalvani, Chairm an, Roy al Phuket Marina.

“We see m ore y acht own-

ers choosing Phuket as their base and we will be opening a new Dry Stack at the m arina which can accom m odate boats up to 1 2 m etres in length. O wners can call to our m arina team and within one hour we will have their boat out of the stack and in the water ready for them to go and enjoy Phuket' s m arine treasures,” added Mr Lalvani.

The Dry Stack will increase capacity at Roy al Phuket Marina from 1 70 to 29 6 boats and will be finished and operating by the end of February 201 6.

Providing a m ore convenient and hassle-f ree y achting experience is at the heart of growing y achting in Phuket and no-one knows this m ore so than Sim pson Marine. With m ore than 1 00 staff in 17 offices across Asia, Sim pson Marine has been providing y acht services in the region since 1 9 8 4 and in Thailand since 2004. With six boats in-the-water at this y ear' s Phuket International B oat Show, Sim pson Marine believe in Phuket and Thailand' s y achting future.

“From our experience we see that m ore people are buy ing y achts in Thailand because of the beauty of the Andam an Sea and its surrounding waters. Coupled with the world-class m arine facilities in Phuket, m any of our clients opt to keep

their boats here” say s Mr. Sergio Loiacono, Country Sales Manager of Sim pson Marine Thailand.

E xclusively representing leading international boat brands Sanlorenzo, Monte Carlo, Monte Carlo Y achts, B eneteau Power, B eneteau Sail, CN B Y achts, Lagoon and V iking Y achts in Asia, Sim pson Marine' s in-water display included the Monte Carlo 4, three from the Monte Carlo Y achts' range – MCY 8 6, MCY 70, MCY 65 – and two catam arans, the Lagoon 63 0 MY and Lagoon 5 60 Im agine.

“This y ear m arked one of our strongest line-ups at the Phuket International B oat Show. Phuket has alway s been an im portant m arket for us and som e of the highlights included the award-winning Monte Carlo Y achts 8 6, the Lagoon 63 0 Motor Y acht and the special edition Lagoon 5 60 Im agine.

All three m ade their debuts in Thailand at the show,” adds Mr Loiacono.

Phuket and Thailand' s y achting credentials are unrivalled in the region and as m ore y acht owners around the world look to Asia, and Phuket as the y achting destination of choice, the future for y achting is one of growth.

F or m ore in f orm ation , v isit www.ro alphuketmarina.com or www.simpsonmarine.com.

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Being social, getting results

Part 2/3 on how Phuket company built its brand

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n the first article of this three part series case study on down to earth social marketing, the team at Than yapura explained how they doubled their web traffic and engagement with their audience in six months, and that was in what they see as the so called “low season”.

The opening two pronged volley was pretty technical, citing how to improve your website and gain richer search engine rankings, even beyond Google, by improving site speed, removing 404 errors, interlinking and being mobile friendly, and even understand ing your own website’s search verticals and submitting to them.

Here, in the second install ment, the team explains in their own words those oft heard but poorly understood terms “Creating quality content”, “Becoming more social” and “Geotargeting for local suc cess”

CREATING QUALITY CONTENT

uality content should answer

For Thanyapura, the main focus was to capture audiences across a range of social media platforms

In order to meet the bottom line, a website has to provide relevant, and properly-organised and tagged content. the needs of the customer. t should be S L, VAL ABL , CR D BL in the hopes that the customer will find it D S RABL so that you can further engage with your audience and brand.

There are well over 200 algorithms that we know of, or suspect with Google, but it is not known for sure how many exist outside of that. However, one thing that has always re mained true is that you need

to create quality content and you can’t cheat Google over the long term.

As mentioned, Thanyapura is a sports facility with an em phasis on triathlon, swimming and cycling. However, when Thanyapura began to broaden its content to include fitness, wellness and weight loss it saw an overwhelming response.

This was the content Th anyapura’s users really felt engaged with. They not only wanted to know how to com pete in a triathlon, they wanted to learn about how to balance other areas of their lives as well. or example, nutrition, weight management, wellness, and mindfulness. t became important to them to reach out to their au dience with the content they found D S RABL . t was content they could S in their

lives and therefore, became a VAL ABL asset to them.

The more content Than yapura produced the more opportunity it had to promote additional content and build relationships with its customers.

By forging relationships with its audience on CR D B L T , it became a natural process for its customers to funnel their interests into Thanyapura’s many sports programmes.

The content that was D S RABL to the audience was the content that helped them to make informed decisions. nce Thanyapura began building up content, it was time to go social.

BECOMING MORE SOCIAL

The landscape of social me dia is always changing and

evolving. At Thanyapura, the main focus was to capture audiences across a range of social media platforms, which included outube, nstagram, Twitter, Stumbleupon, Pinter est, acebook, and Google . n doing this, they had to focus on their storytelling skills and create unique and relatable content for each platform.

By building a following and loyal fan base, Thanyapura became increasingly accessible to new customers, while the company had to retain its exist ing audience who had become ambassadors for its brand by freely sharing, commenting and liking pictures and stories Thanyapura publishes on its platforms, which in turn builds its audience even more.

Social media is a won derful tool to connect B2C (business to customer) and we expect this to grow over the next few months. With the growing reach, Thanyapura has experienced they expect to continue to engage with its customers increasingly using social media.

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t is very easy to target a very broad audience when building a content marketing strategy and neglect your local target market. The very first thing Thanyapura did to address this issue was to search for Thanyapura on a local level – that is, for Phuket, Thailand, was Thanyapura NDABL Thanyapura offers a variety of sports resort activities, from cycling, triathlon, swimming, fitness and wellness.

Thanyapura made sure that it could be found when someone was searching for Asia, Southeast Asia or Phuket for any of the above activities.

This did not happen overnight. t meant editing a range of content they already had and including alt tags on images, H2 headers, keyword place ment and other tricks of the S trade.

By geotargeting primary pages for services offered in the local area, you are able to build awareness in the local community.

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ritish music legend David Bowie has died at the age of 69 after a battle with cancer, drawing an outpouring of tributes for one of the most influential and innovative artists of all time.

A notoriously private person, Bowie’s death came as a shock for the world just days after he had released his 25th studio album Blackstar on his 69th birthday on Friday.

“David Bowie died peacefully today (Sunday) surrounded by his family after a courageous 18 month battle with cancer,” said a statement posted last Monday (January 11).

The death brings the curtain down on an extraordinary musical innovator and style icon, with a career dating back to his first major hit Space Oddity in 1969, about an astronaut called Major Tom who became lost in orbit.

Bowie spanned styles ranging from glam rock, New Romantic, rock and dance music to alt rock, jungle, soul and hard rock, underpinned by an astonishing array of stage personas from the sexually ambiguous Ziggy Stardust to the Thin White Duke.

Fans left flowers and messages at a mural of Bowie’s face painted with a lightning bolt in Brixton, the district of south London where he was born David Robert Jones on January 8, 1947.

Although he left school with just one qualification, an “O-level” in art, he went on to sell an estimated 140 million records worldwide, with his biggestselling album Let’s Dance selling seven million copies.

In the first of many re-inventions that were to make him a style icon, he named himself David Bowie in 1966 to avoid confusion with Davy Jones, lead singer of The Monkees.

The 1970s – the decade that saw him dominate the British music scene and conquer the United States – brought forward a string of successful albums.

It began with the critically acclaimed Hunky Dory, continued with The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars followed by the rock album Aladdin Sane and more.

The 80s saw him win over a new generation with Let’s Dance and team up with Mick Jagger for a cover of Dancing in the Street that helped to push the BandAid and LiveAid charity projects.

He also appeared in films in acting and cameo roles, from his striking appearance in the cult 1986 film Labyrinth to playing a prisoner of war in Japan in 1983’s Merry Christmas, Mr Lawrence and inventor Nikola Tesla in The Prestige in 2006.

An innovator to the end, Bowie released his final album Blackstar on January 8. A dark work marked by tense instrumentation, a sense of dread and lyrics about mortality, the work is cast in a new light by the revelation of how ill he was when he created it.

Its third track Lazarus begins with the lyrics “Look up here, I’m in heaven, I’ve got scars that can’t be seen.”

Bowie leaves behind his second wife Iman, a supermodel who he married in 1992 and with whom he had a daughter, Alexandria Zahra Jones.

He also had a son, film director Duncan Jones, with his first wife Angie Bowie.

“David’s friendship was the light of my life. I never met such a brilliant person,” said US rock musician Iggy Pop. Germany thanked Bowie for what it said was his role in helping topple the Berlin Wall in 1989, in a tweet with a link to a video of his Cold War-era anthem Heroes set in the then-divided city.

British astronaut Tim Peake wrote from the International Space Station: “Saddened to hear David Bowie has lost his battle with cancer – his music was an inspiration to many.”

Brian Eno, who worked with Bowie on his legendary Berlin Trilogy of albums, said that Bowie sent him an email two weeks ago that was typical for its wordplay and invented names.

“It ended with this sentence: ‘Thank you for our good times, Brian. They will never rot.’ And it was signed ‘Dawn,’” Eno said in a statement.

“I realize now he was saying goodbye.”

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Calling all stem cell, bone marrow donors in Phuket Tanyaluk Sakoot reporter2@classactmedia.co.th

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he family of a 24-year-old Chinese-Thai and Italian woman suffering from leukemia has made a public appeal, seeking a relatively-rare, Eurasian stem-cell donor match as one of their last hopes for the girl’s survival.

After being diagnosed with the disease last month, Lara, a 24-year-old ChineseThai and Italian woman, was told by British doctors that her only hope of survival is if she receives a transplant of stem cells, which can be extracted from the bone marrow of a matching donor.

However, the family has not yet found a match, citing that only three per cent of the existing international bone marrow registry comprises of potential donors of mixed-race heritage.

According to her family’s appeal posted on match4lara.com, any potential donor can make a difference simply by joining a bone marrow registry, in Thailand and internationally (full list on website link above).

“It’s as easy as spitting into a test tube or using a cheek swab. If you turn out to be a match for Lara or one of the 12,000 other people around the world in need,

Lara is one of 1,500+ people in Thailand, and 12,000+ in the world who need a stem cell donor match. you could save a life,” the appeal reads.

Donors in Thailand can donate through the Thai Red Cross National Blood Center in Bangkok, which reported as having 182,064 donors in its registry, has only found a mere 194 matches for a total of 1,522 terminally ill patients in need of a transplant in the kingdom.

The Red Cross National Blood Centre (RCNBC) in Bangkok told The Phuket News that the first step to becoming a donor is to register and determine your Human Leukocyte Antigen or HLA typing.

Unfortunately, this process is not yet possible in Phuket and requires any/all potential donors to make an appointment at the RCNBC (see details below).

Furthermore, the RCNBC notes that it can take two months to process potential

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Blood donors needed for injured Brit HUKET: Healthy “Negative A” blood donors are urged to donate to a British woman “in need” in Chiang Mai who is in urgent need of blood after suffering a motorbike accident.

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by Darren Burns on Facebook appealed for blood donors as follows: “Can’t really come to grips that one of my best friends of nearly seven years is in intensive care in Thailand...whenever she needed me I was always there and now I can’t even do anything!!

The woman, Luce Ann Hill, is at Rajavej hospital in Chiang Mai. Potential blood donors on the island can contact the Phuket Red Cross, and tell them they would like to donate “A negative blood for Lucy Ann Hill in Chiang Mai.” The Phuket Red Cross is currently accepting healthy blood donations from all blood groups, citing an increased demand following the holiday period. Following are the benefits of donating blood: 1. Pride of giving 2. Eligible for a free

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3. Receive information about your blood typeboth ABO and RH 4. The fact that every unit of donated blood must be examined through a laboratory means the donor is being examined for diseases.

Donor Prerequisites: 1. 17-70 years of age 2. Excellent health, with weight over 45 kg 3. No history of hepatitis or jaundice 4. No history of malarial fever for the past three years and no sexually transmitted diseases, infectious diseases, persistent cough, coughing up blood, hemophilia, blood-related diseases, asthma, allergy, epilepsy, long-term skin diseases, kidney diseases, heart problems, diabetes, thyroid.

5. No considerable weight loss.

6. No behaviors of sexual promiscuity or drug use.

7. Blood donation is not recommended during 6 months after an operation, child delivery, or abortion. Allow 1 year before donating if received donated blood.

8. Female donors are not menstruating or pregnant.

Before blood donation: Get at least six hours of sleep. Stay healthy – free from colds and medications. Prior to the donation, eat non-fat food.

No alcoholic beverages 24 hours beforehand To enhance the bloodpurifying capacity of the lungs, quit smoking one hour before and after the donation.

For more info, contact Phuket Red Cross at 076211766 or 087-2767591.

donors and time is not on Lara’s side, nor the many others waiting for transplants.

Once determined, the HLA results will be entered into the Donor Registry system which will automatically match recipients with potential donors. Only in the unlikely event that your HLA typing is identified as a potential match will you be contacted by the National Registry.

The staff at the National Blood Center will carefully explain how it all works and ask you to sign a consent form.

In Bangkok, to register as a donor, you can visit the ThaiRCNBC and join the Thai Stem Cell Donor Registry by calling Tel. +66 (2) 256-4300, +66 (2) 252-1637.

Also, for more information visit stemcellthairedcross.com

ive some Personal TLC to Phuket’s idyllic beaches by signing up for the “Clean The Beach Boot Camp”.

It’s a completely free event, run by health and fitness specialist Krix Luther.

The premise is simple: “First We Train, Then We Clean.” The 45-minute session mixes up functional training, games, drills and yoga catering to all fitness levels.

Once you’ve caught your breath, pull on a pair of gloves and get busy picking up discarded bottles, glass bits and butts. It is a sobering experience, but you will leave feeling a sense of satisfaction that you’ve made a positive change while on vacation.

09:45 – Meet at Beach Nai Harn Beach 10:00 – Free fitness class with Krix 10:30 – Free yoga class with David 11:00 – Clean the beach 12:00 – Find a cool place to have lunch and hangout What do you need to Bring?

All you need is to wear clothes you don’t mind getting wet and sandy in, plus some drinking water.

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A trip for the adventurous

Circumnavigating Phuket Island by Speedboat!

JAMIE’S PHUKET Jamie Monk e d ito r @ c la s s a c tm e d ia .c o .th

The aim was to cruise a complete circuit of Phuket Island stopping off on the way at a few places and seeing what’s possible.

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huket is a big island. I’ve said that before, but it’s worth repeating. Part of the reason for starting Jamie’s Phuket Blog in the first place was to show that there is way more to Phuket than some beaches, bars and a few well-known attractions. Over the years doing the blog, it’s been good to explore Phuket and the surrounding area.

Over the bridge into Phang Nga province, by boat over to Phi Phi, Racha Yai or Koh Yao Noi islands.

Phuket is an island, and within a 1 hour speedboat ride there must be 100 smaller islands and there’s certainly some amazing scenery. If you charter a speedboat you can go when and where you want (within reason!).

Many speedboat tours head to Phi Phi or James Bond Island or Khai island (for snorkeling) or Raya island. You can take boat trips every day for a week to somewhere different. You can ask my friends at Easy Day Thailand about all kinds of tours. They offer private tours and try to avoid the crowds as much as possible – yeh, some of these places can get real busy. To avoid crowds, it’s best to visit places early or late in the day .. or just do something different, explore, see what happens!

And that’s what we did last weekend!

The sun sets over Koh Waew, a tiny island close to Bang Tao Beach.

The boys at Easy Day Thailand hired a speedboat for the day to see what could be done. The aim was to cruise a complete circuit of Phuket Island stopping off on the way at a few places and seeing what’s possible. We did not start until after midday which led to a very late lunch and a feeling that probably a 10am start would have been better. On a hot day with calm seas, we started out from Chalong Bay and headed south towards the east coast of Phuket.

It’s a long ride to get around Phuket, I’d say we covered about 130km, or 70 nautical miles. In certain spaces we could open the throttle, but there are plenty of marine craft around Phuket, with longtail, fishing, sailing, and speedboats – you have to slow down sometimes! Best anyway not to race, but enjoy the views of Phuket island from the sea.

First stop was Koh Rang Yai island, a lovely little island. There were about a dozen boats by the beach and looked like mostly Russian tourists.

Rang Yai is not big, but if you walk 100m from the boats, you see a tranquil beach.

Oh yes! We walked across the island which is mostly full of coconut palms (see photo below). There is some private development here, a restaurant, small bar, some bungalows, but it’s mostly quiet, and remember this was midday in high season.

Paradise? Well, don’t ask me, I’ve traveled a lot and my mind varies between two points of view – there is no paradise (someone always spoils it), and paradise is what you make it.

Well, the kids in our group certainly loved Rang Yai. We could have stayed longer at Koh Rang Yai, but due to our late start, people started to feel hungry and lunch was still nearly 40km away! The plan was for lunch at a restaurant next to Sarasin Bridge which joins Phuket to the mainland. So off we sped up the east coast of Phuket. The east coast is way less visited than the west coast where the main beaches are

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Just metres away from all the boats at Koh Rang Yai, this is what you see. All photos: Flickr/Jamie Monk

On our way to the islands off Phuket’s east coast. found. The east is mostly mangroves, small islands, fishing villages.

Just a low-tide sand bar near Naka island, a sailing boat, the island of Koh Yao Yai beyond. As we all remarked on the boat, Phuket is just so crowded and touristy! Sure it can be, but that’s not my Phuket ... so maybe there is a paradise!

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a full circuit of Phuket either. By this time we knew that a trip of this kind needs an earlier start! It was nearly 4pm when we dropped anchor just past Sarasin Bridge on the beach next to the Thanoon Seafood restaurant which is actually on the Phang Nga side of the bridge.

I’d only been to Thanoon Seafood once before, and I had suggested that it might be suitable for lunch on this trip. It was just about perfect – great view, quick service, cold drinks and easy to park the boat right by the restaurant. Actually a late lunch was good, as by about 4pm you can feel the heat dropping, the light is beautiful.

Well, our lunch break finished at about 5pm!

This was of course an experimental trip. We learned that an afternoon trip is possible, but it would be much better to start earlier! Sun was already sinking low as we sped down the west coast of Phuket.

An earlier plan to be at Phromthep Cape (at the southwest corner of Phuket) was abandoned. We stopped for a short while at Koh Waew, a tiny island close to Bang Tao Beach. Everyone jumped in for a little spot of snorkeling.

But time was ticking and speedboats don’t want to be out after dark, so we could not stop long. It was not far from sunset when we left Koh Waew - still

Kids jump off the Sarasin Bridge for a refreshing dip! about 45km to get back to Chalong Bay. Sunset at Koh Waew I guess is not seen by too many people - a peek into the tranquil side of the island’s off Phuket.

And then a dash down the west coast passing Bang Tao, Surin, Kamala, Patong, Karon, Kata, Kata Noi, Naiharn and Ya Nui beaches, rounding Phromthep Cape, past Rawai beach and back to Chalong Bay just before dark. A great afternoon! If you want a trip like this, just ask Easy Day Thailand, the schedule is flexible, there’s a lot of possible stops along the way.. they can work something out for you. I want to do it again :) Jamie Monk blogs about all things Phuket. Visit his website JamiesPhuket.com for more

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fter years of anticipation, internet streamingvideo service Netflix launched in Thailand last week as part of a surprise global expansion that saw the USbased content provider flip the switch on 130 new countries overnight.

“You are witnessing the birth of a global TV network,” CEO Reed Hastings crowed on stage at the US Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas last week.

The news caught almost everyone off guard because Netflix had previously set a goal of being available in most of the world by the end of this year. It looked like the California company had plenty of work ahead of it because it ended December in 60 countries, but not Thailand, where viewers with overseas credit cards and bank accounts have had to use virtual private network technology (VPN) to watch the tens of thousands of television shows and movies available through them.

Now, Netf lix is available in 21 different languages – but not Thai – and streaming in just about every market that it had in its sights, with the notable ex-

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Netflix is offering a free, no obligation trial of its service for a month to Thailand customers. ception of China.

In Thailand, Netflix is offering a free, no-obligation trial of its service for a month. After that, subscribers can opt and switch between any of three payment plans.

Options start with a standarddefinition programming package that can be viewed on only one device at a time for B280 a month.

The standard package, at B350 monthly, offers HD content and simultaneous viewing on two screens. Its 420-baht-per-month plan offers four screens and UltraHD content, which requires a 4K television or computer monitor to enjoy.

While opening the doors to Thai viewers, Netflix has not added any new Thai-language content beyond the small selection of films it already had. And while the company added support for three new

languages, Thai was not among them. Neither the website, app or subtitles are available in Thai.

In his presentation, Mr Hastings said the global roll out is only the first step in very long global effort to add localised content and language support to its service. “[The] launch is like having a baby, but the real work is the next 20 years,” Mr Hastings said. “The real work is to become as popular in Vietnam, Thailand and Brazil as we are in the US.” To do that, Netflix will eventually add Thai-language support and obtain licences for Thai television shows and movies.

A significant difference Thailand viewers may not look forward to is the same type censorship used in cinemas here and employed by Netflix in other markets to adhere to local media laws.

ANA Beach Club is once again bringing Thailand’s worldfamous Full Moon Party to the shores of Phuket, with a very special itinerary to highlight the island high season.

The first Full Moon Party was held at Haad Rin Beach in Koh Phang-Ngan in 1983. At that time the beach did not have electricity and was only accessible by sea.

So one can imagine that the party was all about the nature aspect – the beaches, coral reefs and sea. The area was beautiful, peculiarly wonderful, especially when darkness fell and the full moon shined brightly, illuminating the beach, complemented by the surrounding mountain scene.

The full moon still shines supremely beautiful to this day, 32 years later.

Back by popular demand on Friday, January 22,

Thailand’s world-famous Full Moon Party will be held at XANA beach Club.

The phenomenal night features remarkable DJ sets, thrilling entertainment, an astonishing fire performance and much more!

So come, join a select crowd of party people and enjoy Phuket’s finest house music while dancing to the beats. The DJ line-up has been hand-picked for their ability to uplift party crowds, and bring funky beats to the scene, with a line-up that includes DJ De Wachtkamer (Bermudos), DJ Kraiz (Illusion) and XANA’s very own resident DJ WII, whose beats will naturally put you into an “ecstasy dancing spree”!

The party kicks off at 8pm with an entry price of B500 that includes one glass of sparkling beverage.

For more information and offers, visit angsana.com and xanabeachclub.com

‘The Revenant,’ ‘The Martian’ win big at Golden Globes

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pic survival thriller The Revenant and space blockbuster The Martian won big at the Golden Globes last Sunday (January 10), boosting their chances for Oscars glory next month.

The Revenant – the story of 19th century fur trapper Hugh Glass, played by Leonardo DiCaprio – won three top awards for best drama, best actor (DiCaprio) and best director (Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu).

The Martian, the tale of an astronaut stranded

alone on Mars, won two top prizes – best comedy film and best actor in a comedy for actor Matt Damon.

The two films are now in prime position as Hollywood’s annual awards season heats up ahead of the Oscars on February 28.

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41-year-old DiCaprio may finally win his first Oscar.

He went all-out for the role, even eating raw bison liver for a scene.

A-listers Kate Winslet and Sylvester Stallone also took home acting prizes at the ceremony held in Beverly Hills.

Winslet won for best supporting actress in a film for her role in the biopic Steve Jobs, and Stallone won for best supporting actor in Creed, in which he reprised his iconic role of boxer Rocky Balboa.

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More than 1,000 kids and their parents enjoyed performances, fun and games with lots of free treats for the Children’s Day activities held at Boat Arcade, Phuket Boat Lagoon on Saturday (January 9).

Outlets at the east coast family and edutainment centre put on games and gave out gifts to the kids as well as fed hungry visitors.

T H O U S A N D S JO I N C H I L D R E N ’ S D A Y 2016 F U N & G A M E S A T L A G U N A P H U K E T Laguna Phuket’s 24th Annual National Children’s Day Celebration was held at Canal Shopping Village by the lagoon on January 9.

The free-entry event opened with a series of fun games, activities and entertainment for children and parents. The event’s highlights included tastes of Phuket from local vendors, free lagoon tour and Laguna Phuket’s sightseeing via shuttle boat, a Thai country concert from “Sam Kong Super Dance” and a comedy show from Thai comedian group “Chuanchyn Family.” Nearly 4,000 community members attended the event.

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JJ Upatising (second from left) with friends.

From left Marko, Damian Barrett, Jason Wilder (background), Jason Beavan of CAM, and Alan Cooke a noted local author who recently released his book Our Man in Phuket.

A L L A B O U T B M W 7S E R I E S PIMEX is more than just boats and yachts!

BMW gave an exclusive preview of their long-awaited 7 Series automobile r he firs ime in hern hailand at RPM on January 8 during PIMEX. he ell a ended e en as h s ed

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Multihull Solutions Group held a VIP Party during PIMEX at the Royal Phuket Marina against the backdrop of beautiful luxury yachts!

From left: Andrew de Bruin of Multihull Solutions, Donna Stephens, Rich Davey, Michele Hossack, and Mark Elkington of MHS.

From left: Federico Peruccio of Monte Carlo Yachts, Desiree Goh of Simpson Marine and Adam Blackmore of Simpson Marine.

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Local brokers from Simpson Marine were on-hand at the cocktail evening party during PIMEX - Phuket’s International Boat Show at Royal Phuket Marina.

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Indian Curry Night on Fridays

C o m e t o N a vr a n g M a h a l i n K a r o n S e a S a n d s Resort & Spa for an authentic Indian Feast e ve r y F r i d a y i n K a r o n B e a ch . T r y o u t o u r d e l i cious Aloo Tikki, Samosas, Chicken Tandoori, Aloo Gobi, Navrang Korma, Butter Chicken, L a m b V i n d a l o o , N a a n , R i ce , S a l a d s, C h u t n e ys / Achars, Pistachio Ice Cream, Gulah Jamun, F r u i t s. F o r o n l y 4 9 9 / - n e t t a n d sp e ci a l r e d u ce d p r i ce s o n d r i n ks.

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Suk Singpatong + Sitnumnoi

E ev r y S a t u r d a y n i g h t , N u m N o i S i n g p a t o n g , th e h e a d tr a in e r a n d o w n e r o f S in g p a to n g + S i t n u m n o i g ym i n P a t o n g B e a ch , h o st s a n e l i t e fight series “Suk Singpatong + Sitnumnoi Saturday fight night” at Patong Boxing Stadium (Sai Nam en Road), where top international and Thai fighters compete. Visit patongboxingstad i u m . co m f o r m o r e i n f o . P r o u d l y su p p o r t e d b y Class Act Media. Remark: Free transportation i n P a t o n g , K a r o n , K a t a a r e a s w h e n r e q u e st e d i n a d va n ce . P l e a se ca l l + 6 6 8 7 3 8 3 3 3 6 4 o r + 6 6 7 6 3 4 5 5 7 8 t o a r r a n g e t h e t r a n sp o r t a t i o n b e f o r e 1 2 p m o f e a ch S a t u r d a y a f t e r t h e p a y ment is confirmed.

Japanese Sunday Brunch Every bite crafted ith air

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Indulge yourself in a culinary experience like no o t h e r a t D o u b l e T r e e R e so r t b y H i l t o n P h u ke t - S u r i n B e a ch ; a w i d e se l e ct i o n o f T h a i d e l i ca c i e s a l o n g si d e su sh i p l a t t e r , p a st a , p i za , m e a t c a r vi n g st a t i o n a n d a va r i e t y o f d e se r t s yo u can’t miss! It also includes free flow of soft d r i n ks!

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If you like playing pool, meeting new people and lo o k in g to s h a r p e n y o u r 8 b a ll s k ills . T h e n th is is y o u r o p p o r tu n ity to b e a p a r t o f th e b ig g e s t & m o s t e x c itin g p o o l le a g u e in th e w o r ld . W in n in g team wins a trip to Vegas to play at the VNEA Las Vegas. All expenses paid. If you have any q u e s tio n s c o n ta c t u s o n w w w .fa c e b o o k .c o m / vnea phuket, Tel : 085 797 0202 (Thai), 085 797 0002 (English). Email: info@thailandpooltables. c o m . P r o u n d ly s u p p o r te d b y L iv e 8 9 .5 .

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Party Phuket & Grand Opening. Fullmoon spin on paradise & spin twist records on tour & prog on syndicated record DJ Vanishiyas/DJ Bassforscher/Spin twist records-Germanmy/Tripical (Prog on syndicated-Berlin) Reservation, info@paradisebeachphuket.com, 076 609 609.

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tion before the end of the year order a somtam tray, get FREE 1 bottle of Coke. More info Khun Lek, 097 047 7822. facebook.com/88tasty.

29 APR

All you can eat BBQ Ribs night

6pm – 11pm: All you can eat BBQ ribs served with salad buffet, potato salad & choice of sauces. Reservations recommended 295 baht P.P., shakersphuket@gmail.com, 081 891 4381.

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InterBike Hash #4

BBQ Night “All you can Eat”

Don’t miss your time, unlimited BBQ Skewers Dinner at only THB 259.- P.P. Including soup, salad, spaghetti or fried rice and French fries. From 6pm-10:30pm - Reservations: 0954181161 - www.facebook.com/skyzabviewpoint (Showing this Add, get free one selected beverage)

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Phuket Mountain Bike Hash will be hosting the InterBike Hash #4 between 29 April & 1 May, drawing Hashers from all over SEA and beyond. Enjoy the lush tropics of the Andaman Sea, with 3 days of guided off-road rides for strong-willed and meeker hearts. Indulge in Phuket’s history, folklore, and hash festivities.

We promise COLD drinks, wet water, and hot weather….along with your favorite ‘forget-menot’ souvenirs. Registration required and limited to 200. Special lodging arrangements, find all details on our website - http://phuketinterbikehash.com.

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Find it all at Paradise Beach, only 10 minutes from Patong. Beach activities, Beach party, Fisherman Walking Street and On the beach restaurants. Free entry from 6pm. to 11pm. & free flow brew from 7pm. to 9pm. info@paradisebeachphuket.com, 076 609 609.

1 MAR THE DECK restaurant

PIWC fundraising event - A Mediterranean Night

Each of the 11 tables will be named after a country bordering the Mediterranean Sea. So get out your sewing machine, or trip the light fantastic to a costume shop and turn up on the night with a Bonjour (French), Olá (Spanish), Merhaba (Turkish) Ciao (Italian) or whatever “hello” you fancy to your friends. Proudly supported by The Phuket News, Mediterranean Night will take place @ The Plantation Club @ The Pavilions, Cherng Talay. Cost: B2,500 per person includes Mediterranean buffet and one beverage. Ticketing and information: info@ PIWC-Phuket.com. Carole Dux: 085 782 1332.

PGFC Thailand 2016 “Classic” Sport Fishing Tournament

THE DECK restaurant embraces expansive views across the water spanning from the southern point of Kamala Beach to the Northern point of Kamala Beach let’s not forget also the mountain views. THE DECK Restaurant menu Thai Fusion is designed by Kevin B Jamieson as a range of dishes for individuals or as a shared selection. Mention Phuket News and receive 10% off on Food only!, info@taoshagroup.com, 094 490 3269.

Great Mexican, Thai and Flamegrilled Burgers in a beautiful setting!

Paradise Beach Phuket Present Full Moon

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Celebrate the festive season together with the promotion of imported South African bottle at only Baht 650 when spending a minimum of Baht 1,000 per bill. Or enjoy our promotion on selected beverages everyday from 11:00 am to 10:30 pm, closed every Wednesday, info@texturephuket.com or 081 916 1430.

57 hours of non-stop sport fisihing, held “offshore” around the Similan Islands. As always the prize monies offered are the largest in Asia. Prizes include fishing trips, tackle, limited edition prints, and much more. Many boats already confirmed, including teams from Australia, Canada, Germany, USA, Hong Kong, the UK and Singapore. For further details please contact Warren Crowe +66 (0) 812704291 or Andy Bright +66 (0) 862739948, info@phuketgamefishingclub. com Proudly supported by The Phuket News.

EVERY DAY Fullmoon Party Phuket & Grand Opening Paradise Beach

Festive Season Beverages Promotion at TEXTURE Café and Restaurant

Order a somtam tray, get FREE 1 bottle of Coke

88 Tasty restaurant and bar is offering promo-

If you have time this month get down to Sea Breeze located in Royal Phuket Marina. Open 9am to 10pm everyday serving home-made mexican specialties, flame grilled burgers and Thai specials! All sport available shown live, Contact: Reservations, info@seabreezerpm.com, 076 360 806.

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Class Act Media is southern Thailand's most comprehensive media company, incorporating Phuket’s leading English newspaper ‘The Phuket News’, Russian language newspaper 'Novosti Phuketa', Chinese language newspaper 'Puji Doa Xin Wen', Phuket’s leading English radio station ‘Live 89.5’, Phuket English TV 'Phuket News TV' and a a host of publications & services including ‘The Phuket Colouring book’ & ‘Phuket Ticket Master’.

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Class Act Media seeks a Chinese Editor to head up our new publication The Phuket News (Chinese), a Chinese-language newspaper for Southern Thailand. The position is based in Phuket.

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Class Act Media is southern Thailand's most comprehensive media company, incorporating Phuket’s leading English newspaper ‘The Phuket News’, Russian language newspaper 'Novosti Phuketa', Chinese language newspaper 'Puji Doa Xin Wen', Phuket’s leading English radio station ‘Live 89.5’, Phuket English TV 'Phuket News TV' and a a host of publications & services including ‘The Phuket Colouring book’ & ‘Phuket Ticket Master’.

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Class Act Media is southern Thailand's most comprehensive media company, incorporating Phuket’s leading English newspaper ‘The Phuket News’, Russian language newspaper 'Novosti Phuketa', Chinese language newspaper 'Puji Doa Xin Wen', Phuket’s leading English radio station ‘Live 89.5’, Phuket English TV 'Phuket News TV' and a a host of publications & services including ‘The Phuket Colouring book’ & ‘Phuket Ticket Master’.

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Big A Swan 55 acht Chartering and Resort in Phuket Thailand Sailing : Big A Swan 55, Accommodation: Big A Resort 076-383080 Email: bigasail@samart.co.th

ACTIVITIES, GROUPS Roof top Patong Mini Golf

The best sea view 18 Holes, roof top Mini Golf. Located on the 4th floor of Banana Walk Plaza in Patong, 091 762 2628, http://patongminigolf.com

BUSINESSES FOR SALE Business for sales

Fast food & Kebab shop for sale In the best location 50 meter from Bangla road. Patong Free rent until APR 2016. 1.8 MB, makryno@ gmail.com, 081 088 1451.

BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES Looking for Partners/ Investors

Business requires added funding.5-7 million bht. Investment exchanged for company shares.

Company is state of the art with exceptional ROI. Investment repaid over 5 years and annual dividends. Active/Silent partner.Serious inquiries only. Full information to qualified investors. Eng 088 491 3857/Thai 088 753 6897. 2,000,000 THB.

Newly renovated hotel for rent

Newly renovated hotel/guest house in Patong’s heart for rent from owner. 12 rooms, 2 shops to busy street, many facilities. More details check thephuketnews.com, search Listing ID 55398 or call +66(0)81 538 1399.

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BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES Commercial laundry in Patong

Already serve more than 400 hotel rooms. Income up to 10,000 baht/ day during high season. 80 sqm.

Rent 25,000 baht inc. water supply plus a truck .

2 MB, Jeeppy, the_ promenade@hotmail.com, 093 160 6566

Restaurant on Main Street

Large, tastefully decorated restaurant in Cherngtalay. Fully fitted and equipped kitchen, 100 seats, bar. Walk in and start business. Now only B790,000, 089 400 5907.

German bakery &

deli &

Horse and Dog Vet Hospital

Open from 10am. – 8pm.* Service all types of animals. * Experienced professionals.Contact: 076 620 136 / 084 210 6868 and contact@horsedogvet.com www.horsedogvet.com

Pets Magic Planet

snack

Open from 9am. - 7pm. * The best international brands. * The ultimate choice. * Luxury accessries & jewels.

Contact: 076 620 106 / 091 040 4000 and contact@petsmagicplanet.com

Main road, 8 years clientele, tak e over + incl. training complete equipment, staff room, 3 or 5 years leasing contract. Yearly volume 4 mio. hansibak ery@gmail.com, Price: 3.5 million, Contact Mr. Stark , ansibak ery@gmail.com

Best Deal

Rawai business for sale. Area approx 2Rai, can do restaurant or other business.Five mins from beach. Long term lease, yearly rent B200,000. 4 bedrooms house included. Reduce from B980,000 to B520,000. Contact Khun Asok e at 089 646 7176 / big_ redchili@yahoo.com

CAR FOR SALE Chevy Captiva LT 2008

Chevrolet Captiva LT 2008, 550,000 Baht, 62.000 KM, 1 Owner, 2.0L Turbo Diesel, Full Chevy Service History, No Accidents, 1st Class Insurance. Tel. 082 804 1742.

I NEED A NEW OWNER

Immaculate 1997 GTO 3000 Auto.Genuine 39,000k ms.18inch wheels,metallic black ,class 1 alarm.Genuine Main Dealer import,red/ black leather interior,8 speak er stereo,1 previous owner,factory sun roof. Stunning car and very hard to find in Thailand in such good condition. 1.25m/offers close to., Paul, 0817473000.

TOY OTA Fortuner 2009

7 seats, Silver, GPS video, Family car Diesel 2,694cc, Blue book Service history Toyota Pearl 78,000k ms. AUTOMATIC transmission, golfguru2005@yahoo.co.uk , 076 615 827.

2012 Toyota Fortuner 24, 000km

2012 Pearl white Toyota Fortuna For Sale.

3.0 D4D VN Turbo Great condition- Baht Black leather interior. Tax / insurance till 2016, 900,000, Loch Palm, Kathu, Phuk et, glawre123@gmail.com, 0898668825.

Nissan Teana 2.5Lt

Model 2014 17,000k m. New price 1.7Mln NOW 1,050,000Baht Eng: 081 788 8280 Thai: 090 163 2140, Contact Maurice, maurice.phuk et@ gmail.com , 090 163 2140.

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Honda J azz 2009 1500cc Auto

57,000k ms. One owner since new. Regularly serviced by Honda. Tax and Insurance until the end of June and available now at right offer.Reduced by 40,000bht, Price : REDUCED to 330,000bht o.n.o, Andy +66846909144, andysmalster@gmail.com Price : REDUCED to 330,000bht o.n.o, Andy +66846909144, andysmalster@gmail.com.

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Everest 4WD Q uick Sale

10+yrs but mechanically drives and look s great. Manual. Only B450,000 or offers above 400k considered for fast sale, B450,000 THB, peterh@asianwind.biz, 081- 8926710.

CAR FOR RENT Long term car rental have a good car rental, Toyota Vios, Mazda 2 or similar with true full professional insurance and 24/ 7 support Monthly rates B14000, Soi Suk ee 40/ 19 moo 9 Chao fa east rd 39 chalong muang, ninascars@gmail.com, 089 648 0499.

MOTORBIKES FOR SALE Sale Ducati Monster 79 6 ABS

2014 year 7500 k m Perfect condition! Several extras. Same new Price 320,000. +6685 068 1133, 0681133@gmail.com

Stallion Mini Momo for sale

Year 2012. Good condition, one owner, well maintained. Price 18,000 baht. Pls call 082 732 4531.

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MOTORBIKES FOR SALE Kawasaki Versys 650 ABS 2012

Showroom condition, new from Kawasak i Phuk et May 2012, 2,000k m, Hepco & Beck er Engine Bars & Rear-rack , Kawasak i Handguards and Pyramid Hugger., 220,000 THB, Paul, 084 1 303 234, Plongmore@hotmail.com

Motorbike for sale

R1200RT BMW 200k ms 2 yrs warrant. From BMW Thailand as ( new). Extras inc BMW GPS B28,000, Tourteck engine protectors B15,215, BMW bik e cover B7,300, Gps B34,200. Valued at B1,334,465. Four months old with special color. Only B1,150,000. First to see will buy, k ieranpmadden@hotmail.com , 096 924 4661.

CAR WASH DELIVERY Tired Of Waiting?

We clean your car at your place - at your time. No.1 car wash delivery in Phuk et.

Call 076-355-042 or go to CleanCar.me for more details.

MEMBERSHIPS Blue Canyon Membership

Blue Canyon Membership for sale. 1 corporate nominee for sale THB 630,000 inc transfer fee. grahamhaslam@hotmail.com

FURNITURE FOR SALE Swinging Sun Loungers For Sale

Swinging, sun loungers, brand new, excellent quality6,000 baht only, Contact: Eddy, eddyelan@yahoo. com, 0899710278.

MOVING SERVICES Looking for Moving Company?

With over 15 years of experience Bigmove Phuk et is the number 1 provider of moving and shipping in and out of Phuk et Thailand. We provide storage in a state of the art clean, secure, storage facility located centrally in Phuk et. www.bigmovephuk et.com, 081-797-5377.

PETS FOR ADOPTION Two cute Poodles

PERSONAL SERVICES Doctor on call

24 Hrs Medical Service,Home & Hotel Call Phuk et life/ Phuk et Health Health Care @ Home Medical Service Center Contact : Doctor Pisit 081 693 4816, 081 958 8891.

8/ 10 Moo 6, Kamala beach, Phuk et 83150, pisit.doc@hotmail.com.

De Laguna By Dr.J aQ

International Clinic English Speak ing Doctor By Appointment 095 0851188 FB: DrJaq Warnnissorn Providing Anti-Aging ( Botox, Filler, Live Cell Therapy, Alternative Cancer Treatment, Chelation Medical, House Call).

Integrative and Advancement in Medicine for individualized treatment programs for patients of all ages and with various disorders, Email: tosawcute@gmail.com

COMMUNITY

We are 2 cute Poodles, both under 5k gs & the best of friends & wish to find a new loving home together, both of us are sterilized, vaccinated & healthy. Please contact Sherin.peace@gmail.com for adoption enquires.

OTHER RESORT FOR SALE/ LEASE

Resort for sale lease any offer consider! I want go sailing again!!, Address : 67/ 18 Soi Sermsuk Rawai Phuk et, bigasail@samart. co.th, Contact +66 ( 0)86 9401860.

Office Sp ce L

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Office Space Laguna - Plaza del Mar Fully Furnished offices 4 Office Suite plus boardroom Rent entire unit or individual office 080 045 4474.

For Sale

Industrial over lock er. Whitehouse Brand. 3 Thread. Brand new never used.

Full tool k it. Bargain at 12,000 Baht. Call Sandi 087 264 0778.

PROPERTY FOR SALE For Sale or Rent

4 bedroom 3 bath room excellent view Chalong bay 3 storage,Fully furnished all new swimming pool in quiet area Rawai beach. All inquires Contact Tidarat, 087 466 5635.

Alexander Kolesnikov

Land & 4 storey Commercial building for sell.Patong. Just 60 m from the beach. Guesthouse 6 luxury rooms + restaurant 40 seats. 17 MB, Contact Alexander, alexk olinz@gmail.com, 089 651 3250.

Alexander Kolesnikov

3 Bedroom Villa for sale. Building 320 s.m.

Land 900 s.m. Nice garden, 2 cars garage, study. Just 3 minutes from BIS. 15 MB, Contact Alexander, alexk olinz@gmail.com, 089 651 3250.

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PROPERTY FOR SALE Fire sale

7 shop houses for sale, 20 meters from Chalong round about. On the way to pier for Sale. 25 Million, k ieranpmadden@hotmail.com, 096 924 4661.

Phuket Beach Front Land

14 RAI Beach front Phuk et,Phungnga Close 5-7* hote,Chanode title,90 meters of water frontage More than 100 m wide beach&small piece of land close to the beach 25MB/RAI, Ms.Pam, phuk etmyhouse@gmail.com, 089 868 8668.

Chalong Villa for sale

Living area 450 sq.m, Land 800 sq.m. 1st floor: Living room, Master bdr with en-suite bth, Kitchen, Seaview terrace, Pool, Carpark. 2nd floor: 4 bdr with bth, 2nd living room, Office. 19.5M, oliver@thurmanngroup.com, 087 877 2320.

PROPERTY FOR SALE

Brand new 3 bed villa Onyx

Grand Boat Plaza – House for Sale/ Rent

Living area 160 sq.m. Land 200 sq.m. Fully luxury furnished. Open plan living room with k itchen, Private & Peaceful area, Security gate estate, Gym. 8.9M, oliver@thurmanngroup. com, 087 877 2320.

New detached villa with modern style in Heart of Phuk et Town with 3 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms and 2 car park s. Spacious open living and dining areas with high ceilings. Q uiet location surrounding with nature, secure with CCTV and 24hrs security service, large communal swimming pool and clubhouse. Closed to major department stores such as Central Festival‚ Tesco Lotus, Big C, International schools and hospitals.

Contact 095 2577 998, allabouthk t@gmail.com

House for sale

Good location in Chalong area 3 Bedroom 2 Bathroom, 200 sqm House on 800 sqm plot Including furniture, 084 745 5546.

The Base Downtown - Sale/ Rent

1 Bed ( 35sqm) & 2 Bed ( 60sqm), fully furnished, pool view. Near Central, BIS, Big C, Lotus, Siriroj hospital, Darasamut School, Thai Hua School ( Close to new Central Embassy- good investment).

Swimming pool, fitness & library. Rent:15,000-25,000 THB/month and 35,000-45,000 THB/month. Panattaporn.c@gmail.com, 093 639 4654.

PROPERTY FOR SALE Land For Sale 3 Mil Baht

In Thalang area 2.5 Rai beautiful, flat land with access road, Chanote title, only 5 minutes from Thanyapura ( PIA International school). sk .thanya@ gmail.com, 081 737 8624.

Villa for sale

Large illa with Pool and Garden In Phuket, Rawai/Nai Harn, Land size: 1’700 m2, build up area 400m2. Private sale, no agents please. 36 MB, JasminConsulting@ gmx.net.

7 Rooms Villa for sale

5 Rai Nice sunset sea view Perfect for resort Hill side at Mai Khao beach, Julius_ schuster2001@yahoo.de, 087 267 1192.

House For Sale

Located in Rawai soi Samak i3 2 bedroom 2 bathroom 1 Laundry room 1 storage room Living area 160 sq.m, Chanot title 280 sq.m. 3.2 MB., Rico9963@hotmail. com, 083 640 9041

Outstanding Villa for sale

3 bed/3 bath, Living area 370 sq.m, Land 600 sq.m. Located at the 4 Star Residence.

Spacious living quarters, open plan living, dining areas, gourmet k itchen, private pool. 14.9M, oliver@thurmanngroup.com, +66 ( 0)87 877 2320.

Sale. Semi detached house

Living room 2 double bedrooms 1 fitted furniture and en-suite fitted kitchen office bathroom carport garden Land 188sqm, house 75sqm. 2,000,000, Khun Peter, Baan Pleunjan 2, Paklok, Talang, lowprofile@mail.com, 086 905 1406.

Make money NOW - Kata Beach House for sale

West coast Phuk et Great Location, Spa, 7 Bedroom, 7 Bathroom, all with k itchens.

Rent or live with good income. 5 minutes walk to Kata beach. ขายของได้ 9 MB or Offer, Khun Arreerat, nalumana2000@yahoo.com, k ataari@yahoo.com, 086 595 8512, 081 970 4638.

Anuphas Golfville House- Kathu

Land 162 sqwa. Large Pool/Jacuzzi-3 Bed-4 Bath-Office-2 Storage Building-Alarm System and much more. Reduced 22MB to 18 MB for Q uick Sale. mrgeoffcurry@ yahoo.com, Si +6681 970 8896 TH/ENG, Geoff+6681 854 0061 ENG.

OCEAN VIEW LAND HALF RAI 79 7 Sqm.

This beautiful block is ready to build on.It has a sealed entry on a sealed road.

It has power connected. Water available and a safe title.Kamala 6.75 million Baht. Call our rep on 093 578 2281 or contact owner direct via email yoty30@ hotmail.com.

Ocean Front Villa

Brand new, fully furnished, 3-4 bedrooms, 5 bathrooms, 10-meter infinity swimming pool, beautiful view. For quick sale only 19.5 million baht. Guaranteed rental 8% per year. Person : Montha , Phone : 081 343 0777.

Ocean Front Land

3.5 Rai with 90 meter of water frontage, opposite of Yacht Haven marina, 800 meter away on Phangnga side. Public road, electricity, water and ready to build. For sale direct from owner, only 19.5 mill Baht. Montha , 081 343 0777.

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PROPERTY FOR SALE SPACIOU S 4-BED RAWAI VILLA

Beautiful home in 1,038sqm gardens.Three en suite beds, guest house, 9x4m pool, maid’s room.

Living space 320sqm. Private access. Email : alangath@gmail.com , Phone : 087 273 0141.

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PROPERTY FOR SALE Luxury 4 Bed Pool Villa Rawai

Beautiful 4 Bed Villa on large 800 SM land plot in Rawai/Nai Harn area. 260 SM of enclosed living space. Large sala with Pool Bar. Established tropical garden and 60 SM Pool. Private guest house.2 Car Park. Price : 11.8 Million Baht , Email : Keowee15@gmail.com.

House For Sale

Located in a quiet Soi near Kathu waterfall, is a 2 bedroom, 2 bathroom house with court yard and car port. With a Chanote Title & 48 Talang Wah (approx 200 m2), Price : 3500000.

Steven Joyce. Kathu 086 120 6934. go2spoon@yahoo.com

Kata Seaview Condo For Sale

New 1 bedroom with great sea and sunset views! 44sqm. Leasehold with foriegn freehold available. Swimming pool, sauna and clubhouse. Flexible furniture options. Great management and rental program, 082 254 0760.

Land For Sale

Located in Kathu over looking the Cable Ski is a nice block 54 Talang Wah on a Chanote Title.

Soi Namtok Kathu, Price : 2400000. Steven.

Joyce. 086 120 6934 .go2spoon@yahoo.com

Townhouse for sale. Chalong.

Townhouse 150sq.m, 2 storey, 2 bedroom, living room, kitchen, 2 balcony, 2 bathroom, office, parking. Fully furnitured. Chalong circle, Price: 3700000, Contact: Mariya, mvs97@yandex.ru, 0822751146, Fax: 0918053725.

Beautifull Classy Villa

his very beautiful modern villa has it all – sparkling salt water pool, 3 huge bedrooms, 4 baths, maid quarters. Fully furnished, secure estate close to the beach. G4S alarm system. Relax and enjoy all the hard work that has been done.

A must see. Call 081 719 4688. Prima Villas.

House for sale heart of Patong

Two beautiful European style homes next to one another in private Soi Minutes from Jungceylon shopping center. First home 100 sq mt of living space with a double carport two bedrooms open living space Second home 80 sq mt one bedroom furnished Both homes will be sold together or separate First home 6,500,000 Bth Second home 5,500,000 Bth Both 11,500,000 Bth Grate value position investment, Price: 6,500,000, Contact: pino.ellul@ yahoo.com, +66 (0) 84 858 1917.

Land Cherngtalay Bangjo 530sqm

Close to Layan Hill Estate, great location, 4 km to Bangtao beach, laguna, Villa Market,Tesco Lotus, Ready to build 1 or 2 pool villas, Price: 3.3 ML, kwansucha@hotmail.com, 0944246142.

Relaxing place villa near PIA

Exceptional 4 Bed & 4 Bath (en suite) & 1 Rai land for sale only 10 MB. 1 Storey 300 sqm. pool 10X5, Sala, filters and automatic gates., Contact: Tanya, geta909@gmail.com, 083 506 8345.

1/2 RAI OCEANFRONT LAND

Fantastic 825 sqm. plot with 25 m. ocean frontage on Coconut Island in beach resort. Electricity/ Water available, ready to build. Super Views.

Just 200 meters from Phuket. 24/7 Free Boat Taxi Only 7.5 m. THB ! claudstrey@gmail.com, 0867479292.

PROPERTY FOR SALE 3 BR. GREAT SEAVIEW CONDO

BARGAIN HUNTERS ! 3 BR/3 BATH Condo,164 sqm.. New Renovated,Top Condition,Fully Furnished. Foreign Freehold Title. Best unit at Belair Panwa. ONLY 5.95 m. THB, claudstrey@gmail. com, 0867479292.

Villa for sale North Chalong area

Beautiful quiet location close to International schools and other amenities. Reduced from 7.9 m to 7.2 m. Price includes furniture. Call 089 868 5143.

Perfect Business in Karon

Shophouse 5 story with profitable, spa massage business and apartment. In perfect condition and very good location. Include Thai Company, Price: Reduced from 19 to 16 Mil., ghfsphuket@hotmail. com, 086 271 8254.

Beachfront House

4-Bedroom house on semiprivate beach available for sale and rent. Can easily be divided into two separate and identical properties. The rental/sale can also include a self-contained 1-bedroom bungalow, Price: 18.2 MB, Rent 110,000 THB, Alex Seago, home@thaivillaboutique. com, 087-8923876.

House in Karon for Sale. Hard

to find 3 bed room , 3 bath room house for sale in the perfect location near Kata & Karon beach, well maintained with a salt water pool, Price : 16,000,000, Narrisara (Tic), 7/8 Patak Soi 10, Karon, g-a-coates@ hotmail.com, 0991642991.

Sea view land in Patong

gmail.com, 089 967 5373.

The Last Piece of Sea View Land on Prime Location in Patong, just 500 m. from Patong beach, 1.3 KM. to Jungceylon Shopping Mall, Contact: Karuna, kpattarawalee@

Waterfront Condominium

The Cleat Condo, residence project in Krabi Boat Lagoon Marina. Price 3-9MB, size 37119 Sq.M., 1 or 2 bedroom, marina view. For rent/sale. marketing@phuketpropertytrip.com

Laguna - Luxury 1 Bedroom - Go

Renovated: new kitchen, wood floor and air conditioning. Surround sound system, semi furnished. Price includes Laguna Golf Membership and Privilege Card., Contact: Giulio Santoro, phuket3203@gmail.com, 084 247 1632.

Ocean View Land Kamala

Half rai 797sq.m. cleared and leveled, power connected, sealed road, MUST SELL 6.75million. For ENG 090 492 3101 THA 093 768 6694.

Laguna townhouse for sale

On Laguna golf course with 3 bedrooms, 2 1/2 baths plus guest suite/maid’s quarters. 2 car garage, covered outdoor living area. Jacuzzi and pool. Golf memberships, walk to club house. Shuttle service to Laguna facilities. Fully or partially furnished – less than 20MB., phuketmusic@yahoo.com

Karon Hill - Super Deal

SEAVIEW CONDO at Karon Hill for sale at a real bargain price,only 6.95 m. THB. Foreign Freehold, 102 sqm.,great seaview,furnished,4th floor.Direct from owner, Price: 6950000, claudstrey@gmail.com, 086 747 9292.

PROPERTY FOR SALE Patong sea view land

Located in Patong with the size of 1200 sqm. Selling price at 10.5 Million THB, with a chanote certificate (allowed to construct any sort of project). Also, the land is devided in three parts of chanote, and can be sold separately with a negotiable price range from the selling price of 10.5 M THB, Mr. Fernando Parrella. Contact: parrella.fernando@ gmail.com or 092 949 9697.

Pool Villa Patong 7.6MB

Beautiful Freehold German built detached home. 3 bed, 3 bath, Euro Kitchen, open plan,+ garage. Full furn. Close beach & Shopping Ctre, Khun Oscar, Email: ozoskr@hotmail.com , Phone: 087-8931753.

LAND FOR SALE CLOSE TO THE SEA

Land for sale close to the sea Bang Tao Marina Hotel 108 rooms. Land 1.5 Rais 28 MB. Contact: Mr. Choochart Ubolsak, 061-2613486.

PROPERTY FOR RENT Chalong Villa for rent

Living area 450 sq.m, Land: 800 sq.m. 1st floor: Living room, Master bdr with en-suite bth, Kitchen, Sea view terrace, Pool, 2nd floor: 4 bdr with bth, 2nd living room, Office. 90,000/month/year., oliver@ thurmanngroup.com, 087 877 2320.

Amazing Sea view Penthouse in Rawai

FOR RENT Amazing Sea view Penthouse in Rawai.

360 p ํ anoramic breathtaking views of Chalong bay, mountain view and big Buddha. Two bedrooms, 310 sq.m of spacious living area and balconies. Please contact Izzy 086278 8300 or Danai 090 170 0429. propertysales@serenityphuket.com.

Spectacular sea view Penthouse

Located in Serenity Resort, Rawai. Fully furnished two bedrooms 318 sq.m of spacious living area & private roof top.Contact Danai, propertysales@serenityphuket. com, 090 170 0429.

Surin Andaman Apt - 2 beds

100 sqm w 2 beds, close to Surin & Bangtao beaches. Common Pool.

Fully furnished with AC, fans, internet, cable TV. Short term possible.

24,000 THB, 081 273 1740.

House for rent - Near Pah-klok

Long term, quality furnishings, near Heroines Monument, 3 bed, 2 baths plus office. Good garden. THB35,000 per month. Call 087 878 5804.

PATONG: 1 and 2 Bed Apartments

2-Bed/2-Bath & Studio for rent. Balcony. Full A/C. Western Kitchen. Modern furnished. All Extras. Fast WIFI free. Ouiet Location & well maintained.

Email : khunrei@gmail.com , Phone : 084 185 8536.

Patong Tower Condo

1 or 2 bedroom corner apartment 76 sqm. 270 degree beach & mountain views, 9th floor, kitchen, 2 balconies. Rent 39,000 baht per month, or buy for 9.5MB. Contact: John, Patong: jstuder@ loxinfo.co.th, 081 080 8831.

Office/Shop for Rent

Ground Floor space with excellent positioning on Chalong Pier Road. For more information, please call 081 416 4177 or 076 381 341.

CHALONG BEACH FRONT LAND

Direct beach front land for rent. Long and short term. Area 2400 sq meter with beach front of 40 meter, Contact: Mr. Narin, narinpga@gmail.com, 081 826 9390.

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Hometown heroes Full FMD 8 Results:

MMA

C ontinued f r om page 4 0 ... round though the judges gave the veteran the win via split decision.

The night also saw a win for Masoud Ranjbar (2-0), a hea eight ranian fighting out of AKA Thailand in Rawai, over Polish fighter Andrzej Kulik (0-4 ). Within moments of the opening bell, Ranjbar was able to slip and dodge Kulik’s striking and take him down. The I ranian capitalised on the opportunity by staying on top of Kulik and raining down hard elbows and punches, prompting a referee sto age in the first minute and a half.

The win was Ranjbar’s second professional victory after making his debut at FMD 4 last February in B angkok.

Meanwhile, Y ousseff eh e a e anese fighter from Phuket Top Team, was defeated by Carlos Prates (5 4 ) out of Phuket Fight Club in the second round of their welterweight battle. Wehbe’s takedown attempts in the first round ere stu ed

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Will Chope beats Michal Vostry by Decision (Split) Jayson Margallo beats Yodkaikew Fairtex

by Submission (Rear Naked Choke) Masoud Ranjbar beats Andrzej Kulik by TKO (Elbows) Carlos Prates beats Youssef Wehbe

by Submission (Rear Naked Choke) Atipong Nuiaiad beats Supachai Sunpasert

by Decision (Unanimous) Vy Srey Khouch beats Aiyada Verpoest by KO (Punches) Christian Tremeyne beats Amr Maher b first round TK

Punches

George Farrow beats Komin Ninin

by TKO (Punches and Elbows)

Will Chope attempts to submit Michael Vostry at FMD 8. Photo: Singapore Maven Prates. The B razilian used his ground game to take Wehbe down in the second round and submitted him with a rear-naked choke. eorge arro a fighter from Maximum Gym in Patong, made his debut at the event against fellow Thailand

national Komom “Jon Tap” Ninin (0-1) of B angkok. After the first minute o the fight Farrow was able to take down inin and finish him o ith a series of elbows to get a referee stoppage victory.

I n keeping with one of the primary aims of the pro-

motion, FMD 8 saw a battle between two Muay Thai specialists making their MMA debuts. Atipong “Sing Noi” Nuiaiad (18-12 in Muay Thai) of Lion Muay Thai in Phuket, took on Supachai Sungprasert.

Mua hai fights o Amazing Muay Thai Gym

Haider Farman beats Wisanu Pimpa

by Submission (Rear Naked Choke)

H ua H in. The bout was, as expected, primarily a striking a air ith little to no attem ts at transitioning to the ground.

Atipong was declared the winner via unanimous decision.

The event was the third time the promotion brought thei r brand of M M A to

Phuket’s Seduction Nightclub, which also hosted the inaugural show in 2014 and FMD 2 that August. B oth of those shows saw a slew of fighters based in many of Phuket’s MMA camps as well as other gyms around Thailand.

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BISP triumphs at nat’ls

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wo st udents f rom B ritish I nternational School, Phuket’s JSA Swim Academy between them scooped 9 medals and broke three championship records in recent national competitions for their respective countries, Thailand and Singapore.

First up, Phiangkhwan “E ing” Pawapotako, competing at the Thailand National Games, won 2 Gold medals in the first da in the ool.

Then on day two won another Gold in the 100m B ackstroke in a time of 65 .4 4 ; to make it three wins from three events.

O n day three she then won the Women’s 100m B reaststroke in 1min 12.36.

H aving raced 2,4 00m since the first da most ould have thought that some level of fatigue would have set in, but E ing comfortably won the 200m B ackstroke just outside of the championship record, finishing in a time o min 20.5 6, shortly followed by a win in the 200m I ndividual Medley, 0.76 inside the O lympic B Q ualifying standard.

At the end of a long week

Head Coach Martin Hill delivers his program debrief after a coaching session

Kids footy in Kathu FOOTBALL

Left: Phiangkhwan “Eing” Pawapotako brought home 6 Gold and 1 Bronze while breaking 3 Thailand National Games records at the event.

Inset: Chantal Liew competes at the Singapore National Short Course Championship. o racing ing finished o her campaign with a B ronze medal in the Womens 5 0m B reaststroke in a time of 33.7 seconds, bringing her tally to 6 Golds, 1 B ronze and 3 Thailand National Games records.

B I SP JSA Swim Academy H ead Coach Simon Jones said,

“H aving undertaken a much more consistently higher volume in training over the past few months than previously achieved, E ing is still racing hard despite not being as fresh as previous blocks of work. till her goals la firml on events in April 2016, and this is another opportunity

and stepping stone along the way in which she is gaining valuable competition experience preparing to do her very best later in the year. Great job E ing.”

Meanwhile, at the 5 th Singapore National Short Course Championships, Y ear 13 student Chantal Liew was in promising form, breaking the Academy 5 0m B ackstroke Record on Day 1 by swimming 29.22, placing 2nd, whilst also racing the 800m Freestyle, also placing second in a new persona best of 9:01.07.

Chantal then swam two antastic races on the final day of competition, winning

two silvers in the process and breaking two more Academy records.

First up, she blasted a 1min 02.5 5 in the 100m B ackstroke to break the old record by almost 0.5 of a second, and then followed this up with a 5 second drop in the 4 00m Freestyle posting a 4 min 23.32.

For more infor mation about the B I SP JSA Swim Academy, visit w w w.bisphuket.ac.th/ bisp-jsa-swimacademy, follow the team’s Facebook page at www.facebook.com/ swimphuket, or contact H ead Coach Simon Jones: aq uatics@ bisphuket. ac.th

PH UKE T SO CCE R Schools developmental prog ram me com menced on Wednesday (Jan 13) at Kajonkiet I nternational School’s Kathu campus’ large all-weather astroturf pitch. This weekly programme, open to all aged 6-13, runs from 5 -6:30pm.

This program will run for 10 weeks and is high tempo training delivered by FA and NSCAA advanced ualified coach Martin ill (H ead Coach of Phuket Soccer Schools) who has more than 18 years of coaching experience.

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HASH HOUSE HARRIERS Run #1563 Saturday 16 January, 2016 Run Start Time: 3:30PM Hares: Billy Boy, Dr F Jekyll & Murkury Location: Patong - Hassip Pee Road Directions: AFrom Kathu enter Patong and turn left at the temple onto Phisit Karanee Road. Follow along and turn left onto Hassip Pee Road and climb up the hill. Continue along the ridge above Patong and turn right into the laager (1.38km from base of hill).

From Karon enter Patong turning right at the 4-point intersection onto Nanai Road. Follow around curves and just beyond the small bridge turn right onto Hassip Pee road. Drive up the steep hill to the top and turn left. Continue to midway along the ridge and

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Daohang (black) inflict a first defeat upon Kanchana Flying, bringing them up to 3rd position on same points as Kanchana in Division 1.

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Thalang reclaim “Shezza” Cup Patong’s Imtiyaz Mustaq made 78 runs and took 2 wickets. Photo: Michael Way

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he Phu ket Cr icket League was back in action last weekend at the Alan Cooke Ground after a short break for the festive period. The first game back was also the first 40 over game to be played after the T20 season and first warm up rounds of the league in December.

This game was not only special due to this, but, more importantly, it was the annual Tristan Sheridan “Shezza” Cup game between Patong CC and Thalang CC. The “Shezza” Cup is played every year between these two teams in memory of Tristan Sheridan who played for Thalang, and who unfortunately passed away in 2013.

Due to the memory of Tristan both as a fantastic player and gentleman, this annual game tends to inspire both teams to perform well, and this year was no different.

With the sunshine beaming down over a lush but hard ACG outfield, Thalang won the toss and selected to bat first. Both teams were unsure of what would be a good total, however, Thalang were eager to bat Patong out of the game, desperate to win back the “Shezza” Cup for Tristan’s parents who had made the trip over to Phuket for the game.

A Runhaar and R Bentley opened the Thalang innings.

Runhaar is a seasoned “veteran” of the Thalang side, however, it was Bentley’s first game. There were no first game nerves however, as Bentley proceeded to open the batting in confident fashion looking to dominate the Patong opening bowlers right from the start.

The score rattled onto 20 in just the third over when Runhaar (7) was cleverly stumped by Van Blerk, failing to return to his crease after playing his shot! This brought G Lane in and together with Bentley, rapidly accelerated the run rate, punishing all deliveries before them.

The partnership of 74 was only broken when Lane (28) was caught and bowled by Swart in the twelfth over.

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he continued where Lane had left off, smashing any and all loose deliveries to the boundary.

It was looking to be a very long day in the field for the Patong players and heads were starting to drop. The prize wicket of Bentley came with the change of bowler, the slower pace of Wetherell tempting Bentley into a big shot only to sky it to Hamilton in the deep.

The end of a fantastic innings, Bentley departing for 61 off 46 deliveries – possibly a match winning innings.

Big hitting H McDonald (2) was next in, however, he didn’t last long looking to hit the ball out the park, only to find the safe hands of Paddy Morton on the square leg boundary.

This was the big wicket that Patong needed and it came exactly at the right time as they were desperately trying to stem the flood of runs.

M Rehman (65 runs off 32 balls) had other ideas however, and played magnificently before the wiley off spin from Thomas forced an early drive straight to Swart at short mid off who held on to a good sharp catch.

M Foster (4) was sent straight back to the clubhouse, clean bowled by Thomas who was enjoying an inspirational spell of aggressive spin bowling. The experienced W Stahmer was next in and played the spin with a watchful eye.

McMillan (55) had been playing a captains innings, but was eventually dismissed by Mustaq, clean bowled looking to attack. P Lederboer didn’t last long either, bowled by Mushtaq for a duck and H Sylar stumped off a lovely flighted delivery off Thomas.

The Thalang in nings closed with W Sthamer (13) and A Dupont (4) the not out batsman. Thalang had smashed their way to 307 for 9 off their 40 overs, however, they would be kicking themselves after looking to get 400 at one stage.

Patong had fought back well with the ball but now faced a mountain to climb with the bat. Thomas was the pick of the Patong bowlers with 3 wickets for 29 runs in 4 overs.

After a well-deserved break, Patong openers I Mushtaq and S Raju strode to the crease firmly focused on the

Seemant Raju reluctantly shakes hands with opposition skipper Andrew McMillan after handing over the Shezza Cup. task at hand.

The Thalang team was buoyant knowing that Patong were weary after a full day in the field. The first few overs were played cautiously, Patong knowing that an early wicket would be a disaster.

However, in the fourth over, Raju (4) was tempted to play at a full swinging delivery off Dupont and was bowled.

Definitely not the start Patong were looking for.

J Swart (3) was next in but fell to the last ball before the drinks break, well caught by Bentley behind the stumps off Runhaar.

With 2 wickets down after 10 overs and well behind the run rate, Patong needed to regroup. S Hamilton joined I Mushtaq after drinks and together started to rebuild the

Patong innings, but tight bowling meant they were always behind an ever increasing run rate.

A sharp bouncer from Rehman struck Hamilton on the side of the head, but left the batsman unhurt, but perhaps jaded. The next ball but was a full straight delivery that beat the forward defense of Hamilton (22), clean bowling him. A great piece of aggressive bowling by Rehman.

P Morton was the key Patong batsman and took the attack to the first and second change Thalang bowlers. A partnership of 72 runs with Mushtaq followed before the latter was stumped by Bentley for a fantastic 78 runs off 71 balls which included 9 fours.

There was a glimmer of hope for Patong now with

the increase in run rate and flagging Thalang bowlers. S Wetherell came to the crease and continued where Mushtaq had left, attacking and scoring at will. Game on!

The partnership between Morton and Wetherell was worth a lively 62 runs when Morton (62 runs of 46 balls) was eventually bowled by McMillan. The innings contained 7 fours and 3 sixes. This put Patong well in position to push for the win.

Pinch hitter P Sami was elevated up the order, a move which had the desired result, hitting an entertaining 22 runs of a mere 9 balls, only to be bowled by McMillan. D Thomas (5) was next in and firmly focused on each and every available run, so much so that he was run out backing up at the non striker’s end, McMillan deflecting a powerful off drive from Wetherell straight to the stumps.

A very unlucky way to go, but perhaps Thalang were making their own luck now.

With only a few overs left, A Van Blerk was looking to score off every ball, but unfortunately the rate was just too high and ended not out on 10, together with N

Quail on 7.

Thalang won by 25 runs but it was anyone’s game with 5 over left. The game had once again produce inspirational performances by both batsman and bowlers, with a total of 589 runs being scored and 17 wickets taken. Thalang had reclaimed the “Shezza” Cup in fitting fashion.

There are cricket matches nearly every Sunday at the purpose built Alan Cooke Ground in Thalang. Directions to this first class cricketing facility can be found at www. acgphuket.com. Anyone who may be interested in getting involved in playing cricket, umpiring/scoring or simply wish to watch and support at a social level, please get in touch by emailing phuketcricketgroup@gmail.com.

Alternatively, you can log onto www.phuketcricket. com and leave a message and/or contact PCG via their Phuket Cricket Group Facebook page.

PCG welcomes all players of any standard to join their highly social and laid back cricketing fraternity here in Phuket. They look forward to hearing from you or seeing you at the ACG soon!

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Five battle for FAT presidency FOOTBALL

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ormer national police chief Somyot Poompunmuang and ex-Thailand coach Charnwit Phalajivin are expected to battle it out for the country’s top football job in next month’s election. he are among fi e candidates seeking election in the Feb 11 ballot for president of the Football Association of Thailand (FAT).

The five submitted their applications to the FI FA-appointed normalisation committee on January 11 – the last day for candidacy registration – at the Sports Authority of Thailand headq uarters in H ua Mark, B angkok.

The other three candidates are former national team manager Vanasthana (formerly Thavatchai) Sajakul, former FAT secretary-general Pinit Sasinin and B angkok FC chairman Natthapol Teepsuwan.

Pol Gen Somyot, who reached the mandatory retirement age of 60 at the end of September last year, is backed by Thai Premier League giants B uriram United, Chonburi and B angkok Glass among other clubs as well as King Power Group, which owns E nglish Premier League side Leicester City.

Charnwit, also a former deputy chief of the Physical E ducation Department, is seen as Worawi Makudi’s proxy as the incumbent FAT president is not eligible to contest the election.

O n Saturday (Jan 9), FI FA’s ethics judges extended Worawi’s temporary suspension for 4 5 more days over allegations of an ethics breach.

Worawi, who has been FAT president since 2007, was originally suspended for 90 days by the world football’s governing body in O ctober.

B ut Charnwit, 60, dismissed reports that he represents Worawi’s camp.

“I am a representative of the people of the whole country,” declared Charnwit after submitting his application.

H e also rejected reports that his move was made in haste after Worawi’s ban was extended.

H e claimed he had always wanted to do this.

“I t’s the right time,” Charnwit said. “Sometimes you need a disastrous situation to create a hero and we are faced with one of such situations at the moment. am confident that will get enough votes.”

H is targets include getting rid of disunity in Thai football circles and helping the national men’s team make their first e er orld Cu a earance at the finals in ussia.

E ach candidate must name 18 people who would be FAT executives if that person was elected president.

H owever, Pinit and Natthapol have entered the race independents without naming their teams and saying they can “work with anyone”.

Charnwit’s team include former Thailand striker Piyapong Pue-on, TPL chairman O ng-art Kosinkha, SCG Muang Thong United executive onnarit ue a a and i a et C chairman Thanet Khruarat.

Somyot’s team include B angkok Glass chief Supasin Leelarit, former national team player and coach ittha a aohakul atcha uri C manager Thanawat Nitikanchana, and Suphanburi FC general manager Nat Chayutiman.

“I want to solve many prevailing problems and bring in member clubs to help manage Thai football,” Somyot said.

Somyot, who is campaigning

Former police chief Somyot Poompunmuang. Photo: Bangkok Post with his ‘ Five Fair’ policy, said all clubs must get what they deserve, es eciall hen it comes to financial and other enefits.

Asked about Worawi, Somyot said he did not see anyone as an opponent.

“E verybody wants to work for the best interests of national football and has to make sacrifices he said.

“Y ou have to give and not take.

I want to win back the FAT’s reputation.”

There will be 72 voters in the election – 18 each from the TPL and League O ne, 30 from Division Two (regional league) and six from minor competitions.

Surawut Maharom, chairman of

the normalisation committee which has been entrusted with the task of overseeing the Feb 11 election, said the panel would announce the names of eligible candidates on Jan 27 after checking their ualifications.

Meanwhile, Sports Authority of Thailand (SAT) governor Sakol Wannapong on Sunday (Jan 10) issued a scathing criticism of Thai Premier League (TPL) decision to e and the to ight rom to teams, saying “there is no need for it.”

The TPL executive board’s decision last Wednesday (Jan 6) to expand the 2016 league has been widely condemned and greeted with protests.

Sakol, whose SAT is the govern-

ment’s sports-controlling arm, said he was “surprised by the decision”.

H e, however, made it clear that SAT will “not interfere” in the matter.

The decision has been aimed at avoiding a lawsuit, which remains a possibility should B E C Tero Sasana in a suit filed ith the dministrative Court to seek the three points the team were awarded and then denied after a controversial game with B angkok United.

The 2014 League Cup champions C ero finished th in the team league last season and were to be relegated along with Port and TO T. Last week’s decision means that B E C Tero can retain their place in the TPL in the 2016 season, which is scheduled to get underway next month.

A number of TPL teams, including league winners B uriram United, and fans have condemned the move.

Sakol said, “I do not agree with their decision to increase the number of teams as it will lead to many problems. There is no need for it.”

The governor said he wondered if TPL would have followed the same course in case B E C Tero and Port were not among the relegated teams.

“Why the number of teams hasn’t been increased to just 19 or 21 teams? ” Sakol q ueried. “I s it that the TPL wants to help any particular team? ” Sakol said the TPL would have to find a a out the trou le on its own, preferably by communicating and discussing the issue with all concerned parties.

“This problem can severely deplete the fan base, especially for the clubs at the centre of controversy. The fans will lose faith in the impartiality of the league,” he said.

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Thais face tough obstacles in Rio bid VOLLEYBALL T H E T H A I WO M E N’S team have been handed an u hill ut doa le task o finishing among the top four in a group of eight countries loaded with some volleyball powerhouses to q ualify for the 2016 O lympic Games.

Aiming to make their l m ic de ut in io de aneiro, the national team were on Monday (Jan 11) informed of the seven opponents with whom they must battle in May for the four available O lympic spots.

The No.13-ranked Thai women will meet hosts and world No.5 Japan, sixthranked ominican e u lic, No.8 I taly, South Korea (No.9), the Netherlands (No.17), Peru (No.21) and

Thailand’s Onuma Sittirak.

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Kazakhstan (No.26). hailand must finish in the top four of the roundrobin competition to q ualify for the O lympics to be held in August.

“We do have a 5 0 per cent chance of booking a place for the O lympic Games,” said Sharnrit Wongprasert of the Volleyball Association of Thailand. ooking at the rofile o each team, it will not be easy for us at all,” Sharnrit added.

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The B elgian playmaker was last year’s PFA Player of the Y ear but has failed to even score in club football so far this current campaign.

H azard missed W e d n e s d a y ’ s (Jan 13) home Premier League match with West B romwich Albion as he recovered from a groin injury but he has returned to training and H iddink believes he will come good again when he resumes action.

“I t’s for me about freshness,” he said. “I f the mind is fresh, if players are eager to step on to the training ground and enjoy training, it’s a signal of freshness.

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see the freshness of players after having won already I don’t know how many times the B allon d’O r and there the freshness, playing like a youngster, is there.

“That’s what we’re aiming for with him as well. H e has to enjoy it and get rid of his physical problems. Automatically he will come into his normal shape of play.

“For the B allon d’O r you have to establish yourself not just in one season but to get this reward for more seasons.

H azard is capable in the future, but at the moment there are other demands.”

H iddink insists he will not be taking the “arm around him” approach in a bid to get the 25 -year-old back to his very best.

“I am not his mother,” he insisted. “They get proper attention and it’s all an individual approach. O ne needs a lash, another one needs an arm. I t’s individual.

“Another one needs to be inched a it. t’s di erent.

B ut we give him the time to come back to the level where he can play.”

H iddink has not given up hope of reaching the Premier League’s top four this season but refused to discuss whether the club are interested in signing another striker.

“We talk [ with the board] ,” he said. “That’s I think between us and I don’t think it’s now the moment to go public if we have some wishes or we feel that we have to cover up a position. First things have to be done before you go [ publicly] .

“So far I don’t think there have been a lot of transactions.

“Clubs might panic at the end or wait. Tactics or strategies behind a signing. They might wait until the ultimate [ or 11th] hour.”

H iddink’s arrival coincided with an upturn in fortunes with Chelsea unbeaten in four league games since Jose Mourinho’s departure, but the B lues remain 13 points behind fourth-placed Tottenham.

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“So long as we have the possibility to go to fourth place we will go for that.

Meanwhile, when it’s not happening, maybe step by step also young players get every now and then the chance to artici ate in the first s uad he said.

“Y ou know what the average score has to be and that’s very difficult. I have not a s ecific target and it’s also not an issue bringing in youngsters to say I will let it go.

“The youngsters must try to learn also to work under

this pressure. As long as we have theoretically and mathematically the possibility to go into fourth place I will not hesitate whenever possible to bring in youngsters as well.

“I t’s not that we are without chances to go there and then we bring in youngsters, no. I f possible, but they must ha e the asic ualit . iddink confirmed iego Costa as fit a ter a ruised knee and would start against West B rom while Loic Remy would also be likely to come into contention.

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Phuket’s best impress at the Dojo MMA

P Masoud Ranjbar celebrates his win at FMD 8. Photo: Singapore Maven

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huket-based athath letes won six cage fights as ThaiThai land’s leading Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) promotion, Full MetMet al Dojo (FMD), rere turned to Seduction Nightclub in PaPa tong last Sunday (Jan 10).

FMD 8: Return of the Mack saw a card full of upand-coming Thai prospects and experienced foreigners who went all-out at the pro promotions’ first return to the island in two years.

The night’s main event saw locally-based veteran Will “The Kill” Chope (299), who recently trained out of Combat 360X Khao Lak, take on Czech fighter Michal Vostry (6-7) out of Legacy

Gym in Ubon Ratchathani.

Though Chope’s height became a factor, Vostry used his size and punching power in to take down the American in the first round.

The second round saw Chope return to form by dominating with his ground game, making several attempts to rear-naked choke Vostry with no success. Vostry continued to pressure Chope in the third ... continued page 35

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