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March 2019
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THE ANSWER TO
YOUR ONLINE
PROBLEMS
Is your Digital Marketing agency
ripping you off?
PDS Consulting Solutions
are an international Digital
Solutions agency specialising
in marketing and
branding for small to
medium enterprises.
With office in
Asia and Europe
they serve a wide
range of clients
and a lot of their
work entails
helping
compa-
nies recover from
bad experiences with Digital
Marketing agencies.
As with any other industry there are a
lot of scammers, fraudsters and generally low
skilled individuals offering their services as Digital
Marketing ‘experts’.
If you are unlucky enough to come across
these people and trust them with your online endeavours
then at best you may lose money but
at worst you could lose your business.
If you are unsure whether your digital marketing
agency is ripping you off, read the tell tale
signs below:
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No Numbers To Support Digital Marketing
Campaign’s Performance
In view of all of its advantages over traditional
marketing, there is one benefit of Digital Marketing
that stands out above the rest. This is Digital Marketing’s
ability to track the campaign’s performance and
provide you with accurate numbers in real time.
Having numbers allows you to monitor which
strategies are working; which ones are contributing
to your targeted goal and generating ROI. Real-time
data also gives you a better idea of your audience
demographics and their online behavioral patterns.
Who are reading the blogs? Where do they
come from? How do they access your content?
Which time of day and night are they most
active? How many of my targeted audience
has pushed through with my Callto-Action?
The Digital Marketing agency
should provide you with numbers as
the basis for assessing the performance
of the campaign. A reputable
agency is one that is willing to take you
through the entire process. And part of
the process is realizing that results take
time to achieve.
An honest Digital Marketing agency is
not afraid to show you that every campaign
goes through growth stages. That even
the best agencies in the business make
mistakes.
However, the advantage of Digital
Marketing is that the availability of
analytics; these numbers being
presented to you, makes it possible
for the agency to implement
changes in the campaign.
Remember the old saying in business development,
“Strategy follows numbers; not the
other way around.”
The Agency Pushes You To “Go Big”
Right Off The Bat
If a Digital Marketing agency tells you to “Go big
or go home”, or passes this line by you, “Digital marketing
is an investment; the larger the investment, the
higher the return”, terminate the meeting right away
and tell the ad agency to go home.
Another great thing about Digital Marketing is that
it is scalable. You can easily add new processes to
its framework once analytics validate that
results are becoming more consistent.
Likewise, you can remove processes
that are not generating significant ROI.
A Digital Marketing agency that
pushes you to do a massive, ambitious
campaign right away with all
the bells and whistles, is only thinking
about their company’s interests.
There is a direct relationship
between the size of your
campaign and the needed investment.
Put simply, you will
need a larger budget to pull
off an ambitious campaign.
Every process that is
added unto the initial Digital
Marketing framework only guarantees
one party in the agreement of sure-fire
earnings: The agency. You will be footing
their bill while the fate of your campaign
remains shrouded in uncertainty.
The truth is you don’t have to go big with Digital
Marketing right away.
Social media marketing is one of the cornerstones
of a sound Digital Marketing strategy. At Mountaintop,
we advise our Digital Marketing to choose only 2 to
3 social media marketing platforms to start out with.
Having only 2 to 3 social media platforms to monitor
makes it easier to track performance. We also
lessen the client’s exposure to risk. With regular
analytics and campaign benchmarking, we can
determine with greater certainty if we should
add or remove processes to the campaign.
Your Approval Is Sought
On Every Decision
As the client, it
is within reason for
the agency to discuss any change in
plans with you. That is, after all, professional
courtesy. However, be wary if your Digital
Marketing agency always seeks your stamp of
approval in every decision.
Isn’t the Digital Marketing agency the expert in
this arrangement? Even if the client funds the campaign,
he/she will not be in the best position to give
the right call every time.
When the agency seeks your go-signal before
implementing a plan or course of action, it may only
be doing so to pass accountability to you. If something
goes wrong, the agency can just tell you, “Well,
you approved it.” On the other hand, if the plan is a
success, the agency will bask in the glory and take
credit for it.
The keyword in Digital Marketing is collaboration.
The agency is the architect of the campaign.
The client trusts that his/her best interests will be
served by the agency.
The agency should exhibit transparency even
before the campaign gets rolling. While no one can
predict the outcomes of a Digital Marketing strategy,
the agency is responsible for setting expectations.
This includes discussing scenarios that run adverse
to the campaign and the alternative courses of action.
If you would like an independent audit of the
work your digital agency are carrying out we also
offer this service and you can schedule an appointment
by emailing
sales@pdsconsultingsolutions.com
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WAGES GROWTH IN
THAILAND EXPECTED
AT AROUND 5.5 PERCENT
Real salary growth and wage
stagnation are a hot topic across
the globe as wage and salary
earners struggle to keep pace with
the rising costs of living. Yet there’s
relatively good news for Thailand’s
workforce in the recent release of
the Korn Ferry 2019 Global Salary
Forecast.
Korn Ferry has Thailand in fifth
position out of 110 countries when
it comes to real salary growth for
2019, the 5.5 percent expected
increase placing it behind the
Ukraine, Turkey, India and Vietnam
and tied with
Azerbaijan. Rising
inflation, expected
at 1.6 percent,
will restrict real
salary growth
down
to 3.9 percent.
Thailand’s economy expanded
at its fastest pace for six years in
2018 with GDP growth estimated
at around 4.5 percent. Unemployment
sits at a low of 0.9 percent,
although this figure is often
skewed by the number of people
who simply choose not to work for
any length of time and rely on family
and friends for financial support.
GDP is expected to drop slightly
this year to 4.3 percent.
In global economic terms, it appears
Thailand is well-placed in a
general sense to ride out the looking
signs of a worldwide economic
slowdown and the impact of potential
trade wars as well as inevitably
rising interest rates.
Korn
Ferry’s
forecasts
uses a massive pay
database which holds data
on around 20 million employed
people in 25,000 organisations in
110 countries.
With this information in mind,
Korn Ferry notes that Asia will
probably be the region which witnesses
the highest real salary
growth with an overall expected
rise of around 2.6 percent for
2019. Eastern Europe is looking at
a two percent rise.
The company makes it clear
that while inflation indices are a
strong benchmark for looking at
market trends when it
comes to wages
and salaries, it
suggests organisations
need
to take
a broader perspective
by setting
their own benchmarks according
to local trading conditions.
So-called flat-lining
in wages growth has
been a feature
of the overall
global workplace
ever
since
the Global
Financial
Crisis (GFC)
which reared
its ugly head just
over a decade ago
and whose effects
are clearly still being
felt.
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A company created in 2006 whom
has grown among the years to become
one of Thailand’s leading real
estate companies with more than 50
multicultural and multilingual collaborators
with agencies in Thailand’s
most touristic destinations including
Bangkok, Pattaya, Phuket, Koh
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allowing us to become the only real
estate agency with a global vision
and presence over the Kingdom.
very beginning of your real estate
project until it is one hundred percent
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But enough talking about us.
Now let’s talk about why we are right
here talking to you! The objective of
this monthly column is simple: while
investing in a foreign country with
a different legislation and a different
language can be difficult, every
month we will give you insights
about Thailand’s real estate market
in general and especially Pattaya’s
market with its trends, tips, news,
advices, legal information, and literally
all you need to know in order
Our strong commitment and
expertise, combined with our aim
of always going further for our customers,
led us to be voted as the
“Best 2018 Real Estate Agency” by
the prestigious Southeast Asian real
estate portal Dot Property, thereby
highlighting the important role
Vauban Real Estate is now playing
in Thailand’s real estate market.
Whether you are looking for a
profitable investment or your dream
property, Vauban’s close relationships
with all the major developers
in the country mean we are able to
offer you the best deals in the best
conditions. By choosing Vauban for
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just another real estate agent. We
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Let us know what topics you
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months or simply get in touch with
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of coffee! Do not forget to mention
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Phone: +66 (0)3 825 1729
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at
Collingbourne
Auctioneers
PATTAYA
You can now buy items that have a
GREEN STICKER
on week days.
To see the auction live and to book in online, visit
every other Sunday at 11:00 a.m. Contact us for the next date
Household and hotel clearances. Onsite Property & Charity Auction a specialty
High Tower Co., Ltd. Tel: 038 411 009
Our Auction Wine Bar is
open from 11 a.m. till 8 p.m.
Collingbourne Auctioneers
Soi Chaiyapruk 2, Nongprue, Pattaya, Chonburi, ailand.
Mob: 086-838-7841 ( Mr.John )
Tel: (+66) 038-076 234 Fax: (+66) 038-076 235
email: johncollingbourne@hotmail.com
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WHAT IS WI-FI?
HERE’S EVERYTHING
YOU NEED TO KNOW
Wi-Fi helps connect all of our devices
at high-speed, but what exactly is it?
Wi-Fi is one of the most important
technological developments of the
modern age. It’s the wireless networking
standard that helps us enjoy all the
conveniences of modern media and connectivity
at the tips of our fingers without
astronomical cellular data charges. But
what is Wi-Fi, really?
The term “Wi-Fi” is a marketing
name, but it stands for “wireless fidelity.”
Similar to other wireless connection
types, like Bluetooth, it’s a radio transmission
technology that’s built upon a
set of standards to allow high-speed and
secure communications between a wide
variety of digital devices, access points,
and hardware. It makes it possible for Wi-
Fi capable devices to access the internet
without the need for restrictive wires.
HOW DOES WI-FI WORK?
Although Wi-Fi is typically used to
access the internet on portable devices
like smartphones, tablets, or laptops, in
actuality, Wi-Fi itself is used to connect
to a router or other access point which in
turn provides the internet access. Wi-Fi is
a wireless connection to that device, not
the internet itself. It also provides access
to a local network of connected devices,
which is why you can print pictures wirelessly
or look at a video feed from Wi-Fi
connected cameras with no need to be
physically connected to them.
Instead of using wired connections
like Ethernet, Wi-Fi uses radio waves to
transmit information at specific frequencies,
most typically at 2.4GHz and 5GHz,
although there are many others used in
more niche settings. Each frequency
range has a number of channels which
wireless devices can operate on, helping
to spread the load so that individual
devices don’t see their signals crowded
or interrupted by other traffic — although
that does happen on busy networks.
The typical range of a standard Wi-Fi
network can reach up to 100 meters in
the open air. Buildings and other materials
reflect the signal however, making
most Wi-Fi networks far narrower than
that. Typically 10-35 metres is more common.
The strength of the antenna and
the frequency broadcast can also impact
the effective range of the network. Higher
frequencies like 5GHz and 60GHz have
far shorter effective ranges than 2.4GHz.
WHAT DEVICES
USE WI-FI?
In 2019, Wi-Fi devices are everywhere.
Most routers offer Wi-Fi connectivity
and almost any product with smart
functions relies on it for a steady and
strong connection to the internet. Almost
all modern smartphones support it, as do
tablets, laptops, and some desktops. It
can be added to computers using USB
dongles too.
Smart TVs almost always come with
support for Wi-Fi connectivity and many
internet of things devices like smart fridges
and cameras do too. There are also
Wi-Fi printers, scanners, clocks, games
consoles, digital radios and even cars.
The use cases for Wi-Fi are near infinite
when you consider the wide array of
connected services that any device can
take advantage of it they gain wireless
access to the internet.
WHAT ARE THE DIFFER-
ENT VERSIONS OF WI-FI?
The very first wireless network
was created in 1971. Known as
ALOHAnet, it was the precursor to
modern standards like 802.11 and
acted as a proof of concept for the
decades of wireless networking to
come.
It wasn’t until 1997, though, that
the very first version of the 802.11
protocol was released, offering
speeds up to 2Mbit per second.
That was improved two years later
to 11Mbit per second and ratified as
802.11b. That same year the Wi-Fi
Alliance was formed as a non-profit
to hold the Wi-Fi trademark, oversee
the technology’s development,
and provide a certification process
for companies wishing to sell products
with Wi-Fi compatibility. Today
it includes hundreds of companies,
including industry giants like Apple,
Dell, and Facebook.
Many generations of Wi-Fi connectivity
have been released over
the past two decades.. The fastest
ones today offer as much as 15Gbit
per second, although slower speeds
are more common.
At the end of 2018, the Wi-Fi
Alliance announced its intention to
use a new naming convention for
Wi-Fi generations. Starting with Wi-
Fi 6 (was 802.11ax) it would begin
referring to them with that simple
naming scheme to make it easier for
the public to understand the capabilities
of new standards as they were
released.
LIBERTY COMPUTERS PATTAYA (Est. 1997)
The specialists for bar, restaurant and entertainment systems
from B31,000 New Pc’s, PC repairs, CCTV and security systems
Tel: 038 360 400 or email steve@libertycomputers.asia
www.libertycomputers.asia
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PRIVATE HOSPITALS
TO DISPLAY THEIR PRICES
FOODMART
SUPERMARKET
On Thappraya Road, Jomtien
316/3 Moo 12, Nongprue, Banglamung, Chonburi 20150
FOODMART
Offers a wide selection of the best foods and beverages
from around the world at reasonable prices.
FOODMART
Is located directly on Thappraya Road north of Thepprasit Road,
opposite Pan Pan Restaurant.
Tel: 038-303 467
The Commerce Ministry is expected
to move forward with a plan
that will require private hospitals
to display their prices for medical
services, medical supplies and
medicines in order to ensure that
patients can be aware of the costs
of any procedure or consultation
before going ahead and using the
services.
The aim is to ensure customers
don’t get any nasty shocks in
regard to the amount they have to
pay after having already received
treatment.
This is good news for expats
and tourists visiting Thailand, however
all foreigners in particular
should ensure they have adequate
medical insurance cover whilst in
Thailand so that they can be covered
for medical expenses if anything
unforeseen happens.
Some expats, for example,
those who come from the UK could
easily find themselves lulled into
a false sense of security owing to
the fact that their home country has
free National Health Service (NHS)
treatment. Although some may
criticize the UK system for being
overstretched, overall the service
enables UK citizens free access to
virtually all health services, even if
a wait is required in many cases.
In Thailand private healthcare
can be cheaper than some other
countries, but it still needs to be
paid for. Even with medical insurance
there is often a limit to the
payout. Thus the new system of
having private hospitals display
their prices will mean that those in
need of hospital services can shop
around before seeking treatment.
Another way to limit risk is to
ensure that a full annual health
check up is completed so that early
warning signs can be detected for
any serious medical conditions.
Then there will be enough time to
shop around in Thailand or even go
back to your home country for treatment.
Some insurance companies
require a check-up anyway, others
may limit your cover if something is
uncovered, but either way you will
avoid the shock of an emergency
hospital visit in the event that you
collapse or feel sudden pain.
Of course accidents can happen
that can land you in hospital
so it is worth looking to secure accident
insurance as well as medical
insurance. Accident insurance can
take many forms of coverage but
you should try to secure coverage
in case of accident as a passenger
in a taxi or on a motorbike or even
simply as a pedestrian walking the
streets. After all anything can happen
in the blink of an eye.
Commerce permanent secretary
Boonyarit Kalayanamit, was
quoted as saying about the price
lists, “The price tags must be easily
visible and understandable,”
adding “They may start with 1,000
items in the initial period.”
Mr. Boonyarit will also set up
a study group to determine the
production costs of medicines
and services in private hospitals.
The study will be complete by late
March 2019 .
Private hospitals will be required
to itemize charges and
separate medical costs from other
charges such as private room
rates as well as additional charges
that may be payable, for example,
if doctors detect other diseases or
conditions during a hospital visit
that they plan to treat.
The cabinet already approved
the Commerce Ministry’s proposal
to include healthcare and medical
charges on the state price control
list in Jan 2019 in order to reign in
prices and deal with the concerns
of the rising costs of private health
care.
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High Tower Co., Ltd. Tel: 038 411 009
For all your advertising enquiries - Tel: 0846 77 43 60

SINGAPORE
A consortium of Singapore investors
acquired a majority stake
in ABCC Exchange, a global crypto
exchange based in the citystate,
aiming to scale the company
into a global crypto exchange platform.
The consortium of investors,
led by ABCC Exchange co-founder
Calvin Cheng and Singaporean
investor Eric Cheng, will continue
building ABCC’s presence in Europe
and Southeast Asia, the two
primary markets of the platform,
following the acquisition of controlling
majority stake. With offices
in Malta and Gibraltar, ABCC Exchange
has a daily trading volume
of $35 million with communities in
12 different languages. It claims to
be one of the top 10 exchanges in
the world by volume for the most
part of the second half of 2018.
The acquisition comes at a time
when Singapore regulators join
others around the world in stepping
up their scrutiny of digital-asset
trading.
VIETNAM
Ho Chi Minh-based asset management
VinaCapital sold nearly
3.9 million shares of technology
giant FPT Corporation to Australia’s
Macquarie Bank and Florida
Retirement for around US$7.34
million. According to Vietnam Securities
Depository, VOF Investment
Limited has transferred 3.05
million shares to Macquarie Bank
and 500,000 shares to Florida Retirement.
Macquarie Bank had earlier
purchased over 1.572 million
shares, equivalent to 5.74 per cent
of entertainment group Yeah1’s
charter capital, becoming a major
shareholder in the Vietnamese entertainment
group.
VIETNAM
Japan’s Taisho Pharmaceutical
Holdings has proposed purchasing
nearlyone million shares in Vietnam-listed
DHG Pharma JSC, lifting its
ownership to nearly 35 percent, according
to a disclosure by the Ho Chi Minh
City Stock Exchange. The Japanese
pharma company would spend around
US$3.7 million to buy the shares.
BUSINESS SUPPLEMENT
SOUTHEAST ASIAN BUSINESS ROUNDUP
INDONESIA
Go-Jek, Indonesia’s most valuable
startup, is choosing an adviser
to help with fundraising as it expands
rapidly in the competitive Southeast
Asian ride-hailing industry. The firm
recently asked investment banks to
pitch for a role working on its ongoing
financing round. Go-Jek could
seek to bring in as much as US
$2 billion additional capital from
new investors. The Jakarta-based
startup is intensifying its push
against larger rival Grab. The two
most valuable startups in Southeast
Asia are going head-to-head
in everything from ride hailing to
mobile payments and food delivery
in Indonesia, Singapore and
Thailand.
PHILIPPINES
Philippines-focused blockchain
remittance startup Send-
Friend has raised US$1.7 million
from eight investors including MIT
Media Lab, Barclays, the Mastercard
Foundation, Ripple, Tech
stars, Mahindra Finance, 2020
Ventures, and 8 Decimal Capital.
It aims to enable Overseas Filipino
Workers (OFWs) to securely
transfer USD to PHP at the lowest
rate available. The funds raised
will be used to build out the team,
focus on community engagement,
and marketing efforts. Founded in
2017, SendFriend claims to offer a
secure, intuitive, and low-fee solution
that reduces the cost of remittance
payments by 65 percent
from the industry average. The
blockchain-based startup reported
that more than $45 billion in fees
on remittance services, which often
take 3-5 days, was spent last
year by the millions of migrants
in the US who send home more
than $650 billion in remittances. It
plans to launch in New Jersey in
the US before expanding its presence
to other states.
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BUSINESS SUPPLEMENT
FOREIGN CURRENCY UPDATE
Although the U.S. Dollar fell
in the wake of even more Federal
Reserve statements that it will be
“more patient” with interest rate rises,
it has since risen quite strongly
to retest its highs. The DXY U.S.
Dollar index, (an index that measures
the U.S. Dollar’svalue against
six major currencies), fell to a low of
95.34 before putting on a sharp rally
that took it to 97.05. Against the
Thai Baht,and even in spite of the
DXY strengthening the Dollar
lost ground to move from
31.88 to 31.32, indicating
that the Thai baht itself is
seeing real strength of late,
even in excess of the U.S.
Dollar strength.
The British Pound rose
from 1.2903 to a high of
1.3203 against the U.S.
Dollar due to the initial
Dollar weakness, but fell
back to 1.2849 as the U.S. Dollar
strengthened again. Interesting is
that the moves have been mainly
Dollar driven rather than Pound driven,
meaning that although Brexit is
still a driver of the British Pound’s
fortunes it has had a muted effect
of late. That could change as Brexit
deadlines draw nearer. Against
the Thai Baht, the pound rose from
41.31 to 41.68, but quickly gave
back those gains as the Thai Baht
strengthened, to hit a low of 40.24,
coming close to levels not seen for
almost 20 years.
The U.S. Dollar vs. Japanese
Yen cross ratemirrored the move
of the U.S. Dollar higher but also
weakened when the Dollar moved
lower. Overall, the Yen rose from
108.51 to 110.48 to the U.S. Dollar.
Of course when the Yen rises
against the Dollar it is actually the
U.S. Dollar getting stronger and
the Yen that is getting weaker because
a rise indicates that a U.S.
Dollar can buy more Yen. Against
the Thai Baht, the Yen moved down
strongly from 0.2932 to 0.2812 indicating
again that the Thai baht has
strengthenedagainst almost all currencies
by an amount that is close
to three per cent.
The Russian Ruble strengthenedagainst
the U.S. Dollar moving
from 67.23 to 65.59. This occurred
even while the U.S. Dollar was gaining
ground and so it can be seen
that the Ruble has strengthened at
an even faster rate than the Dollar.
This is further evidenced by
the fact that the Ruble has
held up well against the Thai
baht having been absolutely
flat, trading in a tight range of
0.4733 to 0.4776.
The Euro vs. the U.S. Dollar
cross rate has shown Dollar
strength and Euro weakness
with the Euro dropping from
1.1467 to 1.1282. Against the
Thai Baht the drop is almost
double that magnitude, as it
takes into account additional
Thai baht strength. The Euro
moved in a straight line without any
retracement from 36.59 to 35.29
to the Thai Baht, another three per
cent drop on top of the three per
cent drop seen last month, settling
at a multi-year low.
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AKESIS-
ONCOLOGY
Akesis Life Centre in Bangkok
represents a new type of cancer clinic
offering non-toxic cancer treatment
for patients who are looking for efficient
alternatives to intrusive methods
such as high dose chemotherapy
and radiation therapy.
Since its opening last August in
Phloen Chit, Akesis Life has already
helped many patients from all over
the world on their journey to recovery.
As the demand for admissions is
growing, Akesis Life took the decision
to move to a new location in Asoke as
from February 2019.
Akesis Life provides personalised
cancer treatment with a medical team
dedicated to patients and headed by
the world renowned integrative oncologist
Dr. Thomas Lodi. The new centre
has been carefully designed and
is fitted out with the latest technologies
and analytical equipment from
Germany, Switzerland and the US.
Patient Care Director, Sarah
Watts explains that “This development
for Akesis Life demonstrates
our commitment to delivering excellent
integrative healthcare and positions
us as one of the leading cancer
treatment centres in the world.”
The new clinic offers to patients a
splendid view all over the city as from
one of the highest floor of the iconic
253 Asoke Building in Sukhumvit 21.
The Medical Team is conscious how
stress can have direct effects on their
patients’ recovery, which is one of the
main reasons Akesis Life chose this
specific location and clinic design.
Asoke is the best connected area
in all the capital, including a direct access
to the Airport Rail Link making
it easy for anyone visiting patients to
commute easily whilst avoiding the
heavy intercity traffic.
The Lancaster Bangkok is the
clinic’s partner hotel for accomodation.
This is where all patients are
able to stay, providing impeccable
hospitality. This 5-star hotel is very
close to the clinic where patients and
their families are able to relax in spacious
rooms and luxurious facilities
after their daily treatments.
Anyone who is interested in further
information about Akesis Life and
the treatments they offer can contact
their Patient Care Team directly
by emailing contact@akesisoncology.com
or visiting their website
https://akesisoncology.com/
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IT’S NOT JUST
MARKETING -
IT’S PERSONAL
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There are over 1 billion websites
on the world wide web today, the
majority of your competitors have
websites, most have social media
accounts too. So, how do you convince
your potential customers that
you are the best in the business before
you have even spoken to them?
I have always put a lot of emphasis
into creating a truly personal
online experience and really making
your potential clients understand
that you are real people doing a real
job and not just a website that may
be here today and gone tomorrow,
this is more important to most consumers
than you think. Trust is one
of the biggest factors in online marketing
and I’ve written a few tips on
how you can use the tools available
to develop trust within your target
market.
Create a professional and most
importantly unique online experience,
look at what your competitors
are doing but also at what they are
not doing and how you can present
your product and services better
than they do.
Does your website answer the
questions which users are asking?
When someone arrives at your website
primarily they want to know three
things - ‘Do they do what I’m looking
for?’ , ‘Can I afford it?’ & ‘Can I trust
them?’ Make sure that you present
your content clearly and it is obvious
to users how they can take the next
step - a website which doesn’t turn
visitors into business is useless and
a drain on your resources instead of
an additional source of income.
Ensure that everything works
correctly, your website usability is
the first impression of your company’s
customer service levels. A
broken website shows that you are
not paying attention to your clients
needs.
Make your online space personal
includes using real images of your
team and your business, not stock
images.
Get testimonials from your customers,
with photos and videos is
best if possible. You can even sign
up to a site like Tripadvisor or Trust
Pilot which are independent review
sites and can carry a lot of weight
when people are preparing to make
a purchase online.
Introduce live chat into your site
and helping your website visitors to
move down the sales funnel by answering
their questions and alleviating
their concerns.
Show personalised content to
your users based on their previous
visits to your website, location, device
and much more.
As online marketers we are no
longer selling products or services,
we are selling a customer experience.
During these difficult economic
times when less and less business
is available we need to look at more
ways to enrich the customer experience.
Your potential customers could
be comparing you to your competitors
at any time and the worst thing
is that you don’t even know it.
By creating a professional and
personalised website you can move
one step ahead of the competition
and keep more of the market share
in your industry.
If you would like to set up a
remarketing campaign for your
business and get 2019 off to a
bang please contact sales@pdsconsultingsolutions.com
Gemma Purnell
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An impressive array of Cold Cuts
at Toscana
Over the the course of time the Business Supplement has been featuring the many and varied menu
offerings produced by the Toscana Italian restaurant on Beach Road, central Pattaya, run by Luca Marchetti,
a native of the Tuscany region of Italy.
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We have referred to Luca’s vegetable and animal farms, which provide
much of the produce which appears on the Toscana menu, as well as that of
its Thai twin, Moom Talay, run by Luca’s wife, as well as the great variety of
cheeses and pastas for which Toscana is justifiably noted.
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The variety includes the impressive array of cold cuts
which can be tasted in Toscana, all of which are prepared onsite.
Luca states he has the capacity to produce 300 kilograms
of salami every seven to eight days.
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There is a mind-boggling 22 different varieties available
in Toscana, although, as Luca points out, “In Italy you
could find 250 or more since each region has its own
varieties and seasonings.”
Trattoria Pizzeria Toscana
Moom Talay Thai Restaurant

In Toscana the main ingredients of each cold cut vary from pork
(which actually will be found in all of the cold cuts), to duck, geese,
guinea fowl, goat and wild boar.
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While there is a great variety to be had, Luca says, “While I can
make a 100 percent salami of goat or guinea fowl, the meat is actually
too hard and dry, so all my salami will have some amount of pork included.
In a goat or guinea fowl salami the amount of pork might be
as much as 30 or 40 percent.”
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The preparation time for each variety of salami can vary quite markedly, some can take three weeks to prepare
properly, while others may be as long as a year or more. Depending on the time of year, the time for curing and
the seasonings (chili, bay leaves, wine, fennel, coriander and the like), each salami will have a distinctive taste.
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“You are eating here what the animal eats,” says Luca. “If the animal eats good food, then you eat well also. I
don’t need to sell what I produce outside, so I don’t have to put anywhere near the preservative you see outside.
In fact, I only put in enough preservative to be on the safe side; I don’t want to take the chance of someone
getting sick.”
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Prices will naturally vary depending
on whether someone is
looking to order just a pork salami
or guinea fowl, for example.
The latter would be more expensive
simply because, as Luca
notes, “After all, the guinea fowl
is a bird. How much meat can
you get from a bird?”
Away from Toscana, Luca’s cold
room at his animal farm in Huay
Yai, gives him more room so produce
salami that has taken a long
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time, a natural time, to cure.
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For example, he may take a
25-kilogram pig leg, prepare it
in, say, April, and let it cure until
around October or even later.
For connoisseurs this would
raise Toscana well and truly beyond
what anyone
else has to offer in
Pattaya in terms
of salami.
The Moom Talay Thai Restaurant and
Trattoria Pizzeria TOSCANA Restaurant
are located on Beach Road, Pattaya
(between Soi 6 and Soi 7)
Telephone: 038 362 370
Fax: 038 362 371;
Email: tirreno@ptty2.loxinfo.co.th

SIZZLER OFFERS
DELIVERY SERVICE
SLRT Ltd., the operator of the famous Sizzler
restaurants has started a delivery service. The
move came as the company saw significant growth
in takeaway orders in the last couple of years.
The service will be available from 25 Sizzler
restaurants in Bangkok and other cities. Customers
can order from 10am to 9pm every day by calling
1112 or by using the Sizzler website or App.
The company’s assistant vice-president,
Nongchanok Stananonth, was quoted as saying,
“Sizzler delivery service is a Thai initiative,” adding,
“We won approval to launch the service here
because Thailand has the highest number of Sizzler
restaurants and the highest growth in Asia.
Thailand has a proper demographic and trade
zone, and delivery service has become a trend.”
To start with, a compact menu featuring ten of
Sizzler’s favorite dishes will be on offer including
Grilled Chicken, Pork Loin and BBQ Spare Ribs.
Ms. Nongchanok was also quoted as saying,
“We are riding the delivery wave to service our
regular customers, who have many food choices
in the market both in steaks and other kinds of
food,” adding, “We also want to lure new customers
who have never tried Sizzler.”
The company expects delivery orders to represent
15% of total sales with up to 30 orders per
day per branch.
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THAILAND BUSINESS NEWS
CYBER SECURITY IN THE AUTO
INDUSTRY GETS ATTENTION.
According to a rteport by SAE International
and Synopsys Inc., 84% of professionals in the
automotive industry are anxious that their companies’
cyber security policies are not addressing
the swift pace of technological change.
More worryingly is that 30% of companies reportedly
don’t even have a dedicated cyber security
team in place. It is not surprising then that
cyber security in the auto industry is increasingly
in focus.
The director of ground vehicle standards with
SAE International, Jack Pokrzywa, was quoted as
saying, “SAE members have sought to address
cyber security challenges in the automotive systems
development life cycle for the last decade
and worked together to publish SAE J3061, the
world’s first automotive cyber security standard,”
adding, “Armed with the findings of the study, SAE
stands ready to convene the industry and lead development
of targeted security controls, technical
training, standards, and best practices to improve
the security, and thus the safety, of modern vehicles.”
Other statistics from the report showed that
62% of participants said they didn’t have the cyber
security skills needed during product development.
Co-general manager of the Synopsys Software
Integrity Group, Andreas Kuehlmann, was quoted
as saying, “This study underscores the need for a
fundamental shift -- one that addresses cyber security
holistically across the systems development
life cycle and throughout the automotive supply
chain.”
JUST THE STATISTICS
DEVELOPER AP TO LAUNCH
39 NEW PROJECTS
Well-known residential developer AP (Thailand)
Plc. announced that it will launch 39 new
projects this year. Most of the new developments
will be low-rise comprising of town houses and detached
houses. These are quicker to build and are
more in demand, even though a significantly larger
amount of land is required. The 39 projects in total
are expected to be worth 56.8 billion baht.
Chief executive Anuphong Assavabhokhin was
quoted as saying, “The property market remains
reliant on the domestic economy,” adding, “But
with many risks such as local politics, the global
economy and new lending curbs, we should be
more cautious.”
The low rise projects will make up around two
thirds of the new offerings with the remainder coming
from four strategically located condo projects
including Aspire Asoke, Rhythm Ekamai Estate
and Aspire Sukhumvit-On Nut.
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While bar charts, line graphs and
simple numbers are hardly capable of
providing the defining answer to many
economic, social and political questions,
they are certainly a good way
of obtaining a general overview of any
particular subject.
Each month the Business Supplement
will look into a brace of statistical
information and provide readers with
what we consider to be the central elements
of these figures.
Air pollution in Bangkok is bad, but
far from the worst
Bangkok came in with an AQI rating
of 147 which is classified as being
unhealthy for sensitive groups, which
would include young children and the
elderly.
The only other city in Southeast
Asia to register a top 20 spot was the
Vietnamese capital Hanoi, rating 19th
ies in the top 20, the worst being Shanghai,
at seventh place overall with an AQI
reading of 189, which earns it a classification
of being generally unhealthy.
India had only two cities in the top
20, with Kolkata the worst with a reading
of 209 and Mumbai on 177. South Korea’s
cities of Seoul (AQI reading 171),
Busan (167) and Incheon (156) ranked
11th, 13th and 14th respectively.
Thai Lion Air the fastest growing
airline in the world
According to a company called Air
Visual, Thailand’s capital city ranked
as the 17th most polluted in terms
of the US Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA) Air Quality Index (AQI).
The air quality rankings were all taken
on the same day (15 January 2019)
and in cities with a population of one
million people or more and have a
range of zero to 500 points.
with a score of 138.
Perhaps surprisingly, the Mongolian
capital Ulaanbaatar ranked the
worst in the world with an AQI reading
of 304, which is classified as hazardous
to health. In second place was
Lahore in Pakistan
with a reading of 271, which rates as
very unhealthy. Third on the worst list
was Kabul, with Afghanistan’s capital
AQI rating of 262, again in the very unhealthy
range (apart from the obvious
dangers of being blown up by suicide
bombers).
No surprises that China had four cit-
Routesonline.com, a UK-based
aviation network development company,
released figures which showed
that Thai Lion Air, the Thai affiliate of
the Indonesian carrier, was the fastest
growing airline in the world in 2018,
expanding by a massive 40.7 percent
over 2017 to transport 13,577,267
people.
VietJet Air ranked second with
20,641,372 passengers in 2018, an
increase of 27.1 percent on the previous
year.
Six of the 10 fastest growing airlines
are Asian based and include
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FROM BROADWAY TO BANGKOK,
WITH A CARIBBEAN FLAIR
BCT will open its 2019 season with the
Broadway musical Once on this Island. The
show sets on a Caribbean island with a catchy
Caribbean influenced score, and promises a
joyful theatre experience.
Once on this Island’ a one act, ninety-minute
musical, opened on Broadway to great acclaim
in 1990, and got its Tony Award for best
revival of a musical in 2018, competing against
revivals of My Fair Lady and Carousel.
Based on the 1985 novel My Love, My
Love; or, The Peasant Girl by Rosa Guy, ‘Once
on this Is- land’ is set in
the French Antilles archipelago
in the Caribbean
Sea. Once
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the story
of a peasant
girl on a
tropical island,
who is guided by the
island
gods of earth, water,
love and death.
With their
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together people of different social classes and
backgrounds.
The story begins as Ti Moune is orphaned
by a storm. She is adopted by two loving peasants
and she dreams of a life bigger than her
own. She falls in love with a boy from the rich
side of the Island and heals him after he suffers
from a car crash. The power of love guides her
to overcome death and to her final destiny; a bit
similar to the story of Romeo and Juliet and the
Hans Christian Andersen fairy tale The Little
Mermaid, in a very different setting.
Once on this Island’ is a joyful, life-life-affirming
musical. It promises great fun, fascinating
characters, touching moments, and a beautiful
lineup of songs. Mama Will Provide - is a
rousing number about Ti Moune’s journey with
Asaka, mother earth, from her home near the
sea to the big city where her love lives. The Human
Heart is a soaring ballad about the power
that binds us one to another. The show opens
with the upbeat song We Dance and ends with
the inspiring We Tell the Story.
As all BCT’s production, also Once
on this Island will be performed
by a multinational cast: Ashley
Moyles, Bonnie Zellerbach, Celia
Barthman, Emilia Clarke, Jay
Pangilinan, Kaylee Marie, Kristoffer
Cabuyao, Naomi Bactol, Neil Anthony
Castillo, Pearl Rapeeporn, Philip Luis,
Zipporah Gene.
Once on this Island
A musical by: Lynn Ahrens
(lyrics) and Stephen
Flaherty (music).
Directed by:
Michael Allman;
Produced by:
Nimphiya Dhar
When: 7:30pm, March
22, 23, 29 and 30;
Matinees 4pm,
March 23 and 30
Where: Creative I
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New Petchburi Rd., Bangkok
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BANGKOK RESALE CONDO MARKET
CONTINUES TO GROW
As the prices of new condominiums
in downtown Bangkok have continued
to rise, many buyers have begun
considering resale, or second-hand,
condominiums as an alternative to
brand-new projects. CBRE, an international
property consultant, has seen
an increase in demand for the existing
second-hand market from Q4 2018. As
the prices of second-hand condominium
units are often cheaper than those
at newly-launched projects, buyers
benefit from bigger unit sizes at more
affordable prices.
There are two types of resale units;
those in buildings under construction
where investors want to resell before
transfer of title and those in completed
ready-to-move-in units where the title
has already been transferred to the
original buyer.
According to the survey by CBRE
Research, the total supply of completed
condominiums as of Q3 2018 in
downtown Bangkok was 145,350 units,
with prices ranging from THB 55,000 –
350,000 baht per sq.m., depending on
the grade and age of the condominium,
and how well the building has been
maintained. The selling price of newly-launched
condominiums in downtown
Bangkok in the luxury grade now
ranges from THB 300,000 - 600,000
per sq.m., which generally have smaller
unit sizes than older completed buildings.
Ms. Pornpimol Phuengkhuankhan,
Head of Advisory & Transaction – Residential
Sales Ad Hoc, CBRE Thailand
said the market for resale-before-completion
units is more active right after
launch if the project sells out and there
are no units left for sale by the developer.
During construction, uncompleted
units’ resale activity tends to drop and
picks up again as the project nears
completion.
In terms of payment, purchasers
pay the seller the amount that has
already been paid to the developer
together plus the seller’s profit. The
original sales and purchase contract
is then assigned to the new buyer who
takes all responsibility for any future
payments to the developer. For most
high-end properties in the central business
district (CBD), the payment terms
offered by developers are 10% on signing
a sales and purchase contract, and
10-20% during the construction period
with the balance paid on transfer of title
at the completion of construction. The
amount that the new purchaser must
still pay to the developer depends on
how many monthly down payments remain
before transfer of title. It is important
to note that the developer must sign
the assignment agreement as well as
the seller and purchaser for the contract
transfer to be valid.
The key considerations for the purchaser
are the reputation of the developer
and the track record of their ability
to deliver the quality described in the
sales material.
For a completed building, the sale
process includes signing a standard
sales and purchase contract, usually
with a deposit equivalent to ten per
cent of the price, and transfer of title at
the Land Department 30-60 days after
signing the sale and purchase agreement.
The balance of the price is payable
to the seller at the Land Department
on transfer of title.
The key considerations for purchasers
of units in an older building
are how good the original construction
quality was, how well the building has
been maintained, and the current financial
status of the condominium juristic
office, an entity jointly contracted by all
co-owners that manages the common
areas of the property as well as provides
building maintenance.
Since the passing of the original
Condominium Act in 1979, most Thai
buyers have preferred new buildings,
buying units off plan from a developer
or a resale unit from an investor just
before completion, rather than buying
second-hand completed properties.
“However, since the price difference
between new launches and older, completed
properties is now becoming so
great that buyers who want a unit to live
in are looking increasingly at existing
developments as new developments
are priced beyond most Thai buyers’
budgets. Buyers are increasingly willing
to give up the prejudice against previously
occupied condominium units in
return for the ability to buy a larger unit
for their money,” added Ms. Pornpimol.
There is a wide range of quality
among existing developments with
some old projects being as good as
new properties while others were poorly
built originally and/or have been
poorly maintained. Buyers looking at
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3 2 5
7 1 6
We will publish the solutions in next month’s issue.
CROSSWORD
Last months sudoku answers
TRIVIA Quiz
ACROSS
3/ Pleasant (4)
5/ Impartial (4)
8/ Sharp pain (6)
10/ Consume food (3)
12/ Diffident (5)
13/ Occupational Health & Safety init. (3)
14/ Show purpose (6)
DOWN
1/ Innate (8)
2/ Elizabeth Regina (2)
4/ Domesticated feline (3)
6/ Difference of opinion (8)
7/ Presents (5)
9/ Byword (5)
11/ average-sized conurbation (4)
1. The two battles of Manassas Junction in the US Civil War are better
known by what name?
2. In what year did East Pakistan become independent and change its
name to Bangladesh?
3. Two English kings have never been crowned in Westminster Abbey
since William the Conqueror. Which two?
4. Aristotle was the tutor to which famous ruler?
1 2
3 4
5 6
7
8
9
5. Which Greek city is often called the birthplace of democracy?
6. The Peloponnesian War was fought from 431 to 404BC between which
two Greek states?
7. Who is generally accepted as the chief author of the American Declaration
of Independence?
8. Who was George W. Bush’s first Secretary of State?
9. Which US Supreme Court justice headed the investigation into the
assassination of president John Kennedy?
10. To which country was General Douglas MacArthur referring to when
he said “I shall return”?
10 11
12
13
1. Battles of Bull Run 2. 1971 3. Edward V & Edward VIII 4. Alexander the Great 5. Athens 6.
Athens and Sparta 7. Thomas Jefferson 8. Colin Powell 9. Earl Warren 10. The Philippines
Answers:
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CROSSWORD ANSWERS
ACROSS 3/Nice 5/Fair 8/Twinge 10/Eat 12/Timid 13/OHS 14/Intent
DOWN 1/Inherent 2/ER 4/Cat 6/Argument 7/Gifts 9/Adage 11/Town
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According to a report called the
City Momentum Index, prepared and
published by property consultancy
JLL, Bangkok is still considered to
be within the top 20 most dynamic
cities.
Thailand’s capital came in at
18th place ahead of Shenzhen
and Chengdu, but behind Beijing,
Shanghai and Manila, the latter of
which garnered 12th place.
The top spot went to Bengaluru
in India, and second place went
to Hyderabad also in India. Cities
in both India and China dominated
the rankings. The Chinese cities
of Hangzhou, Chongqing, Nanjing,
Xian, and Guangzhou all made it
into the top 20 with positions ranging
from 9th to 17th place.
The report takes into account
a range of 20 indicators in the real
estate sector and beyond to identify
which places are undergoing the
fastest urban expansion. 131 of
the most commercially active cities
worldwide participated in the index.
The index drew on three years of
activity. The recent release of the
report marks the 6th release of the
index to date.
In the top 20 there were 19 cities
in Asia showing a shift of urban
growth to the APAC region. There
were no European or American cities
with the same level of notable
urban expansion that allowed them
appear in the top 20. The only non-
APAC city in the top 20 was Nairobi
in Africa.
Bangkok benefitted from a number
of new infrastructure projects
that are evident in the city including
four new mass transit rail lines
already under construction. The
Thailand 4.0 strategy, which was
launched in 2016, is also spearheading
economic development.
Manila beat Thailand as it is in
the midst of a significant urban renewal
and expansion program that
includes new roads and new power
plants.
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later stages and may be slowing in
some economies. Yet in Asia there
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Factors such as a reduction in
traffic congestion and improvements
in air quality were also taken into
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in technology have played a part in
some cities to ensure sustainable
urban expansion without negative
effects. Economic transparency in
real estate markets was also taken
into consideration with Indian and
Chinese cities doing well in this regard.
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