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At Monday’s meeting of jet-ski operators with Governor Maitree Intusut, the Governor professed himself satisfied with the operators’ actions to clean up their industry and reduce threats, intimidation, extortion and violence against customers. However, Larry Cunningham, Australian Honorary Consul, believes that essential facts are being swept under the carpet, particularly when it comes to jet-skis in Patong. FULL STORY ON PAGE 2

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ar r y Cunningham, Australian Honorary Consul, has criticised what he sees as wilful sweeping of facts about jet-ski operators under the carpet, particularly in Patong. His blast came after Monday’s meeting of jet-ski operators with Governor Maitree Intusut, at which the Governor professed to be satisfied with the operators’ actions to clean up their industry and reduce incidents in threats, intimidation, extortion and violence against customers. At the meeting, Nucha Petchwimol, representing Patong Beach, where 170 of the island’s 286 jet-skis are based, told the Governor, “I believe we and the Harbour Office work together well to organise the jet-ski industry. I’m trying to prevent any problems,” he added. The meeting discussed the prices of rides on jet-skis, limiting the numbers of jet-skis, and relations with customers. Watchara Goysakul, representatives of Kamala site told the Governor, “We don’t fight over customers. We don’t have many problems with customers, either, because we always inform them of the prices and rules in advance. Tourists can decide if they want to do it or not, it is up to them – we never force them.” His counterpart from Bang Tao explained how helpful

Jet-skis on Patong Beach. his members are. “Foreign customers always ask if they have to have a license to ride a jet-ski license or not. In our country anyone can ride one. But we have staff who can go out with customers who don’t know how to drive one.” The Governor added that “one foreign ambassador” had told him that he thought jet-skis should be banned because they were not safe. “I replied, ‘If you bring up stories from three to four years ago, I have no idea how I can respond. But if you can tell me the ticket no, the date and the time, then I can assist you. Please be specific.” But the problem, Mr Cunningham told The Phuket News, is that the intimidation is so terrifying that few cases get reported. “I have a very extensive contact base and people are telling me that nothing has changed at all. “What [the provincial government] is doing now is they’re not reporting cases any more.

They’re keeping everything completely and utterly hidden. They’re trying to smother all the statistics by not reporting them.” The classic jet-ski scam of using threats to extort large amounts of money for the slightest damage to a jet-ski is still rife, Mr Cunningham says. “Nothing has changed at all. Just sit on Patong beach and watch the way these thugs behave. The insurance scheme [to cover minor damage to jet skis] is a crock of s**t. You’re dealing with criminal elements. It’s one of the most dangerous beaches on earth because of those jetski operators.” With regards to the Governor asking for details about specific cases, Mr Cunningham said that many don’t make a report, because either they are unaware of his existence or that as soon as they mention that they may seek consular assistance, the price is negotiated downwards very quickly. “There are just as many incidents – it’s just disgraceful. Their solution is sweep this kind of thing under the carpet and it’ll all go away.” British Honorary Consul Martin Carpenter, though less forthright in his language, agreed that although he has not had a specific report for a long time, his many sources say little if anything has changed. “It’s still the situation that whenever there’s an accident they have to go through these negotiations,” he told The Phuket News.

OOPS! WE DID IT AGAIN! THE 45 TONNE LARGE crane that tipped over and crashed into a block of shops behind Jungceylon, Patong, on July 31, tipped over again on Wednesday (August 21), and crashed onto a wall. Somchai Panpow, the fore-

man of the Department of Rural Roads, said his team were now investigating the incident with Siamphan Wattana Co, the company undertaking the ongoing drain works on Phang Muang Sai Kor Road. “It was the same crane, but

I do not know if it’s the same crane operator. I hope it’s not. “The problem may lie with the crane. “Or perhaps the soil is too soft and they should have gone to more solid ground.” Photo: Jessada Chokpornchai

Anti-crime campaign ‘is not some quick fix’ MINISTER OF TOURISM & Sport Somsak Pureesrisak has stressed that the recent crime drive by a combination of police, Immigration, Department of Special Investigation (DSI) and other government departments (see page 6) is no quick fix, but is the start of a sustained campaign. “This is an order from the Prime Minister,” Mr Somsak said. “It’s absolutely not a quick fix.” Speaking on Wednesday morning (August 21) at the Provincial Police Headquarters in Phuket Town, the minister said, “[Phuket Governor] Maitree Intusut is the main force, with responsibility for the Centre for Control of Organised Crime, and Pol Gen Wuthi Liptapallop, the Advisor to the Royal Thai Police has been assigned to work on matters in Phuket.” Pol Lt Col Somboon Sarasit, commander of the DSI’s Bureau of Special Crime Section 3, gave details of some of the action to be taken in coming weeks. “Illegal currency exchanges have been operating at the airport for a long time. Some organisations are exchanging money inside the airport have no permit to do so from the Bank of Thailand. Many

DSI Pol Col Somboon Sarasit: Focus is on influential people behind the illegal taxis. counters are doing this, such as taxi service and tour desks. “For security reasons I can’t tell who they are right now, but if we catch them, we will prosecute them because this kind of case is part of our legal remit,” he said. “We will also seize assets belonging to the illegal currency exchanges, in accordance with the Anti-Money Laundering Act.” Turning to the intractable problem of black taxis, Col Somboon said, “We will focus on the influential people who are behind the illegal taxi drivers, more than on the drivers themselves. The reason there are still illegal taxi drivers is because they have influential

groups to support them. “We are keeping our eyes particularly on certain target groups about which we already have enough evidence to indicate that they should be treated as special cases,” he said. DSI Director Tarit Phengdit recently sparked an uproar when he named 11 individual and groups as being “influential”. Mr Tarit had promised that at least one of these would be “investigated” within 30 days. “As Mr Tarit said, we will take on the matter of illegal taxi driver as a special investigation. Towards the end of this month [August], I will present the matter to [Mr Tarit],” Col Somboon added. Col Somboon also addressed the issue of people named as influential suing Mr Tarit for defamation. He said that Mr Tarit had remarked that they have the right to pursue legal remedies if they wish. He added that Mr Tarit has no personal axe to grind with any of the 11. “We are still working on investigating them. Once the Board of the DSI approves our handling this as a special investigation, then we will make more information public.” thephuketnews

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Legal? Illegal? Phuket is supposed to have a maximum of 200 elephants. Yet in reality it has 216. Photo: W Warby

Tighter rules on the way for local elephant camps PHUKET’S ELEPHANT camp owners and officials met yesterday (August 20) to hammer out a code of management for the camps, which have so far been pretty much unhampered by regulations. The meeting was called after concerns were raised about the number of elephants on the island, the standards of care for the animals and the effects of the camps on the surrounding environment.There are more than two dozen elephant ride businesses on the island, using 216 elephants – despite the fact that the provincial government years ago set the limit at 200 animals. Of the 216 elephants officials known about in Phuket, 153 are housed in Muang District, with 48 in Kathu and 15 in Thalang.In addition to the excess elephants, the meeting, held at Phuket City Municipality, discussed the smuggling of elephants onto the island, unregistered sales of elephants from one camp to another, hygiene – or the lack of it – at the elephant camps and the effect of elephant ‘pollution’ on the surrounding area. “Everything must have a limit,” said Suppachai Pochanukool, Chief Officer of Muang District, which covers the southern part of the island where most of the camps are. He slapped down a suggestion by one operator that the ceiling on the number of elephants should be raised to cater for the increasing numbers

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of tourists coming to the island. “We have to make sure that what we are doing benefits every party. If we keep bringing in more elephants because we are thinking only of [how to make money from] tourists, how will local people live with that? As the island’s housekeepers, we will be dead. “What we need to do is to create regulations for elephants. For example, if the elephants in an area have been brought in illegally, what should we do about it? And how can we check whether they are legitimately registered and have not been taken from the wild? “Then, after we have set the regulations, we can perhaps look at the number of elephants in Phuket.” His deputy, Suksant SiangEak, said, “We should consider a system of registering elephants the way we do with people, using house registration books. “We should also consider the area used for each elephant, and what kind of land can be used for an elephant camp – what kind of land documents apply. “Should elephant camps be required to get planning permission? How does a camp affect the local environment? The regulations for elephants should also cover the procedures when an elephant gets sick or dies. “Right now the regulations are just not sufficient.”

ne of Patong’s best known characters, Paul Gibson of the Yorkshire Inn, died of a stroke on Monday night (August 19) in Britain, where he had gone for medical treatment. Mr Gibson, who was 57 years old and was born in Yorkshire, came to Phuket nine years ago. As he once explained it to The Phuket News, “The first reason was a bad divorce. The second was the land of the smiling face and the small bottom. I just love beautiful women.” This was, in a very real sense, a new beginning for him. He started off as an excellent golf player, at one time the youngest PGA professional in the UK. Realising that he didn’t have the skills to make it to the top he diverted his knowledge into bespoke manufacturing and repair of gold clubs. This career brought him into contact with many of the sport’s greats, including including Jack Nicklaus, Arnold Palmer, Seve Ballesteros and Ben Crenshaw. Friend and colleague Neale Avery, who arrived in Phuket 10 years ago, got to know Mr Gibson through the Phuket Expat Golf Society and, when Mr Gibson bought the Yorkshire Inn, was persuaded to run it as GM.

Apart from his success with the Yorkshire Inn, Paul Gibson was well known for his charity work with local kids. “He was fascinating – the most positive individual. He never saw anything as impossible,” Mr Avery said. The positive attitude paid off for the hotel, which was massively expanded and upgraded, and has become very successful. “He’ll be sorely missed. A unique character,” said Mr Avery. “It seems that every person he met, Thai or foreigner, he left their lives richer. “He was one of life’s char-

acters, taken from us far too soon.” Fellow golfer and former bar owner David Brook, said, “It’s very sad news indeed. I met him early on in his time here – we had a mutual interest in golf – and he had a great sense of humour and was very knowledgeable about the hotel industry. I’m very sad to see him go.” Another friend of many years was Patong Deputy Mayor Chairat Sukkaban.

“I’ve know him for a long time,” he said. “He was a good guy with a good heart. Every year on Children’s Day he would give 100 bicycles for distribution to children in Patong, and when he had a star staying with him – a football player or someone like that – he would arrange for them to meet with the local kids.” One of Mr Gibson’s oldest friends was Ian Morgan. “I’ve known him for the best part of 35 years, from being professional golfers in Leeds together to going on golf holidays together. “We go back a long way. “He did a great job and turned the Yorkshire Inn into a great hotel and leisure facility. “Back then he didn’t really know much about hotels or anything like that. I helped him with the marketing of the hotel. “I stopped working for him three years ago, but we kept in touch, I Skyped with him just a few days ago.” “With his charity work, and what he did for the kids, it’s a great loss...” Mr Gibson’s funeral will be held in the UK on Monday, Tuesday or Wednesday next week, Mr Avery said and, after he returns from that, something will be organised in Phuket in his memory. “We have 62 staff and they’ve been hit very hard by the news. We’ll see what they would like to do.”

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56-year-old German man, Peter Hellmuth, was kicked off his motorbike in the early hours of Monday morning (August 19) and mugged by a gang of seven Thai teenagers as he was driving to his Nai Harn home. Mr Hellmuth, who has been in Phuket for 10 months, told The Phuket News that it was a bad ending to what had otherwise been a pleasant night. “I had been at the opening of a new bar in Chalong, and left there at about 2am to drive home. I stopped at Supercheap at the corner of Soi Khokyang in Nai Harn to buy a carton of cigarettes. I bought them and headed home through Soi Khokyang, which is a very quiet shortcut home that many [locally-based] people use.” He was followed. “I saw three boys on a bike but I thought nothing of it. I began driving home and they drove past me a few times and then slowed down [to let me pass].

German man Peter Hellmuth has bruises and abrasions, including the one that can be seen over his right eye. Then, when I slowed down on a speed bump, they kicked me off the bike.” Still ver y shaken, Mr

Hellmuth said the next day he could not remember with any degree of clarity what happened next, but he does know

that his carton of cigarettes and mobile phone were stolen. “They demanded money, but I answered ‘Mai mee satang’ [I don’t have any money.] “One of them got out a small machete and asked again, I repeated that I didn’t have any money. I had only B40 in my wallet [but in any case] they didn’t check my rear pocket, which is where I keep it. “Then four more boys came, two each on a bike. They were aged between 17-19 years old and the leader of the gang had strange spiky hair.” Mr Hellmuth has abrasions on his shoulder, forearm and eyebrow, and – as he was wearing a helmet and there were no rips in his clothes – he believes that he must have been beaten, though he cannot recall. After the boys had taken Mr Hellmuth’s possessions they drove off and he managed to get home. Mr Hellmuth shares a house with fellow German Christoph Huber, who himself

had a disturbing encounter about six weeks ago with a street gang in Nai Harn. He stopped to put fuel in his motorbike at a coin-operated pump, he recalls. “Some boys drove past, then stopped, and one of them pulled out a gun – I don’t know if it was real or not – then they just drove off.” Mr Huber believes that teenage gangs mugging lone people has become quite a common occurrence in Nai Harn. “A few weeks ago a bar owner near here was also k icked off his bi ke and mugged, and probably the same gang of kids did it. I think they go out looking for drunk old men to target.” Like Mr Huber and the bar owner, Mr Hellmuth has decided not to go to the police. “They’ll just get bailed the next day and nothing happens anyway.” Instead he has resolved never to use Soi Khokyang again and in the future stick to the main roads.

Jintana’s family ‘Honest’ Pian speaks out pressure police over her murder THE FAMILY OF JINTANA Mahattanapak, the slain head of Human Resources at the Hilton Phuket Arcadia Resort at Karon Beach, visited the Phuket Provincial Police Office last Friday (August 16) to ask for information on progress in catching her murderer, and to “encourage” police. Mrs Jintana was shot dead in an apparent professional hit on January 18 as she drove to Phuket Town. The hit is thought to have been carried out by a gunman who rode up alongside her car on a motorbike and shot her once through the window. hitting her in the head. The family were met by Provincial Police Commander Maj Gen Choti Chavalviwat and other senior officers involved in the investigation. Mrs Jintana's sister Ornlin

said, “I believe that Phuket’s police investigators will solve this case. I will not stop following the case until my sister gets justice.” Gen Choti told them, “The evidence is not so clear. I cannot confirm anything at the moment.” He then asked media to leave the room. After an hour of private talks, Mrs Jintana’s husband Winyoo told reporters, “The police have told us that the investigation is moving forward. “We came here today to get an update on progress, and to encourage the police involved in this case. “I am not entirely satisfied with progress in the investigation.” The police officers, after the meeting, walked past media without making any comment.

PATONG MAYOR PIAN Keesin has denied he is an “influential person”, as alleged by Department of Special Investigations Director Tarit Pengdith, but has said that, unlike others in the same position, he will not sue the DSI for defamation. After a Municipality meeting this morning he told reporters, “I’ve never had a reputation for extortion. If I were a real gangster, I would go and get the DSI. But I’m not. “If the DSI comes to me, I will cooperate with them, but I won’t go to them when I don’t know what I’m supposed to have done wrong. I still can’t figure out what they think I’ve done wrong. “In my life up until now, I have always done good deeds, so I’m not worried about the accusation. I would urge the DSI first to check the profiles [of the 11 people and groups named as ‘influential’] and be sure that they really are ‘influential’ figures. “I have been a local politician all my life. If I had gone

Mayor Pian: ‘I’ve never had a reputation for extortion.’ off the rails, I wouldn’t have stayed in this post for long. I and officials here have taken care to ensure the town is safe and runs smoothly. “For those who come to earn a living in Phuket, we have to support them so that they do not create problems. For the taxis, yes, there are [people who create] problems, but they are a minority.” Asked about his involvement with Pisona, a major player in Patong transport, he said, “The DSI may think that I’m involved in the business but I never have been.

“My son does this business – and I have brought my children up to be honest people. “So the DSI should put the charges to us and tell us what [they think] we did wrong. “The way I govern the town might not be 100 per cent correct, but for me the happiness of the townspeople is the top priority. “I urge the DSI to be fair and check; they may have received inaccurate information.” Unlike three other people on the list, Mayor Pian said he had no intention of taking legal action against the DSI. “I’m not going to sue anybody, but the DSI officials should be even-handed. Every situation has two sides. There are people who are satisfied and people who are not.” In a wide-ranging session, Mayor Pian also hinted that he may retire soon. Noting that he is now 70 years old, he said he will not stay on as Mayor forever. “If people re-elect me, then I’ll have to do it. But I think I will stay for only one more term.” thephuketnews

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A 14 YEAR-OLD ENGLISH boy, Ethan Williams, on holiday in Phuket, died on Sunday night (August 18) from a severe allergic reaction, apparently to cashew nuts he ate during dinner in Patong. After eating the nuts, Ethan started to vomit and had difficulty breathing. His parents rushed him to Patong Hospital at around 6pm. Sirichai Silpa-archa MD, Director of Patong Hospital, explained to The Phuket News “The doctor treated him with epinephrine (adrenaline). However, it was too late. “He could not breathe and had hypotension and passed away soon afterwards. “His medical histor y showed that he suffered from asthma, so his parents had regular asthma medication but they had none for anaphylaxis [severe allergic reaction].” Pol Capt Patthapi Srichai of Kathu Police said that if the parents wanted an autopsy to be performed, the body will need to be sent to the Police Hospital in Bangkok.

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even elephants in Phuket were seized on Wednesday (August 21) by the Natural Resources and Environmental Crime Suppression Division (NREC) after it was confirmed that the animals’ birth certificates were fake, being from a batch of 69 phony papers issued by officials in Chaiyaphum Province. NREC and local police simultaneously visited seven locations, most of them in the Chalong area. They were Sai Yuan Elephant Camp; Sea View Elephant Camp in Rawai; Kinnaree Elephant Trekking in Chalong; an elephant camp on the way to Big Buddha; an Elephant Camp in Kalim; the Eco Elephant Riding Camp in Cherng Talay; and the JW Marriott Resort in Mai Khao. All seven animals seized were baby elephants – a big tourist draw because of their playfulness and cuteness. Pol Maj Gen Norasak Hamenithi, who joined the raid on Kinnaree Elephant Trekking, said, “The livestock identification certificate is like an ID card for elephants. “We have now issued a

Gen Norasak meets four-year-old Phang Nampetch, now sequestered at the Kinnaree Camp. warrant for the arrest of Kamnan Surat Termsak, who is a headman in Chaiyaphum and president of the Elephant Association of Chaiyaphum. “He [and others] asked the Muang District Chief in Chaiyaphum for certificates for 69 elephants that did not exist. According to the law, certificates cannot be issued for elephants until they are eight years old, but [Surat and his partners] said they needed the certificates because the animals were going to be moved elsewhere.” A press release issued by the NREC also said that another arrest warrant had been issued for Prasong

Bootchaipoom, though it did not say what his involvement in the case is. “Some of these cases can be tracked back to wild female elephants killed in Kaeng Krajan National Park and their babies taken and sold, and then passed off as the babies of other, registered females,” added Gen Norasak. He explained that the elephants, though “seized”, will remain where they are for now. The elephant camps will look after them, but will not be allowed to use them commercially. In return, they will be paid by the Department of National Parks, Wildlife and

Plant Conservation (DNP) to look after the elephants. “Manophat Huamuangkaew, Director-General of the DNP, has decided on this solution partly because of the cost of transporting the elephants to the Elephant Conservation Centre in Lampang is between B80,000 and B100,000 per animal, and partly because there have been cases of elephants dying en route to Lampang. “We will send officers to check regularly that the elephants are not being used to make money.” He explained that the current owners are not regarded as being at fault. “They bought the animals legitimately, be-

lieving that documents issued by government officials were correct. The owner of Kinnaree Elephant Trekking, Jaroong Taochan, confirmed this. He said, “I bought this elephant for B1.3 million. I thought that the documents were legal.” Gen Norasak said, “I would like to warn elephant camp owners that they should be aware of the existence of fake certificates. They need to check carefully the origins of any elephant they are thinking of purchasing. “We will first charge Surat with lying to officials and later we will also charge the officials who [corruptly] issued the paperwork.” Apart from the seven elephants seized in Phuket, Wednesday’s operation also saw officers sequestering five more in Phang-Nga and two in Krabi. Further raids are expected in other provinces – Surin, where six of the 69 illegal elephants are reported to be, Chaiyaphum (one animal), Chonburi (five), and Kanchanaburi (two). The remaining 33 elephants from the 69 will be tracked down later.

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RETIRED TEACHER MANIT INTARIT arrived in Phuket on Tuesday (August 20) as part of a mammoth trip that will take him and his bicycle to all of Thailand’s 77 provinces. His aim is to arrive in Bangkok on December 5, the birthday of HM the King, to sign his name in the book of birthday wishes to His Majesty. Mr Manit set off from Pattani 11 days ago, and expects to spend 116 days on his tour of the country. It’s not the first time he has undertaken long-distance bike trips, he said after meeting Governor Maitree Intusut at Phuket

Provincial Hall. He has already taken journeys to all of Thailand’s neighbours – Malaysia, Myanmar, Laos and Cambodia – and to Vietnam. “Visiting the neighbouring countries, I used my own money, but on this journey the Office of Tourism and Sports in each province is providing accommodation and in some cases food,” Mr Manit said. “From Phuket, I will go [through Phang Nga] to Ranong. That will take two days. “I love His Majesty the King, and I am doing this in his honour. I think it is good to do exercise, and to be able to show how I love the King at the same time,” he added.

Airport ‘tax’ on Crackdown on illegal Chinese tourists workers will continue no longer exists A FTER A DELUGE OF complaints, Immigration officers at Phuket International Airport have stopped levying their informal “tax” on Chinese arrivals, which was once as much as B200 per person, cash only, in baht or yuan. “We lodged many complaints [about the tax over the past six months] to many sections of government in Phuket,” Qin Jian, China’s Vice-Consul in Haad Yai, told The Phuket News on Tuesday (August 20). “I have asked the tour operators about the special tax collected particularly from

Chinese tourists, and this is apparently no longer an issue. “The last case I heard of was on August 1. Since then I have had no more complaints.’ Mr Qin said, “I have also been told that there is now a sign at every Immigration counter stating, ‘No taxes collected.’ I think the Immigration Police have taken their responsibility for this seriously. “I believe perhaps one reason is that many senior government officials have been visiting Phuket, and this tends to make everything run on the right track.”

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he Phuket Immigration Office will continue its ‘crackdown’ on illegal workers, Phuket Immigration Superintendent Colonel Sanchai Chokhayaikij has said. Col Sanchai explained that Patong has now been separated into five “work zones” to make the checking of Patong workers swift and efficient and that the “serious crackdown” would continue until at least the end of August. His comments come on the back of the arrests last Friday (August 16) of 84 illegal workers. Col Sanchai said, “The 84 people arrested were mostly Burmese but included four Vietnamese, two Indians, two Pakistanis and two Cambodians arrested in Patong, all with expired visas.” On a patrol along the Patong Beach Road by Col Sanchai, Phuket Tourist Police Inspector Urumporn Khundejsumrit and Police Colonel Jirapat Pohchanapant, they chanced upon a young Burmese worker, Na Yar Yan. Na Yar Yan told The Phuket

On a mission: Col Sanchai Chokhayaikij leads his men out onto the streets of Patong. News after getting the “all clear” from the investigating officers, “To have a job is the main magnet for me. I have all of the correct documents from my employer. “Half the money I spend for the right documents goes on the work permit fee. Even

though the process of getting the right documents from the Labour Department was difficult, it’s worth it. “I have been in Phuket for four years now. I am going to go back home in the next three months. “My employer is fine with

it and he told me it depends on my decision of how long I plan to work here.” Na Yar Yan added that all foreign workers should try to have such documents for the right to work and act legally, “It makes life safer and more relaxing,” he said.

Canadian arrested A CA NA DI A N HOT EL worker wanted on a charge of theft in Chiang Rai was arrested in Patong on Sunday night (August 18). A warrant for David Peter Sundstrom, 39, formerly a manager of a hotel in Thailand’s northernmost province, was issued in June after the owner of the hotel, a Briton, accused him of stealing B100,000.

The hotel owner discovered that Sundstrom had rented a room in Nanai Rd. Kathu police, accompanied by the owner, stopped Sundstrom as he rode a Honda CBR motorbike along the road at around 8pm. He is currently being held until arrangements can be made to send him back to Chiang Rai. He has denied the theft charge. Eakkapop Thongtub thephuketnews

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IN BRIEF Russian found hanged near lake Garbage collectors received a shock when they arrived to pick up trash on Saturday (August 17) at a point near Nong Harn, the lake behind Naiharn Beach and discovered a corpse hanging by a rope from a tree. It was identified as that of Russian Vladimir Slobodenyuk, 29, who had been seen earlier walking in the area. His family have been informed.

Injured George going home at last

A medical flight will take off from Phuket next Thursday (August 29) carrying American George Byrdwell Harris Jr back home to Dallas – after a year spent in Vachira Phuket Hospital. Mr Harris, who was badly crippled in a motorbike accident, will fly by Thai Airways and Korean Airlines, accompanied by a nurse to ensure he suffers no medical crises on the way. His one-year stay at the hospital is, say officials there, a record.

Man caught with homemade gun Thalang Police manning a checkpoint on Tuesday afternoon (August 20) thought Kachen Phantip, 32, was acting suspiciously when they stopped him on his motorbike. Checking the contents of his backpack, they found a home-made pistol and six bullets. He was arrested on a charge of carrying an unlicensed gun in a public place.

Shoeless thief robs 7-Eleven Two staff at a 7-Eleven store in Rassada were terrified on August 14 into handing over B10,200 by a thief carrying a knife and wearing a motorbike helmet – but no shoes. Security cameras showed the man, about 170 cm tall, wore a black jacket and blue jeans but was shoeless.

Tour bus rams three parked cars A bus with 20 Chinese tourists on board crashed into three cars parked along Thepkasattri Rd, just north of the Heroines Monument, late on August 15. No one was hurt. The driver told police he was taking his passengers back to their hotel when a car came up on the right side, traveling fast. He swerved left to avoid being hit by it and, instead, rammed the parked cars. @thephuketnews

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op brass from police headquarters in Bangkok flew into Phuket on Wednesday (August 21) for a press conference, at which they showcased the achievements of a recent drive against crime in Phuket and three other tourist centres in Thailand. In a rather confused presentation, they congratulated themselves and their Phuket colleagues on combatting illegal aliens, illegal weapons, trademark piracy and a plethora of other offences. Chairing the press conference at the Provincial Police Station in Phuket Town was Pol Gen Wuthi Liptapanlop, adviser to the Royal Thai Police. On August 15, after a visit to Phuket, Gen Adul Saengsingkaew, the Commissioner General of the Royal Thai Police, ordered Gen Wuthi to conduct a drive to clean up crime in the country’s four most important tourist destinations – Pattaya, Phuket, Chiang Mai and Koh Samui. “In just three days – from August 18 to 20 – Phuket Police, under the supervision of Police Region 8 and working with the Central Investiga-

Gen Wuthi displays one of the trophies seized during the three-day anti-crime drive. tion Bureau and Immigration officers, caught a total of 393 alleged lawbreakers,” said Gen Wuthi. Although Gen Wuthi conceded there is still plenty more to do, a press release trumpeted the numbers: 77 arrested for immigration offences, mostly

‘Road rage’ led to shooting of Russian POLICE BELIEVE THE shooting of a Russian tourist on Saturday night (August 17) was the result of road rage. Three Russian men – two tourists and the third a student at a dive centre in Phuket – rented a car from a shop on Saiyuan Rd at about 7pm. They went from there to have dinner nearby, finishing about 10pm. As they drove along the Rawai Beach road a motorbike with two Thai men aboard drew up close alongside. Although it is not clear why tempers were lost on either side, witnesses said both the car and the bike speeded up, both competing for road space, and both sounding

their horns. Finally, on Wiset Rd, the bike drew up alongside and the passenger pulled out a gun and fired a shot through the rear door, hitting Maksim Klochkov, 32, in the stomach. The bike then peeled off and escaped down Saiyuan Rd Soi 1. Mr Klochkov is safe in hospital, a police spokesperson said, though he declined to say which hospital because of the victim’s fears of further violence. Because the Russians were tourists and a student, investigators have ruled out a revenge hit or a business dispute, and believe road rage was the cause.

Night of the pythons MONDAY NIGHT (AUGUST 19) was a night for pythons in Phuket, with two caught – one in Mai Khao and one in Patong. Both were later released in the wild. The first was caught after Porrawat Sae-Ew called the Maikhao Non-Profit Rescue Organisation to his home in Mai Khao. He said that he was watching TV when he heard a

strange noise. Using a flashlight he spotted a snake. He poked at it with a stick and it disappeared into the ceiling. Volunteers took an hour to pull down the ceiling and catch the snake, a two-metre reticulated python. Meanwhile, in Patong, locals caught a python, also about two metres long, on the road outside Patong Municipality.

overstaying; 15 arrested for working illegally; and 26 illegal aliens. At 102 checkpoints, 111 people were arrested on a variety of unspecified charges. Police also followed up “old cases” and made seven arrests, caught 15 people in

possession of illegal weapons, 41 in possession of narcotics, 83 driving defective public transport vehicles, 28 for selling pirated goods and 44 for fraud. “Each offence affects Phuket’s image,” said Gen Wuthi, who then had his subordinates explain what was

being done in their particular sphere of expertise. For example, Pol Col Chainarong Jaroenchainow, deputy commander of the Economic Crimes Division, spoke about combatting copyright piracy. “We need to get people to understand that wearing or using fake goods is not cool. It is too difficult to crack this problem [by arresting the sellers], so we have to encourage the buyers [to avoid fake goods]. Gen Wuthi remarked, “If you remember last year [singer] Lady Gaga said she was looking forward to buying a fake Rolex in Bangkok. Things like this affect Thailand’s image, and affected investor confidence. We want Phuket to be a tourist destination forever, not just for a while.” Asked the value of the goods seized, he said, “The value of the products is not important. What is important is the fact that we caught these people.” He concluded, “We will carry on, not only in Phuket but also in Pattaya, Samui, and Chiang Mai.” September has been earmarked as a month of followup action.

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ell, it’s been a hell of a week again in Phuket. However, this week’s cases of muggings, shootings and numerous drug-related offences also share our pages with plenty of good news. Firstly, a final fond farewell must be given to American George Byrdwell Harris Jr, who has spent the last year in Vachira Hospital and, after finally receiving the necessary funds, will make the trip back to the U.S next week. Then there was the announcement that Chinese tourists were no longer being scammed on arrival. The last lodged complaint of an illegal ‘arrival tax’ being levied from a Chinese tourist was on August 2 and for Qin Jian, China’s Vice-Consul in Had Yai at least, the scam seems to have been stopped. Some are bound to incredulously query why it even happened in the first place,

and how could immigration officials at the airport get away with charging up to B200 for each and every Chinese visitor for so long. But the positive to be gained – no matter how scandalously negative the original situation was – is that it doesn’t seem to be happening any more. The Jet Ski situation is also apparently getting better, according to Governor Maitri Intusut, who in a meeting on Monday even said that he would like to find ways of applying the implemented solutions to the taxi and tuktuk ‘problem’. The Jet Ski sector is far from perfect and it’s still quite common to hear of scams, intimidation and assaults, but let’s not forget how much has changed. The vast majority of Jet Skis are registered now, with all of those insured. Compare that to the situation just a few years ago.

For whatever reason and regardless of how foreign residents view how things should have been in the first place, there are certain aspects of Phuket society that have become better in the last few years. It’s still got a long way to go, but the Phuket of today – at least from an infrastructural and governance perspective – is incredibly better than it once was. Airport bus to Patong, registered taxis and Jet Skis, improved government attitude towards economic and environmental issues. At times it’s easier to frown than smile, complain than praise, especially, as it appears with many of our readers, on the island’s various comment forums and websites, but let’s not forget how far we’ve come at the expense of focusing on where we need to be. There’s cause to always look on the bright side.

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end me gifts of Line stickers. Brown, Cony, Mickey, Monsters University, Kerokerokeroppi, whatever – faster, before the tech-savvy Thai police spoil the party and shut the chat down. And please, if you’re beaming me photos, make sure they’re not photo-shopped (or chopped) and don’t feature national parks or heads of state in any allegorical manner. Do that, and a special task force from the Department of Special Investigation (DSI), which is extremely busy catching horny monks and imaginary rhinos, might slap a terrorism charge against us all. Yes, the jokes are exaggerated. But so are our police officers’ “initiatives”. The magnitude of their nonsense at first tickled, and then baffled, and then irritated us all. Wire-tapping Line conversations and declaring our Facebook “Likes” criminal? In a separate bout of baloney,

the DSI – supposedly an elite unit in charge of, as its name proudly announces, special investigation – vows to spend time, sweat and taxpayer money to probe a Democrat MP who posted a satirically photo-shopped picture of PM Yingluck Shinawatra (a crude satire that I find tasteless, but legitimate satire nonetheless) that likens her to a certain horned beast. On the Line fiasco, I dream of Edward Snowden in a mudwrestling match with Pol Maj Gen Pisit Pao-in, commander of the Technology Crime Suppression Division. Bradley Manning, Julian Assange, Vladimir Putin and Ai Weiwei are on the front row watching, surreptitiously cheering on Mr Snowden. And I quietly wonder if the Thai police are being super-serious or plain dumb. In the real world, US President Barack Obama is pondering if he can attempt a reform of the National Security Administration’s surveillance programme – the embodiment of Big Brother, of government paranoia and a mani-

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Cracking down on illegal workers [Re. Patong crackdown on foreign workers to continue till August] In a developed country something like this might be called racial profiling. Global_Saffer Racial profiling against who? The police are looking for anyone working illegally. Adriane Walter-Scott

Tiger, tiger, still burning bright? [Re. A tiger’s tale: Inside Phuket’s Tiger Kingdom] Funny how all of these places seem to start with someone wandering in from the woods with a tiger cub who has lost its mum to poachers, and then before you know it the place has turned into a massive centre for tiger cruelty and exploitation. Haven’t we heard this before at Tiger Temple? We at Care for the Wild rescue animals every day, as do our friends at Wildlife Friends of Thailand (albeit

theirs are much more exotic), as do so many of the sanctuaries our charity supports, but none of us have felt the need to exploit and abuse animals for profit to help ‘pay the bills’. This is a nonsense argument. Phil

Easy pickings in Nai Harn for gang [Re. German expat mugged by Phuket teen gang] “I think they go out looking for drunk old men to target”. Well, they won’t have to look very far in Phuket then, will they? Jimbo Not going to the police station is a bad move. I hope he changes his mind. It would be really nice if the cops down there actually patrolled. Dave Williams

Rest in peace, little man [Re. Boy dies from reaction

festation of the God complex. In the real world, the debate concerns the extent to which the Prism software, deployed to monitor US citizens’ emails and messages, represents a breach of privacy and counter-terrorism overreaction. But in our Siamese world, we have our anti-cybercrime chief say something amazing like this: “We should do it like China. We ask for cooperation [from Line] but if it’s not successful we should just block the whole country [from using the app].” That would shame the CIA, NSA, KGB, MI6 and all intelligence agencies pre- and postWorld War II combined. Even Joseph Stalin was more subtle. No, even his role model China is more subtle in its expression of dictatorial whim. Pol Maj Gen Pisit (I want to see his Line stickers collection) said his department has also approached other companies, such as Facebook and YouTube, to help monitor online activities that threaten our national security.

Our cyber-detective moaned that those companies, despite making planeloads of money from voracious Thai internet users, are reluctant to help. “We help them when they want something, but when it’s our turn to ask for help, they don’t want to cooperate,” he said. The Chinawannabe punchline came after that. To quell the outcry, national police chief Adul Saengsingkaew said the principle is that police must not infringe on people’s privacy. The focus, he says, is on national security. “If we monitor someone, it must be done within the legal framework,” he said.That’s reassuring coming from the unblemished Thai police. And of course, deputy government spokeswoman Sunisa Lertpakawat said the government has no plans to go after its political opponents by keeping tabs on their Line messages. “We’re duty-bound to safeguard people’s freedom,” says the deputy spokeswoman, “not to control or obstruct it.”

HAVE YOUR SAY to cashew nuts in Phuket dinner] Ethan we knew you as a funloving 11 year old. This news has made us all feel greatly upset and sick to our stomachs. You are hugely missed and this accident could and should have been prevented. Rest with the angels my love, you will always be in our thoughts. Toby

Beware the Google-men [Re. Phuket: Google car stopped as suspected govt spy] Good on them! They don’t have to accept some camera taking a photo of their whole village if they don’t want. SomeoneWhoCaresJingJing

Snakes on a different plane [Re. Night of the Phuket pythons] Before we had few reports in the media about snakes be-

ing found in homes because Phuketians would kill the snakes rather than report it. It is better now for the snakes as islanders know they can call their local administration to remove them, which helps save the lives of thes wild animals. That said, I do hope they do not end up being dinner for some local folks in search of their souls after a few bottles of spirits... Whistle-Blower

Get the trains to run on time [Re. SRT train goes off rails in Lampang] Thailand doesn’t need a high speed network to anywhere. A low speed network that arrives on time would be appreciated. Padova44 Thailand’s rail network makes India’s look up to date! Jimbo

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[Re. Support sought for bill to curb foreign land grabbers in Phuket and throughout Thailand] ‘Foreigners holding land plots in Thailand illegally would face five to 20 years in prison and/or a fine of B500,000 to B2 million, while the consultants would face two-thirds of whatever penalties are imposed on the wrongdoers.’ A lot of expats, owning businesses or retired in Phuket are going to be scratching their heads as they bought land and houses by setting up a Ltd Part. with Thai proxy nominees to own the compulsory 51 per cent Thai-owned shareholders. Toby

Don’t shy away from the horrors [Re. Nurse involved in major car crash in Kathu, Phuket] There is something to be said about showing the horrors in certain situations. Road accidents take so many lives here in Thailand and nobody seems to take much notice. I say show the images and

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Words of comfort often sound, in our environment, like covert threats. The government says that because the only free speech any government cares about is its own. Police remarks of “national security” – in both the Line and photo-shopped incidents – reek of the old indelible stench. The Hail Mary of “national security” has been exploited by the authorities to confuse political crime with digital crime, to practise censorship, to inspire fear, to twist the arms and put people on trial, even in jail. At least in the US, it takes someone like Private Manning or Mr Snowden to blow the whistle on the government. In Thailand – our beloved, amazing Thailand – the tech cops blow the whistle by themselves (it’s more like a trumpet) as if they crave attention, or as if they wanted to signal a loud warning. Be like China? No. It’s time China sent someone to lear n from us. Kong Rithdee is the deputy Life editor of the Bangkok Post.

scare people into thinking about safety on the roads. As a child growing up in the UK, the fire department would come to our school every year before ‘Bonfire Night’ when everybody lets off fireworks. They would give us a horrific slide show of gruesome injuries caused by fireworks. I still remember them and have always treated fireworks with great respect. Si

Time for clean-up [Re. Go-Eco event a huge success] It may be time for government agencies such as the “Fishery Department” to try their best to educate Thai fishermen to fit their fishing boats with holding waste water tanks, toilets and bins. Also to bring back to shore their garbage, especially old fishing nets which kill turtles, dolphins and dugongs when they are discarded into the sea on a daily basis, even at fishing ports. Whistle-Blower

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Police face down gang of fake parking attendants A TH A I MOTOR IST lodged a complaint with Traffic Police over a parking charge of B60 they were forced to pay to park on a public road in North Pattaya on August 17. Police Senior Sergeant Major Somsee from Pattaya’s Traffic Police Division made his way to Soi Petragoon and saw the parking attendants who were allegedly taking money from motorists to park on public roads. As the police officer approached, one of the attendants placed a call to a friend and suddenly the officer was surrounded by a group of 10 men who attempted to intimidate the officer and force him to retreat. The off icer stood his ground and called for backup which soon arrived. Twenty police officers and volunteers converged on the location, forcing the group of attendants to make a hasty retreat. Four of the attendants were arrested and taken to Pattaya Police Station where they were held pending further investigations. Pattaya One

Court jails ex-cop for tourist death A Thai court on Tuesday (August 20) sentenced a former policeman to nearly four decades in jail for shooting dead a Canadian tourist during a scuffle in a sleepy northern resort town. Uthai Dechawiwat, who pleaded guilty to the killing of Leo Del Pinto, 25, in January 2008, was handed a 37-and-a-half year prison term – reduced from life – by a court in the northern Thai city of Chiang Mai. Del Pinto was shot dead and his girlfriend Carly Reisig, 24, was hospitalised with a bullet wound after the policeman tried to break up an argument between the couple outside a restaurant in Pai town in Mae Hong Son province. Soon after the incident Uthai was charged with Del Pinto’s murder and the attempted murder of Reisig. “The court r uled him guilty as charged and sentenced him [to] life imprisonment,” said a court official, adding his guilty plea resulted in a reduced sentence. The official did not pro-

Former policeman Uthai Dechavivat being led to the Provincial court in Chiang Mai on Tuesday. Photo: AFP vide further details of the proceedings, but reports in the Canadian press said the former policeman changed his plea just weeks before the trial. The Canadian couple were staying in Pai, a popular area for backpackers. Local police have said the couple argued after Del Pinto

accused Reisig of having an affair with a Thai man. When the argument among the Canadians and the Thai man turned violent, restaurant workers asked off-duty police sergeant Uthai to intervene. Uthai’s gun went off three times during the scuffle and he initially claimed it was an accident. AFP

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Support sought for bill to curb foreign land grabbers THE OFFICE OF THE Ombudsman is seeking support for a law to prevent foreigners illegally owning land via nominees. The legislation was discussed on Monday (August 19) at a seminar organised by the Office of the Ombudsman, which wants to push the bill through for scrutiny by Parliament. The 40-section bill targets foreigners illegally holding land in Thailand, their legal consultants and their nominees. Foreigners holding land plots in Thailand illegally would face five to 20 years in prison and/or a fine of B500,000 to B2 million, while the consultants would face two-thirds of whatever penalties are imposed on the wrongdoers. Under the bill, a committee to investigate “hidden” transactions would be set up. One provision in the draft allows those found to be holding Thai property illegally to transfer the plots to legitimate entities within one year to avoid being punished. Ombudsman Siracha Charoenpanij said the proposed law aims to close

loopholes being exploited by foreigners. Mr Siracha became the centre of a heated debate in March last year when he claimed that foreigners owned 30 per cent of all the land in Thailand. Currently, foreigners may “own” land through a number of channels such as registering a limited company with 51:49 Thai-foreign ownership, or by putting the land in the name of a Thai spouse. “We must bring to account the foreigners, Thai nominees and legal advisers,” he said. He said the Office of the Ombudsman would propose a regulation overseeing nominee ownership before the law takes effect. It would require the Interior Minister and his permanent secretary to investigate “hidden transactions” and take legal action against offenders. Mr Siracha said he would submit the bill along with a study on nominee land ownership to the Prime Minister, Parliament and the two biggest political parties before the end of the current session. Bangkok Post

Thai opposition MPs brawl with police in Parliament THAILAND’S PARLIAment briefly descended into chaos Tuesday (August 20) as opposition lawmakers brawled with police during a debate on controversial proposals to amend the constitution. Scuffles broke out after 57 members of the opposition Democrat party stood up simultaneously to voice their objections to the plans and refused to be silenced by the Speaker. Television images showed politicians surrounded by police and grappling with them as they were marched towards the exit of the chamber, while screams were heard in the background. “I was the f irst to be grabbed. The Speaker of the House told the parliament police officers to take the ones who were standing out of the room,” said opposition lawmaker Nipit Intarasombut. “It was chaotic.” Nipit, who said there were some 100 police in parliament at the time, said opposition MPs were angry at being denied time to speak about the proposals, which would change the senate to a fully elected body.

The plans are part of a contentious bid to amend a constitution written in the wake of a 2006 military coup that ousted then-leader Thaksin Shinawatra. Deep divisions have torn Thailand since the coup, sparking years of political turmoil. Both Thaksin’s “Red Shirt” supporters and nationalist “Yellow Shirt” enemies have taken to the streets in often bloody protests. The current government led by Thaksin’s sister Yingluck, which won elections in 2011, has recently been accused of fuelling tension by supporting an amnesty bill. The opposition fears it could lead to Thaksin’s return from self-imposed exile. Around 2,000 anti-govern-

ment demonstrators converged near parliament earlier this month in an opposition-led rally against the amnesty bill – which has since passed its first reading. Debate in Thai parliament has a history of overheating. In May 2012 police surrounded the house Speaker to protect him as Democrat MPs threw bundles of paper at him in protest at reconciliation proposals. A month earlier there were red faces in the legislature when a graphic image of a naked woman in a provocative pose flashed across big screens during a debate on the constitutional amendments. At the time, officials blamed hackers. AFP thephuketnews

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Homesick British put colonial stamp on gardens of the Raj Penelope Macrae

ndia’s monument to love, the Taj Mahal, was once even more romantic, cloaked behind towering foliage and only shyly revealing its contours as the visitor approached – until a British viceroy removed the mystery. Lord Curzon, an enthusiastic gardener and Britain’s viceroy to India from 1899 to 1905, “imposed an imperial stamp” on what has become the nation’s most famous monument, says US historian Eugenia Herbert. Curzon “effectively clearfelled” fragrant trees, shrubs and other plants to open up views of the Taj, says Herbert, author of Flora’s Empire – a detailed history of British gardens in colonial India. Today the Taj, which draws millions of tourists a year, is surrounded by neat rectangles of manicured lawn. “The gardens would have had to be trimmed back but those who saw them before spoke of how the greenery gradually revealed the mys-

India’s famous Taj Mahal, as viewed by a tourist in 1865. Photo: Felice A. Beato tery” of the Taj’s stunning facade, Herbert told AFP in an interview. Herbert’s book was published recently to rave reviews in India with news magazine India Today calling it a “scholarly tour de force”. The viceroy was not alone

in putting his stamp on the Indian landscape, and a horticultural legacy remains more than sixty years since the end of British rule. Homesick colonials left their imprint on India’s parks and gardens, many of which are still full of tidy, green

Spending a penny could cost B500 in south Chinese city PEOPLE WITH A POOR aim are to be fined if they miss their mark when using public toilets in a Chinese city, officials said – provoking online derision over how the rule will be enforced. The penalty will apply to those who urinate outside the bowl of facilities in Shenzhen, the southern boom town neighbouring Hong Kong, although draft regulations seen by AFP did not specify a minimum quantity of spillage required to be classed as a violation. “Such uncouth use of a public toilet will be fined 100 yuan (B505) by authorities” from next month, a city government official told AFP on Tuesday. Users of China’s rumbustious weibo social networks poured scorn on the measures, raising the prospect of hordes of toilet inspectors being deployed to inspect performance. “A number of new civil servant positions will be created. There will be a supervisor behind every urinating person to see whether the pee is straight,” wrote one poster. Another added: “Very good measures. I expect they can @thephuketnews

When nature calls, you just have to go. Photo: woggle create 20 jobs on average for every public toilet.” Officials with the department responsible for details of the rules could not immediately be reached for comment by AFP on Tuesday. The measures have also provoked more considered debate, with one user arguing: “It’s better to have no rule than a rule that cannot be implemented.” The Beijing Times car-

ried a commentary calling into question the necessity of making a law on something that “can be simply guided by social consensus”. “The law should maintain the most basic restraint about the people’s private life,” wrote Shu Li, a legal worker. Chinese toilet discipline can be notoriously wayward, with pictures of people defecating in public sometimes appearing on weibo. AFP

lawns, trimmed hedges and f lowerbeds with Br itish blooms. The British left “a lasting horticultural mark on India – much as India did on them”, writes Herbert, whose book was compiled from letters and diaries of British colonialists

and official archives. When the British first arrived in India in the 17th century, they discovered a continent brimming with strange but lush, exotic flowers that made them yearn for their carefully tended gardens back home. “The farther from home they ventured, the more they longed for familiar cowslips and hollyhocks and Michaelmas daisies, for well-trimmed lawns and neat flowerbeds,” says Herbert, professor emeritus of history at Mount Holyoke College in Massachusetts. In India, where outbreaks of malaria, dysentery and other illnesses constantly brought death, many colonialists desired the comfort that a well-ordered garden could lend, she says. For the British in India, “like tea, gardens offered colonials reassurance in situations of stress”, she says. The joy of recreating an English flower garden in a foreign landscape was recounted in rhapsodic terms by a military officer’s wife,

Edith Cuthell, in 1905. “My violets are in bloom,” Cuthell wrote in a letter home to her mother. “You cannot think how one treasures out here the quiet little ‘home flower’. Dear little English flower,” she said. Wherever the British went, Herbert notes, they took with them, as part of their “cultural baggage”, their love of gardens and their view about what a garden should look like – “and nowhere was this more evident than in India”. With labour so cheap, sometimes the grass was planted blade by blade to create the lawn – the essential part of any proper English garden – and also cut painstakingly by hand. The Taj has now become a “bit of a template” for Indian official monuments and gardens, says Herbert, while English annuals and perennials have become the mainstay of many gardens in the subcontinent. It is “one of the more benign legacies” of British rule in India, says Herbert. AFP

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Bolivian says he’s 123, world’s oldest person? José Arturo Cárdenas

ould this be the world’s oldest person? Carmelo Flores Laura lives high in the Bolivian mountains, chews coca leaves, cooks on open fires and says he’s 123 years old. Flores Laura was born on July 16, 1890, according to his government identification card. Bolivia’s Electoral Tribunal confirmed his identity and his age. “His residence is in Frasquia, and as a profession he is a farmer,” the office told AFP. According to the document, this Bolivian Methuselah was born in the same year as Charles de Gaulle and Ho Chi Mihn, and 13 years before the Wright brothers flew their airplane in Kitty Hawk. According to the Guinness World Records, the world’s oldest person whose age could be verified was a French woman, Jeanne Calment, who died in 1997 at the age of 122. The official world’s oldest man is 112 year-old Salustiano Sanchez Blazquez, a Spaniard living in New York. Government officials in La Paz said that they will approach Guinness to update their records with information on their aged compatriot. Flores Laura speaks only speaks Aymara, the language of the Andean natives of Peru and Bolivia. He is 1.6 meters (five foot three inches) tall, has no teeth, and walks with some difficulty but without a cane. He does not wear glasses. When he goes outside he wears a wool cap known as a chullo that covers his ears under his broad-brimmed hat – protection from both the bitter cold and the bright sunlight of the Bolivian altiplano. Frasquia is a quiet cluster

An imam of the Al-Azhar University in Tahrir Square during the 2011 Egyptian Revolution. Photo: Sherif9282

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Bolivian Carmelo Flores Laura, an Aymara native who claims is 123 years old and if confirmed would be the oldest man alive, is pictured outside his house in the community of Frasquia, 4050 metres above sea level, on August 15. Photo: AFP/Aizar Raldes of adobe-brick buildings 4,050 metres above sea level and some 100 kilometers northwest of La Paz. The hamlet is near Lake Titicaca, the world’s highest navigable lake, and at the foot of the snow-capped Mount Illampu. There is a school, a small clinic and access to electricity, but the nearest grocery is a three-hour walk away in the town of Arista. Onions, potato and broad beans are grown, watered by runoff from Illampu’s snow. Flores Laura arrived in Frasquia as a young man from a nearby village searching for work, and fell in love with a local widow. The couple married and had three children. “She died a long time ago,” Flores Laura tells AFP, speaking through an interpreter. His wife was 107 years old when she died, according to Flores Laura’s 27-year-old

grandson. Two of the old man’s children have also died. “I only have one surviving son, Cecilio,” Flores Laura said, moved by just mentioning his name. Cecilio lives in the working class town of El Alto, just outside of the capital La Paz. Flores Laura also has 14 grandchildren, and 39 greatgrandchildren. With a mouth full of coca leaves, Carmelo Flores Laura recounts passages of his long life in short bursts, speaking slowly and with difficulty. When he was young he worked as a farmhand on the estate of a wealthy landowner named Mollinedo, he recalls. Later he was drafted into the army to fight in the 1932 to 1935 Chaco War between Bolivia and Paraguay. “They took me to La Paz as a common soldier,” he said. He also recalls participat-

ing in many of the uprisings and coups that shook Bolivia in the 20th centuries. “We’d go to fight with clubs and slings,” he said. However his memory has faded over the years, and he doesn’t remember any of the causes or leaders he fought for. Finding food in the bleak region was always a challenge. “Before, there was nothing to eat. That’s why we even had to eat lizards. I trapped lizards and snakes and would slit open their bellies. I’d fry them or put them in the soup,” he said. “I’d prepare myself soup with quinoa leaves. But now I can buy rice and noodles to mix in.” Flores Laura said that he also used to hunt foxes, and he still prepares his meals over an open-flame fire using llama dung as fuel. “I know Carmelo, he’s my neighbour of course, my elder,” said 80 year-old Francisca Aruquipa, a Frasquia resident, also speaking in Aymara. “The man used to like to dance.” AFP

EGYPT’S MEDIA, BOTH public and private, have lined up behind the government in portraying its fight against the Muslim Brotherhood as a “war on terror” and vilifying foreign journalists. As police and troops chase down members of the Islamist group, from which ousted president Mohamed Morsi hails, the media have taken part in a “campaign against the Muslim Brotherhood and other Islamist currents”, political commentator Hisham Kassem told AFP. “In one year of Morsi’s presidency, more journalists were prosecuted than in the 185 years of the Egyptian press before,” he said. “Now, the media are exploiting the situation the Brotherhood is in to pay them back.” For days, Egypt’s three state television channels have broadcast under a banner in English reading “Egypt fighting terrorism”. They report around the clock on the latest clashes between Morsi supporters and security forces that have claimed nearly 900 lives since Wednesday. Between broadcasts, patriotic songs play over footage of the armed forces carrying out military exercises and showing kindness to civilians. A piece entitled “The Black History of the Brotherhood Organisation” purports to show the group’s violent history. It includes archive footage of Brotherhood members, as well as the attempted murder of president Gamal Abdul

Nasser and the assassination of president Anwar Sadat by Islamists. It ends with clips from recent clashes, showing gunmen purportedly belonging to the group, and buildings set ablaze. The country’s newspapers have been equally uniform in their criticism of the group and in rallying behind the government and the army chief who installed it, Abdel Fattah al-Sisi. Government daily Al-Ahram on Monday devoted its entire front page – and nine separate headlines – to a speech by Sisi a day earlier. Abdel Halim Qandil, editorin-chief of the independent Sawt al-Ummah daily, sees the media’s united front as a normal response to the country’s “national battle”. A fierce critic of Islamists, he accuses the Western media of swinging between two extremes: hatred for Islam and love of the Brotherhood. “This is what has created serious anger and suspicion on the part of Egyptians” towards foreign media, he said. Since Morsi’s July 3 ouster by the military after mass demonstrations, the foreign media have come under attack from the government and the population, particularly in Cairo. Authorities accuse Western journalists of ignoring the victims of violence committed by Morsi’s supporters, such as police and soldiers. Simply walking in the street with a camera has become increasingly dangerous, said one Western photographer on condition of anonymity. “I’m afraid to go into the street with my cameras since the government authorised security forces to open fire” on demonstrators targeting government buildings, he said. “Today, I managed to take a few pictures from the car. I got out for 45 seconds to take some others,” added the photographer, who has been in Egypt for 18 months. “By publishing statements accusing the Western media of being biased, the government is inciting public hatred against us,” he said. AFP thephuketnews

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Thailand ‘must take bitter pill’ T

hailand may face a setback in sustaining economic growth if it does not implement structural reforms and address the rising household debt burden, says a top economist with HSBC. “If you want to avoid a crisis in the future, you have to make sure your productivity growth increases,” Frederic Neumann, co-head of Asian economics at HSBC Holdings in Hong Kong said. “And the only way to do this is by taking the bitter medicine known as structural reforms.” An economic hard landing for Thailand and other Asian

economies is inevitable in a few years’ time if they are indifferent to engaging structural reforms, as the combination of rising debt and low productivity growth is not sustainable, he warned. Thailand needs to improve its education system as it lacks sufficient high-quality engineering graduates to raise productivity growth. Infrastructure development is another essential area which needs rapid improvement to facilitate the expansion. Privatisation of stateowned enterprises, meanwhile, could boost productivity and

competitiveness. Mr Neumann said Thailand should also cut back on some subsidised programmes and use the savings to invest in the country’s future. “The B2-trillion infrastructure development projects are seen as a type of sweet medicine because it is easy to spend money,” he said. “The hard part is having the political will to cut some subsidies to pay for the infrastructure.” He said it is hard for political leaders to swallow the bitter medicine of reform because continuous economic growth encourages them to keep gov-

ernment policies unchanged. Thailand’s rising household debt is very high and could stall economic growth, he said, suggesting that the ratio of household debt to gross domestic product (GDP) should be kept to around the 30 per cent benchmark. In the first quarter, Thailand’s household debt rose to B8.97 trillion or 77.4 per cent of GDP, compared with 1.36 trillion or 28.8 per cent during the 1997 financial crisis. HSBC expects the Thai economy to grow by 5 per cent this year, while the consumer price index should rise by 2.5

per cent, according to its latest forecast. It also expects the Bank of Thailand will maintain its benchmark interest rate at 2.5 per cent this year, while the baht is estimated at 31.80 to the US dollar. Mr Neumann said the US economic recovery could be disadvantageous for Thailand’s growth since the US Federal Reserve will likely raise the policy interest rate once it starts tapering its quantitative easing programme. This may become a global trend and add to the burden for debtors in Thailand – and

consequently slow domestic consumption, he said. On the other hand, Japan’s monetary stimulus programme will continue to benefit Thailand since it encourages more inflows in terms of mergers and acquisitions, foreign direct investment and lending from Japanese financial institutions and businesses, said Mr Neumann. He said Japanese investors also plan to use Thailand as a gateway to business opportunities in the upcoming Asean single market, especially Myanmar and Cambodia. Bangkok Post

signs up Thai Airways board ‘not Centara to run new hotel very happy’ with Sorajak THE FUTURE OF SORAJAK Kasemsuvan, appointed just 10 months ago as president of Thai Airways International (Thai), hangs in the balance after his performance was deemed disappointing by the airline’s board. Sorajak as chosen after a five-month search to replace Piyasvasti Amranand, controversially fired by the board in May last year. T hai Vice - Chai r ma n Areepong Bhoocha-oom conceded last week Wednesday that the airline’s turnover in the first half of this year was lower than expected, despite a rise in tourist numbers to the country. Mr Areepong said the number of inbound tourists increased by 20 per cent in the first six months of this year compared with the same period last year. “The board is quite disappointed [with Mr Sorajak’s performance],” he said. The board will examine Sorajak’s performance against goals he was set.

Mr Areepong said, however, that he expected the national flag carrier’s turnover to recover in the second half due to the launch of new routes, aircraft replacements, and a newly established panel which is monitoring the airline’s expenditure and costs. Intensifying competition from Gulf carriers and lowcost flights in Asia have hit Thai’s turnover, he said. Thai suffered a net loss of almost B8.4 billion in the second quarter, though it scored a net profit of some B8.2 billion in the first quarter. The combined result for the first half was a net loss of B156 million on revenue of B101.7 billion in the first six months. Board Chairman Ampon Kittiampon rebuffed reports that he is trying to remove Mr Sorajak as the national carrier’s president. Mr Ampon said Mr Sorajak’s work assessment will be transparent and any decision will not rest with him alone. Meanwhile, Transport Minister Chadchat Sittipunt

Sorajak said he was not aware of the reports of his possible dismissal. denied political moves were afoot to unseat Mr Sorajak. “There is no politics involved,” Mr Chadchat said. “Nobody has given me any orders [to remove Mr Sorajak]. The decision will be made by Thai’s board.” Deputy Transport Minister Gen Prin Suvanadat said if the board decides to dismiss Mr Sorajak, it must have good reasons. “I cannot say whether

Thai laundered money ‘mostly from gambling’ MORE THAN B120 BILLION HAS BEEN laundered in Thailand, and most of it comes from illegal gambling, the Anti-Money Laundering Office (Amlo) chief says. Pol Col Seehanat Prayoonrat said his office had seized B7 billion in assets that have been linked to money laundering. Over the past year alone, some B2.7 billion had been confiscated. Col Seehanat said a study conducted by Amlo in collaboration with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) found that while Thailand’s GDP @thephuketnews

in 2011 was valued at B960 billion, the amount of laundered money was estimated to be about B120 billion baht, or 12.16 per cent of GDP. Pol Col Seehanat said the laundered money came from illicit businesses including gambling, counterfeiting, copyright piracy, fraud, prostitution, tax evasion, bribery, illicit arms trading, drug trafficking, contraband smuggling, human trafficking and manipulation of stocks. Gambling accounted for more than half of all the money laundered in Thailand, he said, citing the report.

Mr Sorajak’s performance is good or bad because I have not seen the company’s reports,” Gen Prin said. Meanwhile, Mr Sorajak said he was not aware of the reports of his possible firing. He said, however, that he expected the company’s operation to turn around and make a profit of B4 billion, against a target of B6 billion, by the end of the year. He attributed the loss during the first half of this year to the purchase of new aircraft, depreciation costs for old aircraft, currency exchange movements and poor cargo service performance. A Transport Ministr y source said the Thai board is unhappy with Mr Sorajak’s leadership skills and apparent inability to propose clear plans to move Thai forward. Mr Sorajak had no experience in the airline industry before his appointment in October. Previously he had been Chairman of broadcaster MCOT, also for 10 months. Bangkok Post

CENTARA HOTELS & REsorts has announced that it will expand in Phuket through the addition of a second Centrabrand hotel on the island, signing a management contract for a new property that is being built close to Bangtao Bay. According to a press release, the management contract was signed at the Centara head office in Bangkok on July 24 with the developer, Adler Group Co Ltd. The project is currently in the design and planning stages, with construction due to begin in July next year, for an opening expected during August 2016. The name of the new hotel has yet to be clarified. In the original press release it was named as the Centra Laguna Resort Phuket, “The Laguna resort complex is one of Thailand’s great tourism success stories, and we are delighted to be opening a hotel in this part of Phuket,” said Thirayuth Chirathivat, CEO of Centara Hotels. However, when it was pointed out to Centara management on Wednesday afternoon (August 21) that the site of the hotel is not in Laguna, is in fact

closer to Nikki Beach Resort – currently under construction at the north end of the bay – the press release was withdrawn. Centara Hotels announced that an amended release, with the corrected name of the new hotel, would be issued “in a couple of days”. This much is known about the new hotel: it is a new-build project on four rai of land; and it will have 150 rooms, with a swimming pool and sundeck, and one restaurant, a Cense by Spa Cenvaree, along with a mini-gym, a business corner, and a kids’ corner. “This gives us the opportunity to expand the range of our Centra brand in Phuket,” Mr Thirayuth was quoted as saying in the original press release. “The new hotel will be our eighth property on the island, which indicates the strength of our confidence in Phuket as a world-class tourism destination.” Centra Ashlee Hotel Patong opened in 2010 and was the first Centra brand hotel. There are now also two Centra hotels in Bangkok, one in Samui, and one in Bali.

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in the second half, comprising seven single-house projects and one townhouse project. The developer has 26 existing projects on hand with units worth B20 billion baht for sale. The sales backlog was B11 billion baht, to be booked from 2013-2016. AP (Thailand) Plc reported a net profit of B452 million on revenue of B4.28 billion in the second quarter, of which 40 per cent came from condos and 60 per cent from low-rise units. As of Aug 4, it had presales of B9.5 billion baht, accounting for 43 per cent of its annual target of B22 billion. Of the total sales backlog worth B29.7

billion, B3.39 billion were lowrise units, which it expects to be realised in the second half. AP’s target revenue is B20 billion baht in 2013. It plans to launch 17 new projects worth a combined B16 billion the rest of the year. Bangkok Land Plc reported a reviewed net profit of B373 million baht in the second quarter this year, up by 31.9 per cent year-on-year. Supalai Plc posted a secondquarter net profit of B302 million baht, down by 0.52 per cent year-on-year. Its first-half net profit totalled B774 million baht, up by 36.1 per cent. Bangkok Post

Rosy outlook for big developers L

isted property developers reported strong revenue growth and profits in the first half of 2013, and will continue to launch new projects in the second half as planned, despite the economic slowdown. Among nine developers that reported their financial results, Land and Houses Plc (LH) posted the highest net profit of B3.07 billion in the first half and B1.65 billion in the second quarter, while Pruksa Real Estate (PS) reported B2.18 billion and B1.4 billion, respectively. Rutt Phanijphand, the president and chief executive of

Quality Houses (QH, which is 25 per cent owned by LH), said there are three concerns for the housing market the rest of the year – politics, the global and Thai economies, and home loans. “The most worrying factor is politics. If protests do not escalate too much, the property market will continue to grow but not as much as last year,” he predicted. Financial institutions are tightening their mortgage criteria, but may ease their stance if the world economy bounces back. QH plans to launch 11 new projects worth a combined

B6.43 billion in the second half and at least 15 projects worth B13.9 billion next year. It will focus on townhouses in the second half due to strong demand, using prefab technology to deliver units faster. QH reported first-half revenue of B10 billion baht yesterday for a net profit of B1.7 billion. Of the total, B8.8 billion was from housing sales, B597 million baht was from rent and B467 million from subsidiaries HomeProduct Centre Plc and LH Bank, as well as two property funds. Second-quarter revenue was B6.35 billion baht, up by 123 per cent.

Singapore tops Agoda survey HOTEL BOOKING SITE Agoda has released a list of Asia’s best capital city airports as ranked by its customers. Announcing the results, Agoda notes, “Airports are fascinating structures, and require a level of planning and design not unlike a small city. In this regard, a customer’s perception of whether an airport is ‘good’ or not depends on many factors: signage, food selection, facilities for the disabled, ease of movement,

rest options and even how many bathrooms there are.” For the survey, Agoda chose 15 major Asian capitals. Travelers to these airports were asked to give it an overall rating on a scale of 1 (poor) to 5 (excellent). Not surprisingly, Singapore’s Changi Airport came in first, with an overall rating of 4.37. Second spot with a rating of 4.13 was Hong Kong International Airport which, like Changi, usually places very high on any ranking list

Rounding out the top three was Seoul’s Incheon International Airport, which handled 39 million passengers in 2012 and scored 4.01. Following this – just barely – was Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International Airport with a score of 4.00. In fifth spot was Bangkok’s Suvarnabhumi Airport, followed by Tokyo Narita, Kuala Lumpur, Beijing, Taipei’s Taoyuan and, in 10th place, Phnom Penh.

Mr Rutt said the major contributor was the mid- to low-end housing market, which accounted for 80 per cent of the total. SC Asset Corporation Plc reported a first-half net profit of B509 million baht yesterday on revenue of B4.43 billion baht, up 60 per cent. It aims to complete the year with revenue of B10 billion baht. The firm posted a net profit of B284 million baht on revenue of B2.67 billion in the second quarter. 92 per cent of revenue was from housing sales. SC Asset plans to launch eight new residential projects worth a combined B10 billion

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Renting out your holiday home means paying tax Weeraya Kippen Associate Partner

Krabi Airport: Enough capacity to take three times as many passengers as it does now.

Krabi airport set to operate 24-7 K rabi Airport is to open around-theclock from October 1, the deputy general director of the Department of Civil Aviation, Seree Chitsopa, has announced. From this October to March next year, Krabi Airport should handle about 1.69 million passenger movements, double the number it recorded in the same period in 2012 – and there is room for more. “Krabi Airport can handle up to 3 million passengers a year,” the director explained. Krabi has been identified by the Ministry of Transport as the airport to take the pressure off Phuket, currently working at way past capacity. The ministry hopes that charter airlines at

oleast can be tempted to move to Krabi. The major hurdle will be to convince airlines to move; Phuket is the big draw card and most of the passengers landing in Karbi would have to be transferred to the island, a distance of around 100 km. Travellers need to be convinced that Krabi is an attractive destination capable of competing with Phuket for their attention. If consumers prefer a Krabi-style holiday, airlines will respond quickly as long as the financial incentives are in place to make flights feasible. Krabi is already a popular destination for tourists looking for a quieter more rural environment than Phuket. The airport is also the gateway to

Lanta Island some 80 km to the south. The airport is run by the Civil Aviation Department and one of the few airports under its control that makes a profit. It handles around 1 million passengers a year, but could go as high as 3 million without having to upgrade facilities. It can accommodate seven Boeing 747s or 14 Boeing 737s. Its two parking lots can accommodate 465 vehicles. Almost 100 flights arrive and depart at the airport weekly. Passenger traffic at the airport increases by 12 per cent annually. At that rate of growth, it has another nine years – until 2022 – before it hits its 3 million capacity. TTR Weekly

Property awards less than four weeks away THE EIGHTH ANNUAL Thailand Property Awards gala dinner and awards presentation ceremony will be held at Centara Grand at CentralWorld on September 19. In addition to well established awards such as Best Developer Thailand, Best Boutique Developer Thailand, plus a host of regional awards for the best condominiums and villa developments on the Eastern Seaboard, Phuket, Koh Samui and in Chiang Mai, the 35 categories this year include four new awards. These are Best Residential Development (Khao Yai), Best Villa Rental Agent, Best Villa Architectural Design and Best Villa Interior Design. Awards for Best Property Management Company will also be given for Bangkok. @thephuketnews

“The quality and scope of real estate in Thailand is improving every year and the Thailand Property Awards not only reward the best in the industry, but also offer investors a crucial benchmark for excellence,” said Terry Blackburn, CEO of organisers Ensign Media Ltd. To enter the 2013 Thailand Property Awards, real estate companies and projects must be nominated by a third party and a stringent judging process follows, undertaken by industry professionals from a broad range of sectors. The entire judging process is also monitored independently by BDO Advisory to ensure that decisions are made fairly, without bias or favour. Sunchai Nuengsit, managing director of Builder Smart

PCL, is chairman of the central judging panel this year. “It’s been a tough job selecting winners and highly commended projects and companies from such a wide range of nominations, but I am delighted to be leading the judging panel this year,” said Mr Nuengsit. “With a team of experienced fellow judges to work with and site visits teams inspecting all the projects that qualify, I am confident we will make awards to the very best properties and companies that Thailand has to offer in 2013.” A limited number of individual and group tickets are still available for the gala dinner. For details visit thailandpropertyawards.com. The Phuket News and Phuket Live 89.5 Radio are media sponsors for the awards.

MANY FOREIGN BUYERS of real estate in Thailand don’t use their newly purchased home as a permanent personal residence; they buy a holiday home which is often left unoccupied for much of the year. But the fact that no one is home does not mean there are no costs. For example, if the home is in a project or is a condominium, there are common area fees and maintenance costs that must still be paid. In order to cover these costs, and to get a return on investment, some buyers rent out their holiday homes. Such owners need to be aware of the tax issues arising from this income. First of all, it is important to know that the duty to pay tax on rental income in Thailand does not depend on being a “tax resident” of Thailand, nor on whether one receives the income in Thailand. This fact is often misunderstood. According to the Thai Revenue Code (RC) Section 41, a tax resident of Thailand is “any person staying in Thailand for a period or periods totalling 180 days or more … in a year”. However, rental income is considered taxable income in accordance with Section 40(5) of the RC. Section 41 further states that “[a] taxpayer [i.e. anyone] who in the previous tax year derived assessable income under Section 40 … from a property situated in Thailand shall pay tax … whether such income is paid within or outside Thailand.” Therefore, any individual, whether resident or non-resident, has to pay tax on rental income independent of whether the rental income is paid onshore or off-shore. Next, the taxable income needs to be defined. The RC

allows certain deductions on rental income. According to Section 43, in conjunction with Section 5(1)(a) of Royal Decree No. 11, expenses may be deducted as follows: “[I]n the case of houses, buildings, other constructions … if let by the owner, a standard deduction of 30 per cent shall be allowed as expenses … ” Another option for the tax payer to define the taxable income is to provide evidence of the actual expenses paid. If these are higher than the standard deduction, then “reasonable” expenses are deductible. Note that restrictions on deductibility apply in accordance with the relevant regulations for corporate entities in Thailand. Note that it refers to the owner. In cases where the “owner” of the holiday home has in fact signed a long-term lease with the original developer, and then sub-lets to a third person, the 30-per-cent deduction does not apply. In such a case, only the rent paid (or prepaid) to the developer can be deducted as an expense. The amount of tax payable is calculated on a progressive scale for personal income tax purposes. The individual tax payer is required to report and remit his income tax by the end of March in the year after the one in which the income was received. Failure to report income can result in an assessment by the Revenue Department. The penalty is equal to the amount of tax that has not been paid. In addition, a surcharge of 1.5 per cent per month on the tax payable is applicable. Finally, it should also be noted that an additional category of tax is also payable each time the rent is paid; it is the legal duty of the payer of the rent to deduct withholding tax from the rental payment and submit it to the local Revenue Department.

However, the owner and recipient of the rent is also jointly liable for the payment of withholding tax. The amount of withholding tax depends on whether the owner is a tax resident of Thailand and also whether the one paying the rent is a juristic person (a company or partnership) or an individual. If the owner is not a tax resident of Thailand the withholding tax rate is 15 per cent. The legal status of the payer does not matter if the owner is not a tax resident of Thailand. If the owner is a tax resident of Thailand and the payer is a juristic person, the withholding tax rate is 5 per cent. Withholding tax is not applicable when the payer of the rent is an individual. Please note that the withholding tax is not an additional taxation on the rental income. It is a pre-payment of the owner’s personal income tax and will be credited against the final tax payment of the owner – the one due by the end of March in the following year. But if the withholding tax is not paid promptly when the rent is paid, then the owner, as recipient of the rental income, is subject to significant penalties and surcharge payments. Duensing Kippen is a multiservice boutique law firm specializing in property and corporate/commercial matters and arbitration and litigation proceedings arising therefrom. Duensing Kippen is also the only firm in Thailand with three Members (MCIArb) of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators. Duensing Kippen is also the only such firm in Thailand that compliments its property and corporate/ commercial legal expertise with a core tax law practice. Duensing Kippen be reached at: phuket@duensingkippen. com. For more information visit duensingkippen.com

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THE BIG LIST Strange snacks If you think a Pepsi-flavoured Cheeto is strange, it’s nothing compared to some of the weird culinary treats sold around the world. As CNN recently reported, “Humans have a strange relationship with food. This seems to be a global truth that is perhaps best evidenced by the array of unusual food festivals the world over. We don’t merely celebrate food, we wrestle in it, wage war with it, idolise it, and, in Gloucestershire, race it down a steep hill.” Here, some of the most revolting things we love to eat.

It a l i a n ma g got cheese: Priced at B3,000 for a half kilo, maggot cheese has recently been outlawed in Italy, where the snack first became known. Casu Frazigu, as the cheese is called, can only be safely eaten for a few weeks. A fly called Piophila Casei drops its eggs on the cheese during the aging process and, when the maggots are born, they excrete enzymes that produce a rotten taste, pungent small, and soft texture. Interestingly, the cheese was a popular wedding dish in Italy before its ban by the authorities. Balut (duck embryo): For less than B30, this popular snack can be bought fresh and ready to eat. Note: it includes a bird foetus. Balut is a fertilised duck egg with a partially formed fetus inside and was first popularised in Iceland. It is usually eaten by cracking open the shell, drinking the fluid, and seasoning the foetus with salt and peper before eaten raw. Because the eggs are abundant in Southeast Asia, it has become a widely consumed snack in parts of the region, especially the Philippines, where it is called balut. Fish and chips ice cream: Australian snack magnate George Kailis opened the first fish and chip gelato shop in Perth two years ago and, despite the odd flavour, sales are soaring. The fish and chips ice cream is said to not actually taste like fish but there is a subtle tang of salt that pokes through. The flavour was created especially for Australia Day, but has stayed on the menu simply because of the novelty. Kailis told reporters he created the flavour after being inspired by British chef Heston Blumenthal’s bacon and egg ice cream. Japanese candied crabs: The Japanese have plenty of snacks for drinking, but none are crunchier than the famed candied crabs. The snack combines salty, fishy, and sweet flavours in a tiny crab. Perfect to play around with while intoxicated. Surprisingly, this snack is very popular in New York City where several shops carry the strange Asian snack. The shell bits are sometimes coated in sesame seeds for a little extra flavour. Black garlic chocolate: One of Japan’s top garlic producing regions, Takko, has created a new Valentine’s Day sweet that is sure to make your breath reek. Black garlic chocolate uses locally produced fermented black garlic, dipped in chocolate, and sprinkled with cocoa powder. Black garlic is said to taste a little like prunes. The company sells boxes containing three chocolates each for just under B200, and can be bought online.

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Thai villagers mistake Google worker for government snoop hai villagers last week apologised for mistaking a Google worker for a government snoop as he carried out mapping for the internet giant’s “Street View” programme in a remote area. The man was stopped by villagers at Sa Iap, in northern Thailand, last week as he drove through in a marked Google car with a camera attached to a turret. They suspected him of being sent by the government to conduct a survey for a controversial dam project that has stirred local opposition. Villagers surrounded the man’s car, questioned him and then took him to the local temple to swear in front of a statue of Buddha that he was not working for the government. Devout locals said the

The Google Street View car was accused of espionage, man – who is Thai – would face bad luck within a week if he lied in front of the Buddha’s image. “Villagers apologise to Google for the misunderstanding that he came to survey the area to build the dam,” said a statement posted on the Facebook page for locals

opposing the dam. One resident said the Google car stirred suspicion as it toured side streets in their small village with a camera visible on the roof. “The villagers were definitely not happy. The car looked very strange and had something on the top – there

was also all kinds of equipment inside the car,” Wichai Ruksapon, 64, told AFP by telephone. Acknowledging the incident a Google spokesman said the company “sometimes encounters unexpected challenges, and Street View has been no exception”. But he insisted Google “abides by Thailand’s local laws, and only features imagery taken on public property”. Launched in 2007, Google Street View is a programme giving panoramic street-level photographs of towns and cities across the world, allowing viewers to take virtual tours. In 2010 hundreds of thousands of Germans told the internet giant they did not want their homes visible in Street View over privacy concerns. AFP

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Crappy nights for London toilet dates TWO TOUR COMPANIES IN LONDON have teamed up to organise a night out for their members in toilets all around the British capital. What do you get when the London Loo Tours and DoingSomething.co.uk team up? An event that is a mix of a pub crawl, singles night out, and sightseeing toilet tour.

Participants are led around the Westminster section of the city for a pub crawl, stopping every so often at public toilets as they are given a brief history of the bathrooms and tips on how to find free porcelain thrones in London. “Nothing would be more awkward than having a first date in a toilet, until now,” said DoingSomething.co.uk founder Matt Janes.

US M AN K EN NETH Thompson, 26, was arrested after he bit off a chunk of his best friend’s ear. Thompson returned to his home intoxicated and found his female roommate with his best friend in the kitchen talking. Thompson allegedly antagonised the victim because he thought he was sleeping with his roommate. The altercation quickly escalated and Thompson bit off a chunk of the man’s ear, spitting it out, and then putting it in a coffee mug filled with creamer while waiting for police to arrive.

Odd snack creates Man horses around buzz on food blogs THE NEW JAPANESE limited-edition Pepsif lavored Cheetos snack is making waves across several food blogs. Officially called the Frito Lay Cheetos x Pepsi Shuwa Shuwa Cola Corn Snack, the crisps have been reviewed many times and have frequently been described as “awful”. “It’s very citrusy, almost sour. And it hits hard,” said one reviewer on Implusive Buy – a site dedicated to reviewing odd products. “The flavours are very distinct and don’t really ever mesh well together.

But they do linger in the mouth for quite a while,” the review read. The snack is said to have a fizzy quality, almost like a Pop Rocks snack.

A MAN IN LOUISIANA was arrested after police say he rode his horse into a bar, lassoed a man, and then dragged him around the parking lot. James Mouton, 26, entered the Cowboy’s Saloon and, after several drinks, left the establishment for a few moments. Upon his return, reports say, Mouton was approached by another patron. A highly intoxicated Mouton then allegedly roped the 47-year-old man with a lasso and dragged him around the parking lot. Afterward, he untied the man, rode the horse to his parents house, then walked back to the bar – attempting to hide at the scene of the crime.

Ever heard the one about a man who rode his horse into a bar? Mouton was charged with public intimidation, battery, and disturbing the peace. thephuketnews

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The dark side of dance Jody Houton editor3@classactmedia.co.th

It indeed was a Thai cultural show with a difference: sexy, mysterious, dark. There were masks, smoke machines, fire jugglers and even, inexplicably, an elephant, which did a lap of the small theatre in the Baanmaksong Hotel

Above: There were a wide variety of costumes, dances and music on display during the 30 minute debut performance. Bottom centre: Choereographer Sothaisip Pengleng with friend and MC of the evening ‘Beer’.

group of young Thais are planning on educating foreign visitors to the island on the ‘dark side of the Thai psyche’, through music, dance and performance. The group, comprising of 10 male and female dancers (and one elephant) is called The Artist Dance Choreography, and they gave their first of – hopefully many – performances of ‘To the Soul’ at the Baanmaksong Hotel in Kathu on Saturday, August 17. Dance teacher Sothaisip Pengleng, who is also the choreographer of the show, said, “It is real performance art and will be much different from Phuket Fantasea and shows like that. “We’re going to show the other side of Thai beliefs. Most people just think we are Buddhist and that’s it, but we have a dark side – a world of ghosts and spirits. We are showing that.” Much like Mr Sothaisip, all of the dancers are professionally trained and skilled in every discipline of dance that was used, a mix of ballet, jazz, Indian dance and, of course, traditional Thai dance. “It’s a real mixture of Thai with Western, to express Thai culture,” he said. The aim on the debut evening, explained Mr

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Sothisip who has choreographed shows at Aphrodite, among others, was to gauge public reaction to the performance, as it is still very much a work in progress. After fine-tuning it, it will be ‘ready to go’ properly by November. The performance on the night lasted around 30 minutes and contained no dialogue, but Mr Sothaisip insists, it did tell a story. The dancing, costumes and the music were undoubtedly fantastic. It indeed was a Thai cultural show with a difference: sexy, mysterious, dark. There were masks, smoke machines, fire jugglers and even, inexplicably, an elephant, which did a lap of the small theatre in the Baanmaksong Hotel. Although not particularly large the theatre can easily accommodate 100 people, and those who attended on Saturday night – young and old, Thai and foreign – all seemed to enjoy the performance. For more information, visit theartistdance.com

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ho doesn’t love taking photos? Especially now that it’s all so instant, accessible and easy to use, suddenly everyone is a photographer! This relatively recent change in the world of photography, with the introduction of smart phone cameras, has impacted in a fun way, creating greater diversity and exposing new perspectives. But let’s be careful not to completely swap quantity for quality. With just a few simple tips and hints, it’s possible to take your photos from blurry, emotionless or boring pics into interesting and

engaging images you can be proud of. No new expensive equipment needed, just a better understanding of what you’re doing when you point the camera. Next week sees the return of the Beginner’s Photography Short Course, offered by Oasis ed. Phuket in Thalang, from August 27-29. If you’re ready to delve deeper into the world of photography, to develop your understanding and improve your creative techniques, this workshop is a great starting point, and stay tuned for the Photo Crazy Kids Workshop coming soon. For more information about this and other upcoming workshops call Kez on 084 946 2171 or visit oasisedphuket.com

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Playing fore the community Keen Phuket golfers, left to right: Hem Panan, Chaiwat Thongyon and Surachai Samran.

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You’d be forgiven for thinking that there must have been a disagreement over a fare upon seeing a Phuket tuk-tuk driver standing on the side of the street with a golf club

ou’d be forgiven for thinking that there must have been a disagreement over a taxi fare upon seeing a Phuket tuk-tuk driver standing on the side of the street with a golf club. You’d be forgiven, but you’d also be wrong. The Pro Golf Bangtao Club consists of around 100 taxi and tuk-tuk drivers who meet regularly at a small golf course – conveniently located next to a taxi and tuk-tuk parking spot, so that they don’t miss a customer – close to Surin beach to play and, of late, prepare for golf tournaments. Suraya Chuchit, chairman of the Bangtao Golf Community, whose job it is to choose the golf team, says that it has just competed in its first Inter-Andaman golf tournament and had ‘fared’ quite well. The Pro Golf Bangtao Club actually has a long history, dating back some 80 years, with many of the current member’s great grandfathers having started the club. Back then, however, its members were from a variety of professions, including fishermen, gardeners and grocery sellers. Regular visitor to the course and member of the golf club, Hem Panan, says, “There’s always somebody here. Some time, they come in the morning, others in the evening. We like to talk and chat about business, politics, family matters and everything else.” Mr Hem adds that the members have also helped each other out with more than just golf swing tips, “We will help when our member gets in trouble, gets into accidents or has no money for hospitals.” Unlike the more conservative approach found at

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many of the island’s golf clubs, it’s very much a button-down affair at the Pro Golf Bangtao Club, with no dress code or indeed many rules governing on-field behaviour. Players smoke, laugh, joke and genuinely have a ‘sabai, sabai’ time. “This strengthens our relationship and friendship and makes for stronger communication among the community in Bangtao. For us, community is very important,” says Mr Hem. “We play golf together, but that is not enough. Through golf we support and protect our children. “If we’re teaching them golf, then the

teenagers will not become involved with drugs, as there is already too much on the island already,” Mr Hem says. It is free to join the Pro Golf Bangtao Club and everyone, including foreigners, can be member, “It is fine and very good for us. Sometime, they [foreigners] teach us more golf techniques.” The Pro Golf Bangtao Club play at the small golf course by Surin beach, right next to the Bangtao football field. If you would like to get involved or want to take a lesson or two from the Pro Golf Bangtao Club, just drop any time, any day.

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Back to school tips for kids PHUKET FOR KIDS

Donna Stephens editor@classactmedia.co.th

There may be anxiety regarding having a new teacher or making new friends. Some children have spent their holidays with extended family and need to deal with not seeing cousins and grandparents for another year

Donna Stephens is the foun de r of we b s i te p huket forki d s .c om , aimed at providing families in Phuket with ideas of what to do for activities, games and fun.

any international schools begin a new term on Monday. Start in a positive and organised way. A good start can influence your child’s attitude, confidence, and performance, both socially and academically. Children and parents have a long break over the summer and it can be difficult to get back into school routines. Even children who are eager to return to school must adjust to early mornings and sometimes long commutes. There may also be anxiety regarding having a new teacher or making new friends. Some children have spent their holidays with extended family and need to deal with not seeing cousins and grandparents for another year. Below are some tips that may help smooth the transition back to school for parents and kids alike, especially when living on Phuket:

During the holidays

School terms are busy so use holiday time to complete medical and dental check-ups such as vaccinations. If you are travelling back to your home country it can be a good time to stock up on footwear and items difficult to purchase on Phuket and in Thailand. Children grow over the summer. Make sure your child’s school uniform still fits, including shoes, swimwear and trainers. Be prepared and don’t wait until the night before school to see your children has actually grown out of their school clothes. Most schools hold events that require costumes: international days, book fairs, cultural events and so on. Returning home is a great opportunity to stock up on these items for the following year. If starting a new school visit the school over the holidays. If you have the opportunity, encourage play dates with children that already attend the school. It can be helpful to see a familiar face the

Make sure your child goes to school equipped in every way for the new school year. first day of school. If you are returning to the same school encourage friendships by organising play dates with children that will be in the class the following year.

Be prepared

This may sound obvious but make sure you do know what day students return to school. Check your school calendar for dates Avoid f lying home the night before school. It may not make for a happy first day at school if your child is tired. If your child does not attend the first days of school they may miss important orientation information. Get back into the habit of waking early

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a few days before school starts. Early starts can be a shock after the lazy days of summer. Have everything ready for school the night before; clothing, school bag, water bottle and shoes. Phuket has many local seamstresses who will label uniforms and clothing at a very minimal cost. Label everything; teachers will know who to return lost items to and you will not have to keep replacing school uniforms and hats. The first weeks are exciting and busy. Try to keep your routine uncluttered and focus on getting back into routines. Best of luck!

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ou’re never too young to have an opinion and express it, believes perhaps Phuket island’s youngest journalist, Ashley Julie Wheeler, who has recently started her own blog and website. Speaking to The Phuket News, of which she is a huge fan, she said, “I started my own website because my dad went on holiday and he wanted to know what we were doing while he was away, so I started a blog , put pictures up and just started adding Youtube videos and having fun.” Now Ashley makes regular posts on her website and keeps people up-to-date on everything from her love of Marmite to photos of events she attends. Ashley will be starting at the new Gecko School in Thalang on August 26.

When she’s not in school she loves spending time at the beach, running, biking, reading and, of course, working on her website. A shley was bor n in Hong Kong and explains that it was her Year 4 school teacher there who sparked her interest in websites: “My teacher was in love with technology so he made us have our portfolios online [and] I have been making websites ever since.” Visit Ashley’s website at mywheelerlife.weebly.com thephuketnews

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IN BRIEF Surgeon tried over organ transplant fraud

A surgeon went on trial in Germany on Monday for attempted manslaughter, accused of faking medical data to give his patients preferential access to donated livers at the expense of others. The 46-year-old former chief transplant surgeon at Goettingen University Hospital, identified only as Aiman O, denied the 11 counts of attempted manslaughter before the court in the central German city. AFP

Sun, sea and surgery

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We’re trying to get all the tourists to come, have a great holiday, enjoy the beach and then have some work done before they leave

BH expands in Mongolia, Phitsanulok

Bumrungrad Hospital Plc (BH), the country’s second-largest listed hospital operator, plans to spend up to B5 billion to acquire sizeable stakes in hospitals in Phitsanulok province and Mongolia. Chairman Chai Sophonpanich said the company is conducting a feasibility study for a stake in a Mongolian facility, for which it expects to pay B2 billion. Bangkok Post

he rise in medical tourism in Thailand, a country where prettiness and aesthetics sometimes seem prized above all else, has led to an increase in the use of detox centres, dermatological clinics and places where people can go for a quick nip, tuck, injection or face peel. Looking to capitalise on Phuket’s unique position in being able to offer a winning combination of sun, sea and surgery, is the recent opening of the Momento Aesthetic Centre in Patong. Situated in the new Banana Walk Beachfront Lifestyle Mall, which features Momento partners Gerard Pelssier and Sutisa Sooksirir with Dr Santiphap Sae-Ung. numerous up-scale shopping and dining ations, including facial fillers and botox injections, will options, the centre’s prime location affords beautiful be performed at Momento, the majority of the work views. According to registered nurse and partner of will be performed by Dr Santiphap ‘Santa’ Sae-Ung at Momento, Sutisa ‘Ya’ Sooksiri, the attractive location Patong Hospital. is key. Mr Santa tells The Phuket News that he has “It’s a great location with a great view. This is our wanted to give others the gift of youth and beauty ever new project and will be aimed at the tourist market since he finished his medical internship at Patong – plastic surgery, face fillers, nose jobs, botox, laser Hospital. treatment and breast augmentation.” “I like to do plastic surgery because I like to comFor Mrs Ya, Momento Aesthetic Centre is the secbine art with medicine and science. I also like to do a ond local clinic she is involved with. The other is in job where I don’t have to rush.” Phuket Town and called Phuket Detox. Much like Mrs Ya, Mr Santa believes that MomenThe busy Mrs Ya is also a registered nurse who to’s strategic positioning, and breadth of options, will works full time, five days a week in the Emergency prove a big hit with tourists. Room at Patong Hospital. There she works helping “We’re trying to get all the tourists to come here people who have had accidents and serious injuries, and have a great holiday, enjoy the beach and then though at Momento she will be helping everybody have some work done before they leave.” “look younger and better.” Momento is currently offering a 20 per cent discount “We have a mixture of clients – young and old, on ‘All you can do’ treatments until the end of August. men, women and ladyboys,” she says. For more information, visit momento-aesthetic.com Although consultations and some minor facial oper-

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tomers who had been left with uneven colouring of their skin, even after they stopped using the products. The firm said Monday it has received a total of 7,266 complaints mostly from Japanese consumers who used creams such as “Blanchir Superior”, with about 65 complaints coming from overseas. The latest figure is more than triple the number of complaints announced last month. Kanebo’s recall involving almost 4.75 million

products on retail shelves affects Japan, Britain and 10 Asian territories: Taiwan, Hong Kong, South Korea, Thailand, Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Myanmar, the Philippines and Vietnam. “We are nearly finishing recalling affected products, but we are still receiving complaints,” the spokesman said. Skin whitening products are popular among women all over east Asia, with users seeking lighter tones. AFP

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Painting with marbles LETâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S PLAY

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As the kids are using paint in this play, they could spill some drops here and there. Have them wear old clothes or an apron and protect your table if needed

f your kids love to paint, you have to try painting with marbles. It creates beautiful, colourful and abstract art work. With only a few items you probably already have lying around the house, you can set up this fun activity for your kids within minutes.

Age From 2 years and up

What you need Paper Paint Cake tin, plastic container or cardboard box Marbles

Preparation As the kids are using paint in this play, they could spill some drops here and there. Have them wear old clothes or an apron and protect your table if needed. Cut the paper in the correct size and/or in different shapes i.e butterfly, hands etc. The activity doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t last very long so prepare a few more sets of paper so that the kids can make a couple of masterpieces. Use paint that is safe for children and is easily washable from clothes and hands.

Play Originally from The Netherlands, Phuket-based Yvon van Kesteren is the mother of two girls.

You can decide how messy you want to make it. The cleanest option is to drop some paint on the paper for your child and put the marbles in. The messier version is that your child could dip the marbles into the paint

and then let them drop the marbles onto the paper. From now on it is just tossing and turning! You can use one or multiple marbles, one colour or a few different colours, there is no right or wrong. If your marbles fall out of the box, you could cover it up with some cling wrap. And if the marbles have too much paint on them, just rinse them off in between play.

Add-ons for more fun play Try painting with pom poms instead of marbles. With a straw the kids can blow the pom poms over the paper. Using beads with different shapes, sizes and materials and structures can give nice effects to the art work. Get a large cardboard box and have two or more kids hold the box. Encourage the

kids to take turns moving the box up and down causing the marbles to roll around. Have the older kids create a maze in a large cardboard box by simply gluing or taping small pieces of cardboard at random places in the box. Now try to let the marble with paint run through the maze. When you use a plastic container, you could choose to put a lid on it and shake it.

Clean up Just wash off the paint from your marbles and box when you are finished painting. Why not let your child help you with it?

Education Painting with marbles is not only fun for kids but it also improves their hand-eye coordination.

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Biting into Xana’s famous burger Claire Connell editor1@classactmedia.co.th

The Xana ‘No Rules Burger’ includes 240 grams of Wagyu ground beef and standard toppings – tomato, onion and pickles. Extras include bacon, sautéed mushrooms, blue cheese, and jalapenos

inding a great burger on Phuket can be a wild goose chase at times. We spoke to Italian Mirko Cappa, the head chef at Angsana Laguna Phuket, about Xana Beach Club’s famous burger.

What about the meat? We use only the highest quality marble scored Wagyu Beef trimmings imported directly from Jack Creek near Adelaide in Australia. We currently only offer a beef patty, but with our new menu launching in November, a chicken option as well as a vegetarian option will be available.

How long have you worked at Xana Beach Club? I have worked as the executive chef at Angsana for almost two years and have been cooking professionally around the world for 20 years, including stints as the executive chef at the Intercontinental in Shanghai, China and the Westin in Los Cabos, Mexico.

What has feedback been like so far? Our guests love it and come back to order it again and again. It’s also a big hit with the locals who love the fact you can mix and match your toppings.

What made you decide to come to Phuket? I previously worked here at the Sheraton and Laguna Beach Resort, which are now Angsana and Outrigger respectively, and every time I left Phuket I felt a strong pull to come back to this beautiful island paradise. How important is it for a beach club like Xana to have a burger on the menu? The burger is an international standard as far as a quick delicious meal that many people enjoy. Xana draws a very international crowd, especially with its renowned DJ parties, and the cheeseburger seemed like a must-have dish on the menu.

Clockwise from top: Angsana Laguna Head Chef Mirko Cappa; the Xana ‘No Rules Burger’ comes any way you want it.

warm and fluffy on the inside. We also add a bit of sweet potato to the batter which gives it a very unique taste.

What makes Xana’s burger different from others? First of all, we use the highest quality beef which we grind and season into a homemade patty that I would put against any burger

Is it one of the top ordered dishes at Xana? Yes absolutely. It does really well in the daytime but they are also available at night. Great hangover cure with a Bloody Mary at the weekend as well!

worldwide, let alone in Phuket. We also allow the guest to completely customise what toppings and sauces they would like to put on the burger for no additional fee.

What is the price of the burger? The Xana ‘No Rules Burger’ is B490. It includes 240 grams of Wagyu ground beef and standard toppings – tomato, onion and pickles. Extras include egg, bacon, sautéed mushrooms, blue cheese, Swiss cheese, cheddar cheese and jalapenos. Our restaurant is open from 11am until 10pm every day.

What type of bun do you use? We use a homemade soft bread bun that crisps very nicely on the outside and stays

To book at table at Xana Beach Club email info@xanabeachclub.com or call 076 324 101. Or visit xanabeachclub.com

Blind woman’s noodles a big hit

rinual Aree is like any ordinary noodle soup seller, except for one thing: she is cooking the food that she sells without seeing it. The 62-year-old blind woman has been using her house next to Wat Ban Khoa school in Ayutthaya’s Uthai district as a noodle shop catering to teachers and students from Monday to Friday for the past four months. Mrs Srinual was born with healthy eyesight but developed visual impairment due to macula de-

generation in later life. She underwent medical treatment at Rajavithi Hospital in Bangkok, but became completely blind 14 years ago. “At f irst I was depressed but my four daughters and sons are the ones who give me all moral support,” she said. Mrs Srinual used to cook noodle soup for Buddhist worshippers and monks at Wat Sena Nimit before she became totally blind. Four months ago she decided that she wanted to use her skills to make

a new career for herself. She consulted her sons and daughters and decided to set up a noodle shop at her house to serve teachers and students from the school next door. “I can make some profits from selling kuay thiew for B15 a bowl,’’ she said. Mrs Srinual explained that she had to spend hours practising making soup, to help her get used to it again, adding that the key to her success is making sure all the ingredients for the soup are kept in the right place. Bangkok Post

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Bodega & Grill

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Navrang Mahal

Trisara Seafood

A rustic, homely atmosphere serving North and South Indian dishes, freshly prepared by hereditary chefs and served in brass Katoris in the Royal Mughal style of bygone Emperors of India. Many mouth-watering dishes prepared exactly to your liking. Open from 12.30pm - 3pm and 6.30pm 11pm daily. Karon Sea Sand Resorts & Spa, Karon Beach. Also in Patong Soi Bangla. 076 286 464

The first truly world-class destination seafood dining experience on Phuket. A private entrance leads guests either to an outdoor, beachfront deck or to the cool, relaxed interior. The menu is a balance between local and imported seafood prepared and served in a Mediterranean way. Dinner 7pm-10.30pm. Trisara, 076 310 100.

Bodega & Grill is situated on a picturesque patio by the lagoon. The restaurant serves premium char-grilled steaks and seafood from a wood-fired oven, as well as authentic homemade pastas, risottos and paellas. Bodega’s generous steaks are available in portions of up to 1.2 kilogram. Angsana Laguna Phuket, Cherngtalay; 076 324 101

The only Irish owned and managed Irish Pub in Phuket. A real Irish Pub at the heart of Phuket’s world famous nightlife. In this traditionally styled Irish pub you will find a very warm welcome from the Management and their fantastic staff. All your favourite Irish food and beverages. Jungceylon, Patong Beach; irishtimespub-phuket.com

Ceramic Kitchen Mom Tri’s Villa Royale

ITALIAN

RE KÁ TA Beach Club

Acqua

Enjoy fine dining with panoramic sea views in sensually indulgent setting. Delicious Thai and European creations are served on the open-air terrace. Mom Tri’s Villa Royale is the winner of the Wine Spectators Award of Excellence. Situated on the only road into to Kata Noi Beach. Reservations recommended. momtriphuket .com; 076 333 568

Enjoy a unique dining and shopping experience at Ceramic Kitchen. We offer a wide range of beverages as well as the chance to shop for ceramic after your lunch or dinner, while every Sunday we do a traditional roast all day. We’re also experts for special events, wedding ceremonies, staff parties, birthday parties and more. 185/5 Moo 7, Srisoonthorn Rd., T. Srisoonthorn, Thalang district. 076 272151-2, 082 153 3163

FRENCH

Connoisseurs of fine cuisine can revel in Acqua’s experiential concept. The Acqua restaurant experience promises to deliver only the freshest of ingredients, sourced from only the best producers both local and international. Taste explosions from the portfolio of Chef Alessandro Frau, of both traditional & contemporary are offered. Kalim Bay-Patong, 076 618 127

The beachfront restaurant offers modern innovative cuisine with a strong focus on seafood. In the evening RE KÁ TA transforms with Kata’s magical sunsets and cool sounds along with the delicious drinks and tapas, right on the beach. Open daily 6.30am-11pm; Kata Beach (next to Boathouse); info@rekataphuket.com, rekata phuket.com, 076 330 421

Baan Kalim Restaurant & Seafood KEE Sky Lounge

DaVinci

La Boucherie

La Boucherie is a French steakhouse located on Soi Sansabai in Patong, next to Jungceylon and just a short walk from Bangla road. You’ll find a varied menu of wonderful and reasonably priced food that includes perfectly cooked steaks and dishes from France, all with friendly and efficient service that guarantees you a very pleasant and satisfying experience. Open daily 11am-5am. 076 344 581. laboucherie-asia.com

Serving up an eclectic mix of tasty East-meetsWest tapas, and a colourful new vibe on the rooftop. Enjoy trendy fusion finger food influenced by cooking styles from around the world alongside your main course, or simply relax with Eurasian tapas and sip sundowners from a selection of creative cocktails. Open 5.30pmmidnight, KEE Resort & Spa, 076 335 888

Great food and people you know! Authentic Italian cuisine in Nai Harn area. Three different dining areas, cocktail lounge, children’s play area, Delicatessen, live music....DaVinci is not just a meal, it is an experience of taste, atmosphere and more. Restaurant open daily 5pm-11.30pm; Deli open 11am-6pm; Sunday close; Naiharn 076 289 574. davinciphuket.com

Weaves Restaurant

Diavolo

Watch the evening sunlit ocean in the lavish and contemporary ambient atmosphere that is the Weaves restaurant. With its intimate low lit private dining, Weaves serves a variety of delectable Asian and International fusion cuisine, rich enticing desserts and tropical blended refreshments. Manathai Resort Phuket, Surin Beach, 076 270 900

A menu of modern Mediterranean influences created by Chef Ryan to tantalize the senses in a modern ambience. Offering everything from fresh seafood pastas to simple good pizzas. An impressive selection of well priced beverages and stunning sea views complete the experience. Open daily for lunch or dinner. Paresa Resort, Kamala Beach; 076 302 000

The Bistro Restaurant

JAPANESE

Start your evening with delicious food and fine wine. Pick the perfect spot to take in stunning views of Patong bay, as the evening breeze surrounds you. Relax and enjoy live music to make your evening into that truly wonderful and unforgettable dining experience. Open daily 11am-Midnight. Patong; baankalim.com; baankalimrestaurant@hotmail.com, 076 618 125

THAI Baan Vijitt Restaurant

Breeze Restaurant

Phuket’s most exciting new restaurant is situated on the waterfront at Cape Yamu. Chef Cheryl Johnson is providing diners with her innovative modern French interpretations of local ingredients. Open from Tuesday to Saturday for dinner, and from Wednesday to Saturday for lunch. Our menus change frequently. Cape Yamu, Paklok, 081 271 2320

Tre by DoublePool Villas

An array of culinary experiences is offered to tempt and intrigue in Tre - the exclusive contemporary French Vietnamese restaurant set among the superb surroundings of the DoublePool Villas. Tre’s signatures dishes include scallops and green apples and tartar with pan-fried foie gras. Banyan Tree Phuket, Cherngtalay; banyantree.com @thephuketnews

A half-century old Sino-Portuguese style house at The Vijitt Resort Phuket offers a unique authentic experience of Thai cuisine with a focus on regional specialties. Thai Select Premium Award certifies the quality and standard of product and service here. The Vijitt Resort Phuket, Rawai; fb@vijittresort.com, 076 363 600

Talung Thai Tamarind Restaurant

Find all the Italian traditions in one location, and savor and experience the real Mama style dishes serving only the traditional taste of Italia. The Bistro is at Impiana Resort Patong Phuket. Happy Hours 50 per cent off for selected beverages, soft drinks, juices from 3pm-5pm & 10pm11pm daily. Open 3pm-12am. Impiana Resort Patong Phuket, Patong Beach, 076 340 138.

To complement an already distinctive cuisine, Tamarind is bringing to the island high quality authentic Japanese cuisine, courtesy of Master Chef Shiraishi. Gracing our Japanese menu will be fresh sushi, sashimi, healthy salads, yakitori and tempura and much more. Tamarind is your ultimate destination to savour the best Japanese cuisine in Phuket. Cherngtalay; banyantree.com

The restaurant has a stunning sunset location, offering views of the Andaman Sea. The menu of southern Thai specialties and true local dishes, are not seen on many other restaurant menus in Phuket. Chill with a cocktail from our award wining mixologist at sunset and then relax with authentic Thai cuisine. Open daily for lunch and dinner. Paresa Resort, Kamala; 076 302 000

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Bondi and the body beautiful

Justine Tyerman discovers the importance of fitness and fashion on the Bondi to Coogee coastal walkway

Justine Tyerman

The sixkilometre cliff top walkway weaves its way around the coast linking a series of exquisite beaches separated by dramatic rugged headlands where waves swirl and crash against the rocks, sending curtains of spray metres into the air

Clockwise from top: The Bondi Beach House (white low-rise apartment complex) from Bondi Beach; Tamarama Beach from the coastal walkway; the rocky headland beyond Bronte Beach from the coastal walkway; sunrise from The Bondi Beach House balcony overlooking Bondi Beach; Bondi Beach from The Beach House balcony (photo: Ross Laurence). All other photos by Justine Tyerman.

rom a distance, it looked like a stranding of small whales or a mass suicide ... or even worse, a massacre. When I peeked out the sliding doors of my beachfront apartment into the early morning June gloom, I could make out dark shapes on the grass verge by the beach. Too far from the water for the stranding theory, I was left with two even more horrible options. The bodies were arranged side by side on small mats all in the same contorted positions with one body out in front of the line. A ritualistic killing of some kind? But then I detected movement. On my God, they are still alive, I thought. Dial 111 or whatever number you call in Bondi Beach in an emergency. Abruptly the body at the front sat up and adopted a lotus position followed obediently by the 15 other bodies. Then the first glimmerings of dawn began to illuminate the scene, along with my mightily-relieved realisation that I was witnessing one of Bondi’s many manifestations of its fitness obsession.

Nothing more sinister than a yoga class. Bondi Beach is so fixated with the body beautiful it was still dark and decidedly chilly when the daily throng of surfers, stand-up paddle boarders, swimmers, walkers, joggers, dog exercisers, yogis and young mums with pushchairs hit the coastal walkway, the waves, the mats or the Icebergs Pool. Watching from my opera box balcony overlooking the white sands of the iconic beach, I was astounded to see hundreds of black-suited figures already paddling out beyond the breakers and a bevy of elderly swimmers ploughing up and down the ocean-side pool, seemingly oblivious to the waves crashing across the outside lanes. Fascinated by the frenetic level of activity at such an early hour and lured by the prospect of watching the sun rise from the rocky promontory a few minutes from my apartment, I pulled on my walking gear and joined the energetic masses on the Bondi to Coogee coastal walkway. Just as well it was still darkish because I was instantly aware I was not wearing the right “uniform”, nor

was I fit enough to keep up with the chin-up brigade for whom the walkway was clearly a competition. Spaced at regular intervals along the track, there were bars and other pieces of masochistic fitness equipment where the rippling-muscled ones were able to show off their prowess. I watched in awe as the alpha male in the pack held his body at right angles to a vertical bar. Having failed abysmally in the fashion and fitness stakes, I did, however, outdo them all in the time and energy I invested in watching the sunrise. It was a spectacular sight as the dazzling morning light crept across the famous sands, groomed and manicured overnight even in mid-winter. The six-kilometre cliff top walkway weaves its way around the coast linking a series of exquisite beaches separated by dramatic rugged headlands where waves swirl and crash against the rocks, sending curtains of spray metres into the air. I walked on and discovered Tamarama (known locally as Glamarama), a tiny perfect horseshoe-shaped beach inhabited only by beautiful young gods and goddesses. I decided it was a no-go zone for me and strode on to the more accommodating all-comers-welcome Bronte Beach where I stopped at one of the many bustling cafes for the best fresh fruit smoothie of my life ... hyper-healthy of course. The surfies were out in force riding superb waves boosted by a powerful winter swell, the ocean pool was chocker with lappers in their 70s and 80s and yoga mats were everywhere. Families were playing beach cricket, frisbees, volleyball and footy, while others gathered around coin-operated BBQs cooking breakfast. Beyond Bronte I found a cliff-top bowling green packed with young people jostling for the jack and drinking beer. That’s not very healthy, I thought. Clovelly was next – a long skinny inlet which had been concreted on both sides and looked more like an elongated swimming pool than a beach. I was enjoying the anticipation of discovering what lay around the next headland so much, I could have walked all day – but thephuketnews

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PHUKET MUSEUMS Chinpracha House This elegant colonial-style mansion was completed in 1907 by wealthy Chinese immigrant Tan Ma Siang. Chinpracha House is one of the most integral ancient remains on the island. Old photographs, Italian floor tiles, imported furniture from China and old utensils are wellmaintained in the house’s interior. 98 Krabi Rd, Phuket Town, 076 211 281. Open daily 8am4pm. B100.

Kathu Mining Museum

hunger got the better of me. I had used up my brekkie money on the smoothie so I reluctantly turned back at Coogee, the largest of the pretty beach settlements. In the clear winter days that followed, I took daily walks along the coastal path and began to blend in rather well after my Sydney-based daughter bought me a cool Nike cap and my fitness level increased. But my fine plans to also do yoga classes and go whale watching dissolved into hours of lazing on the sheltered balcony, within spray drift of the surf, in the warm sunshine. The pink and golden sunrises and sunsets were breathtaking, and just watching life go by was fascinating entertainment. Lara Bingle wandered past and probably Brad Pitt who was in Sydney for the weekend. An obliging pod of orca cruised by the North Bondi heads so we even managed a spot of whale watching from the comfort of the loungers on our own balcony.

Eating We foraged at the Bondi weekend markets for healthy fresh produce and there is an abundance of fruit and yoghurt shops in the village so we barely had need of a supermarket. A group of us had a delicious “global share-style” meal one evening at the funky Bondi Hardware, a former hardware store complete with hammers, chisels and pliers fixed to the back wall.

Built according to colonial architecture, imitating a mansion of a tin miner, the museum shows the origins of Phuket’s culture and history especially from the mining era. Several indoor exhibition rooms display different themes such as Phuket architecture, mining , Thai - Chinese way of life, Chinese immigrants’ life, the Baba’s marriage and the solar system. The outdoor exhibition displays equipment including a dredge and hydraulic mining gear. Muang Tor Sung Rd (behind Loch Palm Golf Club), Kathu, 088 766 0962. Open daily 9am4pm. B50 for Thais, B100 for foreigners, children half-price.

Philatelic Museum The museum is in the old preserved Post Office, housing old equipment such as telegraph tickers, telephones, parcel-weighing machines and collections of Thai stamps issued since 1951. There are also a small library and a souvenir room. Phuket Post Office, Montri Rd, Phuket Town, 076 224 883. Open Mon-Fri 8.30am-4.30pm. Sat 9am-12pm. Free entrance.

Seashell Museum

Sleeping We stayed at Jannifer’s Bondi Beach House, a luxurious two-bedroom, twobathroom Airbnb rental apartment at the southern end of Bondi Beach, just along the road from the famous Icebergs Pool. The view from the balcony was gorgeous. I was her first guest and she was a little anxious to be leaving her beautiful home in the hands of a complete stranger so it was good that we had a few hours to get to know each other. What appealed to me about Airbnb was the ability to negotiate directly with the owner, and then meet her in person; the satisfaction of staying in a superb, spacious,

fully-equipped entire house for far less than a beach-front hotel room; and all the extra things for which you would normally pay a surcharge like a beach view, early arrival and late departure times, secure off-street parking, laundry facilities, wifi and basic food items. Jannifer liked it for the security of payment – all money is handled by Airbnb – and the A$1 million insurance cover for the host ... just in case I found where she had hidden her Picasso, she joked. Justine Tyerman’s stay at The Bondi Beach House was assisted by Airbnb. www. airbnb.com The Bondi Beach House: airbnb.com.au/ rooms/1160254

Over 2,000 species of sea shells that were collected by the Patamakanthin family are now displayed in the museum. The collection includes fossils dating back 380 million years, rare golden pearls, giant clams and left-handed Noble Volute shells. 2/2 Moo 2, Viset Rd, Rawai, 076 613 666; www.phuketsea shell.com. Open daily 8.30am5.30pm. B100 for Thais, B200 for foreigners, children half-price.

Thai Hua School Museum The museum is in what used to be the main Chinese-language school, built in 1934. Classrooms inside were renovated as exhibition rooms, displaying Phuket Thai-Chinese culture and tradition of the past and present. 28 Krabi Rd, Phuket Town, 076 211 224; www.thaihua museum.com. Open daily 9am-5pm. B50 for Thai, B200 for foreigners, add extra fee for photograph.

Thalang National Museum The museum focuses on the history and archaeology of Phuket and nearby provinces. Archaeological finds such as ancient statues, pre-historic beads and tools are on view here. On 4027 Road (east of the Heroines monument), Thalang, 076 379 895. Open daily except public holiday 9am-4pm. B20 for Thai, B100 for foreigners.

Thavorn Hotel Lobby Museum Located in the walkway from the lobby to the dining room of the Thavorn Hotel, this small museum corner shows old photographs, posters, ornaments, utensils and mining tools from the Phuket’s mining era and World War II, collected by the owner of the hotel. 74 Rassada Road, Phuket Town, 076 211 333. Open daily 8am-5pm. B30.

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IN BRIEF 3DS game coming to consoles T he 3D S advent u r e game, Castlevania: Lords of Shadow – Mirror of Fate, will be released on PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360, makers Konami announced last week. The game will be available for download starting October 31, and will not be for Wii U and PS Vita. A PC version of the title is being considered, though final plans on that have not yet been decided. This is the third 3DS game that will be ported to the consoles, joining Resident Evil: Revelations and Castlevania: Lords of Shadow 2.

Hasbro games find a publisher Ubisoft, the publishers behind the Assassin’s Creed franchise, have purchased the licensing rights of board game makers Hasbro. The partnership, which was finalised last week, will allow Ubisoft to develop and publish current and next-generation games based on Monopoly, Risk, Scrabble, Trivial Pursuit, and Battleship. Plans to develop games based on new Hasbro titles have not been announced. “We look forward to collaborating with Ubisoft to offer consumers innovative new ways to experience their favourite gaming brands,” said Hasbro GM of Digital Gaming Mark Blecher.

Dragon Age mobile spin-off announced Electronic Arts has announced that they are currently developing a free-to-play Dragon Age spin-off mobile game. The game, dubbed Heroes of Dragon Age, is a combat-focused title with users able to create teams of heroes and monsters. Reports indicate that the game will include appearances from the series’ main characters and villains. A release date has not yet been announced.

Cruis’n USA BLAST FROM THE PAST Jean-Pierre Mestanza editor@classactmedia.co.th

Jetpack dream takes off in NZ

he New Zealand developers of a personalised jetpack said last week that aviation regulators have issued the device with a flying permit, allowing for manned test flights. Martin Aircraft chief executive Peter Coker said the certification was a significant milestone in the development of the jetpack, which the company hopes to begin selling next year. “For us it’s a very important step because it moves it out of what I call a dream into something which I believe we’re now in a position to commercialise and take forward very quickly,” Coker told reporters. The jetpack is the brainchild of inventor Glenn Martin, who began working on it in his Christchurch garage more than 30 years ago. Martin set out in the early 1980s to create a jetpack suitable for everyday use by ordinary people with no specialist pilot training. His jetpack consists of a pair of cylinders containing propulsion fans attached to a free-standing carbon-fibre frame. The pilot backs into the frame, straps himself in and controls the wingless jetpack with two joysticks.

While the jetpack’s concept is simple enough – Time magazine likened it to two enormous leaf blowers welded together – fine-tuning it into an aircraft that is safe and easy to use has been a lengthy process. Coker said a specialised version of the jetpack designed for the military and “first responder” emergency crews such as firefighters should be ready for delivery by mid-2014. A simpler model aimed at the general public is expected to be on the market in 2015. The price of your own personal flying machine is estimated at US$150,000-US$250,000 (B4.5-B8 million), although Coker said the cost was likely to come down over time. It comes with a rocket-propelled parachute if anything goes wrong. In May 2011, a remote control Martin jetpack carrying a dummy pilot soared 1,500 metres above the South Island’s Canterbury Plains as its creator watched anxiously from a helicopter hovering nearby. The New Zealand Civil Aviation Authority said the jetpack had now been issued with an experimental flight permit for development test flying, which allows someone to pilot the aircraft. AFP

Palestinian hacker posts security flaw on Mark Zuckerberg’s Facebook profile

fter a Palestinian hacker was rebuffed by Facebook engineers when he reported a security flaw, the programmer decided to take matters into his own hand through an example. Khalil Shreateh found that the bug allowed him to post on anyone’s wall despite the strict privacy settings set by that user. Shreateh posted on the private wall of Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg as well as a college friend of the founder in order to bring attention to the flaw he had discovered. The computer programmer

from the West Bank reportedly contacted Facebook several times before deciding to post on Zuckerberg’s wall, but was repeatedly told it was not a bug. Within minutes of the post,

a Facebook engineer contacted Shreateh to ask him to describe the flaw through email, a task that was made difficult because of the Palestinian’s limited English. The loophole was patched last week after the incident. It was reported that Shreateh initially went through the company’s “white-hat programme” that allows benevolent hackers to contact Facebook about flaws. The site pays a minimum of US$500 (B15,000) per bug, though it was reported that Shreateh will not be paid because he violated Facebook’s rules that disqualify him from receiving the payment.

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o you rememb er Cruis’n USA? Released in 1994, Cruis’n USA was made for the Nintendo 64, though it first enjoyed popularity as a standout arcade game, complete with a steering wheel and manual controls. Compared with serious driving games Gran Turismo and Need for Speed, Cruis’n USA was all about fun, speed, and tricks. It was originally supposed to launch with the Nintendo 64 console, but had to be pushed back due to software difficulties. While in most racing games, the car was the most important aspect of the race, since Cruis’n USA was more about avoiding road construction and performing tricks, the speed of the car itself did not truly matter. In terms of choosing courses, Beverly Hills was always the best. The simplicity of the game was refreshing, especially for gamers looking to just race and see who finished first without getting into car specifications. Because the makers did not have the licensing rights to the real-life car names, faux names were created. For example, the 63’ Muscle Car was clearly a 1963 Chevrolet Corvette. This was the first title in the Cruis’n franchise of games, with Cruis’n World, Cruis’n Exotica, and Cruis’n Velocity released later, all selling well but never rated as high as the original. The game was rereleased for the Wii in 2008 but never won any awards. It was, however, one of the first modern racing games for nonserious gamers and was simply a guilty pleasure.

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Director: Baltasar Kormakur Starring: Denzel Washington, Mark Wahlberg, Edward James Olmos, Bill Paxton Running Time: 109 minutes

ome movies are made to entertain. This recipe for blockbuster success usually includes a script that goes beyond cheesy, ridiculous action, a simple plot, and A-list stars. A quick glance at the movie posters for 2 Guns shows a heavy reliance on the A-list actor side, complete with traditional crime cliches like a shower of dollars bills and ample weaponry. The movie dresses up a simple plot with the strong acting abilities of Denzel Washington and Mark Wahlberg, both of whom could have easily carried the movie on their own. It’s tough to say 2 Guns is a bad film because it is very enjoyable and audiences have to appreciate a plot that doesn’t rely on explosions every five minutes. Indeed, the film is relatively restrained in violence which gives death scenes a bit more meat to them. Every life that is lost actually matters in the plot and rarely does the audience have to sit through gratuitous action for its own sake. The film centres around Washington and Wahlberg successfully robbing a small town bank that, they think, belongs to a local drug dealer. When these “criminals” reveal themselves to be government agents both working undercover to get the other in prison, things get interesting – and tricky.

2 Guns

The plot thickens when they discover that the US$3 million they thought they stole was actually US$43 million – putting a host of unsavory characters on their trail. The duo reluctantly work together as they try and survive the aftermath of their heist. 2 Guns is a film adaptation of a graphic comic book by Steven Grant, one of many such adaptations that Hollywood seems to have a love affair with. Though the source material is rife with laughter and implausible violence, the action in the film has an authentic feel thanks to the solid, low-key look. Director Baltasar Kormakur has several big name actors that steal scenes from one another – Bill Paxton and Edward James Olmos in particular both bring something special to the screen. In a film like this the finale is always going to be a shootout, but even when audiences finally reach the conclusion, the guns are just a ploy – Kormakur keeps relying on his Alisters to take the film home. Despite its obvious charms and solid performances, there is little that is truly memorable about 2 Guns, and you’ll probably forget all about it by the time you reach the car park. Still, if you like your action light with a side of witty banter, this is the film for you. In sum, you get enough bang for your buck.

‘The Butler’ serves up US civil rights history

panning more than 50 years of history and a series of presidents, The Butler spotlights the US civil rights struggle through the life and career of a White House servant. Inspired by Eugene Allen, who held the post for 34 years, the film hit North American theatres last Friday (August 16) and is already seen as a serious contender for the Oscars. Director Lee Daniels, known for Precious and The Paperboy, used Allen’s persona to create a character called Cecil Gaines, played by Forest Whitaker. Through Gaines, viewers are taken from cotton fields in segregationist Georgia to the election of Barack Obama as America’s first black president in 2008. Allen died in 2010 at the age of 90. From segregation and the Freedom Riders to Martin Luther King and the Black Panther Party, the film deals with major aspects of the civil rights movement at the risk of touching on them only superficially. Still, the film succeeds in anchoring its message in its

solid cast of characters. There’s not only Cecil but also his wife Gloria, personified by talk show queen Oprah Winfrey. Then there are sons Louis (David Oyelowo) and Charlie (Elijah Kelley). The two are polar opposites, with one a radical activist and the other enlisting to fight in the Vietnam War. “There’s something that’s not said, which is: Why don’t these stories get told more?” Whitaker recently told the New York Times. “Sometimes people are afraid to look at the face of what’s going on. So the fact of the matter is that many of these

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social issues are still being addressed,” he added. In the same interview, Winfrey recalled that actress Viola Davis was taken to task for playing a domestic in The Help (2011) by other blacks. “Why do you have to tell that story? Why do we have to keep being maids?” Winfrey said. “Because it happened, and none of us would be here were it not for them. My mother was a maid, my grandmother was a maid, her mother was a maid.” Nominated for an Academy Award for best supporting actress in 1986 for The Color Purple, Winfrey stood her ground vis a vis Daniels, in particular over a scene that follows the assassination of president John F. Kennedy. “He had her being such a bitch that I said, ‘Lee, I lived through the assassination,’” Winfrey told the Times. “I go: ‘You young buck, the assassination did to this country what 9/11 did to this country. The country was in mourning, and so she would have to have some empathy.’” AFP

A f ilm about the life of cyclist Lance Armstrong could see The Hangover star Bradley Cooper in the lead. The Armstrong film, which is set to be called Red-Blooded American, is just one of a few films in production about the rise and fall of the shamed cyclist. Cooper is also in talks to produce the film. The film will also include Armstrong’s teammate, Tyler Hamilton, who implicated him in an interview.

Aronofsky to take on Russian spy thriller

Black Swan director Darren Aronofsky is currently in talks to adapt the spy book Red Sparrow for the big screen. The book is set in modern day Russia with a female seductress, Dominika Egorova, working alongside the CIA but who eventually goes rogue against her American employers. Aronofksy has been tapped as the first choice to direct the movie. Mila Kunis, who co-starred in Black Swan, is believed to be the front runner for the role.

Mayor begs Woody Allen to make film in Rio

Rio de Janeiro’s mayor says he’ll pay “whatever it takes” to get Woody Allen to set one of his films in this sensuous seaside city, host of the 2016 Olympics. “I’ll pay 100 per cent of the production,” said Eduardo Paes in an interview. Allen has made a string of recent movies featuring some of the world’s great cities – London, Barcelona, Paris and Rome – and Paes is determined to add Rio to the list. “I so want him to come. I’ve already done all kinds of things. I talked to his sister, I sent him a message through [Spanish architect Santiago] Calatrava, who is his neighbour in New York,” Paes said.

US BOX OFFICE TOP 10 Film

Gross

$25M

The Butler

We’re the Millers

$17.8M

$69.5M

Elysium

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Planes Percy Jackson: 6 Sea of Monsters 7 Jobs 5

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$56.9M

$4.42M

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SFC Jungceylon Phuket (Patong) 2 Guns (E) Monsters University (E/3D) Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters (E/3D) R.I.P.D. (E) The Wolverine (E) Yam Yasothorn 3 (T)

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As some movies and movie times change every Thursday morning, after The Phuket News has gone to press, the accuracy of the following information cannot be guaranteed. For up-to-date information, visit sfcinemacity.com, or call the cinemas directly: SFX Coliseum Phuket 076-209000 and SFC Jungceylon Phuket 076-600-555.

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David Brook and Les Dawson (centre) enjoy a drink or two.

lackpool Tower, opened in 1894, is a prominent landmark on the Fylde coastline. In the mid-18th century it became fashionable to travel to the coast during the summer to bathe in seawater. The onset of the railways in the 1840s led to Blackpool becoming a major centre of tourism, connecting it to the industrialised regions of northern England. By 1881, Blackpool was already a booming resort with a promenade, complete with piers, fortune-tellers, trams, donkey rides, and theatres. Just south of Blackpool lies Lytham St Anne’s, which started to flourish in the late 1870s and developed as a traditional quiet Victorian/Edwardian seaside resort. It also attracted wealthy industrialists. Many years later it also attracted someone who would leave his mark: Les Dawson. He was not from a wealthy background, having been born in poverty in a terrace house in Collyhurst, Manchester, in the early 1930s. Les dreamt of becoming a famous writer, but his career path followed a somewhat tortuous route instead. Leaving school at 14, he worked in the Manchester Co-op, had a brief spell at the Bury Times newspaper, sold vacuums, and even apparently played piano in a Parisian bordello. He also travelled the northern pub and club circuit as a pianist and singer, throwing in the odd joke. It was a tough life. Then fate took a hand. One night, he decided he could only perform after several drinks. The curtain rose,

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the audience beheld Dawson, slumped over the piano, unable to remember what he was meant to be doing. He started to improvise, insulting the venue, the audience and life in general. The piano playing was atrocious. Amazingly he brought the house down. The next morning he awoke with a splitting headache and the germ of an act. He never looked back. His television debut came in 1967 on Opportunity Knocks, and he became a prominent comic for the rest of his life. Series after series followed, Sez Les, Dawson Watch, Les Dawson Show, Jokers Wild, and a then a hugely successful stint on Blankety Blank. Les was renowned for his deadpan style, the ability to pull often grotesque faces, jokes about his mother-in-law and wife, and his confusing piano playing. But behind all

huket’s Live 89.5 is always on the lookout for new talent. Whether you are an expat or a Thai and you think you have what it takes to become a high profile radio presenter or behind the scenes radio production assistant then don’t hesitate to contact Steve at radiomgr@classactmedia.co.th This is how we managed to find one of the stars of our small team, Rianne. Already a talented musician, Ranzee (as she affectionately likes to be known) deals with a lot of commercials that we make and imports them into the playlists, as well as collating all the information from the shows such as ‘Box Of Neutrals’ which airs on a Saturday afternoon at 1pm. Talking about ‘Box Of Neutrals’ these guys are crazy! They love their Formula 1 and put together a show that captivates all the excitement even when there is not a race going on! Checkout their own website as well at boxof neutrals.com When you get time take a look at our website and explore the great features such as Playback which is where we keep most of the interviews we do, just in case.

that was a man who had strong literary interests, who actually wrote poetry before his fame, penned several books, and was indeed a very talented pianist. Les loved Lytham St Anne’s, often poking fun at his home: “I live in Lytham St Anne’s… it’s so posh that when we eat cod and chips we wear a yachting cap”. A generous man too, willingly giving his time to help charity. His own Charity Golf Days were always a great event, and the cabaret was always lively. Hard to believe he passed away 20 years ago. But the legend lives on, and a larger than life bronze statue of him now stands in the ornamental gardens next to St Anne’s Pier. He’ll always be with us. Blackpool may have its’ tower, but St Anne’s will always have Les.

his is what’s on next week. If you are Australian then it’s been a bad week – you are, statistically, more likely to die in Thailand than anywhere else. And it was also revealed that Australians are putting an enormous burden on the Phuket public hospital system because they don’t have adequate health insurance. Phuket News TV takes on this issue as it relates to just about all visitors, not just Australians. We speak to a doctor at Vachira Hospital and also one of the outspoken overseas consuls. We continue our coverage of last week’s reef dive where local divers removed an enormous amount of rubbish from around Phuket’s favourite dive spots. However, the question continues to be asked, “Whose responsibility should it be to maintain the coral reefs?” A young sailor has just returned from the island after completing one of the biggest ocean races in the world. And he did it in a yacht sponsored by and named ‘Sansiri’. Alice Na Takuatung speaks to him about sailing at the elite level and life on the open waves.

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DIVAS IN DENIM! Leading Thailand property developer Sansiri hosted a fun “denim party” at the sales office for its Deck condo development in Patong last Friday (August 16).

Marina Cherepanova (right).

Joy Prasitwuttivech.

Nattha Arunrat (second left) and Cobby Leathers (right) with members of the Sansiri marketing team.

Cobby Leathers picks a winner - of an iPhone.

Lin Prachakrich and Nattha Arunrat.

Khun Mandy, Director of Sales; with tango dancers Ms Biscione, and Mr Castillo.

DIVINE DINNER AND DANCE AT BOATHOUSE A wonderful wine and tango night was recently held at Boathouse Wine & Grill on Kata Beach. Amazing food, excellent drinks, and a great tango performance.

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JUST TWO GOOD There was another great event at Two Chefs Kata Center branch, which held its yearly crayfish buffet last Friday (August 16) with great food and entertainment lasting well into the night.

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CHANGING FACES On Monday, August 12, the new Momento Aesthetic Center at Banana Walk, Patong Beach, held its Grand Opening. For more information on their services, visit momento-aesthetic-center.com

Gerard Pelssier, Sutisa Sooksiri, and Dr Santiphap ‘Santa’ Sae-Ung.

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AUSSIE, AUSSIE, AUSSIE More than 40 long term Australian residents of Phuket gathered for the first meeting of “Aussies in Phuket”, held at the A2 resort on Friday, August 16.

Phuket News TV’s Tim Newton and Sue Ultmann.

Nadine Oliver with Tim Shaw.

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SAVING THE SEAS Enthusiastic members of Phuket’s dive community, supported by the Department of Marine and Coastal Resources and local government bodies joined together in a mass effort to raise the world’s awareness of the importance of keeping Phuket’s marine and coastal eco-systems clean on Tuesday, August 13. A total of 4,356 kg of debris was collected.

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Curry Fridays at Navrang Mahal Laguna Summer Family Festival Right through until 24 August, Latitude Marquee is transformed into a carnival playground. Enjoy the bouncy castle, and games in the Kidz Lounge. Festival attractions planned include art classes with Artist-in-Residence, Zumba fitness sessions in Latitude Marquee, theme parties and more. And a popular return attraction for the youngsters at this year’s Festival will be the Kidz Fun Zone, serving up afternoons of sports skills, cooking lessons, adventure and educational activities, golf excursions and outings to local amusement parks, from just B200 per session. For more information see lagunaphuket.com/events/ family-festival.

Every Friday, all-you-can-eat authentic Indian curry buffet, B449 net per person. 7pm-11.30pm. Call 076 286 464.

afternoon with delicious food, live cooking stations, refreshing drinks and good company. Balloon artists entertain the little ones with face painting and kid activities. Every Sunday at 12pm - 3 pm. B1,400++ per adult, B700++ per child (Ages 5-12). Call 076 396 433.

SATURDAY AUGUST 24

BBQ at Expat Hotel 8pm, Expat Sports Bar, Expat Hotel, Soi Taipan, Patong. www.expatsportsbar.com

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tato salad and more for B325 per person. 7pm-11pm. Located in Patong on Rat-U-Tit 200 Pee Road next to Hotel Mercure.

TUESDAY AUGUST 27

Half Chicken Spit Roast

Traditional Sunday Roast Angus O’Tool’s Karon Beach Lunch or dinner served from 2pm. Your choice of either roast beef, chicken, loin of pork or leg of lamb served with roast and boiled potatoes, three fresh vegetables, Yorkshire pudding and gravy. Only B320 per person which includes a free glass of house red or white. Opposite Centara Karon Resort. See www.otools-phuket. com.

Tuesdays and Saturdays: Half chicken spit roast with french fries, salad buffet, potato salad & gravy sauce for B225 per person. 7pm-11pm. Located in Patong on Rat-U-Tit 200 Pee Road next to Hotel Mercure.

WEDNESDAY AUGUST 28

Live Jazz Trio at Mom Tri's The Good Shepherd Merchandise Shop Open

Por Tor Festival Ethnic Chinese in Phuket believe that Por Tor Kong is a God of evil. The seventh lunar month in the Chinese calendar is believed to be the period when spirits are released. The gates are opened and spirits released to wander or revisit homes. During the festival, people bring food and nicely-decorated fruits to make offerings to Por Tor Kong to pass onto those spirits. An essential offering for the festival is a red turtle-shaped cake, large or small. They believe that turtles symbolise longevity.

Every Wednesdays and Saturdays. Plaza Del Mar, Laguna (Behind Bake). Time: 10am to 1pm every Wednesday and 9am to noon every Saturday. We have a wide and wonderful selection of handicrafts such as toys, greeting cards, ornaments, lanterns, bags, purses and many more. You can also find exquisite arts and craft created by local residents. Pre-loved items include books, clothes and toys. Handicraft items are made by the disadvantaged members of society that The Good Shepherd strives to empower. All proceeds go directly to The Good Shepherd mission. See thegoodshepherd.info.

SUNDAY AUGUST 25

Live Seafood & Jazz Sunday Brunch at Banyan Tree Join Banyan Tree’s indulgent LIVE Seafood Sunday brunch featuring lots of LIVE Canadian Lobsters, Tiger prawns, freshly shucked Oysters, Wagyu rump and Foie Gras. Meander from one live cooking station to the next, and don’t forget to leave room for cheese and dessert. With live Jazz music and a kids club, starting at B2,500++ per person including free flow of selected beverages. Advance bookings are highly recommended. Contact 076 372 400. Email: fb-phuket@banyantree.com.

Enjoy live Jazz at Mom Tri’s Kitchen. Every Wednesday and Sunday Night in the Sea Shell Bar. Sunset Happy Hour daily from 6-7pm including selected beverages by the glass and 50% off drinks. Great live music, gorgeous sunset views and Thai and international cuisine. See momtriphuket.com.

BBQ Ribs All You Can Eat Wednesdays and Fridays. BBQ ribs all you can eat with salad buffet and potato salad for B295 per person. 7pm-11pm. Located in Patong on Rat-U-Tit 200 Pee Road next to Hotel Mercure.

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RBFC Thailand 2014 Classic Sport Fishing Tournament Offshore The Similan Islands

25th

27th February 2014

Proudly organised by the Rawai Beach Fishing Club, (RBFC) Phuket, Thailand.

Thursday 19 September 2013 @ Centara Grand & Bangkok Convention Center at Central World

Huge cash and other prizes to be won!!

The Thailand Property Awards reward the best of the best in the Thai real estate industry.

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Rawai Beach Fishing Club is an official Sponsor Club of the International Game Fishing Association. RBFC supports recreational fishing

of the most iconic decades. On the night there will be 80s themed cocktails, canapes and entertainment. And of course a dress code.... so glam it up with 80s clothes and accessories! From 9pm till late. More details - Annabel Fox +66 076 324 101 101

Wednesday Ribs The ribs are dry rubbed and smoked for 6 hours then massaged with Kentucky Bourbon BBQ sauce. Full rack set: 3 course set with corn chowder and bread pudding souffle: B1,500++ per person. Must reserve. For residents order one kg full rack on Friday for takeaway on Wednesday. Pick up and pay at SALA Beach Bar 5pm-6.30pm (Happy hour) B750 net. Sorry, you must take away. Make a reservation or book your ribs with events@salaphuket.com, no phone calls please.

THURSDAY AUGUST 29

SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 8 Creating Compost Workshop Want to compost your food scraps but not sure where/how to start? Get along to our new workshop to make a start with creating your own low maintenance, nutrient rich compost now! 2 hour workshop, lead by a highly experienced composter, who’ll answer all of your composting questions. Held at the Book Cafe on 31/08, 10-12pm, only 520 baht per person. Email info@ oasisedphuket.com or call 084 946 2171.

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Phuket Old Town Bike Phuket Old Town Bike by TAT Phuket, cycling and learning about culture and history from Phuket mining museum, old town in Kathu, and ride along to Bang Wad Reservoir. The registration fee costs 199THB includes shirt, museum ticket, lunch and flask. Every cyclists will get the medals from TAT.

the best of the best in the Thai real estate industry. The eighth annual Thailand Property Awards gala dinner and awards presentation ceremony will be held at Centara Grand & Bangkok Convention Center at Central World. In addition to well established awards such as Best Developer Thailand, Best Boutique Developer Thailand, plus a host of regional awards for the best condominiums and villa developments on the Eastern Seaboard, Phuket, Koh Samui and in Chiang Mai, the 35 categories this year include four new awards: Best Residential Development, Best Villa Rental Agent, Best Villa Architectural Design and Best Villa Interior Design. Limited individual and group tickets are still available for the gala dinner, visit www.thailandpropertyawards.com for more details.

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FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 13 Southern Phuket Pool League Pita Bar, Laguna, Rawai v Ying Yang Bar, Rawai. Allstar Sports Bar, Kata v Walkabout A, Karon. Australia Bar & Grill, Kata v The Islander Bar, Rawai. No Name Bar, Karon v The White Hart, Rawai. Buddha Bar, Laguna, Rawai v Solutions Bar, Kata. All games start 8pm. southernphuketpool.com.

UPCOMING EVENTS SATURDAY AUGUST 31

Girls Go Surfing Day RipCurl is coming back with exclusive activities for 200 lucky girls to get surf training with world class surfers from Australia and Bali. Moreover we also have extreme water sports such as jet ski, fly board and more. End with the most exclusive party beside the beach. Meet Thai stars, celebrities and street icons. Visit: facebook.com/ RipCurlThailand to get free tickets and accommodation.

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Red Hot Jazz Enjoy jazz, dancing & art at ‘Red Hot Jazz’ at Boathouse. Entry donation of B3,500 includes free flow selected beverages & four courses of French cuisine. To book please contact Phuket Has Been Good To Us on 076 278 146 or info@phukethasbeengoodtous.org or Boathouse on 076 330 015 or events@boathousephuket.com. Proceeds go towards helping underprivileged children in Phuket.

Exhibition runs until October 13. VR Gallery has asked local and resident artist to display some of their favourite works. The exhibition features three local Phuket Thai artists and two resident artists. Pieces are combinations of oil on canvas, mixed media and wood. Themes range from nature, nautical, nude and abstract creating a fascinating and multifaceted display of art work. http://www.momtriphuket.com.

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This week in history

GOT YOUR NUMBER

■■ August 23, 1839

120,000

Number of years since water last flowed across some of the riverbeds in the Atacama Desert, the world’s driest place.

15-20

Number of seconds a human brain remains conscious after decapitation.

Percentage of people who say they would rather die quickly than end up in a retirement home.

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Ratio of chickens to people in the World. Mount Vesuvius is dormant for now. The most recent major eruption was in March 1944.

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The United Kingdom captures Hong Kong as a base as it prepares for war with Qing Dynasty China in the First Opium War. ■■ August 24, 79 Mount Vesuvius erupts, killing much of the population of Pompeii with pyroclastic flows and burying the city in ash. ■■ August 25, 1991 Linus Torvalds announces the first version of what will become the Linux operating system for computers. ■■ August 26, 1944 General Charles de Gaulle enters Paris at the head of Free French troops after the city’s liberation from German occupation by the Allies. ■■ August 27, 1939 The world’s first jet aircraft, the Heinkel HE 178, makes its first flight. ■■ August 28, 1963 The Rev Martin Luther King delivers his famous “I have a dream” speech to quarter of a million people in front of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington DC. ■■ August 29, 1831 Michael Faraday demonstrates electromagnetic induction, the principal that will lead to the generation of electricity.

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59. Large, flightless bird 60. Short musical piece 61. Greek earth goddess: var. 62. Ancient Andean 63. Fat 64. Tolkien creatures 65. Observer 66. Beats it Down 1. Favor one side? 2. Banned orchard spray 3. Dwelling: var. 4. Confection 5. Bean products? 6. Die 7. Seasons 8. Is remiss 9. Church offering 10. Biblical connector 11. Music category 12. Expires 13. Beluga yield 19. H+, e.g. 21. Where the heart is 24. Hard to pin down 25. Media attraction 26. Photo finish? 28. Engine need

29. Man with a mission 30. Son of Jacob and Leah 31. Balances 32. Conductor Koussevitzky 33. Assignation 35. Entanglement 36. It may follow you 37. Go quiet 38. Maximum 40. Suffix with auction 44. Apple variety 46. Mania starter 47. Cliffside dwelling 49. “___ So Good,” Mangione song 50. Sight-related 51. Brand, in a way 52. Grand 53. Handwoven rugs 54. Riviera city 55. Rimsky-Korsakov’s “The Tale of ___ Saltan” 56. Insect stage 57. Trim to fit, maybe 58. Catsup and strawberry 59. Opposite of hence

Solutions to last week’s puzzles:

Answers to this week’s Pop Quiz: 1. Koala bear; 2. Guy de Lusignan; 3. Knots; 4.Maxim de Winter; 5. 543.

1. Apart from humans, which is the only animal with fingerprints? 2. Who was King of Jerusalem from 1186 to 1192 AD? 3. Beer, Strangle and Pratt are all types of what? 4. In the novel Rebecca, who owned Manderley? 5. How many years’ difference is their between the Christian and Buddhist calendars? Answers at the foot of the page.

Across 1. Indian martial art 6. Calculate astrologically 10. Exploitative type 14. Old war story 15. Unattractive tangelo? 16. Bad idea 17. Sugar ___ 18. Happiness 20. Eton and Epstein, e.g. 22. Blonde shade 23. Vietnamese musical instrument 24. Relax 27. “My bad!” 30. For fear that 34. Rosary recital 37. Sharp 39. Post office department 41. For her and him 42. Interpretations 43. Fix firmly 44. Start of an idea 45. Congeal 46. Canal locale 48. Pie in the sky? 51. He leads a band

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PROPERTY FOR RENT

The Cour tyard: Upper f loor 10 m showroom frontage floor area 10 0 s m w i t h a i r/c o n s . C o n t a c t Khun Siriporn 081 691 0213, siriporn@islandfurni ture-phuket.com, www.thecourtyard-phuket.com.

Rawai Pool Villa For Sale: Beautiful Villa 550sqm. Land 2,400 sqm. with 3 bedrooms, 4 bathrooms, maid's room, laundry room, home office, Western kitchen. Large mature garden, garage for 2 cars Price B32 million. Call 081 978 5181. www. myrawaivilla.com

In Karon: Lease or sale, commercial building, intersection corner location, highly visible, emerging area. call Dan 084 841 7339.

3 Bedroom House for rent: Seaview Villa 3 Bed Cape Yamu: Luxury single storey villa, furnished, set in private gardens with pool. Only 10 mins to PIA/BIS schools. Includes pool cleaning, very quiet location. Only B45,000 per month. Long term. Call 086 279 6283

Kathu Anuphas Golf Ville, fully furnished, 15 min to Patong, 15 min to Phuket Town, 20 min to Intern. School. THB 30,000/month long term. Available immediately. Contact 087 892 6899.

Long Term Rental:

Three bedroom modern home available for long Term Rental. This pool villa is close to B.I.S. Central private location. Please check out website for more details. Contact Dianne 089 469 810. https://smore.com/r5ts.

Beach Condo, Beach 3 Min. Walk: Spacious 2-bedroom apartment for rent, long or short term, fully furnished, kitchen, 2 bathrooms. Pool, large gardens, parking, a mere 3 minute stroll to scenic Nai Harn beach. resortgm@gmail.com.

3 B e d H o u s e Te r m Fu n Cherng taly: Main bed & sitting room both air con, large kitchen. Newly renovated. Part furnished. 10 minutes. from Laguna, 15 minutes. from Surin Beach. 12,000 per month, minimum 12 months. 087 272 5250. phetmeekha@ yahoo.com.

ACG Cricket Ground:

5 Rai raw land behind ACG clubhouse on long lease for compatible sporting facility. alan@acgphuket.com.

Villa in Cherng Talay:

This beautiful 2 storey villa has wrap around balconies, 5 bed, 5 bath, swimming pool, office and child play area, movie room, dining room for 8, maids room and laundry, Sala. Internal area: 472 sq. m. Total area: 1,920 sq. m. Call 081 892 0534.

Luxury 3 Bedroom Pool Villa: Located 4 km from Layan Beach, just outside Laguna, this new villa is available for long term rent. www.baanboosakorn.com

Beach House & Beach Condo For Rent: Beach house in Cape Panwa. 3 bedrooms, 4 bathrooms, 1 living room, kitchen and dining room for 8-12 people, outdoor relaxroom for sunset meetings (no pool, in repair) and 2-rooms condo. See phuketbeach living.com.

villa. Large living room, kitchen & laundry with washer/dryer. Overlooking 8th hole green. Pool, gym & leisure centre (lochpalm.com). AVAILABLE: 01 Sep 2013, from THB 45,000 per calendar month, min 12 months. Call 085 894 2268 or timshaw@bigpond.com.

Bungalow for rent B8,000: Nice one bedroom bun-

Kata Beach Apartment Sea Views: Western 1,2&3 bedroom

units fully furnished, parking fully fitted teak kitchens. Granite tops Western baths, sat.TV&internet included. Masterbed with ensuite bath starting 20,000/m longterm. No party people. 084 840 1262, north8east98@yahoo. com.

galow for rent, B8,000 per month, Mission Hills, on 1/2 Rai of land with Air Con & Internet. Call 081 892 4804 or 081 125 1873.

Chanote title at Cherng Talay / Pasak7 (Phuket - Surin Beach area) Phone 090 487 8084. Email: utaipan@yahoo.com.

Town house near Tesco in town: 2 floors, 23.7Sq.wah. Near

Single House For Sale: In soi jaofah 73 (before phunaka golf club) Land area 2 Ngan 92 sqwah, Usable area 450 sqm. 3 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, swimming pool, room for maid. Sale: 12.9 million baht. Tel. 081-4761640(Eng) 081-8923709(Thai)

Land & House for sale: 2.5 rai (N.S.-3 K document) near Kathu waterfall. 2 houses, 1 small house & 2 pools, big garage. 3 way Entrance. B28 million. Call 081 893 0540, 076 385 775 email: anong540@hotmail.com. Land & House Park, Chalong: Villa for sale, 4 Bedrooms,

Luxury Condo Rent / Sale: 2 B e d r o o m , L- r o o m a n d f u l l y equipped kitchen, 160-212sqm. Very high standard with a nice view. Big balcony, swimming pool, gym. Location: Kathu, 10 min. Patong Beach, 5 min. Phuket Town and all department stores and international hospitals. Rent Long term: B45,000 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; B63,500 Buy: B8,500,000 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; B11,500,000. Contact 086 268 7901 or send email to: condophuket@yahoo.com.

Land Plot for Sale:

Tesco Lotus in town & Kajonkiet school. Easy to go to Patong or Town. 2 bathrooms, 2 bedrooms. Living room & Kitchen 089 159 3239, 081 821 3205 naiyanapo@yahoo.com.

Seaview Pool Villa for Rent: 2 Bed villa with lovely garden, koi pond, pool with sala/ 3rd bed and seaview. Fully furnished, True visions on 42" screen, WiFi, new ACs. Private, quiet area but near all amenities. Call 086 279 6283.

Klong Sok district. B400,000 per rai. Close to Khao Sok National Park entrance. PNSS3 title, to be upgraded to Chanote soon. Phone 081 693 2759.

GOLF VILLA @ Loch Palm Golf: 3 bed 2 Bath fully furnished

PROPERTY FOR SALE Patong Loft Rent: Beautiful 2 bedrooms 2 bathrooms Condo, Fully furnished complete with kitchen utensils, microwave, coffee machine, toaster etc, bed sheets, towels for 4 people, internet, tv etc. Available Nov. onwards. Call 081 4326587, 081 8915602

Khao Sok, 25+ rai, B400,000 per rai: 25 rai, 3 ngan in Khao Sok,

3 Bathrooms, 1 Kitchen, 1 Living room, Fully furnished and equipped, Garden 240 SQM. B6.8 M Tel. 083 394 4536(Eng) /084 443 5389(Thai/Eng) flaviofurlanis@yahoo.it.

Refreshing 2BDs Phuket Town: Newly built apartment of 72 Luxury Villa for Rent: Magnificent 4 bedroom pool villa on the west coast of Phuket, above prestigious Kata Beach. Exceptional opulence throughout. Long & short term rental. Enquiries on 087 283 8884 or 080 690 5248.

sqm. For rent, colorful and boutique design in Phuket Town. Fully furnished, kitchenette. Good location, Mae-Laun Road. Call Zhu at 089 668 3639; zhunaumann@gmail.com, see Baan PhitakTaweep-phuket.com.

Seaview Townhouse Patong: Bet ween the c it y and the jungle at the northern edge of Patong. 70m alt. 10mn walk to the beach. 4 storey + 290 sqm, 3 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, 1 toilet. 4 aircon, partly furnished. Email: andamanhills@gmail.com.

Beautiful Karon Villa: Stunning, safe, secure estate villa, close to beach, crystal clear salt water pool, 3 large bed, modern open living, fully furnished, freehold, everything done. 13.9MB. 081 719 4688.

Luxury Condo Rent/Sale: Vassana Residence. 2 Bedroom: Luxury 2 bedroom, 2 bath-

Kalim Sea View, Freehold Condo for Sale/Rent: B11.9

room apartment. Sea view, swimming pool, whirlpool. Wi-Fi, cable TV. Only 3 apartments in complex. Call Eng. 087 882 9604, Rus. 084 443 6811 artlpmj@ yahoo.com.

million, 2 minutes walk to beach, big balcony and sunset view, 180 sqm, 2 ensuite bedrooms, big living space. PhuketAREA.com, search V146.

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Luxury Condo Rent/Sale Phuket Villa Patong Beach beside Jungceylon. Fully furnished 43sqm on the 6th floor with balcony, bedroom, living room, kitchen, cable & internet, pool, gym, laundry. Rent Long Term B30,000. Contact Nus 081 893 2330, seadream@loxinfo.co.th

RPM Marina Condo:

Luxury 3 beds 3 baths stunning condo. 179 SQM. Foreign freehold. Views to sea, marina, lake and mountains. 2 balconies. B16.9 million. Call: 082 493 8526. Email: flakes010@hotmail.com

Shop house Samkong near river: 3 floors, in Samkong Town Riverside. Facing main street & stream at the back. Nice atmosphere w playground. Convenient location near town. 089 159 3239, 081 821 320 naiyanapo@yahoo.com.

New house for sale: At Siri Village, Pa Khlok, 2 flrs, 3 beds, 2 shower rms, kitchen, living & dining area, garden, car park, 2 aircons, unstair curtains, 1 furnished bedroom. 3.8MB Contact Kirana 088 760 6083.

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House and Business for sale: 3 storey, 5 bedrooms, good

location, off road parking, busy road. Contact Thai 084 630 6920, English 082 534 7410, jeedyvcd@hotmail.com, davidweath@yahoo.com.

3 Beds, 2 Bath 6x3m pool. Full aircon and funishings. Ready for occupation and rental. Secure estate, private parking. 6km from Heroines monument. Close to PIA, BCS and shops. 081 737 0722.

Freehold Condo For Sale:

45 Sq.m Freehold. 2 balconies (great view). 1 bedroom. 1 livingroom. 2 air conditioners. Full furniture. Internet. Cable TV. Laundry. Fresh market. Swimming pool. Gym. Restaurant. Call 080 040 9077.

pool & lake view. Fully furnished, near Kajonkiet International School, Tesco Lotus, Big C. 10 mins to Patong. Move in Mar 2014. Only B99k. Contact: 081 694 4144, 081 307 7247, email: suthipow@yahoo.com

Beautiful Karon Villa: Outstanding investment Lanta: Outstanding investment op-

portunity! 7 studio apartments within beach front development. All 7 apartments, being offered at a discounted price to a total of 18 million baht for all of them. Call: 089 83 98 255. Email: info@lantaestate.net

Modern open living villa has it all, fully furnished, private secure estate close to beach. Enjoy the private salt water pool and undercover parking, 3 large bedrooms freehold investment. 081 719 4688.

Studio condo on 4th floor 50s/m. Huge swimming pool, beautiful gardens, completly renovated new tiles, light, painting, new furniture, kitchen, shower and toilet. B2.5 million, Eng 085 471 9246, Thai 087 621 3405.

Budget Bungalows: Two Bungalows in Chalong.2-3 bedr o o m s .C l o s e t o a l l a m e n i t i e s . One has room for a pool,the other is like a rain forest. From only 2,300,000 Baht.Ph:089 652 1951. Email: thailandmls@gmail.com.

SPECIAL T WIN VILL AS. 3 O R 4 B ED RO O M S, 4 B AT H R O O M S . P O O L , LARGE TERRACE, SMALL GARDEN. LIVING SPACE 400 SQM, LUXURY FURNISHED. PRICE B8,500,000. FREEHOLD.

of divorce URGENT RE-SALE 2 brand new apartments. Welcome real buyers No agents. Call on +66 (0) 87 269 2274, Chrismar.

Singl e H ou se Sp eci al Price Rent/Sale: Nice house

fully furnished with teakwood furniture, ready to move in. 240 sqm. 4 bed 4 bath, close to Kathu waterfall and market. Near Loch Palms, major stores, BIS and KIS. B45,000 per month. Call Oranwan 086 883 3169.

Laguna/Layan Beach Luxury 13M Salt-Water Pool Villa For Sale (Or Rent): Three large

bedrooms with bathrooms in tastefully re-decorated bungalow set in mature garden plot of 550m2 within secure development for ownership and/or investment. B15.5 million. Email: irynain@gmail.com.

When only the best will do!!!!4 bed/pool villa in Phukets best kept gated community.410 sq.mtr villa.812 sq.mtr land. Overlooking lagoon.Beautiful.Ph: 089 652 1951.or thailandmls@gmail.com.

Nai Harn Baan Bua:

Land Close to Thanyapura/PIA: Half Rai 1.3MB, 1

Rai is 2.5 MB, total 3 Rai of Land, Mountain View, Chanote, 3 Mins drive to Thanyapura/PIA School, 15 Mins to Airport. Contact Marisa 084 305 6667 or marisar1978@ hotmail.com.

Villa with Pool for Sale: Free-

hold 3/4 Bedroom Villa. 3 Air Con. 4k. to Ao Makarm Beach. 10x5m pool with 4th bedroom / office on other side. Plot size 104SqWah. 416Sqm. Reasonable offers. Call 089 831 4703/084 304 6723.

Stunning Town Home: 3 BDR

+ Study or 4 BDR, 4 bathroom, maidâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s quarters, full AC + hot water, pool, 2 car garage, western kitchen + extra storage. A must see. Was B21million reduced to B17million including Laguna family golf membership. Call 081 737 5001.

Building 3 storey for sale: THB 26,000,000. Only 300 m. from Kata Beach. 236.25 sqm. 2 bedrooms and 3 bathrooms. For more information call K.Chavarin 089 911 8833/081 866 9253 or email: wkongkeaw@hotmail.com

Rawai Great Buying: Lovely

house with 2 bedrooms or separate SC flat downstairs.Well ventilated with natural light in pristine condition.Distant sea views.B5,500,000. 089 652 1951 or thailandmls@gmail. com.

Two shophouse for lease in Patong: Low Rent! 2 Shophouse - 2

flrs.Can make business ground floor. Huge 2nd floor fully furnished as 2 bed apartment with private bathrooms. Includes furniture. Big kitchen and living area. 084 189 7696.

Luxury Villa in Chalong: Perfect condition, 660 sqm on 3 levels, 1,600 sqm land, 5 bedrooms, 7 bathrooms, swimming pool 12.5m x 6m with jacuzzi, large sala, double garage. Top quality construction. Reduced price: B25.5 million www.tamata-phuket.com crishausb@hotmail.com. 086 271 3260 or 086 273 4149.

Urgent-3 Bedroom House for sale: 3 Bed, 3 Bath, 4 aircon,

fullly furnished with Chanote title, mini office 4x4, living room, European kitchen, CCTV, internet, garden. Permsap Villa Manik, 436sqm. 15min from airport. B6.8 million. Call 089 871 4172.

Seaview Land Patong: Two parcels of superior land 11 rai. Inc seaview. Main road frontage. Ideal for resor t or condominiums. B150 M . N e g o t i a b l e . ( T h a i ) 0 81 3 7 0 8114 or (Ger) 081 892 1108. Email: davidgem98@hotmail.com.

N ew Condo Kat hu For Sale/Rent: Sansiri D Condo

Kathu, Fully furnished Studio type 29.7 sq.m. on 6th floor, good facilities with fitness gym and large swimming pool. Only 5 minute to Patong, Lotus, Big C, Central. By owner. Call 086 105 8144.

3 Gorgeous Lots, Clean Titles: For sale or long lease.

2 lots on island-beachfront (bungalow-/housing-estate) and 1 big mainland-mountain property all in very quiet, safe, well maintained locations near Krabi. 089 291 4671.

Ocean Front Villa for Sale:

Af fordable 3 Bedroom House: Single floor, 3 bedroom, Rawai Soi Saliga Land for Sale: Land 1 rai + 81 T/W total

1924 sqm. Does not need landscaping sale by owner land location on the top of the Soi. Tel: 084 745 4132, chanote title.

Guesthouse for Lease in Patong: 12 rooms, good location Nanai Road.9 year lease: very low rent,strong starting, easy to manage and good return on investment. Price 1MLN. Take this opportunity. Thamad17@yahoo. com. 089 728 4005.

Luxury brand new villa, fully furnished and ready to move in, 3 bedrooms, 4 bathrooms with infinity 10 metre long swimming pool and truly beautiful sea view. Located in a small development, only 50 metres from the sea and 3 mins from Ao Po Grand Marina. For sale B19.9 million or for long term rent B150,000 per month. Call 081 343 0777, email: montha_phuket@ yahoo.com.

2 Pool Villas next to PIA:

Ready to move in, villa 1 on 1,100 sqm. land, for sale B15.9 mil and villa 2 on 2,200 sqm. land, for sale B19.9 mil. Brand new, each with 3 bedrooms, 4 bathrooms, 12 metre swimming pool, guest bungalow with 1 bedroom 1 bathroom. Perfectly located in a development with underground electricity and security, only 800 metres from Mission Hills golf course, less than 10 mins to airpor t, Phuket International Academy and Ao Por Grand Marina. Call 081 343 0777. Email: montha_phuket@yahoo.com.

note for sale, concrete access road, Land plot, electric & facilities ready to build your home. Direct contact Thai owner K.Dallas (Poy) 089 472 9870 or dchaibut@gmail.com.

INFO: 081 788 8280. EMAIL: thewhitehousekata@gmail. com.

Business for Sale: Located in

a prime area just 50 metres from the north end of Patong Beach (close to Graceland Hotel & the roundabout on beachroad) there are two commercial townhouse buildings incorporated into this sale. They are on offer on a freehold basis which comes complete with a Chanote land title deed. The two 3 storey buildings sits on land measuring over 30 sq.wah. This prime real estate has been prepared for total refurbishment and is a perfect business investments for a property developer for resell potential or a business person who wants the freedom to create their own business design concept. Plans have been drawn-up to develop the property into either a 8 room or a 14 room guesthouse/apartments. 081 893 2330.

1 Rai Land QUICK Sale in Rawai: Beautiful land with Cha-

Patong Condo for sale: A nice foreign freehold condominium for sale in Patong is located in a recently complete development of one & two bedrooms condominiums. Located on the fourth floor of a total of five. 080 052 8082.

FOR SALE RAWAI BEACH

Urg e n t 2 N ew A p a r tments For Sale: Because

Freehold house for sale in estate in Cherng Talay. Land 735m2, floor area 230m2, 3 bedroom, 3 bathroom. Many upgrades incl new carpor t included. Price B11 million. Call 083 509 8797 for info or viewing.

Investment Proper t y for sale!: New, modern waterfront town-

home at the Boat Lagoon for sale. Rented out long term at B570,000 per year. 3 bed/4 bath, 2 balconies, terrace at canal, 6 m berth in front of house. 250 sqm living space. Top condition. Luxury finishings. Brokers welcome. B9.9 million. 086 747 9292 (English) or 081 970 5204 (Thai/English).

Patong Free Hold Condo:

Sales Down Payment Dcondo Mine: 7th floor. with

Freehold House for sale:

3 Bed Pool Villa Pa Khlok:

kitchen/dining area, living room, 2 toilets/showers. Aircon in each bedroom. Water tank+pump. External covered area. Chanote title: 256 sqm Quiet developed village near Heroines Monument B3.2 million. Call 087 276 0529 .

Beautiful Villa Rawai: Beau-

tiful 2 bed pool villa with sep/maids room or 3rd b/room.Great outdoor entertaining area.5 minutes to all conven. Reduced to 8,600,000 Baht. Ph: 089 6521 951 or thailandmls@ gmail.com.

Rawai Seaview Condo for sale: Seaview condo, freehold, 2

bedroom, 2 bathroom, 120sqm. B7.8 million, fully furnished. For more pictures and information please contact: adrian_troy@yahoo.com

Patong Apartment Reduced Price: Condo 4 years old. Swimming

pool, security 24/7, cafeteria. Studio 46sqm fully furnished. Freehold for foreigners. Price: 2.6MLN. Urgent sale, no agent. Tel: 089 728 4005. Email: thamad17@yahoo.com.

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House for Sale - Chalong: Land area 500m2, House area 164m2. 3 bed, 4 bath, fully furnished, aircon in all rooms, fans, Internet, satellite TV, swimming pool, independent water supply wells. Finish work December 2012. B8.5 million. Call 088 838 3242.

Mission Heights:

Luxury 3 Bed Villa For Sale:

This luxury three bedroom home is located in a secure estate with security and office. It is only five minutes from Bangtao Beach and Laguna Phuket including the Laguna Phuket Golf Club and 20 minutes from Blue Canyon Country Club and Phuket International Airport. The villa comes fully furnished with luxury leather lounge suites and quality furniture, all bedding, kitchen utensils and cooking facilities. For details and inspection, see www. phuketselect.com or contact graham@ phuketselect.com or call 081 897 0225.

Quiet stand alone villa, 3 bed, 2 - 5 star baths, 5 aircon, full furn, garden dining lush green, 50 Wah, quality new paint, excellent condition, B3.5 mil lion, f irm. Contact: peterb@inter globalau.com, 084 843 3492.

Beach Land on Koh Yao Yai: 6.26 rai direct beachfront, power, water, road, unobstructed views, chanote title, white sand, peaceful. Only 5.8 mil baht per rai. Doesn't get much better than this! Beautiful beach land. 081 649 3557.

Pool Villa Rawai: 4 Bedroom/ 4 Bathroom European style single storey house with self contained guest house and pool in Rawai on 736m2 plot. Large master bedroom with en-suite, walk in wardrobe. Modern western style kitchen with granite tops, built-ins throughout. Established 7 years. Plenty of outdoor living area with several verandahs and under cover car park, air-conditioning in all bedrooms and lounge. Situated about 2km from Chalong circle in a quiet lane 1km from Viset Road. House & Guest house 180 sqm Land area 736sqm (184TW). 3 bedrooms Master ensuite, 4 Bathrooms 7x3.5m salt water pool. Electric gate. Well water. Concrete road access. Call 087 891 9349.

New House for Sales low price than Project, Phanason Villages at Bang Joe for 50 Sqm, 3bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, Free contract. Contact: 089 729 9503.

New House for Sales:

Luxur y Villa 3 Bedroom Pool for Rent: New villa 320sqm

fully furnished. 4 bathrooms, 12m long pool, 5 min. by car to PIA, situated between Naithon and Naiyang beaches. Longterm rent B80,000 include maid and gardener service. Call 08 0 143 529 4, email: alain terrat@hotmail.com.

(Manthana Zone) Land area = 440 sqm. Home area: 300 sqm. 3 bedrooms, 4 bathrooms, 1 living room and kitchen, 1 swimming pool (3m*10m) out door jacuzzi and pavilion. Sales: from B9.9 - B12 million. Rent: from B85,000 - B120,000 per month. 088 751 2389.

3 & 4 Bed Pool Villas:

House on The Corner for Sale: Quiet location and only 500m

from the main road. Thepkrasattri, Heroines Monument. 70sqw x 280sqm, 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, big living room with open - plan kitchen (9x9m), 1 separated kitchen, carpark for 3 cars and a small storehouse, 2 aircons, cable TV, 1 phone line TT&T. Price: B2,995,000 including furniture. Must see! Email: jochenschmitz16@gmail.com. Call 081 607 8000.

Laguna/Layan. Luxury private pool villas in secure development. Available now. All beds ensuite. Fully furnished. Rental programme available. B12-20 million. Contact owner: 085 549 7110. 25 year lease for sale. Well situated in fast developing and sought after area close to Laguna. Some fixed rent applies. Contact 087 884 0644 for more info.

2 Rai, Cherngtalay:

2 baths, large living and dining room, 4 X aircons, 2 X car ports and garage. House 7 yrs 1 owner, well maintained with 135sqm living area. Land Chanote 92tw. 081 737 3116.

Resort for Sale: Resort 2 rai, with

12 Rai Chanote to sell: One of the last pieces of beautiful sea view land between Ao Makham and Ao Yon Road. Infrastructure done B210 million. Call 081 917 0377, 10am-5pm.

2 Storeys single house in Rock Garden 5 Village - By Pass Road. Near town, quiet and safe. 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms & housekeeper's room. 2 cars parking. Nice English & German neighbours. Call 089 159 3239.

Comfortable 4 bedrooms villa, plus maid room. Approx. 450Sq.M building, corner plot, energy saving, management service available for investor. Located in secured gate community, near British International school. info@ mindproperties.net.

House for sale near Loch Palm: Three bedroom pool villa Mai Khao Prime Location Land: I will sell my piece of land next to the new tourist attraction in Mai Khao. Perfect for investment in future like shops, guesthouse. Please email for mobile number and more details. ohmidzi@gmail.com.

Sea View Land for Sale: Ao Makham. 5.5 rai, B10 million per rai. Contact Siriporn 089 649 9939, email: siri_phuket@changrunner.com

in Kathu close to international schools. Views over Loch Palm. All bedrooms with aircon and ensuite bathrooms. Two car garage and secluded garden. Chanote title. Call 084 844 0991

LUXURY 1-BEDROOM APARTMENT 60 SQM. PRICE B3,400,000. LEASEHOLD. INCLUDE FURNISHINGS.

Beachfront Building - Lanta:

Urgent Sales! Beach front 2 Commercial buildings (3 storeys), 14 bedrooms, 16 bathrooms Klong Dow beach, Koh Lanta - Krabi. Contact owner directly - negotiable price: 081 270 8622, 084 841 5635.

Rawai Condo Sale/Rent:

Sell 1.1MB, Full ownership foreverbeyond the financing plan of 10 years. Rent 9,000B/Month. Studio room renovated with furniture. A/C, WiFi, kitchen, 200m to beach. 084 242 8914. Rawai4@yahoo.com.

INFO: 081 788 8280. EMAIL; thewhite housekata @gmail. com.

Free Hold Condo For Sale: Patong Tower for Sale: PATONG condos for sale:

Beautiful, modern Condos/Apartments, furnished, best/quiet locations, garden, s-pool, from 36-67sq metre, sea-city-mountain views, from B2,375. Call 087 819 2162 or caltirol@hotmail.com.

LUXURY 1-BEDROOM APARTMENT 60 SQM. PRICE B2,700,000. LEASEHOLD. INFO: 084 843 8720. E M A I L; t h e w h i t e housekata@gmail. com.

Villa and farmland for sale:

A big beautiful house with 7 bedrooms, 7 bathrooms, fully furnished. Located in stunning panoramic hilltop scenery in Takuapa, Phang Nga, covering an area of 127 rai. Surrounded by fertile farmland with fruit trees. Price 132MB. Contact K. Peerawat: 084 308 8484. Email: peerawat200310@hot mail.com

And for rent. Sea view and mountain views. Freehold from 64 to 448 sq metres. Phone no: 080 692 6114. Email: orsoreal estate@hotmail.com.

43 Sq. Free hold. 1 balcony (Great view). 1 bed room. 1 living room. 2 air conditioners. Full furniture. Internet. Swimming pool. Gym.Automated door lock and key card. Call 080 040 9077.

For Sale Rawai Beach Special Twin Villa. 4 suites/studios, 4 bathrooms, pool, large terrace, small garden, living space 400 sqm. Include luxury furnishing

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Price Reduced, 4beds Villa:

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Seaview Land For Sale: Land located right in the heart of Chalong with panorama view of Chalong pier. Close to a number of sandy beaches; Naihan Rawai Kata and Karon. Easy access to major depar tment stores. Surrounded by public facilities including education institutes and hospitals. You will benefit from a perfect location that's rapidly increasing in value. 3 rai and 1 Ngan with Chanote title. Call 087 278 7206, 089 215 50 41 e -mail: kubesjoy@ hotmail.com.

372 m2 Ideal for office or apartment / office. All floors with air condition, bathrooms, phone lines, local phone network, internet, cable TV and office furniture. Sell by owner direct. Call 081 958 3310.

3-storey Shophouse:

Sea-View Chalong-Residence: Dream pool villa with 5

bedrooms all with ensuite on 1 rai of land. Big hall, office, maid’s room. Brand-new construction opposite Wat Chalong on the way up to the hill. A huge 685 sq.m of living area, fully furnished. Modern Europeandesigned kitchen. Big sea view pool terraces incl sala and attractive bar area. Security alarm system. Selling price on request. By owner directly. Call 085 654 4011 or 089 404 0737. Email: schulz.th@gmx.de.

400m from Naiyang Beach. 3 Rai 1 Tarangwah. 6.5MB per Rai. Call 087 091 8331 or email chiangmaibeltrade@hotmail. com for more information.

Land for Sale:

Beautiful home in Phuket 5.9m: Spacious open plan home - 4

bedrooms,granite top kitchen,outdoor seating,100” home cinema, LED Lighting system,Tv’s,LAN & Audio every room,alarm,3 phase electric. Call: Ben 086 266 2786.

chanote. 22 double villas with kitchens, large pool and big coconut garden with own well. Restaurant and bar with satellite TV and Adsl. Opened for 15 years, with lots of repeat customers, parking, quiet. 086 940 1860.

3 Bdrm House for sale Thalang: House for sale. 3 bedrooms and

3 Rai Chanote Mangosteen Land: Beautiful square land plot next to Mangosteen Resort, 3-0-38 Rai, Chanote title, light slope, great access to Soi Saiyuan, show villa can be completed, ideal for villa or condo development. 081 536 5846.

The Aqua pool villa-sales/ rent: In Land & House Park Phuket

Sea View Off Plan Condominiums: 65m2 Condominium. 1

Bedroom, 1 en suite bathroom, living room, kitchen, pool, large balcony and terrace space, parking. Excellent investment opportunity. See property forsalephuket.co.uk.

Price B8.5 mllion. SMS for info: 081 788 8280 Email: thewhitehousekata@gmail.com For Russian contact Oxana 080 529 0726 or Email: phuket.lux@gmail.com

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Modern Family House for sale: Beautiful 3 bedrooms villa in New Luxury Villa For Sale: 3 Luxurious Golf Villa @ Laguna Village: MUST BE SOLD ! Surplus to family invest needs. 3-bed, plus maid's qtrs. This home has been lovingly cared for. Leasehold/freehold. BVI status. POA. Ph 082 810 4184, phuketres@gmail.com

bedrooms, 5 bathrooms, living room, kitchen, private swimming pool (12 metre). House area of 600 sq.m., land 1.5 rai (2400 sq metre). Located on the shore of the ocean on the Koh Kho Khao. Email: larion2555@ gmail.com.

Rawai. 160sqm indoor. 400sqm outdoor. Shared swimming pool. Modern villa renovated in 2011-2012. Fully furnished. For more info: phuketvilla jasmine@gmail.com

Surin Beach Office For Sale: Prime location sales office/ Hot Price Sale-PuriAnda Villas: New Pool Villa in Rawai 2 Bed/3 Bath, Built-In & Partial fur. Private pool & jacuzzi, sala, 500 m.to beach Price 7.9 mil.Baht with Chanote title Tel.081 691 3029, E: kris.silanachai@ yahoo.com.

Mansion in Town for Sale:

359.7 sq. 43 rooms. 15 air-conditioners, 28 fans. balcony, hi-speed internet, parking, CCTV and sentry box. In & out with finger scan. Near shopping centre. B32 million. Call: 090 167 9816 (Eng), 086 300 5052(Thai).

Sea-View Contemporary Pool Villla: Located near Phuket Beautiful Naiharn Pool Villa:

Secure private hillside by Naiharn Beach. Quality furnished throughout. 3 big bedrooms, office, 4 baths, 230 sm plus carport etc. 1050 sm land. New condition. 15x4.6m pool. Freehold. Nice. 089 727 5407.

Properties for sale: Luxury investment condo N/East aspect Rawai 5th floor corner sweeping ocean rural views. 126sqm, 2 bed, 2 bath, free hold, furnished, pool, B8.75million perment tenant at B40,000 p/m. Call 089 050 5664

Studio in brand new, world class, eastcoast development. Never seen on Phuket; amazing luxury at real prices. Call 080 882 1377, email: beachpro jects1@gmail.com.

Rawai Beachfront Pool Villa for Rent/Sale: Rawai

Beach front pool villa for sale. 3 bedrooms, furnished. Contact Siriporn on 089 649 9939.

F O R S A L E - K ATA BEACH CENTRE LUXURY 1-BEDROOM APARTMENT 60 SQM. PRICE B2,900,000. LEASEHOLD. INFO: 084 843 8720. EMAIL; thewhite housekata@gmail.com.

low zoned, safe area. Nearly 4 rai, direct from owner. Subdivided in 6 plots each ca. 1,000sqm. ready to build. Only B6.75 million per rai. Call 081 367 7683, chanchira.panpaen@googlemail.com.

Amazing 3 Bedroom Villa With Swimming Pool: Guarded

city view 1 bdrm condo on hill 500m from Patong beach. Fitness centre, roof top pool, security, car park, freehold. Only B4,400,000. Keith 084 628 3430, keithb025@gmail.com.

Freehold 2 BR in Kathu: New

floors 6m x 14m. 1st & 2nd tenanted. Flr 3-staff accom, bath, kitchen. Separate office with access to lower floor. 4th flr private penthouse one bed. 087 881 7600.

4 plots (3 connecting, 1 separate) 1km north of Airport, along the road to MaiKhao Beach. Sea view towards south east. NorSor3Gor. 4.5 Rai in total. B4 million per Rai. Contact owner: 081 893 6630.

compound Kokyang Estate Phase II, 3 min to Nai Harn beach, modern interior design, garage, developed infrastructure. For more information: phuketbuyhouse.com/1644. Call Elena 084 305 0634.

renovated & decorated, large living room, fully furnished, shower & jacuzzi, mature gardens with waterfall, security. Because of sickness NOW 3.25 MB. Call: 087 877 2320, 084 854 9889.

Condo At The Heights, Kata: Immaculate 2-bed foreign-

freehold unit in award-winning project. 195 sqm, sea view, near gym & pool. Quality furnishing throughout. Designer kitchen with utility-store. phuket.pn@gmail.com.

Sea View Land for Sale:

Ao-Yon, 13.5 rai, chanode title.10m/ rai.Call Siri 089 649 9939, email: siri_phuket@changrunner.com.

N i c e H o u s e + Po o l Fo r Sale: House with pool for sale at

Furnished House for Sale Phuket Villa 5: 3 bedroom SeaView near Airport:

Cheapest Seaview land for Sale: Panorama view of sea view

Beaut i ful L and L aguna Cherngtalay: Chanote title, yel-

Urgent 6.1 Rai Land for Sale: 6.1 rai (10,000sq metre). - 5

Patong Bangla Building for Sale: B28 million, Chanote, 4

town. L and: 8 5 5 sq.m. H ouse: 650sq.m. Furnished. 3 beds, 2 offices, 2 staff quarters, 1 free room. 2 car parks. Price B54.9 mill.Tel: 081 895 3628 E-mail: jin_koy@ yahoo.com.

F O R S A L E - K ATA BEACH CENTRE 2 BEDROOMS LUXE APARTMENT 135 SQM. P R I C E B 7, 9 0 0 , 0 0 0 . LEASEHOLD. INFO: 084 843 8720. EMAIL; thewhitehouse kata@gmail.com.

golf course view mountain view land for sale. Near Mission Hills Golf course. 6 rai chanote title. B3 million per rai. 087 675 9555, email: pee_bang56@ hotmail.com.

shop. Internal 144 m2, back garden 60 m2, 4 car parks, kitchen, internet, phone/ fax, TV, 5 AC. 6 yrs lease then 3 years rolling, rent B35,000, sale B1.5 million. Call 085 060 0033.

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Land & House area 119 sqm. Sale for B13,000,000. Contact 086 036 3944 and 086 282 7457 Khun Touch.

minutes to Naithon Beach. 10 minutes to Naiyang Beach. 10 minutes to Airport. 7 minutes to New Tesco Lotus. - Roadside land and Chanote title. Call 085 793 2718.

furnished house near Kajonkiet School. Secure area, Cul De Sac. Nic e gardens, t wo bathrooms. B3.5M negotiable. Call 081 370 8114 (Thai) 087 889 3838 (Eng), email:davidgem98@hotmail.com.

2 Bed Thai Style House, Rawai: 110m2 Thai style house, 2

bedroom, 2 bathroom, living room, kitchen, dining room, office/study, upstairs balcony, large car park, high walls & electric security gate. MUST SEE! See propertyforsalephuket.co.uk.

Royal Kamala Condo-Sale & Rent: In Kamala. Freehold 1, 2, 3

1.5 Rai Private Land Cape Yamu: 1.5 Rai flat land at Cape

Bedroom apartment with kitchen, living room, balcony, swimming pool, fitness, security guard, parking. Ready to move. 085-368-3009, salesdirector@ royalkamala.com

Yamu. 2 x 0.75 Rai adjoining plots. OrBorTor road access to quiet end of soi location. Sale direct from the owner. B3.75 Million per rai negotiable. Call 081 087 9237.

206.4 sqm, Chanote title in Phanason residence(next to Makro). 1 min to Central festival, 5 min to town. Call 084 061 4314, 076 393 965.

Land for sale:

Pool villa for sale or rent: Nai Harn / Rawai, Balinese Pool Villa, 2 years old, 2 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, price reduced for quick sale. Please call our agent 082 420 70 52 or send email to stayonphuket@yahoo.com.

Balinese Pool Villa:

Happy Home Apartment for sale: Nice apartment, fully

furnished at Rawai. The apar tment is set in a private compound with pool. It is located only 5 minutes from beach and convenient to Phuket Town. Only B15 million. Tel: 081 893 2165 www.happyho meapartmentphuket.webiz.co.th.

Allamanda (Laguna) Residences/Phuket Sale/Rent: One condo unit, half of a deluxe twin house, fully furnished and equipped, set direct on the picturesque lagoon with balcony right over it. 3 bedrooms each with shower/bathroom, roof terrace. Long term rent or sale. 090 487 8084, utaipan@yahoo.com.

For sale: Spac ious one bed room apar tment with ocean view, nor th of Patong. Floor area 96m2 internal and 72m2 terrace including water feature with sala and jacuz zi. Per fect bachelor pad with rental income. Email for info: bart duykers@mac.com.

Hillside setting. Luxurious 6 bedroom, 5 bathroom pool villa for sale or rent. Sale 20M Baht. Rent Low season Daily 6k, Weekly 36k, Monthly 80k. High season Daily 7k, Weekly 42k, Monthly 100k. One complete year 85k per month. Call 087 078 6379.

Land At Kathu For Sale: Only Land for Sale Cherngtalay:

15 min to Patong and only 10 min to Phuket Town, located at Kathu, total 141 sqw or 564 sqm with ready public utility. Call 081 892 0610, 081 472 0770, tan_ohio@hotmail.com.

Donsak Beachfront Land 3 Rai: 67 metres absolute beach

Kamala 3 bed pool villa reduced: Expat owner must sell,

Beautiful 2,400sqm (1.5RAI) Chanote titled land plot in Pasak 8, located on the highest point of a gentle slope. Quiet and safe area. Only 8.5MB. Agents welcome. Phuketlandvilla@ hotmail.com, 089 875 9609.

Reduced for Quick Sale:

Studio condo at The Point near Lotus, Big C, Central. Fully furnished. Great views 6th floor. Cost B2.8M. Reduced to B2.25M. Call 087 889 3838 or 081 370 8114. Email: davidgem98@hotmail.com

frontage, fully infrastructured, ready to build. Close to ferry going to Koh Samui. Chanote title. 4.5 MB for all. Email: nhoj0512@hotmail.com.

health reasons. Beautiful home on 1 rai 1 ngan 66 sq.wah, 24.5 MB. Mountain views. Best buy in Kamala. No question! Call 086 269 6721 email: brown_m_ken@yahoo.com

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Luxury Four Bed House In Laguna

RPM Owner Direct Unique luxury condo 2 bed, 2 bath, 155sqm. Foreign FREE HOLD. Recent architect remodel. New Jacuzzi. Views to lake, mountain, marina, pool etc. Completely furnished to very high standard. Motivated owner leaving.

Beautiful luxury four bedroom house over looking the lake and golf course in Laguna. Sale: B33.5 million / Rent: B170,000 per month. Call Mick: 084 818 6045 - Email: mick_bat@hotmail.com or www. silkwind.net/laguna.

Reduced by 600,000B. ONLY 16.9MB.

Contact Brian (Owner) 089 054 4354, +632 906 435 7146, Alan 087 999 6174, bggvirgo@gmail.com. See RoyalPhuketMarinaCondos.com for complete details.

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2 , 2 0 0 L and , N ai H a r n -B10.9 million for Sale:

Condominium for SALE in Patong: Freehold title, Studio type, Sales - down payment 250,000 B D Condo Mine Phuket Town by Sansiri. Finished in March 2014.Corner room on the 7th floor with nice view. 2 Bedrooms Call:089 159 3239.

Sales - D Condo Mine:

32 sqm. of the living area, Furnished, 1 Bathroom, Fitted kitchen with dining area, Swimming pool, Restaurant. Call 083 103 3801 (English and Thai).

Located in Sai Yaun 9, at the back of Mangosteen hotel. Very good access , road, electric, water. Size approximately 30 by 70 metres. Chanote. Contact 087 897 0501. aleksa@thai-evagroup.com

Home Office Near Thanyapura: New 2-storey home

East Coast Sea View Land

office near Academy for sale, 280 sq metres, Chanote title, 2 beds 3 baths, nature mountain view. Main street, multiple entrances and exits. 10 minutes to Airport. Only B4.95 million. Call: 086 948 2294.

Total 1.5 rai (2,450sq metre) on gently sloping land with sea view of Phang Nga Bay. 2 separate Chanote titles each about 1,200 sq metres (4.5 and 5.5M), or will sell as one lot. Underground services. 081 273 7326, email: kmar74@hotmail.com.

Last 1 Studio of The Cleat condo (Phase 1) in Krabi Boat Lagoon, low-rise waterfront Condo built around the lagoon with Mangrove, Sea and Marina view and full facilities. Call +66(0)76 238 948.

Condo in Marina:

Apartment for sale in Patong: Apartment for SALE in

World Class Sea Views:

Patong; 50 sqm of the living area, sea-view /mountain view, furnished, Pool, 24hr security, for SALE B2.8M B3.3M. Contact +66 (0) 83 103 3801, 081 415 7774.

4 Bedroom British Colonial style house, Cape Yamu, Phuket. Amazing views spanning over 100km, as far as Krabi. Price reduced from B35 to B28 million. 086 279 6283, email: kdesmond59@yahoo.co.uk.

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Paklok Land Only B7,999/ Sqwah: Only B7,999/Sq wah at

Commercial Building For Sale: 5M. x 18.30M.,3 floors, located

close by Condo at Saiyuan, 2 big halls, 2 bedrooms,4 bathrooms,clean&new building. Price negotiable. Tel:087 881 7979, 081 472 0770, ss.kijrungruang@ gmail.com.

Paklok, Chanote, Mountain View, 200m from main road, 11 km from monument and 4 km to Mission Hill. Interested or want a larger size? CALL 084 305 6667, email: mari sar1978@hotmail.com

Hilltop Land for sale, near Mission Hills golf club, was B4.2 million per rai now only B2.99 million per rai, full chanote, water/ elec. sea/mountain views. 087 978 5804 (Eng).

Condos, 1 per floor C/W lift. Located on the 15th fairway 275 M3 per floor total.Common Pool and Sundeck. Underground parking 1/unit, Floor 3 show unit complete Floors 1&2 are unfinished, waiting for owners choice of flooring and kitchens. Could still develop into one very large private home. Floors 1&2 could be offices star ting from B10 million. Or B32 million for project Partial financing available. Info contact 084 840 1262, north8east98@yahoo.com

Apartment on Golf Course:

Golf View, Kathu. Tastefully renovated large (83m2) apar tment in Phuket Country Club. Golf view. 1 bed but easily converted to 2. Store, large Western kitchen and all furniture included. Ideal (holiday) home. Contact 081 273 7326, Email: keith marshall747@gmail.com.

Seaview Chalong land price B27.5 million for 2 rai. www.phuket-land-sale.com

Beautiful Beachfront Land:

Absolute beach front land only 4 to 5 hours from Phuket. Why pay 30-50 million baht per Rai when you can have the best from B1.1 to B2.9 Million Baht per Rai!!! Email: thailandmls@ gmail.com.

288 sqm of heaven. Plunge pool, 3 bed, 4 bath overlooking perfect panoramic ocean views. Beach shops, fabulous restaurants, nightlife all a 3 minute walk. B42,624,000. Contact: 088 761 4030 or imgphuket@gmail.com.

7 rai with 185 metres of sea frontage. Water, electricity, road and boat access, located 800 metres from Yacht Haven marina, perfect site for small beach front development. For quick sale only B5 million per rai. Tel 081 343 0777 Email: montha_phuket@ yahoo.com.

3 Bedroom Pool Villa, Rawai: 160m2 Private Pool Villa. 3 Bedroom, 4 Bathroom (3 En Suite), Kitchen, Dining Room, Living Room, Large Balconies & Terrace, Carport. Freehold, Chanote title. 2 minutes from beach! See proper tyforsalephuket.co.uk.

7th Floor Suites (Hotel) Building For Sale Kata Beach Center 9 apar tments and a 300 sqm Penthouse on the roof plus fully equipped restaurant and pool with terrace are free of rent and now available. Price total 38 million Baht (9.50.000.euro) include chanote and Thai company. For serious interest email: thewhitehousekata@gmail.com for RUSSIAN; Ms. Oxana Email: phuket.lux@gmail.com

Waterfront Villa in Boatlagoon: Modern style spacious townhouse. 3 large beds/4 baths. 250 Sqm. one office area and 2 balconies. One private birth for a boat up to 6 meters behind the house. freehold/leasehold. B9.9 million. Call 082 493 8526. Email: flakes010@hotmail.com.

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Hill Land for Sale: Very nice loca-

Ocean Front Land:

Great Investment Opportunity: Completed show house and infrastructure seven further plots for development. 1.5km from Mission Hills Golf Club. Please call 087 888 1761 (Aom) for details.

Patong Loft Condo: Makes a good condo deal now. 1-bedroom, fully furnished, 67 sqm living area. Only B2.99 mil. Big swimming pool. Normal price B3.7 mil. Call 089 872 6895. Email: jospeder@live.no.

BEST SEAVIEW LANDEVER!

Mission Hills. One rai. Very quiet and private, close to all services, 10 min to school, airport, beach, golf, Tesco. B3.4M. 087 276 0529 for info.

Land for Sale:

Superb Ocean View Lux Penthouse: B148,000 per sqm,

Land For Sale: Mission Hills. 3/4 of rai in small community, very quiet and private, close to all services, 10 min to school, airport, beach, golf, Tesco. Was B2.5M. 087 276 0529 for info.

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tion hill land by the Bangwat Dam, total 60 rai, 96,000 square metre. Contact: Attapong 081 892 0610 (Thai), Jantiwa 081 890 8268 (Eng). e-mail: jantiwa_ j@ hotmail.com.

A b so lu t e B e ac h Fro n t Land: Songkla district near new

deep sea port. 4.5 Rai divided into 7 Chanote plots. Reluctant sale. B4.9M the lot. Email: jmic chia@ yahoo.com or call 087 276 0529.

Modern Villa in Marina:

A spacious family home in Boat Lagoon. Modern contemporary style with 4+1 beds, 4 bathrooms. Large dining area, private swimming pool and fully furnished. Size 616 Sq.M. Call 076 238 948.

Absolute Beachfront: Set on the beachfront, the ff villa offers uninterrupted sea and island views of the south east coast of Phuket. Situated between two 5 star resorts: Vijitt and EVASON near Laem Kanoi. 081 480 3834, http://www. facebook.com/Phuket.Beachfront.

Very Spacious European From Owner: Villa in peace-

ful place in Rawai. Large living area and terrace. 3 bedrooms, 4 aircon, 3 bathrooms, 1 guest toilet. Western kitchen, garage, laundry, beautiful garden, swimming pool. 612 sqm plot, chanote title. Price B9.5 million. Contact Tanya 083 506 8345, geta909@gmail.com.

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Stand up. Trick conversion kit, R&D ride plate, Race bars with finger throttle, Hydro-turf floor mat with foot-holds, Very reliable, fast, and great fun. Very good condition. B150,000. Contact: garysmith436@btinternet.com.

Need to sell my SAILBOAT 2 mast 17 metre (50 c.v. Yanmar engine) excellent condition Fully equipped located in Chalong/Phuket valuated price B12 million

Now for quick sale B5.5 million include dinghy Call French: 080 035 1626 English: 081 788 8280 Email: maurice.phuket@gmail.com Krabi Boat Lagoon: New marina sister of Phuket Boat Lagoon, ready for berthing now with marina charge 50% off and long term berth available. Well protected by sea conditions and full facilities provided. Contact Khun Choo 086 281 0330.

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S a l e N e w B o a t S R-18 Finished: SR.Marine, We are professional boat builders. Our showroom is in Phuket. This model is SR-18, finished. Price B295,000. “This price excludes only engine”. Email: samranmarine@live.com / 081 782 0921.

PREMIUM: PAY ONCE PER MONTH B2,799+VAT. PAY ONCE PER MONTH WILL RUN ONLINE FOR 30 DAYS AND IN 4 ISSUES OF THE PRINT EDITION PER MONTH. *INCLUDES 1 PICTURE IN THE PAPER AND 10 PICTURES ONLINE.

2 Language & TEFL Schools: The schools are very

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40FT Steel Cutter Sloop: Ready to cruise. Centrecockpit. Safe, strong German design. New Sails, 44HP Yanmar Engine, 6 Berths, solar, wind generator, BBQ, dinghy&outboard. AUD$110K. 085 378 0498, yacht.antaia@gmail. com.

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Yacht sale 36-ft Searay:

A very good condition with bedding for 5, air-con, generator, kitchenette, BBQ grill, twin propulsion, Mercruiser 5.0L bravo III DTS, raymarine chartplotter, GPS and depth sounder. B4.5 million. Call 089 647 5204.

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successful due to the high de mand of people wishing to learn Engli sh as A sia devel o ps and plays a larger par t in world affairs every day. These 2 schools are lic ensed w it h t he M inist r y of Edu c at i o n an d t h e C h a - am branch also holds a TEFL license. As part of a franchise group, you will always have on-going support for sales and training. The selling price is calculated at 5 times the net profit and with sales growth averaging over 20% year on year, your breakeven point is within 4 years. As all truly profitable business there is no negative cash f l o w. C a l l 0 81 8 4 6 919 3 . S e e insightenglish-huahin.com.

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S a l e N e w B o a t S R- 21 Finished: SR.Marine. We are professional boat builders. Our showroom in Phuket. This model is SR-21, finished. Price B375,000. “This price exclude only engine”. Email: samranmarine@live.com/ 081 782 0921.

Luxury Yacht for Sale: For sale 2002 Bertram 510 Flybridge luxury yacht. Reduced to only USD675,000. Contact Marcus on marcus@leema rine.net.

INCLUDE NOVOSTI PHUKETA PHUKET’S ONLY RUSSIAN NEWSPAPER (FREE TRANSLATION TO RUSSIAN) B1,699+VAT.

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Sale Bar, Hotel + 1 Shop Rawai Beach: Land plot 700 sq Fa n t a s t i c B a r g a i n: Speed Boat For Sale:

Steppa Fiberglass 32 feet Flybridge two 200 hp Yamaha outboard engines. Ideal for diving and tours. B850,000. Call 081 8942124.

Fu l l y equipped 10m cruiser ready to sail away. Lots of gear & electronics. Sleeps 4. Volvo diesel. Aries windvane. Solar panels. Liferaft. GRP dinghy. ONLY B750,000. kmdelfina@yahoo. com.

metre+building+10 bed+10 bath+2 restaurants. Newly renovated. Private financing by owner. Down B2 million + 13 yearly payment of 1MB. Own forever title land. 100 metres to Rawai landing pier. 084 242 8914, rawai4@ yahoo.com.

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List your classified now at thephuketnews.com BUSINESS OPP. CONT. BAR ON BANGLA In the front of a new discotheque in the center on Bangla Road. We have 5 bars for rent. They are prepare and can be used immediately. Best return of investment is guaranteed.

Please contact Khun Ay 081-895-7597

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2 Businesses For Sale: Good location, Rawai Area -1) Restaurant – 40 pax - leased out 2) Indoor pub: fully equipped, disco - stage, seating:70 pax. Lease 8 years+6 months left on lease. Sale:2.9 MB - Negotiable. 087 892 6204, 087 244 1322, 091 654 1720.

URGENT Boutique Hotel for Lease: A small boutique Patong Beach hotel offer for long term lease. Location: Patong beach front ocean panoramic view. 18 rooms, aircon. internet, cable TV, telephone, safe, full furnished. Contact: 076 342 197-8, K.Thanin,K.Tum.

5 In 1 Business For Sale:

Good location, 1 1/4 Rai. 1) Jungle bar, 3 TVs, 2 pool tables, seating: 65 pax, parking: 15-16 vehicles, good business. 2) Beauty salon: fully equipped. 3) Massage pallor. 4) Restaurant. 5) Indoor pub: fully equipped, stage, seating: 70 pax. Lease for 8 years+6 months left on lease. Sale: 5.7 MB. Negotiable! Contact: five.business@yahoo. com, 091 654 1720, 087 892 6204, (Russian) 085 709 9191 (Thai) (English) 091 654 1720.

Pa t o n g N ew H o t e l f o r Longterm Lease: 40 rooms with full furnished, TV, fridge, aircon, hot water, swimming pool, restaurant and spa. Located in Soi Nanai villa. Contact 086 300 9406.

3 Businesses For Sale: Good

location, Rawai Area. 1) Big Bar, 3 TVs, 2 pool tables, seating: 60 pax, parking: 10 vehicles, good business. 2) Massage parlor – leased out 3) Beauty salon: fully equipped. Lease 8 years+6 months left on lease - Have owned business for 8 years - Sale: 2.9 MB. Negotiable! 087 892 6204, 091 654 1720.

Unique Rawai Investment Oppor tunity: We

run a business in Chalong that has paid back 50% of its cash investment in the first year of operation. An opportunity for a similar business exists in Rawai. This is not a hotel, guest house, restaurant, dive shop, car rental or real estate. This business benefits Thai society as a whole and is environmentally neutral. We are looking for 1-3 equity investors to make a total 20 million Baht investment. E-mail: tayana55islandgirl@yahoo.com

Bar for sale: Very Busy Mushroom

bar for sale in Soi Bel Air. Wally Bar, all stock, T.V. sound system, beer boxes and fridges included in sale, rent, only B10,000 monthly. Only B600,000 ono. 086 725 0771.

Sport Club for Sale by Owner: Set on 4 rai land with

Restaurant/Guesthouse for sale: Located in Kamala.

40 metres to the beach. 10 rooms with full furnishings. Restaurant 54 seats. Price B8 million. For more information call 081 396 0033.

full chanote title. Include tennis court, volleyball court, fishing lake, game room, restaurant and bar and separate guest bungalow for sale or long term lease. Call +66 81 569 6026, +61 498 248 656 (English & Thai) Email:patbittersweet@gmail. com. See www.phuketsport.com.

G u e s t h o u s e Ca f e B a r Karon Beach: Easily managed

profitable business lease 5.2M. Fully refurbished, 6 year contract (fully pre-paid). Low rent. Busy Soi 2minutes from the beach. 5 beautiful en-suite rooms. Sports bar, fully fitted kitchen and restaurant area. Account available. Call 081 891 9461 / livingroom-phuket.com.

Patong Massage Shop For Sale: Cosy renovated shop. Shop is located inside a hotel on a busy street directly leading to Patong Beach. Business from hotel customers as well as from many tourists going to/from Patong Beach. Email: chumpo26@hotmail.com.

Patong Massage Shop For Sale: Cosy renovated shop. Shop

is located inside a hotel on a busy street directly leading to Patong Beach. Business from hotel customers as well as from many tourists going to/from Patong Beach. Email: chumpo26@hotmail.com.

BUSINESS SERVICES

CARS FOR SALE

Farang Food Paradise:

Your specialist of imported food and drinks in Phuket. Visit our shop at the Billion Plaza, opposite Tesco Lotus. Contact: 076 612 733, 076 248 900 or visit: www.phuketfood.com.

HONDA CITY '03 1.5AT, 118XXXkm: Very reliable and

Bar for sale on Soi Bangla:

Located mid-soi on Bangla, Patong Beach. Contact now for best units & special offers on pre-sales. 3 year contract. Price starting B1.7million. Call 08 5887 7414.

Toyota Hilux VIGO 4 x4 Auto:

Cement Production Plant:

Ready Mixed Concrete Company’s factory. 446.92 Horse power. Output of workers in the production of 22 people per day at an average yield of about 100 Q/Day (B1,800/Q) average revenue per day for about B180,000. Manufacture of ready-mixed concrete. Can continue immediately. Just buy a cement truck then start delivery. Ready water source to be used for production. Address: Moo. 4 T. Maikhao Thalang Dist. Phuket 83110. Land Size: 20 rai 2 Ngan and 56 talang wah. Price: B130 Million. Contact: Mr. Lee, mobile: 081 803 7189.

Restaurant business for sale. Fully equipped rooms and bar, website and facebook page established. Well situated only three minutes walk from both Kamala beach and main road with all their amenities. B1,500,000. Contact: 084 442 7015.

Tile I t: Thalang. Wana Park on Srisoonthor n Rd. Phuket ’s quality tile boutique. Tiles for interior, exterior, residential, commercial. Contact 076 620 168 or 081 424 2828. Email info@ tile-asia.com.

Guest house & Business: For

Free Italian Espresso Machine: Coffee capsules machines

Boutique Guesthouse & Bar: Boutique Guesthouse, Bar /

Restaurant/Pub: For sale in Bang Tao Beach Road. Get 10 year contract, great location 50m from Best Western Hotel & Beach. Full furniture and equipment. Price B2.5 million. Call 087 893 8590, Email: somtom_landandhouse@yahoo.de

Business for sale Apartment Hotel For Sale In Patong: 18 deluxe apartments and

swimming pool. Fully furnished and very well managed for more than 10 years. Beautiful hill location and calm area, over looking Patong bay. All rooms have kitchen separate,fridge,Air Con.,Cable T V,internet, hot water, safety box. Call Peter: 081 892 8526 info@phuket-besthomes.com.

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Business only or business and property. Est 2003. Repeat business from big data base, non-tourist related soft furnising manufacturing and retail business. Genuine enquires only, no tyre kickers.

For further info email samos1941@gmail.com.

sale / rent long term. 400 sq m. (N.S.-3 K document) next to Swissotel Kamala. 500 m from Kamala beach. B32 million. Call 081 893 0540, 076 385 775 email: anong540@hotmail.com.

on loan, (no investment required), real Italian coffee: organic espresso, 100% Arabica, decaffeinated, at a very fair price, directly imported to Phuket from Bologna, Italy. 088 768 1260.

Toyota Hilux VIGO, 4 door, 4x4, 3.0 Diesel, model 2007, mileage 87,000 km only, first owner, all service by Toyota, new tires, beige interior, Alpha Canopy/front Bull bar. Call 086 943 8989 Chalong.

user-friendly car, carefully used for last 3 years. Good condition with some wears. Clean interior, good car audio, fresh tires. Best choice for young family. Honda serviced only. Price B218,000. Call 083 102 0070.

Honda CR-V 2002/Gold 64,000 Km: Used cars -Honda CR-V 2.0E (i-VTEC) with clean condition and no bad accidents. Top and full option with com plete book service and manual. Year:20 02,Engine Size: 20 0 0 cc.,Fuel: Petrol.081 818 9696.

Nissan NV 1.6 Pick Up, 2006:

One hand, private. Only 96,000 km. Looks like new. The car is totally revised for B100,000. Fast and agile. B220,000. Contact Yupin English and Thai: 081 817 4805.

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List your classified now at thephuketnews.com CHILDREN’S CLUB Family sports and leisure club. Swimming/golf/ playcentre/ gaming arcade. Contact 076 203 185, 087 882 5544. See funstartphuket.com.

FunStart:

Nissan NV 1.6 Pick up: Had car

for 6 years, no problems, excellent condition engine, body, automatic, overnight lock, very good ride. B150,000. Pure Honda rotary mower, nearly new thousand 20,000. Call English 082 516 8717, Thai 086 079 0890.

For Sale: Nissan Tida year 2010 in excellent condition, full options, low kilometers, first class insurance and registration till Jun 2014. First to see will buy. B399,000 O.N.O. Call 082 279 9370.

Mini Cooper S JCW GP for sale: Only 2000 made worldwide.

Commuter Van For Sale:

2012 Toyota Commuter Van – Low mileage 13,500 kilometers. Loaded, leather seats, back up camera, video system. Only B900,000. Contact via email: mar tin@phuketfish boat.com.

Per fect condition, 20 0 6, manual, 17,500 km, 218 hp supercharged, high end hifi, Recaro seats, Book Service, Ultimate Mini. Collectors item. B1.6m, 089 866 3756 (Eng/Th) frankdreist@ hotmail.com.

CHILDCARE

Buds Nursery: Phuket’s oldest international childcare facility. High-quality, time-proven schedule and curriculum. Now in brandnew purpose-built school. Experienced native English teachers to teach ages 1 1/2- 8. Mon-Fri 8am-5pm. Bus service available from Patong, Karon, Kata, Phuket, Rawai and Chalong. Tel: 076 384 6 3 8, 0 8 0 624 70 6 0. Website: www.buds-phuket.com.

MOVING & STORAGE

PET ADOPTION

POOL TABLES

CLUBS & MEMBERSHIPS Toyota Vios For Sale: 2007 lady Honda CR-V top model year 2010 for sale, engine 2400cc, 4WD White colour, black leather interior, one owner used only 43280km, very excellent condition. Contact Cat: Tel 084 744 4304 for info.

Honda CR-V for Sale:

Isuzu D- max super platinum 3.0L: Bought on 04/2010.

owner perfect condition B359,000. Tel 081 125 1873, gordon_asia@hotmail. com.

Phuket Country Club Membership: Lifetime full family mem-

BMW 730 Li Se Long Wheelbase: Oct 2006 registered Feb 2007

Blue Canyon Golf Membership: Blue Canyon Golf Lifetime

Bought new: 7.2MB. Se = Back TV, Dvd 6, Auto shut doors, Fridge, phone, Alloy wheels 18”, Cruise control and much more. Selling for B1.9m. Call 089 812 4070

Check up every each 59,000 km. High class surround, navigator, many extras. Norbert 080 878 3542 GER/ENG Price : B690,000. Email: norberts923@ gmail.com

Isuzu Dmax 2006, 105,000km, one owner, 4x2, silver automatic, double cab, good condition. Contact 087 079 0650 or 080 073 5371.

Isuzu Dmax:

bership (man, wife and limitless kids) at Phuket Country Club. Seller leaving Phuket hence only B570,000 ono. Transfer fees and this years subscription included. Call 081 273 7326.

membership for sale! Excellent saving! B89,500 Call 084 052 2277.

COOKING CLASS good condition with Mag Wheels and full Toyota service history - Late 2007 model. 620,000B. 081 979 6320.

Storage you can buy quality moving and packing supplies like individual boxes, bubble wrap, packing tapes & knives plus secure padlocks. We also help you to move and store. Call 076 292 909.

Backgammon: Play-

ers Wanted. Tel: 081 577 8443, email: phuketcon nection@yahoo.com

G o l f M e m b e r ship fo r Sale: Loch Palm 500,000 Baht.

Buyer pays for transfer. 083 388 5566. Email borst.jg@gmail.com

4x4 Black Vigo FULL OPTIONS: 4 Door - Automatic in very

We Sell Boxes & Moving Supplies: At MY STORAGE Self

Phuket Cooking Academy: Cooking and baking classes have never been more fun using our top-class professional facilities. With complimentary transport from around the island, head to the best Masterchef kitchen on the island. Learn the tricks of the trade from international award winning Chef, Lionel Raiffort. Learn how to cook, from Thai & European cuisines, to the art of baking. Get involved and make a day of it, groups are welcome. For more information, visit www.phuket-cookingacademy.com or call 081 821 4064.

Looking for a VISA Service? Visa to China, India or Shenzen & no need to fly to Bangkok. Check all procedures by email to jryjariya@ gmail.com or contact 080 887 4431.

PERSONAL SERVICES

Mum & Puppy Need a Home

Best buy / Best Price!: Phuket Pool Tables offer you the best deals on 2 models of our po ol t ables, 4’x8’, slate bed, full accessories included, free installation and advise. Come, try, and play before you buy it. Call 081 823 4627.

Lady & Yam-Lai are abandoned and in desperate need of a loving home. Mum 1.5 years & Puppy 4 Months old female. I have boarded them at Surin Beach Pet Hospital. But this is not a long term solution and the dogs can not just be put out on the street as they need an owner. They are both the most beautiful girls who want nothing more than you to love them. Wonderful with other dogs and great with children. Beaut i f u l l ov i n g w e l l m a n n e r e d girls. They can go together or separately. Call 081 271 3211, email: sonyaklapko@yahoo.com.

Authentic 7ft SOVEREIGN ‘New Orleans’: Coin-operated Pool Tables at SPECIAL low price of B49,900 Only from Patanakarn Billiards PHUKET. All Accessories incl. Offer ends 31/8/13 Call 081 171 2121, 076 521 21

PUBLIC NOTICES GENNEWA GOLD MEMBERS: Attention Gennewa Gold members. Please contact urgently. randyalltime@gmail.com

DIVING EQUIPMENT

SPORTING GOODS & EXERCISE Kite Surf Equipment for Sale: 2 new boards, never used. Hi there! My name is Lucy, would you like to be my friend and take care of me? I am only 1 year old and very sweet! If you want more information please call: Sherin 084 877 3566

Home Needed:

2 Kites, used 2-3 times. New price was more then 200,000 Baht. Sell altogether for 100,000 Baht. For single items. Please call: 086 747 9292 (English) or 081 970 520.

Dive Compressor - Best Price: Bauer Dive Compressor

PE250 Brand New - Both Electric & Petrol Motors 2 Filling Valves - Large P31 filter tower Best Price in Thailand Email: info@worldwidealoha.com Call: 089-044-0623 Also available - NEW 2 person Sea Kayaks Cheap Price Contact Us for details.

MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS FOR SALE Online health food in Thailand. Good karma, all natural, healthy, and organic products. Please contact 082 276 1675, w w w.good karmathailand.com.

Health Food:

WE ARE LOOKING FOR A NEW HOME

Custom Trek MTB HardTail: Trek 8 Series Alu Frame, Several rescued dogs, cute, cuddly & groomed ready to be loved. For more photos visit ww.doggieheaven.net Or contact: Sherin.peace@gmail.com ***Vaccinated & sterilised

20.5 inch (180 cm+) pimped in white. Fuji/ XT/ Deore drive train. XT SIS disk Brakes, Custom Alex/ Veulta wheels, Sock Shox SID Team front shox. SuperFly bike. Call 081 737 0722.

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Super Six: Round 13 FOOTBALL Karl Ward karl@phuketfootball.com

ith two rounds to go in Season 5 of the Super Six league, Phuket Condos & Homes are inches away from a second consecutive title. Meanwhile in Division 2, five teams are still challenging for the title. Division 1 Joy Dive FC v Shakers FC: 6–3 Joy Dive win against Shakers FC to make sure they stay in second spot, although they are only two points ahead of TT Boys in 3rd. TT Boys v Pita Bar Phuketeers 4 – 4 An intense affair ending with a draw and points shared as these two teams challenge for the runners-up spot in Division 1. Phuket Condos & Homes v Sarnfan FC 7 – 0 Phuket Condos & Homes with a 7-0 win against Sarnfan FC, to all but secure the title. Division 2 Big Apple & Pita v Sovrana Lounge Bar 5 – 1 Big Apple go top of table after a solid 5-1 win against struggling

Sovrana Lounge Bar.

Mr. Moo v Phuket Serenity Villas 6 – 2 Mr. Moo make sure they are in contention for a top spot after inching a 6-2 win against Phuket Serenity Villas. KTM Phuket v 9th Floor 4–2 KTM Phuket remain hot on the heels of Big Apple at the top of Division 2, after a 4-2 win against table-jumbos 9th Floor. Gang Junior v Rose United 5–2 Gang Junior with an impressive 5-2 win against Division 2 contenders Rose United, making sure they stay within striking distance of second spot. Division 3 Nong Ice FC v Banana FC 7–7 It doesn’t get more exciting than this as Nong Ice FC and Banana FC draw 7-all and points shared. Grizzly’s FC v Two Chefs 2–4 Two Chefs jump one spot up the table. and jeopardize the promotion chances of Grizzly’s FC. Bat Fire v Daohang FC 1–6 Daohang FC go 10 points clear in Division 3 after another win 6-1 against jumbos Bat Fire.

Surf’s up at Rip Curl festival

Phuket Super Six League

SURFING

Division 1

Pts

Team Phuket Condos & Homes

Joy Dive FC

TT Boys

Pita Bar Phuketeers

Shakers FC

-2

Sarnfan FC

-16

Irish Times

-30

Seduction

-39

Division 2

Pts

Team Big Apple & Pita

KTM Phuket

Rose United

Mr. Moo

Gang Junior

Phuket Serenity Villas

-12

Sovrana Lounge Bar

-4

9th Floor

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Division 3

Team

Pts

Daohang FC

Mew FC

Grizzly’s FC

Two Chefs

-26

Banana FC

-8

Raum-pheun Coffee Club

-18

Nong Ice FC

-14

Bat Fire

-17

Hash House Harriers Run 1435: 4pm, Saturday August 24 Hares: Who the F*** is Alice? & Stupid Canard Directions: Kata View Point. From Kata go south towards Rawai, road 4233 – 300m after View Point, laager is on the right side. From Rawai go north towards Kata View Point. Laager is on the left side, follow HHH signs (300 m) before View Point. More info: phuket-hhh.com

MORE THAN 200 GIRLS from all over Southeast Asia will gather in Phuket for Rip Curl’s annual ‘Girls Go Surfing Day’ festival, being held from September 6-8, at Kata beach. Over three days and two nights, attendees will have the chance to learn how to surf with professional surfers from Australia and Bali; take part in all day beach fun, including art, contests, shopping, games, health and beauty activities; and take to the water on fly-boards and Jet Skis. They will also enjoy a yacht trip out on the Andaman Sea; take part in the sunset opening ceremony at Sri Panwa; join the two night exclusive party at Sri Panwa with local DJs Pichy, Cleo-P and the CMYK crew; and for one night only, party

with famous French soul and funk DJ and producer Onra. If you want to be a Rip Curl surfer, you’ll need to do one of the following: Receive an invite from Rip Curl and Cheeze magazine; be the winner of Rip Curl games at facebook/ripcurlthailand; or buy a ticket for B900 on Saturday September 7 at Kata beach to get a full day surf lesson, access to all activities and an invite to the closing party ceremony. Be there or be square! Girls Go Surfing Day is the world’s largest event-based surfing programme, and has been organised by Rip Curl Australia for over 20 years. Rip Curl Thailand hosted it for the first time in 2012. This year’s event is expected to attract girls from across Asia, including Thailand, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, and Singapore. For more information, visit facebook.com/ripcurlthailand

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Islanders slain by T-Rex Thai Division 1

FOOTBALL

Team

Kazira Hans editor@classactmedia.co.th

huket FC went into their away game on August 14 with Navy FC on the back of a convincing 2-0 home win against Nakhon Pathom United. However, they came up against a strong and organised side, with Navy Coach Arj-harn Song-ngamsab’s ground game tactics and tall centre back pairing stopping the normally threatening Phuket strikers Ludo Takam and Sukree E-tae in their tracks. Against the run of play, Souleyman scored for Navy on 59 minutes. They didn’t hold the lead for long though, as Phuket equalised with a beautiful overhead strike from Ludo in the 68th minute. With the initiative on their side, it was looking as if Phuket might go on to win, but just 2 minutes later disaster struck, when Phuket were reduced to 10 men after Watchara Kriaram picked up his 2nd yellow card of the night and was sent off. Despite being a man down, Phuket continued to push for a winner in the remaining 15

minutes – a refreshing change of attitude under coach Teco – but the slippery ground didn’t help their cause. After 5 minutes of additional time, the referee blew the final whistle, the game ending with a 1-1 draw. Phuket FC then travelled from Sattahip in the east to Khon Kaen in the northeast to play Khon Kaen FC, known as the “T-Rex”, on August 17. Teco couldn’t use Watchara Kriarum this game so he fielded Dudu as attacking midfielder instead. He picked Eak-artit to wear the captain’s armband and played Chatchai at centre-back with Nene Bi. The T-Rex played their best 11, including the tall strikeforce

pairing of Argentinian Matias, the team’s top scorer with 12 goals and Chris Mbondi, both men standing more than 180cm tall, while Li Xiang, a Chinese defender, 192cm tall, was set to mark Phuket’s Ludovick Takam, who’s only 166cm. But The Islanders weren’t going to be intimidated. They attacked right from the kick off. Dudu took an 18-yard free kick a few minutes into the game but the shot was blocked by the Khon Kaen wall. In the first 5 minutes both teams committed several fouls, forcing the referee to stop the game often. As attacking midfielder, Dudu connected the game from defense to attack. Early on, he passed a through ball

MP W

L Goals Diff Pts

30 - 17

39 - 27

Bangkok F.C.

48 - 39

Nakon Rachasima F.C.

29 - 19

Saraburi F.C.

29 - 23

Phuket F.C.

27 - 21

Trat F.C.

40 - 42

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BBCU F.C.

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to Thongchai, who dribbled close to the T-Rex goal before missing with his effort. Twenty minutes passed in the same manner, with both teams taking turns attacking. Khon Kaen took advantage of Mbondi’s and Matias’ heights, while Phuket tried to play their ground game, utilising their skills and speed to get past the Li Xiang-marshalled defense, but the Chinese defender did well both in the air and on the ground, causing Phuket to retreat and adjust their game plans. Phuket’s attacks alternated between Thongchai, who advanced from left back towards Sukree, and Eak-artit, who stuck close to the right sideline, and Dudu who advanced from midfield, passing to Ludo. Ludovick Takam had a good chance from a Dudu pass, but the Cameroonian showed too much of the ball to the Khon Kaen keeper, who dove forward to grab the ball before Ludo could take a shot. Then it was the T-Rex’s turn to attack for the next 5 minutes. Adisak Doungsri had to work very hard in goal, while Chatchai Mokkasem fell from a tackle. A free kick was sent in by Khon Kaen, Adisak leapt for a punch but got knocked down by a charging Khon Kaen forward, and the referee had to stop the game. Phuket then immediately countered with a beautiful ground game by Dudu, Eakartit, Sukree and Ludo, but before they could strike on the target, a poor touch by Dudu sent the ball off the pitch and the opportunity went begging. It was Khon Kaen who converted their first real chance. With less opportunity than the visitors, Khon Kaen got their

golden moment from a free kick late in the first half. The ball was sent in from the right corner. Nene Bi, who had been marking Matias very tightly, failed to get into position and left the Argentinefree in the box. The tall blonde didn’t waste the moment, jumping above everyone and, with a flick of his head, sent the ball past Adisak’s grasp into the back of Phuket’s net. Fans roared with joy. After the lead, Khon Kaen pulled back into a 7-men defense and stifled Phuket’s creative game in midfield to reduce The Islanders’ opportunity to equalise. Phuket resorted to a faster pace that resulted in many incomplete passes, while Teco was grumbling at his footballers’ loss of concentration. After 2 minutes of additional time, the referee ended the first half with the home side in the lead. Teco sent on Kriangkrai Chasung for Chatchai Mokkasem, who seemed to be suffering from a tackle earlier in the game. The Brazilian coach’s second half tactics were mainly to control the ground game and prevent Khon Kaen from using their tall strikers for their advantage. Phuket’s game was better, and the plays were better connected than in the first half with Alef Pochi and Dudu playing together more. But their attempts were continually denied by the able Khon Kaen goalie. The whole time Phuket pressed for a goal, Khon Kaen set their defense strong and high, almost near the midfield circle and waited to counterattack and capitalise on Phuket’s mistakes. Half way through the second half, Teco decided to pull

out Ludovick Takam, who was struggling to break away from Li Xiang’s marking, and also Eak-artit Somjit, who was being pressured by three yellow jerseys every time he touched the ball. He sent on Giorgi, hoping that his height might help, and Chana, whose speed and freshness might just give Phuket an edge in the last quarter of the game. Both subs worked pretty well. Giorgi was able to help in the air, while Chana helped Dudu on the ground. A few minutes after they were both were sent on, the referee gave Khon Kaen striker Chris Mbondi a red card, after he had committed an off ball foul on Phuket right back Thanathep. After Mbondi was sent off, Khon Kaen fans booed Thanathep every time he touched the ball. In the last 10 minutes, Phuket took advantage of their one man advantage over Khon Kaen, and attacked strongly. But it seemed Lady Luck wasn’t on Phuket’s side this time. Dudu continued to create opportunities from midfield, sending the ball in from the far right to the front of Khon Kaen’s goal where Chana waited to charge in. But the short man was a few steps too short, and Khon Kaen goalkeeper Piyawat snatched the ball away before Chana’s boot touched the ball. Dudu worked the same play again two times but Nene Bi was first blocked by a Khon Kaen player who charged in in front of him, then Sukree had a chance that was stifled by the goalie, who all-too-often fell easily, claiming injury, and asking for the team physiotherapist to be sent on to treat him. With just 6 minutes of additional time left, Teco shouted and urged his footballers to push for an equaliser, but Khon Kaen footballers all over the pitch seemed to fall very easily at every minor bump and every small tackle. Frustrated, Phuket could only try so hard before the referee finally blew his whistle and gave Phuket their first loss under their new coach, to 10-men Khon Kaen FC. Phuket is currently 7th in the table with 33 points after 23 games played. At the top of the table in the promotion positions, are PTT Rayong FC and Air Force Avia FC, both with 48 points, and then Singh Tharua and Bangkok FC both on 40 points. Phuket played Air Force Avia FC on Wednesday August 21 (after time of print), and then fly to Bangkok to play third placed Singh Tharua at PAT Stadium on Sunday August 25. thephuketnews

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The Azerbaijan national football team, photo: Steindy. Right: Former Real Madrid Coach John Toshack is now in charge of Azerbaijan’s Khazar Lankaran, photo: Майоров Владимир

Oil fuels football boom FOOTBALL

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FOR A MANAGER WHO has coached at Europe’s most successful club, signing up at a provincial Azerbaijani football team might not seem a likely career move. After a conversation with the billionaire owner of Azerbaijan’s Khazar Lankaran, however, former Real Madrid coach John Toshack says that he was convinced enough to take the plunge earlier this year. “I am the sort of person who is always ready for a new challenge and so I said, ‘why not?’” Toshack, who has also coached the Wales national team and played for Liverpool, told AFP. Few football fans outside the oil-rich former Soviet state would likely be able to point out on a map Lankaran – a town of just over 80,000 on the Caspian Sea – or know much about Azerbaijan and the state of the game in the country. Buoyed by billions of dollars in oil revenues, over the past decade Azerbaijan has seen an economic boom under the authoritarian rule of strongman President Ilham Aliyev that has seen ritzy skyscrapers shoot up in the capital city Baku and the country play host to events such as the Eurovision song contest. Now, football seems to be catching up.

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Owned by Azeri-Turkish shipping magnate Mubariz Mansimov – who served as a Soviet-era intelligence officer and is also known by his adopted Turkish surname Gurbanoglu – Khazar Lankaran is one of the clubs leading the way. The current squad has a smattering of South Americans and Spaniards and the club was linked to a megabucks contract offer for former Arsenal winger and Russia captain Andrey Arshavin last season – although officials there say it was all just rumours. “When I got here I was really surprised in a good way about the level of football in Azerbaijan,” says Toshack. “In our team we’ve got some pretty top-class players.” Khazar Lankaran is not the only team that has significant financial backing. Current champions Neftci Baku are supported by state oil and gas giant SOCAR, which earlier this year became one of UEFA’s major sponsors. Across town, FC Baku are backed by Hafiz Mammadov, the founder of a business group with interests in sectors from oil to transport, who also has links to French club Lens and Spanish side Atletico Madrid. Elsewhere, Gabala FC in central Azerbaijan is run by the sons of one of the country’s richest and most powerful politicians and boasted former Arsenal defensive legend Tony Adams as coach a few years back.

Rich with oil and natural gas, Azerbaijan sits at the crossroads between Europe and Asia. Image: Rei-artur This has all seen Azerbaijan touted as the next former Soviet state that could have an impact on the European stage. Last season, Ukraine’s Shakhtar Donetsk – owned by multi-billionaire Rinat Akhmetov – won plaudits as it reached the latter stages of the Champions League. For the time being, Azerbaijani football still has a long way to go and although facilities have improved, matches are often played in front of miniscule crowds. This year only one team

is still involved in European qualifiers, Karabakh, and Khazar Lankaran was thrashed 10-0 on aggregate by Israeli club Maccabi Haifa in Europa League qualifying. “In Europe there are clubs with budgets of 200 to 300 million euros (B6.3 billion to B12.7 billion) which still struggle to win anything,” says Tuygun Nadirov, Khazar Lankaran’s vice-president. “In Azerbaijan the club budgets do not yet reach over 20 or 30 million. “I think a time will come

though when the level of our football will be high and star footballers won’t have any doubts about coming here.” One of the foreign players who has already made the move is Brazilian Flavio Beck – a journeyman midfielder who came to Baku side Inter after stints in a series of minor European leagues. “My agent told me that there are some good teams in Azerbaijan and I said of course it is possible to play there and I came without problem,” the South American player said. “Baku is a beautiful city, the people here are normal but I spend most of my time at home with my family.” While the level of some of the foreign imports may not yet be high enough, for local players football in Azerbaijan is unrecognisable from where it was a few years ago. “In Azerbaijan a few years ago there weren’t even proper stadiums,” says national team striker Vagif Javadov, who also plays for Inter Baku.

“Now pretty much every team has its own stadium.” Experts say that while the change is evident fans may soon be demanding more return for the money the clubs are pouring into the game. “It could be argued that with the amount of money being invested we would want to have greater development,” says Ikhtiyar Asgarov, who runs football website Apasport. “However much we might wish it, in the next few years it’s impossible to imagine our teams reaching the latter stages of the Champions League.” As for Welshman Toshack, Lankaran may be a far cry from the famous arenas like Santiago Bernabeu or Anfield that he has worked in before but when the football starts it will be business as usual. “Despite the fact that Lankaran is very different from places I’ve been before, I don’t see myself having a problem settling in,” he says. AFP

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anuel Pellegrini’s Manchester City revolution got off to the perfect start as 10-man Newcastle were crushed 4-0 at Eastlands on Monday (August 19). With title rivals United and Chelsea both winning under new management over the weekend, it was essential that former Malaga boss Pellegrini kept pace at the top. City delivered emphatically as Spanish midfielder David Silva headed the opener in the sixth minute and Argentina forward Sergio Aguero steered in the second in the 22nd minute. Newcastle’s troubles continued when defender Steven Taylor was sent off just before half-time for catching Aguero with a forearm. Yaya Toure’s superb 50th minute free-kick made it three and Samir Nasri came off the bench to complete the demolition with a cool finish 15 minutes from full-time.

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David Silva and Edin Dzeko. Photo: AFP/Andrew Yates Newcastle, who have only signed QPR striker Loic Remy on loan since Joe Kinnear was brought in to take care of transfer activity, faced disruption before the match, with France midfielder Yohan Cabaye being left out of the squad following a £12 million (B595 million) bid from Arsenal. But while Newcastle were abject, City made quite a statement about their intentions for the season Many predicted that Pellegrini, who replaced Roberto Mancini at the end of

last season, would employ a 4-3-3 formation following his move to England, but he stuck with the 4-4-2 he has used throughout pre-season against Newcastle. Fernandinho and Jesus Navas were the only two pre-season additions to start but City wasted little time in showing their ambition for the new campaign. Edin Dzeko forced a fine early save from Tim Krul after being picked out by a cross from Pablo Zabaleta. And after just six minutes City moved in front when

a forceful run from Dzeko ended with the Bosnian’s cross kicking up off Taylor and Silva guided a header into the corner of the net. Dzeko missed with a low cross-shot soon after but City moved two ahead before the mid-point of the first half. A Navas pass was flicked on by Dzeko and Aguero burst through, making enough space around Taylor to squeeze a low shot past Krul. Krul did well to keep the deficit at two goals when he swatted away a header from Dzeko after the Bosnian was picked out by a fine cross from Aguero shortly after half-time. But seconds later City did extend their lead when Ivory Coast midfielder Toure bent a free-kick into the top corner from just outside the area. Krul pulled off another impressive stop when he pushed a powerful Dzeko effort past the post just after the hour and the striker also turned a header wide from Silva’s corner. Nasri added the fourth when he reacted quicker than Mathieu Debuchy to a Zabaleta pass and guided a shot past Krul. AFP

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Pellegrini expects great things from Edin Dzeko FOOTBALL Graham Chase

MANCHESTER CITY MANager Manuel Pellegrini believes Edin Dzeko is finally ready to fulfill his potential at Eastlands. Dzeko joined City from Wolfsburg in a £27 million (B1.3 billion) deal in January 2011 but the striker has struggled to establish himself as a regular starter. The 27-year-old was City’s top goal-scorer in the Premier League last season with 14 goals, yet had been tipped to move on following the arrivals of highly-priced forwards Alvaro Negredo and Stevan Jovetic in pre-season. But when Pellegrini took over as Roberto Mancini’s replacement he made it clear that he wished to keep hold of Dzeko. The Bosnia international responded by delivering an impressive pre-season and put in an outstanding performance after starting in City’s 4-0 win over Newcastle in their opening match of the

Edin Dzeko. Photo: Oldelpaso Premier League campaign on Monday. He was unfortunate not to score himself but showed real energy and desire against Alan Pardew’s side. And Pellegrini feels Dzeko, who has also stated he thinks the new manager will get the best out of him, will now be able to show what he is capable of. “I trust a lot in Edin Dzeko. It was a pity he didn’t score against Newcastle because he had a lot of chances, he played very well,” Pellegrini said. “With the ball we all know he is a very good player but he also played without the

ball. He worked a lot on trying to recover the ball in attack and after that, he had three or four important chances and deser ved to score a goal. “I am sure we are going to see this season the Edin Dzeko that Manchester City bought two years ago from Wolfsburg. “I spoke with him the first day I arrived here and I am sure we will see the Dzeko all of you are waiting for.” Although Pellegrini is now awaiting news of Vincent Kompany’s groin problem, which he fears could keep the City captain out for up to two weeks, it could not have been a better start for the new manager. “I don’t think it is a dream start but it is a very good start,” he said. “I was very confident the team would play well. We worked very hard during pre-season, trying another style of football and maybe we can continue improving every week. “For the first match I think we did it very well.” AFP thephuketnews

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Vagabonds clinch inaugural title RUGBY UNION Pat Cotter phuketrugby@gmail.com

ing 56 of the Royal Thai Air Force in Hat Yai was the venue for the first leg of the inaugural Southern Rugby Championship to be played on an annual home and away basis between Prince of Songkla Rugby and Phuket Vagabonds Rugby. The game kicked off in soaring heat and the young, relatively inexperienced PSU side immediately took the game to the Vagabonds, and only some solid defense kept the scores level at the 15 minute mark. A quick break by winger Graham Gallow from his own 22 set up some great interchange passing between forwards and backs to surge into the PSU 22, where a knock on gave the PSU the opportunity

The victorious Phuket Vagabonds RFC after their Southern Rugby Championship win. of a clearing scrum. After being under pressure in earlier scrums, the Vagabonds pack put on the surge and a great heel against the head by hooker Simon Phillips saw scrum half Steven Cox set up captain Darryn Mathee for the first try which he converted.

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Lek and Fijian Mike Whippy, who were coming more into the game with every move. The support play was such that the PSU team couldn’t contain it and three quick tries from Sean, Simon and Darryn sealed the game for the visitors. The PSU lads never gave up and in the last quarter they finally got on the board with a penalty and a converted try before further tries by Mike Whippy, Lek and Mut at the end sealed a memorable victory for the Phuket side. Man of the match for Phuket was f lanker James Clements. The return match for the Strategic Sports challenge trophy will take place in Phuket in November. T h e 16 t h S t r a t e g i c Sports Phuket International Rugby 10’s take place May 23-25, 2014 at Thanyapura Sports & Leisure Club. For more information, visit phuketrugby10s.com

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Leading into half time, the Vagabonds’ superior rugby skills started to impose themselves on the game and some rollicking runs by crash ball inside center Dan Ashburn supported by No 8 Sean Gishen led to the Vagabonds second try by 2nd row Brett Pentland-

down the line to take advantage of an overlap out wide, but a deliberate knock on by the PSU center resulted in a penalty 10 metres out and from the resulting tap and go Dan Ashburn smashed over under the posts for a converted try. Half time score 21-0. At the start of the second half the PSU lads were visibly shaken by the resolute tackling of the Vagabonds and No 8 Sean’s ability at the breakdown to create turnover ball for fellow backrowers James Clements and Adam Blackmore to smash holes in the PSU line, resulting in a try for Thai winger Lek under the posts. By now the Vagabonds were playing some outstanding rugby with quick ball from the forwards with JP Sonnekus and Rob Honey outstanding at the breakdown and scrum half Steven Cox releasing at every opportunity the outside backs Colin Kazuki MacRae,

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Hawthorn

2294

1656

Geelong

2205

1616

Team

Pts

Sydney Roosters

572

251

South Sydney

516

322

Melbourne

494

319

Manly

498

298

Canterbury-Bankstown

464

405

Cronulla

380

389

14:30

16:30

Rugby Union

ITM Cup

Taranaki v. Wellington

22:00

00:00

Rugby Union

Currie Cup

Cheetahs v. Sharks

Sydney

2096

1490

16:30

18:30

Rugby League

NRL

Rabbitohs v. Bulldogs

Fremantle

1860

1346

18:30

20:30

Rugby League

NRL

Panthers v. Broncos

Richmond

1887

1647

17:00

00:30

Cricket

Ashes Test No. 5

England v. Australia, The Oval

815, 111

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00:30

Golf

JW Championship

Gleneagles, Day 2

Collingwood

1933

1704

Essendon

1998

1820

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Dragons v. Tigers

Port Adelaide

1888

1764

Newcastle

442

372

NRL

Cowboys v. Knights

Carlton

1945

1807

Gold Coast

426

449

Kangaroos

2079

1699

Canberra

378

500

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1956

1909

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388

412

Brisbane

1711

1939

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400

385

Adelaide

1815

1814

Penrith

415

460

Warriors

411

497

St George Illawarra

320

460

117

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14:30

16:30

Rugby Union

02:00

04:00

Rugby Union

19:55

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Rugby Union

22:00

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Rugby Union

Currie Cup

18:45

20:45

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EPL

Fulham v. Arsenal

Gold Coast

1703

1912

Bulls v. Lions

20:55

23:00

Soccer

EPL

Southampton v. Sunderland

23:30

01:30

Soccer

EPL

Aston Villa v. Liverpool

Bulldogs

1726

2075

811

18:10

20:10

Soccer

Championship

Bolton v. QPR

St. Kilda

1522

2009

20:55

23:00

Soccer

EPL

Stoke v. Crystal Palace

Melbourne

1316

2465

Wests Tigers

312

587

812

20:55

23:00

Soccer

EPL

Everton v. West Bromwich

20:55

23:00

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EPL

Newcastle v. West Ham

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1419

2681

816

Parramatta

290

600

17:00

00:30

Cricket

Ashes Test No. 5

813, 109

18:50

20:30

Motor Racing

Formula 1

England v. Australia, The Oval Qualifying, Spa-Francorchamps

815, 111

19:30

00:30

Golf

JW Championship

Gleneagles, Day 3

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13:00

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NRL

Raiders v. Manly

13:00

15:00

Rugby League

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Warriors v. Panthers

117

17:00

18:45

Rugby Union

Rugby Championship

Argentina v. South Africa (repeat)

810

19:25

21:30

Soccer

J-League

Kashima v. Yokohama

21:55

00:00

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EPL

Cardiff v. Man City

812

21:55

00:00

Soccer

EPL

Tottenham v. Swansea

813,109

18:00

18:45

Motor Racing

Formula 1

Raceday, Spa-Francorchamps

18:45

21:30

Motor Racing

Formula 1

Belgian Grand Prix

816, 117

17:00

00:30

Cricket

Ashes Test No. 5

England v. Australia, The Oval

815, 111

19:30

00:30

Golf

JW Championship

Gleneagles, Day 4

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