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No.1<br />

99 Services –<br />

Awarded the No. 1<br />

Travel Agency in Pattaya<br />

Cover Story Overleaf<br />

INSIDE THIS ISSUE:<br />

- Income Tax Changes Mulled<br />

- Thailand Business News<br />

- Around the Asian Region<br />

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Cover Story<br />

99 SERVICES – AWARDED THE NO. 1<br />

TRAVEL AGENCY IN PATTAYA<br />

No.1<br />

The award-winning 99 Services<br />

–D.T. Consultant & Travel Agency<br />

Co., Ltd. - is a one-stop place to<br />

go for all the various day-to-day<br />

services that you may need during<br />

your time in Thailand. It is one of<br />

the most trusted travel agencies<br />

in Thailand with I.A.T.A accreditation<br />

– one of only five operators in<br />

Chonburi -<br />

and for this reason can handle<br />

flight reservations and flight booking<br />

changes directly with airlines<br />

and tour operators. 99 Services<br />

can also organize entertainment<br />

tickets, island tours, private boat<br />

hire, minibus and taxi services and<br />

limousine bookings. It is one of<br />

only a few travel agents open 24<br />

hours a day 7 days a week. They<br />

are very well respected among all<br />

airlines and other travel suppliers<br />

and are well known for their great<br />

professional staff.<br />

But that’s not all. Other services<br />

covered include visa assistance,<br />

work permits, company<br />

registration, safety deposit boxes,<br />

postal services, printing, property<br />

transaction assistance, accounting<br />

services and translation amongst<br />

many others.<br />

99 Services’ office is located<br />

opposite the VC hotel at the start<br />

of Pratumnak Road in south Pattaya.<br />

VC hotel is very well known and<br />

the soi next to it is often called Soi<br />

VC. It is within easy reach of all of<br />

Pattaya and all of Jomtien as well.<br />

The company has been long<br />

established and is owned by Roland<br />

Gobert, a French expatriate<br />

who previously owned the very<br />

popular My Office travel agent and<br />

office services centre in Walking<br />

street as well as the famous 19th<br />

Hole pool bar and restaurant just<br />

opposite.<br />

Roland has built up a valuable<br />

network of experts over the last<br />

30 years or so to add to his own<br />

expertise that lies behind the large<br />

number of services offered.<br />

One important reason to go to<br />

99 Services is their ability to find<br />

the place that can provide the best<br />

exchange rate for your money,<br />

which in itself is well worth taking<br />

advantage of.<br />

Other reasons to visit them are<br />

their hassle free postal services,<br />

property maintenance services<br />

whilst you are away (such as paying<br />

bills and maintaining vital services),<br />

website design and graphic<br />

design, professional printing services<br />

(including business cards<br />

and letter heads) and investment<br />

advice.<br />

Onsite, there are copying facilities<br />

and a range of differently sized<br />

highly secure safety deposit boxes<br />

with immediate access around the<br />

clock so that you can secure your<br />

important documents and possessions<br />

without having to worry about<br />

leaving them in your hotel room or<br />

condo unit.<br />

Their postal services cover<br />

everything from multiple and bulk<br />

package dispatch, import and export<br />

documentation, customs declarations<br />

and shipping arrangements.<br />

As for helping with your stay<br />

in Thailand, 99 Services can procure<br />

maid services, home help and<br />

nursing services, air-conditioning<br />

maintenance and installation services,<br />

gardening services, car and<br />

motorbike rentals and tailor made<br />

insurance policies to cover yourself<br />

and your property.<br />

For more information call them<br />

038 713713-5 or<br />

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INCOME TAX CHANGES MULLED<br />

According to The Revenue Department,<br />

a study is being carried<br />

out to determine if income tax burdens<br />

can be more fairly shared by<br />

different income groups.<br />

Currently, the wealthiest twenty<br />

per cent of individuals benefit from<br />

tax advantages that are in force under<br />

the present code.<br />

Much of this advantage comes<br />

from taxable deductions and<br />

tax free allowances that include<br />

a 30,000 baht child allowance,<br />

100,000 baht for mortgage interest,<br />

as well as 200,000 baht for retirement<br />

insurance and 100,000 baht<br />

for life insurance premiums. Other<br />

hefty deductions include allowances<br />

for equity funds, provident<br />

funds, social security funds, and<br />

mutual funds.<br />

Typically, low-income individuals<br />

may not have such a raft of<br />

investment vehicles or mortgages<br />

and so will miss out on the allowances.<br />

Although low income earners<br />

with an annual income of less than<br />

150,000 are exempt from tax, those<br />

earning from 150,001 to 300,000<br />

baht are subject to five per cent tax<br />

and earnings above 300,001 baht<br />

up to 500,000 baht are subject to a<br />

10 percent rate.<br />

After this the rate steps up to 15<br />

per cent for earnings that are above<br />

500,001 baht but below 750,000<br />

baht, rising to 20 per cent for earnings<br />

that are between 750,001 baht<br />

and 1 million baht.<br />

Higher rates of 25 per cent do<br />

take effect for income that is between<br />

1,000,001 baht and 2 million<br />

baht, and 30 per cent is applied<br />

to earnings that are between<br />

2,000,001 baht and 5 million baht.<br />

Above 5 million baht rates are<br />

set at 35 per cent for the top rate<br />

of tax.<br />

Yet, higher earners typically<br />

have a raft of funds and mortgages<br />

that allow them to not only reduce<br />

their tax amount but may enable<br />

them to fall back into lower level<br />

tax bands.<br />

Middle-income earners are<br />

seen to have the highest burden as<br />

they pay higher rates but may not<br />

be able to take advantage of all the<br />

allowances.<br />

Under scrutiny are the limits<br />

of tax allowances for higher rate<br />

earners, especially with regard to<br />

equity and mutual funds, where<br />

much of their income may well end<br />

up, since these funds are providing<br />

both higher yielding returns and tax<br />

breaks at the same time.<br />

Other avenues will be explored.<br />

A study into the welfare system in<br />

other countries may provide insight<br />

into taxation versus welfare<br />

payments in retirement. European<br />

countries are of particular interest<br />

for the study.<br />

Corporate tax rates are currently<br />

20 per cent but effectively amount<br />

to 28 per cent when withholding tax<br />

on dividends is taken into account.<br />

Corporate tax changes are quite<br />

sensitive as there is a need to attract<br />

companies to ensure investment<br />

in the economy and a robust<br />

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It’s that time of year. Looking to surprise the gadget lover in your life this Christmas?<br />

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Vinyl is definitely<br />

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pros at<br />

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It’s virtual reality, but not as you know<br />

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and dive into some of the best VR games<br />

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Available at Amazon.<br />

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Much like Brexit, reports of<br />

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Christmas.<br />

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time for<br />

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Spend your money wisely!<br />

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Traditional Bank<br />

Rational Fx<br />

Exchange rates (EUR/THB) 0.0267 (about 3% margin) 0.0259<br />

EUR equivalent for 8,000,000 THB €214,107.54 €207,684.31<br />

EUR equivalent for 12,000,000 THB €321,161.31 €311,526.47<br />

Currency Exchange<br />

0.5% (usually but variable<br />

depending on bank, No exchange fees<br />

amount and customer)<br />

Fixed costs €50 (Depending on €5 but Offered for<br />

the bank (can reach 190€) the first transaction<br />

TOTAL in EUR for 8,000 000 THB 215,228.07 EUR 207,689.31 EUR<br />

TOTAL in EUR for 12,000 000 THB 322,817.11 EUR 311,531.47 EUR<br />

DIFFERENCE FOR 8,000,000 THB : A real gain of €7,538.76<br />

DIFFERENCE FOR 12,000,000 THB : A real gain of €11,285.64<br />

You receive a pension or retirement each month from Europe?<br />

Example of transaction at 1500 euros per month in THB:<br />

Traditional Bank<br />

Rational Fx<br />

Exchange rates (EUR/THB) 37.3644 (about 3% margin) 38.52<br />

Counter-value in euro for 1500 EUR 56,046.60 THB 57,780 THB<br />

Currency Exchange<br />

0.5% (usually but variable by bank,<br />

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No exchange fees<br />

Fixed costs €50 (Depending on the bank Normally €5<br />

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TOTAL in THB for 1,500 EUR 53,898.15 THB 57,587.40 THB<br />

DIFFERENCE FOR 1,500 EUR SENT IN THAILAND 3,689.25 THB<br />

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APPLE’S<br />

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THAILAND<br />

In keeping with the strong sales<br />

already seen in the U.S., the debut of<br />

Apple’s iPhone 11 in Thailand didn’t<br />

disappoint. Customers queued up<br />

overnight at the Apple Store in the<br />

Icon Siam mall and at other Apple<br />

reseller outlets to get their hands on<br />

one of the new models.<br />

The new iPhone is still priced<br />

at the high end of the range compared<br />

to some previous models but<br />

the wide-angle cameras, enhanced<br />

processing power and other features<br />

justify the price in the eyes of customers.<br />

Com7Plc. is an authorized Apple<br />

reseller and also an IT retailer, operating<br />

the well-known Studio 7 and<br />

Banana IT chains.<br />

The chief executive of Com7,<br />

Sura Khanittaweekul, was quoted<br />

as saying, "The first day of sales of<br />

the iPhone 11, iPhone 11 Pro and iPhone<br />

11 Pro Max in Thailand saw a<br />

positive response from customers,"<br />

adding, "Pre-booking of the devices<br />

doubled from that of previous models<br />

launched last year."<br />

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THAILAND <strong>BU</strong>SINESS NEWS<br />

SIAM COMMERCIAL<br />

BANK ACHIEVES<br />

STRONG PROFIT<br />

GROWTH<br />

Based on its quarterly results<br />

through to September 2019, Siam<br />

Commercial Bank (SCB) posted a<br />

year-on-year profit increase of more<br />

than forty per cent. The numbers came<br />

in at 14.8 billion baht as compared to<br />

10.5 billion baht for the same quarter<br />

last year.<br />

The number did include an excep<br />

tional gain of 11.6 billion baht as a<br />

result of the divestiture of a 99.2 per<br />

cent stake of SCB Life to FWD Group<br />

Financial Services.<br />

Chairman of the executive committee<br />

and chief executive, Arthid Nanthawithaya,<br />

was quoted as saying, “In<br />

light of domestic economic uncertainty<br />

and global economic volatility, we foresee<br />

the need to strengthen ourselves,"<br />

adding, "The bank set aside additional<br />

provisions against potential problem<br />

loans."The bank’s NPL ratio rose from<br />

2.77 per cent in the previous quarter to<br />

3.01 per cent in the current quarter, a<br />

trend that is being carefully watched.<br />

CENTRAL<br />

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IN AYUTTHAYA,<br />

CHANTHA<strong>BU</strong>RI<br />

AND SI RACHA<br />

Leading mall owner and operator,<br />

Central Pattana Plc., will spend 13.9<br />

billion baht to build three new mixeduse<br />

developments outside of Bangkok.<br />

Central Plaza Ayutthaya will offer<br />

160,000 square metres of space and<br />

will cost 6.2 billion baht to develop. It<br />

will promote the city’s unique history<br />

and heritage to attract visitors. It will<br />

open in Q2 2021.<br />

The 3.5 billion bahtCentral Plaza<br />

Chanthaburi will sport 92,000 square<br />

metres of space and will open in mid<br />

2022.<br />

Central Plaza Si Racha will take<br />

advantage of the rapidly growing EEC<br />

corridor. Deputy Chief Executive Officer,<br />

Wallaya Chirathivat, was quoted as<br />

saying, "Central Plaza Si Racha will be<br />

a semi-outdoor complex outside Bangkok<br />

providing a 2,400-sq-m convention<br />

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<strong>BU</strong>SINESS <strong>SUP</strong>PLEMENT<br />

FOREIGN CURRENCY UPDATE<br />

The U.S. Dollar fell against a<br />

number of currencies as interest<br />

rates were cut again in the U.S. and<br />

expectations of further rate cuts increased.<br />

The DXYDollar index, an<br />

index that measures the U.S. Dollar’s<br />

value against a basket of major<br />

currencies moved from 98.24<br />

to 97.14 in almost a straight line<br />

as other currencies gained ground.<br />

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

gave up just a small amount of<br />

ground moving from 30.45 to 30.26,<br />

indicating that the Thai Baht also<br />

weakened along with the U.S. Dollar<br />

during the period.<br />

The Pound reacted positively<br />

to news that a no-deal Brexit is<br />

more likely to be averted, though<br />

many uncertainties remain. At the<br />

time of writing the EU and the UK<br />

had agreed a framework for a new<br />

deal, but passing it through the UK’s<br />

house of commons appears to still<br />

be a sticking point. Yet in spite of<br />

this the pound staged its biggest<br />

6-day rally since 1985, moving from<br />

1.2320 to 1.3012 before dropping<br />

back slightly to 1.2905. Another<br />

driver of the move was an expectation<br />

that some of the uncertainty<br />

might be coming to a close, although<br />

this may prove elusive. Of<br />

course, future movements will depend<br />

on Brexit developments and<br />

indeed there are plenty of hurdles<br />

ahead. From a technical analysis<br />

viewpoint, the Pound looks considerably<br />

stronger than previously with<br />

some analysts suggesting that there<br />

could be increased buying activity if<br />

there is a sustained move above the<br />

1.3000 level. Against the Thai<br />

Baht, the Pound moved from 37.45<br />

to 39.30, a move of nearly five per<br />

cent. Expect volatility to remain<br />

heightened as currency traders jostle<br />

for position.<br />

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

Yen cross rate remained range<br />

bound but saw some surprise<br />

moves as it moved from 108.10<br />

down to 106.71 and then back<br />

to 108.35. Whilst the U.S. Dollar<br />

weakened, the Yen weakened even<br />

more. This phenomenon is likely<br />

due to the “risk-on” trade on global<br />

stock markets taking hold that<br />

erodes the Japanese Yen’s strength<br />

as a safe haven currency. The Japanese<br />

Yen vs. Thai Baht spot rate<br />

fell from 0.2801 to 0.2770, further<br />

indicating Yen weakness.<br />

Some choppiness has started<br />

to exhibit itself when looking at the<br />

Russian Ruble against the USD.<br />

The Ruble weakened from 64.02 to<br />

65.38 only to return back to below<br />

64 at 63.69. Against the Thai Baht it<br />

was trading almost totally flat moving<br />

from 0.4750 down to 0.4650 before<br />

recovering back to 0.4750<br />

The Euro / U.S. Dollar exchange<br />

rate spent much of the time below<br />

the key 1.1000 handle before rallying<br />

to 1.1174 on the back of positive<br />

Brexit news flow. A weaker dollar<br />

also helped to boost the Euro even<br />

in spite of a continued dovish stance<br />

on the part of the ECB. Against the<br />

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<strong>BU</strong>SINESS <strong>SUP</strong>PLEMENT<br />

AROUND THE ASIAN REGION<br />

SINGAPORE SEEKS TO<br />

ROLL OUT 5G SERVICES<br />

BY 2022<br />

Singapore’s telecom regulator announced that it<br />

wishes to see all of the city-state's four carriers providing<br />

5G services by 2022 to the extent that 50 per<br />

cent of the country has coverage by that time. The<br />

bold move is to keep Singapore competitive in the<br />

technological race to become 5G enabled.<br />

Two out of the four operators will be selected to<br />

operate 3.5 MHz spectrum bands for standalone 5G<br />

services, whilst the other two will be granted additional<br />

bandwidth to allow current 4G networks to be<br />

progressively upgraded to 5G standards.<br />

Bandwidth allocations for stand alone 5G networks<br />

would be provided at a minimum cost of S$55<br />

million, with details of the awards likely to be made<br />

public by mid 2020. Once the allocations have taken<br />

place, it is foreseen that some carriers could start to<br />

offer 5G network operations from as early as the end<br />

of next year.<br />

5G is a major step up for networks as it will enable<br />

for higher bandwidth streaming and also allow<br />

for critical networking in the areas of remote medical<br />

procedures, manufacturing processes and logistics<br />

movements including cargo handling at ports.<br />

CHINA'S GROWTH<br />

SLOWS TO 6%<br />

China's economic growth in the third quarter<br />

of 2019 fell to just 6 per cent, its lowest in over 25<br />

years. However the fall was not much below economists’<br />

forecasts of 6.1 per cent and is still in the<br />

range set out by the government of 6 per cent to<br />

6.5 per cent. Growth in the previous quarter was 6.2<br />

per cent.<br />

As such, market reaction was generally muted<br />

with other world factors at play.<br />

To blame were trade war concerns as well as a<br />

general fall in domestic demand, as the world’s second<br />

largest economy sees a slowdown in keeping<br />

with other major economies in the world such as<br />

Germany and maybe to a lesser extent the U.S.<br />

National Bureau of Statistics spokesman, Mao<br />

Shengyong, was quoted as saying, "The national<br />

economy maintained overall stability in the first three<br />

quarters," adding, "However, we must be aware that<br />

given the complicated and severe economic conditions<br />

both at home and abroad, the slowing global<br />

economic growth, and increasing external instabilities<br />

and uncertainties, the economy is under mounting<br />

downward pressure."<br />

CATHAY PACIFIC<br />

EXPECTS LOWER<br />

PROFITS<br />

Hong Kong’s flagship airline, Cathay Pacific, reduced<br />

its guidance for full year profits in part due to<br />

protests that have been evident in Hong Kong for the<br />

last few months.<br />

Passenger traffic fell more than 7 percent in September<br />

2019 as inbound travellers gave the city a<br />

wide berth and transit passengers avoided the hub<br />

in fear of the risk of potential airport disruption that<br />

may lead them to miss their connecting flights.<br />

Cathay’s Chief Customer and Commercial Officer<br />

Ronald Lam, was quoted as saying, "We continue<br />

to see a significant shortfall in inbound bookings<br />

for the remainder of 2019 as compared to the same<br />

snapshot last year.”<br />

The well known premium carrier will likely cut<br />

capacity on some routes and has already reduced<br />

fares to tempt travellers to use the airline, yet these<br />

reductions will impact its profit outlook.<br />

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Starters include a choice of<br />

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grass vinaigrette and Marie Rose<br />

cream or cauliflower cheese soup<br />

with bacon scones and red onion<br />

Croutons. A third choice for starters<br />

is the cured cold meat platter complete<br />

with warm bread, olives and<br />

roasted peppers.<br />

Of course it is wise to keep some<br />

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wrapped sausages, roast<br />

potatoes and creamy<br />

mashed potatoes, premium<br />

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carrots, broccoli and cauliflower<br />

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Mr. Roland Folger, President<br />

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Currently ride-hailing services are<br />

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According to the Thammasat<br />

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EXPERIENCE EVERY TIME<br />

In this month’s<br />

edition of the Business<br />

Supplement<br />

we’re taking a look at the<br />

‘local’ food side of the Moom<br />

Talay Thai restaurant, which<br />

operates side-by-side with the<br />

Toscana Italian Restaurant.<br />

As most Thai food aficionados<br />

will be well aware,<br />

most dishes on a Thai menu<br />

will come complete with a<br />

variety of vegetables, some<br />

more than others. The source<br />

of the vast majority of the<br />

vegetables served in Moom<br />

Talay is the organic vegetable<br />

farm operated by the<br />

owners of Moom Talay and<br />

Toscana. From coriander to<br />

rocket, from cabbage to chilli,<br />

from lemon to long beans<br />

and everything in between, if<br />

it’s in season then it will almost<br />

certainly have come<br />

from the organic farm.<br />

So the vegetables<br />

are not just fresh,<br />

they are free from chemicals<br />

and for people who are adept<br />

at recognising the difference<br />

in taste and texture, the result<br />

in terms of food enjoyment<br />

should be easily determined.<br />

The Moom Talay standard<br />

Thai dishes containing chicken,<br />

beef or pork, be they stirfries<br />

or curries, or simple salads,<br />

all the meats come from<br />

the large organic animal farm<br />

which is run by the owners out<br />

in Huay Yai district, on the outskirts<br />

of Pattaya. Once again,<br />

the freshness and organic nature<br />

of these standard meats<br />

should bring an obvious enhancement<br />

of flavour rarely<br />

found elsewhere in the city.<br />

While chicken, beef and<br />

pork, as well as duck and<br />

even wild boar (common<br />

around parts of Thailand<br />

but fairly unusual in Pattaya),<br />

are menu standards,<br />

Moom Talay also offers<br />

a somewhat unique series of<br />

speciality dishes made with<br />

guinea fowl as well as quail.<br />

For those looking to try a Thai<br />

dish with a difference, then either<br />

a quail or a guinea fowl<br />

as the key meat ingredient is<br />

going to offer a unique taste<br />

sensation.<br />

In keeping with the desire<br />

to produce unique flavours<br />

and a special culinary experience,<br />

the Moom Talay<br />

chefs do not use Monosodium<br />

Glutamate (MSG), or, at least,<br />

in nowhere near the amounts<br />

often experienced elsewhere.<br />

Of course, it’s important to<br />

add that MSG is hardly toxic,<br />

just tends to be over-used and<br />

dulls the genuine flavours of<br />

many of the foods into which<br />

it is added.<br />

Telephone: 038 362 370<br />

Fax: 038 362 371;<br />

Email:tirreno@ptty2.loxinfo.co.th<br />

For reservations: 081 861 3446


As for seafood, the Moom Talay<br />

chefs can be found scouring the fresh<br />

markets every morning to buy whatever<br />

catch is available, providing the<br />

produce is indeed freshly caught that<br />

day. This is why, on occasions, some<br />

dishes may not be available, or will<br />

have run out, at the restaurant. They<br />

simply won’t keep fish or seafood that’s<br />

not as fresh as possible, so this rules<br />

out deep-freezing product just to make<br />

sure the menu items are always available.<br />

When Toscana first opened there<br />

was no Moom Talay, and no Thai alternative<br />

menu. It soon became clear<br />

that while Toscana was booming, there<br />

were people who were keen to indulge<br />

in the various Italian dishes but whose<br />

partners really preferred to eat Thai,<br />

usually northeastern<br />

(Issan) style dishes. So, a year after<br />

Toscana started, the separate Moom<br />

Talay was opened to cater to this market.<br />

Nowadays, Thai food is served<br />

throughout the restaurant apart from<br />

the more ‘formal’ indoor setting where<br />

the tables are covered by tablecloths.<br />

This small section is reserved entirely<br />

for Italian dishes for the very simple<br />

and practical reason that the aromas<br />

of some Thai dishes are not complementary<br />

with some Italian menu<br />

items. It’s not about segregation or<br />

discrimination, simply sensible culinary<br />

logistics to make sure the meal<br />

experience can be as good as possible<br />

for all diners.<br />

Moom Talay is certainly well worth<br />

trying if you love Thai food and are<br />

keen to further educate your taste<br />

buds in a lovely beachfront setting.


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While bar charts, line graphs<br />

and simple numbers are hardly<br />

capable of providing the defining<br />

answer to many economic, social<br />

and political questions, they are<br />

certainly a good way of obtaining<br />

a general overview of any particular<br />

subject.<br />

Each month the Business<br />

Supplement will look into a brace<br />

of statistical information and provide<br />

readers with what we consider<br />

to be the central elements of<br />

these figures.<br />

SURVEILLANCE<br />

CAMERAS IN<br />

ASIA GROWING<br />

IN NUMBERS<br />

According to Comparitech.<br />

com, a resource that provides<br />

resources regarding privacy and<br />

surveillance, Big Brother is certainly<br />

watching especially in China,<br />

which has become home to<br />

many of the most watched cities<br />

in the world. Yet in many cases<br />

more cameras do not equate to<br />

substantially less crime.<br />

In worldwide rankings, China’s<br />

cities appear in 8 out of the top<br />

10 positions including the number<br />

one spot with Chongqing sporting<br />

168.03 cameras per 1000 of<br />

population. That’s one camera for<br />

every 6 people in a city of 15.354<br />

million citizens. Shenzhen takes a<br />

close second with 159.09 cameras<br />

per 1000 citizens. In third place<br />

is Shanghai with 113.46 eyes in<br />

the sky, or on the street, for every<br />

1000 people on the ground, still<br />

more than a 1 in 10 ratio.<br />

Outside of China, but still in<br />

Asia, Singapore takes 11th position,<br />

with 15.25 cameras per 1000<br />

of population. Bangkok has fewer<br />

cameras and is in 31st position<br />

worldwide, with 5.16 cameras per<br />

1000 people.<br />

The only two places joining<br />

China in the top 10 list is London<br />

in sixth position with 68.4 cameras<br />

per 1000 people and Atlanta in<br />

the U.S. in tenth place with 15.56<br />

cameras per 1000 of population,<br />

just ahead of Singapore.<br />

Sydney, Moscow, New Delhi<br />

Berlin and Dubai all made it into<br />

the top 20.<br />

London was in the number<br />

one position in the world as recently<br />

as 2017, which just shows<br />

how quickly China is expanding<br />

its network of cameras.<br />

At the current rate of expansion,<br />

Comparitech suggests that<br />

by the end of 2020, China could<br />

have a whopping 626 million surveillance<br />

cameras in use. That’s<br />

at least triple the amount in use<br />

now and will equate to 1 for every<br />

2 people!<br />

TOURISM IN<br />

ASEAN BRINGS<br />

IN <strong>BU</strong>MPER<br />

REVENUE<br />

Tourism numbers in ASE-<br />

AN countries has increased by<br />

around 7 per cent based on full<br />

year numbers for 2018 as published<br />

by the World Tourism Organization.<br />

This has helped all the<br />

countries in the bloc to receive<br />

much needed revenue and boost<br />

their tourism sectors.<br />

Thailand leads the way with<br />

US$63.042 billion in receipts. Singapore<br />

came in second place with<br />

US$20.528 billion.<br />

Malaysia, Indonesia and Vietnam<br />

rounded off the rest of the<br />

top 5 positions with US$19.143<br />

billion, US$14.11 billion and<br />

US$10.08 billion respectively.<br />

The Philippines came in at 6th<br />

place followed by Cambodia in<br />

7th position.<br />

Worldwide, tourism in the<br />

same period increased by 6 per<br />

cent, significantly higher than the<br />

predicted rate of 3.7 per cent.<br />

The main drivers of the accelerated<br />

rate of travel across the<br />

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We will publish the solutions in next month’s issue.<br />

ACROSS<br />

1/ Musician (9)<br />

5/ Polo sticks (7)<br />

8/ Seed (3)<br />

9/ Demolish (7)<br />

12/ Responses (7)<br />

CROSSWORD<br />

DOWN<br />

1/ Third sign of the Zodiac (6)<br />

2/ Cover (5)<br />

3/ Rodent (3)<br />

4/ Dullness (6)<br />

6/ Strong tree (3)<br />

7/ Mariners (7)<br />

10/ Express Mail Service (init) (3)<br />

11/ First name US baseball player Cobb (3)<br />

1. In which country would you find Mount Sinai?<br />

2. How many countries and principalities share a border with France.<br />

3. Which sign of the zodiac would you be if your birthday was on the 18th<br />

October?<br />

4. Which European country had three kings named Leopold who reigned<br />

for the majority of the years between 1831 and 1951?<br />

5. Of what is semiotics the study?<br />

TRIVIA Quiz<br />

1 2 3 4<br />

5 6<br />

7<br />

6<br />

6. In a standard UK Monopoly game, the green set consists of Bond Street,<br />

Regent Street and which other?<br />

7. Which birthstone is associated with the month of May?<br />

8. Which country has the internet domain extension .hu?<br />

9. What does UNESCO stand for?<br />

10. Which measurement of speed is equivalent to one nautical mile<br />

per hour?<br />

8<br />

9<br />

11<br />

12<br />

9<br />

10 11<br />

1. Egypt 2. 8 (Belgium, Luxembourg, Germany, Switzerland, Italy, Monaco, Andorra and<br />

Spain) 3. Libra 4. Belgium 5. Signs and symbols 6. Oxford Street 7. Emerald 8. Hungary 9.<br />

United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation 10. Knot<br />

Answers:<br />

12<br />

CROSSWORD ANSWERS<br />

ACROSS 1/ Guitarist 5/ Mallets 8/ Nut 9/ Destroy 12/ Answers<br />

DOWN 1/ Gemini 2/ Intel 3/ Rat 4/ Tedium 6/ Elm 7/ Sailors 10 EMS 11 tye<br />

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