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eavy downpours on Phuket this week brought on by the fallout of Cyclone R oanu crossing the bay of Bengal saw strong winds damage at least seven homes and level trees and power-line pylons, causing blackouts in isolated areas across the island.

On Wednesday (May 25 ), a landslide brought on by over-soaked earth

damaged at least six homes near Suan Luang Park, south of Phuket Town.

Several areas were paralysed by floodwaters on uesday ( ay , especially Thepkrasattri R d near the Thai Watsadu store in Thalang and on Chao Fa West R d in front of Wichitsongkram School in Wichit.

Sirisak Sakulsorajja, chief of the Phuket Provincial Disaster Prevention and Mitigation on Tuesday said, “It has been raining all day across the island and we are on hour watch

for flash floods and landslides “So far, we have received no reports of landslides, but many areas were flooded and we have o cers there to assist residents and motorists,” he said.

Thepkrasattri subdistrict in Thalang was hit the hardest, he added.

“We received reports of seven homes damaged by the wind. Local municipality o cials are investigating the affected area and providing assistance to residents,” Mr Sirisak said.

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R esidents of nearby Moo Baan Usookjareon in Thalang reported floodwaters up to half a metre deep near the Thai Watsadu store, slowing tra c to a crawl halang ra c Police were dispatched to help direct tra c he same area was hit with a flash flood on ay , which caused tra c to bac up for hours Some motorists abandoned their motorbikes on the road after their engines failed and waited for help on the main road’s central reservation…

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Aussies called to vote in Fed polls T H E AU S T R A L I A N mbassy in ang o has issued a reminder to all Australian nationals in hailand that an Australian federal election will be held on uly Australians in hailand are encouraged to ta e advantage of early in person voting to avoid possible lengthy waiting times on election day itself, the notice urged arly in person voting will be offered at the Australian mbassy in ang o from onday, une , from am to pm, onday to riday n person voting will also be offered at the embassy on election day, aturday, uly , from am to pm “ le a se br i ng you r

Australian passport when you attend the mbassy to vote,” the embassy noted “ f you are unable to vote in person and wish to apply for a postal vote, you will need to access the online postal vote application (http www aec gov au election pva as this is the A s preferred method of receiving postal votes,” added the notice “Alternatively, you may notify the A that you are overseas by using the following lin to the A website (http www aec gov au enrol urther information about voting in the election can also be found on the martraveller website (http smartraveller gov au bulletins federal election Th e Ph uk e t N e ws

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he arrival of police in numbers prevented a confrontation between wor ers and sea gypsies in awai from escalating into serious violence on ednesday ( ay esidents in the area said that about wor ers arrived with a bac hoe at about pm and began moving boulders into place to bloc access to the sea gypsies sacred alai shrine n response, more than sea gypsy villagers then arrived to stop the men from wor ing oth parties argued and threw roc s at each other for minutes, then stopped ust when halong olice hief ol opadon hiraprawat arrived with more than officers and officials from awai unicipality to prevent the dispute from escalating into violence hile police were trying to tal both parties to cease hostilities, sea gypsies removed the large roc s out of the disputed area and cleared their wal way to the shrine

The confrontation escalated after workers from Baron World trade Co moved in with a backhoe and started placing boulders to black access to the sea gypsies’ sacred Balai shrine. Photo: Rawai Sea Gypsies / Facebook “ he windows on the company s bac hoe were damaged and four wor ers and one sea gypsy left with minor in uries from the confrontation,” ol opadon said “ he situation abated when we arrived or ers left the area, but they left the bac hoe behind while some sea gypsies stayed to guard the site e have officers monitoring the situation and provide them security

“ e later contacted the company to remove their e uipment from the area cials will have a yet another meeting soon to tal to both parties and resolve this,” he said he military was called in to eep the peace after a confrontation between wor ers and sea gypsies flared in anuary, spar ing a flurry of accusations and arguments against claims to land in the

sea gypsy village by aron orld rade o and nearly a do en other individuals hu et overnor hamroen ipayapongtada in ebruary offered the sea gypsies a rai site in assada with no direct access to the sea as an “alternative” if the court and investigation committees formed by the provincial government upheld the private land claims to plots within the sea gypsy village

Wet weather brings landslide, power outages C on t in ue d f rom p ag e 1 he floodwaters slowly dissipated into the drains and at last report tra c was moving through the area again any areas across the island suffered power outages

due to trees brought down on power lines and pylons orst hit was atong, where three pylons were brought down, causing blac outs to many households and businesses or ers from the atong elec-

trical authority are wor ing on removing the felled pylons so they can be replaced “ e dispatched eight teams to chec all areas affected by floods and power outages o if help arrives late

in your area, please understand that we are doing our best,” said r irisa ifeguards have posted red flags at all hu et beaches to warn swimmers of dangerous surf ome beach guards reported problems with tourists who refused to observe the warning flags and attempted to enter the surf “ ut we

esidents ed to sa ety a ter hearing a loud crack rom the beams in their houses. Photo: Eakkapop Thongtub are monitoring these areas closely,” one beach guard said

opes were high for the weather to ease by the end of this wee end, but that respite will come too late for residents on irat ongyo d, south of hu et own, whose homes were damaged by a landslip on ednesday “ esidents said the incident happened at pm after they heard a loud crac ing noise coming from roof beams at the bac of their houses hey ran out of their homes and alerted others, then the land collapsed from underneath their homes,” said ichit unicipality engineer amron ailerd thephuketnews

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cers from the oyal Thai Navy on Monday (May 23) posted an o cial notice ordering all buildings be removed from a plot at Paradise Beach within 30 days – or face having them demolished by the Patong Council.

The order, addressed to Paradise Beach Management Co Ltd and signed by Patong Mayor Chalermluck K ebsup, identified 14 buildings to be removed from the site as Patong Municipality had deemed that all 14 structures were built without permission and on S orPorK or land.

S orPorK or land is “degraded forest” earmarked for farming only by poor people.

Nithat Prasertnetikul, the legal representative of Sopon Ekvanich, told the press on Monday that Mr Sopon will contest the demolition order.

Mr Sopon claims the ownership of the land is through the S orK or 1 land document No 27 6, not a S orPorK or land-occupancy deed. “ can t say at this stage when exactly we will file the appeal as we need to collect other evidence, but we will appeal to the court,” he said. “ f we don t appeal within 30 days, the municipality will issue a second and final notice, which will give us only seven more days to file

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ficers rom the oyal hai avy on Monday May osted a notice or all structures at aradise each to e removed within days Photo: Royal Thai Navy our appeal,” he explained.

Mr Nithat emphatically denied that the buildings were on S orPorK or land.

“All the buildings concerned are not on S orPorK or land, as claimed in the notice,” he assured.

“The building permit was applied for under S orK or 1 No 27 6, which gives us the right to apply for a construction permit,” Mr Nithat said.

“The [ S orPorK or] land in uestion is another plot, it s not this land, and all these buildings have absolutely nothing to do with S orPorK or

Russian envoy funeral given Royal blessing SANTI UDOMK IR ATAK , the Deputy H onorary Consul of the R ussian Federation for the provinces of Phuket, Phang Nga and K rabi who died in a car accident on the night of May 18 , has been honoured with a funeral that received a R oyal blessing, reports the Embassy of the R ussian Federation to the K ingdom of Thailand.

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Santi Udomkiratak (May 23) at Wat Chalong temple, the embassy reported.

“Bor n in 19 64, Santi Udomkiratak was appointed Deputy H onorary Consul since the very establishment of the onsulate o ce in , and since then has carried out a formidable amount of work providing assistance to R ussian tourists and residents of Phuket facing various problems as well as safeguarding their rights and interests,” the embassy noted.

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Phuket Vice Governor ha orn iet a panichmanee said after a meeting on May 12, “The operator was told to bring land documents as evidence in order to be issued a building permit, but the land document they presented raised too many uestions, so o cials declined to issue a permit approving the construction.”

Patong Mayor Chalermluk K ebsup, noted, “We ordered construction to cease until a permit had been issued, but they ignored our order and

continued their construction until the building was completed and operational. “ e then filed a complaint with the police, noting that the company that owns the building had disobeyed an o cial order ” R egardless, Mr Nathat responded last week saying, “Paradise Beach Management Company insists that they have followed the correct procedure for requesting the permit. H owever, they feel that Mayor Chalermluck has denied them their right to build on the land.”

POL COL K ANTAWAT Pongsatabordee has yet to arrive on the island to take up his new post as Superintendent of the Phuket Immigration ce, as he has yet to clear his desk in Bangkok.

“I am still in Bangkok clearing my work here,” Col K antawat told Th e Ph uk e t N e ws in a brief phone call Tuesday morning (May 24).

“I will be heading to Phuket soon,” he added, but did not clarify when he expected to arrive on the island.

An official order published in the R oyal Gaz ette on May 17 mandated that Col K antawat was to formally take office in Phuket last Thursday (May 17 ).

H e was transferred to Phuket from his post as Chief of the mmigration ureau s Information Technology Centre in Bangkok.

Col K antawat declined to comment on any issues he is to face as hu et s new immigration chief, including the controversial “Foreign National Information Form”, which collects personal details of applicants. (See page 1, May 20 issue.)

“It is too early to comment. I am not ready yet.

I will tell you when I am ready to talk,” was all Col K antawat would say.

Mea nwh ile, for mer Phuket Immigration Superintendent Col Sunchai ho a ay i has been transferred to the post of Superintendent of Visa on Arrival Sub-Division at Suvarnabhumi International Airport in Bangkok. ol t ol om it aratom is currently Acting Chief of the Phuket Immigration ce Tan yaluk S ak oot

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20-year-old man was arrested on May 19 when he was found in possession of 2,09 8 methamphetamine pills (ya b ah ), three guns and 29 0 bullets.

P rov i ncial Na rcot ics Police led by Maj R ittichai Chumchuy arrested K irkchai Boorit at a rented room on Surin-Montri R d at 8 :30pm in a sting operation carried out after police learned that he was working for drug network of a dealer named Paiboon Osod.

Police seiz ed from K irkchai 2,09 8 ya b ah pills, three unregistered guns including a Smith & Wesson and a homemade pistol (Th ai Prad it ), 29 0 bullets, 1.65 grams of crystal meth (ya ic e ) and drug-taking

paraphernalia.

Maj R ittichai said that undercover o cers discovered that K irkchai had rented a room in Phuket Town which he used as a base to sell drugs to people in the area.

After monitoring his activity, an undercover officer set up on a deal to buy drugs from K irkchai. While K irkchai was waiting to sell his drugs to his potential client in front of his rented room, police approached and searched him.

“We found nothing on him, only a key to his room.

H owever, K irkchai admitted that he used drugs but said that he was not selling them,” said Maj R ittichai.

“We then searched his room and found all the seiz ed items,” he added.

K irkchai admitted that

he received the drugs from a dealer named Paiboon who sent them to him via a local transport company. H e said that he last bought 5 0g of ya ic e and 8 ,000 ya b ah pills from Paiboon, and that he had been arrested on drugrelated charges four to six times previously, said Maj R ittichai.

K irkchai also told police that he bought the guns via a Facebook page and that he would sell them on to any client who wanted one. H e had previously sold two weapons to local drug dealers, Maj R ittichai added.

K irkchai was taken to Phuket City Police Station where he was charged with possession of Category 1 drugs with intent to sell and illegal possession of firearms and ammunition.

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Teacher escapes injury in crash AMER ICAN TEACH ER Ms Tina Marie Cummingsfrom H eadstart International School, Phuket escaped injury on Wednesday (May 25 ) when a car driven by a 26-year-old man ploughed into her vehicle at high speed while she was turning to enter the school.

Police arrived at the school with R uamjai K upai rescue workers at about 11am to find a onda ity on its roof near the school fence.

The driver, Narongrit ontanit, suffered in uries to his right leg and chest and was rushed to Mission H ospital Phuket in R assada.

Nearby was Ms Cum-

mings’ blue Ford Fiesta with damage to its front and front-right panel. Ms Cummings, 5 1, a teacher at the school, suffered no in uries in the collision.

Ms Cummings told police that while she was making a turn into the school, the H onda approached at high speed and slammed into her vehicle before flipping onto its roof.

“Both vehicles were taken to Wichit Police Station while we are waiting to question the injured victim. o charges have been filed yet,” said Lt Thapanee Warinsaard of the Wichit Police.

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PR IME MINISTER GEN Prayut Chan-o-cha has offered his congratulations to R ussian students who defeated competitors from around the world in an international software competition held in Phuket last week.

Maj Gen Sunsern K aewkumnerd, spokesman of the Prime Minister’s Off ice, said that PM Gen Prayut offered his congratulations to students from St Petersburg State University, R ussia, who were declared the champions in the ACM-ICPC World Final 2016 – one of the world’s longest-running and best-recognised computerprogramming contests for university students, reported state news agency the National News Bureau of Thailand (NNT).

The event, held last week at the Phuket City Municipality Stadium at the Saphan H in Sports Centre on the outskirts of Phuket Town, concluded last Friday (May 20).

The Prime Minister also expressed his appreciation of the efforts of the teams of students and their coaches from 40 universities who ualified to ta e part in the

Students from St Petersburg State University, Russia, were declared the champions in the ACM-ICPC World Final 2016, which were held in Phuket last week. Photo: PSU final round of this year s competition, said Gen Sunsern.

H e added that PM Prayut had stated that these students are a truly valuable resource for their respective countries and they are the generation that will introduce major changes to the world.

The Thai Prime Minister also urged all parties to

work harder in planning and promoting opportunities for youth to demonstrate their capabilities and innovative skills, which will be beneficial for mankind and help solve such problems as social inequality, Gen Sunsern added.

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he immigration police o cer who fatally shot a ohingya man on the run after escaping the mmigration entre in hang ga on onday will face an investigation for murder, Th e Ph uk e t N e ws has been told owever, police will also charge the deceased ohingya, named by police year old “ ohammad hawnee”, with attempted murder “ nvestigation officers on this case will follow law and order,” said ol hote hitchai, eputy uperintendent of the hang ga rovincial olice “ e will file a complaint against the o cer who shot the migrant owever, we will have to wait until we uestion all witnesses, before we can ma e any statement about whether or not the shooting incident was an act of self defence,” he said hang ga olice apt hatree ein hayai named the officer involved in the shooting as hang ga m-

Rescue workers prepare to take the body of Mr Vichit to Thalang Hospital. Photo: Eakkapop Thongtub

Body of missing Buriram man washes up on beach n o ficer e its the hang ga mmigration entre Photo: Eakkapop Thongtub migration o cer nr gt a hina on oosawas “ cers had pursued a group of escapees into the hills in aan ham am hud on onday ( ay , and while ohammad hawnee was uphill on a steep slope from the o cer, he pic ed up large roc s and tossed them down at nr gt a hina on,” apt hatree explained “ nr gt a hina on fired once in what he said

was self defence he shot hit ohammad hawnee once in his right armpit,” he added apt hatree did not elaborate on whether ohammad hawnee died at the scene, en route to hang ga ospital or later at the hospital he alarm about the escape was raised at am on onday, when guards at the centre noticed that bars on the windows of a second floor cell had been cut

araoke ar fight leaves one killed, one wounded ONE MAN WAS K ILLED and a second wounded during a fight at a arao e bar in halang in the early hours of last riday morning ( ay apt uporn uang hai of the halang olice received a call at am stating that a man had been illed in front of the anan arao e in oo hep assattri, aan on olice arrived at the scene with usoldharm rescue wor ers to find the body year old haiyuth nsathon lying in the pool of blood near a bamboo sala Also at the scene was year old achen a pong,

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Rachen Rakpong, 27, suffered a slash wound to his right wrist in the attack outside the karaoke bar. who had suffered a slash wound to his right wrist e was ta en to halang ospital after receiving first aid A waitress who witnessed the incident, year old s adawan a sa, told police that at am she was tal ing to a group of four men in the bar when r haiyuth and r achen came by on a motorbi e he driver of the bi e, r haiyuth, began to rev the engine, which annoyed the group of four men ne man from the group as ed him what he was doing, so he turned

off the engine, dismounted the bi e and threw a punch at the group A fight then bro e out and one man from the group ran to a pic up and got a nife, which he used to slash r haiyuth across his nec e then attac ed r achen, she said he group then drove away in their truc with one member shouting, “ am an Udon native ” olice across the island have been alerted of the incident and are now hunting for the group E ak k ap op Th on g t ub

he escapees bro e into two groups, with heading down a canal which oins hang ga ay and another six fleeing into the hills, where the fatal shooting occurred espite mixed reports on the number of escapees still at large, t ol anepob ut inaree, eputy uperintendent of hang ga own olice, on ednesday ( ay confirmed that six ohingya had yet to be recaptured

A A who was reported missing after being washed away by waves from roc s at ai hon each last unday ( ay was found washed up on the beach onday afternoon ( ay he man, named as year old ichit ophon from uriram province, was reported missing last unday by girlfriend ompong oynat, , and a mute man, year old Arthit ansu hen police arrived at ai hon each, they found s ompong crying and surrounded by a group of about onloo ers, along with r Ar-

thit, who had various scrapes on his body and face s ompong said that she, r ichit and r Arthit had come to relax and eat on the roc s at the far end of ai hon each at about pm he reported that at about pm, r ichit and r Arthit had gone down to catch crabs on the roc s below, but that by about pm r Arthit had returned alone, relaying through sign language that r ichit had been swept out to sea r ichit s body was ta en to halang ospital awaiting retrieval by his family E ak k ap op Th on g t ub

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Strong surf has eroded a large section of Nai Harn Beach over the past week. Photo: Phuket Lifeguard Service

Plea for safety as waves pound shore LIFEGUAR DS AR E UR Ging swimmers to beware of strong surf that has pounded the popular shore over the past wee , with waves at ai arn each carving a large section of the sand away into the sea afe ones where swimmers may enter the water have been set up at beaches along the west coast, said hu et ifeguard lub resident rathaiyuth huayuan “ he waves are uite strong because we are entering the southwest monsoon season,” he said “ e have mar ed areas where tourists can play in the water e have also mar ed dangerous areas with red flags warning swimmers not to enter the water at those locations,” he added ifeguards at ai arn rescued a hinese tourist from the surf on ay , r rathaiyuth pointed out

“ e helped a hinese man who entered the surf where red flags were posted,” he explained “ ur lifeguards rescued him from a rip current at about pm, but he suffered in uries to his shoulder from the strength of the waves “ lease, only play in the water where the safety ones have been set up,” he said awai ayor Aroon olos also cautioned swimmers against entering the surf outside the safe swimming ones “ here is nothing we can do about this t happens every year,” he told Th e Ph uk e t N e ws “ he fall in the sand is not dangerous in itself he fall is not that high, and it is sand, but people should swim in the water only where lifeguards mar it is safe to do so,” ayor Aroon said Tan yaluk S ak oot

arine o cials have banned tourist activities at coral reefs near three islands off hu et s east coast to prevent further damage to corals at the popular tour sites hey have also ordered the removal of facilities and structures used for tourist activities from all three islands oh hai o , oh hai ui and oh hai ai, all located a handful of ilometres from hu et epartment of arine and oastal esources ( regional chief atcharin a halang informed hang ga and hu et tour operators and guides of the ban, issued last hursday ( ay , at a meeting on uesday ( ay “ e want operators and guides active in hang ga and the surrounding areas to understand the rules and procedures in conducting a tour to prevent further damages to our marine natural resources and the coastal area hey must practice environmentally friendly tourism,” r atcharin said At least speedboats per day, as well as increasing numbers of restaurants and shops, are diminishing existing natural resources in the coastal areas around the three islands, said a recent report by the hu et arine iology entre, r atcharin

ficials have ordered all tourism uildings structures and materials e removed rom the three islands in the Koh Khai Kon area. Photo: DMCR pointed out “ our groups spend at least three hours swimming, feeding fish and snor elling in the water, which severely damages the marine ecosystem, especially on coral reefs,” r atcharin explained “ oral reefs are crucial to marine ecosystems and our last survey showed the area around oh hai ai has corals covering rai, oh hai o has rai and oh hai ui rai oday, a tremendous amount of corals have been damaged and getting them to recover is very di cult,” he said “ he reasons for coral damage in the oh hai area is from the coral bleaching process, which occurs naturally and from human activity his includes the increasing number of tourists, boats

that anchor on the corals, people wal ing on corals while playing in the water, feeding marine animals and catching them to ta e photos with them “All these activities negatively impact the marine ecosystem and cause a deterioration in natural resources hey must be stopped e have discovered that about per cent of the coral reefs in the area have suffered damage,” r atcharin said uchart attanareangsri, irector of the s onservation division, added, “ e started fre uent inspections of the area in arch, and today we still see tourists feeding fish and collecting corals from the reefs “ owever, the number of boats anchoring on the reefs has decreased ost tour boats

follow instructions and drop tourists off in the designated areas ” egarding the beach clean ups in the area, r uchart said, “ cials are clearing all beach umbrellas and beach chairs in the area hops and restaurants on the oh hai islands will be removed and the oyal orest epartment has been contacted to carry out the removal of these structures ” he officials are determined to maintain these regulations by informing all involved parties of the ban, r uchart said “ our operators and guides will follow the rules and regulations laid out cials will post the order in hai, hinese, nglish, ussian and other languages and tourism business and tourists must obey,” he warned

ourist finds unidentified ody washed ashore at aron each POLICE AR E TR Y ING TO identify the body of a man believed to be a hai fisherman found washed ashore at aron each last wee olice were notified of the discovery at pm on ay he body was spotted in the surf by a tourist strolling along the sand, near the aga statue, about halfway along the beach “ he victim had dar s in, was about cm

tall and about years of age e was dressed only in Adder brand blac underwear,” said apt eerayuth irisu hawora ul of the aron olice “ here is a tattoo in hai on the right wrist saying, ‘ อะไรก ย็ อม อาจจะเป น็ เธอ (Arai k o yom Aj p h e n t h ur - would do anything, maybe it is you e had another tattoo on his right shoulder “ udging from a nylon

rope tied at his waist, we thin he was a fisherman,” apt eerayuth added “ here were no signs of assault or in ury on the body e estimate that he died two to three days before his body was discovered he body was ta en to achira ospital for doctors to confirm the time and cause of death,” he said olice have uestioned local community leaders in aron, but so far there have

been no reports of anyone missing, apt eerayuth explained “ aybe the man entered the surf at another area and the waves brought it here,” he said “ e are contacting all police stations across the island to chec their databases for missing persons who might match the description of the body,” apt eerayuth added E ak k ap op Th on g t ub

Rescue workers recover the body from Karon Beach last week (May 18). Photo: Ruamjai Kupai

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atong Mayor Chalermluck K ebsup is moving ahead with plans to build a new B8 0 million wastewatertreatment plant in the resort town.

The news was announced last week, when Mayor Chalermluck revealed that the Phuket Environmental Committee had admitted that excessive nitrogen in the beach water had caused plankton blooms that have turned Patong Bay beachwater brown several times already this year.

Mayor Chalermluck’s announcment to build the new wastewater plant came after meeting with the Phuket Environmental Committee on May 18 . “It is time to make the environment to be better.

The Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) for the new plant is already done. We have considered this for a while, it is not just in reaction to the plankton blooms,” Mayor Chalermluck said.

The new plant will be lo-

Shan Linag, 33, (in white shirt, back, right) and Geng Bei, 28, (front, centre) were found alive and well.

A second plant may soon be helping the Patong Wastewater treatment plant (pictured) to treat sewage in the resort town. Photo: Darawan Naknakhon cated alongside the Pak Bang Canal, which runs through Patong Town, she added.

“The exact location has yet to be set, but it will be somewhere near where the existing wastewater-treatment plant is,” she added.

Mayor Chalermluck noted, “At the meeting, the Phuket Environmental Committee said they had concluded that nitrogen in the water caused the plankton bloom.

“There is too much nitrogen in Patong’s wastewater (which

flows to the beach), which means we have to increase our efforts and move faster to counter this problem.”

Mayor Chalermluck added that Patong Municipality is rushing to expand the drain network throughout Patong.

This includes the installation of a “water gate” along the Pak Bang Canal, of which construction is already underway with a separate budget of B7 .5 million,” she said.

“This will be completed in four months. It will direct

Russian computer programmer found dead in Phuket Town room A R USSIAN MAN WH O worked in Phuket as a computer programmer was found dead with a syringe protruding from his left arm in a rented room in Phuket Town on Monday afternoon (May 23).

A Thai motorcycle driver’s licence found in the room identified the man as Anton Muromov, who turned 39 years old last Friday (May 20). Police later noted in their report that the man was a R ussian national.

A caretaker at K hao R ang View Mansion serviced apartments off ae uan d called police at pm after finding Mr Muromov dead in his rented room on the top floor of the apartment block.

The caretaker opened the door to Mr Muromov’s room after co-workers arrived, worried for his well-being, explained Maj Nucharee ong aew of the hu et City Police.

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Anton Muromov was found dead in his Phuket Town room after co-workers arrived worried for his well-being.

“H e didn’t show up for work as usual, and his workmates started to worry as they said he had never missed a day of work except for when he was sick,” Maj Nucharee said.

When police entered the room, they found a syringe still protruding from Mr Muromov’s left arm and a plastic tube was still tied around his left upper arm.

There were no signs of a struggle or any other indication that other persons were in the room, noted Maj Nucharee .

Mr Muromov’s body was taken to Vachira Phuket H ospital for doctors to confirm

the cause of death, she added.

Items found in the room, including the syringe, were taken to Provincial Forensic Police for further examination, she added.

H owever, Maj Nucharee declined to discuss any further details of the police investigation, including whether or not any medications or narcotics were found in the room, or if Mr Muromov was known to suffer any ongoing medical condition.

“I am in no position to disclose about this case until we conclude our investigation,” she said.

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water from the canal to the existing wastewater-treatment plant, where it will be cleaned and returned to the canal,” she explained.

Mayor Chalermluck blamed the rapid growth of Patong for its inability to cope with such infrastructure demands.

“Patong has grown so quickly that the installation of the drains network has not been able to keep pace. This is why untreated wastewater ends up being released into the sea,” she said.

Chinese tourists lost and found TWO CH INESE TOUR ists were found safe and well after getting lost while hiking in the K hao Phra Thaeo Wildlife Sanctuary last Friday night (May 20).

Thalang Police received a call at 8 pm from K hao hra haeo forestry o cer Piyawat Sukon stating that two Chinese tourists, a man and woman, had become lost in the forest during a trek to Bang Pae waterfall.

Thalang Deputy Police hief t ol Amnoy raiwutianan explained, “K usoldharm rescue workers

and volunteers were called in to help search for two Chinese tourists who had not returned from a hike up to Bang Pae waterfall.

“It took officials two hours to find 33-year-old han inag and year old Ms Geng Bei Wen, who were on vacation in Phuket and had rented a motorbike so they could come and explore the Thalang area.

“It was lucky that tonight was a full moon, which made it easier for o cials to find them,” he said.

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Tracking you down... for safety!

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he new immigration form mandating foreign nationals disclose various personal details is intrusive, much like distrusting parents tracking their children’s smart-phones. Not only do authorities appear to lack subtlety and a clear understanding of how technology works, they also seem to lack the capacity to safely manage and protect the extensive data they are collecting.

At best, they can hope to better “track down” foreigners when problems arise. Though such a move should surprise no one in this age of mass surveillance, perhaps what is hard to swallow for many foreign residents is the utter lack of subtlety – the perception that o cials view all foreigners as potential criminals, and possible scapegoats in any legal unpleasantness that might arise. Being faced with the unreliable state of your legal

rights is bound to be unnerving for anyone.

H uman R ights Watch points out that this initiative not only enables Thai authorities to profile tourists and expatriates, but enables anyone with access the power to misuse this information.

But the form itself, while intrusive, would hardly increase anyone’s ability to prevent, or commit, crime or terror acts.

Bank account numbers will not give authorities access to your money. K nowing what websites you visit and where you hang out sounds more like an aw ward first date script Y our licence plate numbers should already be easily accessible for any functioning bureaucracy.

Y our social media details are already on the internet – if you were worried about privacy, you should have read the fine print and never signed up to disclose your personal content

on the internet in the first place At worst, the form may invoke fear amongst some alien deniz ens, who may or may not be deterred from committing any nefarious deeds for fear of being traced. Not exactly the most scientifically proven method of crime-prevention, but fairly standard for authoritarian states throughout time.

H uman R ights Watch also thinks the form “risks alienating foreign investors and tourists who play a major role in the Thai economy”... which is the standard response to xenophobic polices worldwide.

What is not pointed out is that xenophobia is the foundation of all immigration policies that exist today, worldwide, and foreign investors already absorb it into their cost benefit analysis And as Thailand makes a rather endearing effort to catch up with the modern surveillance states, lives will not change, nor will they be destroyed any more than usual.

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HAVE YOUR SAY Bracing for a lower low R e : Ph uk e t O p in ion : Tis t h e s e as on Nice little story. This rainy season many tourist related business owners will be using the time to close up their once thriving business. The past two high seasons hasn’t generated the income needed to get through the low. These business people know about the dramatic decline in western tourist. When will the issue be addresses?

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Towering issues R e : Ph uk e t Poll: H ow t o b e s t p re v e n t m ore Ph uk e t b e ac h d rown in g s ?

Metal towers are used in many areas, although fiberglass and wood are also common. Lifeguards throughout the world have voiced concerns about working in metal towers, and many places have moved away from metal. With metal towers, it is vital to ensure proper construction of the actual shack portion, so that all surfaces

are made of non-conductive materials, and that the tower is properly grounded. Don’t know about the tower in Surin, but I would doubt if it is properly grounded...besides being put in a location subject to extreme erosion. It has been idle and unused ever since they slapped it up there. Wasteful and poorly thought out.

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Real criminals won’t bother R e : N e w p e rs on al d e t ails f orm arriv e s at Ph uk e t I m m ig rat ion This form is about harassing resident foreigners and is why I object to it, nothing to do with some hidden agenda. I’m sure terrorists will be putting down FB/ Jihad.com as their ‘ social network’ address, bank robbers will reveal their stake out locations and those illegally here won’t have to be bothered because, well they don’t go to immigration. It’s absurd, beyond absurd,...it’s pathetic. But the real risk as we already know, Thai servers are easily hacked,

and those personal details, like a mother’s name are often used as security questions elsewhere.

Ch r i s t y S w eet Absolutely right, Christy. Last week I was given a form on the back of which was the picture page from a foreigner’s passport – picture, name, signature, passport number, everything was there.

Ch as Everyone in Thailand knows ... law-enforcement agencies are corrupt and will exploit any chance to steal money from foreigners. Once they know your email addresses, they can hack in and access your bank accounts. Thailand, stop treating foriegners like 2nd class citiz ens.

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Thai way or the highway R e : Maj or B ud d h is t h olid ay b rin g s alc oh ol b an t o Ph uk e t Non-Thai citiz ens ... must realise they are only guests in Thailand.

Even on retirement visas. The

Government in Thailand can change their laws at any time and … will never be in favour of foreigners or to accommodate foreigners from virtually all cultures and countries of the world, I can assure you. When people come to Thailand they must be aware of the realities in Thailand before they arrive and be prepared to accept the Thai way and Thai laws irrespective. Failing to do so and not being able to adjust is their problem and not of the Thai government or Thai people.

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Time to start recycling the wastewater R e : N e w Ph uk e t B 8 0 m was t e wat e r p lan t t o c oun t e r Pat on g B ay b rown wat e r Treat the water and then pump it back into the canal? As I understand there is a shortage of water on the island so what you should do is treat the water and reuse it by pumping it back out in the community water system.

That is how its done in the rest of the civiliz ed word.

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olice have insisted they will loo for a culprit in last unday s ( ay 22) tragedy when 17 children in a school dormitory were illed in a horrific inferno as they slept, while families of the dead gathered on Tuesday ( ay for a ceremony to pay tribute to their loved ones Police insist someone must be held responsible for the horrendous bla e that illed 17 girls at the charity school in Chiang R ai despite initial forensic evidence pointing to a faulty light tube as being the cause of the fire he forensic findings have prompted Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha to order agencies to inspect and improve safety standards and emergency response measures to better deal with accidents across the country. he fire bro e out at about 11pm on Sunday night on the first floor of the dorm building of ita iat ittaya chool in hiang ai s iang a Pao district. The school is run by the hantha it u san Foundation.

t least girls have died in a fire at a school or children aged rom si to old in hiang ai Photo: Muhammad Sabri/AFP any of the school children who were asleep on the second floor could not escape as the flames uic ly engulfed the two storey building The school caters to pupils from impoverished families as well as those from local hill tribes in hiang ai and Chiang Mai. elatives of the victims attended a traditional local ceremony on uesday to offer food and water to the dead Wang Satthanyakul, 63, from hiang ai s hai

Prakan district, said local residents believe the spirits of the dead are still lingering at the scene.

She said the spirits were called to the offerings to uench their hunger and thirst Chamchuree Sanmuangdaeng, from hiang ai, said she lost two of her nieces, aged 7 and 8 . She had raised them since they were babies he attended the ceremony to call on her nieces to eat the food a ae ua, , from Chiang R ai, lost her daughter

EU gives Thailand six more hs le lle l fish BANGKOK TH E EUR OPEAN UNION has decided to give Thailand another six months to tackle illegal fishing before the next appraisal, Deputy Prime Minister Prawit Wongsuwon has said.

The EU issued a yellowcard warning to Bangkok in April last year urging faster progress in combating illegal, unreported and unregulated ( UU fishing f it fails to address the issue, Thailand risks getting a red card, which means the U would ban the country s seafood imports Gen Prawit said on Monday (May 23) it is good news that the EU has yet to issue Thailand with a red card and given the country more time to continue its efforts to deal with the issue. is comment came after he received a report from a Thai delegation sent to negotiate with EU representatives.

The deputy premier said the move would be a boon @thephuketnews

for the country s economy, adding that many countries have been reportedly downgraded for failing to combat illegal fishing The EU praised Thailand for its wor in dealing with the problem, he said, and though several issues have yet to be addressed, the bloc considers the country has made a determined effort to deal with the matter.

The deputy premier said an EU technical team is expected to come to Thailand late next month and its main team the following month to give recommendations to hailand on the problem Several issues have yet to be addressed, particularly the installation of trac ing systems on fishing trawlers and the enforcement of laws, according to Gen Prawit. eanwhile, omboon Siriraksophan, policy and programme coordinator at Southeast Asian Fisheries evelopment entre based in Thailand, said yesterday that UU fishing remains a big challenge for the Asean community as member states

still lac common fishing management policies.

“Despite t he Asea n guidelines to tackle illegal fishing activities, the community needs to show greater commitment by diminishing the level of differences in anti illegal fishing measures”, he said, citing the Asean guidelines for reventing the ntry of Fish and Fishery Products from UU ishing Activities into the Supply Chain.

H e was speaking at the th nfofish orld una rade onference and xhibition seminar in ang o “[ Asean] needs to harmonise its restrictions on fishing activities, for example, entry into ports, inspection, access to port services and other enforcement in order to be on par with the global fishing system,” r omboon noted H e also urged Asean governments to come up with a single traceability system as a way of sustaining fishing resources in the outheast Asian region for years to come.

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who studied at Prathom 2 (Grade 2) level. he said so far she has been unable to identify her daughter and has to wait for the result of A tests before she can collect the body for funeral rites Prime Minister Prayut extended his condolences to the families of the dead victims, and said the tragedy serves as a lesson.

H e has ordered all agencies to inspect safety standards and emergency response mea-

sures to deal with accidents nationwide.

K ant K oonchorn na Ayutthaya, a forensics doctor at Chiang R ai Prachanukroh H ospital, said DNA samples have been collected from the dead victims and will be sent for verification at the nstitute of orensic edicine of the olice eneral ospital in Bangkok.

The process is expected to ta e about a wee , he said f the five in ured students, three sustained minor in uries and were being treated at iang Pa Pao H ospital in Chiang ai he other two have been admitted to Chiang R ai Prachanukroh H ospital. ne of them, aged five, received burns to per cent of her body and is in the hospital s intensive care unit. Another year old girl who suffered from smo e inhalation is on a ventilator. eputy national police chief Gen Chalermkiat Sriworakhan said investigators and forensic o cers are gathering evidence to determine the cause of the fire f evidence points to anyone being involved, they will face criminal and civil action hile it has not yet been

determined whether the fire was an accident or caused by carelessness, someone must be held responsible for the tragedy, Gen Chalermkiat said. nitial forensic findings suggest the bla e was caused by a faulty light tube from a long fluorescent lamp, en Chalermkiat said, adding that police will investigate whether the installation of the tube complied with safety standards H e also said investigators will summon all staff at the school and dormitory for uestioning soon Also on uesday, a en ant u wa , commander of the 5 th Police Forensic Science entre, provided further details regarding the faulty light tube that is believed to have caused the fire H e said overheated electrical contacts of the light tube caused by a loose connection were to blame The loose contacts made it di cult for electrical current to pass through the tube, causing an electrical overload and overheating.

The plastic pins and sockets then melted and burned, he said.

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Whistleblower faces down threats from dek wat KANCHANABURI

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he threats began almost immediately after Soochaphong Boonserm went to the police.

“The next time I see you I’m going to beat your face,” read one of the private Facebook messages. They were being sent by d e k wat – temple boys – from Wat Pha Luang Ta Bua Y anasampanno in K anchanaburi, better known as the Tiger Temple.

Mr Soochaphong, a lawyer who had done pro bono work for the temple for several years, had just handed over a large body of evidence which he says proves the temple has some involvement in wildlife tra c ing That was in February last year. Today, the threats are not only physical: the Tiger Temple has sued Mr Soochaphong for professional misconduct and is also attempting to have his legal license revoked.

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failed to show up for a hearing on the case last week, and a new date wasn’t immediately set. But Mr Soochaphong is not concerned: he believes the temple is scared to push him too far. r oochaphong first became involved with the Tiger Temple in 2008 , drawn there by what he said was respect for Luang Ta Bua Y anasampanno, one of Thailand’s most revered monks who lends his name to the Tiger Temple despite having no direct a liation with it.

Mr Soochaphong said he was asked by the temple committee to help with a case, and while he was never its formal lawyer, he continued to perform legal work for the temple as a way to make merit.

H e soon took on other roles, such as publicist and event MC, as he grew closer with the temple’s inner circle, particularly Phra Vissuthisaradhera, better known as Phra Ajarn Chan, the temple’s founder and abbot.

With 147 tigers at the temple, many are forced to spend most of their time in cell-like cement structures, even though there is space to run and play. Photo: Doug Beckers/Flickr But at the end of 2014, Mr Soochaphong said, the temple’s

long-time veterinarian came to him with some startling allegations.

The vet, Dr Somchai Visasmongkolchai, said three tigers had been smuggled out of the temple, and he had evidence to prove it – including CCTV footage which suggested temple staff were involved Mr Soochaphong needed more convincing. And so he began a covert investigation, both to satisfy himself – and, if necessary, the authorities – that the allegations were true.

H e said he confronted one of the temple workers whom he recognised from the CCTV footage. The worker said “Luang Por” had ordered the operation, using a term of endearment for temple abbot Phra Ajarn Chan.

Mr Soochaphong recorded the conversation without the worker’s knowledge.

H e also uncovered evidence that the Tiger Temple had transferred money to purchase plots of land in Germany and the Cz ech R epublic, purportedly to build new temples. But both land plots were registered in Phra Ajarn Chan’s name.

In early February last year, o cials from the epartment of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation seiz ed illegal hornbills from the temple, and returned around a month later to confiscate six endangered Asian black bears.

On Feb 22, Mr Soochaphong said he was called to a

meeting with temple staff and accused of not doing enough to protect them.

H e cut ties with the temple three days later. Soon afterwards, videos were posted on Y ouTube attacking him for being disloyal.

Around that same time, Dr Somchai resigned and went to the authorities. H e handed over three microchips, which he said had been cut out of the missing tigers.

Mr Soochaphong said it is impossible to know what happened to the tigers, but he was told by Dr Somchai it would be almost impossible to remove the chips without killing them.

The lawyer said his investigation had indicated the temple was slaughtering cats and sending the carcasses to Laos for sale.

The DNP investigated the temple in April and confirmed that the three tigers were in fact missing.

Mr Soochaphong said he was told that as many as 40 tigers could actually be unaccounted for.

Dr Somchai and Mr Soochaphong also went to Sai o olice tation to file a report. Both men soon started to receive threats, both legal and physical, from temple figures It was then that Mr Soochaphong was contacted by Cee4Life, a conservation group headed by former Tiger Temple volunteer Sybelle Foxcroft.

H e gave them the evidence he had collected.

Cee4Life used the evidence to compile a comprehensive report on the temple.

Ms Foxcroft, an Australian, said she had more evidence proving international traffic ing of tiger parts by the temple, but preferred not to discuss it in detail as it is in the hands of the Darpartment of National Parks.

Mr Soochaphong said he decided to tell everything he knows to Cee4Life because he was sick and tired of people using faith and religion as a tool to deceive.

“I still give my full respect to Luang Ta Bua, but I don' t want anyone to use his name to destroy the good image he built,” he said.

“Phra Ajarn Chan is only using Luang Ta Bua’s name to trick people into believing him. This is why I am still standing here to fight against the temple.”

The investigation into the missing tigers is ongoing.

Mr Soochaphong said more than 12 months after he handed over the evidence to Sai Y ok police, they have yet to follow it up.

“I will be here with all my evidence waiting for the day that the whole world will know the truth about the temple. I don’t want faith and belief in religion to fool anyone the way I was fooled before,” Mr Soochaphong said.

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Reviving ‘dead’ language India’s Sanskrit speakers bringing it to millions

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n a tiny flat in a rundown alley in ew elhi, a esh umar isra is wor ing against the odds to bring ndia s ancient ans rit language to the country s millions he , year old classi cal language was traditionally used by rahmin intellectuals and indu priests arely spo en as a mother tongue in ndia, ans rit is often dismissed as a dead language ut isra is undeterred, spending up to hours a day hunched over his computer, translating and writing ar ticles for a wee ly page newspaper in the script “ y aim is to ta e an s rit to the masses, to ma e it accessible to everyone,” r isra, who has a masters in ans rit studies and sees the language as indelibly lin ed to ndia s heritage, said in a recent interview opes of a ans rit re vival, long pushed by indu hardliners, have been rising since ndia s indu national ist rime inister arendra

Participants attend a Sanskrit class at the Sanskrit Samvadshala Residential Centre for Teaching Sanskrit on the outskirts of New Delhi. Photo: AFP odi stormed to power at last year s general election everal ministers, although not r odi himself, too an oath of o ce in the revered language and a national “ an s rit wee ” was later declared to promote its teaching in schools across the country he first ans rit movie made in more than two de cades (and only the third ever

was shown at a leading film festival in ovember in the tourism state of oa inod an ara, director of “ riyamanasam”, about a th century poet from the southern state of erala, said he hoped to secure govern ment help to show the film overseas to “mesmerise for eigners” with the language “ t s been my desire from

Villages in ashes after deadly Indonesia volcano eruption INDONESIA A U ers searched for survivors in scorched villages and devas tated farmlands earlier this wee after a volcano erupted in clouds of searing ash and gas, illing seven people and leaving others fighting life threatening burns itnesses described sheer panic as waves of gas and fine roc were unleashed from ount inabung on umatra island last aturday ( ay , consuming farmers trying to flee the slopes of the highly active volcano he fast moving flows reaching temperatures of up to (, inciner ated homes and left livestoc blac ened and peeling Agustatius itepu, the head of the local military in aro district where the volcano is situated, arrived to scenes of chaos as rescue crews raced to reach those left alive “ he villagers who did actually manage to survive were running around in panic, trying to save themselves,” he said on onday ( ay “ here were only a few do en hey were terrified @thephuketnews

Indonesian soldiers and villagers conduct search and rescue operations at Gamber village following a volcanic eruption in Karo. Photo: AFP hey were covered in ash ” he eruptions were so vio lent that townships as far away as ilometres were covered in thic layers of ash, he added hose worst affected were all farming within the “red one” an area four ilometres from inabung declared off limits by authorities when the volcano erupted ix bodies were recovered last unday ( ay , with three others rushed to hospital suffering horrific burns ne of the victims suc cumbed to their wounds by nightfall, ta ing the o cial toll to seven, local disaster mitigation agency chief ata ail said “ wo more remain in the intensive care unit, suffering burns to per cent of their

body,” he said ootage showed their clothes blac ened and hang ing off charred limbs as res cue teams brought them by stretcher to hospital r ail said rescue teams were still finding survivors on unday during sweeps of homes and farms in amber village esidents were ordered to evacuate amber in late due to the unacceptable ris from lava flows, dense ash and falling volcanic roc ut some grew tired of living in temporary shelters and began returning to their farms for economic reasons, despite repeated government warnings AFP

long bac to propagate the beauty of the ans rit lan guage,” he said ut the focus on ans rit has spar ed a debate about its role in ndia, which has o cial languages, many spo en by si eable minorities ritics fear indu hardlin ers are promoting ans rit as a way of imposing indu superiority on religious and

linguistic minorities an ara has re ected criti cism that his film promotes indu ideology, calling it “pure art” t comes at a time of raging controversy over whether the odi government is failing to uphold ndia s tradition of secularism and diversity, amid rising fears of growing intolerance towards uslims and others ducation inister mriti rani, responsible for promot ing the language, denies the right wing government has any hidden agenda and de scribes ans rit as the “voice of ndia s soul and wisdom” ut she faces an uphill battle popularising it in schools, where it is offered as an optional language, and where some believe it s lin ed with ndia s past not its future “ here are a lot of lan guages on offer and it s dif ficult to deliver it everywhere,” said ripathi, head of lan guages at the ational ouncil of ducational esearch and raining, a government body that advises on the country s school curriculums r r ipat h i said t he

council was forming a new education policy, at the odi government s re uest, that includes updating and im proving the way ans rit is taught in schools nly , people spea ans rit as their main lan guage, according to the latest census figures, less than one per cent of ndia s billion population till used in indu prayers and chants in temples, an s rit is the root of many but not all ndian languages and descends from the ndo Aryans t was used thousands of years ago by ndia s intellectu als whose manuscripts covered everything from philosophy to astronomy and medicine, not unli e atin or ree in the est “ ou can t thin about ndia without thin ing of ans rit he intellectual heri tage of ndia for the last , years is rooted in ans rit,” said amesh hardwa , head of elhi University s ans rit department, the world s larg est with , undergraduate students AFP

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Bringing a taste of normalcy

Tripoli’s new cafés offer a break from years of political chaos LIBYA

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eaving between t able s b e a r i ng f re sh ly-ba ked rosemary bread at a seaside restaurant in Libya’s capital, Abdelmuttaleb Twigiri shuttles between the wood fired oven and his customers in a blur of hospitality.

It’s the opening night of his brainchild ‘ Toucan’, a Mediterranean ‘ fusion’ eatery that Twigiri hopes will give residents of once-bustling Tripoli a rare taste of normality amid political chaos.

“If I think of a government that could provide everything I need, I’d risk waiting a very long time,” the 46-year-old said. “It’s only thanks to the people that life goes on.”

The North African nation has been mired in unrest since the 2011 NATO-backed ouster of long-time dictator Moamer adhafi, with militants fighting for power and a piece of Libya’s vast oil reserves.

A militia alliance swept into the capital in August

Customers dine at Toucan, a new Mediterranean ‘fusion’ eatery in once-bustling Tripoli that the owner opened to give residents a taste of normality. Photo: Mahmud Turkia/AFP 2014, setting up its own parliament and forcing the internationally recognised administration to flee to the remote east.

Although a new, U Nbacked unity government has gradually asserted its authority in the capital, Tripoli residents have grown used to fending for themselves.

It is in keeping with Tripolitans’ do-it-yourself spirit that Twigiri created Toucan.

“There are enough people in distress,” he says. “But now we want to live.”

H is establishment is one of several café s and restaurants to spring up in the past three months along a 15 -kilometre stretch of road linking several

neighbourhoods in western Tripoli.

They are braving an economic crisis marked by a dramatic cut in oil revenues, spiralling living costs, late wages and a recent liquidity shortage.

Entrepreneurs hope the unity government can calm some of the chaos befalling

Libya, particularly security in a country that is increasingly a haven for extremists including the Islamic State group.

“Once people feel safe, they invest,” explains Abdelqader al-K anuni, president of a local charitable fund.

Tripoli remains dogged by sporadic violence, but even a near-total breakdown of daily routine has failed to sap one passion all of its residents agree on a love of coffee Libyans drink the stuff “morning, noon and night,” according to Mohamad Aguili, who two months ago opened his H arley Davidson Cafe on Tripoli’s western fringe. offee is often imported from former colonial power Italy along with clean, modern machines with which to make it.

In straitened times such as these, import costs could impair ibyans coffee inta e, but Aguili says there are still cafes to suit every pocket.

Nevertheless, he is fully aware of the economic and security risks involved in the being in the business.

“Y ou need to have courage,” he says in his coffee shop, which each afternoon is flan ed by several chrome motorcycles that give the spot its name.

“Y ou have to throw yourself out there. Then it’s make or break.”

In the family section of Café Veranda, a renowned patisserie, which, despite the odds, has maintained its reputation after its Italian chef fled in , immaculately manicured cousins H ind, Mira and Lamaan struggle to make themselves heard above the hubbub.

“Pastimes are limited” in Tripoli, says Mira, a 23-yearold pharmacy student.

“There are café s, hours spent on Facebook, or both at the same time.”

H ind, 25 , says the capital’s cafes and restaurants are a good way of giving them “the feeling” of a social life. “If they are open then everything is fine ven during bombings or economic crises, people will always drin coffee ” AFP

Cuba’s businesswomen take notes from Mexico City MEXICO GR ETEL DE LA R OSA, a budding Cuban businesswoman, had been in Mexico City for just a few hours, but she had already stuffed three

bags with fabric for her shop back home.

While Cuba’s communist regime has implemented modest economic reforms, allowing some private ventures, running a business on the island remains a challenge for trailblaz ers like

de la R osa.

H er trip to Mexico’s capital – a beehive of capitalism with five other uban businesswomen was a chance not only to get goods they can’t find at home, but also to learn from others with private sector experience.

As they sat at a bar in a hotel near the city’s busy R eforma boulevard, the women said they have already learned much from their trips to places such as Chile, Bolivia and Cuba’s former Cold War nemesis, the United States.

“Since this sector is so new, we need a lot of information on issues that are very common for the rest of the world, such as business vision, marketing,” said 33-year-old Y amina Vicente, who organises parties

and events through her business, named “Decoraz on”.

“I have learned a lot. My business is different now than before I travelled,” she said.

The six women went to Mexico City to participate in the Women’s Forum, an international gathering of not only women, but also men, from politics, business and civil society to discuss social and economic issues.

They came with an arsenal of business cards with phone numbers, email addresses and even Facebook pages or business websites.

While they use the Internet, web access is very expensive and hard to come by in Cuba, where it is tightly controlled by the state.

Only 3.4 per cent of house-

A woman receives her change in a store of Havana, Cuba.

Photo: Jorge Beltran/AFP holds have Internet access, but the government is opening public Wi-Fi hotspots and President R aul Castro has promised access to all Cubans by 2020.

“Our dreams and wishes include being able to export and through the Internet you cannot only buy but also sell,” said Caridad Luisa Limonta, who owns a workshop of seamstresses in H avana.

“If Cuba is opening up to the world, one of its potentials is to be able to export,” she said.

In the meantime, like many ubans who can afford to travel, they take advantage of their trips to shop for the things they can t find in uba De la R osa bought fabric for her children’s decoration store, but it was a “limited” quantity to avoid problems with customs

in H avana.

It’s nothing compared to the stuff that idialys Acosta buys and brings on planes.

“For example, I’ve had car bumpers and fenders in my luggage,” said Acosta, who since 2011 has run a business that repairs the famous classic American cars from the 19 5 0s that are part of Cuba’s street landscape and which are used as taxis for tourists.

Most of the six women used to work for the government but they entered the nascent private sector that Castro allowed after he succeeded his brother, Fidel, in 2008 .

This has helped them earn more money in a country where the average monthly salary is $ 24 (B8 24).

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huket’s first floating market received a warm welcome last week with more than 2,000 visitors pouring in to inspect the new attraction at the grand opening on May 18 .

Phuket Vice Governor K hajornkiet R akpanichmanee presided over the opening ceremony of the Phuket Floating Market, located opposite Loch Palm Golf Club in K athu on May 18 , joined by K athu Mayor Chaianan Suthikul and Anucha Voranetiwong, President of P. R .A. Solution Co. The man behind Phuket Floating Market, Mr Anucha, explained, “We invested in the floating mar et because we wanted the project to become a new attraction in Southern Thailand. Phuket is already a tourist destination, so we wanted to develop the number one market – or even better, the only floating mar et in Phuket.

“We invested more than B200 million to transform the tin mine covering 35 rai into

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restaurants, we also have live entertainment such as performances of traditional hai dance and sword fighting expositions every day at 11am, 2pm and 6pm. All shows are free of charge.”

In addition, artists and musicians also perform each night, he added.

“We had more than 2,000 visitors each day for our first weekend, and we expect the number to rise in the future,” he said.

“Next month, we will add more stalls at the front of the complex where a nightly he new oating market is o en am to m Photo: market will be held 5 pm to midnight each night. The area Courtesy of Artisan Products / Phuket Floating Market will be decorated with statues a shopping arcade floating on desserts and homemade delica- of all sorts of superheroes,” water. The building took 18 cies from many shops at the Mr Wynn said.

Units at the Floating Marmonths to complete and today market, and even take a boat it houses 28 8 businesses, in- tour of the area, or just take a ket are still available, he added.

“The stalls are about 3x4 cluding restaurants, clothing boat from one shopping z one metres and available on oneshops, spas, health massage to another. stalls, souvenir shops and stalls “The chic design is a very year lease,” Mr wynn said.

“Soon, when we open the selling OTOP (One Tambon, modern mix of Thai-Phuket One Product) products from style,” said Mr Anucha. “This night market, people can rent all over Thailand,” Mr Anucha reflects the mix of traditional stall sites there too,” he added. explained. and modern styles present in Ph uk e t Float in g Mark e t O p e n “It will be the centre for local people’s lives today.” uality products at affordable Floating Market General d aily 1 0 am - 1 0 p m . Te l: 0 8 9 prices,” he added.

Manager Mr Wynn Sinchai 8 7 3 6 9 5 2 . E n t ry: f re e , t our Visitors can enjoy local added, “Beside shops and p ac k ag e B 3 0 0 f or f ore ig n e rs .

he inance Ministry is set to restructure how ersonal income ta is levied on ta su ects in the ingdom

inance Ministry set to alter ersonal ta TH E FINANCE MINISTry is poised to adjust the personal income tax system for Thais working abroad and foreigners who work here to create fairness and attract foreign direct investment.

The adjustment will create a clear-cut direction for taxing income of Thai and non-Thai employees, which will help solicit investment in Thailand, deputy permanent secretary for finance Prapas K ong-ied said this week, without elaborating on details.

According to the R evenue Code, employees working for companies incorporated in Thailand are subject to personal income tax regardless of where they work. Those

staying in Thailand for an aggregated period of more than 18 0 days in a tax year are defined as residents, making them liable to tax on income from sources in Thailand and on a portion of income from foreign sources brought into Thailand.

Personal income tax is based on where employers have been set up rather than the source of income, Mr Prapas said.

Thailand’s taxation of personal income is not fair and needs to be adjusted, he said, adding that permanent secretary for finance omchai Sujjapongse wants to include the issue in the amendment of the R evenue Code.

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Thai ministry to crack down on illegal agents TH E MINISTR Y OF TOUR ism and Sports says it will clamp down on illegal tourism businesses to ensure registered travel agencies can compete more effectively on a level playing field Travel agencies save considerable costs by avoiding registration, but they also face heavy fines and even imprisonment if the Ministry of Tourism enforced the law.

H owever, the ministry does not provide regular updates on its compliance programme or investigations

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to the media or the travelling public, so there is no way of assessing the Ministry’s success.

Travel consumers are left in the dark with very few announcements from the ministry on how to avoid buying travel content from fraudsters and illegal travel companies.

In a rare statement on the subject, the Ministry of Tourism and Sports Permanent Secretary Pongpanu Svetarundra said, late last week, that the Department of Tourism and Tourist Police Division

monitored tourism operators on a consistent basis (around three investigation sessions per week) for six months (November 2015 to April 2016) to assess compliance with the Act of Tourism and Guide R egistration 2008 .

Details were still sketchy, but the investigation exposed 8 8 illegal tour guides which 42 were Thais and 46 foreigners and 39 illegal tour operators.

Authorities say they suspended the licences 23 of tour operators for conducting business illegally while six licences

were revoked, Mr Pongpanu said, adding that the ministry does not recognise the need to keep the travelling public informed about companies that were suspended.

In addition, authorities investigated 7 9 travel agencies, suspected of using Thai nominees to make their business legal. The law states Thai citiz ens must own at least 5 1 per cent of a travel company. The investigation was carried out in Bangkok, Pattaya, Phuket, Samui, H ua H in and Chiang Mai.

Many tourists who uy tour ackages are unaware o whether or not their tour rovider is o erating legally Of the total investigated, six firms were identified as having nominees according to Department of Business Development’s Corporate

Governance Division. No details were given on their identifies for reasons the ministry has yet to explain.

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Affluent Chinese brand loyal embracing loyalty programmes new to the mar et, but in ong ong and ingapore, brands must do more to reinvigorate their approach,” said r ogers “ he a uent middle class here values spending time with, and providing for, their families, as well as saving for the future hese ran far higher than driving a good car or going on a luxury holiday rands should see to tap into what motivates their customers, instead of reaching for only discounts or material goods as rewards “Brands that are not innovating to address evolving customer expectation will simply be left behind,” he noted

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rands are resonating with a uent hinese consumers far more than their counterparts in ong ong and ingapore, according to a new study from ollinson roup oo ing at the motivations and behaviours of the aff luent middle classes from these three regions and the impact of loyalty programmes, the research shows that: • per cent of hinese consumers regard themselves as engaged members of loyalty programmes, a figure that drops to in ong ong and percent in ingapore of hinese consum• ers feel loyalty programmes have increased in value over the past year, opposed to in ong ong and in ingapore of hinese con• sumers agree that loyalty programmes encourage higher spending, compared to in ong ong and in ingapore ollinson roup polled , of the top of earners across the globe including , from Asia ( of the total, split e ually across ong ong, ingapore and hina he research focused

A mainland Chinese tourist carries multiple shopping bags after a shopping spree in Hong Kong. Photo: AFP on the following industries supermar et and grocery stores, airlines, credit card providers, retailers, hotels, telecom and media companies, coffee shops and ban ing hile positive sentiment is high in hina, the more mature mar ets of ong ong and ingapore tac closer to the global trend showing loyalty programmes are in need of innovation,

said the ollison report “Across all countries surveyed, there was a drop in membership of loyalty programmes among the a uent middle class since ,” the report noted “ hina, ong ong and ingapore are vital mar ets for brands, and we re seeing a much higher demand for personalised, relevant, and digital customer engagement

initiatives than before iven the importance of affluent middle class consumers on the fortunes of companies, brands must lift their game and focus on how they recognise, engage and reward customers,” said hris ogers, irector, ollinson roup “ hile brands in hina are currently doing well, those in ong ong and ingapore indicate what happens if companies become complacent and fail to differentiate their loyalty proposition ” U nl o c k i ng C us t o m er S ent i m ent rands need to be aware of what consumers value if they are to win and retain customers in Asia of hinese consumers value a seamless customer experience, and want to be able to identify with a brand eing easy to do business with is also important to of a uent hinese consumers, but conversely on a priority to of ong ong respondents nstead, of the affluent middle class in ong K ong wants access to a range of rewards and benefits to choose from, and want

to be treated as individuals hose in ingapore value great customer service ( , access to a variety of rewards and benefits ( percent and for it to be easy to do business with brands ( T h e I m p o r t anc e o f L o yal t y oyalty is a powerful driver in Asia, and especially so in hina, said the report hen uestioned about brands, respondents said they felt loyal to of hinese respon• dents would ma e a future purchase from them his drops to in ingapore, and only in ong ong of hinese respon• dents would recommend them to friends and family members Again this was much lower in ingapore ( and ong ong ( of hinese respon• dents would shop from them even if they were more expensive his sentiment fell to in ong ong and in ingapore “ here is a clear appetite for loyalty and customer engagement initiatives across Asia hinese consumers are

T h e F i nanc i al S er v i c es O p p o r t uni t y ustomer expectation is highest in financial services, noted the report, with almost two thirds ( of global a uent middle class customers expecting their ban to reward them for their loyalty ( hina ingapore ong ong etail ban s and credit card providers can meet this demand by developing innovative loyalty programmes that draw on the wealth of multi channel customer data available to them f all the industries surveyed, the financial services sector is best placed to succeed, as globally of all respondents agree that their ban nows and understands their needs owever, in Asia, financial services brands need to do much more to deliver a personalised experience hile of the hinese a uent agree ban s now and understand their needs, this is only in ong ong and in ingapore lobally, ban ing loyalty programmes specifically were found to encourage of members to spend more hina ( , ong ong ( , and ingapore ( were all above the global average

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Snake fruit looks as strange as it’s named The sweet and sour Southeast Asian fruit explained Supatra Sutham translate@classactmed ia.co.th

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nake fruit, or as it’s known in Thai “salak”, like durian, and many other tropical fruits, is a naturally-occurring specialty of Southeast Asia. Salak is also known as snake fruit because of its reddish-brown scaly rough skin, which bears much resemblance to reptilian skin.

It’s extremely well-known in the Philippines, Thailand, Singapore, Indonesia and Malaysia. The fruit is around

Snake fruit grows in clusters.

the shape and size of a fig, along with a distinctive tip.

Salak (Salacca zalacca) is a species of palm tree (family Arecaceae) native to Java and Sumatra, and today is populated all over in Southern Thailand. The salak palm tree is a very short-stemmed palm with leaves up to six metres long; each leaf has a two-metre long stalk with spines up to 15 centimetres long, and numerous leaf lets.

The fruit sprouts off at the base of the palm in little clusters.

Most varieties of snake fruit have dark brown skin when mature and have a bulbous appearance that tapers to a point at one end. It can be easily peeled off by breaking the tip, and beneath the skin lies off-white to cream-coloured juicy lobes. Visually, it is somewhat identical to large peeled cloves of garlic with dark brown, hard, inedible seeds. Some varieties are drier and have a f laky consistency while some snake fruit are moist and juicy.

Although the outside of the fruit is scaly like a snake and prickly like a cactus, but the inside is sweeter than honey, sour like a pineapple and incredibly juicy when it ripe. The taste is usually sweet with a slightly acidic

The lobes of the fruit look like garlic. and interestingly with an apple-like texture – crunchy, juicy and dry.

Salak can be either sweet or sour, depending on the various species.

Some species of salak would taste better than others so try them all if you have a chance.

Thais enjoy salak dipped in a mixture of sugar and salt, but you get more out of it without the extra

seasoning. Snake fruit contains numerous nutrients such as vitamin C, proteins, carbohydrates, dietary fibre, calcium, phosphorus, iron, beta-carotene, and thiamine that are healthy supplements. You probably don’t find it at typical fruit trucks but a fruit stand along the road, supermarkets or local fresh markets are stock it in plenty when it is in season.

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cientists claim they have solved a long-standing mystery about what makes some birds red – a colour that, when found in beaks and feathers, shows strong sex appeal.

The genes affecting colouration belong to a wider family of genes involved in detoxification, said the study in the journal Current Biology on May 19.

That means redness may be a sign of a robust, quality mate who can easily cleanse harmful substances from his body.

“In many bird species, the redder the male, the more successful it is at finding mates,” said co-senior

Some birds are able to convert yellow molecules to red ones. Photo: AFP author Joseph Corbo, an associate professor of pathology and immunology at Washington University in St Louis, USA. Birds like canaries and zebra finches eat seeds, fruit and insects that provide yellow pigments, known as carotenoids.

Some birds are able to convert the yellow molecules to red ones – known as ketocarotenoids – using enzymes that are active in the eyes of red and yellow birds, as well as in their feathers and skin.

“It was quite a surprise that the same genes are involved both in seeing red colours and making red colouration,” said co-author Nick Mundy from Cambridge’s Department of Zoology.

“Our findings fill this gap and open up many future avenues for research on the evolution and ecology of red coloration in birds.”

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t Petersburg State University has triumphed in the ACM International Collegiate Programming Contest (ACM-ICPC), beating 127 teams to win the “programming world championship” for Russia for a fifth straight year.

In the competition’s final stage, which took place in Phuket on May 19, three students from St Petersburg beat their peers from China’s Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Harvard and fellow Russian students from the Moscow Institute of Physics & Technology (MIPT). The St Petersburg teammates led by Stanislav Ershov, Igor Pyshkin and Alexey Gordeev managed to solve 11 problems out of 12 during the five-hour grand final.

This year’s finals were hosted by the Prince of Songkla University (PSU) in Phuket, Thailand, which saw more

Chulalongkorn completed a problem first.

than 1,400 aspiring programmers from 40 countries participate at the rigorous trials to become world champions at the Saphan Hin Sports Complex.

ACM-ICPC is an annual multi-tiered competitive programming competition among the universities of the world, sponsored by IBM. IBM’s ACM-ICPC Sponsorship Executive and Director Gerald Lane praised the winners and participants of the challenge, saying, “IBM values this opportunity to assemble the brightest students from the world’s leading universities and share with them the technology trends that will shape the future such as tools that allow them to build new innovations fueled by cloud, cognitive, unstructured data and more.”

He added, “These students will be the engine running future industry and IBM is proud of them and will support them so that they can provide new ideas and innovation of technology to all for the future.

ICPC Executive Director Dr Bill Pocher added, “The ability to work as team and opportunity to compete in the contest… ACM-ICPC will be with students for life. I was very excited to witness the talented young students at this event who were capable of solving challenging questions. The experience they had will help them in the future whether they decide to further their education or start working.”

Team Shanghai Jiao Tong University,

The team from St Petersburg State University was awarded the World Champions trophy.

Harvard University, MIPT won medals for second, third and fourth places, respectively.

“The final contestants from 128 teams participated in the ICPC competition (country and regional levels) since the beginning of the year to be in Phuket for the final. They have been selected out of 300,000 computer students worldwide and more than 40,266 students made it to the regional level.

They all had one common goal: to be in Phuket for the world finals.”

“At the event, students were exposed to the latest technology from IBM from experts who demonstrated and trained

them in Hybrid Cloud IBM platform, IBM bluemix, IBM Watson Cognitive computing,” Dr Pocher concluded.

PSU Phuket Director Prof Chusak Limsakul added, “We are proud of the Thai teams from PSU and Chulalongkorn that entered the competition. Congratulations to the Chulalongkorn team, who won the UPE First Solution Award/ Problem C. What they got out of this event is better than a trophy or awards, they have more experience and gained new knowledge, which is the key to their future to help them improve their skills in computer technology and to strengthen ICT for Thailand.”

VSCO Cam: an easy way to replicate film photography APPLICATION ABCS Amy Bensema bensema.amy @g mail.com

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SCO Cam is a camera and editing app that allows photography enthusiasts to take photos, edit and share in one complete package.

Although quite sleek and well designed, the app does take some getting used to as it offers a wide variety of features and a sophisticated interface.

VSCO, which stands for Visual Supply Co., built filters and presets for Adobe Lightroom and Apple Aperture before it developed its app.

The filters emulate film stocks and are sold in packs. VSCO is without a doubt the only company coming close to replicating the look of film in a photo app without making it look gimmicky.

The VSCO Cam camera mode has a toolbar at the top of the screen that lets you toggle the flash, change the display into lines of thirds, a grid, a horizon level or absolutely nothing.

Camera mode also allows to lock the white balance, as well as choose a mode that takes photos by tapping the screen instead of the shutter release.

For a camera app, VSCO Cam hosts a rather robust assortment of editing tools. There are 15 editing tools in all, which can adjust the photo’s exposure level, colour temperature, contrast, sat@thephuketnews

VSCO’s Instagram page hosts a variety of photos edited using the application. uration, cropping, sharpening as well as adding grain and changing the tints of shadows and highlights.

VSCO Cam also offers a range of camera filters referred to as ‘Presets’ that offer a more authentic experience of photo editing. The creators want mobile phone photographers to focus on the composition, the lighting and the subject matter of the photos they are taking as what is interesting, instead of if there are 10 different layers and streaks of light leaking in. With this in mind, VSCO Cam takes film stocks that professional photographers still widely used, for example Kodak Porta, and replicates its tones and colour rendition perfectly. The image is matched accurately with its filter, without losing its dynamic range to over-editing. It is the goal of VSCO Cam to make images look real.

Like many other photo apps, VSCO maintains its own camera roll. It is possible to automatically add photos taken with VSCO Cam to your camera roll or keep them separate, and later add in one by one to the VSCO Cam for more intensive editing.

The app can share images across social media platforms including Twitter, Instagram and Facebook. However,

VSCO Cam desperately wants users to submit their images to the app’s central sharing feature, which is an online photo gallery called The Grid. The Grid showcases some gorgeous photography, but it is also curated, which means there is no room to Like, promote or comment on any image.

If you are looking for an alternative to Instagram and would like to produce

more film-inspired images for your personal portfolio, VSCO Cam is definitely for you. More information for VSCO Cam can be found at vsco.co.

Amy Bensema is a long-term Phuket expat with a keen interest in social media and tech. You can email her at bensema. amy@gmail.com or check out her photos out on Instagram @phuketstagram.

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Why one superstar chose Phang Nga, Phuket for her family Steven Layne ed itor@classactmed ia.co.th

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Metinee with her husband, Edward, and their son Skye.

orn in Maryland, USA, in 1972, Thai celebrity Metinee Kingpayome was given the middle name of “Washington” by her father due to the proximity of her birthplace to the US capital.

“After I got married in 2007, I changed my middle name to be my maiden name, so my full name is now Metinee Kingpayome Sharples,” she explains at the start of our recent interview at Thanyapura.

The famous beauty queen, actress, model, video jockey and presenter is known by her fans as Lukkade (“raisin” in Thai), or as Kathy to her close friends and family.

Raised in Queens, New York City, she admits that she “wasn't always the best daughter in the world” during the first 20

years of life in the rough NYC borough, often glorified in hip hop for its street and gang culture.

“Both of my parents are Thai. They emigrated to the US in the early 70s.

An air steward, my dad went first, and my mom followed when she was eight months pregnant with me... Both worked odds and ends to make ends meet to raise me and my three younger brothers Kris, Mike and Mark. I've always been close with my siblings, especially after our parents got divorced.”

It was Metinee who first decided to jump on a plane and return to her roots in Thailand.

“I had just finished a semester in college, and decided to take a break and come to Thailand for a semester, to try some modeling... I arrived on my 20th birthday,” she recalls.

Her ‘break’ soon became indefinite and the rest as they say, is history. That first year back, Metinee went on to compete in and win the prestigious Miss Thailand World pageant, before going on to be crowned “Continental Queen of Asia & Oceania” at the international finals.

Over the years, she's starred in dozens of TV dramas and motion picture films, and featured on countless more magazine covers.

The proud mother of Skye Kingpayome Sharples, who just turned seven this month, Metinee values family.

“I met Skye's dad, my husband, Edward Sharples, when I was a VJ for Channel V in 1996. We didn't really get along back then. I was young and he was my boss,” she laughs.

Their son, Skye, is the main reason they chose to make a home in Phuket, or Phang Nga, to be precise.

“When I was pregnant, we came down to visit a friend who had a villa on Natai Beach in Khok Kloi. We fell in love with the area and decided to look for some land.”

They eventually found their tiny piece of paradise and began building their holiday home, naming it “White Skies” after a white house Edward owned in London, which he sold in order to fund construction of the new house.

“We didn't intend to live there initially, just rent it out, or use it for vacations and eventually retirement,” Metinee explains Crowded Bangkok proved to be less

than ideal for a healthy and active family lifestyle.

“For kindergarten Skye went to a good school with a Singaporean curriculum, but we found ourselves spending a lot of time commuting, even on the weekend.”

Then during one weekend outing at Lumpini Park, “Skye turned to me after only 10 minutes on the bike and said 'That's it, mommy I'm done. I'm too lazy to ride anymore.”

Soon thereafter, White Skies was finished, and during a family holiday, Metinee and Edward observed how much more happier and active Skye was down in the South, away from the city.

“So we said, let's do it, let's move. We started surveying schools and came to Phuket International Academy (PIA) in a tiny soi between rubber trees and mountains, with all the facilities. Ed fell in love from beginning...”

Since making the move in August of last year, Metinee reports that her son is the happiest he's ever been.

“In only 10 months, the transformation is clear, from that little skinny kid throwing his bike down in the park, to a kid with muscles on the swim team and wanting to do triathlon training twice a week.

“He's so lucky to have all this and we're glad we made the move. In addition, we are absolutely thrilled to learn that PIA is soon to become the UWC [United World College] of Thailand this August.”

The commuting is not over for Metinee, who maintains a rigorous weekly schedule that sees her three days in Phuket and Phang Nga with the family, the rest of the week working in Bangkok.

“I just finished filming the soap 'Songkram Nang Ngam' or 'Beauty and the Bitches', Season 2, which airs on May 23, and I'm working on several other projects ...”

Despite such a demanding schedule, she refuses to hire a nanny, and chooses to play an active role in raising Skye.

“It can be tiring at times, but when I get to wake up and have breakfast with Ed and Skye in the morning, and make the short drive across the bridge to send him off to school, unwind in the pool or at a group yoga session, before joining the family back home, it's all worth it.”

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KIS to go all out in The Jungle Book theatrical show Steven Layne ed itor@classactmed ia.co.th

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he Performing Arts Department of Kajonkiet International School (KIS) are sure to impress parents and friends with their best “End of Year Show” to date, which will feature a passionate and talented casting of students who will perform a lively rendition of The Jungle Book on June 25 at the Simon Star Theatre in Samkong.

To find out more about this year’s finale production, The Phuket News sat down with KIS’ Head of Performing Arts Department and Music Teacher, Mr Davison.

“We were pleased to get the full licence from Music Theatre International in New York for the original production, based on the book by Rudyard Kipling.

It will be very similar to the original Disney cartoon, but it’s been adapted for kids,” Mr Davison said.

Asked if the choice to put on The Jungle Book had anything to do with the release of the remake earlier this year, Mr Davison said, “To be honest, it was a bit of luck, none of us knew it [the remake] was coming out when we made the decision. We were deciding between The Lion King and The Jungle Book, and MTI were able to offer us the full licence for The Jungle Book in Thailand.”

“It’s a well known tale, with lots of good songs. A lot of the kids were excited about the new movie coming out as they had already started to rehearse, so we played on that and said ‘of course we knew about it’,” he laughed.

Mr Davison confirmed that the performance will include adaptations of all of the classic, favourite tunes, including Trust in Me, Colonel Hathi’s March, The Bare Necessities and I Wan’na Be like You. “There will be some strong and

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It’s certainly a show where the audience can all sing-along.

Mr Davison and his students rehearsing for the big show. talented soloists showcased, while we also wanted to ensure participation from all the students,” he said, noting that everyone, from pre-nursery (2 years old), all the way up to year 10 (14 and 15 years old) will have a role, with as many as 190 students being on stage at a time.

Namely, the Year 6 students will play the troop of monkeys; Year 4 and 5 students the elephants; Year 2 and 3 the plants; and the youngest students will play rocks and bees.

“The students have worked real hard rehearsing the dances and songs, and they’ve also been designing their own masks and costumes in their respective art classes.

“Art teachers Miss Ledwick fantasand Miss Snyder have done fantas tic work. Wait till you see Kaa the snake, which will be played by three people, or King Louie the orangutan and Shere enKhan tiger masks,” he en thused.

Mr Davison also took the opportunity to thank KIS’ new drama teacher, Mr Orme, who has been acting as Dramatic Director, organising the cast and choreography.

Mr Davison has previously worked with Mr Orme on a number of musicals and drama

community projects in Newcastle, in the UK, and is confident that their proven history will make all the difference.

Anticipated guests should not hesitate to secure their tickets, which are selling like hot cakes.

“We are doing a lot of promotion and expect to sell out this year. There’s seating for about 500, and we have limited tickets still available,” said Mr Davison, who advised ticket holders to arrive by

9am on the day, when there will be refreshments and breakfast available.

“Some students, parents and teachers will entertain guests with live music in the foyer area, and we’ll start to seat the audience by about 9:30-9:45am.

The show will be about 45 minutes and there will be more music and refreshments after,” he added.

Mr Davison also noted that on June 5, some of the lead performers will be performing some of the songs at the Lard Yai Walking Street Market, and the cast plan to perform at other places in Phuket as the show date approaches.

Tickets, which are B400 and includes breakfast, can be booked at the KIS office. All profits will be used to continue to support the rebuilding of Ban Koh Lone School, which was devastated by the 2004 tsunami. For the past three years, the KIS community has taken an active role to support the school, financially and through supplies donations and manual volunteering hours from staff, students and parents.

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Feeling lucky?

Great view, fantastic food at Rawai rooftop restaurant

Chef Cherdsak Leasum (second from left) and the entire team at Lucky 13.

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Daniel and Mark.

Chef Cherdsak.

Dragon fruit with peach ice cream.

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he duo behind Lucky 13 Sandwiches have stepped up their game and opened a highend restaurant in Rawai. Opening every evening from 5pm for cocktails on the roof of the BTR Suites Hotel, Lucky 13 Bar & Grill is worth visiting for the incredible view of Friendship Beach alone. The kitchen opens at 6pm and has a varied selection of starters, grills and skewers.

In the wake of their successful sandwich franchise, Danish nationals Daniel Baven and Mark PerthuHansen are applying the successful model of their sandwich shops to the upscale dining market: you can tailor your meal to your preferences down to the last detail, from protein to sides to sauces, all within relatively affordable price-points.

Their selection of starters is classified into two categories: B180 (includes lobster bruschetta and gratinated scallops); and B250 (carpaccio of beef, lobster and prawn bisque), making it easier for diners to make their choices without having to spend too much time considering the trade-off between gluttony and poverty.

The menu, with a few exceptions in the starters, is a selection of high-quality ingredients prepared simply and expertly, allowing customers maximum value and satisfaction from the options available.

A playful touch comes from the complimentary amuse-bouche set out before the rest of your meal: when we went we were served a small dish of tuna pepper with pineapple salsa, the heat from the peppercorns made for a nice bite to start off with.

The ‘sizzling gambos’, jumbo prawns on a sizzling platter, came with garlic butter, and together with toasted bread made the best of the fresh seafood.

The selection of meats available are a definite highlight, from simple chicken breast to the more expected Australian beef (tenderloin and sirloin) and

Chocolate & mango.

Pepper tuna, pineapple salsa.

Hummus yoghurt sauce on salmon.

Gratinated scallops.

Crocodile skewer.

Striploin with local vegetables.

New Zealand lamb chop. Crocodile makes a unique addition, one that many diners select for the novelty of tasting the chewy, slightly fatty meat.

The seafood selection makes an excellent choice for the less adventurous – the salmon we were served was cooked expertly: moist, flaky and flavourful, not a common accomplishment, and enjoyable even to those who prefer their salmon raw.

The sauces available, however, set Lucky 13 apart. Made from scratch every day, the red wine sauce was superb, but the hummus yoghurt dressing – brought over from the lineup at the sandwicheries – is the sort of concoction you could be satisfied with on its own, and it definitely makes for a great addition to the seafood, or even the vegetable sides.

Meat lovers can rest assured – Chef

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Cherdsak Leasum at Lucky 13 also knows how to cook red meat to perfect temperatures. The cut of striploin we were served came a perfect mediumrare, and was served with asparagus, tomato and a piece of corn on the cob (“local vegetables” on the menu).

For dessert, the crème brûlée was well-executed, but the peach ice cream (served inside a whole dragon fruit) made for a surprise burst of tartness that made for a nice ending to the meal.

With plans to change the menu every six months, Lucky 13 is a good addition to anyone’s dining rotation, with a solid selection of dishes that are bound to satisfy anyone.

Lucky 13 Bar & Grill is located at 84/39 Soi Saiyuan 8, Rawai, on the 7th floor of BTR Suites Hotel. Tel: 091 826 2710. facebook.com/lucky13barandgrill thephuketnews

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Lazy Sunday at Bodega

Making our way through a 12-course brunch

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f you are looking for the ultimate brunch, then you need look no further than Bodega & Grill, which currently serves a 12-course degustation menu as its Sunday Brunch offering. Chef Jonathan Bruell gives a magical touch to each dish with culinary love and passion. You will enjoy every hot-plated dish with live smooth jazz and wide selection of salads and fresh seafood.

It was raining and remained cloudy all day when we arrived at Bodega & Grill, located in the heart of Angsana Laguna Phuket in Cherng Talay. It is an ideal location for family and friends to get together, situated on a picturesque patio by the lagoon, and our journey from car park to Bodega & Grill was filled with beautiful scenery.

Bodega & Grill features a classic, cozy and warm atmosphere with both indoor and outdoor dining areas set right beside a large swimming pool. We wasted no time and began by exploring the options available at at the salad

and seafood bar, where we filled our plates with freshly baked breads, exotic cheeses, crafty sushi and the finest and best quality selection of seafood.

As soon as we got our tastebuds working, our first course arrived in a beautiful arrangement that made you want to stare at it for hours, Seared Hokkaido Sea Scallops in Champagne Sauce. The first bite of the juicy and soft scallops left you wanting more.

The second dish, Grilled King Prawn and Shellfish Bisque, and third dish, Phuket Lobster Thermidor, were each as authentic and interesting as the other, impressive is an understatement. The homemade sauces accompanying each dish is, to say the least, unique.

The fourth and fifth courses certainly warmed our stomachs, first up was Roasted Red Pepper and Tomato Soup, this was then followed by Seared Foie Gras Herb Blinis with Onion Jam. We certainly couldn’t wait to see what followed.

Saffron & Chorizo Risotto that’s what followed, and this dish takes you on a journey to an authentic Italian

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kitchen where you know that time and patience has gone into preparing the dish, and taste just like it would in any Italian’s home.

Then it was time for our entrees, served in lovely portions and with homemade sauces with exquisite tastes.

First there was Grilled Seabass Artichoke Heart and Lemon Butter, the white seabass steak was cooked to perfection being unforgettably soft, juicy and sweet. Next up was Wild Mushroom and Chicken Pie, once again unforgettable. Roasted Filet Beef Yorkshire Pudding and Horseradish was next on the agenda with the mediumrare premium charred grilled steak being soft and tender, and paired perfectly with its sauce.

The mains were rounded off with a heavenly Lamb Rack with Cauliflower Puree. I think the best and only way of describing this dish is exceptionally delicious.

No 12-course meal would be complete without a cheese course, and the Goat Cheese and Truffle Tart with Candied Walnuts certainly didn’t disappoint. To end, we were served a dessert

Coconut Pannacotta with Chocolate and Summer Berry Soup, White Chocolate Mousse with Mango, and Shortbread. trio of White Chocolate Mousse with Mango, Coconut Pannacotta with Chocolate and Summer Berry Soup with Shortbread, rounding off not only the desserts, but the whole meal perfectly.

We certainly had a lazy Sunday, because afterwards we could barely move. In fact, we didn’t want to do anything more than rest and let our bellies settle. Hats off to Bodega & Grill for offering such a fantastic Sunday Brunch option!

Bodega & Grill, Angsana Laguna Phuket, 10 Moo 4 Srisoonthorn Road, Cherng Talay. For inquiries or reservations please email Bodega-LagunaPhuket@angsana.com or call 076 324 101. B1950++ for brunch only.

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A unique and free drum circle, Drumstrong, was held last Saturday (May 21) at Yoonique Stone Music Cafe in Nai Harn. Drumstrong raises awareness and funds in support of cancer survivor-ship, education, and research through rhythm.

Biagio and Andreea.

From left: Maria, Venus, Marco, Nan, Andreea, Guillaume, Yoon and Biagio.

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huket nternational omen s lu meets every third hursday o the month to raise money for various charities. This month's luncheon was held at Mรถvenpick Resort & Spa Karon Beach Phuket last Thursday (May 19).

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Joan, Carole, Sue, Jureewan

BO D E G A G O U R ME T S U N D A Y BR U N CH A T A N G S A N A L A G U N A P H U K E T From left: Doreen, Marion, Mary and Suzi.

From left: Jo, Marianne J, Angela and Marianne.

Bodega & Grill Gourmet at Angsana Laguna Phuket held a Sunday Brunch Last Sunday (May starting with a fine sea ood u et eaturing oysters laskan king cra and reshly caught seasonal and local delicacies he u et was accom anied y a course degustation menu eaturing enticing gourmet lates such as scallo s lo ster thermidor risotto filet mignon and lam cho s ollowed u with a cheese course and wra ed u with a dessert trio

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All you can eat Sunday Roast Buffet

Live entertainment Friday and Saturday night at Ceramic Kitchen

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Bollywood Phuket’s Weekend Special Indian Lunch Set

Friday BBQ Buffet at SKYE Beach Club

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The 2016 HOOTERS Phuket International Rugby Tens

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Traditional Sunday Roast Angus O’Tool’s Karon Beach

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Mussels night @ Shakers

BISP Art exhibition - The Mad Artists Tea Party

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Sunday Brunch at Novotel Phuket Surin Beach Resort

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All you can eat BBQ night

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Every Wednesday!

All-you-can-eat Pasta and Pizza

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All you can eat BBQ Ribs night

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11th LAGUNA PHUKET INTERNATIONAL MARATHON 2016

A sia’ s larg est d estination marathon, the L agun huket thon i e t king p ce on 4 - 5 Ju ne 2 0 1 6 . M ore than 8 , 0 0 0 runners from around the w orld are exp ected to enj oy 2 d ays of races and fun. T he 1 0 .5 km run, 5 km W alk & R un, and 2 km K id s’ R un w ill take p lace the afternoon of 4 Ju ne w hile the half marathon and marathon w ill start early morning on 5 Ju ne.

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9 JUN

BRIAN TRACY COACHES IN BKK

Phuket International Women’s Club Meet & Greet

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End of the Year Show 2016

Stand up Comedy at Royal Phuket Marina

Surf and Turf Night

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S eek ing friend ly T hais and C hinese w ho sp eak E ng lish and / or M and arin. u p t time nee e . s onus. o k t o ce o f om home. J im, M ai K hao P laz a, hello@iv acasia.com, 0 9 4 6 7 9 1 1 8 2 .

BOATS, YACHTS FOR SALE Dual banana boat for sale

D ual banana boat for w ater activ ities. 4 .2 m long , 1 .6 m w id e. U p to 1 4 rid ers. T his banana boat is brand new , p ack ag ing still intact. S tored in a w arehouse in C halong .

4 0 0 0 0 , V lad imir, sales@j oy d iv e.asia, 0 8 4 1 8 2 8 6 8 5 .

Dive boat for sale

D iv e boat A sian A d v enture, L eng th– 1 8 m, W id th– 4 .6 m, D ep th– 1 .7 m, 1 E ng – 3 1 5 H .P . cap asity 4 0 p asseng ers + 3 crew . L ocated in C halong , sales@ j oy d iv e.asia, 0 8 4 1 8 2 8 6 8 5 .

1 engine speedboat for sale

H ond a 2 5 0 H .P . 1 5 p asseng ers+ 3 crew , L eng th– 8 .1 0 m, W id th– 2 .4 0 , D ep th- 1 .6 . E xcellent cond itions, sound sy stem L ocated in C halong . V lad imir, sales@j oy d iv e.asia, 0 8 4 1 8 2 8 6 8 5 .

Boston Whaler conq uest 255

I mmaculate cond ition, M ercury 1 5 0 hp x 2 v ery low hours, T hai reg istered . T his boat comes w ith full inv entory . L y ing A oP o marina P huk et. mik ehig h1 @g mail. com M ik e, mik ehig h1 @g mail.com, 0 8 8 7 6 8 4 7 0 1 .

Yacht Chartering and Resort

B ig A S w an 5 5 Y acht C hartering and R esort in P huk et T hailand S ailing : B ig A S w an 5 5 , A ccommod ation: B ig A R esort 0 7 6 - 3 8 3 0 8 0 E mail: big asail@samart.co.th.

ACTIVITIES, GROUPS Roof top Patong Mini Golf

T he best sea v iew o es oof top ini o f. oc te on the th oo of B anana W alk P laz a in P atong , 0 9 1 7 6 2 2 6 2 8 , http : / / p atong minig olf.com

ACTIVITIES, GROUPS Free Tiya’ s Hammocks campaign

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

BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES Restaurant for Take over

F ully eq uip p ed restaurant in R aw ai for T ak e ov er in a p op ular tourist sp ot. H ig h d ensity crow d . 1 0 , 0 0 0 F T and air cond ition. J une, R aw ai, senaj une@g mail.com, 0 8 1 9 7 8 5 9 8 9 .

Looking for a Partner Investor

I am look ing for a P artner/ I nv estor to exp and my D iv e business A nyo ne interested p lease email me to d iscuss the p rop osal. rw hi6 9 0 1 6 9 @big p ond .com

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Bangla agogo club for sale

efu ishe cu ith g e t etu ns is fo s e. u fitte out o e oo s. e rent. R eliable land lord . S tev e, stev ep earcerg j @hotmail.co.uk , 0 8 9 5 8 7 0 8 1 9 .

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N on tourist/ bar related business for sale, y early turnov er of 1 5 M B . C all 0 8 7 2 7 6 0 5 2 9 or 0 8 1 9 6 8 6 0 5 1 for more d etails.

Newly renovated hotel for rent

N ew ly renov ated hotel/ g uest house in P atong ’ s heart for rent from ow ner. 1 2 rooms, 2 shop s to busy street, many facilities. M ore d etails check thep huk etnew s.com, search L isting I D 5 5 3 9 8 or call + 6 6 ( 0 ) 8 1 5 3 8 1 3 9 9 .

Restaurant on Main Street

ge t stefu eco te est u nt in he ngt . u fitte n e uippe kitchen 1 0 0 seats, bar. W alk in and start business. N ow only B 7 9 0 , 0 0 0 , 0 8 9 4 0 0 5 9 0 7 .

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in o e s c iente e t ke o e inc . t ining comp ete e uipment st oom o e s e sing contract. Y early v olume 4 mio. hansibak ery @g mail.com, P rice: 3 .5 million, C ontact M r. S tark .

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

CAR FOR SALE Ranger bargain

F ord R ang er 2 0 0 5 . O nly 1 2 5 , 0 0 0 k ms. O ne exp at ow ner/ d riv er, no accid ents. E xcellent cond ition. R eg ular serv ice. F irst class insurance. 1 5 5 , 0 0 0 baht, alang ath@g mail.com, 0 8 7 2 7 3 0 1 4 1 .

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CAR FOR SALE Toyota Corolla Altis 1.8 G VVTI

2 0 1 3 - 3 5 , 0 0 0 k m - A utomatic W hite - C A ir- con, A lloy s E xcellent C ond ition, O for school runs. 5 7 5 0 0 0 , D uang , R oy M arina, g av inmullins@hotmail.com, 0 8 3

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Horse and Dog Vet Hospital

ad io, used huk et 9 7 2 4 .

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

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F ord R ang er 2 .2 D iesel H w heels, tonne cov er, sheep show room cond ition, 2 4 , 0 0 0 exp at d riv er. 6 6 0 , 0 0 0 , d oug com.au, 0 9 7 0 4 5 2 7 8 8 .

i R id er 2 2 I nch sk in seat, cov er, K ms., by careful w atson@hotmail.

Pets Magic Planet

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

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

TOYOTA CORALLA ALTIS TRD

S ep t. 2 0 1 1 . 5 7 0 0 0 k m. 1 farang ow ner no accid ent.

T oy ota serv ice. T op cond ition. T el: 0 8 6 0 4 3 4 3 1 5 ( E ng lish and G erman) . 4 4 0 , 0 0 0 , P er D omp ert, P huk et, p erd omp ert@hotmail.com, 0 8 6 0 4 3 4 3 1 5 .

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Chevy Captiva LT 20 0 8

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Honda J azz 20 0 9 150 0 cc Auto

5 7 , 0 0 0 k ms. O ne ow ner since new . R eg ularly serv iced by H ond a. T ax and I nsurance until the en of une n i e no t ight o e . ed uced by 4 0 , 0 0 0 bht, R E D U C E D to 3 3 0 , 0 0 0 bht o.n.o, A nd y + 6 6 8 4 6 9 0 9 1 4 4 , and y smalster@g mail.com

CARS WANTED Urgent need Toyota hilux vigo

W ant to sell y our T oy ota hilux v ig o C hamp ? v ig o4 u is the best p alace to sell yo ur T oyo ta.

V ig o4 u now in P huk et, P atay a and B ang k ok also. 0 8 4 3 4 4 3 4 4 4 , 0 2 8 1 0 8 1 1 7 .

CAR WASH DELIVERY Tired Of Waiting?

W e clean yo ur car at yo ur p lace - at yo ur time. N o.1 car w ash d eliv ery in P huk et.

C all 0 7 6 - 3 5 5 - 0 4 2 or g o to C leanC ar.me for more d etails.

MOTORBIKES FOR SALE MAX SYM 40 0 I

B ig comfortable 2 0 1 2 scooter one exp at ow ner. O nly 2 , 6 0 0 K ms., has had 1 st serv ice a g reat bik e, reason to sale leav ing T hailand . 1 5 0 , 0 0 0 , D oug W atson, P huk et, d oug w atson@hotmail.com.au, 0 9 7 0 4 5 2 7 8 8 .

Kawasaki Versys 650 ABS 20 12

S how room cond ition, new from K aw asak i P huk et M ay 2 0 1 2 , 2 , 0 0 0 k m, H ep co & B eck er E ng ine B ars & R ear- rack , K aw asak i H and g uard s and P y ramid H ug g er., 2 2 0 , 0 0 0 T H B , P aul, 0 8 4 1 3 0 3 2 3 4 , P long more@hotmail.com

PERSONAL SERVICES De Laguna By Dr.J aQ

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

FURNITURE FOR SALE Swinging Sun Loungers For Sale

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

PETS FOR ADOPTION Two cute Poodles

W e are 2 cute P ood les, both und er 5 k g s & the best of f ien s ish to fin ne o ing home togethe both of us are steriliz ed , v accinated & healthy . P lease contact S herin.p eace@g mail.com for ad op tion enq uires.

MOVING SERVICES Looking for Moving Company?

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

MEMBERSHIPS Blue Canyon Membership

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

PUBLIC NOTICES InJ to d 1 0 1 7 1

Notice

une 2 0 1 6 , B ang k ok H osp ital P huk et w ill hav e estroy p atient record s being inactiv e for ov er y ears. F or assistance & information, call 9 or e- mail us at info@p huk ethosp ital.com

MISCELLANEOUS FOR SALE New loft trailer

F ully w eld ed steel construction. P rop er fend ers sp ring s, hitch, lig hts, toung ue j ack , alu d eck . F its M / C , A T Y , const, land scap e. 1 7 0 0 lb. cap . 6 5 , 0 0 0 T H B , 0 8 1 6 9 3 8 2 1 4 .

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PROPERTY FOR SALE Nai Harn Pool Villa

B rand N ew 3 B ed rooms N ear the beach, activ ities and restaurants 8 .5 mlb only C all 0 9 5 0 3 6 5 5 3 6 for v iew ing or more info, C ontact J onathan.

Nai Harn Pool Villa For Sale

N ear the beach, activ ities and restaurants B rand N ew 6 1 1 S q m. 1 6 .7 5 mlb C all 0 9 5 0 3 6 5 5 3 6 for v iew ing or more info, C ontact J onathan.

House for Sale

H ouse at L and and H ouse for sale. 2 - storey w ith 3 bed rooms, liv ing room, k itchen, balcony , j acuz z i, library , laund ry . N ear to k id p lay g round , tw o sw imming p ools, sauna, g y m. E noug h land to built a second house on the same p lot. E k aterina O seled ets, 0 9 5 8 6 1 7 5 7 1 .

D Condo Creek, fully furnished

tu io th oo mount ins ie .

2 4 hrs security , 3 sw imming p ools, & restaurants around . R ent out g ood M B ., T iy a, K athu P huk et, lod chong 7 com, E N & T H 0 8 9 6 0 0 0 0 4 1 .

oo uiet. g y m. S hop s return. 1 .8 5 7 th@y ahoo.

Mo ern ho e office for a e

o e n home o ce fo s e oc te mf C entral I ntersection. 1 U nit has 1 commercial, 1 liv ing sp ace, 4 bed rooms & built- in bathrooms.

O w ner, thip _ j une1 9 @y ahoo.com, 0 8 7 5 4 3 4 7 1 6 .

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For Sale

I nd ustrial ov er lock er. W hitehouse B rand . 3 T hread . B rand new nev er used .

F ull tool k it. B arg ain at 1 2 , 0 0 0 B aht. C all S and i 0 8 7 2 6 4 0 7 7 8 .

COMMUNITY

B eachfront land in M ai K hao. E ast coast. 3 rai 2 ng an 2 4 sq w . F or sale: 4 5 million baht. 4 5 million.

Horst Lakits

R esort for sale/ lease long term, in C halong / R aw ai A rea ow n big w ell 2 2 rooms 2 R ai land larg e p ool R estaurant p ark ing N o A g ents. lets talk , H orst L ak its, 6 7 / 1 8 S oi S ermsuk , big asail@samart.co.th, 0 8 6 9 4 0 1 8 6 0 , 0 7 6 3 8 3 0 8 0 .

2 New Resale Condos 3.9 MB. 7 % net ROI

1 bed cond os on the mark et 7 % net R y ears! R are P ool access mod ern hilltop oramic v iew s of A nd aman B ay & city lig tong . A lso 1 bed city & ocean v iew s, fully furnished & p rofessionally Y ou j ust collect 7 % net/ y ear hassle free. C ontact p huk etj on@g 0 8 4 8 4 2 2 2 6 2 .

O I for 1 4 unit. P anhts of P amanag ed . mail.com,

Sea View Land 265 Met. Pub.Rd.

G reat inv estment. 3 / 5 R ai P lots. N S 3 G T itles.

P rice start 4 M / R ai. F ull infra. 2 6 5 M et. P ub.

R d . F rontag e. L ocated on K oh Y ao Y ai resort area, j ust 2 5 min. sp eed boat from P huk et.

W e can mak e easy half d ay trip 1 0 am- 2 p m. C all C harlie / more info, charlesaraines@hotmail.com, 0 6 2 0 6 9 1 9 6 5 .

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Laguna - Luxury 1 Bed & Golf Membership For Sale

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P riv ate p ool v illa w ith lov ely g ard en half a rai.

Q uite and safe area. 3 bed room 2 bathroom op en k itchen. 1 6 0 m2 S ituated in B an P ahra.

1 2 minutes to P I A , P huk et A irp ort, N ay Y ang beach, and B lue C any on G olf course. 2 min to M ission H ill G olf course.P rice 8 million baht, 2 2 5 0 0 0 euro, berg sstig en@ telia.com, 0 9 0 7 0 1 4 2 0 4 .

ot eno te ne kitchen oo oo s furnished , sound sy stem. P rice includ es L ag una G olf M embership and P riv ileg e C ard . T H B 6 .9 M . i phuket @gm i .com

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Patong Tower and Andaman Beach suite for sale

Phuket Beach Front Land

M ountains and S ea V iew s, C all D av id 0 8 0 6 9 2 em i p tong e est te@gm i .com

1 4 R A I B each front P huk et, P hung ng a C lose 5 - 7 * hote, C hanod e title, 9 0 meters of w ater frontag e M ore than 1 0 0 m w id e beach& small p iece of land close to the beach 2 5 M B / R A I , M s.P am, p huk etmy house@g mail.com, 0 8 9 8 6 8 8 6 6 8 .

Karon Beach New House For Sale/Rent

8 0 S q m. 2 B ed room, 2 B athroom, T errace carp ort. N ice S ea v iew .

S ale 5 .8 M B . R ent long term 1 8 , 0 0 0 p er month. G unter K raus, P huk et, naruchai@g mx.d e, 0 9 1 0 4 0 2 4 7 1 .

PROPERTY FOR SALE

Luxury Apartment hotel in Kata

L uxury A p artment hotel for sale in K ata beach. s m oo s. ooms h e se ie k itchen, T hai chanote or 9 0 y ears lease. 3 0 M B ., N oi ( T hai & E N ) , K ata B each, t_ senrum@liv e. com.au, 0 8 3 3 9 1 5 5 2 5 .

Chalong Villa for sale

i ing e s .m n s .m. st L iv ing room, M aster bd r w ith en- suite bth, K en e ie te ce oo p k. n ith th n i ing oom ce. oliv er@thurmanng roup .com, 0 8 7 8 7 7 2 3

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SPACIOUS 4-BED RAWAI VILLA

S ale/ rent. B eautiful, sp acious home in 1 , 0 3 8 sq m g ard ens.T hree en suite bed s, g uest house, 9 x4 m p ool, maid ’ s room. L iv ing sp ace 3 2 0 sq m. R ed uced to 1 2 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 , alang ath@g mail.com, 0 8 7 2 7 3 0 1 4 1 .

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New Sea View Villa

Premium villa 8 B in the prestiq ues Sunrise Ocean Villas developement is now for sale.

B eing built on the hig hest p oint in the estate, only 8 0 meters from the ocean and located 3 mins aw ay from G rand A oP or M arina, 1 0 mins from g olf course, 2 0 mins from the airp ort, , shop p ing centers, schools n hospit s this i is pe fect p ce to i e ith no t c no po lution and no mass tourism..., O v er than 6 0 0 S q m usable build ing area, 3 bed rooms, g uest ap artment, maid q uarters, g mes oom mete infinit s imming poo oof te ce n e th t king ie s. n e e to mo e in ithin w eek s and still can be customiz ed to the w ishes of new ow ner. F or sale at only 2 4 .9 mill B aht. For viewing or more information please contact our sales director, Khun Montha 081 343 0777 Email : montha_phuket@yahoo.com.

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Phuket FC robbed of points FOOTBALL

AIS SOUTHERN REGION DIVISION 2 Team

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t wasn t only A up final referee Mark Clattenburg who made some astonishing decisions last Saturday ( ay he main o cial appointed to oversee Phuket FC’s game against then league leaders Suratthani FC also made some howlers, the last of which denied Phuket FC a much deserved and valuable three points.

Phuket FC opened the scoring in the 23rd minute when a long ball forward from midfield found an unmar ed Dosso Mamoudou, who neatly passed three Surat defenders and managed to get a cross into the box which was diverted into the back of the net by Surat’s Supoj Jodjum.

Phuket up 1-0.

It was actually after this goal that poor decisions started to be made. The ref, on more than one occasion ignored linesmen s flags, then, despite no flag being waved, ruled attapoom aya offside when he made a quick breakaway from Surat’s defence, even though he had started his run

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match o ficial o the game etween huket and Uratthani FC last Saturday (May 21) is escorted off the pitch. Photo: Hari Jib in his own half, and had two defenders in front of him.

In addition, there were a number of occasions when a number of Suratthani’s players angrily approached the ref, sometimes even making contact and obviously trying to sway the game, but the ref showed no card on any occasion.

H owever, Phuket managed to keep the score at 1-0 until the whistle to end the first Phuket started brightly in the early stages of the second , but at the rd minute urat

were awarded a free kick about 20 yards outside Phuket’s box.

Supoj stepped up to take it, and making up for his earlier own goal, coolly slotted the ball over the keeper and into the top right of the goal. 1-1.

It was Supoj who got his brace about 20 minutes later, Surat took possession just inside Phuket’s half, and played a neat ball across to Supoj who lost the defenders, rounded Phuket’s keeper Audomsak and slotted home. 1-2.

Just one minute later, Dosso picked up the ball deep in

Surat’s half, played a short ball down the left to Narakorn K uranan, he belted over a cross which a defender failed to clear and the ball dropped to Nattapoom, who levelled the scoring to 2-2.

But it was in the dying seconds of the game that the real controversy occurred.

A long ball found Narakorn just inside the Surat half, he knocked the ball down the left to Dosso, who sped into the box and was clearly hacked down by Surat’s Cameroonian forward Gueye H olmes

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5

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Trang FC

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Yala United

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Monetty Serge. Somehow, the ref failed to award the penalty.

At the final whistle the ref was surrounded by Phuket players and coaching staff, who, clearly upset, showed their disapproval to the decision. This resulted in the ref and other o cials re uiring an escort from the pitch.

It is still unknown whether Phuket FC will take any action against the o cial, or whether Phuket FC will be penalised for the actions at the end of the game.

The result moved Phuket

FC up one place to 7 th in the AIS Southern R egion League 2 on 10 points, while Suratthani FC dropped down to second on 16 points.

Phuket are next away to Nara United in a game scheduled for tomorrow (May 28 ) at the Narathiwat Provincial Stadium. They next return to Surakul on Sunday, une , when they will ta e on neighbouring Phangnga FC. Th e Ph uk e t N e ws is p roud m e d ia s p on s or of Ph uk e t FC .

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Thanyapura triathletes shine in Super Series TRIATHLON

Pattaya Rugby 10s Presentation: Ahead of this week’s Phuket Rugby 10s which kicks-off today (May 27), the island’s rugby representatives, the Phuket Vagabonds, last Saturday (May 21) congressed at their sponsor’s venue, Hooters Phuket in Patong, where they were presented with their winners trophy for the recent Pattaya Rugby 10s. Seen here is Vagabond’s winger Tyronne Veltman (left) and Chairman of Phuket Rugby Pat Cotter.

HASH HOUSE HARRIERS Run #1582: Saturday May 28, 2016 Run Start Time: 4pm Hares: Fungus, SC & Black Hole Driller Location: Chao Fa West Klong Krata Reservoir Directions: Northbound on Chao Fa West go 600 metres past Wat Chalong and turn left into Chao Fa Soi 69 heading towards Luangpu Supha Temple. Just before the entrance to the temple turn right around the temple and into the reservoir area. Follow HHH signs along the southern boundary road for 1 km to reach laager. All vehicles will have to park on the road as laager site is restricted to drink

truck and circle. Southbound on Chao Fa West go 800m south o the o fices and turn right into Chao Fa Soi 69 towards Luangpu Supha Temple. Continue as above.

Hash Bus Pickup Schedule: Kamala @ Black Cat’s Bar: 2:15pm Patong @ Expat Hotel: 2:45pm Kathu: @ Little Expat 3:15pm More info: phuket-hhh.com

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hanyapura’ssix-member professional triathlon team celebrated a great victory at the last Saturday’s (May 21) Pattaya Triathlon Super Series, the 5 th series of the Thailand Tri-League.

The competition took place on Pattaya Beach with 1,7 00 athletes competing in two different distances; 1.5 kilometre swim, 5 4 kilometre bike, 13 kilometre run and 7 5 0 metre swim, 25 kilometre bike and 8 kilometre run.

The event started with an L-shaped swim along the coastline of Pattaya beach, followed by cycle ride up and down the surrounding hills, with the final leg being run along a route of mixed scenery; from sandy beach to Pattaya Walking Street and featuring both flat roads and steep hills In the woman’s category, Thanyapura’s Amelia Watkinson came in st and finished 3rd in the overall rankings.

The runners-up in the event

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atkinson took first to win or huket’s hanya ura riathlon team

were Dimity-Lee Duke, 2nd, Michelle Duffield, 3rd and ate u eld, th Meanwhile, in the Men’s event, itch obins finished first, he was followed over the line by Fredrik Croneborg and Thanyapura Coach Paul Amey. Also participating in this event was Australian

Chris McCormack, four-time winner of the Triathlete World Championship, who unfortunately was not able to finish the race following a technical issue with his bike.

Another of Thanyapura’s coaching team to make the grade was Tom Topham who finished third in the age re-

stricted male race (18 – 29 years old), while Ebba Amby and Samuel O’Shea, two high performing kids from Phuket International Academy – to become the UWC of Thailand this August – made it onto the leaderboard in the Female Sprint distance and Overall Standard distance respectively.

Week 2 Under 7s Blue Diamonds Dragon Juniors Loma F.C. Blue Diamonds Dragon Juniors

Under 9s

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Blue Stars Eagle Juniors Blue Stars Eagle Juniors Loma F.C.

Blue Diamonds Bang Jo Utd Karon F.C. Blue Diamonds Bang Jo Utd

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Blue Stars Dragon Juniors Blue Stars Dragon Juniors Karon F.C.

Under 13s

2-1 0-1 0-5 3-0 3-0

Blue Stars Karon F.C. Blue Stars Karon F.C. BISP Cruzeiro

Blue Diamonds Karon F.C. BISP Cruzeiro Blue Diamonds Karon F.C.

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4

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4

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Bang Jo Utd

4

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1

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4

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Blue Stars Dragon Juniors Blue Stars Dragon Juniors BISP Cruzeiro

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Thai spikers return to rapturous reception VOLLEYBALL

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he Thai women’s volleyball team received a warm welcome when they returned home on Monday ( ay as financial rewards poured in despite their failure to secure the country s first ever Olympic berth in the sport.

H undreds of well-wishers, led by Tourism and Sports Minister K obkar n Wattanavrangkul, greeted them at Suvarnabhumi Airport after they arrived back from o yo, where they finished fifth in the lympic ualifying tournament which ended last Sunday (May 22).

The top-three teams and the best-ranked Asian side – the Netherlands, Italy, South K orea and Japan – earned tickets to R io.

Thailand lost 3-2 to hosts Japan in a crucial match with the Thais complaining about biased o ciating Est, one of the team’s major sponsors, gave them B10 million. Other private companies have also jumped on the bandwagon, including True Corporation and ONE Championship, with each promising to give them one million baht.

The team also met Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha at Government H ouse on Tuesday (May 24).

In the aftermath of the defeat, veteran hai o cial

Alexandre Gama via Bangkok Post

Buriram part ways with coach Gama FOOTBALL Thailand’s volleyball team received a warm welcome at Suvarnabhumi despite their failure to get the country’s first ever lym ic erth in the s ort Photo: Pattanapong Hirunard Shanrit Wongprasert resigned from the sport’s governing body FIVB. “I am fed up with its management,” said Shanrit, one of the most respected volleyball o cials in hailand and Asia Shanrit, who began his FIVB stint at the 19 9 6 Olympics, said Thailand received unfair treatment during the Tokyo tournament.

“It may be the right time for me to rest after working with FIVB for almost 20 years,” he said.

H owever, Shanrit said he will continue working for the Asian Volleyball Confederation until his term expires in 2019 .

Thailand complained that the new computerised system for substitutions and challenges did not work.

The Thais protested about this during the Japan match,

but instead were punished by referee Luis Gerardo Macias of Mexico who awarded the hosts two points in the deciding set.

Shanrit said the referee was also to blame as such an incident might not have occurred if the match had been o ciated by a more ualified o cial H e also criticised the lympic ualifying system as Asian sides had to play against top teams from around the world while champions of other continents earned automatic spots at the Games.

Meanwhile, K obkar n praised the Thai players for their spirit.

“The players showed their spirit which was witnessed by fans around the world. They have helped volleyball’s development in Thailand,” Ms K obkarn said.

“The Olympics is not the only thing in life. What they have achieved may be greater than playing in the Olympics, so eep fighting ” Somporn Chaybangyang, president of the Volleyball Association of Thailand, said: “I’d like to thank the 14 players and our o cials for all of their efforts “They gave their all and we should be proud of the team’s performance.”

Thailand captain Pleumjit Thinkaow said the players were disappointed by their failure to win a ticket to R io.

“We are always proud to represent the country. We are disappointed but not discouraged. In the next four years, our young players will become successful and play at the Olympics,” she said.

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Ariya wins second LPGA title in a row GOLF T H A I L A N D’S A R I Y A utanugarn held off Australia s Su Oh on the back nine last Sunday (May 22) to win the LPGA K ingsmill Championship by one stroke and capture her second title in a row.

The 20-year-old from Bango became the first hai player to win an LPGA title two weeks ago at the LPGA Classic in Alabama and made it back-toback triumphs by shooting a four under par to finish holes on 14-under 27 0.

“Nong May” said she found winning easier the second time around.

“A lot easier. I didn’t get nervous,” she said. “I didn’t get excited until the last putt.”

Ariya said she hopes her triumphs spark more Thai golfers and inspire others from @thephuketnews

Ariya Jutanugarn is presented with a cheque after winning the ingsmill ham ionshi Photo: Hunter Martin/AFP her homeland to seek LPGA success.

“R ight now we have a lot of players starting to play golf, a lot of juniors, and if I can inspire somebody, it’s really great,” she said. “I hope a lot of players come to the LPGA.” Oh, a South-K orean born Aussie playing on the eve of her th birthday, fired a to finish second, with outh K orea’s K im Sei-Y oung and

American Gerina Piller sharing third on 27 2 after each shot in the final round at Williamsburg, Virginia.

Oh’s only win came in February last year in only her second pro event when she captured the Ladies Masters in Australia. Piller had been see ing her first A crown while K im won three tour titles last year and this year’s Founders Cup in March.

After stumbling with a bogey at the par-3 second hole, Ariya answered with birdies at the par-5 third and par-4 fourth, added another at the par-5 seventh and closed the front nine with another birdie to reach 13 under.

Oh made an early charge to stay hot on Ariya’s heels with a birdie at the third, a three-birdie run ending at the seventh and another at the ninth.

A bogey at the 12th dropped Oh back but she birdied at the par-5 15 th to again draw one adrift of Ariya.

But Ariya birdied the 15 th to reach 14-under. Oh answered with a 25 -foot birdie putt at 18 to pull within one.

Ariya still had to finish the last three holes at par to avoid a play off and she did just that with three pars to seal the victory.

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TH AI LEAGUE CH AMpions Buriram United and coach Alexandre Gama have parted company by mutual consent, the club announced on Monday (May 23).

The ag reement was reached after Buriram won 2-0 at Bangkok Glass last Sunday night (May 22).

Buriram manager Tatthep Pitakpoolsing said: “Following talks, we have agreed to part company by mutual consent.”

Braz ilian Gama said: “The game with Bangkok Glass was my last game as coach of Buriram. I understand the situation and accept the decision. This is football.”

Gama was appointed coach of Buriram in 2014, replacing Serbia’s Boz idar Bandovic.

Under the Braz ilian, Buriram have won four major titles – the Thai League (twice), FA Cup and League Cup.

The Thunder Castle swept all three major domestic titles without defeat last year.

H owever, Buriram have made an unconvincing start to the current season.

Last weekend, they beat Bangkok Glass 2-0 with goals from K o Seul-K i and Anawin Jujeen.

Although the win moved them up to third place on 25 points from 13 matches, they are still eight points adrift of leaders SCG Muang Thong United.

According to reports, Iranian Afshin Ghotbi will replace Gama.

Ghotbi has worked in several countries including the US, South K orea and Japan. H e was assistant coach of South K orea from 2004-2007 and coach of the Iranian national side from 2009 -2011. H is most recent job was coach of Japanese side Shimiz u S-Pulse from 2011-2014.

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All to play for on the streets of Monte Carlo BOX OF NEUTRALS Michael Lamonato michael@boxofneutrals.com

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t has been almost two weeks since May 15 ’s historic Spanish Grand Prix, but the story of Max Verstappen’s unlikely victory continues to enrapture Formula One. It is with good reason, though, that the sport continues to fixate on arcelona, because the post-race in-season test scintillatingly revealed the next chapter of what might yet become a closely contested 2016 world championship.

R enault, one of Formula One’s four power unit manufacturers, debuted its spec engine for a two-day analysis at the ircuit de arcelona Catalunya. olted into the bac of its own works car, drivers participating in the test gave it rave reviews.

“Y ou will be surprised,” said R enault third driver Es-

All eyes are sure to be on Red Bull Racing’s Max Verstappen at the is weekend’s Monaco Grand Prix. Photo: Josep Lago/AFP teban Ocon. “It is really good – really good. I can tell it will be quicker for sure.”

Daniel R icciardo too was optimistic for a jump in performance – so much so that he formed part of the push to have R enault deliver the upgrade for the Monaco Grand Prix, one race earlier than planned.

“We are pretty happy with how it is all looking,” he said.

“Monaco will be our best chance yet [ to win] .”

The French manufacturer caved in to the pressure, but the reduced time line means it will be able to deliver only two new power units – one each for its works team and R ed ull acing, meaning only lead drivers K evin Magnussen and Daniel R icciardo are most likely to receive the upgrade.

While performance around Monte Carlo is not dependent on power ed ull acing and McLaren both did well

here last season despite being outgunned by superior rival power units.

“This new spec … includes significant modifications to the combustion system,” said R enault’s engine director R é mi a n “ t will ma e the (internal combustion unit) more powerful but also efficient, leading to a gain of around half a second per lap.

“We’ve used only a small proportion of our token al-

location for this upgrade,” continued a n Indeed, qualifying at the panish rand rix in arcelona put ed ull around seconds behind Nico R osberg and 0.68 seconds behind polesitter Lewis H amilton.

Aiding ed ull acing in Monaco will be its chassis, which is arguably the most effective on the grid and well suited the circuit’s slow-speed corners.

It is undeniable that R enault travelled down the wrong development path in 2015 , but its return to form in 2016 represents more than just light at the end of the tunnel – armed with customer ed ull acing, a team largely unchanged since its 2010 – 13 championship years. R enault’s power units are odds-on for an imminent return to consistent podium contention.

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t t o t un e in t o h an d e v e ry S at am wh e n B ox of all t h e re is t o t alk a wh ole lot m ore .

France to deploy 60,000 police for Euro 2016 FOOTBALL FR ANCE SAID ON WEDnesday ( ay that it will deploy more than 60,000 police to provide security for Euro 2016 as it vowed to do “everything possible to avoid a terrorist attack” during the tournament that starts next month.

The comments from Interior inister ernard az eneuve came after the Stade de France in Paris, which will host the event’s opening match and final, descended into

chaos last aturday ( ay before the national cup final after smoke bombs were set off inside the stadium, spar ing panic among crowds that clustered at the stadium’s exits.

Caz eneuve told the sports daily l’ E q uip e that the match between Paris Saint-Germain and Marseille “did not serve as a test” for Euro 2016.

“It was not the same public, not the same organiser, nor the same security deployment,” he said. “H owever, what happened will be taken into account” ahead of the month-long football tourna-

ment, which kicks of June 10.

“Our objective is that Euro is a big festive gathering, but we owe the French the truth. Z ero per cent precaution means 100% risk, but 100% precaution does not mean a z ero per cent risk,” he said.

“We are doing everything to avoid a terrorist attack, and we are preparing to respond.

More than 60,000 police will be on the ground.”

The Stade de France was targeted by suicide bombers during the attacks by the Islamic State group on the French capital in November.

The assailants tried unsuccessfully to get inside the security perimeter.

Caz eneuve said security inside the stadium is the responsibility of UEFA, while safety at the “fan z ones” – which will accommodate seven million people in 10 host cities across the country – is the mandate of private security agents.

“Fan z ones are secure spaces, I took the decision to impose security pat-downs at entrances, to use metal detectors and to ban bags inside. If there were no fan

Stade de France security staff control the flow of football fans arriving at the stadium prior to the French Cup match between PSG and Marseille. Photo: Franck Fife/AFP z ones, fans would regroup in an ad-hoc setting and the risk [ of an attack] would be greater,” he said.

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FRIDAY, MAY 27, 2016

First train runs along new Rio metro line OLYMPICS A TR AIN H AS MADE TH E ourney for the first time along R io de Janeiro’s new underground metro line, considered a crucial link for public transport during the Olympic Games to be held in less than three months.

The test trip passed through the five stations on ine , which links the touristy neighbourhood of Ipanema in the south of io to arra da i uca in the west where the Olympic Park and athletes’ village are located.

Video of the test was posted uesday ( ay on the site of R io state transport department, but took place last unday ( ay n the operation, an engine pushed a train car.

The progress comes amid worries that the metro will not be ready in time. cials say the line will open Aug 1, just four days before the Games open, and will only be available to people accredited to the Games or with tickets to watch. The general public will only be able to ride on the line on Sept 19 , when the Paralympic Games, which follow the Olympics, are over.

“In June the train will run on ine , on the western part and then on the southern part, for complete tests necessary ahead of the Aug 1 opening,” said state Transport Secretary R odrigo Vieira. “ n Aug , ine will be operational at all the stations.”

Vieira told O G lob o newspaper that the metro will be open from 6:00am to 1:00am on Monday to Saturday during the Games, and from 7 :00am to 1:00 am on Sundays, although some days the hours will be extended to 2:00am.

Construction of the metro started in June 2010 and is expected to cost 9 .7 billion reais ( billion , almost double the original budget.

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here is no easy way to sack a Premier League manager, and Manchester United have found that out the hard way with firing Louis Van Gaal.

Some are calling the manner of the Dutchman’s departure from United a “public relations disaster” for England’s most famous club as it prepares to name Jose Mourinho as his replacement.

The Dutchman was “apparently informed” of his impending departure by his wife Truus last Saturday night (May 21) after United had won the FA Cup, the BBC reported.

She had just read a news report on the Internet.

Van Gaal’s predecessor David Moyes also found that he was to be fired via the media before he was told by Manchester United.

Calacus (a sports public relations agency) managing director David Alexander said Van Gaal’s sacking may not be a surprise given the results of the American-owned club.

But he said: “It is a public relations disaster for news to leak that he was to be replaced almost before his team had even changed out of their playing kit after savouring an extra-time victory at Wembley.

“United clearly had not learnt from their previous mistakes,” he said.

A source close to the club said only that United had been “hampered” in their communications because of the rules they face as a quoted company.

United should have put more emphasis on “confidentiality” among staff, Alexander said of the sacking rumours.

Statements should have been prepared in advance and “senior executives should have ensured that a meeting with Van Gaal was held quickly to ensure that he was appraised

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Louis van Gaal’s sacking as Manchester United manager was finally confirmed on Monday (May 23), as the Premier League club announced the Dutchman had left with immediate effect. Photo: Oli Scarff/AFP of the situation.”

The Dutchman negotiated his departure with a top employment lawyer on Monday (May 23), two days after the reports started.

There had been widespread reports of player unrest over Van Gaal’s tactics. Some said they felt Van Gaal was treated badly.

“The manager of a top club in England is naturally under much more pressure, but over the last six months he has not been treated fairly,” said United’s Dutch defender Daley Blind.

“I think a manager like Louis van Gaal, who has

achieved so much already, deserved more respect,” Blind told reporters at the Netherlands’ training camp in Portugal.

Van Gaal and Manchester United “was a mismatch,” the Dutch daily Trouw said. But it added that the major question now is whether Van Gaal, 64, “still wants to, or can” go on with an illustrious career that saw him win major honours at Barcelona, Bayern Munich and Ajax Amsterdam.

Of his departure, Van Gaal himself said only that he was “disappointed” not to be able to carry out the third year of his contract.

But media reports said he was given a pay off of more than five million pound (over B260mn) in part not to speak publicly.

The Daily Mail said Van Gaal “feels aggrieved at his treatment and the fact that his finest hour at United was ruined by news of Mourinho’s imminent appointment.”

“United’s executives and communications team certainly have lessons to learn after this episode,” said Alexander of Calacus sports. “Once is careless but for it to happen twice does not reflect well on a club of United’s stature.”

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