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Tom Sorensen

Prpsident

, and open its doors to welcome interny

idea of stepping back. The governto

promote and support foreign invest'

at the 2001 Fortune Global Forum in

On the other hand it is a fact that the Parliament has just passed its final reading of the

Telecom services law in which foreign shareholding is now reduced and limited lo 25"/o'

It is also is curre ter the Foreign Business

Act ture stip e as a foreign juristic

irresDect e future another possible update.

Last but not least the long awaited revision of the Chamber of Commerce Act has been put

on f'ofO. Amongst otherihanges, the revision was supposed to ease the conditions for

recruiting members throughout the country.

The Danish-Thai Chamber of Commerce, together with the Joint Foreign Chambers of Commerce

and European Chambers of Commerce Thailand, is concerned that these measures

are not perceived by the international community as an open-door policy that welcome foreign

investors. Other countries in the region have already taken steps to liberalize their

business and investment laws in order to be attractive alternatives. lt is our opinion that

despite the positive words from the government actions speak louder than words.

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statement of this editorial.

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Danish economy

facing downturn

Denmark

stays home

Ghamber trip to

Gambodia postponed,

The announcement in the September

issue that the Danish

Thai Chamber of Commerce

was organizing a trip for members

interested in Cambodia

was somewhat premature. A

week after the magazine was

published, the Chamber announced

that the trip was postponed.

"lt is with regretthatthe Danish-Thai

Chamber of Commerce

must announce the postponement

of the planned high-level

trip to Cambodia in the beginning

of November," the announcement

oosted on the danchamwebsite

read.

"ln view of the recent happenings

in United States some

doubts have been expressed

with regards to the timing of this

visit. Less bookings than expected

have therefore been

made up to this moment. The

Chamber board regrets any inconvenience

this cancellation

may cause."

ven though the country

has chalked up a record

balance of payments

surplus of DKK 48.6 billion over

the last 12 months, the economy

is heading for recession, compounded

by the terrorist attack

in the US.

Economists are already

warning that the good times are

over, at least for the time being.

"We expect domestic demand

to decline for the rest of

the year, but we believe there will

be a modest turnaround in

2002," said senior analyst Jes

Asmussen from Denmark's second

largest bank Nordea/Unibank.

Minister for Economic Affairs

Marianne Jelved on the other

hand is trying to play down fears

of an economic downturn: "Any

recession will be very limited,

and there is no reason to change

our current economic policy. lt

may be necessary to ease financial

controls next year, but only

very slightly," she stated.

An impending economic

slowdown has become apparent

through a number of indicators.

First and foremost, consumer

confidence is falling, with the latest

trade balance figures showing

a 9.4 per cent drop in imports

for private consumption compared

with the previous month.

Like other countries, Denmark is

also being affected by what is

happening in the US, although

to what extent is not yet clear.

Alan Greenspan, head of the

American central bank, the FED,

said that only "in the coming

weeks will we be a position to

measure the effects of these

events on the (US) economy."

However, he did point to a

series of likely consequences of

the terrorist attack:

"lnsurance premiums will

rise, companies will increase

their stocks of both raw materials

and finished goods, and firms

will be forced to spend more on

security," he predicted.

Meanwhile. more bad news

forthis country came in the form

of the latest report from the

World Economic Forum, which

lists the 75 countries with the

brightest prospects for economic

growth over the next five years.

Overall at number one is Finland.

Both Sweden and Noruvay

are ranked above Denmark,

which slid from 13th to 14th

place. In addition, we dropped

from 6th to 8th place in the

league for how well countries

exploit their economic resources

here and now.

Peter K. Cornelius, in charge

New Danish IT company

of this year's report, believes

politicians have their work cut

out for them if they are to expand

Denmark's opportunities for economic

Arowth in the future.

"Two obstacles to growth are

the relatively high corporate tax

and a reluctance to invest more

in new technology," maintained

Cornelius, who comes from

Switzerland.

"Danish companies should

spend far more on research and

development, as this is the real

driving force behind growth in

productivity."

Sanne Fredenslund, a senior

economist at Danske Bank,

Denmark's largest bank, points

to a third factor:

"We have extremely low unemployment

in this country, and

in contrast to many other countries

a relatively high proportion

of the population actually out in

the labour market. Therefore we

do not have any extra labour resources

to get the wheels of industry

moving any faster," she

said.

Which basically means that

this country's only hope of moving

up the World Economic Forum

league again is by investing

in new technology.

aviWorld (Thailand) Co.,

Ltd., is a new member

of the Danish-Thai

Chamber of Commerce.

The company is located in

Sriracha in Chonburi province.

"We provide lT Technology

Solutions to Thai Companies,"

Gilda Maria Aaen, director of

NaviWorld (Thailand) Co., Ltd.

Explains.

"We are a part of The Navi-

World Group Ltd. which is an International

lT Service Provider

with local offices in Brazil, India,

Romania, South Africa and Thailand,

specialized in Financial,

Manufacturing, Distribution, Asset

Management, Retail and

eBusiness Solutions."

Navision sees its most potential

client base as midsized

. companies interested in adopting

the latest cutting edge lT

Technology to beat competition

globally.

- Whatplans does NauiThai

have for the near future?

"We are currently applying

for BOI status and plans to open

an office in Bangkok by the end

ot 2001," says Gilda Maria Aaen

who has been working in Thailand

for the past 1 112 year.

The Navision group of companies

is headquartered in

Vedbaek, Denmark. Founded in

1984, the company is a developer

of innovative business solutions

with more than 120,000

installations in 108 countries

worldwide.

Some of Navision Software's

clients include Adidas, AC Nielsen,

ORCA Foods, BASE BMG

Entertainment, Hoechst, KIA

Motors, Spencer Stuart, and

McDonalds.

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Denmark goes

to Quatar for

WTO meeting

Danish Minister of Foreign Affairs,

Mogens Lykketoft has announced

that he has no intention

of backing out of November's

World Trade Organization

summit in Qatar.

Many international participants

announced at a pre-summit

preparation meeting in Singapore

in the beginning of September

that they are unwilling to

travel to Qatar, becausethe USA

has military bases just 40 kilometers

from Oatar's capital,

Doha.

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Ai rport shrugs off

global slump

Maersk cuts

expectations

for 2001

Maersk has issued a statement

announcing a year end

result for 2001 slightly below

its 2000 result following the

tragic events in the US on 11

September 2001.

The container vessels as

well as the dry bulk carriers of

the Danish shipowner as well

as the freight rates have declined

and the cargo volumes

have dropped. Only Maersk's

Oil and Gas Activity has developed

as expected.

The overall result for 2001

for the Shipping Activities and

for the Oil and Gas Activity, before

exchange rate adjustments

and other special items,

is now exoected to be DKK

9,741 million.

Denmark

prepares for

ASEM

The Danish ministry forforeign

atfairs has called back Minister

Counsellor Svend Boje

Madsen from Washington to

Copenhagen. lt will be the task

of Mr. Boje Madsen to prepare

for the Asem Summit in 2002

during the Danish presidency

of the EU.

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Airport appears to be weathering

the storm remarkably well.

Despite the crisis in the airline

industry, new figures for September

show that Copenhagen's

Kastrup Airport is still performing

well. While other comparable

transport hubs such as

Stockholm's Arlanda and Oslo's

Gardermoen Airports are reporting

a sizeable reduction in passenger

numbers, Kastrup is

showing little change compared

to this time twelve months ago.

Figures state that much of

this is due to a fall in domestic

travel, and that the number of international

travellers using Kastrup

has actually increased.

"The immediate reaction of

Swedes to the events of September

11th has been dramatic,"

said Copenhagen Airport

Investor Relations-chief,

Flemming Petersen. "Noruvegians,

it seems, are reacting in

the same way."

"Danes, however, seem to

be reacting differently to the crisis.

They are taking a step back

and seeing what will happen if

life just carries on as normal."

"lt is too early to draw any

concrete conclusions,"

Petersen added While Oslo reported

a drop in 33,000 passengers,

and Stockholm

60,000, Copenhagen's passenger

figures are just 11 ,000

down on twelve months ago.

While Oslo Airport reported

a drop of 33,000 passengers

on this time last year, and

Stockholm a drop of 60,000,

Copenhagen's overall figures are

iust 11,000 down on twelve

months ago.

Domestic air travel has been

hit by the popularity of the new

Storebelt Bridge between Fyn

and Zealand, which has significantly

cut inland journey times.

However, the new Oresund

Bridge between Denmark and

Sweden has made Kastrup much

more accessible to Swedes living

in the Malmo region, boosting

international passenger numbers.

In contrast to the Danish figures,

Swedish analysts are predicting

a furtherfall in passenger

numbers of around 10%, with

warnings that the figures could

get worse before they get better.

Denmark supports

Afghanistan refugees

n September 26, shortly

after the terror attack on

the United States, Denmark

approved a budget of 75

mill. THB for humanitarian relief

assistance to the Afghanistan

refugees. Roughly half the funds

were given to International Red

Cross - Red Crescent to be distributed

to local Red Cross offices

in Pakistan, lran, Tadjikistan,

Uzbekistan and Tu rkmenistan..

The other half went to the

UNHCR to the preparation of

refugee camps and build up of

emergency storage facilities.

An estimated 1,5 mill Afghanistan

people were expected

to flee the fighting.

A few weeks later, on October

10, the Danish parliament

decided to allocate an additional

550 mill. THB for emergency

assistance in and around

Afghanistan and approved the

immediate release of the first 150

mill. THB of this budget.

At the time of allocation, there

were already four million displaced

persons in and around

Afghanistan.

Saddam's agents

in Denmark

SAS to put

delivery of

new planes

on hold

The Secret Service

reports that a growing

number of lraqi agents

are concealing

themselves amongst

the country's refugee

population

ccording to the Danish

Secret Service (PET),

lraqi agents are concealing

themselves amongst refugees

who have been granted

political asylum in this country.

Claiming that they have "solid

grounds for suspicion" that lraqi

agents number amongst refugees,

PET Director Birgitte

Stampe told the newspaper

Politiken "l can confirm that there

are lraqis currently living in Denmark

whom we suspect of espionage.

lt is our impression that

their activities have been on the

increase in recent years.

"As a result of the revelations,

Justice Minister Frank

Jensen announced this week

that he is to review measures

currently in place designed to

prevent foreign agents mingling

with asylum seekers. In addition,

Jensen is also considering the

introduction of a new set of

guidelines designed to increase

co-ooeration between PET and

the country's immigration servtce.

"We do not want people in

Denmark who have the aim of

spying on those who need our

protection," he told Politiken. "lt

is ouite clear that it is in our interests

to prevent this Practice."

According to PET, the main

task of the agents is to inform

Saddam Hussein's government

about the activities of the lraqi

opposition in exile - both in Denmark

and further afield. Politiken

claims that Denmark has been

targeted due to the relative ease

in which interim residencY is

granted, and the lack of comPrehensive

security checks on all

asylum seekers.

The newspaper report goes

Danish tewor fear

fter a number of hoax

packages heightened

fears of a biological attack

on Denmark, scientists and

the government are pointing out

that this country is not considered

a primary target, and are

urging people not to panic.

Police across the country

have been called to a number

of orivate addresses and comoanies

this week to examine at

least 27 susoicious letters and

packages.

Suspicious packages have

been reDorted at addresses

across the country, including a

clothes shoo in Aarhus, a newspaper

in Herning, a solicitors office

in Copenhagen and an

emergency rescue station in

Kolding. However, at the time of

writing, none of the suspicious

letters were believed to contain

any harmful substance.

Copenhagen's State Serum

Institute confirmed on Wednesday

that none of the substances

they had analyzed were harmful.

The Director of the institute,

Nils Strandberg Pedersen confirmed

that of 27 packages examined,

23 contained nothing

suspicious at all, while four contained

a harmless white Powder.

Seven more were in the process

of being examined.

Speaking to the newspaper

Berlingske Tidende, Health Minister

Arne Rolighed said: "We

should keep calm and use our

common sense. lf we start to

oanic and see anthrax bacteria

everywhere, this will create fear

and only help the political and

ideological goals of those seeking

to create panic."

However, despite his earlier

reassurances, Rolighed went on

to confirm that his dePaftment is

presently working on a nationwide

strategy against biological

on to point out that information

from both the Swedish Secret

Service (SAPO) and lraqi exile

groups confirm PET's susPicions.

The US- financed lraqi

National Congress (lNC) points

to Denmark, Sweden and Holland

as nations that have been

targeted by the lraqi regime as

key European entry points.

The spokesperson for INC in

London Nabeel Musauui was in

Politiken quoted for saying:

"The lraqi secret service has,

over the last four years, targeted

Denmark, Holland and Sweden

as countries that they see as

being easiest for its agents to

enter. We have evidence that 11

lraqi agents are active in Denmark

and eight in Sweden."

The report comes just weeks

after it was revealed that one of

lraq's former top generals is still

resident in Denmark, desPite

having his claim for political asylum

turned down.

terror, including countering the

deliberate spreading of smallPox

or anthrax.

Police are warning that verY

harsh sentences await those

found to be behind the hoax letters.

Speaking to Berlingske

Tidende. Criminal Inspector Kurt

Jensen of Copenhagen Police

commented:

"You can compare the situation

with false bomb threats,

which are also all about creating

fear amongst the poPulation.

It is not for us to judge peoPle,

but if we find anyone responsible

we will certainly be asking for

them to be remanded in custody."

Most experts consider the

risk of such attacks against Denmark

to be very small, pointing

out that other countries activelY

involved in the bombing of Afghanistan

will be seen as more

attractive targets.

ln the wake of the economic

downturn, airline company SAS

is seeking to indefinitelY Postpone

the planned deliverY of

several new olanes.

It has been a very hard six

months for SAS and the economic

consequences of this are

becoming apparent as the Partially

state-owned corporation is

seeking to postpone a Planned

delivery of a grouP of new Airbus

olanes.

"We're initiating a dialogue

with Airbus to postpone deliveries

of the planes that are Part of

the last half of the (total) delivery.

However, there is no talk, at

this point, of our refusing to accept

any planes," said Bertil

Ternert, Head of Information for

SAS, from the company's headquarters

in Stockholm.

SAS ordered a total of 23

new olanes f rom Airbus in 1999

and 2000, with a SKK 20 million

price tag. The deal was signed

with an option to buy an additional

14 planes at a later date.

With the delivery of the first

plane in July of this year, company

director Jorgen Lindegaard

declared that the new Planes

would be a vital link in a Plan to

increase the number of SAS

passengers from the current 25

million annually to 35 million

within 5 years.

Since last month's terrorist

attacks in the United States,

however, the economic outlook

has changed considerably for

SAS. The negotiations for a

postponement of the delivery of

the new planes are directly related

to the tragic events of 11

Seotember.

Like other Western airline

comoanies, SAS has been hit

hard financially, and its economic

expectations have been

readjusted to reflect the dramatic

downturn. Between 800 and

1.100 of SAS Group's total

31 ,000 employees can expect to

be made redundant.

The airline company readjusted

its projected economic

statistics the day after the American

terrorist attacks.

10

EAC satisfied with

half year result

.;''"'::: peaking at an investor

,- ':rji meeting in August, EAC

'i':,,,:,,. top CEO Mark Wilson

said he was satisfied with the

results achieved so farthis year.

Mark Wilson expressed expectations

for the second half of

the year to perform even better,

but this was two weeks before

the terror attack on USA and the

subsequent slump in the world

economy.

According to Mr. Wilson,

clouds over some of the companies

are outweighed but sunny

weather in other companies

within the four core business areas

of Nutrition, Foods, Industrial

Ingredients and Moving &

Relocation.

EAC Nutrition activities,

which coverfirst of all the Dumex

activities in South East Asia, is

under pressure from the high

prices on milk powder and a

major investment in the Philippines

is also eating into the profits

of the division this year. This

division is the second largest

business activity of EAC with a

turnover of 5,4 bill. THB.

"Still, this is the largest turnover

ever in this area and the

profit result is double that of

1997," he said, adding that he

expected an increase in profits

of 10 percent.

The growth has been substantial

in China.

"China has been slow in

starting up, but now things are

moving," Mr. Wilson noted, saying

it took six years to get to this

point.

As for EAC Industrial Ingredients,

the half year turnover

reached about 1,5 bill. Bath. The

operational profits were however

down during the first half of the

year compared to last year.

As for EAC Moving & Relocation,

operational profits are

expected to be 70 percent above

2000 attributed to the acquisition

of Global Silverhawk in Asia.

EAC Nutrition - compising

among others Dumex - is the

second large st business

activity of EAC with a

turnover of 5,4 bill. THB.

IAYORK

Refrigeration

a Cold Stores

e Ghilled Rooms

o Ante Rooms

e Water Chillers

.r Glycol/Brine Ghillers

o Seawater Ghilling

o Contact Plate Freezers

o Blast Freezers

o Flake lce Machines

o Flo lce Machines

e High Humitlity Stores

e Low Humftlity Stores

a Air Gonditioning of Processing

Rooms

e Air Sock Gooling Systems

e Customized Packaged

Refrigeration Units

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The installation comprise six

SAB202 screw compressors which

keep the temperature down below

minus 25 degrees Celsius in each

of the 10 cold stores with each

tvvo cooling units.

The operation of the

factory is controlled from

this control unit located in

a separate room next to the

compressors.

York is back on track

with several big proj ects

York Refrigeration has

just delivered its largest

installation for five

years and a few

projects of the same

size are being lined up.

wo years afterthe merger

of Danish refrigeration

company Sabroe into the

industrial refrigeration division of

the American company, York, the

Danish brand name is as strong

as ever among its clients.

"We went for Sabroe because

everybody knows, it's the

best," Mr. Phao Sikkaman,

President of IMG Frozen Foods

Co., Ltd. says as if simply stating

a matter of fact.

"We also have Sabroe compressors

onboard our ships," he

adds, indicating that they are

most likely satisfied with these

installations as well.

Like all the other five owners

of IMG Frozen Foods Co.,

Ltd., Mr. Phao is also the owner

of several fishing vessels operating

on the high seas from the

coast of Africa to New Zealand.

The freezing installation in

IMG's brand new warehouse

and factory in Mahachai in

Samut Sakorn province 50 km

southwest of Bangkok is the latest

state of the art in Thailand.

For Mr. Preben B. Pedersen,

York's Managing Director in

Thailand, the completion of the

IMG-order comes timely as he

is winding down his assignment

in the company.

"l exoect to move - somewhere

- in February 20A2. My

current contract expired October

2001 but I have been asked to

stay on forfour more month," he

exolains.

"What my next assignment

will be? | have no idea. But so

far I have had new challenges

emerging every time one assignment

was over, so I am confident

something might emerge this

time as well." Mr. Pedersen

Preben B. Pedersen,

York's Managing

Director in Thailand, is

pleasedwith the major

new orders as he is

winding down his

assignment in the

company.

says.

Since 1987, he has worked

for Sabroe in ten different comoanies

and in five different countries

- USA, Germany, Denmark,

Singapore, Philippines and Thailand.

"When I came back to Thailand

in 2000, my job was to

downsize the company and reorganize

its staff from at that

time 80 people to 60 people.

This was necessary because we

had miscalculated some of the

projects and had to suffer the

consequences."

"Today, we have increased

the staff again with five more

employees, among olhers our

Danish chief engineer Henrlk

Langer who is also an old hand

here, and with a well worklng

team we are now really on track

for future expanslon," Mr. Pedersen

says with confidence.

"We are probably more expensive

than our competitors,

but this is justified by our higher

quality."

Preben B. Pedersen is not

worried about the effect of the

current crisis on York. The company

is a supplier to the food industry

and this industry is much

less hit by the global recession

than for instance manufacturers

of electronic appliances.

"Most of our customers expect

a slight downturn of five percent

due to the war against terror,"

Mr. Pedersen adds.

"Our bread and butter market,

which performed steadily

even through the 1997-crisis, is

the maintenance of the more

than 10,000 compressors we

have installed all over Thailand

in ice factories, food processing

companies and else where.

These installations need seruice

and from time to time replacement

of moving parts."

But as for new installations,

thls year has been a turnaround

year for York Thailand. On our

way to the IMG factory, Preben

B. Pedersen points to another

factory under construction, not-

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ing that this will be York's next major

new installation.

"Another one is in my order book

- and on Henrik Langer's desk for final

technical design," he adds.

The installation at IMG comprise

six SAB202 screw compressors keeping

the temperature down below minus

25 degrees Celsius in each of the

10 cold stores with each two cooling

units. These huge storage rooms contain

each about 800 tons of stored

seafood giving a total capacity of the

IMG warehouse of 8,000 tons of seafood.

"We all have our own fishing vessels,"

Mr. Manoch Sawasdee, Managing

Director of the factory explains.

"Previously, as soon as we had the

catch onboard we would start contacting

our clients and when the ship

came in, they would send their trucks

to pick up the catch. But we were unable

to store the catch for the best timing

to release it in the market and

sometimes price fluctuations could be

quite big."

The partnership between the families

goes back 20 years and by the

end of 1999 they took the decision to

build the warehouse and factory in

Mahachai. Today, the cold store facilities

are ready and some of them already

in use and by January 2002, Mr.

Manoch expects to be able to start

also to fillet fish at the factory.

The heart of the factory is the installation

of the six SAB202 screw

compressors. They provide also the

freezing capacity for the two quick

freezing rooms where up to 60 tons

of freshly landed produce may be

quickly brought down to minus 25

degrees before being transported into

one of the regular cold storage rooms.

"The compressors and other high

tech parts have been imported from

Denmark, but most of the metal structure

of any of our installations and the

pressure vessels are manufactured at

the factory next to our office," Mr. Pedersen

says.

The generally inconvenient location

of York Refrigeration half way to

Cha-am makes sense, when Preben

B. Pedersen explains that around 35

percent of all fish brought onshore in

Thailand is landed in the seaport of

Mahachai near by. Thailand's second

busiest fishing port is Samut Prakarn

to the Southeast of Bangkok.

"More than half of Thailand's seafood

industry is concentrated within a

range of only fifty kilometers from our

factory" he explains.

EU wants to strengthen

cooperation with Asia

dA closer cooperation

;fl*E between an ex-

S ?t panded EU and an

expanded Asia is what EU

is aiming for according to

Chris Patten, EU's commissioner

for foreign affairs

and former British governor

of Hong Kong.

Mr. Patten recently explained

the strategic direction

of EU's foreign policy

towards Asia, stressing

that basically EU simply wants

to expand its presence in Asia

to reflect its significance in the

world today.

"Asia's importance for EU is

indisputable. So is our importance

for Asia," Chris Patten

said.

"Regardless of wether talking

about economics, politics,

culture, poverty, environment or

human rights, the EU commission

will attempt to do its utmost

to expand our regional and global

relations in the area." the

commissioner said.

Chris Patten also said the

EU would welcome an exoansion

of the group of countries

currently part of the ASEM-meetings,

Brunei, China, Indonesia,

Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Philippines,

Singapore, Thailand and

Vietnam.

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Business Mind

"l served in the

early eighties as a

young charg"

d'affaires at the

Embassy in Hanoi

and I have been

looking for a

chance to return

ever since."

lnterwuiew by Gregers Ma/ler

Photos byJan Mouritzen

or the new Danish am-bassador to

Thailand, Mr. Ulrik Helweg-Larsen,

Thailand was his preferred choice of

destination.

"My wife and I have been looking very

much forward to coming to Thailand. lt is an

old dreaming coming true," he says.

The Ambassador presented his letters

of credential to His Majesty The King on

October the 'l7th at the Palace in Hua Hin.

Later he hopes to be able to present a

similar letter to King Sihanouk in Phnom

Penh as well as in Rangoon.

"l got a taste of Thailand when I served

in Vietnam back in the early eighties as a

young charge d'affaires at the Danish Embassy

in Hanoi. I had the pleasant opportunity

to go to Thailand quite often - and having

spent some time in Europe, the time is

now perfect for me to be going back to South

East Asia,"

Mr. Helweg Larsen and his Romanian

born wife, Cristina, moved into the residence

in mid September. Although their furniture

has still not arrived they obviously enjoying

the large garden of the residence where their

little Dachel dog called Vaclav is also having

a great time.

"We bought him in the Czech republic

and decided to name him after either the

president or the chairman of the parliament

- their names were both Vaclav," the ambassador

explains - stopping short of suggesting

what name he would pick if they were to

have one more dog while staying in Thailand.

Meeting the Danes

The Ambassador and his wife will have their

first major encounter with the full Danish

community at the Christmas Bazaar of

Margretheklubben, the Danish women's network,

on Sunday, November 25 in the Garden

of the Ambassadors residence.

However, on the 24th of October the

board of directors of the Danish Thai Chamber

of Commerce had a special opportunity

to welcome the Ambassador at a business

lunch in the residence of the commercial

counselor, Mrs. Tine Hylleberg.

Among the questions, which the board

of directors were particularly keen on hearing

the Ambassadors reaction to, was the

unofficial information that the Thai government

is planning to tighten the foreign business

law in order to make it more difficult

for foreign investors to be in control of their

business in Thailand.

Mn Ulrik Helwe g-Larsen will be

a close diplomatic observer of

developments not only inThailand

but also in Cambodia and Burma in

the months leading up the ASEM

summit in September next year

which Denmarkwill be hosting.

"Thailand is an important

country in this respect and it will be

our responsibility among others to

try to find out what the Thai's wish

and expect to be the outcome of the

summit," the ambassador explains.

l4

Helweg Larsen and his

Romanian born wife, Cristina

enjoy the large ga nofthe

residence - where their Dachel

dog 'Vaclav'is also having a

great time.

The couple will on Sunday,

November 25 be hosting the

annual Christmas b ar of

Margretheklubben in the garden

oftheir residence.

"We are looking into this together with

our colleagues at the other embassies," Mr.

Helweg-Larsen says.

"We are all concerned. We haven't seen

any draft yet - but if there is a new law being

worked out along these lines, then there is

reason for concern. lf it is planned to put

more restrictions on foreign companies operating

in Thailand we will certainly try to

convince the Thai government that this does

not serve the interests of Thailand. But so

far we have to stress the "if'- as we haven't

seen any draft yet."

Commercial relations

During his career as a diplomat, Mr. Helweg-

Larsen was at one point Head of the Trade

Department of the Danish Ministry of Foreign

Affairs. This reflects his personal interests

in bilateral affairs as well.

"l would like to improve the commercial

relations between Denmark and Thailand,

not only in the traditional sense of import

and export but also in terms of improving

Danish investments in Thailand," he says.

"Quite a number of Danish comoanies

are for the time being looking for ways to

out-source pafis of their production to focus

instead on their core areas of exoertise. That

means they don't necessarily have to invest

but simply find a good partner in the Thai

market."

"The current situation with the two most

important markets for Thailand - Jaoan and

USA - both showing a downward trend may

not be very nice, but as for Denmark there

should under normal circumstances be room

for an increase in commercial relations in a

broad terms," the ambassador adds.

Looking for Thai companies

During his first few weeks in Thailand, Mr.

Helweg-Larsen already met a number of

Danish companies, some of them having

been working here for long time.

"l hope so see some more of them in

the weeks to come," he says.

But he is also keen on getting to know

first hand more Thai companies.

"Together with our commercial counsellor

I plan to visit a number of Thai companies

considered of special interest to Danish

companies not yet operating in the Thai

market."

The idea would be to match them with

Danish companies with relevant business interests.

"This takes quite some time to prepare

and of course we have to select very carefully

in order not to waste the companies'

time and also use our own time in the most

efficient way."

"There might be three or four sectors -

for instance the environmental - where we

could do more, considering the sectors

where Danish companies have special expertise,"

the ambassador explains.

"ln this sector alone, we are supporting

Thailand with 1 00 mill DKK per year through

the Danced programme. I would certainly

like to see a more substantial commercial

spin-off from this support."

Mixed credits

Another area where the Ambassador feels

more should be done is in identifying new

projects suitable for the mixed credits loans,

which have been quite successful in the

oast.

"l hope we could identify new major

projects to be financed this way. As the current

projects are being implemented, we

have to find new major projects to replace

them," the Ambassador explains.

"We expect in the near future to be able

to sign a framework agreement with the Ministry

of Finance."

Internal affairs

Internally at the Embassy, no major developments

are planned.

"This embassy is already considerably

larger than the embassy I knew, when I visited

Thailand on a regular basis back in the

early eighties. Not least the consular section

has grown, reflecting the increasing

number of around 80,000 Danish tourists

who last yearvisited Thailand. Some of them

get into trouble and that is why we have to

have such a large consular section."

Thai tourist traveling to Denmark are no

match in numbers, but could get a boost if

plans for a Royal Thai visit by Crown Princess

Sirindhorn to Denmark next year materialize.

"l can confirm that there are some plans

being made for a possible visit but I cannot

confirm any details. To my knowledge it is

not an official visit," the Ambassador says.

He adds, that the embassy has no particular

plans for any activity in connection

with the visit. But if TV reports from the visit

were aired on Thai television it would most

likely benefit the tourism sector.

"l understand there is already a trend

among wealthier Thai tourists of going to

Denmark, but mostly as part of a wider trip

around Europe."

Looking forward to being in Thailand for

probably the coming four years, the ambassador

has no special plans for engaging in

new leisure activities.

"l am a very poor tennis player and as

for golf, my answer is usually that I am not

that old yet ... But maybe I will change my

mind on the latter."

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which GPV Thailand is

now ready to produce for

its clients.

Thefactory in

Thailand is the only one

withinthe GPV Group

capable of producing it

all from heavy metal

manufacturing to fine

as s emb lin g of ele c tronic

cornponents.

GPV Thailand now ready

to produce electronics

PVAsia (Thailand)Co.,

Ltd., the headquarters

of the GPV Groups activities

in Asia, keeps growing.

From the initial 35 - 40 employees

in early 2000, the Bangpoo

based GPV company today employs

150 people. Four of these

are Danes: Hans Danielsen,

Jack Rausing, Tommy Kristensen

and Kurt P. Nielsen.

The premises have grown as

well: GPV in 1999 rented initially

2000 sq.m. from ABB in Bangpoo

Industrial Estate. The

present Building 4 within the

same compound is more than

three times as big. Here, the production

of all the specialties

within sub-supplying, which the

GPV offers, takes place: metal

components, cabinets and enclosures,

wire configuration,

electronic assembly and complete

solution.

Everything produced is produced

for someone else. Not

having its own product is the

unique product of GPV.

To be able to do this, you

must do it more efficiently than

the clients would have been able

to themselves, Hans Danielsen

explains, adding that the factory

in Thailand is the only one within

the GPV Group capable of producing

it all from heavy metal

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manufacturing to fine assembling

of electronic components.

Within the new electronic

area, key staff was last year put

through a training program in

Denmark learning how to manage

new methods, tools machines

and lT systems.

In Thailand, staff is more

used to assembling in a traditional

line production. We want

one worker to assemble a complete

unit or section of a unit,

Danielsen explains while showing

around the assembly line,

where light beams assist the

workers by indicating on the

board where the next component

should be mounted.

By training the staff in close

cooperation with GPVs R&D

Department, which had designed

the equipment together

with the client, it was possible to

teach all the aspects ofthe products

in a period of four months.

The instructions were made in

Instead of assembling

in the traditional way

in a production line,

GPV has trained the

staffto assemble a

complete board which

gives a higher job

satisfaction.

English, which the Thai supervisortranslated

into Thai assisted

by photos and animated illustrations.

These instructors now

train the staff on the floor.

Related to the electronics

production lines, a production of

special wires has also been established.

Here, wires are cut to

exact length, stripped of insulation,

and mounted with the correct

connectors in each end.

Also within the traditional

GPV areas of CNC shearing,

punching, bending, welding, surface

treatment and assembly of

mechanical comDonents constant

improvements are made

based on new machinery recently

imported from Denmark.

ABB the first client and still a

major customer of GPV Asia has

responded positively by transferring

more jobs to GPV. But also

the number of non-ABB clients

is growing steadily. One prominent

new client in the electronic

field is Bang & Olufsen, the top

quality Danish manufacturer of

home electronics.

The trend of Global Sourcing,

which has proven to be efficient

in Europe in these years,

is the business idea guiding the

company. That goes for GPV

Asia itself too. ln some instances.

GPV Asia has itself

been outsourcing to subcontractors

in other parts of South

East Asia for clients of GPV in

Denmark trying to find the most

cost efficient solution for the client.

But trying to control a subsuppliers

production quality level

is not Hans Danielsen's recipe

for a healthy good nights sleep.

"l would anytime prefer to

produce most things within mechanical

production ourselves,"

he says. 'Then at least we wont

have to check for the kind of

completely irrational errors

which sometimes may occur if

we use cheap suppliers in the

region," he says.

But for electronic components

and PCB's the technical

skills and the quality level of our

suppliers is very high, and the

Asian region is developing rapidly.

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Schengen has not changed

Danish visa procedures

n article in the September

issue of Thai-Danish

Trade News gives, according

to the Royal Danish Embassy,

the distorted impression

that the procedure for issuing

visas to Denmark have been

changed since Denmark entered

Schengen on 25 March 2001, in

general making it much more

difficult and time consuming to

obtain a visa to Denmark/Schengen

and thereby hurting Danish

exoort activities.

The article, which was first

printed in the Danish daily

JyskeVestkysten, quoted a Danish

businessman in Singapore

who comolained about his difficulties

in obtaining a visa for his

Thai secretary to travel with him

to Denmark. The headline was

"Schengen hurts Danish Exports"

"These are serious accusations

- and they are not true,"

says Mrs. Tove Wihlborg Andersen,

head of consular section at

the Royal Danish Embassy.

"As soon as the article apoeared

in the Thai Danish Trade

News we looked into the matter

but couldn't find out which case

Arrivals from Denmark to Thailand

he was referring to. We have no

record of the Danish businessman

Mr. Jorgen Dirch and have

no recollection of having previously

assisted him in the way,

he describes," she says.

"Entering Schengen has not

From Denmark to Thailand

changed our procedures for issuing

visas. They are still the

same. And the Embassy still issue

visa within 3 days to the vast

majority of the applicants, which

naturally include employees of

well-established companies,

Departing tourists lining

up for passport

processing in Bangkok

International Airport.

The Schengen

agreement has caused a

drop in visa applications

handled by the Danish

embassy because

tourists no longer need

avisafor each single

country in Europe they

are going to visit.

business people going to meetings

in Denmark, tourists, and

many relatives."

"The cases we send to the

Danish authorities in Copenhagen

for consideration are

mostly cases where the aPPlicant

has insufficient financial

means for such a trip, or has no

job. lt may also for example be

cases where the company guaranteeing

for the applicant cannot

be verified in any regular

business register or where the

purpose of the visit is not sufficiently

clear."

Tove Wihlborg Andersen exoects

the new website of the

Royal Danish Embassy to be of

major assistance in explaining

the reouirements for the various

kinds of visas. The information

is in both English and Danish -

and will at a later stage also be

made available in Thai.

The number of Thai nationals

travelling to Denmark has

been climbing steadily since

1998 when the effect of the crisis

hit also the Thai-Danish tourism

industry. That year, in 1998,

the total number of Thais travelling

to Europe with Denmark as

their first destination was 3.878

persons. Last year, in 2000, the

figure was 6,023 travellers.

This year, the number of Thai

visitors has been increasing

steadily with 30 percent from

January till July compared to

year 2000.

The figures from August and

in particular f rom September are

now anxiously awaited

Gregers Moller

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Once in Denmarkrr

Hotels hit by

terror attacks

in the USA

Danish hotels are

suffering economic

fallout from the terrorist

attacks in the USA.

After the terrorist attacks in the

USA, Copenhagen's hotels are

feeling the pinch as travellers

from across the world cancel

their reservations. Many hotels

reported that bookings are down

25o/" on the seasonal norm.

At the newly-build Copenhagen

Marriott, the number of

empty beds is so high that employee

layoffs are now looking

inevitable.

"We have been hit extra hard

because we are a new hotel. We

rely a lot on British, American

and Canadian guests," says

Marriott Hotel Director Hans-

Peter Bachofnerr.

The Copenhagen Airport

Hilton and the Radisson SAS

Chain have reported a downturn

of between 10 and 20"/".

"We do not yet know how

high the drop in reservations for

the coming month will be, but our

experience with the Gulf War in

1991 shows that the number of

American tourists at that time fell

by a third," says SAS Hotels Regional

Director, Mogens Stendrup.

Copenhagen's hotels are set

to suffer more th.an their provincial

counterpafts, many of which

cater for domestic tourists. Many

Danes are expected this year to

take their holidays in Denmark

rather than go abroad.

mantic novel, which she stafted

working on right away during a

media trip to Denmark early this

spring sponsored by the Royal

Danish Embassy.

Ms. Rasmi got her inspiration

for the plot the moment she

set her foot in Copenhagen Airport,

she says. A leading character

in the book is also modeled

over the famous Danish

Goalkeeper, Peter Schmeichel,

she says. She hopes to finish the

book soon and have it published

in the near future.

Rasmi Hanvajanavong

who works as a

journalist for Poojadkarn

Daily was not the

only Thai journalist I

who enjoyed the trip.

Several of the other

journalists hold similar

fond memories of

Denmark.

Mr. Saritdet Marukatat of

Bangkok Post fell completely in

love with the quiet place and the

marvelous scenery - not to

speak of the generous Danish

hospitality - and keeps dreaming

of going back one day.

"lt is a such a pretty and quiet

country. With a lot of fresh air. I

love the place and really want

to go back some time," he says.

In September, SAS Thailand

and Indochina arranged for a

similar media trip covering not

only Denmark, but also Sweden

and Norway. Again Denmark left

a favourable impression on most

of the journalists.

For Mrs. Krongkarn Phongsathorn,

editor of Traveller's

Companion, it was her second

visit to Denmark. Her first shotl

visit took place 20 years ago,

she says, but she has neverforgotten

the Danish generosity

and her imoression of the Danish

architect and furniture designer

Arne Jacobsen.

In Copenhagen, the group

stayed at the five-star Radisson

SAS Royal Hotel where the hotel

lobby features Swan and Egg

chairs as a tribute to the great

master.

Mrs. Krongkarn also noted,

that the famous Danish feather

blankets and pillows seemed to

be on top of everybody's shopping

lists, just like the famous

fresh seafood was a hit with every

one.

Unfortunately, this was her

second trio to Denmark and

once again it was only a short

stay. She has now promised herself

on her next trip to stay longer

and take a closer look and really

get to know Denmark.

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such a great and incomparable

metropolis is the atmosphere.

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to rush through but a friendly city

where you can smell, taste and

see many things around you,

start with the charming narrow

streets of the old city where each

winding street is lined with

unique, beautifully preserved

houses," he described his

deeply impression in Denmark

In the Thai travel magazine

"Tio Rob Lok" for September

2001 travel writer Nuangnoi

Satta wrote about fascination

with Denmark. The article was

part of a series about traveling

to all the four Nordic countries

of Denmark, Sweden, Finland

and Nonivay.

Nuangnoi Satta recounted in

particular her efforts in tracing

evidence of Denmark's historical

past, finding out about the

famous Danish writer HC Andersen,

enjoying Danish Smorrebrod,

strolling in Nyhavn, romancing

in Tivoli - and her problems

in finding the ferry to Sweden.

Ubonwan Phungboon

21

-t

The 30 square meter booth at Gasa

Odense was quickly converted from

aworkshop area to a sales booth as

the purchasing interest was simply

overwhelming.

SOren Presmann with some of the

insp irational orchid zrrangements

which Danishflorists will now be able

to create and sell themselves.

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Presmann has reintroduced

Thai orchids in Denmark

'"

.' : resmann (Thailand) Co.,

': '.:" Ltd. in September suc-

'li cessfully re-introduced

orchids to the Danish florist trade

in cooperation with Denmark's

largest specialist florist wholesale

organization, Gasa Odense.

The Danish consumers today

know orchids mainly from

the cheap packs of small, Pink

orchids sold in supermarkets.

Lacking an alternative suPPlY

source, the florists in Denmark

have by and large refrained from

entering this competition.

"On the other hand, Danish

florists feel the need for innovations,

new products, colours,

shapes and arrangements to

stay competitive," Mr. Soren

Presmann, owner and CEO of

Presmann Co., Ltd. explains.

"We wanted to show them a

real selection of exciting varieties

of orchids, which demand

professional florist skills to combine

and sell, but also offer more

attractive prof it rfi argins."

The re-introduction evenl

took place on September 12

where Gasa Odense had invited

its customers to their regular gettogether

within the florist trade.

Here, Presmann had set up a 30

square meter special stand presenting

and demonstrating how

to create a variety of flower arrangements

using orchids.

'Two months before, we had

asked one of the most skilled florists

in Thailand to arrange some

truly creative arrangements using

some of the different orchids,

we expected Gasa to select to

become their regular stock,"

Soren Presmann explains.

"These arrangements were

photographed and printed on

handouts together with descriPtions

of how this oarticular arrangement

was put together as

an inspiration to the florists."

The introduction was a malor

success.

"Already while putting uP the

stand the first visitors came bY,

asking if they could buy some of

the orchids we had imported

only as show examples. Finally

the request was so overwhelming,

that we decided to completely

rearrange our stand."

"lnstead of having the workshop

as the main attraction, we

arranged a sales stand where all

the orchids were available -

while our florist would sit next to

this and produce her own arrangements

as well as hand out

the inspiration leaflets we had

prepared."

During the evening, several

varieties of the orchids were sold

out. The rest went next morning.

"Especially the interest in ordinary

lotus flowers was a surorise.

Most of the florists didn't

know how to open them. So we

demonstrated how we in Thailand

open a lotus leaf by leaf."

Evaluating the success,

Gasa Odense selected 15 -20

different kinds from the over 54

different varieties presented by

Ssren Presmann to be part of

their regular stock.

Interestingly, the comPanY

importing the orchids to Denmark

is, well - also owned by

Soren Presmann!

"We took this decision two

years ago to establish our own

company in Denmark. FinallY,

the technical details were in

place and February 2000 the

company, Presmann (Danmark)

ApS, was a reality.

"We decided to incorporate

it as an "ApS" - a company of

limited liability. Apart from ourselves,

my brother is a Partner

in the company," Mr. Presmann

exolains.

The business idea is to market,

import and distribute Thai

food products in Denmark. First

of all fresh fruit and vegetables,

but also Thai canhed and dried

goods and other specialty food

products mostly sourced bY

Presmann in Thailand.

Part of the idea was also to

deal with the slow payment Procedures

of some of the Danish

importers, which Presmann Co.,

Ltd. had previously experienced.

"Today we market our fresh

food products under the brand

name Ex-Presmann. Our clients

within this segment are the big

supermarket chains and the

wholesalers of the smaller supermarkets."

The decision to add one

more product - orchids - was

taken nine month before the

launch in September.

"Orchids had similarities in

kind with the existing products

and we could benefit from a certain

synergy. Distribution and

logistics of fresh vegetables and

fresh orchids is not entirely different,"

Ssren Presmann saYS.

Gregers Moller

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Maki ng adifference

A Danish vision and

months of hard work

has given young

handicapped children in

the Noftheast of

Thailand a new chance

in life.

Danish supported Handicap

Center opened in

Sakon Nakorn province

in the Noftheast of Thailand on

November 5, 2001 after one

year of trial operation.

The center is part of the

Raindrop Foundation for Children,

established more than

twenty years ago and still managed

by its founder, Dr. Pensak

Chagsuchinda. Widow after

former Danish Ambassador

Franz Howitz, Dr. Pensak is today

Senator for Sakhon Nakorn

provrnce.

The Raindrop' Foundation

provides housing and electricity,

transportation and other practical

assistance free of charge,

but the Handicap Center has its

own seoarate board of directors

headed by Mrs. Hjordis Hansen

making it possible for donors to

support the handicap center financially

and otherwise directly.

"Ourfirst donation, which set

it all in motion, was 20,000 Danish

kroner from Jebsen & Jessen

in Denmark," Mrs. Hansen

explains.

"Mr. Ulrich Hansen, Jebsen

& Jessen Group of Companies

in Thailand, had sent a letter in

advance to pave the way. lt was

very encouraging," she adds.

Since then, Hjordis Hansen

has received support in kind and

in cash from Danish Soroptimists

in the cities of Hjoning

and Holbak, Lions

Club in Frederikssund,

Jotun Paint in

Thailand as well as

private individuals in

Thailand and DenmarK.

Support has

also been offered by

professional Danish

physiotherapist who

has worked as vol-

Inspiring the

mothers and

grandmothers of

the children to

start working with

the children is a

victory for the

idea of 'help to

self-help'.

unteers at the center for a week

and two young students from

Ronde Hojskole who has helped

out at the Handicap Center for

four months.

"They are traveling on their

own expense and are highly motivated,"

Hjordis Hansen says.

"We have been able to start

up the center on a slim budget

of 250,000 Baht for the first year

because we could use one of the

buildings of the Raindrop Foundation

for free and because we

received a lot of the furniture,

training equipment and other

utilities in a container from the

Soroptimists in Hiorring," Hjordis

Hansen says.

"The initial supporters have

received a report every six

month on the progress of the

center. With the board of directors

in place, we are now ready

to enter a new ohase with a

longer perspective," she adds.

The center provides a kindergarten

for handicapped children

on a daily basis and a periodical

three days special training

course for more severely

handicapped children who live

24

up to 70 km from the center.

They come with their mothers or

grandmothers - sometimes with

their fathers - and learn a range

of techniques how to develop a

their abilities in spite of their

handicap. Next time, progress is

reviewed and new "home work"

rs grven.

"One of the girls had been

put in the local school to sit on

the back row. The teacher was

scornful and the other children

were teasing her. But she was

not stupid - just handicapped.

With an ice throng and a bag of

used rolls of films we started

training her muscle control and

next she could start holding a big

pencil," Hjordis Hansen tells.

"Today, she can write with

her left hand and is making fast

progress to the amazement of

her teacher and classmates."

Other cases are children left

on the floor at home to stiffen in

oositions like a foetus and the

trainers and parents have to use

great strength in stretching them

out. Sometimes, the center will

have to start the treatment by

washing the child.

"By focusing on the children,

we also see another effect. The

parents stop being embarrassed

and bring out their handicapped

children in the ooen. "You are the

first people I have ever met who

seems to love my child," one

mothertold me," Hjordis Hansen

says.

In situations like this, Hjordis

Hansen, an experienced nurse

for over thirty years, admits that

still she has to wipe away a tear.

The percentage of handicapped

children in the rural areas of

Thailand is considerably higher

than in Denmark. One reason is

the higher number of child births

at home which - if comolications

set in - may lead to a spastic

handicap for the child. Other

cases, Hjordis Hansen suspects

is because of high fever when

the child is still a babywhich can

give severe cramps which may

again cause brain damage.

Her first impression of the

need for assistance was when

in 1999 she visited the Raindrop

Foundation and Dr. Pensak

Chagsuchinda showed her

around in the province. Everywhere

they went they encountered

disabled children. Avillage

of 2000 people would typically

have two or more handicapped

children generally lying inactive

in their homes. There were no

one to explain to the parents the

impoftance and techniques of

teaching their children daily living

skills, physical exercise and

mental stimulation.

Hjordis Hansen had the imoression

that the mothers were

crying out for help but that they

felt their problems were insurmountable.

This gave her the

idea to form a group of these

parents and the first residential

training course took place at the

Raindrop Foundation in August

1 999.

Despite having barely any

resources, she felt she had to

start the project immediately as

without any intervention the children

would only become more

inactive, decreasing their chance

of development by each

passing day.

Today, two years later, the

formal opening of the Handicap

Center is a victory not only for

Hjordis Hansen personally and

the children and families, which

have eagerly grabbed the chance

offered them, but also for the

Raindrop Foundation's idea of

rural progress made possible

based on "help to self help".

Gregers Mo//er

The day the container

arrived from HjPrring was

an important milestone in

the realization of the

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New Danish healing therapy

helps ini ured Thai elephants

'

new healing therapy, A3

Cell Care Therapy, was

recently Put to its ultimate

test when its Danish inventor

John Wetling and scientist dr.

techn. Niels Jonassen of Denmark's

Technical UniversitY in

October applied the theraPY to

the treatment of elePhants in the

North of Thailand.

The elephants were injured

and traumatized from stePPing

on landmines left over from the

fighting along Thailand's borders

with Burma and Laos. Their

open wounds have been healing

slowly for months and theY

are obviously in pain.

"Applying the theraPy, the

healing process is now sPeeding

up and the elePhants were

visibly enjoying the treatment,"

says John Wetling who four daYs

after the first treatment went

back for an assessment and a

follow-up treatment.

John Wetling and Niels Jonassen

were in Thailand to help

Danish physiotherapist Vicki

Weber and her husband Poul in

promoting the new theraPY

equipment among Thai hosPitals

and other health treatment centers

in Thailand.

The A3 Cell Care TheraPY is

using the atmospheric ions in the

air in a controlled process of

treatment by blowing the ions

onto the body.

The therapy has Proven efficient

in the treatment of among

others skin problems, gingivitis,

oral cavity infections, scalP and

hai r problems, eczema, asthma,

allergies, sinus infection, back

pain, infected joints, Post surgery

and strained muscles. The

therapy is painless and maY

freely be combined with other

treatments, conservative as well

as alternative.

"lf used prophylactic, the

therapy is not least a great energy

booster," adds Vicki Weber,

whose legendary energY, however,

never needed any boosting.

Originally a professional

physiotherapist f rom Denmark,

Vicki Weber in the early eighties

founded Thailand's first Professional

Fitness Center.

Vicki Weber with the

Danish inventor John

Wetling during their

busy week presenting

the new equipment to

i hospitals

hcalth centres.

Today, having sold her fitness

center, Vicki Weber continues

to be an active pioneer in a

variety of health care and PhYsical

treatments in Thailand.

During the one-week Promotion

of the A3 Cell Care TheraPY

in Thailand in mid-October, Vicki

and Poul Weber had arranged

meetings and demonstrations at

Chulalongkorn Hospital, Samii

elephants were much better.

tivej Hospital, Bangkok General

Hospital, Bangkok Nursing

Home, Bumrungrad HosPital -

as well as a special session for

interested people in the Scandinavian

community in Thailand

on Thursday the 18th October.

The two healing sessions

with the injured Thai elephants

were John Wetling's own idea.

"l was fascinated bY a TV

Openwou like this

occur the big

meant to kill people.

the elephants visibly s r

program aired in Denmark about

the sufferings of the big animals.

Going to Thailand without PaYing

tribute to these impressive

animals, which are also the very

symbol of the Kingdom of Thailand,

just didn't seem right," he

says.

Gregers Moller

26

Members

visited

ECCO's

factory

cco Shoes on Seotember 1 8

: : hosted twenty members of

the Danish Thai Chambers

of Commerce who had made their

way to the ECCO Tannery and Shoe

Factory in Ayuthaya for a showing

of the factory by Bob Jones, Managing

Director of Ecco (Thailand)

Co., Ltd.

ECCO has invested 39 million

USD, employs 2.000 people, and

produces 70.000 shoes per week for

expon. The group plans to adopt an

aggressive marketing strategy in

Thailand early next year. lt is considering

setting up a distributor or

opening its own shops to boost comoetitiveness

because Ecco footwear

is expensive in relation to the local

purchasing power.

A few days before Bangkok Post

had published an article about the

popular Danish manufacturer of footwear

quoted Kitti Chaiwattanatorn,

deputy managing director of Ecco

(Thailand) for expecting slower

growth figures in 2001 than initially

set as the target. Last year, Ecco

sales had hit 2.1 billion bath.

The company had tried to accelerate

sales since the second ouarter

by freezing prices while its competitors

lined up to raise prices due

to higher production costs, particularly

for shoes made from cow

leather.

The company has an annual production

capacity of four million pairs

of shoes, but expects output to drop

to around 3.2 million pairs this year.

It increased capacity by 30% last

year but the machinery has not yet

run at full capacity.

Ecco (Thailand) is the secondlargest

expoft production base for

the Ecco Group, which has an annual

production capacity of 10 million

pairs with a market share of 4%

of a total market wonh US$7.5 billion.

The group fps manufacturing

plants in Denmark, Slovakia, India,

Portugal, and Thailand. Ecco (Thailand)

is 95% owned by A/S EccoLET

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Carlsberg CEO moved

to Royal Scandinavia

oo executive of Carlsberg,

Mr. Flemming

Lindelov was recentlY

moved from Carlsberg to Royal

Scandinavia. At the same time

Mr. Michael C. luulwas removed

from the Board of Directors of

Carlsberg to be "only" Managing

Director of Carlsberg Asia,

the new company to cover all

Carlsberg activities in Asia.

The move, which could look

like a demotion of Mr. luul is just

a delay in a technicality, says

Michael C. luul.

"You cannot be director of

the whole group and at the same

time be managing director of a

fifty-fifty joint venture within the

group," Mr. luul said. "lt creates

a conflict of interest."

Shortly after the announcement,

Carlsberg's new top executive

Mr. Nils Smedgaard

Andersen was presented. Analvsts

in Denmark said, the expectations

he will have to live uP

to are more than purely financial.

The rapid expansions under

his oredecessor has left a Carlsberg

fragmented and without a

common vision and identity. lt

will be Mr. Andersen's job to create

a corporate culture, with

which all pafis of the grouP can

identify them selves, they say.

Carlsberg is today predominantly

owned by the Norwegian

industrial conglomerate Orkla.

Internally, the two main growth

companies are the joint ventures

Baltic Beverages Holding and

The Carlsberg brand

name is among the 100

strongest in the world.

Carlsberg Asia.

According to Mr. luul, Carlsberg

Asia may well prove the

most orofitable division within

the whole Carlsberg Group of

Comoanies.

Carlsberg as a brand name

last year made it to the list of the

100 strongest brand names in

the world, but some still believe

it can be developed much further.

Because the brand name

is still perceived differently from

country to country, marketing

staff at Carlsberg is working hard

on defining the "Spirit of Carlsberg"

to carry the brand name

further. Most interestingly, the

brand name plays an insignificant

role in two key beer markets

worldwide, USA and Germanv.

Danish cleaning equipment

expanding in Thailand

ilf isk-Advance, a Danish

based manufacturer of a

wide selection of Professional

cleaning equipment, recently

expanded its network of

representatives for marketing its

oroducts and services better in

Thailand.

Nilfisk-Advance Co., Ltd.

was established in Thailand in

May 1999 to market all the

Nilfisk-Advance oroducts such

ments in Paris and Copenhagen

for her agent, Scoop Models.

Miss Holst won the title in

comoetition with 1500 other Danish

girls. One hidden advantage

is, that - if she should ever be

tired of the job or come down

with a fever - she has an identical

twin sister to be her stand in.

as dry and wet vacuum cleaners,

floor maintenance machines,

sweepers, high-pressure

cleaners, carpet cleaners and

consumer vacuum cleaner.

According to Mr. Preecha

Ampornsittikul, General Manger

of Nilfisk-Advance, the clients in

Thailand are mostly hotels, industrial

offices, hospitals and

cleaning service companies.

The company has had an increase

in turnover of 10% each

year since the operation was set

uo in Thailand.

To keep up the expansion,

Nilfisk-Advance is planning to

open new offices in the major

provinces of Chiang Mai and

Chiang Rai in the Nofth and Hat

Yai in the South of Thailand.

Nilfisk-Advance A,/S has established

subsidiaries in 25

countries worldwide.

Danish beauty in Thai contest

anish teenager Kristina

Holst has been selected

as the Danish contestant

in an international beauty

contest to be held soon in Bangkok.

The 15 year old Miss Holst

won the Danish Topmodel 2001

competition in September and

has been busy since with assign-

They used to play on the same

football team in their hometown

of Fredericia, but now her sister

will have to go alone.

Apart from the title, the

chance to compete in Thailand

and the shootings in Paris, Miss

Holst won a new mobile phone

ano a camera.

Thai-Danish

exhibition

a success

The historical exhibition "Thai

Danish Relations Through Four

Centuries" which opened in

Copenhagen on September 3

will remain ooen till the end of

November.

"l personally think the exhibition

presents itself even better

in Copenhagen than in Bangkok,"

DTCC President Tom Sorensen

says.

The exhibition has been created

by Dr. Jesper Trier in the

former EAC headquarters in the

old Freeport of Copenhagen on

Indiakaj 16 where it is open to

the public every weekend.

Most of the 5000 Thais living

in Denmark are expected to

visit the exhibition.

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ANTIQUE CLOCKS - TNSTRUMENTS . ANTIQUE PARTS - TOWER CLOCKS

De garnie uhres ven of Copenhagen have opened

a branch in Bangkok

By nr.rster watchrnakcr Jannik Torp.

We repair clocks ancl watchcs ancl scll prc'ovvncrl clocks

a nti wir tchcs.

We also scll Europcarr prcowrrcti Itrrrriturt'witr'lr is

displaycd on oul two krp iloors

All preowned clocks ancl watchcs arrtl rc1'rarirs contcs wi[lt

a warranty

For clocks 3 years and for watches'l ycar

For and estimated price please bring your clock or watch

to our shop in Bangkok bazaar Rd 20 / 14, opposite World

Trade Center (also callecl soi Big C)

Opening hours :

Tuesclav - Saturday 10Am - 6 Pm

Sundal, & Monday Closed

20/14 Bangkok Bazaar Rd., Chidlom, Bangkok 10330, Thailand

Tel : (66 2) 251-9622 Fax: (66 2) 251-0828

E-mai1: info@watchmakerasia.com

QUALITY COLLECTION

BY DANNY

Syr alle uniformer til Alletiders Rejser

og har stor erfaring med Skandinaviske kunder.

Vi laver bl.a.Iaj for ABB, F.L. Smidth,

Scandic Hotellerne, Den Danske Bank og Jyske Bank

Danny har et godt tilbud

Til Herrer

1 Jakke

1 Par bukser

1 Par ekstra bukser

2 Skjorter

1 Slips

KUN: 1.350,00 DKK

I mporlerede materialer

koster 250,00 DKK ekstra.

HAR VARET BOSAT I DANMARK

OG TALER EN DEL DANSK!

Alle bestillinger er klar efter 24 timer. Har du forst

vi dine mAl i 5 Ar

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22 Rembrandt Tower's

17l1 Prime Suite

Soi 20 Sukhumvit Road Soi 1B Sukhumvit Road

Bangkok 101 10

Bangkok 10110

Phone:- (66 2) 261 5993 Phone:- (66 2) 663 4070

Fax:- (66 2)2587099

Fax:- (66 2) 663 4926

E-mail : dannvsinternational@hotmail.com

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A new face at the Chamber of

Gommerce office

Niels Lauritzen has a

bachelor degree in

International Business and

Modern Language.

, t,, t e are delighted to an-

.: ,. , .,, nounce that Niels

:

"r Lauritzen has ioined

us at the Chamber of Commerce

office.

Niels will be working with us

for the next ten months. His iob

function will be to assist John

Svengren in his dailY work at the

office. Niels is here on a volunteer

basis, sent bY the Danish

organization FUHU (Foreningen

til Unge Handelsmands Uddannelse).

This summer Niels graduated

from CoPenhagen Business

School, with a bachelor

degree in International Business

and Modern Language. Niels

will use the ten months Period

in Bangkok to get some Practical

experience before he will

return to Copenhagen and start

studying for his Masters Degree

in Intercultural Management.

It is his first visit to Thailand,

but he has earlier on been traveling

in Indonesia, Vietnam and

as well as parts of China.

We at the Chamber of Commerce

office warmly welcome

Niels, and are looking fonruard

to work with him.

Danish Christmas Lunch

," .", ook in advance for this

:'.''' ' ',. successful event on De-

'. ,,, '' cember7,2001

Danish members are encouraged

to book for the DTCC

Christmas luncheon on 7 December

now. Tables of 10 Persons

are offered on a first come

first served basis for this memorable

Danish lunch.

Typical Danish Christmas

food will be served together with

Danish beer and aquavit. There

are also plans for a lottery to take

place and sponsors of this as

well as of the lunch in general

are most welcome.

Since the very beginning, the

Danish Christmas lunch has

been held at The Stable Lodge

in Sukhumvit Soi 8. But over the

years, the event has grown in

popularity and todaY it has completely

out-grown its initial pre-

The

mises. To accommodate this

success the event will this Year

be moved to the more spaclous

Admiral Pub & Restaurant on

Sukhumvit Soi 18.

For pre-booking of tables of

10 persons, please contact the

Chamber Office bY Phone or via

DTCC

Christmas lunch

has outgrown

The Stable and

will this year take

place at the

Admiral Pub &

Restaurant.

e-mail: contact @ dancham.or.th

Only a limited number of tables

are available so be quick to

avoid disappointment.

For sponsorshiP Please contact

Mr. Michael Schulz at e-

mail: michaels@ kscl 5.th.com

BECOME AMEMBER OF THE DANISH-THAI CHAMBER

Fill in this coupon to receive further information and a full application form for membership'

Contact Name:

Company name:

Address:

Telephone:

Fax:

OF COMMERCE

Mail or fax the coupon to:

Danish-Thai Chamber of Commerce

14021214th Fl., Glas Haus

I Sukhumvit 25 Road, Nofth KlongtoeY,

Wattana, Bangkok 10110

Tel.: (66 2) 66r-7762

Fax: (66 2\ 661-7164-5

Email contact@dancham.or.th

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Thai-Danish Trade News

By placing an order for 23 new Airbus aircratl, we embarked on the biggest expansion in our history.

It conf irms our commitment to providing customers with the services they expect from a fully-fledged

intercontinental airline.

We have strengthened our intercontinental network with a new American gateway, Washington DC.

More new destinations will follow. Our new Airbus 4340 and 4330 aircraft successively enter service

from this autumn, bringing new levels of comfort and convenience for our intercontinental passengers.

The benefits include wider seats, better sound comfort in the cabin and an individual choice of inflight

entertainment. Business Class passengers can help themselves to food and beverages from a buffet

and their meals are served on exquisite new tableware supplied by Royal Scandinavia. We also introduce

a new class, Economy Extra, offering flexibility and a higher lever of comfort than Economy Class.

Our expansion offers you new planes, new places to fly and new products.

Welcome onboard.

www.scandinavian.net

It's Scandinavian

A STAR ALLIANCE MEMBER **

Thai-Danish Trade News - November 2001

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