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Many residents in Wichit are relying on water trucks to save the day. Photo: Tanyaluk Sakoot

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ust four weeks ago Phuket Governor Chamroen Tipayapongtada publicly announced there was enough water on the island for everyone until the next rainy season arrives in May next year.

Yet residents in the eastern reaches of Wichit, southeast of Phuket Town, are already on forced water rations,

and many relying on the water delivery trucks to bring relief to their homes.

Phuket V ice Governor D r Prachiad Aksornthamakul, who sits on the provincial water supply committee, this week called on everyone across the island to keep reserves of at least 200 litres of water in their homes in “case of emergency”.

In Wichit, that “emergency” occurs all too often, with entire residential areas having their water mains supply redirected to serve other nearby

areas on rotation, confir ed hatchai Meechai, chief of the PWA’s water management division.

“There is not enough water pressure to ensure water supply consistently reaches homes all along Cape Panwa,” he said.

“We do the best we can, and we only reduce water pressure – not shut it off – every two days, so that one area, such as K hao K had, has consistent pressure for two days, then the next area, say the end of Cape

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Panwa, has consistent pressure the next two days.”

Comments from residents however, many of which are regularly posted on the PWA’s Facebook page, indicate that the “reduced” water pressure means there is not enough pressure for water to pour from taps, effectively leaving the home with no running water at all.

Also, the effect is not only at the far reaches of Cape Panwa. Residents along Sakdidet Rd and even on Pat

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The driver, Chadchai Ubonlong, luckily escaped unhurt and managed to avoid harming any bystanders.

Speedster rams parked taxi, ips in Patong spree PO LICE HAV E CITED EX cessive speed as the likely cause of an accident in which a car flipped o er after s ashing into a parked taxi in Patong early on November 14.

Luckily, no one was injured in the accident, which occurred on Phra Baramee Rd, in front of Wat Suvarnakeereewong School.

Pol Major Yingyong Chuaikit of Patong Police was alerted to the accident at 3:15am and joined rescue workers at the scene, where they found a black Honda Civic with Phuket plates, f lipped over in the middle of the road.

About 30 metres away, there was a greyish-bronze-coloured Toyota Altis with green taxi plates and a crunched rear.

Police questioned the owner of the taxi, Metee Sontem, 22, who told them he had parked his car on the side of the road the previous night before going to bed at a residence nearby.

“Mr Metee said he had been awoken by a loud sound and came out to inspect,” said Maj Yingyong.

The dri er of the flipped Hond a Civic, named as 28-year-old Chadchai U bonlong, was also questioned by police after miraculously crawling out from his car without any noticeable injury.

“We believe he had been speeding, and will be testing his alcohol blood level too,” concluded Maj Yingyong.

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undreds of palm plantation protesters blocked off K rabi International Airport on o e ber , causing traffic congestion in both directions of Phetkasem Rd from the airport to Nua K long.

An angry mob from the “Landless Association”, who live on palm oil plantations owned by U nivanich Palm O il Co in K rabi Noi subdistrict and have been ordered to move by the plantation owner, are demanding they be allowed to continue to live in the plantation as per an agreement approved by the Cabinet in 2003 which stated that the area was for homeless and poor people.

Police and military volunteers were stationed to keep peace and order at the

Police gather at the site before approaching to talk to the protesters. Photo: Eakkapop Thongtub entrance to the airport while the group of protesters continued to grow.

A small scuff le broke out between the protesters and another group who want them to move from the site; however, police were able to

separate the groups and the protest ended at around 1pm. fficials fro rabi rovincial Hall had taken precautions in case the protesters went to the provincial hall by prohibiting all vehicles from parking in the area and

had the facility monitored by guards.

An initial protest took place at the palm oil plantation a day earlier, but they were asked to move by the K rabi Forestry D epartment, to which they agreed. However, they said they would move on K rabi Provincial Hall and protest there until the matter had been resolved.

As it was not, t hey blocked K rabi Airport rather than the provincial hall.

Protest leader Choowong Maneechan said, “In the past, local and forestry officials have not been honest with us and have allowed the business owner to do what ever they pleased with the land.

“They have even let them profit on an expired land concession for more than 10 years… We want the 100,000 rai to be returned to the poor.”

Water supplies run dry for residents of Wichit C ontinued from p age 1 ...tana Thongtin Rd, within a few hundred meters of the Wichit Municipality main office, are often without water Sakkamol K hawillaikul, chairman of the Wichit Municipal Council, knows the problem well. “This issue is not new. We have been struggling with this for some time,” he said candidly.

“There is not enough water for people in Wichit, simply because the water mains pipes

are too small and the increasing number of accommodations and residents in the area.

“We always follow up on this issue and try to provide enough water for everybody and the PWA always respond

the best they can – as the water supply pipes are their responsibility – but we still don’t have enough water.”

Wichit Municipality is looking for land to create a natural reservoir to help

provide an alternative water source closer to the community it serves, he added.

“I believe that this project will be finished ne t year, r Sakkamol said.

Meanwhile, Mr Chatchai of the PWA says the problem is that Sakdidet Rd and areas further along the cape receive their water from mains that first supply hu et Town “We do our best for people on Sakdidet Road, but the fastgrowing high-density of the population living in the area has outpaced the ability of mains to serve them.

“That is why the PWA has a project to upgrade water mains all across Phuket. This project should be complete by February 2016,” he added.

Mr Chatchai, however, did not elaborate specifically when the water supply mains would be rectified for the people of Wichit.

He did, however, urge people with water supply problems to call the PWA hotline at 082-79 01634.

“The PWA Call Centre is the best option. Please call us there if you need help,” he said. thephuketnews

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Police ready to unveil names of riot suspects

Scores of security personnel stand on assembly before patrolling the streets of Patong.

Checkpoints and patrols will be carried out by police, military and paramilitary forces across the island, especially in tourism areas around the airport and at popular beach destinations.

Any suspicious activity or suspects should be reported to authorities immediately. All emergencies can be reported by dialling 19 1.

More than 100 security personnel conducted patrols on the streets of Patong last Sunday night (Nov 15 ) in a public show of security following the terror attacks in France

on the weekend that killed at least 129 and seriously injured hundreds more.

Invited to join the assembly before the patrols by police, Navy servicemen and volunteer security personnel began was French Honorary Consul to Phuket, Claude de Crissey.

Both regular o cers and Tourist Police are on alert after the tragic news from France on the weekend, said Kathu Police Deputy Superintendent Col Akanit Danpitaksan.

“The police also ex tend our deepest condolences to

Phuket Town blaze, explosion guts home FIRE BROKE OUT AND quickly engulfed a house in the east side of Phuket Town on November 13 , causing an estimated B100,000 in damage. No people were killed or injured in the blaz e.

Phuket City Police were called to the house, on Srisena Rd, at 10: 5 0am and soon arrived with firefighters aboard three fire trucks. Flames and smoke were bellowing out of the house, accelerated by a gas cylinder ex ploding.

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e c u r it y p e r s o n n el th roughout Phu ket have been ordered to be on heightened alert for any suspicious activity following the terrorist attacks in Paris that left no less than 129 dead.

The Interior Ministry has issued an order to all of the Kingdom’s provincial governments and security commanders to be on heightened alert, especially in high-potential targets such as tourism centres.

The mandate has already been employed at Phuket Airport, where doz ens of armed military and paramilitary forces have reinforced the regular security force, which comprises a special bomb unit, confirmed Phuket Airport Director Monrudee Gettuphan.

All operators and caretakers of CCTV cameras throughout the province are asked to ensure that the devices and power sources are in working order, and to report any malfunctions or other potential black spots.

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irefighters battled the bla e for 20 minutes. Photo: Eakkapop Thongtub several rented rooms behind the main home.

The main house, belonging to Khwanjai Jehtee, 5 7 , was completely gutted.

Matha Rassameekiri, 3 6 , a tenant in one of the rooms for rent behind the home, told police that he was sleeping when he heard an ex plosion.

“At first I thought it was someone working on the roof, but then I ran out of my room and saw the fire growing quickly inside the home.

Police believe that a short circuit started the fire.

“But we will wait for Forensic Police to investigate before we conclude our report,” said Lt Waitchasak Julaodung of the Phuket City Police.

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the French and we invited Mr Claude De Crissey to join our assembly on Soi Bangla,” he said.

“We would like to ex press our sadness to those who lost loved ones in the tragedy, and at the same time we’d like to send this message to tourists that we are doing our best to be prepared for any unpredictable situation.

“Mr Crissey thanked the Thai police for being alert.

We also thank him for coming to join us yesterday,” Col Akanit added.

ONLY ONE SUSPECT INvolved in the Thalang riot has so far been arrested, and o cials are asking for locals to urge known suspects to surrender peacefully when their names are released to public.

“Officials are gathering more information on the suspects and are planning to release the names of those they are sure were involved in the riot by the end of this month,” Thalang Police Chief Col Chanuchan Cholsuwat said on Tuesday (Nov 17 ).

“We did arrest one suspect by chance a few weeks ago.

He was a 16 -year-old boy who was found in possession of kratom leaves and it turned out he was on the wanted list. He is now being held at a juvenile detention centre,” he added.

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Thalang Police Station after two local men were killed in a police chase in Thalang on Oct 10. The mob grew as the hours went on, and this led to riot which resulted in B6 . 7 mn worth of damage to property and injury to a number of o cers.

So far, more than 6 6 warrants have been issued for suspects involved in the riots.

“Most of the suspects on the wanted list are teenagers so we would prefer it that they surrender peacefully to avoid any conflict or violence, we want to deal with them softly,” Col Chanuchan said.

“Investigators will hand their findings and release the names of those on the wanted list to community leaders, village headmen and parents to help bring these suspects in,” he added. The Phuket News

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Dear Ross and Nicole, thanks so much for your question regarding the process for taking your cat from Phuket to Austria. And thanks for being very responsible people.

All too frequently, foreigners relocating from Phuket simply dump their dog or cat on the street because they think it is too complicated or costly to take the animal with them. In fact, the process is very simple and inex pensive: • Y our cat must be mi-

crochipped. This is a simple process that can be undertaken at most veterinary practices.

• Y our cat also needs to be vaccinated against Rabies.

This process takes around four months, so it’s best to plan well in advance. A sample of your cat’s blood is sent off to a laboratory in the EU for analysis one month after the vaccine has been given. Providing your cat has developed antibodies, he or she can travel to Austria three months later.

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Bike Week 2016 to generate B600mn says organiser PHUKET BIKE WEEK IS ex pected to generate more than B6 00 million in revenue for the island, it was announced last Friday (Nov 13 ).

The announcement came during a meeting between V ice President of the Phuket Riders Club, Wittaya Singkalah; Big Bike Week 2014 organiser, Amarin Saranyakul and Phuket Governor, Chamroen Tipayapongtada held to discuss preparations for the annual big bike event.

Speaking at the event, Mr Wittaya said, “Phuket Bike Week was launched in 19 94 and only15 0 local bikers participated. We are now getting close to the 22nd year of the event and we ex pect more than 8 ,000 bikers join the ride.

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UNDERPASSSES ARE costing Phuket B2. 5 8 billion, but will have the espoused effect of delivering long-term relief to Phuket’s tra c woes To this, The Phuket News in its latest poll asks you the reader: “Do you think that the completion of the Darasamut nderpass has been effective in reducing tra c congestion along the bypass road (Chalermprakiet or I d ” To cast your vote, visit ThePhuketNews. com and select “Poll” from the “ ews” menu. thephuketnews

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Mr Essen, 67, was in a ‘dazed’ state when he was pulled from the wreck.

No charges for Irish ‘dazed driver’ NO CHARGES WILL BE placed against D erek John Essen, who was pulled from his vehicle after he smashed into a speed-limit sign on the hill between K amala and Patong after watching the ugby orld up final Mr Essen, 67, was said to be in a ‘ dazed’ state when police pulled him from the wrecked black Honda Jazz at a on o e ber Pol Lt Col Somnuek D amkaew on Monday (Nov 16) said, “When we pulled him from the wreckage we did not smell any alcohol on him so we didn’t breathalyse hi No charges were placed as he did not cause any damage to anything or cause injury or loss of life, he added Saroj K uep rasertkij

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he date has been set – any persons who would like to express their support or opposition to the now re-designed B40 million Phuket movie scene “museum” on the Nai Harn beachfront can voice their opinion at a meeting today o The public hearing will be held at the Rawai Municipality office on the awai beachfront at 7pm, Rawai Mayor roon olos confir ed on Tuesday o “Rawai Municipality officers have finished their study of the new plans for the Hollywood Museum,” r roon said ur office recei ed the new plans from the Ministry of Tourism and Sports (MoTS) head office in ang o last riday can confir that the re-designed plans now mean that not a single tree will need to be cut down in order for the pro ect to go ahead host of officials ha e

Tourists relax in the shades of the trees that are at the centre of Phuket ‘Hollywood Museum’ maelstrom. Photo: Courtesy of Brian Stamm been called to attend the meeting, including MoTS hu et office irector anti Pawai, as well as officers from Rawai Municipality Public Works division and the project manager from the construction company hired to co plete the pro ect O fficials from the D epartment of National Parks have been called to give their

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THE PU BLIC PRO SECU tor tasked with bringing to court the developers of the Ace 1 Condominium project in Patong says that he needs “at least one more month” before bringing the case to trial K athu Police handed their case evidence and documents to the Phuket Provincial Public rosecutor s ffice on ctober , confidently stating that the case should be brought to the court within two wee s The case, overseen by Col Angkul K laiklueng of the Royal Thai Police Consumer Protection D ivision in Bangkok, aims to bring a a slew of charges against the developer, The Nine Property (Patong) Co, including fraud, developing land without the required permits, failure to obtain a building permit, and contravention of the onsu er rotection ct “We know this case affects a lot of people and they are waiting to hear about it, but we have to do our job the best we can, too,” Public Prosecutor Jessada Banditmongkolkul said on onday o “There are a lot of witness

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expert opinion on the impact of the project on the local environment and local community representatives have been invited to present local residents’ opinions, Mayor roon added “The blueprint of the construction plan will be shown to locals, and we will also present to them the positive and negative aspects of the

project and let them express their opinion, he said Mayor Aroon noted that the plans were not in a format to present to T he Phuket New s on Tuesday, but added, “But we will make them publicly a ailable as soon as we can thin we will find the best solution for this issue very soon,” Mayor Aroon said

The origins, support and apparent approval for the pro ect re ain ague However, Rachadaporn Pattana, deputy chief of the oT hu et office, today told T he Phuket New s, “The construction of this project has been entirely organised by the oT head office in ang o o local co panies have been involved; even the construction company is from Bangkok and was appointed to carry out the project in ang o “No local budget has been allocated towards this project too The abinet appro ed the B40 million budget ‘ in order to build a tourist attraction’,” she said “But if local residents are not satisfied with the pro ect and really oppose it, the budget will be returned to the central go ern ent t will not remain in Phuket to be spent on any other projects,” s achadaporn said * Not the T ourism Authorit o h i n he o fice in Bangkok, as originally rep orted.

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Phuket readies for Loy Kratong Festival invited to float their kratong at Patong beach.

More entertainment is lined up from pm on ovember , including a Kratong onte , ong oppamas children’s beauty pageant and at 8 : 3 0pm a Noppamas Q ueen beauty pageant for adults.

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he island is abuz z with preparations for the upcoming Loy Kratong Fe ival, which will be celebrated across Phuket and nationwide nex t Wednesday ov .

Loy Kratong Fe ival is one of the mo beautiful and charming fe ivals celebrated

by Thais throughout Thailand every year on the evening of the full moon of the 1 th lunar month. This year, Loy Kratong falls on ovember and many Thais will head out for the neare rivers, canals (kl o n g and sea to ask the water goddess Phra Mae Kongka for letting them use the rivers and canals and for forgiveness for any wrongdoing or disrespect to the goddess.

The deity is asked for forgiveness by people floating ornate floral baskets, or kr a to n g , decorated with banana leaves, flowers, candles and, incense icks, on the water, make a wish, and watch them float away, hoping it will bring them longevity and good luck in return for the following year.

The fe ival is believed to have arted during the ukhothai period and has been passed on from generation to generation for more than 7 00 years. The traditional kr a to n g

young lady in traditional hai costume oats her kratong during the festi al last year. is made from a cross-section of a banana tree trunk, which is then elaborately decorated with folded banana leaves and flowers in intricate towering designs, but today kr a to n g comes in many forms, designs and shapes which you will find in great variety for sale around the Loy Kratong fe ivity areas.

Mo school children make their own kr a to n g at school or with their family. They’ll even have kr a to n g conte s at school to see who can craft the mo beautiful and arti ic float.

At the event, there will also be fireworks displays and at some locations the night sky will be dotted with thousands of kho m l o y or lanterns drifting

high into the skies.

Following is a list of acti v i ti es p l anned i n P h u k et to mark this beautiful evening.

Phuket Town Phuket City Municipality this year will be holding two days of entertainment and fun fe ivities, on ovember - , at aphan in on the outskirts of Phuket Town.

The event kicks of at pm on ovember with a traditional Nong Noppamas children’s beauty pageant on the main age and a “moral orytelling” conte at a meeting room on the second floor of the I T kills evelopment and Learning entre.

n Loy Kratong ay ov , there will be kratong and floral float procession, traditional kratong-making conte , a kratong-drawing competition and the o cial opening ceremony at pm.

Patong Patong will ho its Loy Kratong Fe ival on a age on Bangla d on ovember from pm onwards. At pm, beautiful floral floats will parade from Jungceylon and continue along Bangla Rd to Patong Beach. n the Bangla age will be a traditional Thai dance performance by udents from Thaksin niversity.

After the o cial opening of the fe ival, everyone will be

Chalong halong Municipality will ho two days celebrations at Wat Tai Ladthiwanaram Temple .

The fe ival will begin on ovember at pm and continue to 1 pm, and include live entertainment, a ong oppamas children’s beauty pageant and a Kratong onte . n Loy Kratong ay ov , activities art at pm and continue until 11pm, and include a floral float parade, more live entertainment and a oppamas ueen onte .

Rawai The three days of fe ivities will be held at the park at Nai arn Lake. n ovember , awai Municipality will ho the fir round of Thai country music singing competition. n ovember , the final round of the singing competition will be held along with a a ong oppamas children’s beauty pageant. A Kratong onte and a oppamas ueen onte will be held on Loy Kratong ay ov .

Students help ramp up safe-sex drive

T E P KET L E Y L B PL has ramped up its safe-se campaign after recently receiving 1 , free are condoms and lubricant packs from Malaysian condom producer Kare Bhd. The donation by Karex is to help support the “ A P” campaign I and Aids elated Programme which is one of the PL ’s ommunity projects.

The PL fir announced the launch of its A P initiative in early ctober, yet la week about udents from the Prince of ongkla niversity P campus in Phuket packed , of the condoms and lubricant into individual packs, reported Ken Miller, hair of the PL ’s A P programme.

Students help stuff the safe-sex packs at the Prince of Singkhla Phuket Campus. Photo: Phuket Loves You Club The packs also carried safe-sex messages in Thai and contact details for the abaidee linic, he added.

The PL now has condom bo es in place at mo gay venues in the popular oi Paradise in Patong

and one of course at the P .

“The only way we will address and defeat this major health issue in the Phuket Community is through the support of the broader communities,” said Mr Miller.

“Thank you to Prince of ongkla niversity and its udents who helped in u ng over , condom packets.

“Through this support, we are beginning to bridge the gap that keeps the L BT and raight communities from working together and building an under anding that this disease is not ju a ay isease but one that affects all of Phuket.”

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An increase in teen crime has prompted the police to restrict the opening hours of the popular Saphan Hin Park.

Teen crime spurs night curfew at Saphan Hin I A BI T P E E T and reduce the number of illegal activities taking place in and around aphan in Park in Phuket Town, Phuket City Municipality and Phuket City Police announced new opening hours for the park that came into effect on Monday ov 1 .

They noted that the recent rise in teen crime in the area prompted the new park open hours. The park, a public area designed for people to enjoy and a popular place for many to e ercise, has in the pa three years seen an increase in criminal activities in the area, including murders, assaults, robberies, drug taking, car and motorbike racing, noise di urbances and general public nuisances by teenagers In one shooting incident, a 17 -year-old boy was killed and three others were injured near Bang Yai anal on anuary 9.

A more recent incident saw a gang of teenagers shoot dead a 1 -year-old boy near Phuket ocational ollege on the la day of the egetarian Fe ival.

As from Monday ov 1 , the entrance on attanakosin Pi d along Klong Bang Yai will close from 1 pm- am.

The entrances behind the Prince of Chumphon pavilion and the aphan in police kiosk will close from midnight until am.

Phuket City Municipality apologised for any inconvenience this may cause to visitors to the park.

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FO LLO WING THE RO LLing out of the latest version of the beach zone policy rules in Patong on November 6, similar rules begun to be implimented at K aron last Wednesday (Nov 11), and at Surin Beach’s the following day..

At Surin, V ice Governor Chokdee Armonwat along with deputy chief of Cherng Talay Tambon Administration (O rBorT or), the local beach committee and vendor representatives marked the 10-percent zones.

Surin Beach, at 870 metres in length, will have two zones each 40m wide. O ne zone is on the south end of the beach close to Maam Seafood Restaurant, the other on the north end close to Audi Seafood Restaurant.

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At ne a rby Ba ng Ta o Beach, one zone 400m wide was allocated for vendors, but the beach committee will re iew this to confir it is the amount of space actually required.

“We agreed to set one beach vendor zone to begin with,” Siri Yoktong D eputy Chief of Cherng Talay O rBorT or told T he Phuket New s.

“The beach vendor zone in Bang Tao will be set near the Bang Tao Beach Hotel as this area has been used as a vendor zone previously.”

There will be no 10% zone at Ley Pang Beach as land encroachment cases are still pending there.

However, V / Gov Chokdee will meet with the Cherng Talay O rBorT or chief MaAnn a ran soon to find the best solution for beach vendors.

he Netherlands Ambassador to Thailand had a private meeting with the Phuket Governor on November 10 to discuss the island’s beach management and public transport systems and Phuket’s future tourism.

Beach zoning and taxi fares were the main topics of conversation at the closed door meeting between Netherlands Ambassador K arel Hatogh, Netherlands Honorary Consul to Phuket Seven Smulders and Governor Chamreon Tipayapongtada.

After the meeting Gov Chamroen revealed that Mr Hatogh wanted to know how the beach management system was progressing and what effect it will have on tourists in general.

“Mr Hatogh and Mr Smulders were informed about the 10 per cent zones and that umbrellas and mats are allowed in them,” Gov Chamroen said.

“The beach encroachment issue also was another topic of discussion. I told them that the only beach that still has this

rom left etherlands onorary onsul to huket e en mulders, o ernor hamroen ipayapongtada and etherlands mbassador to hailand arel atogh. issue is Surin and that the local authority has been ordered to solve the problem by the end of this month,” he added.

Mr Hatogh pointed out to the governor that the main locations for jet-skis and parasails on the beaches are mostly in the centre section of the beach, he feels they should be relocated because that area has many activities, is often crowded and could be prone to accidents.

“Mr Hatogh suggested moving the jet-ski and para-sail zones to a spot at each end of the beach for safety reasons,”

said Gov Chamroen.

Another issue where Mr Hatogh wanted to see change was taxis fares.

“Mr Hatogh said he has received so many complaints from tourists about the outrageous taxis fares on the island and he wants tourists to be treated fairly.

“The Land Transport O ffice ust find a solution to stop this, maybe by setting up a median price, but I will inform the LTO at our next next meeting.

“I also told him that more metered taxis will be intro-

duced so people can call for their service anywhere and anytime via a Line application.

Moreover, I explained that all drivers of public transport will have to have extensive training and be educated on driving and traffic laws, e plained Gov Chamroen.

“We also talked about the parking situation at Patong beach, and I told them that in the near future Patong will have two parking zones equipped with CCTV to ensure the safety of residents and tourists when leaving and getting in or out of their vehicles.

“O ne parking zone will be for tourist transportation and other for public transportation,” he added.

Gov Chamroen went on to say that at the end of the meeting, Mr Hatogh said that Phuket should have a public transportation system that runs all over the island, and that it should be affordable for everyone.

“I will certainly be discussing all of Mr Hatogh’s and Mr Smulders’ suggestions and ideas at the next meeting of city officials, concluded o Chamroen.

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Don’t put blame, put it right

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ith Phuket being a world-class holiday destination, one would have thought that the island’s infrastructure would also be world class.

Sadly, this is not the case.

O ne only has to drive around the island to see how poor the roads are kept, or unkept, as the case may be.

There’s a lot of ongoing construction going on around the island, and this is one thing to blame for some of the road conditions. O ne such construction is that of the a ong underpass, already several months behind schedule, and one that has had scorn poured upon it recently by the Phuket Governor.

However, one thing that the Governor failed to scorn is the new drainage system being installed alongside the underpass route. This is part of the underpass project

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In high school geography, students learn about the “friction of distance”. This tells us that where “friction” is reduced, increased flow will result y building better roads we reduce the friction of distance and the consequence is that because travel is easier, more people choose to tra el thus traffic volume will generally increase.

In a short time this negates the gains made by building the better road. It becomes a vicious circle as new roads are quickly overloaded (more friction) and must again be widened or odified to help traffic flow. Roads D O N’T solve congestion, they create it. This is high school geography, not rocket science, and planners the world over ignore it. The solution is restricting the number of vehicles either by incentive or dis-incentive.

Cheap, convenient, reliable, efficient public transport gets people out of cars. Light rail systems replace buses. Well designed SAFE pedestrian and cycle routes encourage walking and cycling. Some cities have woken up to this.

and has been ongoing since February. elays of these drains first came down to a lack of building sand, and the latest is that the Governor insists that work on the underpass is a priority.

This resulted in Wiwat Cons.

Co Ltd, responsible for both the underpass and the drains, allocating all its workers to focus on the underpass.

Yes, we understand what the Governor has ordered, but the work on those drains is now not due to be complete until June 2016. A nearby international hospital has built a complete new wing in the time the drain construction has been ongoing.

A further infrastructure project that seriously needs attention is the island’s water supply, as evidenced by our page one story.

Though Wichit Municipal Council chairman Sakkamol

hawillai ul ad its there is not not enough water for residents in Wichit, the Phuket Waterworks Authority played down complaints and even went as far as to ask people to get their own water supply.

If locals are paying the water authority for a water supply, why should they need an additional source Mr Sakkamol even stated that this has been a long-standing problem, but nothing has ever been done to resolve it.

Now, would this be the case if Wichit were a tourist area ould it be acceptable to leave tourists with no running water If Phuket wants to continue to be seen as a world-class tourist destination, it must have the infrastructure to match. O fficials, shouldn’t just pass blame for the poor infrastructure, they should ust fi it

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In some cities in Europe they are re-installing the trams they threw out decades ago, and building dedicated cycle ways that are free of cars altogether.

What is needed in Phuket is some serious planning around how many PEO PLE the island can handle before its attraction is destroyed by overcrowding of residents and tourists; and then some real planning around how those people get here and move about the island. The key word is thin first Mr Matt

Bangkok gains, Nai Harn loses R e: Phuket’s ‘ H ollyw ood M useum’ set for Friday show dow n This will be nothing but a silly dog and pony show, and I predict that the project will be stuffed down Naiharn’s throat, like it or not. “Rawai Municipality officers have finished their study of the new plans for the Hollywood Museum,” Mr Aroon said. ah yeah, a total re a p of plans in three days...and a thorough review/ study by local officials aloney The only thing any officials care about is the 40 million baht that will

be wasted on themselves and their cronies for this idiotic project. It seems like the only people that want this stupid thing are the croo ed officials in ang o that won t ha e to live with this crappy display in their own back yard, and the construction contractor that has probably agreed to share his contact award with his cronies fa ily in R ichard Vickers

Thai test smells like pseudo-academia R e: C ulture: Foreign teachers in T hailand fail b asic T hai know ledge test This report and study stinks of pseudo-acade ia The finding of this “study” is incredible, and based on the available questions, represents little except the knowledge of obscure elements of Thai History, which as another commentor has mentioned would be unlikely to be known by many Thais either. Thonburi for example was only the Thai capital for 10 years but would be the correct answer to this question. Even more than that, if you want to understand the cultural awareness of the Expat teachers then

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you would use questions that were more representative of cultural awareness and competence than simply looking at obscure historical events and traditions. This would involve testing participants on their understanding of concepts, norms and values within modern Thai culture and society. Therefore as an interculturalist i would suggest that this “study” has limited usefulness to anyone, and would further suggest that the same teachers would struggle to answer similar questions about their own country.

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R e: T hree more small time meth users nab b ed as b ig dealer evades Phuket p olice Why didn’t anyone ask why the police won’t follow the “feeding” chain further up the ladder, it leads us to speculate that maybe they would be either investigating their own kind or other powerful figure, hey isn’t that what is expected of the by the R orii

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‘Fake death’ fugitive mum faces life in jail SONGKHLA

NSC secretary-general Gen Thawip Netniyom said intelligence reports have suggested some terrorist groups in the region have links with the IS. Photo: AFP

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hailand is working closely with Malaysia and Indonesia to monitor regional terrorist groups reportedly linked to the Islamic State (IS) group, according to the National Security Council (NSC).

The IS carried out the attacks in Paris last Friday that killed 129 people.

NSC secretary-general Gen Thawip Netniyom said intelligence reports have suggested some terrorist groups in the region have links with the IS, such as Abu Sayyaf, Jemaah Islamiyah and alQ aeda.

“But the intelligence community, including our neighbouring countries, insist no IS members have entered the southern border area of Thailand.

“However, we must take precautions and be on guard,” Gen Thawip said.

“As far as I am concerned, there are no signs that violent groups in the southern border areas of Thailand will join the IS,” he said.

He said the jihadis in the IS have a different approach to militant groups in the far South.

Many Muslims in the far South are opposed to the IS, believing its activities violate Islamic guidelines, he said.

The NSC chief said D eputy Prime Minister and D efence Minister Prawit Wongsuwon had ordered comprehensive surveillance, including watching for any movements in the region of people linked to the IS and U ighurs. @thephuketnews

Thai authorities are still holding 55 male U ighur illegal migrants, and have already sent 43 U ighur women and children to third-party countries including Turkey.

Earlier, 109 male U ighurs were deported to China.

They were also checking the backgrounds of some other U ighurs here, and if they have clean records they will also be sent to third-party countries, Gen Thawip said.

Security agencies have been instructed to watch out for more illegal immigrants arriving, including U ighur and ohingya, once the onsoon period ends, the NSC secretary-general said.

Gen Prawit said on Tuesday (Nov 17) he had instructed all relevant agencies to boost security during upcoming festivities including Loy K rathong and New Year’s celebrations in the wake of the Paris attacks.

Securit y will also be stepped up during events scheduled for next month – the “Bike for D ad” cycling event and the royally-sponsored cremation rites for the late Supreme Patriarch.

Security has also been heightened along all borders, particularly with Malaysia, as the government had earlier received reports of suspects in Malaysia with possible ties to the IS, said Gen Prawit.

Also on Tuesday, Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha said that while it is necessary to step up security, authorities need to make sure the tight measures do not scare off tourists in the high season.

Tourism and Sports Minister K obkarn Wattanavrangkul said the prime minister stressed the need to provide protection for tourists during the high season starting this month, with more tourist police deployed at major tourist spots and airports.

Police spokesman Pol Gen D ejnarong Suthicharnbancha said national police chief Chakthip Chaijinda had given the order to step-up security at foreign embassies, particularly the French embassy.

He had also ordered police intelligence units to look for more concrete information regarding the movements of terrorist groups. Bangkok Post

THE SO NGK HLA WO MAN who allegedly faked her death to escape jail for planning the urder of her son s fianc e turned herself in to police on Wednesday (Nov 18).

Juree Jan-ngam, 72, of Chumphon’s Tha Sae district, however, maintained her innocence as she surrendered at the Crime Suppression D ivision (CSD ). She would be handed over to Songkhla court, where she had been sentenced to life imprisonment.

Juree was released on bail while the case was pending an appeal with the Supreme Court.

In February last year, her family lodged a petition with the court seeking dismissal of the case on the ground that she had died.

Juree was charged and indicted with arranging the contract killing of her son’s fianc e, iewprae hoti arn, 26, a pharmacist who was three months pregnant, in Songkhla province on D ec 13, 2007. Narin Janchay, 36, the alleged gunman, was arrested and indicted.

Convicted of killing her son’s fiancee, Juree Jan-ngam then faked her own death and went on the run. Photo: Pornprom Satrabhaya. iewprae s assistant, dison Pratheeptas, was also killed by stray bullets in the shooting at a clinic in K huan Niang district of Songkhla.

The shooting took place about two weeks before the planned wedding on D ec 29 the same year with Juree’s son, Wikrom Jan-ngam, 36.

The Criminal Court found the pair guilty of murder and sentenced them to death. The Court of Appeal stood by the decision and released Juree on B5-million bail as the case went to the Supreme Court.

Narin remained behind bars pending appeal. n ebruary last year, assamee Jan-ngam, Juree’s

daughter, petitioned the court to dismiss the case, claiming her mother was dead. She had a death certificate issued by Tha Sae district authorities and claimed the body was cremated at Wat Maneesop. owe er, uedee as ingmanee, the mother of the victim, lodged a complaint with the CSD to investigate the claim. Police became suspicious that Juree faked her death.

The prosecution challenged s assa ee s petition and asked the court to question six witnesses including the temple undertaker. The witnesses told the court no funeral was held.

Tha Sae district authorities clai ed the death certificate was issued by a village headan who erified the death The court ruled she was not dead and intentionally jumped bail. The Supreme Court later issued a ruling in her absence, finding her guilty as charged but commuting the death sentence to life.

CSD police chief Akkaradet Pimolsri said yesterday that after police stepped up efforts to hunt down Juree, her family made contact saying she would surrender. Bangkok Post

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‘TRAIN THE TRAINER’ New English-teacher course kicks off in March T

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he Education Ministry plans to kick off its si -week “trainthe-trainer” programme for the first group of Thai teachers to teach English in state-run schools in March ne t year.

Deputy Education Minister Teerakiat areonsettasin, who oversees the programme, said on Tuesady ov 1 the teachers will be trained by British ouncil English specialists.

“The teachers will live in what we call an immersive environment for si weeks, speaking only English.

“They will learn from top trainers who are all native speakers to boost their confidence in speaking English,” r Teerakiat said.

“Many Thai teachers can read and write in English very well, but they’ve never spoken English in an English-speaking environment,” he said. r Teerakiat last week spoke at an event called “The ole of Education and Innovation in Thailand’s Future” organised by the British embassy in Bangkok. e said the new initiative would help state schools

Deputy Education Minister Teerakiat Jareonsettasin has hired a British adviser to set up the ‘train-thetrainer’ English language course for teachers, starting next March. Photo: Nanchanok Wongsamuth. reduce costs since many schools currently spend millions of baht a year hiring foreign English teachers. e said a recent ministry survey on the abilities of Thai Englishlanguage teachers in state schools found that out of more than ,

teachers nationwide only si came close to fluency in English. hat the teachers will learn can be divided into two key areas, according to Michael elby, an adviser to r Teerakiat.

They must learn ways to improve

their conversational English, and learn new English-teaching techniques that will help promote a higher level of student engagement.

After the si -week training programme, the ministry will select teachers thought to be the best

trainees to become trainers of the ne t group of Thai English teachers undergoing the same training, Mr elby said.

The other teachers will be sent to teach in schools.

These teachers will be closely monitored by the ministry for one school term before o cials assess whether their teaching had improved their students’ English skills, Mr elby said.

The ministry will compare the performance of the trained teachers with teachers who did not attend the programme, he said.

Asked whether the si -week training course would be enough to improve the abilities of Thai English teachers, Mr elby said he was confident the course was long enough to change the teachers’ teaching style. e was also confident the teachers would be fluent in conversational English in si weeks. “These teachers do have some training.

They are already qualified teachers, so we do not start from ero. All we have to do is to give them additional tools and motivate them, as words supercharge them to make them better at what they already do,” he said. B a n g ko k Po st

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‘El Chapo’ manhunt leaves bullet-riddled homes, cars MEXICO

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ullet holes on roofs, charred cars and deserted villages were left in the wake of a recent military operation to catch fugiti e drug baron oa uin El Chapo” Guzman in northwest e ico Remote hamlets around the municipality of Tamazula, urango state, were li e ghost towns as hundreds of terrified residents fled to the nearest city, Cosala in neighbouring Sinaloa state, following the intense arine anhunt But one place still has the attention of the arines n El Limon, troops blocked access to a mysterious ranch, with spikes on the road to prevent cars fro approaching According to displaced villagers, it was here that marines started to shoot at homes from helicopters in an operation that extended to other parts of the ierra adre ccidental mountain range – the bastion of Guzman’s Sinaloa drug cartel

truck damaged by gunfire is pictured at the El Aguila ranch in northwest Mexico. Photo: Ronaldo Schemidt/AFP W hen jour nalists approached the ranch, three marines stopped their vehicles, pointed rif les at them and loudly demanded who had sent the there A superior then videotaped the journalists and explained that he had instructions not to let anyone through The refusal to let anybody pass adds to the mystery of what exactly transpired in the operation to catch Guzman,

whose brazen escape from a prison in central Mexico on uly hu iliated resident Enri ue ena ieto The government, in a brief statement, said only that Guzman was injured in the leg and face while fleeing an operation in the northwest fficials said Guzman hurt himself in a fall and that the operation occurred in the inaloa- urango region Authorities denied accusations by locals that the marines

shot at the civilian population, with the navy saying that it has “strictly” respected huan rights ut residents who fled the area tell a different story Ines Ayon Mendoza, 24, said she was making tortillas on when a burst of bullets hit her home in Comedero Colorado, near El i on She ran to get her two-yearold daughter when two marine helicopters struck her village e en harder Ms Mendoza and her husband walked for four days along cliffs and through brush with their toddler Lacking food and water, they finally arri ed in osala, where more than 600 others fro urango state ha e ta en refuge “We were walking in the dark because where there

was light, they would start shooting t was firing fro all sides,” Ms Mendoza said as she and other displaced families waited for clothes and food handouts fro authorities er husband, on alo, said, “The newspaper reported they were looking for him [ Guzman] , but he wasn’t there and they al ost illed us Marta Marbella, who lives in El erano illage, showed pictures she took with her cellphone of bullet marks that were left on her house The images show a dozen holes on the roof and more on the walls, door and outdoor bathroom, where Ms Marbella said she had hidden with her baby er husband was wor ing in the fields “I could see the helicopter stop and shoot directly at the house was scared, screa ed and cried, although I knew it was useless,” the 32-year-old housewife said Francisca Q uintero Sanchez, 40, rushed to hide under a bed with her three children when the “rain of bullets” came down for around one hour “It was a time of terror, fear that they would kill us,” the far er said Their unifor s said arina a y o e think we’re stupid because we are ranchers, but we know how to read and write ournalists saw a house with at least fi e bullet holes on its tin roof while a nearby pick-up truck was struck about ti es AFP

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Miss World contestant in standoff with China CANADA A NASTASI A LI N, A 25-year-old crowned Miss World Canada, says China is blocking her from travelling to Sanya for the contest finals on ece ber “They haven’t sent me an invitation letter required to apply for a visa,” she said in a recent inter iew ther contestants received theirs at the end of ctober Ms Lin said she believes Chinese authorities are acting deliberately, concerned she will use the event as a platform to speak out on e ing s rights record The beauty queen has actively denounced human rights abuses in China, notably its persecution of practitioners of Falun Gong, a spiritual group banned in ainland hina Ms Lin, herself a member of the group that combines Taoist philosophy, meditation and qigong exercises, testified in uly at a U S congressional hearing on religious persecution in hina She told U S lawmakers she “wanted to speak for those in China that are beaten, burned and electrocuted for holding to their beliefs; people in prison who eat rotten food with blistered fingers because they dare ha e con ictions She claimed Chinese security agents also coerced her father, who lives in China, into pressuring her to abandon her human rights ad ocacy “When I was crowned Miss World Canada, my father was so proud of me,” she said e recei ed hundreds of congratulatory essages But within a couple days, y father s tone changed e told e ner ously that I must stop my advocacy for human rights in China, or else he would have no choice but to sever contact with e AFP thephuketnews

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s the current tourism high season in Phuket unfolds, many of the popular boutique hotels and rental accommodations on the island are taking advantage of the range of expert hospitality services offered

by Phuket-based LHM Asia, known in full as Luxury Hotel Management.

Founded in 2013 by Jorge A. D e la Torre K och and Franç ois X avier Miel, who together have more than 20 years of strong experience and background in hotel management and sales and marketing, LHM offers services ranging from online sales and marketing to property management to outsourced financial ser ices support to human resources, recruitment and training.

“Boutique hotels, being much smaller than their international-franchise counterparts, often do not have the full range of skills required to take full advantage of the business opportunities their properties offer,” explained

Jorge De la Torre (left) and Francois Miel (right) with Henrik Ojelind, owner of Two Chefs.

Mr D e la Torre.

“In Phuket there are more than 2,000 properties and every year more and more open, which creates difficulties for many hotels to succeed.

“Phuket is a top worldwide tourism destination. Many people invest and/ or are interested in opening a hotel, serviced apartments and so

on, but do not always have the experience, networks and expertise to succeed in the long term.

“Hiring an outsourced sales consulting company such as LHM helps them to secure their business, save money and time,” he added.

O ver the past year, business has boomed. In 2014,

LHM Asia grew tremendously in response to high demand from hotels and resorts in need of income generation.

“Now LHM is handling a portfolio of more than 23 properties, including hotels and resorts, boutique hotels, luxury villas, serviced apartments, and more,” said Mr D e la Torre.

LHM Asia’s list of current clients include: Resava Group: Allamanda Laguna Phuket, Baan Yamu, Surin Park, Art Patong, Two Chefs Inn, V era Club Italy / O rientours: Thavorn Palm Beach Resort, Banana Leaf Hotel, Arya Boutique Room Hotel, Micky Monkey Beach Resort and D a Mario Hotel & Restaurant.

“LHM’s quick success is mainly due to our capacity of increasing revenue for hotels by creating new sales channels,” explained LHM founding partner Mr Miel.

LHM Asia and their dedicated team assist owners and general managers to increase their production and improve their standards, he said.

“With our expertise and network, we act on behalf of the properties to find new customers,” he explained.

“LHM connects our clients with new travel agents and tour operators. For some properties, we also handle all Sales & Marketing operations, including online business,”

noted Mr Miel.

LHM Asia opened a second office on oh a ui last month, and is now expanding to offer a consultancy service to properties in K rabi, Hua Hin and Pattaya, and also provides smart solutions for hoteliers & professional companies.

“Many clients – and not just hotels, but businesses in other sectors – are taking advantage of the new range of unique Japanese-patented products we offer that can help support the drive in cost-effectiveness,” said Mr D e la Torre.

“For example, we offer a si ple filter for air conditioners that has been scientifically proven to drastically reduce the consumption of energy by more than 20 per cent – guaranteed. At the same time, the product purifies the air t is a revolutionary product that saves energy and money.”.

For details, contact LH M . T el: 0 89-7 2 56 994 , 0 88-7 52 514 5.

E mail: info@ lhm.asia

British Ambassador Mark Kent to headline business seminar BRITISH AMBASSAD O R H.E. Mark K ent will be the headline guest speaker at the British Chamber of Commerce of Thailand (BCCT) business dinner titled “Meet the Ambassadors” on Sunday (Nov 22).

The event, initially to be held on Monday (Nov 23), was brought forward due to scheduling difficulties that has arisen in Amb K ent’s calendar.

Joining Amb K ent as guest speakers on Sunday will be Canadian Ambassador Philip Calvert and Irish Ambassador Brendan Rogers.

Quality Schools International Phuket Quality Schools International is a well-established worldwide network of successful schools.

British Ambassador Mark Kent will be the headline speaker.

The business dinner will be held at the Amari Phuket resort in Patong, from 6:30 to 8:30pm.

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Way of the Millennium PHUKET EXPAT FINANCE

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here’s really no such thi ng as a per fect investment. For an investment to be “perfect” , it would have to earn the highest possible returns with the lowest possible risk. And the necessary balance between risk and reward would almost certainly be achieved by diversifying the investment’s holdings across numerous asset classes, while simultaneously adhering to an intelligent and systematic program of risk management.

Of course, most “everyday folk” do not possess the knowhow or resources to tackle the complex ities of investment and risk management on so grand a scale. They do, however, have the ability to employ a manager who can do all that for them.

And one manager who has done all of this successfully for a quarter of a century is the multi-billionaire Israel “Iz z y” Englander, who runs the Millennium Fund based in New Y ork.

Englander was born in Brooklyn in 19 4 8 , graduated from New Y ork University in 19 7 0 and by 19 7 6 – at the tender age of 28 – he was trading from his own seat on the American Stock Ex change. is first brokerage, Israel A. Englander & Co, was founded in 19 7 7 and in 19 8 9 he cofounded Millennium Partners.

I y Englander is a firm believer in putting his money where his mouth is. Asked about this in 2010 he stated: “I have roughly 20 per cent

Marriott buys out Starwood for $12bn Let the experts listen to the market when it comes to making serious, sound investment decisions. Photo: AFP of my wealth invested in my funds so I have an ex tra incentive to monitor the risks and rewards” . Today, Millennium has over US$ 3 1 billion (more than B1. 1 trillion) under management, which means Iz z y has backed his strategy with around US$ 8 00 million (B28 . 4 billion) of his own money.

Millennium’s business model is based on allocating capital to about 17 0 trading teams around the world, each focusing on the specific strategies in which they specialise, all under the firm’s ultra-strict risk management rules. The fund holds thousands of positions at any time, and together the traders make over two million relatively modest trades in an average day. The fund often makes only small returns from each trade, a strategy which Englander refers to as “picking

up nickels and dimes” .

The concept is very simple: allocate a limited amount of capital to each trade, ensuring any losses per trade are limited; diversify the portfolio across thousands of trades; deal only in liquid, ex change-traded securities take profits from the winners; cut losing positions.

And cutting losers is something which Iz z y takes seriously. According to a former Millennium trader, “He hates losses. He also has a major bullsh* t detector. If he hires someone who says they’re doing a certain strategy and he finds out they’re doing something else, he won’t tolerate that. ” In fact, Iz z y Englander recently sacked one of his top performing traders over the past five years for losing just 5 % in a year.

Putting this in the contex t

of the fund’s overall performance, this individual trader’s loss would have reduced an 8 % annual return for Millennium to… well, to an 8 % annual return, which tells you how much Iz z y hates taking risks and hates losing any amount of money.

But his risk-averse approach has certainly not impeded the growth of the company, which today has 1,6 00 employees in 1 o ces around the world. Since 19 9 0 the Millennium Fund has grown by over 1,4 00% , becoming one of the most successful funds in the world. The multi-strategy asset management philosophy has resulted in a 12% annualised return over 25 years, while the stringent risk management has meant the fund only lost money (-5 . 8 % ) in one of those years.

But with all this success

will Iz z y ever decide to take his finger off the pulse at Millennium? Highly unlikely. In his own words: “I have no place to go. My wife didn’t marry me to have lunch. ” For investors looking for a highly-regulated, low-volatility investment, with the consistency of bonds but the returns of stocks, then they may want to consider owning a piece of Iz z y Englanders success.

But while Iz z y may not plan to retire and have lunch with his wife, his Millennium Fund will likely reach its full capacity within the nex t 12 months, so potential investors best hurry.

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T H E GL OBA L HOT EL chain Marriott International, based in the United States announced on Monday (Nov 16 ) that it has purchased Starwood for $ 12. 2 billion (more than B9 7 bn), creating the world’s largest hotel chain.

The boards of directors of both companies unanimously approved the merger, under which the companies will operate or franchise more than 5 ,5 00 hotels with 1. 1 million rooms worldwide A statement issued by Marriott on Monday ex plained: “Marriott International, Inc. and Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc. announced today that the boards of directors of both companies have unanimously approved a definitive merger agreement under which the companies will create the world’s largest hotel company…

“The combined company’s pro forma fee revenue for the 12 months ended September 3 0, 2015 totals over $ 2. 7 billion. ” A F P

Travel agents in Thailand urge government controls on foreign booking websites THE ASSOCIATION OF Thai Travel Agents (ATTA) is asking the government to supervise online travel bookings more closely after finding unfair competition between Thai and foreign companies.

Today there is only one

Thai online travel agent, while the rest are international.

“We’re doubtful about tax payments by international online travel agents, many of which have bookings for illegal or unregistered hotels on their websites,” said

ATTA vice-president Surawat Akaraworamat. “The government should be alert about this issue. ” ompetition is fierce in online travel reservations.

Agents are pressuring hoteliers to give them the lowest room rates, said Pipakorn Lumwanna, director of sales at Sawadee. com, Thailand’s sole online travel agent. ome websites sell five-star rooms at three-star prices.

This forces operators of small hotels to cut room prices further, affecting the overall rate structure.

Foreign websites have spent millions of baht on internet-based advertising. A big online agent from China recently made inroads into Thailand, charging a lower commission than the typical

Sawadee.com is Thailand’s sole online travel agent and is getting competition.

15 -25 p er cent.

Mr Pipakorn said the government should look at the trail of money and tax payments at foreign travel websites, whose revenue goes directly to parent companies and overseas banks.

Only room charges are transferred to hotels in Thailand, after the commission fee is deducted, he said.

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Ravers get ready Xana Beach Club to host its second Full Moon Party

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ana Beach Club with Attica is bringing back Thailand’s world-famous Full Moon Party to Phuket on Saturday, November 28.

Party-goers can look forward to an evening of Phuket’s finest house music while dancing to the beats of DJ Iain Thomson, DJ Krypto and DJ Wii. The party kicks off at 8pm and entry is B500, which includes a beverage.

With a capacity of up to 2,000 people, Xana is no doubt the perfect venue for hosting its Full Moon Party – Volume 2.

There will be lots of exciting things happening on the night, including a fire performance and music guaranteed to get everyone on the dancefloor.

The mega DJ line-up has been handpicked for their ability to uplift party crowds, and includes Ibiza stalwart and

Date: Saturday, November 28 Time: 8pm – 1am Venue: Xana Beach Club with Attica, Laguna Phuket, Bangtao Beach (20 minutes from Phuket International Airport).

Entry fee: B500, includes a beverage.

This event is sponsored by Live 89.5 themed events each year.

Following this event, be sure to check out the grand DJ Festival in December, starting with Paul Oakenfold on December 12 and finishing with Luciano on December 20, which promises to be an excellent start to Phuket’s high-season! Stay tuned. fan favourite DJ Iain Thomson; “Music Culture, Notte Insonne Contest” awardwinning and resident at Blow nightclub

DJ Krypto; and Phuket’s house master and Xana’s very own resident DJ Wii. Xana puts on four large-scale

For reservations and information, visit www.XANAbeachclub.com or contact info@XANAbeachclub.com

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SAY NO to dolphinariums

Using education to raise awareness on the savageness that still exists

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n the day the Nemo Phuket Dolphins Show officially opened its doors in Phuket, kids from Gecko Community were flying in the opposite direction to be part of the team of Cove Monitors for Ric O’Barry’s Dolphin Project. The group monitors and records the dolphin slaughter and the captivity process in Taiji, Japan each day during the season, and for the Gecko kids this was their second visit this year.

One teacher and one parent accompanied the eight kids to the infamous Cove where every year from September 1 to March 30 fisherman go out daily and hunt for dolphins. Gecko Community began its fight for the dolphins over a year ago when they discovered a dolphinarium was opening in Phuket.

The kids fundraised for their trip by embarking on another 100km bike ride to JW Marriott in Khao Lak before they flew out to Japan.

Gecko believes that no one is too small to make a difference and instills in their kids that they are the changes that will happen in the future.

“Returning to the Cove is not always an easy thing to do if you have been there before. Once you have seen a dolphin pod drive and slaughter it stays with you and I was not looking forward to experiencing that again after seeing it three times on our last trip,” says teacher Celi Harper.

Luckily, on this visit for the Gecko kids, each day they monitored was a blue cove day, meaning that no drive hunt successfully herded dolphins for either slaughter or capture. On the day they arrived a pod of Rissos dolphins had been slaughtered that morning and two were taken for a lifetime in captivity to perform tricks in the same way, as the dolphins here in the Phuket show have to do, daily.

The day after they left, a pod of bottlenose was captured and fifteen were slaughtered and an additional five were taken into captivity for dolphin shows around the world. Three juveniles were driven back out to sea with little chance of survival without their mothers to nurse from and without adult pod members to help guide and look after them.

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Alex at dolphin pens, Taiji.

The kids with red hands representing Taiji fisherman’s blood on their hands.

Under the very watchful eye of Taiji police the kids rose at 5am every morning and drove to the harbour, counted the boats leaving and then made their way to the lookout point to monitor the boats. Often it was hours before the boats returned empty handed but a blue cove could not be called until every boat was back in the harbour.

The kids visited the small sea pens where the captured dolphins were kept, starved and trained before being shipped off around the world. One would expect kids to be really excited when they saw dolphins close up for the first time but it was quite the opposite.

“I think because we had done so much work at Gecko on captivity by having a full ‘Kids in Captivity’ day earlier in the year and then ‘Kids in Captivity Cage Challenge’ the week before we left, the kids really did empathise with the dolphins in the pens, their faces were full of sadness,” reflects Celi.

Many of the dolphins had ‘rake’ marks all over them in particular the Rissos, their bodies were completely covered. Raking happens when dol-

phins in captivity are held in tiny areas, the stress of it results in aggression. Rake marks are caused when the teeth of dominant dolphins scrape the skin of the less aggressive ones.

Unlike last time, the Gecko kids stopped off in Osaka for four days after leaving Taiji to present at international schools about what is happening in Taiji. It was alarming how many kids had swam with dolphins or attended dolphin shows but no one knew where these dolphins originated.

It was very clear after presenting at only a couple of schools that education is the key to help stop this barbaric act that happens in Taiji and to stop dolphin and orca captivity globally.

Gecko Community is committed to continue to work very closely with the Phuket Says No to Dolphin Shows campaign to help spread awareness and education in the community in both international and Thai schools, businesses, hotels and other places.

It does not matter whether the dolphins who are performing daily at the Nemo Phuket Dolphins Show originated from Taiji or not, all dolphins were

Captured Risso dolphin covered in rake marks. once free and forcing them to breed in captivity does not make it okay.

In addition, even if these dolphins allegedly were not from Taiji, the next lot of dolphins most likely will be, and will have to be replaced, as captive dolphins do not do well in captivity at all.

From an educational viewpoint, keeping dolphins in captivity for human amusement is not education, it is just plain cruel. In fact, there is no scientific evidence to support that seeing cetaceans in captivity holds any educational value whatsoever.

Gecko would like to thank the following for their support: Ric O’ Barry’s Dolphin Project, Phuket Says No to Dolphin Shows, Vista Del Mar, Aqua One, Yoga Republic, Pura Organic, John Gray’s Sea Canoe, Anthem Wake Park, Simba Sea Trips, Lemongrass, and Dewa Hotel.

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Checking in at Phuket’s largest hotel for a night and day Steven Layne ed itor@classactmed ia.co.th

From top, going clockwise: A Thai wai at check-in; seaside sunset salmon; waterslide fun; Hilton’s peacock; the Lychee Tower; sunset in paradise; the Hilton superior deluxe suite bathroom and view of the vast Andaman Sea.

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ilton – the word and name hardly require an introduction. Here we’re talking about that world-renowned hospitality brand that you might usually only associate with royal, rich and famous holidaymakers. And so who would have thought that an everyday, ordinary Phuket resident like myself would come to cheer on this famous luxury hospitality brand to you, our humble readership (not counting those reading this from the flybridge of their superyacht as you savour a mouthful of bubbles and caviar).

Indeed, after a recent night-and-day stay at Phuket’s premier Hilton property – the Hilton Arcadia Resort & Spa in Karon – I feel like I need to shout it out, that Hilton is in fact, exceptionally yet ordinar-

ily awesome! It’s as if I’d just discovered a new gem, one that had been hiding there along the shores of the island’s west coast in plain view this whole time.

Last year I had the opportunity to stay with my family at the Hilton Doubletree at Surin Beach, which though was an enjoyable experience, still left something to be desired. After all, when one mentions Hilton in Phuket, most would think of the “bigger”, premier property at Karon Beach.

Fact, the Hilton Arcadia Resort & Spa in Karon is Phuket’s largest hospitality property by area and number of rooms: Sitting on an expansive 180-rai (about 75 acres) plot of lush landscape gardens, the hotel boasts 665 rooms divided into seven categories: deluxe, deluxe plus, junior suite, Hilton suite, Hilton deluxe suite, Hilton superior deluxe suite and royal suite.

We stayed in the Hilton superior deluxe suite, featuring a direct wide-open view to the west, overlooking a peaceful Karon Beach and the vast Andaman Sea. Logically split into several function zones, the 85-square-metre room provides more than enough leisurely living space for a family of three or four.

On the south side of the room there’s a lounge area with a spacious walk-incloset and a refreshments zone with drinking glasses and a fully-stocked minibar. On the coffee table, trays of complimentary fruit, sandwiches, sweets and treats welcomed us as did the comfy white sofas that screamed out to me to come over and kick my feet up for a little telly.

Though the suite has two 40-inch

LCD TVs – in the living room and bedroom – my wife had the right idea heading out to relax on the balcony: why bother with TV during daylight hours, when sites of the splendid ocean view could offer so much more peace of mind?

The spacious bathroom – with access from the bedroom and corridor – was mostly up to expectation, clean and neatly sectioned into separate service stations (the toilet, stand-up shower and a bathtub); though one missing element kept it from being a “perfect bathroom”, which was the lack of the Thai sanitary spray gun, AKA bum gun, which, in my opinion is a must.

The main bedroom’s comfy king-size bed was ever-so promising of a revivifying recharge (as you’d expect from

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Hilton) and it would certainly come to deliver on such a promise before the stay was through. Behind the bed was a private work desk that would allow me to get some work done (yes, work shadows me everywhere I go!) while my wife slept obliviously in Hilton heaven.

It’s the kind of room that you anchor down and don’t ever really want to leave, and to emphasise we had to send away cleaning service inquiries multiple times.

But the Hilton in Karon is not the type of resort you really want to devote your entire stay to the room. After all, there is so much to see and do on this expansive property. There’s a number of swimming pools to lounge around (their waterfall-waterslide is one of the favourites on the island); serene sauna, spa and massage villas, a putting green, jogging track, fully-equipped fitness centre, two squash courts, tennis courts, table tennis, kids zone... Oh, did I mention, a quiet stretch of Karon Beach is right there in front of the property.

With a few hours to go before our scheduled seaside sunset dinner, I had to break a lazy spell that was rapidly overcoming me.

So we stopped at the Caffé Cino, where I was recommended the

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“Lychee Tower”; Comprising lychee ice cream, lychee syrup, Italian expresso and whole milk, this exotic premium drink gave me just the kick I needed, and with no added sugar or artificial sweeteners at that!

The day rapidly winding down, we finally headed to the Ocean Beach Club for dinner. My son opted for a swim in their pool as I sipped a few brewskies in anticipation for what was looking to be a spectacular sunset meal. For starters we had a ceasar salad and pumpkin soup, followed by the main course, grilled salmon fillet and vegetables. Honestly you could have fed me anything at that point and it wouldn’t have changed the storybook mood as the fiery sun melted into the sea before our eyes.

We ended the night with a scrumptious brownie cake topped with jelly and whipped cream.

I was finally ready for that comfy bed knowing that another day of fattening ourselves with fine food awaited.

The next day started at 8am with a light meal at Sail restaurant. Though I was tempted to stuff myself with a big breakfast, and it’s quite easy to do from their wide selection of western and eastern favourites, I had to pace myself, for we were scheduled for the Sunday Glitz brunch at noon too!

Serving from noon till 3pm, Hilton’s Sunday Glitz is, in my opinion one of the best-value, premium brunches on the island at only B1,400++ for adults (over 12 years old) which includes selected free-flowing beverages for both adults and kids alike (bubbles cost a tad bit more I’m told). Kids five and under eat for free and all kid guests get free access to the pool and water slide, even if not staying at the hotel.

Like the morning breakfast buf-

fet, the brunch spread is bountiful with all the usual Asian and western favourites – eggs, potatoes, bacon, onion rings, stir-fried, dim sum, salads, chicken, cold cuts, cheeses, curries, and of course; the the main selling point is the fresh seafood selection, which includes oysters, rock lobster, crab, sea bass, and prawns; there’s also ribeye steak, grilled chicken, sushi and sashami (salmon and tuna), pizza and burgers too.

A special feature of the Sunday Glitz is the “pass around” service in which staff bring certain select dishes straight to your table and plate, including pizza and cakes. Go on and sit back to enjoy the live duo setting the mood with light and soothing pop tunes while your kids splash around in the pool.

All good things must come to an end, and our stay at the Hilton was no

exception. Given the leisure of a late check-out, we dragged our feet in gathering our things before making the long march back to the lobby to check out, before heading back home, a hop and skip over the hill.

Phuket really is a great place to live and holiday at the same time. Thanks for reminding me of this, Hilton!

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Metzo’s magical Mediterranean flavours

Falafel, hummus, tabbouleh, mezze galore Dalia Hilmi editor1 @classactmedia.co.th

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or anyone who isn’t aware of just how wonderful a mezze feast is or what it consists of, let me tell you: it comprises a number of simple yet tantalising small platters, including some of the most popular ones: fattoush (salad with vegetables and breadcrumbs), hummus (a creamy dip made from chickpeas), preserved vegetables, yogurt, pita bread and many others. The feast goes hand-inhand with a number of other tempting and appetising dishes, each packed full of flavours and representative of their country’s traditional foods.

There are a few contenders for the best mezze in Phuket scattered around the island, more notably in Patong; however, the one that shines amongst the rest is the revamped Metzo’s Bistro and Bar at the five-star Outrigger Laguna

Phuket Beach Resort on the upper-west coast. I recently attended a fabulous dinner party to celebrate the relaunch of the restaurant and I count myself lucky to have experienced such delicious food that I thought wasn’t possible to find outside of the Middle East. Having been brought up to grow and love these types of food, given some of my heritage, you can only imagine how excited I was about attending the dinner.

The new Metzo’s features an open kitchen, private dining spaces, and an all-new mezze and tapas counter. A full service cocktail bar leads out to a new garden terrace area through large concertina doors.

The whole night was well organised and upon arrival, we were all greeted with a drinks reception, which allowed for some mingling before we were taken to our designated tables.

At the tables we were welcomed with our very own personalised menu with each of our names printed on the top – a

nice touch.

The menu was immaculately prepared

by Metzo’s celebrated Lebanese chef, Mustapha Haj Omar, an expert and master chef on Mediterranean dishes from countries such as Morocco, Spain, Greece, Lebanon, Italy, Turkey and Egypt, to name a few.

First up, the table was served with a platter of mezze dishes, including hummus, moutabal (purée of grilled eggplants), baba ghanouj (grilled eggplants), bruschetta, falafel, chicken wings, cheese rakakat (tasty crispy feta-cheese-stuffed pastries), as well as Spanish-style sautéed shrimps. Alongside these came refreshing tabbouleh salad, calamari, and more. A few of us tried hard not to over do it on the pita bread and hummus starter, but it was too delicious not to and I was already starting to feel full!

Generous plates of meat then followed, including chicken shish taouk, lamb shank tajine, shish kebabs and lamb cutlets, all of which was enjoyed with rice or couscous. And who could forget the tantalising seafood selection that followed?

Although I’m not one for the food of the sea, I have to admit it appeared to be a plate of dreams for anyone that was passionate about their seafood. Everything from grilled sea bass fillets and grilled tiger prawns to reef fish fillet and the heavenly tuna steak (according to my colleague it was the best tuna she’d ever had in Phuket).

After all the mains were served, I slipped into a food coma and truthfully

Lebanese chef Mustapha Haj Omar.

believed I was done for the night, but as soon as we were presented with the tempting plates of dessert, I knew I was in trouble.

Boy oh boy, were we in for a treat. The most inspiring and delightful dish was the baklava, a traditional treat in the Middle East.

It was a rich, sweet pastry made of layers of filo filled with chopped nuts and sweetened and held together with honey. Chef Mustapha did an impeccable job at producing a faultless, home-cooked, yet traditional serving of the prized dessert.

Overall the evening was truly fantastic. From the service, to the wines and craft beer selection, to the quality of fresh ingredients, to the level of professionalism that the whole team conveyed, the dinner party was a fabulous way to celebrate the relaunch of Metzo’s. For anyone who enjoys these types of dishes and cooking, be sure to check it out, you’ll be in for a great night and will be spoilt for choice.

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Thanyapura's Belinda Gates, Director of Marketing, and Nick Gates, Director of the Cycling Academy.

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The inaugural Phuket Classic cycling event took place on Saturday, November 14, bringing together some 270 cyclists in two distance races, 40km and 90km. VIPs were among the participants of all ages and backgrounds, many of whom will also take part in the Laguna Triathlon.

Thanyapura's marketing and events team were up early and in good spirits to see the event through.

Guests enjoying the day at RPM.

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The crew from Boat Arcade's "Sweet On Top" restaurant were among various food vendors serving up yummy delights.

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Boy and Amp from Mezzo Forte show off their beautiful ukuleles.

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Luca Cini, A Wine Story, invited Mr Antonio Zanon, Zuani, Collio DOC Fruli Venenzia, Giulia, Italia; Mr Stefano Berabei, Tenuta Argentiera, Bolgheri DOC Toscana, Italia and selected guests to The Speakeasy at Royal Phuket Marina on November 11 for a special tasting event.

The 2nd East Meets West Garage Sale took place at the newly opened Boat Arcade lifestyle mall in Boat Lagoon on Saturday, November 14. The 70-plus stalls featured high-quality second hand items, books, ornaments as well as an array of food and beverages. There was also some live music that kept the mood cheerful and chill throughout.

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A star-studded fun and fashion extravaganza with a Fantasia theme was a spectacular celebration put on by Central Festival Phuket for the super mall’s 11th anniversary, which took place last Wednesday (November 11). A star cast led by Thai celebrities Dome Pakorn Lam and Margie Rasri put on a Fantasia-inspired musical performance for guests and shoppers at the Grand Hall. Phuket Vice Governor Mr Prajiad Aksornthammakul welcomed guests and shoppers.

Dome Pakorn Lam and Margie Rasri.

Panachai Kankorkul, Wilaiporn Pitimanaaree and Weethani Kankorkul.

Some lovely ladies enjoying the evening.

TH R I LLER NI G H T AT MI LLENNI U M R ES O R T Millennium Resort Patong Phuket hosted their thank you party in a “THRILLER NIGHT with Superheroes, Villains, Monsters & Ghouls theme”, held on November 6 in the ballroom. Many attended and dressed to impress. @thephuketnews

EVER Y B O D Y ’ S S H U F F LI NG AT I LLU Z I O N AS R ED F O O TAK ES O VER Many party-goers headed to Illuzion nightclub on Patong’s Bangla Rd to see Stefan Kendal Gordy, better known by his stage name Redfoo light up the stage. Redfoo is an American rapper, dancer, record producer, DJ and singer best-known as part of the musical duo LMFAO. It was a fantastic night had by all.

The superstar, Redfoo.

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DINNER - BBQ & STEAKS ALL YOU CAN EAT A ll S aturd ays 5 p m- 1 1 p m unlimited M eats, D uck, P ork, C hicke n, S almon, F ish. P asta, sid e d ishes, salad s, bread s & sauces @T H B . . .

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BBQ at Expat Hotel T ime 8 p m, E xp at S p orts B ar, E xp at H otel, S oi T aip an, P atong . w w w .exp atsp ortsbar.com

Traditional Sunday Roast Angus O’Tool’s Karon Beach FOOD and HOTELEX 2015 T he big g est trad e fair eve r org anised in S outhen h i n . n og anised by E xp olink G lobal N etw ork L td ., T he exhibition to be held at R oya l P huke t M arina E xhibition C entre from N ove mber 1 9 - 2 2 . N ew and interesting p rod ucts such as food , beve rag es, ki tchenw are, hotel p rod ucts and more w ill be on d isp lay at the eve nt, C ontact: W ichsiree@exp olink. net, 0 2 - 6 4 0 8 0 1 3 # 3 0 .

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unch o inne se e f om pm. ou choice of either roast beef, chick en, loin of p ork or leg of lamb serv ed w ith roast and boiled p otatoes, three f esh eget es o kshi e pu ing n g . n pe pe son hich inc u es f ee g ss of house e o hite. pposite ent on R esort. S ee otools- p huk et.com.

22 NOV Sunday roast at Gallery Cafe By Pinky @ new Chalong branch

Black Tie Muay Thai II Indian Curry Night on Fridays C ome to N avr ang M ahal in K aron S ea S and s eso t p fo n uthentic n i n e st ev ery F rid ay in K aron B each. T ry out our d elicious A loo T ikki , S amosas, C hicke n T and oori, A loo G obi, N avr ang K orma, B utter C hicke n, L amb V ind aloo, N aan, R ice, S alad s, C hutneys ch s ist chio ce e m u h mun F ruits. F or only 3 9 9 / - nett and sp ecial red uced p rices on d rinks. C ontact: : 0 7 6 - 2 8 6 4 6 4 E xt 4 .

C elebrities from P huk et w ill clash all in the name of goo c use. son e n of ss ct M ed ia, K im S tep p e - G M of B lue E lep hant R est u nt esh k i ecto of kt p t R oy al P huk et M arina and L eonard o F errari - V olunteer at P H B G T U w ill g et into the ring and d isp ute for g lory .E nj oy a d elicious four course d inner n f ee o ing e e ges. ickets book ing essential p lease contact 0 7 6 - 2 7 8 - 1 4 6 or info@p huk ethasbeeng ood tous.org . P roud ly sup p ort by L iv e 8 9 .5 and The Phuket News T V . A d ess ut igge gun huket.

LUNCH -THAI & ESAN ALL YOU CAN EAT E e v ry S und ay from 1 2 p m to 4 p m enj oy trad itional T hai & E san food @T H B 1 9 9 .- P .P .

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Bollywood Phuket’s Weekend Special Indian Lunch Set ome n en o the uthentic ou s of n i ind ulg ing in our w eek end ’ s sp ecial lunch set for

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B C C T in collaboration w ith C anad ian, F rench, e m n ish n ethe n s ch m e s of commerce invi tes yo u to attend the P huke t B usiness D inner “ A n A mbassad or’ s V iew on T hailand ” . B ritish A mbassad or H .E . M ark K ent w ill be sp eaki ng on A n A mbassad or’ s vi ew on T hailand . A lso p resent are C anad ian A mbassad or H .E P hilip C alve rt, G erman A mbassad or . ete uege ish m ss o . . .

B renan R og ers and N etherland s A mbassad or H .E K arel H artog h. C ost: T H B 8 5 0 includ ing inter- buffet & soft d rinks.

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23 NOV Oriental Buffet Dinner at Grand Mercure Phuket Patong

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Happy Thanksgiving Day H ap p y ott e es 0 8 9 4 8

H olid ay S eason. 1 , 5 0 0 of house e e ge o t goon ete 1 7 8 5 2 .

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

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Crossword by Myles Mellor & Sally York Across 1. Which Italian classical tenor became blind at the age of 12 following a football accident?

2. Which quiz show, presented by Victoria Coren Mitchell, is about t o teams finding connections bet een difficult clues 3. Who won The World Highland Games Championships a record six times?

4. What was founded in 1953 by Chad Varah?

5. What is the distance around a circle called?

Answers below, centre.

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maybe 65. Birth 66. Nabisco favorite 67. Awful 68. Wavelike design 69. Come up to 70. Gusto 71. Pleasant 72. Vortex 73. Monthly money

26. Plastic ___ Band 27. Pilfers 1. Boutique 29. Sticky stuff 5. Con game 30. Auto pioneer 9. Orthodox Jew 31. Harbor 14. Deli order 32. The bulk 15. Priest 33. Driver’s warning 16. Ancient market 34. Horse course 17. Controversial 35. Anatomical orchard spray network 18. Type of acid 37. Porcino 19. Beauty ___ Down 38. Common Latin 20. Get the top prize abbr.

23. Sayings attributed 1. Wrap 41. Race to Jesus 2. Prefix with 42. Hasten 24. Music genre centric 43. Related on one’s 25. Bard of ___ 3. Big ape mother’s side (Shakespeare) 4. Merchant of 48. Jubilant 28. Unit of resistance Venice heroine 49. Wall Street 33. In place of 5. Turn on a pivot locale 36. In abeyance 6. Atkins diet no-no 51. Discoverer 39. Mix 7. Independent 53. River of Lyon 40. Triumph despite chieftains 54. Rabbit obstacles 8. Former description 44. Appraise Portuguese 56. Like a gymnast province 45. 1982 World Cup 57. Played over site 9. Bother 58. Don’t exist 46. Fixed 10. Biology lab 59. Fiasco supply 47. One after another?

60. Carbon 11.

They are sung 50. Table extender compound singly 52. Orpheus’ 61. China setting 12. Inflexible instrument 62. Relative of a gull 13. “Shoot!”

55. Crown 63. Guide 21. Devastation 59. Earn a second term in office, 64. Parrot type 22. Bottom line

Solutions to last week’s puzzles:

Answers to this week’s Pop Quiz: 1. Andrea Bocelli; 2. Only Connect; 3. Geoff Capes; 4. The Samaritans charity; 5. Circumference

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ISLAND VIEW

This week in history Nov em ber 2 0 , 1 9 1 7 U kraine is declared a republic.

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Nov em ber 2 1 , 1 8 7 7 Thomas Edison announces his invention of the phonograph, a machine that can record and play sound.

per cent of Sean Connery’s screen time during his stint as James Bond was spent shirtless.

60

US schools have been named after Walt Disney despite him dropping out in the 9th grade.

Nov em ber 2 2 , 1 9 6 3 In D allas, Texas, U S President John F. K ennedy is assassinated and Texas Governor John Connally is seriously wounded. Lee Harvey O swald is later captured and charged with the murder.

1922

is the year the word “teenager” as first used to describe a stage of life.

Nov em ber 2 3 , 5 3 4 B C Thespis of caria beco es the first recorded actor to portray a character onstage.

134,000

Nov em ber 2 4 , 1 9 7 4 D onald Johanson and Tom Gray discover the 40% complete Australop ithecus afarensis skeleton, nicknamed “Lucy”.

square miles is covered by the Great Barrier Reef, more than the sizes of over 100 countries.

207 billion emails are estimated to be sent on each and every day next year.

Source: Uberfacts

Nov em ber 2 5 , 1 8 3 3 An undersea earthquake, estimated magnitude between 8.7-9 .2, rocks Sumatra, producing a massive tsunami all along the Indonesian coast.

Sunset at Karon Beach. Photo by Rick Nuffer Got an unusual or particularly beautiful picture of Phuket?

Email it to execeditor@classactmedia.co.th

Nov em ber 2 6 , 1 9 9 0 V lad the Impaler (D racula) defeats Basarab Laiota with the help of Stephen the Great and Stephen V Bá thory and becomes the ruler of Wallachia for the third time.

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Full Time Assistant Branch Manager (Phuket) 20 K per month (2 positions) We are hiring, both positions for our branch in Phuket and to be part of our energetic team. Excellent commission & benefits.

Skills: 1. Requires great leadership skills, the ability to multitask, and a willingness to work with employees from all departments within the company.

2. Demonstrates strong listening, written and oral communication skills.

3. Planning and Priority Setting: Demonstrate an ability to set objectives and goals and organize work appropriately to meet and exceed goals, possess strong organizational and time management skills.

Job Description : 1. Assist the Branch Manager in increasing profit, sales, drive/promote products, expand markets and controlling operating expenses by ensuring upkeep of store and equipment.

2. Support the Branch Manager in recruiting, hiring, and training of Team Members, including new hire training, orientation, certification, and development.

3. Assists the Branch Manager with providing a strong leadership presence and control in store, while ensuring that all customers receive good service and quality products.

4. Consistently creates a welcoming environment for the customer by greeting and assisting; as well as quickly responding to customer inquiries and needs.

5. Deal with any enquiries and complaints and monitor customer service.

6. Performs all duties as directed by supervisor.

Salary : 18,000 - 20,000 ฿ Contact: kory@thailandpooltables.com

VACANCIES FOR PROPERTY

• Sales representative

Good in Chinese and English, Experience in real estate sales.

• Sales Staff at booth good in English.

Contact: Kaew, kaew@agtropical.com, Phone: 094 807 3434.

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'Novosti Phuketa' ‘Phuket Ticket Master’

‘Live 89.5’

‘The Phuket News’, 'Puji Doa Xin Wen', 'Phuket News TV' ‘The Phuket Colouring book’ &

PR & MARKETING ASSISTANT Responsibilities :

● Assisting the PR manager with planning and implementing PR plans for the company ● Representing the company at events & exhibitions ● General Marketing and PR admin tasks

Qualifications:

● Good communication skills both in Thai & English ● Degree qualified – recent graduate welcome to apply ● Have own transport (bike or car) ● Ability to work after normal work hours and/or weekends (time in lieu will be given)

We offer:

● Competitive salary ● Social security (10%) paid by the company ● Excellent career progress opportunity ● Time in lieu for any overtime hours worked If you are professional & enthusiastic person, this is an excellent opportunity to advance in a growing & innovative media business in Phuket

Interested candidates are invited to send application with full resume, in English, indicating qualifications, experience, recent photo and expected salary.

Apply online at thephuketnews.com/job.php

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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’.

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’.

RADIO/TV JOURNALIST/PRESENTER

Graphic Designer

Class Act Media is looking for a young and dynamic presenter

W e are currently recruiting for a graphic designer to j oin our team to handle the layout of our publications, including online.

for our radio and TV portals in Phuket. LIVE 89.5 is the leading English-speaking radio station and Phuket News TV is the island’s leading digital TV portal. Here’s our wishlist for the ideal applicant:

The job:

● you’ll need a good command of written and spoken English ● you’ll need to know the basics of acquiring and preparing news ● you’ll need to be comfortable in front of a camera ● you’ll need to be comfortable in front of a radio microphone ● Thais and foreigners welcome to apply

● Excellent skills with InD esign, Photoshop, Illustrator and other

We’ll provide training for the right person. (and all the other stuff) Interested candidates are invited to send their applications, with full resume, in English indicating qualifications, experience, recent photo and expected salary.Apply online at thephuketnews.com/job.php

Class Act Media Co., Ltd.

99/7 Moo 1 T. Kathu A. Kathu Phuket 83120 Tel: 076 612 550-2 Fax: 076 612 553

W e r eq ui r e F ul l T i me G r a phi c D esi g ner s to ha nd l e:

● D esigning advertisements for clients ● Layout of The Phuket News and our other publications ● All artwork and graphic design work related to production

'Novosti Phuketa' ‘Phuket Ticket Master’

SALES REPRESENTATIVES Q ualifications: ● ●

Applicants must have:

●

graphic design software ● Min. 1 year experience in design and layout of newspapers or magazi nes ● G ood English ( written and spoken)

We offer:

We offer:

● Competitive salary ● Friendly work environment ● Excellent progress opportunity and j ob security Interested applicants are invited to apply in person or send application with full resume indicating qualifications and experience, expected salary and recent photo to: thephuketnews.com/job.php

Class Act Media Co., Ltd.

99/7 Moo 1 T. Kathu A. Kathu Phuket 83120 Tel: 076 612 550-2 Fax: 076 612 553

‘The Phuket News’, 'Puji Doa Xin Wen', ‘Live 89.5’ 'Phuket News TV' ‘The Phuket Colouring book’ &

● ● ● ● ●

Interested candidates are invited to send application with full resume, in English, indicating qualifications, experience, recent photo and expected salary.

Apply online at thephuketnews.com/job.php

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ACTIVITIES, GROUPS Free Tiya’ s Hammocks campaign W in F ree hammock

Horse and Dog Vet Hospital

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W inner w ill g et V W eav e hammock , hand mad e from N orth of T hailand , w eig ht cap acity 2 5 0 k g s. V alue 5 , 2 0 0 T H B . M ore d etails v isit F acebook : T iy a’ s hammock s, C ontact: T iy a, tiy a@tiy ashammock s.com, 0 8 9 6 0 0 0 0 4 1 .

O p en from 1 0 am. – 8 p m.* S erv ice all ty p es of animals. * E xp erienced p rofessionals.C ontact: 0 7 6 6 2 0 1 3 6 /0 8 4 2 1 0 6 8 6 8 and contact@horsed og v et.com w w w .horsed og v et.com

Roof top Patong Mini Golf T he best sea v iew 1 8 H oles, roof top M ini G olf. L ocated on the th oo of n n k in tong , 0 9 1 7 6 2 2 6 2 8 , http : / / p atong minig olf.com

Pets Magic Planet

O p en from 9 am. - 7 p m. * T he best international brand s. * T he ultimate choice. * L uxury accessries & j ew els.

C ontact: 0 7 6 6 2 0 1 0 6 / 0 9 1 0 4 0 4 0 0 0 and contact@p etsmag icp lanet.com

BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES Business for sale in Patong

C ommercial sp ace w ith 6 furnished rooms up stairs. R eg istered T hai comp any ( 2 w ork pe mits . e se upto ep . ofit e business, S hilp a G ang uly , ithembahomes@ y ahoo.com, 0 8 9 9 8 0 7 7 5 8 / 0 8 4 4 4 3 0 4 8 8 .

CAR FOR SALE 2 0 12 Toyota Fortuna 2 4,0 0 0 km

clud es top end lig hting and sound sy stems, P O S , frid g es and furniture. N o k ey money , j ust rent. S imp ly ad d stock and staff to be read y to g o, C ontact: S tev e, stev ep earcerg j @hotmail.co.uk , 0 8 9 5 8 7 0 8 1 9 ( E N ) .

Nissan Teana 2 .5 Lt

M od el 2 0 N O W 1 ,0 T hai: 0 9 maurice.p

Wellness Centre For Sale Ocean

B reez e R esid ence. T otal land 1 , 8 0 0 sq .m ( 5 R ai) . L ocated on K ho K hao I sland . ( about 2 0 k ms. from K hao L ak ) exactly on stunning beach front. B uilt in y ear 2 0 1 1 . A ccommod ation: 8 V illas, 6 O ne- B ed room A p artment, 6 T w o- B ed room A p artment. * * 9 0 % book ed for accommod ation in H ig h S eason* * , P rice: 1 8 0 M B , benj amas.new d etox@g mail.com, 0 6 1 - 2 0 7 2 0 7 7 .

German bakery & deli & snack M ain road , 8 y ears clien-

tele, tak e ov er + incl. training comp lete eq uip ment, staff room, 3 or 5 y ears leasing contract. Y early v olume 4 mio. hansibak ery @ g mail.com, P rice: 3 .5 million, C ontact M r. S tark , ansibak ery @ g mail.com

Best Deal R aw ai business for sale. A rea ap p rox 2 R ai, can d o

restaurant or other business.F iv e mins from beach. L ong term lease, y early rent B 2 0 0 , 0 0 0 . 4 bed rooms house includ ed . R ed uce from B 9 8 0 , 0 0 0 to B 5 2 0 , 0 0 0 . C ontact K hun A sok e at 0 8 9 6 4 6 7 1 7 6 / big _ red chili@y ahoo.com

CAR FOR SALE TOY OTA Fortune 2 0 0 9

7 seats, S ilv er, G P S v id eo, F amily car D iesel 2 , 6 9 4 cc, B lue book S erv ice history T oy ota P earl 7 8 , 0 0 0 k ms. A U T O M A T I C transmission, g olfg uru2 0 0 5 @y ahoo. co.uk , 0 7 6 6 1 5 8 2 7 .

Company Cars For Sale - AS NEW

A L L C ars A utomat A ll low mileag e( 2 0 - 3 0 T k m) . A ll 2 0 1 3 M od els 1 .H ond a C ity 3 9 5 .0 0 0 2 .H ond a B rio 3 4 9 .0 0 0 3 .S uz uk i S w ift 3 4 9 .0 0 0 4 .N issan A lmera 3 4 9 .0 0 0 5 .H ond a F reed 6 3 9 .0 0 0 6 .C hev rolet T railblaz er L T Z 9 4 9 .0 0 0 7 .N issan X T rail 7 7 9 .0 0 0 A ll cars in top cond ition, w ith leather interior. C ontact 0 8 6 7 4 7 9 2 9 2 or 0 8 1 9 7 0 5 2 0 4 .

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5 7 , 0 0 0 k ms. O ne ow ner since new .

R eg ularly serv iced by H ond a. T ax and I nsurance until the end of J une and av ailable now at rig ht offer.R ed uced by 4 0 , 0 0 0 bht, P rice : R E D U C E D to 3 3 0 , 0 0 0 bht o.n.o, A nd y + 6 6 8 4 6 9 0 9 1 4 4 , and y smalster@g mail.com P rice : R E D U C E D to 3 3 0 , 0 0 0 bht o.n.o, A nd y + 6 6 8 4 6 9 0 9 1 4 4 , and y smalster@g mail.com.

1 4 1 7 , 0 0 0 k m. N ew p rice 1 .7 M ln 5 0 , 0 0 0 B aht E ng : 0 8 1 7 8 8 8 2 8 0 0 1 6 3 2 1 4 0 , C ontact M aurice, huk et@g mail.com , 0 9 0 1 6 3 2 1 4 0 .

Mitsubishi Paj ero Sports

M itsubishi P aj ero S cond ition, 1 4 , 0 0 0 K M 9 5 0 , 0 0 0 T H B E ng : P T hai: P h. 0 8 0 3 8 3 3 0

Restaurant on Main Street

L arg e, tastefully d ecorated restaurant in he ngt . u fitte n e uippe k itchen, 1 0 0 seats, bar. W alk in and start business. A sk ing B 1 .4 mill. 0 8 9 4 0 0 5 9 0 7 .

MOTORBIKES FOR SALE

2 0 1 2 P earl w hite T oy ota F ortuna F or S ale. 3 .0 D 4 D V N T urbo G reat cond ition- B aht B lack leather interior. T ax / insurance till 2 0 1 6 , 9 0 0 , 0 0 0 , L och P alm, K athu, P huk et, g law re1 2 3 @g mail.com, 0 8 9 8 6 6 8 8 2 5 .

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Everest 4WD Quick Sale

1 0 + y rs but mechanically d riv es and look s g reat. M anual. O nly B 4 5 0 , 0 0 0 or offers abov e 4 0 0 k consid ered for fast sale, B 4 5 0 , 0 0 0 T H B , p eterh@ asianw ind .biz , 0 8 1 - 8 9 2 6 7 1 0 .

CAR FOR RENT

Long term car rental hav e a g ood car rental, T oy ota V ios, M az d a 2 2 4 / 7 sup C hao fa 0 8 9 6 4 8

or similar w ith true full p rofessional insurance and p ort M onthly rates B 1 4 0 0 0 , S oi S uk ee 4 0 / 1 9 moo 9 east rd 3 9 chalong muang , ninascars@g mail.com, 0 4 9 9 .

MOTORBIKES FOR SALE Motorbike for sale R 1 2 0 0 R T B M W

2 0 0 k ms 2 y rs w arrant. F rom B M W T hailand as ( new ) . E xtras inc B M W G P S B 2 8 , 0 0 0 , T ourteck eng ine p rotectors B 1 5 , 2 1 5 , B M W bik e cov er B 7 , 3 0 0 , G p s B 3 4 , 2 0 0 . V alued at B 1 , 3 3 4 , 4 6 5 . F our months old w ith sp ecial color. O nly B 1 , 1 5 0 , 0 0 0 . F irst to see w ill buy , k ieranp mad d en@hotmail.com , 0 8 4 0 5 4 8 1 2 2 .

COMMUNITY

Z oomer-X for sale

Y ear 2 0 1 3 . G ood cond ition, one ow ner, w ell maintained , P rice 4 5 , 0 0 0 baht. P ls call Y ui 0 8 8 7 6 5 5 8 8 2

Kawasaki Versys 65 0 ABS 2 0 12 S how -

room cond ition, new from K aw asak i P M ay 2 0 1 2 , 2 , 0 0 0 k m, H ep co & B eck er E B ars & R ear- rack , K aw asak i H and g uard P y ramid H ug g er., 2 2 0 , 0 0 0 T H B , P aul, 3 0 3 2 3 4 , P long more@hotmail.com

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CAR WASH DELIVERY Tired Of Wasting Time?

S A V E T I M E ! W e clean y our car at y our p lace. N o.1 car w ash d eliv ery in P huk et. C all 0 7 6 - 3 5 5 - 0 4 2 or g o to C leanC ar.me for more d etails.

FURNITURE FOR SALE Swinging Sun Loungers For Sale S w ing ing , sun loung ers, brand new , excellent q uality - 6 , 0 0 0 baht only , C ontact: E d d y , ed d y elan@ y ahoo.com, 0 8 9 9 7 1 0 2 7 8 .

KITCHEN SERVICE The Knife-grinder service M obile

sharp ening serv ice for k niv es and meat slicer blad es, blunt k niv es sharp ened p rofessionally w ith G erman k now - how ., C ontact: M r. D irk , thek nifeg rind er@hotmail.com, 0 8 7 2 7 6 5 8 6 9 .

MEMBERSHIPS Blue Canyon Membership

B lue C any on M embership for sale. 1 corp orate nominee for sale T H B 6 3 0 , 0 0 0 inc transfer fee. g rahamhaslam@hotmail.com

PERSONAL SERVICES 2 4Hrs Service Home & Hotel Call H ealth C are

@ H ome C linic, M ed ical S erv ice C enter 2 4 hrs serv ice home and hotel call, C ontact: D r.P hisit K amp eera, p isit.d oc@ hotmail.com, 0 8 1 6 9 3 4 8 1 6 , 0 8 1 9 5 8 8 8 9 1 , 0 7 6 3 8 5 2 9 1 .

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tional C linic E ng lish S p eak ing D octor B y A p p ointment 0 9 5 0 8 5 1 1 8 8 F B : D rJ aq W arnnissorn P rov id ing A nti- A g ing ( B otox, F iller, L iv e C ell T herap y , A lternativ e C ancer T reatment, C helation M ed ical, H ouse C all) . I nteg rativ e and A d v ancement in M ed icine for ind iv id ualiz ed treatment p rog rams for p atients of all ag es and w ith v arious d isord ers, E mail: tosaw cute@ g mail.com

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Grand Boat Plaz a – House for Sale/Rent

ence B ig mov e P huk et is the number 1 p rov id er of mov ing and ship p ing in and out of P huk et T hailand . W e p rov id e storag e in a state of the art clean, secure, storag e facility located centrally in P huk et. w w w .big mov ep huk et.com, 0 8 1 - 7 9 7 - 5 3 7 7 .

N ew d etached v illa w ith mod ern sty le in H eart of P huk et T ow n w ith 3 bed rooms, 3 bathrooms and 2 car p ark s. S p acious op en liv ing and d ining areas w ith hig h ceiling s. Q uiet location surround ing w ith nature, secure w ith C C T V and 2 4 hrs security serv ice, larg e communal sw imming p ool and clubhouse. C losed to maj or d ep artment stores such as C entral F estiv al‚ T esco L otus, B ig C , I nternational schools and hosp itals.

C ontact 0 9 5 2 5 7 7 9 9 8 , allabouthk t@g mail.com

PETS FOR ADOPTION 2 toy poodles for adoption

2 toy p ood les d ump ed on the sid e of a busy road in R aw ai, N ow look ing for a new home C ontact: S herin. p eace@g mail.com for inq uires 0 8 4 8 7 7 3 5 6 6 .

OTHER Office Sp ce

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RESORT FOR SALE/LEASE

R esort for sale lease any offer consid er! I w ant g o sailing ag ain! ! , A d d ress : 6 7 / 1 8 S oi S ermsuk R aw ai P huk et, big asail@samart.co.th, C ontact + 6 6 ( 0 ) 8 6 9 4 0 1 8 6 0 .

For Sale

I nd ustrial ov er lock er. W hitehouse B rand . 3 T hread . B rand new nev er used . F ull tool k it. B arg ain at 1 2 , 0 0 0 B aht. C all S and i 0 8 7 2 6 4 0 7 7 8 .

PROPERTY FOR SALE House For Sale L ocated in a q uiet

S oi near K athu w aterfall, is a 2 bed room, 2 bathroom house w ith court y ard and car p ort. W ith a C hanote T itle & 4 8 T alang W ah ( ap p rox 2 0 0 m2 ) , P rice : 3 5 0 0 0 0 0 . S tev en J oy ce. K athu 0 8 6 1 2 0 6 9 3 4 . g o2 sp oon@y ahoo.com

Kata Seaview Condo For Sale N ew 1 bed room w ith g reat sea and sunset v iew s! 4 4 sq m. L easehold w ith forieg n freehold av ailable. S w imming p ool, sauna and clubhouse. F lexible furniture op tions.

G reat manag ement and rental p rog ram, Q uinp 1 @y ahoo.com, 0 8 2 2 5 4 0 7 6 0 .

Land For Sale L ocated in K athu

ov er look ing the C able S k i is a nice block 5 4 T alang W ah on a C hanote T itle. S oi N amtok K athu, P rice : 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 . S tev en. J oy ce.

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Beautifull Classy Villa his v ery

beautiful mod ern v illa has it all – sp ark ling salt w ater p ool, 3 hug e bed rooms, 4 baths, maid q uarters.

F ully furnished , secure estate close to the beach. G 4 S alarm sy stem. R elax and enj oy all the hard w ork that has been d one. A must see. C all 0 8 1 - 7 1 9 4 6 8 8 . P rima V illas.

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PROPERTY FOR SALE House for sale heart of Patong

T w o beautiful E urop ean sty le homes next to one another in p riv ate S oy M inutes from J ancy long shop p ing center. F irst home 1 0 0 sq mt of liv ing sp ace w ith a d ouble carp ort tw o bed rooms op en liv ing sp ace S econd home 8 0 sq mt one bed room furnished B oth homes w ill be sold tog ether or sep arate F irst home 6 5 0 0 0 0 0 B th S econd home 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 B th B oth 1 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 B th G rate v alue p osition inv estment, P rice: 6 5 0 0 0 0 0 , C ontact: p ino.ellul@y ahoo.com, + 6 6 (0 ) 8 4 8 5 8 1 9 1 7 .

Townhouse for sale. Chalong.

T ow nhouse 1 5 0 sq .m, 2 storey , 2 bed room, liv ing room, k itchen, 2 balcony , 2 th oom office p king. u fu nitu e .

C halong circle, P rice: 3 7 0 0 0 0 0 , C ontact: M ariy a, mv s9 7 @y and ex.ru, 0 8 2 2 7 5 1 1 4 6 , F ax: 0 9 1 8 0 5 3 7 2 5 .

Land Cherngtalay Bangj o 5 30 sq m

C lose to L ay an H ill E state, g reat location, 4 k m to B ang tao beach, lag una, V illa M ark et, T esco L otus, R ead y to build 1 or 2 p ool v illas, P rice: 3 .3 M L , k w ansucha@hotmail. com, 0 9 4 4 2 4 6 1 4 2 .

Sale: Semi detached house

L iv ing room 2 d ouble bed rooms 1 fitte fu nitu e n en suite fitte kitchen office th oom c p ort, g ard en L and 1 8 8 sq m, house 7 5 sq m. P rice : 2 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 , C ontact K hun P eter, B aan P leunj an 2 , k ok ng o p ofi e@m i .com .

Relaxing place villa near PIA E xcep tional 4 B ed & 4 B ath ( en suite) & 1 R ai land for sale only 1 0 M B . 1 S torey 3 0 0 s m. poo fi te s n utom tic g ates., C ontact: T any a, g eta9 0 9 @g mail. com, 0 8 3 5 0 6 8 3 4 5 .

1/2 RAI OCEANFRONT LAND

F antastic 8 2 5 sq m. p lot w ith 2 5 m. ocean frontag e on C oconut I sland in beach resort. E lectricity / W ater av ailable, read y to build . S up er V iew s. J ust 2 0 0 meters from P huk et. 2 4 / 7 F ree B oat T axi O nly 7 .5 m. T H B ! claud strey @g mail.com, 0 8 6 7 4 7 9 2 9 2 .

3 BR. GREAT SEAVIEW CONDO

B A R G A IN H U N T E R S ! 3 B R /3 B A T H C ond o, 1 6 4 sq m.. N ew R enov ated , T op C ond ition, F ully F urnished . F oreig n F reehold T itle. B est unit at B elair P anw a. O N L Y 5 .9 5 m. T H B , claud strey @g mail.com, 0 8 6 7 4 7 9 2 9 2 .

Perfect Business in Karon

hophouse sto ith p ofit e sp massag e business and ap artment. I n p erfect cond ition and v ery g ood location. I nclud e T hai C omp any , P rice: R ed uced from 1 9 to 1 6 M il., g hfsp huk et@ hotmail.com, 0 8 6 2 7 1 8 2 5 4 .

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HOT PRICE TOWN HOME IN KAMALA

F or S ales 3 bed 4 bath w ith p ar tly furnished N ice T ow n H ome in full facilities estate.

W alk ing d istance to the beach, R eal g reat V alue, B 5 , 9 0 0 , 0 0 0 , J ay P ak in, j ay @siam- realty .com, 0 8 2 2 8 2 2 5 3 2 .

A new era in design Pool villa

G org eous 3 bed rooms P riv ate p ool v illas. Q uality and eleg ant structuring w ith sing le storey 3 2 0 sq . m near L ay an B each, C ontact: info@ assetorchard .com , 0 9 4 5 4 6 0 4 2 2 .

Villa for sale North Chalong area

B eautiful q uiet location close to I nternational schools and other amenities.

R ed uced from 7 .9 m to 7 .2 m. P rice includ es furniture. C all 0 8 9 8 6 8 5 1 4 3 .

Beachfront Condo for Sale

2 B ed / 2 B ath- 1 3 4 sq m- P art S eav iew F ully furnished - B each F ront C ond o only T H B 8 2 ’ 0 0 0 / sq m - C hanote B uy in F oreig ner N ame or L ease.

P rice : 1 1 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 , P erson : stefan , A d d ress : C ond o at S erenity R esort & R esid ences , E mail : stefancond o@g mail.com , P hone : 0 8 1 8 4 6 7 7 7 0 .

Horst Lakits

B ig A R esort sale or long term lease south P huk et any serious offer consid ered I w ant to g o sailing ag ain, P rice: 2 7 M io, P erson: H orst L ak its, A d d ress : 6 7 / 1 8 S oi S ermsuk R aw ai, E mail: big asail@ samart.co.th , P hone : + 6 6 0 8 6 9 4 0 1 8 6 0 , F ax : + 6 6 ( 0 ) 7 6 3 8 1 9 3 4 .

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PHUKET UN-UNITED Key players leave as off-season uncertainty looms FUTSAL Steven Layne editor@classactmedia.co.th

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Keerati Tosasut (left) and Puchong Chaoroensrihassana are two of the players considering offers from other clubs.

Big changes will be made to the Phuket Utd team, who last played on November 11 in the FA Cup round-of-16.

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he future of the island’s professional five-a-side squad, Phuket United is up in the air as many of its key players have started considering offers from other clubs in the wake of uncertainty ahead of nex t season.

After concluding their third season in the elite futsal league in September in 5 th place out of 14 teams, some Phuket United players were told by club management that the team is being sold.

Doubts were confirmed when Chalermpong “Sam” Saengdee stepped down as Head Coach.

Asked to elaborate, Coach Sam and club owner Suppachoke La-ongphet told The Phuket News that it was too early to say anything. owever, according to a source inside the club, Suppachoke, who is also owner of The Senses Resort in Patong,

has reportedly been discussing the sale of the team rights to another local business group.

“The [ potential] new owners don’t want details to be announced yet, but the deal would ensure that Phuket [ United] would continue to play in the [ Futsal] Thailand Premier League nex t season,” the source said.

“The new owner would need to incorporate the team as a juristic entity. Up to this point, the club has been treated as a provincial asset,” the source added.

Meanwhile, lacking clarity, contracts and salaries in the off-season, many of the team’s key players have already started looking at other clubs to join.

Top-gun flankman Thanakorn “Max ” Piyaprichayut, who recently signed on with the Highways Department futsal club, told The Phuket News the reason why most of the players have decided to move on so soon.

“None of us want to go. e all love it here in Phuket

Chalermpong Saengdee has stepped down as coach. and have all become close. For this FA Cup competition, we didn’t even get to train properly like the other teams. We didn’t even have a coach, but all agreed to come and train the first day of competition.”

Phu ke t Un it e d we r e knocked out in the roundof-1 , losing to onthaburi last ednesday ovember 11, while Chonburi were crowned -time FA up winners downing Thai Port - in the final on unday ov 1 .

“But the anticipation of waiting for confirmation is too much. In the mean time

we don’t get to train or get a salary, whereas some other teams can offer us more stability in the off season ,” Ma concluded. ther confirmed outgoing players are as follows: Team captain Anuwat Phanopha has signed with Chonburi; National squad goalkeeper Chaleamsri Pungsri has joined Surat Thani; Thanakorn Penpakul signed with Bangkok FC and Patchaya Srimanta with Nonthaburi.

Meanwhile, several other key players are also considering offers from other clubs, including Kittipong Sonsuwan, Suttiporn Kladcharoen, Kanok Chitchiew, Puchong Chaoroensrihassana. Keerati Tosasut and Pubet Kongthong.

Also contemplating their ne t move, Bra ilians ackson Santos and Edson Gugu are also at risk of being scooped up if they don’t receive any clarity from Phuket United in the near future.

It is understood that Phuket United’s budget last season was around B10 million.

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reeting and salutations y fellow fisher-fol , it s great to be bac ad to say, ay not be attending the upco ing hu et lassic ishing o petition as the powers that be in y absence, decided to sa e oney and not ha e a weigh-in-boat other-ship thereby ruling out single engine boats with no sleeping acco odation ersonally, li ed the atosphere and ca araderie of staying on the other-ship and saw it as an intrinsic part, and one of the better aspects of this co petition Not everyone wants to night fish, especially after a hard day at sea, and don t see igging, etc, as that i portant as single engine boats ha e always been in

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immy landing a number of ail fish.

the pri e oney despite not night fishing t the end of epte ber and beginning O ctober we were literally o ershadowed by a huge polluting s og t see s e ery year ndonesia acts in a delinquent manner and farts in the faces of her neighbours n y case it obscured my visual navigation forcing e to use sat-na , although do now e actly where would li e to stic that carbon footprint Early in ctober, with y pal a id, we pulled in ails out of hits, s released plus orado and a ing ac erel for good

easure on the way ho e, best fishing for a long ti e, despite the s og E actly a wee later in clear weather, sa e boat crew, only Tuna orado, but that s fishing was tal ing to y old pal eorge the other day who recounted a great fishing tale pparently, while out botto fishing for od England one of his fellow fisheroos, while being seasic , and to the great a use ent of his ship ates, lost his false teeth to a y ones short ti e later another fisher an pulled in a large od and decided to pull a

practical o e on his unfortunate co panion by placing his false teeth in the od s outh he shouted oo what the od had in its outh t this the first fisher an grabbed the teeth, washed the o er the side and put the in his outh, whereupon he declared they re not ine and threw the into the briny, uch to the consternation of the now r u sy no t the ery end of the onth, instead of the s og we were inundated “as usual” by all inds of rubbish as the tides and winds continued to do as they please awaiting other ature, who li e ost wo en, was ha ing a bloody good dither while deciding the date the Easterlies should change to est for the natural start to our su er season ee ber rubbish orado o that s e bac , e old ship ates, and once again you can start letting e now of your catches, news or any other printable scuttlebutt related to fishing in hu et and will be co pletely disco barnicalised Tight lines to all J immy fishinginphuket.com

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HeadStart hosts first Inter-School Staff Football tournament FOOTBALL LAST SATURDAY MORNing (Nov 14 ), HeadStart became the first to host the Phuket Inter-School Staff football tournament, which saw teams from a variety of schools in Phuket enter. HeadStart entered two teams.

After winning their league, HeadStart Team A went on to play BI in the semi-final where Mr Drew showed fantastic goalkeeping skills to keep them in the game at only 1-0 down at half time. It really could have been 8 -0!

At the end of full-time, thanks to Mr Illing chestedvolley goal it was 1-1 which meant a penalty shoot-out.

Mr O’Nions scored his, as did Mr Baines. However, HeadStart lost 3 -2 and didn’t reach the final. A great day was had by all and well done to all who helped organise it and all of the teachers who came down to support. Finally, big congratulations to BIS on winning the first tournament

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Around 150 Phuket youth players competed in the tournament, which was free of charge for entrees.

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huket Soccer Schools (PSS) wrapped up an ex citing local football tournament on Sunday (Nov 15 ) with Kajonkiet (U8 ), Rawai Juniors FC (U10) and Karon FC (U12) claiming division bragging rights.

T he tou r na ment wa s played round robin with 4 points for a win / 2 for a draw

and 1 for a loss. All games lasted 15 minutes with no half-time for all age groups.

Around 15 0 Phuket youth players competed in the tournament, which was free of charge for entrees.

It was the first such P CSR project and proved to be a huge success with a high standard of football on display, said PSS Head Coach Martin Hill.

He said he was ver y

pleased that local teams had a chance to show off their good football skills. Every player and coach was very impressed with the venue and the tournament itself.

“I’m very proud to be able to give something back to the football community of Phuket!” he ex claimed.

The Manager from Rawai Juniors FC, Ian McDonald was enthusiastic after his club took the U10 trophy.

“A fantastic day. A fabulous event very well organised and a joy to be at. 3 0 very happy kids will remember the day for life as I’m sure all the other teams will too.

Without doubt the best venue we have been to.

“Dreams came true for these kids. Thank you from all at Rawai Juniors FC and the Rawai community!”

PSS have upcoming X mas and New Y ears Camps (full

and half days) and have their academy try outs on December 5 . Any players aged between 6 - 14 are welcome to join the tryouts free of charge at Thanyapura.

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Typical GP of 2015 BOX OF NEUTRALS

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ith the e ception of ico osberg winning ust his fifth race of the year o er a tea ate who has arched to ictories in , the ra ilian rand ri was the race of the season That s not to say it was the best grand pri of far fro it, such was the lac of racing for top positions for the entirety of the race s laps rather it was a race that in and of itself represented the tra ails of the season ercedes one-two, the ele enth such occurrence of the season and the fourteenth ti e both il er rrows finished on the podiu , was as as ebastian ettel and errari finishing a close but ulti ately ineffectual third True to for , there was the red-clad er an on the podiu for the thirteenth ti e this season, grinning despite his desperate desire to replace either of the do inant dri ers of the past onths on the

Mercedes' British Formula One driver Lewis Hamilton and German winner Nico Rosberg celebrates on the podium at the Interlagos racetrack. Photo: Nelson Almeida/AFP top step rather than ill around the lower le el of the dais ost of all, howe er, it was the lac of passing at the front of the field that pro ed ra il as classic and with the dri ers racing only for the spectacle now that the season s plaudits ha e been won, they too were o ed to ponder what could be done to

re italise the sport aturally if you are only a tenth or two uic er then it s ery difficult to pass, said ettel after the race ut thin on paper this is one of the easiest trac s to o erta e thin in general what we need is to follow another car closer in ediu speed igh speed and slow speed

corners is ore echanical grip so shift the percentage between aero ore towards echanical or ula ne cars, so inutely designed as they are, struggle to produce the le els of downforce needed to corner at speed when closely following another car in its wa e of disrupted air n the idfield, where tea s ha e fewer resources to a e their cars as efficient as the big-spending tea s, aerodyna ics are less a deciding factor, resulting in the general action-pac ed racing we saw in ra il and the season as a whole for the lower points-paying places redesign of or ula ne s i ense nu ber of

technical regulations is a costly and delicate process, but the sport is ai ing for such an o erhaul in pro ided the tea s can agree nfortunately the sport is ery political with different interests fro different people, la ented ettel ince the responsible people the tea s, whoe er can t agree on so ething, it will be difficult to a e progress ewis a ilton, often heard co plaining about the lac of racing at the front, ad itted the fans had to trust the tea s to a e the right decisions t the end of the day it doesn t really atter what we say, he added The big bosses a e the decisions and whether or not they a e the right ones for any years, who nows Ti e will tell whether the sport s authorities heed the call of the fans, the press, and now the dri ers to o e away fro its current aerodyna icallyfocussed path and a short a ount of ti e at that, with the deadline to confir the sport s rules set at the end of ebruary ut with battle lines drawn between engine anufacturers, independent big-spenders and the s all tea s, along with the and carrying with the their own agendas, or ula ne s future is anything but clear, and uch less certain Don’t forget to tune-in to Live 89.5 each and every Saturday from 9am to hear Box of Neutrals talk everything F1.

Rugby legend Jonah Lomu, regarded as the game’s first global superstar before kidney disease ended his career, died unexpectedly aged 40, the player’s family and New Zealand Rugby said.

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All Blacks rugby legend Jonah Lomu dead at 40 RUGBY RU GBY LEGE N D Jonah Lomu, the game’s first global superstar whose speed and power terrorised opponents, died une pectedly on ednesday o aged , the player s fa ily and ew ealand ugby said o u, who for decades battled the idney disease that ended his career, passed away suddenly at his uc land ho e, fa ily spo es an ohn ayhew said can confir that onah o u died this orning it was totally une pected, onah and his fa ily arri ed bac fro the last night, ayhew told T before brea ing down in tears chief e ecuti e te e Tew tweeted e re all shoc ed and deeply saddened at the sudden death of onah o u onah was a legend of our ga e and lo ed by his any fans both here and around the world ew ealand ri e inister ohn ey also paid tribute, saying The thoughts of the entire country are with his fa ily o u played Tests on the wing for ew ealand fro to , scoring tries e rose to stardo at the ugby orld up, where his co bination of speed and power stunned opponents t his pea , the etre o u weighed ilos and could co er etres in seconds e was diagnosed in late with the idney disorder nephrotic syndro e, which cut short his international career e is sur i ed by his wife adene and sons rayley and hyreille AFP thephuketnews

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he head of the Spanish league, Javier Tebas, believes tomorrow’s (Nov 21) blockbuster clash between Real Madrid and Barcelona can help lead La Liga’s economic fightback against the English Premier League’s billion-dollar television contracts.

The financial gap between the English top-flight and the rest of Europe soared after the Premier League secured a record a £5.1 billion three-year deal for domestic television rights alone in February.

However, Tebas, who has helped oversee a drastic turnaround in Spanish football’s debt-laden finances, is hopeful the appeal of broadcasting the world’s best players like Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi can keep La Liga on the Premier League’s coattails.

“El Clasico is the jewel in the crown of La Liga, but bearing in mind it is La Liga that gives it its value,” Tebas said in a recent interview.

“It is a competitive game, with points at stake. If it were just a friendly, it wouldn’t be the same.”

That the game will kick-

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off at 6:pm local time (0:15am Thai time) is a sign of changing times in La Liga.

I n a n at tempt to put the brakes on the Premier League’s dominance of the lucrative Asian market, Madrid and Barcelona now regularly kick-off at the same time as their English counterparts.

A worldwide television audience of at least 500 million is expected to watch Messi team up with Neymar and Luis Suarez to take on Ronaldo’s Madrid, who can also count on stars like Gareth Bale and James Rodriguez.

The arms race for star names between the two clubs has led to criticism of La Liga

for being too uncompetitive.

Indeed, only once in the past 11 years have they failed to win the title.

A new law has attempted to address that competitive imbalance by enforcing the league to negotiate its television rights collectively rather than on an individual basis, which previously saw the big two earn up to 14 times more than the smallest clubs.

However, Tebas insists even under a more balanced system, Madrid and Barca haven’t lost out as the collective deals struck for both national and international rights have seen television revenue rise from 800 million

euros a season to 1.2 billion.

Moreover, with a threeyear deal for domestic rights under tender at the moment, Tebas is hopeful that by next season revenue could rise to as much as 1.5 billion euros.

“I think we have known and the government have accepted it wouldn”t be so equally split as in the English or German league. We need to grow without cutting out Real Madrid and Barcelona. The better they go and the more stars they have, the better the domestic and international rights will go.

“Already this year because we have done the international tender, we have grown from

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800 million to 1.2 billion euros.

“Now we are doing the national tender and hope to get to 1.5 billion. It is not the Premier League because we have far to go in working on our brand, but we are at a much superior level than the Italian, German or French leagues and within a billion of the Premier League.”

The extra revenue has significantly helped in areas such as reducing Spanish clubs’ enormous tax debts by over 50 per cent, from 650 million to 317 million in the past two years.

Yet, there is a looming threat to La Liga’s cash cow

in the form of the Catalan independence drive, which could see Barcelona cut adrift from Spain.

Tebas has repeatedly stated he doesn’t believe Catalonia’s succession from Spain would be legal, and refused to offer an olive branch for Barca to remain in the league in the case that independence did come about.

“Without doubt it wouldn’t be the same, but it would be the willingness of the clubs and Spanish law that would decide.

“We need to remember that if separation came about, which it won’t, it would be a very painful act.”

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MUAY THAI Matt Pond editor3@classactmedia.co.th

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huket’s Muay Thai is set to be taken to another level tomorrow night

(Nov 21), perhaps not a higher

level, but certainly another one, as four of the island’s best known faces, or names at least, get into the ring for the first time to compete in a ‘Black Tie’ Muay Thai event all in the name of charity.

Each of the four fighters, namely Kim Steppe from

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Blue Elephant restaurant, Jay Walker from Royal Phuket Marina, Leo Ferarri from The Phuket has been Good to us Foundation, and Class Act Media’s very own Jason Beavan have gone through rigorous training to get fit alfor this big clash, and al

Kim ‘Blue Elephant’ Steppe

Undefeated Won 0 Lost 0 KO 0 y training team has been preparing me very well for tomorrow’s fight and it’s

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been very hard.

I’ve started my training from scratch so I’ve had to learn everything from techniques to increasing power.

Due to my job my training has been very limited and I’ve not even been training every day. This actually worries me and I just hope that Jason Beavan is in the same condition as me.

To be the winner in a fight like this you have to be

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e’re going to fight, fight hard, that’s all you need to know. Thanks to Tina & Sue for tricking me into this, if I had known how hard the training at Suk Sinpatong was going to be, I’m not sure I would have said yes so quickly. But

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at your fittest, and I’m not there, but I will sort that out.

Obviously all of us taking part are far from professional fighters, but we’re going to give it our all to put on a good show for everybody who attends.

I think the first round we’ll be seeing what each other is capable of, but from then on it’s a fight and I know I’m going to knock the ‘Paperboy’ out.

though fighting for charity each wants to win their bout in true knock-out style.

In additional to the two main bouts, world class fighters from award-winning training camps involved with training the fighters, AKA Thailand, Singpatong Gym

and Sumalee Gym will also show off their skills.

Speaking to The Phuket News, Kim Steppe said, “It’s a once in a lifetime opportunity for me to put my mind and body to the test. I feel great to be fighting for this cause, the local children’s

charity PHBGTU cares for about 1,200 underprivileged children.

“My own daughter is seven years old so it’s especially important for me to support children’s education.”

Let’s get ready to rumble, and may the best men win.

Jay ‘Leshark’ Walker

Undefeated Won 0 Lost 0 KO 0 understand that there’s a charity “element” to this fight, however, with the

training that we’ve all done it’s gone a step further than being simply that. From my point of view, I love Leo to death, but at the end of the day my reputation is on the line and I have to take it a seriously as I can. Yes, there has been a lot of mucking around going on and that’s fine, but the bottom line is we’re going to be in the ring and there’s going to

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know Leshark has been training very hard for this event, and I’m looking forward to going into the ring with him, I just hope he’s ready for a fight.

I took up the offer to fight as I thought it would be a great chance for me to learn Muay Thai.

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be fists flying, kicks flying, and only one of us is going to walk out.

I just want to say thanks for all the people involved in my training, especially my nutritionist who has taught me so much about eating better.

The training has been fun, it hurts, but it’s been great to learn more about Muay Thai.

Jason ‘Paperboy’ Beavan Leo “The Lion” Ferrari

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here I am at the other end.

Hard work reaching the heavy weight minimum weight of 91kg, just over.... by a lot! Now I’m hard as nails, well mentally, in a charitable kind of way of course. I’m coming for you Blue Elephant man, going to put you on the front page.

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and learning of techniques that I could do has now been done, now I just have to keep eating healthily and getting mentally focused on tomorrow night’s fight.

I will have the support of my father on the night so I’m sure I will come out of the ring on top of the man known as Leshark.

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