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HOTELS SET TO BE<br />

BIG WINNERS AS<br />

EEC RAMPS UP<br />

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INSIDE THIS ISSUE:<br />

Siam Motors to Develop a fourth Golf Course in <strong>Pattaya</strong><br />

Southeast Asian Business Roundup<br />

Just the Statistics<br />

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HOTELS SET TO BE BIG<br />

WINNERS AS EEC RAMPS UP<br />

The central government’s heavy concentration<br />

on developing the Eastern Economic Corridor<br />

(EEC) is set to provide a major boon for the<br />

hotel industry in the greater <strong>Pattaya</strong> and Rayong<br />

areas in particular.<br />

Mixing industrial centres and sites with tourist<br />

resorts and attractions the EEC covers more<br />

than 30,000 rai in Chacheongsao, Chonburi and<br />

Rayong provinces.<br />

In Chonburi the figures show there are presently<br />

1,046 places that are listed as available for<br />

accommodation, totalling 81,607 rooms. This figure<br />

doesn’t include the growing airbnb market or<br />

some smaller places with a few rooms above say<br />

a bar or restaurant.<br />

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According to industry sources, there are at<br />

least 11 new major properties slated for entry into<br />

the greater <strong>Pattaya</strong> market within the next five<br />

years. They represent an additional 2,645 rooms<br />

and include places such as Amari <strong>Pattaya</strong> Ocean<br />

Suites, Four Points by Sheraton, Holiday Inn Express<br />

and Citadines North <strong>Pattaya</strong> and Citadines<br />

Jomtien Beach among others.<br />

Having just opened last month. Terminal21<br />

<strong>Pattaya</strong>, consisting of Grande Centre Point Hotel,<br />

shopping mall, entertainment and cinema,<br />

totalling around six billion baht in investment. It’s<br />

targeted at locals and Asian and Middle Eastern<br />

tourists.<br />

Due to open in the fourth quarter of 2019 will<br />

be the Best Western Plus Speech <strong>Pattaya</strong> Hotel,<br />

designed to serve the mid-range market.<br />

According to figures, the province of Chonburi<br />

saw over 16 million hotel guests during 2017, with<br />

the vast majority of these coming into the greater<br />

<strong>Pattaya</strong> area. With <strong>Pattaya</strong> gradually moving towards<br />

what is termed ‘ broader tourist platform’<br />

these numbers are expected to grow further over<br />

coming years.<br />

Despite an ever-increasing reliance on Chinese<br />

tourism, it’s worth noting that some 38 percent<br />

of guests in Chonburi in 2017 were Thai<br />

nationals.<br />

Long-established hotels, like the Dusit Thani<br />

<strong>Pattaya</strong> (which is set for renovations), have indicated<br />

their business has seen solid growth this<br />

year.<br />

Not surprisingly, the expansion of U-Tapao<br />

International Airport has had a major impact on<br />

cities such as <strong>Pattaya</strong>. Over a three-year period<br />

passenger arrivals have risen at an astounding<br />

79 percent, based on compound annual growth<br />

rate (CAGR).<br />

With plans almost completed for the construction<br />

of high-speed rail links from U-Tapao to Suvarnabhumi<br />

and Don Muang Airports in Bangkok,<br />

the next few years are likely to see even greater<br />

arrival numbers.<br />

The Thai Hotels Association Eastern Chapter<br />

notes that more hotels have opened in the eastern<br />

region this year, while many others are undergoing<br />

upgrades and renovations, and this is<br />

particularly noticeable in Rayong province since<br />

the EEC initiative was pushed by the central government.<br />

The Association has stated that a number of<br />

international chains have plans to open hotels in<br />

the region over the next few years, with plans to<br />

capitalize on the boom in events business that is<br />

expected to come into the region.<br />

Golden City Rayong is planning on building<br />

an 80-room hotel while Ploenjai Group is building<br />

a 70-room serviced apartment. The Star Convention<br />

Hotel recently completed its renovation<br />

of 200 rooms and has been rebranded Mercure<br />

while Aksorn Rayong recently opened and is<br />

aimed at the higher end of the market.<br />

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SIAM MOTORS<br />

TO DEVELOP A FOURTH GOLF<br />

COURSE IN PATTAYA<br />

For the first time in six years the<br />

prominent Siam Motors Group has<br />

announced plans to further expand<br />

its golf course operations in <strong>Pattaya</strong><br />

by constructing what will be its<br />

fourth course in the city. The company<br />

has also announced plans to<br />

move into the condo development<br />

market space in 2019 in what must<br />

be viewed as a good sign for the<br />

continuing expansion and economic<br />

well-being of <strong>Pattaya</strong>.<br />

The Siam Motors Group spent<br />

two billion baht in 2012 developing<br />

its 18-hole Siam Country Club <strong>Pattaya</strong><br />

Waterside golf course, its third<br />

in the city, and it plans to allocate 2.1<br />

billion baht to develop this fourth golf<br />

course.<br />

This fourth course will be called<br />

Siam Country Club New Course and<br />

construction actually commenced<br />

late in 2017 with a scheduled completion<br />

date of September 2019.<br />

The land is valued at 1.3 billion baht<br />

while construction costs are expected<br />

to run around 700-800 million<br />

baht.<br />

The company notes that <strong>Pattaya</strong><br />

has seen massive expansion since<br />

around 2004 and it believes opportunities<br />

continue to show themselves<br />

given the amount of money<br />

the central government is spending<br />

on new infrastructure projects and<br />

the focus on the Eastern Economic<br />

Corridor.<br />

The new golf course will be located<br />

on a 660-rai plot in Siam Country<br />

Club, which is part of a 6,000-rai plot<br />

purchased in 1969 and has been<br />

developed at varying times over<br />

the last few decades, starting with<br />

the original Siam Country Club Golf<br />

Course which opened in 1971.<br />

The fourth course is hoped to attract<br />

36,000-40,000 golfers in its first<br />

year of operations and the company<br />

believes it will hit its break-even<br />

point within seven years. All told, the<br />

company will have invested around<br />

eight billion baht into its four courses.<br />

The company believes the total<br />

number of golfers across its four<br />

courses will grow by 35 percent to<br />

200,000 per year by 2020. Most of<br />

these are expected to come from<br />

Japan, South Korea and China. At<br />

present the company says around<br />

75 percent of its customers are foreigners,<br />

the majority from Japan.<br />

In an effort to help support the<br />

golf courses, the company will develop<br />

a golf lodge with a five-star<br />

hotel with 70 rooms next year at the<br />

so-called Old Course. Once this is<br />

completed there will still be around<br />

1,000 rai of available land for future<br />

development.<br />

Elsewhere, the Siam Motor<br />

Group has been reducing the number<br />

of its Nissan showrooms in<br />

Bangkok, and is currently down to<br />

six, from a high of 13. This may be<br />

why the group is now looking toward<br />

condo development in <strong>Pattaya</strong>, as a<br />

way of further diversifying its overall<br />

business.<br />

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HAVE YOU EVER TAKEN A LONG HARD<br />

LOOK AT YOUR BUSINESS?<br />

Having recently taken a back<br />

seat from the stress of day to day<br />

working, it has allowed me to take<br />

a look back, and around, the business/entertainment<br />

scene here in<br />

Thailand.<br />

Having established and run Liberty<br />

Computers from 2003 up until<br />

early <strong>2018</strong> I have seen so many<br />

mind boggling scenarios during that<br />

time. But let me explain.<br />

Prior to moving to Thailand, I<br />

worked for an international software<br />

company called Cognos for 13<br />

years, who were are the forefront of<br />

IT technology. Based in Ottawa, as<br />

the company grew it opened new<br />

offices and entered new partnerships<br />

around the globe. Starting as<br />

a junior consultant, I ended up as<br />

a manager taking care of a significant<br />

amount of services business<br />

throughout the UK, Greece, Turkey<br />

and parts of the middle east.<br />

The reason that this is significant<br />

is that when I did start my<br />

own business here it meant that I<br />

had received first class business<br />

and management training as well<br />

as plenty of hands on experience,<br />

which was a major contributory factor<br />

as to why the company has been<br />

around for so long.<br />

Now during my time here I have<br />

been involved directly or indirectly<br />

in the opening of literally hundreds<br />

of small businesses around Thailand<br />

by not only installing EPOS<br />

systems but also, when given the<br />

chance, introducing good working<br />

practices based around that<br />

EPOS. Happily I have seen many<br />

of those succeed, but sadly many<br />

also closed, quite often through<br />

lack of experience. I’ve even known<br />

businesses that incurred all the<br />

setup costs but then never actually<br />

opened.<br />

I realised that as a minimum<br />

there are certain factors that a farang<br />

needs to take in to account<br />

if they are going to be successful<br />

here. And sadly there are instances<br />

when it was predictable that a new<br />

business would fail, even before<br />

it opened. Equally there are times<br />

that you can see that the entrepreneur<br />

has the skills to make it work,<br />

and they have gone on to be highly<br />

successful.<br />

It was frustrating to see people<br />

pouring money in to a new venture<br />

with no real business plan in place,<br />

no idea if the were working along<br />

the right lines and no idea about local<br />

standards and practices.<br />

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OFFICE<br />

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MAY SOON<br />

FACE EXTRA<br />

COMPETITION<br />

The Bangkok office market is<br />

likely to show signs of increased vacancy<br />

rates as new supply comes on<br />

stream giving office landlords more<br />

competition, according to a survey<br />

by Nexus Real Estate Advisory,<br />

Thailand. Since newer buildings will<br />

make up the bulk of the new supply<br />

it is recommended that landlords<br />

maintain their buildings or renovate<br />

them so that they can remain in asnew<br />

condition in order to secure<br />

tenants and to enjoy higher rental<br />

yields.<br />

Office space is likely to increase<br />

by up to 30 per cent over the next 3<br />

or 4 years. This is in stark contrast to<br />

the current low vacancy rate and so<br />

landlords could be caught off guard<br />

if they don’t adjust their offerings to<br />

take account of changing market dynamics.<br />

is not difficult for tenants to move a<br />

few kilometers if the deal is too good<br />

to resist. Thus even local vacancy<br />

surges can disrupt the overall market.<br />

For now, landlords are still enjoying<br />

the benefits of a tight market. In<br />

the third quarter of <strong>2018</strong> it was found<br />

that Grade A office rental rates hit<br />

a new high averaging 980 baht per<br />

square metre per month, with the<br />

highest hitting 1,500 baht per square<br />

metre per month. This was in spite<br />

of the fact that overall office stock is<br />

ageing. The average age of Grade A<br />

office buildings is 17 years old. The<br />

market in Bangkok is on a par with<br />

similar markets in Singapore and<br />

Hong Kong, but there is likely to be<br />

more new building in Bangkok than<br />

in other cities in Asia.<br />

The managing director of Nexus,<br />

Teerawit Limthongsakul, was<br />

quoted as saying, “Over the past 10<br />

years, the average vacancy rate has<br />

stayed within 10%, which is already<br />

low. The current average vacancy<br />

rate is only 7-8%, and tends to fall<br />

over time. As more new companies<br />

form and more foreign companies<br />

seek office space, limited supply<br />

keeps the vacancy rate low”<br />

Although low vacancy rates have<br />

been in force for an extended period,<br />

these will not persist in the future<br />

due to a swathe of new supply that is<br />

due to enter the market.<br />

New buildings are being built in<br />

the Rama IV area and are likely to<br />

cause a vacancy spike in that area.<br />

Other places where there are building<br />

booms such as the Ratchada /<br />

Rama IX area will also likely lead to<br />

immediate spikes in local vacancy<br />

rates, making it harder for existing<br />

landlords to compete. In addition,<br />

with the CBD areas fairly compact it<br />

Newer buildingsin Bangkok can<br />

reach a rental rate that is above average,<br />

typically in the range of 1,200<br />

baht per square metre, which may<br />

encourage landlords to renovate<br />

their buildings to compete with new<br />

offerings.<br />

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While bar charts, line graphs and<br />

simple numbers are hardly capable<br />

of providing the defining answer to<br />

many economic, social and political<br />

questions, they are certainly a good<br />

way of obtaining a general overview<br />

of any particular subject.<br />

Each month the Business Supplement<br />

will look into a brace of statistical<br />

information and provide readers<br />

with what we consider to be the<br />

central elements of these figures.<br />

BUSINESS SUPPLEMENT<br />

JUST THE STATISTICS<br />

appear to be around 10 percent, this<br />

from both the US and China. At the<br />

time of writing, a large number of<br />

tariffs have been imposed at a whopping<br />

25 percent and this is fuelling<br />

concerns on global markets about a<br />

potential rapid rise in inflation.<br />

Thailand’s urban solid<br />

waste generation worst<br />

in Asean<br />

According to figures released by<br />

the World Bank Group, Thailand’s<br />

municipal solid waste (MSW) generation<br />

stood at 1.76 kilograms per person<br />

per day in 2016 and is projected<br />

to rise to 1.95kgs per person per day<br />

by 2025.<br />

In 2016, Thailand’s urban population<br />

stood at 22.45 million people<br />

and they produced the equivalent of<br />

39,452 tonnes of MSW per day.<br />

By comparison, Malaysia’s 14.43<br />

million urbanites produced an average<br />

of 1.52kgs of MSW per person<br />

per day while Singapore ranked third<br />

with 1.49kgs and Vietnam fourth<br />

worst at 1.46kgs.<br />

Myanmar was the best of the<br />

Asean nations at just 0.44kgs ahead<br />

of the Philippines (0.50kgs), Indonesia<br />

(0.52kgs) and Laos (0.70kgs).<br />

Looking further afield, India is<br />

surprisingly low with its 300-million-plus<br />

urban population producing<br />

just 0.34kgs of MSW per person per<br />

day. New Zealand, of all countries, is<br />

one of the worst, at 3.68kgs per day.<br />

The World Bank Group points out<br />

that on average the waste generated<br />

by urban dwellers has doubled in the<br />

last decade. As well, urban waste is<br />

growing faster than the rate of urbanisation.<br />

US-China Trade War in<br />

numbers<br />

While the US-China trade war<br />

may not appear as a direct problem<br />

for Thailand, the reality is that its impact<br />

is already being felt mong some<br />

businesses here and the knock-on<br />

effect of these trade battles is not<br />

yet widely observed, although there<br />

are stories of Thai-based companies<br />

closing down because their Chinese<br />

buyers can no longer afford to source<br />

material from Thailand.<br />

In data supplied via the US Census<br />

Bureau and the business channel<br />

Bloomberg the United States<br />

imported the equivalent of US$506<br />

billion of Chinese goods in 2017. China,<br />

for its part, only imported US$130<br />

billion from the US in 2017, a monetary<br />

disparity of $376 billion.<br />

By late September this year the<br />

US had imposed tariffs on $250 billion<br />

worth of Chinese goods, while<br />

China had retaliated and imposed<br />

tariffs on $110 billion worth of American<br />

exports.<br />

The percentage of the tariffs vary<br />

from product to product and can be<br />

as low as five percent while most<br />

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DEPORTATION<br />

IN THAILAND<br />

BY: MAGNA CARTA LAW OFFICE<br />

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Deportation is the lawful expulsion<br />

from a country of a foreign national<br />

or a group of foreign nationals<br />

whose presence is unlawful or prejudicial.<br />

What is the difference between<br />

Deportation and Blacklisting? Blacklisting<br />

means that aside from expulsion,<br />

you are also barred from visiting<br />

Thailand for the rest of your life.<br />

Deportation has a shorter effective<br />

period than blacklisting; you can go<br />

back to Thailand after the expiration<br />

or withdrawal of the deportation order.<br />

In case there is an order of deportation,<br />

the competent official may<br />

order the foreigner to stay at any<br />

prescribed place or he may order the<br />

alien to report<br />

to him according<br />

to a prescribed<br />

date,<br />

time, and place<br />

with Security or<br />

with Security<br />

and Bond while<br />

waiting for the<br />

foreigner to be<br />

deported. The<br />

competent official<br />

may also<br />

detain the foreigner<br />

at any<br />

given place as<br />

necessary.<br />

The most<br />

common reason<br />

for deportation is overstaying<br />

one’s visa. Other reasons include<br />

the following:<br />

• The foreigner is deemed a<br />

threat to national security.<br />

• The foreigner is a fugitive or an<br />

individual who is on the run from the<br />

law.<br />

• The foreigner has insufficient<br />

documentation or authorization for<br />

traveling to Thailand.<br />

Overstaying is the act of staying<br />

in Thailand beyond the given period<br />

of permission to stay on your visa.<br />

It is your sole responsibility to leave<br />

Thailand or extend your visa.<br />

If a local police office catches you<br />

with an overstayed visa, you will be<br />

transported to Bangkok for processing<br />

and charge you with overstay.<br />

Immigration may hold you for 48<br />

hours for investigation and may be<br />

extended to 7 days, if needed. The<br />

court must approve any detention<br />

longer than 7 days. Therefore, you<br />

are more likely to appear before a<br />

judge within 7 days after being arrested.<br />

The court will then issue a court<br />

order to deport. Once you have a<br />

tentative date of repatriation, you or<br />

your representative will have to arrange<br />

to get a ticket to leave Thailand<br />

and return to your country. You<br />

will also need to<br />

settle the fee for<br />

your transportation<br />

to the airport.<br />

The expense<br />

of deportation<br />

shall be charged<br />

to the owner or<br />

person in charge<br />

of the conveyance,<br />

which<br />

brought the foreigner<br />

into the<br />

Kingdom. If there<br />

appears to be no<br />

owner or person<br />

in charge of the<br />

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Even if you have no intention to travel in the<br />

near future you should apply for the passport as<br />

soon as it is feasible for you.<br />

The cost of obtaining a child’s British passport<br />

from overseas is £88.51 and you need two<br />

passport photographs of your child taken with a<br />

white or light grey background. The application<br />

must also be countersigned by someone who has<br />

known your family for 2 years and should preferably<br />

be a British citizen.<br />

If your baby is not yet born and you or your<br />

partner are expecting then now is the ideal time to<br />

make sure that you have a copy of your full British<br />

birth certificate, this should be the one which also<br />

lists your parents name, not the short certificate.<br />

In order to process the application you need<br />

to apply for an appointment by email at the HMPO<br />

office in Bangkok and attend the appointment<br />

with all of your paperwork. The passport will take<br />

around 6 weeks to be issued and then you will<br />

also need to pick it up from Bangkok. If you are<br />

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Most children born to British citizens outside<br />

the UK are eligible for a British passport, however<br />

there are certain circumstances where your application<br />

may not be straight forward. You do not<br />

need to be married to your Thai partner but your<br />

name must be on the baby’s birth certificate.<br />

If you were born outside the United Kingdom<br />

and your baby is now being born outside the United<br />

Kingdom, they will not automatically be entitled<br />

to a British passport. In this type of circumstance<br />

you should seek the advice of the British passport<br />

office or an agent such as ourselves.<br />

Having a child who is a British citizen can also<br />

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BUSINESS SUPPLEMENT<br />

THAILAND BUSINESS NEWS<br />

Mazda sees strong sales<br />

so far in <strong>2018</strong><br />

KPN Land to be bought by<br />

Raimon Land Plc.<br />

KPN Land is to be bought by the SET-listed<br />

property developer Raimon Land Plc., making<br />

Raimon Land the largest player in the luxury residential<br />

sector by market share.<br />

In a related announcement, Lionel Lee will<br />

be appointed as the chief executive officer From<br />

<strong>November</strong> 1st <strong>2018</strong>, taking over from Adrian Lee<br />

who will become the chief operating officer on the<br />

same date<br />

A source at Raimon Land was quoted as saying,<br />

“The change in management positions is<br />

meant to support the company’s business expansion<br />

after acquiring KPN Land.”<br />

The takeover will be made with both cash and<br />

shares, with the cash portion amounting to 500<br />

million baht and the shares portion covered by<br />

597 million new ordinary shares at 1.80 baht. The<br />

total deal is valued at 1.57 billion baht.<br />

The local distributor of Mazda cars, Mazda<br />

Sales Thailand, has reported that sales increased<br />

41 per cent in the first 3 quarters of <strong>2018</strong>, with<br />

total units sold hitting 51,755 cars.<br />

Out of these units sold, the Mazda2 ecocar<br />

accounted for 33,939 vehicles, an increase<br />

of 51% on the year prior. Also popular was the<br />

Mazda CX-5 SUV, which sold 6,265 vehicles up a<br />

whopping 116 per cent year on year. The CX-5 is<br />

made in Malaysia.<br />

President Chanchai Trakarnudomsuk was<br />

quoted as saying, “By quarters, the car market<br />

grew 13% in the first quarter, 26% in the second<br />

and 22% in the third,” adding, “This is a good sign<br />

for sales momentum in the last quarter, as total<br />

domestic car sales in <strong>2018</strong> should surpass 1 million<br />

units as projected.”<br />

Mr. Chanchai was also quoted as saying, “The<br />

local car market is propelled by a healthy economy,<br />

a clearer political roadmap and the much-touted<br />

Eastern Economic Corridor scheme.”<br />

Thailand’s ad spending rises<br />

According to Nielsen Thailand, total advertising<br />

spend so far this year has totaled approximately<br />

78.3 billion baht, an increase of 2.2per<br />

cent over last year, with most of this going into TV<br />

ad spending.<br />

TV ads accounted for64 per cent of the total<br />

at 50.6 billion baht, up 2.18 per cent year on year.<br />

Interestingly, cinema advertising came in at<br />

second place at 6.9 per cent totaling 5.44 billion<br />

baht, an increase of 6.4 per cent on last year.<br />

Outdoor advertising in the form of both static<br />

signs and LED display screens came in just behind<br />

at 6.5 per cent or 5.09 million baht, up 7.96<br />

per cent on the year prior.<br />

Another surprising statistic is that internet ad<br />

spending remained quite low at 1.195 billion baht<br />

or just 1.53 per cent of total spend. This was up<br />

1.47 per cent on last year.<br />

Print advertising beat the online space by<br />

quite a large margin with newspaper and magazine<br />

advertising spend totaling 5.475 billion baht.<br />

Other forms of advertising that attracted a<br />

spending budget included in store advertising,<br />

transit advertising and radio advertising.<br />

Coca Cola, Toyota and Samsung were<br />

amongst the biggest spenders in the market.<br />

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BUSINESS SUPPLEMENT<br />

FOREIGN CURRENCY UPDATE<br />

TheU.S Dollar has remained<br />

well bid as expected due to a<br />

rise in interest rates in America.<br />

The DXY Dollar index, (an index<br />

that measures the US Dollar’s<br />

valueagainst a number of other<br />

currencies), rose from 94.31 to<br />

hit a high of 95.76 before settling<br />

at 95.23. Yields on<br />

the 10-year treasury<br />

rose to a 7-year high<br />

of 3.24 per cent before<br />

dropping back to 3.16<br />

per cent. In this environment,<br />

especially<br />

with increased volatility<br />

the U.S. Dollar is likely<br />

to take its cue from<br />

the bond markets, but<br />

overall will still be likely<br />

well supported by<br />

the prospect of higher<br />

yields. Against the<br />

Thai Baht, the U.S.<br />

Dollarrose from a low<br />

of 32.23 to 33.07 before pulling<br />

back to 32.75.<br />

The British Pound did manage<br />

to build on recent gains,<br />

but trade has been choppy and<br />

range bound. Against the US<br />

Dollar the Pound moved from<br />

1.3073 to a high of 1.3266 before<br />

giving back all of its gains<br />

to hit a low of 1.2832. The value<br />

of the pound will likely remain at<br />

the bidding of the Brexit story.<br />

Against the Thai baht, the pound<br />

moved from 42.66 to a high of<br />

43.69 before giving up some of<br />

its gains to end at 43.05<br />

The U.S. Dollar vs. Japanese<br />

Yen cross rate has been<br />

very volatile of late moving from<br />

111.68 to a high of 114.51 before<br />

erasing almost all of the gains<br />

and moving to 112.17.<br />

When the cross rate rises it<br />

means 1 U.S. Dollar buys more<br />

Yen and therefore the Yen has<br />

weakened against the U.S Dollar,<br />

which is in keeping with the<br />

stronger DXY index as noted<br />

above. Against the Thai Baht,<br />

the Yen has been remarkably<br />

flat, moving from 0.2893 to<br />

0.2903 and then back to exactly<br />

the same level it started at<br />

0.2893. This is in keeping with<br />

the Yen’s move against the US<br />

Dollar.<br />

The Russian Ruble has<br />

seen volatility collapse with the<br />

currency trading within a 1-ruble<br />

range all month. It moved<br />

from 66.19 to the US Dollar to<br />

a high of 66.37 before falling to<br />

66.05. The range has been one<br />

of the tightest for many months,<br />

surprising many market participants<br />

after a very volatile<br />

period in the month<br />

before. Against the Thai<br />

baht the Ruble picked<br />

up slightly from 0.4822<br />

to 0.4959<br />

The Eurohas made<br />

some interesting moves<br />

against the US Dollar<br />

actually getting stronger<br />

compared to its US<br />

counterpart even while<br />

the US Dollar was gaining<br />

ground. It moved<br />

from 1.1633 to 1.1794<br />

before reversing the<br />

gains to settle at 1.1569.<br />

Against the Thai baht the Euro<br />

weakened from 38.06 to a low<br />

of 37.26 before turning higher to<br />

reach 37.81.<br />

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CHEST PAIN! A HEART ATTACK<br />

OR SOMETHING ELSE?<br />

When is chest pain serious? That dull<br />

burning feeling in your chest doesn’t seem<br />

to be going away, and even feels like it is<br />

getting worse. Is it a heart attack, or something<br />

else?<br />

It’s a vexing question, one that millions<br />

of people — and their doctors — face each<br />

year. What’s the problem? Chest pain can<br />

stem from dozens of conditions besides<br />

heart attack, from pancreatitis to pneumonia<br />

or panic attack.<br />

Millions of Americans with chest pain are<br />

seen in hospital emergency departments every<br />

year. Only 20% of them are diagnosed<br />

with a heart attack or an episode of unstable<br />

angina, a warning sign that a heart attack<br />

may happen soon. A few have another<br />

potentially life-threatening problem, such<br />

as pulmonary embolism (a blood clot in the<br />

lungs) or aortic dissection (a tear in the inner<br />

layer of the aorta). Some are experiencing<br />

“regular” angina, which occurs when part of<br />

the heart isn’t getting as much oxygen-rich<br />

blood as it needs during periods of physical<br />

exertion or emotional stress. Most of them,<br />

though, had a condition unrelated to the<br />

heart or arteries.<br />

The other tricky problem with heart attacks<br />

is that different people experience<br />

them in different ways. Some have classic<br />

chest pain. Others have jaw pain or back<br />

pain. Still others become breathless, or extremely<br />

fatigued, or nauseated.<br />

Chest pain is only one of the possible<br />

signs of an impending heart attack. If you<br />

notice one or more of the signs below in<br />

yourself or someone else, call 911 or your<br />

local emergency number right away.<br />

• Uncomfortable pressure, squeezing,<br />

fullness, burning, tightness, or pain in the<br />

center of the chest<br />

• Pain, numbness,<br />

pinching,<br />

prickling, or other<br />

uncomfortable<br />

sensations in one<br />

or both arms, the<br />

back, neck, jaw,<br />

or stomach<br />

• Shortness of<br />

breath<br />

• Sudden nausea<br />

or vomiting<br />

• Lightheadedness<br />

or dizziness<br />

• Unusual<br />

fatigue<br />

• Heat/flushing or a cold sweat<br />

•Sudden heaviness, weakness, or aching<br />

in one or both arms<br />

Chest pain and heart attack symptoms<br />

Doctors use several pieces of information<br />

to determine who is, and who isn’t, having a<br />

heart attack. In addition to the description of<br />

your symptoms and your heart risk profile,<br />

doctors use the results of an electrocardiogram<br />

(ECG) and a blood test called cardiac<br />

troponin. But sometimes these don’t immediately<br />

show abnormalities. So, what you describe<br />

to the doctor and your medical history<br />

are extremely important in determining the<br />

initial steps in your treatment. A few seconds<br />

of recurrent stabbing pain is less likely to be<br />

a heart attack , while pain centered in the<br />

chest that spreads out to the left arm or jaw<br />

is more likely to be one.<br />

For more information on heart related<br />

symptoms of to make an appointment to<br />

speak to a cardiologist then contact Phyathai<br />

Sriracha Hospital Heart Center<br />

on direct International number:<br />

087-1000-990<br />

Email:gavin@phyathai.com<br />

www.phyathai-sriracha.com<br />

Gavin Waddell<br />

Phyathai Sriracha Hospital<br />

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TOSCANA<br />

– A TRUE ITALIAN EXPERIENCE<br />

While the Toscana Italian and Moom<br />

Talay Thai restaurants share the same<br />

very large space, there are two points<br />

where the two are strictly separated.<br />

The first is perhaps the most obvious, in<br />

that the two restaurants have two separate<br />

kitchens. This is clearly sensible<br />

given the different styles of cooking and<br />

variety of dishes required. The second is<br />

also equally sensible, in that while there<br />

is a central area where either Italian and/<br />

or Thai dishes can be served to patrons,<br />

there is one completely enclosed area<br />

where only Italian dishes will be served.<br />

The management of Toscana understands<br />

that mixing the two culinary<br />

styles is not always in the best interests<br />

of those<br />

who want to enjoy the flavours and,<br />

more especially, the aromas of authentic<br />

Italian cooking. So, the Toscana Italian<br />

food only side of the restaurant has<br />

seating for up to 100 diners, all enclosed<br />

in an air-conditioned environment. The<br />

tables are set up with tablecloths and<br />

the atmosphere is designed primarily to<br />

promote fine Italian dining and enhance<br />

the largely organic offerings of pizza and<br />

pasta dishes for<br />

which Toscana is justly well-known.<br />

As mine host Luca has said, “We<br />

make fresh pasta here…almost every<br />

day, and all the pasta is made from duck<br />

eggs, which are so much better than using<br />

chicken eggs.”<br />

Among the specials Luca is most<br />

proud to promote are anti-pasti dishes<br />

such as Bresaola, home-made beef carpaccio,<br />

and home-made goat cheese.<br />

When it comes to pasta, dishes as<br />

varied such as duck ravioli, green ravioli<br />

with guinea fowl, ravioli filled with pumpkin<br />

and asparagus, salmon and ricotta<br />

ravioli are just a few of the many varieties<br />

available to diners.<br />

On one aspect of the restaurant and<br />

its processes Luca was adamant. “What<br />

I won’t do, and never have, is pre-cook<br />

the pasta. Everything is fresh.”<br />

On the outside terrace, there is also<br />

room for around another 150 diners.<br />

These are distinguished by having white<br />

table cloths covering each table. The<br />

spacious layout gives customers a more<br />

relaxed dining experience.<br />

Apart from the food, Toscana has a<br />

dazzling array of refreshments aimed at<br />

covering all possible tastes and de<br />

Trattoria Pizzeria Toscana<br />

Moom Talay Thai Restaurant


signed to complement the many dishes<br />

on the menu.<br />

As the name suggests, Toscana features<br />

cuisine which is almost uniquely<br />

derived from the Tuscany region of northern<br />

Italy. In keeping with this theme, it’s<br />

probably no surprise that although Toscana<br />

stocks wines from all over the Italian<br />

peninsula, the majority are sourced<br />

from Tuscany.<br />

All told, there are 60 red wines and<br />

31 white wines from which to choose.<br />

There are also nine choices of prosecco<br />

(otherwise known as sparkling wine). As<br />

mine host Luca says, prosecco is a kind<br />

of Italian champagne, but made from<br />

different grapes than what most people<br />

know as champagne.<br />

Three choices of lambrusco (also referred<br />

to as sparkling red), either dry or<br />

sweet, and four Rose wines add further<br />

depth to the Toscana wine list.<br />

Customers can also choose from the<br />

selection of house wines – three red and<br />

three whites – all of them are IGT (that<br />

is, certified from the region they come<br />

from). They can be served by the glass,<br />

or in quarter-litre, half-litre or one litre<br />

carafes.<br />

The comprehensive variety of wines<br />

in Toscana can be gauged by the incredible<br />

difference in value: from as little as<br />

1,300 baht for a bottle up to 20,000 baht<br />

a bottle for the finest wine in the house.<br />

To further enhance the experience for<br />

lovers of wine in Toscana, all the wines<br />

are stocked in the Wine Cellar located<br />

inside the fine dining section of the<br />

restaurant in a specially-built temperature-controlled<br />

cellar. As Luca notes,<br />

this ensures the wine is consistently<br />

good. Customers can order direct from<br />

the menu or go into the cellar, select the<br />

wine they desire and have it brought<br />

back to their table.<br />

In many places wine is stored on<br />

shelves in the restaurant, which means<br />

when the restaurant is closed the air-con<br />

is off so the bottles of wine experience<br />

regular changes in temperature.<br />

For customers who’d like to have a<br />

beer while sampling the unique Toscana<br />

ambience, real Italian Peroni beer is<br />

available both on draught and in bottles.<br />

There are also 26 different types of<br />

grappa drinks from which to choose.<br />

The Moom Talay Thai Restaurant and<br />

Trattoria Pizzeria TOSCANA Restaurant<br />

are located on Beach Road, <strong>Pattaya</strong><br />

(between Soi 6 and Soi 7)<br />

Telephone: 038 362 370<br />

Fax: 038 362 371;<br />

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6/Lauded (7)<br />

8/Direction (4)<br />

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1. For which film did Robert Redford win an Academy Award<br />

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2. Raymond who was president of France during the First<br />

World War?<br />

3. Which Australian runner at one stage held every world record<br />

from 5,000 metres to 10 miles but never managed to win an<br />

Olympic gold medal?<br />

4. Who wrote the novel Beau Geste?<br />

5. Who wrote the musical piece The Blue Danube?<br />

6. In what country is the Tonle Sap, the largest freshwater lake<br />

in Southeast Asia?<br />

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7. Who starred as Dr Oliver Sacks in the 1990 movie Awakenings?<br />

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8. How many times did Martina Navratilova win the women’s<br />

singles title at Wimbledon?<br />

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9. The highest mountain in the United States, Mt McKinley,<br />

was renamed what, reverting to its native name?<br />

10. In what sport would you find positions such as ‘cornerbacks’<br />

and ‘offensive linesman’?<br />

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1. Ordinary People 2. Raymond Poincare 3. Ron Clarke 4. P C Wren 5. Johann Strauss 6.<br />

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SOUTHEAST ASIAN BUSINESS ROUNDUP<br />

Malaysia<br />

The Malaysian arm of Nestle is disposing<br />

of its chilled dairy and manufacturing<br />

businesses to French dairy<br />

group Lactalis for US$37.33 million<br />

in cash. Nestle said it will use part of<br />

the proceeds to establish a Milo Manufacturing<br />

Centre of Excellence in its<br />

Chembong factory in Negeri Sembilan,<br />

while the balance shall be used<br />

to reduce bank borrowings.<br />

The Philippines<br />

Universal Robina Corporation (URC)<br />

announced it had agreed to purchase<br />

a 50 percent shares of its potato chip<br />

venture partner Calbee, the Japanese<br />

snack giant, for US$3.13 million. Calbee’s<br />

exit comes as the Philippine<br />

joint venture continued to post losses<br />

since its establishment in 2014.<br />

URC said the purchase will allow it to<br />

have full control of the joint venture,<br />

known as Calbee-Universal Robina<br />

Corporation Inc (CURC) which was<br />

was established in April 2014 as part<br />

of Calbee’s move to enter the Philippine<br />

market.<br />

Myanmar<br />

Yoma Bank, the financial services arm<br />

of First Myanmar Investment Co Ltd,<br />

recently injected a second tranche of<br />

US$4.4 million in a follow-on financing<br />

round of BRAC Myanmar Microfinance<br />

Company Limited to expand<br />

its activities in the country. BRAC will<br />

use the financing to expand its microfinance<br />

services for women and<br />

low-income families living in the outskirts<br />

of cities in Myanmar. With the<br />

funding, BRAC hopes to expand its<br />

microfinance coverage to an additional<br />

15,000 households. Prior to the latest<br />

funding agreement, BRAC raised<br />

a US$1.3 million financing facility<br />

from Yoma Bank in March.<br />

BRAC was founded in 1972 by Sir<br />

Fazle Hasan Abed in Bangladesh and<br />

expanded to Myanmar in 2014<br />

and has served over 79,000 families<br />

across the country. The company has<br />

49 branch offices and loans range in<br />

size from US$97 to US$6,469.<br />

Indonesia<br />

The co-working platform GoWork<br />

raised US$13.8 million in a Series A<br />

round co-led by Gobi Partners and<br />

The Paradise Group, an Indonesian<br />

retail and hospitality-focused property<br />

developer. GoWork plans to use<br />

the proceeds to triple its footprint<br />

by next year, targeting over 100,000<br />

sqm in operation by early 2020. The<br />

company claims to have a 90 percent<br />

renewal rate for members, with over<br />

90 percent occupancy within three<br />

months of launching operations. The<br />

company hopes to become the single<br />

largest provider of quality workspaces<br />

in Indonesia. GoWork was created<br />

after a merger between Rework<br />

and GoWork, two rival co-working<br />

spaces and has 16 hub locations in<br />

Jakarta, Surabaya and Bali and over<br />

30 locations in partnership with Ismaya<br />

Group covering over 25,000 sqm<br />

of workspace. Paradise Group owns<br />

and operates several malls including<br />

Plaza Indonesia.<br />

Singapore<br />

Orthopaedic services provider Asian<br />

Healthcare Specialists (AHS) has entered<br />

into an investment agreement<br />

with Vanda 1 Investments, a company<br />

controlled by Temasek unit Heliconia<br />

Capital Management.<br />

“As ageing populations in both<br />

emerging and developed countries<br />

continue to drive increasing demand<br />

for healthcare, particularly in the specialist<br />

areas of musculoskeletal care<br />

and services, the group intends to tap<br />

into this demand as part of its growth<br />

strategy,” AHS said. The estimated<br />

net proceeds are about US$7.21 million.<br />

AHS intends to use all the net<br />

proceeds to finance business expansion<br />

and grow its existing business.<br />

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THAILAND’S SENIORS<br />

EMBRACING AIRBNB & TOP THE LIST<br />

OF WORLD’S MOST ACTIVE<br />

HOSTS AND GUESTS<br />

• Seniors are a core demographic to<br />

the Airbnb community, and growing<br />

rapidly.<br />

• Thai senior guests have increased<br />

62% year-on-year.<br />

• Thai senior hosts earned almost<br />

THB300 million in 2017 alone.<br />

Seniors (hosts and guests aged<br />

60 and older) have been a growing<br />

and integral part of the Airbnb community<br />

for many years -- they are<br />

growing fast, earning important extra<br />

income, and continue to be the<br />

most-loved of any age group. They<br />

are fast growing, are booking on<br />

Airbnb in increasing numbers, and<br />

leading a new trend of multi-generation<br />

family travel beyond traditional<br />

tourist districts to experience local,<br />

authentic neighbourhoods.<br />

Thailand’s Hospitable Senior<br />

Hosts are the Best Rated<br />

Globally, senior hosts are the<br />

fastest-growing of any age group of<br />

hosts on Airbnb, and there are now<br />

over 400,000 senior hosts on Airbnb<br />

worldwide. In 2017, senior hosts<br />

around the world earned over 65<br />

billion baht, hosted over 13.5 million<br />

guest arrivals at their listings, and<br />

welcomed travellers from over 150<br />

countries.<br />

In Thailand, there are currently<br />

almost 1,500 senior hosts on Airbnb,<br />

representing a year-on-year<br />

increase of more than 26%. Senior<br />

hosts earned a combined total of<br />

close to THB300 million, welcoming<br />

over 52,000 guests into their homes.<br />

They also ranked among the most<br />

loved hosts in the world -- senior<br />

hosts are the best-rated host age<br />

group in Thailand with more than<br />

83% of reviews of senior hosts receiving<br />

five stars.Thai Experience<br />

Host, Sirichan, shared: “I first become<br />

an Airbnb<br />

Host two years ago. My home is<br />

quite unique, over 100 years old, and<br />

I wanted to share its fascinating Thai<br />

architectural legacy with visitors who<br />

wished to experience something traditionally<br />

Thai while learning to cook<br />

Thai food. Since then I have made<br />

many friendships from being a Host.<br />

It’s almost like becoming a member<br />

of my Guest’s family and I have enjoyed<br />

sharing moments of happiness<br />

together.”<br />

Siew Kum Hong, Airbnb Regional<br />

Director, APAC says: “Known for<br />

their renowned welcoming hospitality<br />

and as avid world travellers, it’s<br />

not surprising that seniors in Thailand<br />

are aging meaningfully by embracing<br />

the home sharing community.<br />

As the travel industry continues to<br />

grow, Airbnb promotes tourism that<br />

is local, authentic, diverse, inclusive,<br />

and sustainable, creating new economic<br />

opportunities for hosts in the<br />

homes and communities where they<br />

live.”<br />

Thailand’s Senior Guests are<br />

World’s Most Active on Airbnb<br />

Globally, senior guests are now<br />

the fastest-growing of any age group<br />

on Airbnb, with the number of seniors<br />

who have booked on the platform<br />

growing 66% in the past year.<br />

Thailand’s seniors are the world’s<br />

most active on Airbnb, topping the<br />

list of countries with the highest<br />

proportion of senior guests on Airbnb.<br />

Across the country, seniors who<br />

booked on Airbnb grew 62% in the<br />

past year alone, a figure that is expected<br />

to continuing trending up as a<br />

quarter of Thailand’s population are<br />

expected to be 65+ by 2040.<br />

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Wild Boars cave rescue<br />

October 16th, <strong>2018</strong> marked the<br />

official launch of Heroes of Thailand,<br />

a song and music video produced<br />

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Will, who is also the CEO of<br />

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in the music industry from<br />

promoting Leo Sayer, Rose Royce,<br />

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Will also penned the full length version<br />

of “Glory Glory Man United” in<br />

2008 which became a hit with Old<br />

Trafford featuring Korean violinist<br />

Jenny Bae. He also wrote “Red is<br />

the man” for Sir Alex Ferguson’s<br />

25th anniversary at Old Trafford and<br />

“Chico is the Man” for Mexican football<br />

star Javier Hernandez which<br />

was a collaboration with Jose Feliciano<br />

and Daniel Ryan.<br />

“I co-wrote a song for Bryan<br />

Robson, former manager of the Thai<br />

national football team and former<br />

captain of Manchester United and<br />

England football team called “Hero”<br />

with British composer Daniel Ryan<br />

about seven years ago. The song<br />

has a strong melody and after the<br />

heroic rescue at Tham Luang cave,<br />

I thought this song would make a<br />

nice tribute to all the volunteers,<br />

rescue workers, divers and others<br />

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of Thai and Western artists.<br />

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“Heroes of Thailand” and went into<br />

the studio and things evolved. The<br />

song was recorded in Manchester,<br />

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and features vocalist Ronnarong<br />

Khampha, who is a Lanna dancer<br />

and actor from Phayao, a province<br />

north of Thailand,” pointed out the<br />

producer.<br />

Will explained that the making<br />

of the song and video has been an<br />

interesting journey.<br />

“My original idea was to have<br />

Ronnarong, together with musicians<br />

and dancers, to perform the song<br />

whilst walking towards the mountains<br />

in the north of Thailand where<br />

they would make a camp fire, but<br />

I loved the bridge of the song and<br />

felt it was very powerful. I thought<br />

it would be a good idea to feature<br />

some of the heroes,” Will added.<br />

“I am honoured to be part of this<br />

charitable project so I can share<br />

the Lanna art and culture through<br />

music,” shared Ronnarong, adding,<br />

“the lyrics convey the message of<br />

gratitude to all local and international<br />

volunteers who were involved<br />

in the rescue of the footballers and<br />

their coach. Every person is a hero.”<br />

Heroes of Thailand can be<br />

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About Tune Asia Limited<br />

Tune Asia Limited is a Hong<br />

Kong based record label specialising<br />

in creating and developing their<br />

musical ideas. The company has<br />

online marketing and sales of music<br />

distributing to 250 digital stores in<br />

140 countries around the world.<br />

Tune Asiaʼs catalogue has sold<br />

over 3 million downloads and one<br />

hundred million streams which includes<br />

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The company was founded by<br />

Will Robinson, a British Executive<br />

Producer who has over 25 years<br />

experience in the music industry<br />

from promoting Leo Sayer, Rose<br />

Royce, The Pasadenas and many<br />

more. CEO Will Robinson has collaborated<br />

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