Thai-Danish Trade News - January 2002

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presidcnt
lVIr Tom Sorensen
DFDS Transpon (Thai) Ltd
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Vice-PGldent
lvlr Axel Blom
Scandinavian Airlines System
Tel: (+66 02) 260 6252 Fax: (+66 02) 260 6269
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Semtary & Legal Adulsor
Mr Kamthorn Ounhirunskul
Kamthorn, Surachet & Somsak
Tel: (+66 02) 440 0288-97 Fax: (+66 02) 440 0298-9
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lt6urer
[/lr Soren Presmann
Presmann (Thailand) Co, Ltd
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i/r Pteben Hjortlund
Schmidt Scientific (Thailand) Ltd
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Emdal Ltd
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APV (Thailand) Ltd
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The Arrivals Company
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Maersk Bangkok Branch
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Boyal Danish Embassy
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lvlr John Svengren
Danish-Thai Chamber of Commerce
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President
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Royal Thai-Danish
elephants transferred
hree young, Thai eleohants
were late November
transferred f rom
Thailand to Denmark. Tonsak is
an almost four Year old male,
Pang-ang Kao is a lour Years old
female and the Youngest, Pang
Suring, is a female of onlY 3 and
a half year.
One week before their de-
Darture for Denmark, theY met
their new "Danish mahouts" Kim
Oliver and Jorgen Jensen from
Copenhagen Zoo. TheY had
come to Thailand to get acquainted
with the elePhants and
learn the commands of theirThai
mahouts, so communication
would be easier once theY were
in Denmark.
To furtherfacilitate the transfer,
the Thai mahouts, Boontham
Boonsa-ard, Somchai Malee
and Samrit Khosantiak traveled
to Denmark with the elePhants
and spent the first week there
with them.
The three elePhants come
from an estate near Surin of a
wealthy Thai Person, Somroj
Kookijikasem who is the Proud
owner of over 90 elephants.
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The transfer of the Young eleohant
will be the last time, Thailand
will allow elePhants to be
sent overseas to a life in a zoological
garden. The Thai national
symbol is getting rare at home -
despite the imPression to the
contrary when elePhants roam
the tourist streets of Bangkok
with their mahouts - and Thailand
is increasinglY aware of the
need to protect the endangered
soecles.
Before their deParture, the
three live gifts from H.M. King
Bhumibol to Queen Margrethe ll
were blessed bY H.R.H. Crown
Princess Sirindhorn Mahachakri
at the presence of among others
Danish Ambassadorto Thailand,
Ulrik and Cristina Helweg-
Larsen. After the blessing, the
Princess gave them some goodies,
like sugar cane and sweet
bananas, while chatting with
them.
"Take it easY," she told the
greedy male, Thonsak. "You
don't know how well theY will
feed you in CoPenhagen!"
After the transfer ceremony
held some fifty kilometers north
of Bangkok, the elePhants were
flown to Luxembourg. From here
they were transPorted bY truck
to Hannover Zoo for a stoP over
one night, before finallY traveling
the rest of the way to CoPenhagen.
On November 30, a few
days after their arrival in Denmark,
the elePhants were
greeted by H.M. Queen Margrethe
ll, who transferred the
Royal gift to CoPenhagen Zoo.
Today, the three elePhants
have completed their initial three
weeks ouarantine in Denmark
and are now free to mingle with
the other elephants at Copenhagen
Zoo. WhY not stop bY on
your next trip to Copenhagen to
see, if they still understand the
Thai word "Khanom"?
Beyond
Paradise
An extensive touring exhibition
of Nordic contemPorary adists to
Asia will February 16 kick off in
Bangkok and last till the end of
March. The exhibition is ex'
pected to be a major Nordic
event for the coming Year.
The venues in Bangkok will
be the NationalArt Gallery' the
Aft Center at Chulalongkorn Uni"
versity, About Studio/About Cafe
and Tadu ContemPorary Aft Gallery.
Coinciding with the exhibition
will be a Nordic feature film
festival at Sala Chalerm Krung
Royal Theatre as well as a ex-
Derimental video film week entitled
"Right About Now: Nordic
Video Arl Today" at the Art Center,
Chulalongkorn UniversitY.
The exhibition is being Produced
by Dr APinan PoshYananda,
a Thai curator and Professor
at the Art Faculty at
Chulalongkorn UniversitY' in cooperation
with Moderna Museet
(Stockholm), The National Museum
of ContemPorarY Arl
(Oslo), Danish Council for Art
(Copenhagen), Finnish Fund for
Arl Exchange (Helsinki) and the
Swedish Institute (Stockholm),
on Moderna Museet's initiative.
A total of 26 artists will Par'
ticipate in the exhibition - and
several of the works will be Produced
on site.
After Bangkok, the exhibition
will move to Kuala LumPur, Ho
ehi Minh City and Shanghai.
For more information You
may access the exhibition web
site at www.car.chu la.ac.th/paradise.
Transfer of
Ambassadors
December 1, 2001, the Danish
Ministry for Foreign Affairs rotated
a few of their top Personnel.
Mr. Henrik Wohlk, Ambassa"
dor in Vienna, was recalled to
serve at the Ministry in CoPen'
hagen. In his Place, Mr. Torben
Mailand Christensen was Pro'
moted to serve as Ambassador
in Vienna. And Ambassador
Klaus Otto KapPel, who served
at the Ministry in CoPenhagen,
retired.

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Tulip gaining in
market presence
Tulip canned meat
products from Denmark
has carued out a niche
for itself in the Thai
market.
ulip, a Danish brand
name famous for its
canned meat products,
is gaining in popularity in Thailand.
Since the Thai importer, Sri
Chock Chai Supermarket, started
importing the Tulip products
in 1989, Thai consumers' eating
behavior has changed considerably.
Tulip has actively supported
this change through supermarket
promotions and
through introduction into the catering
market in an etfort to make
Thai consumers accept its canned
meat taste. The oroduct
range includes bacon, ham
shoulder of pork, sliced meats,
sausages and pate.
Tulip's importing agent, Sri
Chock Chai Suoermarket is one
of Thailand's major and most
successful distributors of consumer
goods representing apart
from Tulip also a range of other
world brand names.
"lt has taken quite some time
for us to get Tulip brand name
into the Thai market and create
a level of customer preference
for the brand," says Mr. Kulavat
Sundravorakul, Sri Chock Chai
Suoermarket's Director of Sales
& Marketing.
The company aims to increase
the market share of Tulip
products every year with 5 %.
To achieve this, the company will
focus sales on several ways as
well as concentrate on further
influencing consumer behavior
in the Thai market. Pate de Foie.
one of its products, is already
today the market leader among
other brands within this category.
Sri Chock Chai Supermarket
Limited Partnership has annual
sales of $ 10,000,000 and employs
178 people. The company
currently impofts from USA, Japan,
UK, Germany, ltaly, Spain,
South Korea, Denmark and
France. Part of its market - 15
% - is within hotel and catering
business, 257" are restaurants
and the retail supermarkets.
The Royal Thai Household,
Thai International Ainruays Catering
Service, LSG Catering Services,
Gate Gourmet Catering
Services and The Oriental Hotel
are among its top clients.
Over 30 local sales representatives
in Thailand helo market
and distribute the products.
Ubonwan Phunoboon
Still learning to rock
he Danish pop group
Michael Learns To Rock
recently took their World
Tour 2001 to Bangkok when they
performed with songs from their
so far five albums and introduced
a new album "Blue Night"
in front of some'10,000 Thai
fans at a live concert at Brew
Pavilion Pub.
The concert on November
14 was a full house conceft including
dinner and drinks. All
seats had been booked by
MLTR fans ranging from teenagers
to old couoles.
MLTR demonstrated, that
they still know how to make their
Thai audience go crazy over
memorable hits like Sleeping
Child, 25 Minutes, Out of the
Blue, That's Why (you go away)
and You Took My Heart Away.
These songs have given MLTR
their position at the top of the
chart lists and several awards.
The band are no strangers to the
Bangkok, having played here
several times since 1993.
This was, however, their first
world tour since they have been
out of the spotlight and kept a
low profile for the past three
year. Michael Learn To Rock is
the so far greatest international
pop success to come out of Denmark
with global sales figures
exceeding eight million copies.
Formed in 1987 in the Danish
town of Arhus, the group ut out
a debut single in 1991 "The Acto/'
which hit the top spot in
Scandinavia and - to their big
surprise - also became a number
t hit in Indonesia, Malaysia,
the Philippines and Singapore.
Since then the band have been
immensely popular in Asia and
have toured the Far East extensively
in order to follow up the
success of their albums and
the numerous gold awards.
Ubonwan Phungboon
and will
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to it's
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developed
he regional technicr
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Den m ark threaten i ng Thai
exporters of rubber wood
Danish law passed in
June 2001 has placed a
bomb under exports of a
wide range of Thai wood based
oroducts.
lf the law is implemented, it
will change public Danish purchase
oolicies to ensure that
governmental and semi-governmental
institutions in the future
may only purchase wood and
wooden products "legally produced
from sustainable resources".
The law even goes as
far as to exemplify, that wood
carrying the brand of one specific
environmental organization,
the Forest Stewardship Council
(FSC) is a guarantee that this
wood is produced in an environmentally
sustainable way.
Probably unintentionally, the
new law shows a lack of knowledge
of the reality of tropical forest
industry in countries like
Thailand, where the most environmentally
sustainable form of
wood is rubber wood grown in
plantations owned typically by
smaller plot owners. Instead of
supporting these plantations, the
law imposes on the owners the
cost of having to pay the fees
demanded by certification companies
like SGS and Smart-
Wood and other bodies, which
the Forest Stewardship Council
has authorized to sell the ceftification
papers required.
Declining profitability of rubber
wood plantations may eventually
force the owners to grow
better yielding cash crops when
the plantations reach maturity
and are felled, quite contrary to
the intentions of the law which
is to preserve the remaining forests
of the world, the majority of
which are in the developing
world.
Historically, the current techniques
developed twenty years
ago to treat rubber wood in a
way to make it possible to utilize
the wood commercially was
in itself a breaKhrough in tropical
forest preservation. According
to forestry expens, environmentally
concerned countries
like Denmark should rather support
and encourage the use of
rubber wood as a substitution for
some of the rainforest wood instead
of hampering replanting of
the existing plantations.
It takes about f ive years f rom
the time a rubber olantation is
planted until it is ready for latex
production. The plantation is
then productive for about 25
years. After the trees reach the
age of 30 years, the latex production
drops and the plantation
is felled to - hopefully - make
room for planting of a new plantation.
The income from the
felled wood makes up for the
lack of income during the next
five years while the young rubber
trees reach the productive
srze.
As rubber wood is the most
environmentally friendly form of
tropical wood, forestry expens
urge the Danish parliament to
make up for their unintentional
harm to Thai and other South
EastAsian plantation owners by
amending the new law to exempt
rubberwood from theircertification
demand.
The law still allows private
Danish enterprises to import
non-certified wood and wooden
products, but it is understood,
that eventually also these companies
should comply and act
"environmentally responsible".
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Danish Pavilion at
coming Propak Asia
Royal Danish Embassy
in Bangkok to organize
a national Danish
pavilion at Propak Asia
June 12-15,2OO2.
anish related companies
within food orocessing
and packaging
may participate in a national
Danish pavilion at the coming
Propak Asia exhibition June 12-
15, 2002 and benefit from the
synergy and increased exposure
generated by the joint participation
as well as enjoy the decreased
costs derived from sharing
joint facilities.
"The Propak-exhibition has
become one of the main exhibitions
within this region," says
commercial counselor Mr. Jesoer
Vibe-Hansen of the Commercial
Section, Royal Danish
Embassy, who is organizing the
oavilion.
"Visitors are predominantly
trade related and consumers are
few. This makes Propak Asia
one of the most efficient regional
exhibitions within this field, giving
exhibitors time to concentrate
on real potenfial clients."
In summing up the benefits
by joining the national pavilion,
Mr. Vibe-Hansen explains:
"First of all, in Thailand as
well as elsewhere in Asia, presenting
yourself within the frame
work of our embassy and under
the official logo of Denmark automatically
gives buyers an increased
confidence in each individual
exhibitor as they are
pre-screened and approved of
by the embassy."
"Secondly, all the practical
hassle related to organizing the
presence is significantly reduced.
Communication is not
with the Thai exhibition organizer
but with the efficient staff
of the Royal Danish Embassy
and may even if necessary be
conducted in Danish."
"Participants can concentrate
on showing their products
and services as the national oavilion
will provide all the general
facilities like telephones, internet
access, refrigerator, coffee machine,
etc. As a national stand,
these facilities will be put up on
free square meters provided by
the organizer."
"The embassy can provide
local staff to help manning the
stand in your occasional absence
and translate papers. The
embassy may also assist in arrange
special seminars on your
topic of interest."
"Finally, a reception will be
held at the embassy for all the
participants where key clients
may be invited to join, adding to
the perception of your sincerity
in doing business with them."
The timing for a joint marketing
effort is not bad at all. Most
of the food industry in the region
is experiencing growth and an
increasing interest in export
which translates into an increasing
need to invest in new production
equipment.
The evaluation of the Danish
embassy is supported by a
similar high level of pre-bookings
from companies from other
countries and other embassies
wishing to establish national pavilions.
The cost for participation in
the Danish national oavilion will
be calculated based on the number
of souare meters needed.
Square meter price is 345 USD.
In addition, the embassy will
charge 6,000 DKK equivalent to
ten ours direct service, plus an
amount not exoected to exceed
2,000 DKK for each companies
share of purchasing materials
needed to decorate the joint pavilion.
Interested companies may
arrange for a personal meeting
with Mr. Vibe-Hansen, emai/
iesvib@um.dk. who will be in
DenmarkJanuary 16 - 22,2002.
Deadline for confirmation of oarticipation
is February 1,2002.
More info is available at the
website of the Danish Embassy,
www. de n m a rk- e m b a s sy. o r. th/
commercia/ and the official
website of the Propak exhibition
vvww.propakasia.com
Food exports booming
Year 2OOl likely to set
new record for Danish
food exporters
enmark's Ministry for
Foreign Affairs expects
Danish exoorts of foodstuff
to show a total of 16 oercent
growth for the full year
2001 , when allthe figures are reported
and processed.
Only eight months into the
year, the total volume of food
exoofts had reached 53 billion
DKK. The increase of 16 percent
comes on top of an impressive
growth of 10 percent in 2000.
Breaking down the figures,
the ministry points to an especially
positive development for
meat and seafood, followed by
live animals, cheese and sugar
based oroducts.
About two third of Danish
food exporl goes to Germany,
UK and Japan. Exports to Germany
rose 23 percent during the
first eight months of last year,
reaching 11 billion DKK. Regarding
pork meat, Denmark is today
Germany's preferred supplier.
As for Jaoan. food constitutes
half of all Danish exoorts
to this country. Although Japan
has reduced its import of food in
total terms, Denmark managed
to increase its exporls 10 percent.
Nothing beats, however,
exoorts to the UK. where a
record growth in Danish food
exports of 31 percent was ro
corded after the firsl oirllrl
months of 2001. Meat Drrxlttt;lr;
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The third huge Carlsberg Brewery
in Thailand located in Kamphaeng
Phet started its production
on October 1,2001. Construction
of the brewery has been managed
by J.C Bentzen A/S, a
Danbrew subsidiary established
in Thailand for the same purpose,
under the management of Mr.
Erik Kirkemann Nielsen, a long
time Thai resident.
The exact date of October 1,
2001 was stioulated in the contract
signed two years ago with
the Carlsberg subsidiary, Danbrew.
The Clock
stopped
Friends of the Old Clock, the
Danish watchmaker in Bangkok,
owned by Jannik Torp and his
father Jan Toro who runs a similar
business in Copenhagen, has
decided to close down their business
opened one year ago in
Bangkok.
"Our business idea to pick up
local watchmaker work in Thailand
failed to live up to our expectations,
and my father prefers
to focus on his business in
Copenhagen," Mr. Jannik Torp
exolains.
The recent paftnership with
the Danish RoyalAd Gallery will
be unaffected by the closure, but
will move the antioue showroom
from the oremises of Friends of
the Old Clockto another location.
Meanwhile, Jannik Torp will
return to Phuket, where he was
successful in the diving industry
both as a shop manager and as
a diving instructor.
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lmports of packaging,
proces ing on the rise
Figures for the first half
of 2OOl show Thailand's
import of packaging and
food processing equipment
keeps rising.
n analysis of the Thai
market for Food Processing
and Packaging
Equipment was recently produced
by the Royal Danish Embassy
in Bangkok and published
in November by the Danish
Trade Council.
The analysis encourages
Danish manufacturers of equipment
for food processing and
packaging equipment to become
more active in the Thai market
as the high level of Thai investments
in 2000 of 42 oercent
above 1 999 seems to have been
sustained in 2001.
"Thailand impofted food processing
and packaging equipment
valued at more than DKK
2 billion in 2000 an increase of
42 o/" trom DKK 1,4 billion in
1999. Figures for the first half of
anrsn compantes' exports
to Thailand declined
12.5 percent in
value from January till October
last year compared to the same
period in year 2000. The total
amount was only 892,99 mill.
DKK.
The expor.ts to Thailand decreased
more than expofts to
any other country in the region.
Exports to some of the other
countries grew on the contrary
significantly. The big surprise is
Indonesia with an increase in
exports of 30 percent. However,
the volume of trade was, however,
only half that of Thailand.
Other winners were Japan,
where the volume by the end of
the period stood at over 12 bill
DKK and the increase in Danish
exports were 7,9 percent. Danish
exports to China is also doing
extremely well with a volume
2001 revealed an import of food
processing and packaging
equipment valued at more than
DKK 1 billion," it says in the
study
"Food processing equipment
impofted to Thailand is mostly
utilized for the processing of
meat and poultry products, dairy
products, fishery products and
fruit and vegetable products.
Other imporlant imported items
include food ingredients such as
spices and seasonings, starch,
syrup and sugar to name a few
oroducts."
"Packaging equipment used
for closing, sealing, filling and labeling
of cans, bottles or other
food containers and equipment
for cleaning or drying bottles accounted
for almost DKK 714 million
in 2000 which is an increase
of about 41 ok trom DKK 507
million in 1999. As of 30 June
2001 the value of imporled packaging
equipment stood at almost
DKK 500 million."
Thailand's increasing export
of food is one of the major driving
forces behind the investmenIS.
"lncreasing demand for processed
food oroducts from both
domestic and in pafticular expofi
markets has resulted in increased
investments and imports
on the side of the Thai industry,"
it says in the study.
"Thailand's agricultural and
food exports are currently directed
mainly towards Japan
and the USA but the impoftance
of Eurooe have become more
apparent in recent years and
months. This increased emphasis
on export is forcing Thai exporters
to look more carefully at
high-end processing technology
as to secure a uniform and high
quality. Other areas of focus include
packaging technology and
process optimization."
Most of Thailand's 406 large
and 1,571 medium sized food
processors use imported machinery
and equipment in order
to meet a high quality and standards
of exoort market.
Thailand buys less Danish
Export of Goods from Denmark to Thailand
MiII. DKK
Australien 2-573,94
Hongkong 3 911,16
Indien 1243,86
lndonesien 447,58
Japan 14.563,63
Kina 3 368,37
Malaysia 849,12
Singapore 1.663,65
Sydkorea 2 384,84
Taiwan 1 570,13
Thailand 1 272,19
AustraliaandAsiatotal 35.531,59
of 3 bill DKK and an increase of
19,2 percent.
The drop in Danish exports
to Thailand may be explained by
an extra ordinary boom in expofts
in 2000 of 68,4 percent in
the same period, attributed to
the execution of several huge orders
financed with Danish gov-
2000
Growth Mill. DKK
14,67" 2.124p4
41,1% 3.103,72
0,6% 995,45
30,1% 472,09
23,4% 12.225,58
45,4y" 3 060,18
37,3% 750,40
-30,8% 1.376,88
-11 ,8% 2 019,81
9,0% 1.349,22
68,4% 892,99
18,2% 30.086,16
Growth
-3,0%
-1,9%
30,0%
7,9%
19,2%
13,1%
o,7%
4,1%
6,3%
-12,5"k
6,3%
ernment credits, called mixed
credits or soft loans.
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first months of 2001 r;oulrl lrr-.
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of 1999, lhe irtcrc:r:;c irr l);rrrr:;lr
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Jewellery
and Burmese
antiques
The internet company JEWELpurpose.com,
owned by the
Danish businesswoman Mrs.
Charlotte Parks on Saturday,
December .15 and Sunday December
16 joined hands with the
newly opened TOUCHWOOD,
British Colonial Antiques, inviting
Danish and other business
friends over for a nice cuo of
tea... and maybe do a bit of
Christmas shopping.
JEWELpurpose.com specializes
in high quality jewellery
and fashion jewellery in unusual
and unique designs. They don't
normally sell locally but where
on this special occasion available
at very attractive Christmas
prices. TOUCHWOOD on 99,
Sukhumvit Soi 38, is a specialist
in British Colonial Antioues
from Burma.
Euro popular
in Denmark
Despite Danish voters' rejection
of the euro currency in last year's
referendum, a new survey of
4,500 small to medium-sized
companies throughout Europe
shows that Danish companies
are even more enthusiastic
about the joint currency than
companies in countries where
the euro is now introduced.
Roughly 80% of the Danish
corrp:tnies surveyed said they
llclrr-.vcd the euro to be an adviurlilqe
to trade and business,
r:rrrnlrirred lo 76%'inside' the
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Thai da
Forty years ago,
Denmark and Thailand
established their most
successful development
project ever, the Thai
Danish Dairy Farm in
Muak Lek,
t
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I
I
n January 16, 1962,
King Frederik Xl of
Denmark and H.M.
King Bhumibol together inaugurated
the Thai-Danish Dairy
Farm in Muak Lek. This project
has long been recognized as the
starting point for the modern
. Thai dairy sector, as we know it
today.
Before this, it was widely
believed that dairy farming was
not possible in Thailand. Existing
Indian cattle produced too
little milk and European cattle
would not survive the hot and
humid climate and the many
tropical diseases.
Mr. Gunnar Sondergaard, a
Danish agricultural expert later
to become the first Danish Director
of the Thai Danish Dairy
Farm, knew this. Still, in 1959 he
wrote a proposal to the Danish
Dairy Marketing Board to support
establishing a dairy training
farm in Thailand. Atthattime, the
official Danish agency for development
cooperation, Danida,
had not yet been established.
At this early stage, Mr. Sandergaard
also discussed the
idea with Dr. Yod Vadhanasindhu,
who would later become
the first Thai Director of the farm.
Dr. Yod was fascinated by the
idea and while Mr. Sondergaard
was promoting the idea back in
Denmark, Dr. Yod discussed the
project both with the Depanment
of Livestock Deoartment in
Bangkok and with the FAO.
Then he took it up with the Danish
Ambassador to Thailand at
the time, Mr. Ebbe Munk and
together they wrote a proposal
for an investment or technical
aid project, which in August 1960
was presented to the Danish
Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
ln January 1961, the ministry
asked Mr. Sondergaard together
with two other experts to
go back to Thailand and evaluate
the feasibility of the project.
Needless to say, they found the
plan excellent. On October 20
the same year, the agreement
was signed. Denmark would
spend 4,33 mill. DKK over eight
years on developing and running
the project.
The location in Muak Lek
twenty kilometers nofth east of
Saraburi was selected due to its
accessibility - the Friendship
Highway, a two-lane concrete
road between Bangkok and the
Cambodian border, had just
been built with American assistance
and it passed right by the
location - and the nearby mountains
would provide clean water
even in the dry season
Interestingly, the idea of establishing
a dairy plant was initially
not part of the project. lt
was primarily meant to produce
a strain of good dairy cattle to
prove that dairy farming was indeed
feasible in Thailand and
train farmers and agricultural
students in dairy farming.
The plans had to be carried
out fast if the center were to be
inaugurated by H.M. King Bhumiboland
H.M. King Frederik lX
and H.M Queen Ingrid during
their State Visit in Januarv the
next year.
Mr. Sondergaard was appointed
the Director of the
project and Dr. Yod accepted the
position as Associate Director.
This turned out to be an excellent
team. Due to the language
barrier it was in all practical aspects
Dr. Yod, who was the
leader of the theoretical training
facility and the veterinary service,
while Mr. Sondergaard took
care of the administrative and
financial responsibilities of the
project.
First the jungle had to be
cleared. Then flooding of the
road to Bangkok hampered the
project for several weeks. Not
until December 1961 could the
Danish construction company,
Christiani and Nielsen, start
building the 180 meter long
cowshed, but within a month, the
project was completed - several
days before the Royal inauguration.
On the big day, January 16,
1962, the road from Bangkok
was still flooded, but the two
Royal families instead took the
train to Saraburi and from there
proceeded by road to the site,
where H.M. King Frederik lX officially
opened the project in front
of the hastily built cowshed. The
silhouette of this first cowshed
is still today the trademark of the
Thai-Danish Dairy Farm to be
found on all milk bags and cartons
from the dairy.
When the festivities were
over, training started from
scratch. Mr. Sondergaard had to
milk the first cow by hand himself
to show another staff member
how it was done. lgnorant
visitors would ask if these cows
produced sweetened milk, condensed
milk or sterilized milk or
if they had ever given birth.
Crossbreeding the imported
pure Red Dane cows with various
strains of Indian cattle was
also uncharted land. lt took
seven years of experiments before
eventually, in 1968, crossbreeding
the Red Danes with
Pakistani imported Red Sindhi
cattle turned out to be the most
successful formula.
When production started, a
major surprise was the effort,
which had to be put into marketing
of the milk. Fresh, pasteurized
milk was an unknown oroduct
to Thai people. The Foremost
Company was at the time
already established in Bangkok,
but it produced only recombined
milk, which was sold mainly to
the American Armed Forces and
other foreigners in Bangkok. A
few small, Indian owned dairies
produced sterilized milk, which
gave it a burned taste.
Soon, these few existing
dairy plants could not take all the
milk produced by the Thai Danish
Dairy Farm and at the same
time these plants constantly
found new excuses to out off
payment. Eventually the milk
had to be marketed directly to
consumers.
In 1968 a modern packing
machine was purchased, which
could pack the milk in plastic
bags. One problem was the retail
profit offered by Foremost,
which was much higher than
whatthe Thai Danish Dairy Farm
could afford. Consequently,
most retailers preferred to sell
the recombined milk with the
t2

40 Years
King Frederik lX of
Dennnrk on January-
16, 1962 inaugurating
the Thai Danbish Dairy
Fann together with
H.M. Bhumibol.
higher margin than the fresh
oasteurized Danish milk.
The Thai Danish Dairy Farm
solved this problem by offering
only one supermarket in Bangkok
to sell the milk. This attracted
a large number of foreign
consumers and suddenly the
table was turned. Now, it was the
supermarkets, which humbly
asked the Thai Danish Dairy
Farm if they could please also
be allowed to sell the fresh milk.
Then rumours were circulated
that the Thai Danish milk
was of bad quality. This was
countered with a strict rule, that
any bag of milk not sold during
its first day in the shop had to be
returned to the Dairy Farm the
next morning, where it was used
to feed the calves. Because of
this and a rigorous hygienic control
of the production, the quality
of the milk from the Thai Danish
Dairy Farm was in Mr. Ssndergaard's
estimate probably
higherthan in any country in the
western world at that time.
By the time the first agreement
between Denmark and
Thailand expired in October
1 971 , the success of the project
was not yet obvious, and the
Thai government requested if
Denmark could extend the project
and enter a second agreement.
This extension was entered
for another five years.
After the first two years of
this second agreement, the
project was in 1973 turned over
to the Thai Government, which
changed the name to Dairy
Farming Promotion Organization
(DPO). At the same time, Dr.
Yod Vadhanasindhu was oromoted
to become the first Thai
Director of the project, a position
he maintained until he retired in
1 976.
One of the major impacts of
the Thai Danish Dairy Farm on
Thailand's dairy industry today
continued on page /4
Danfoss pays back
to handicap center
On the day of Danfoss'
donation, some of the many
handicapped children at
Sataban Saeng Sawang were
gatheredfor a group photo.
cheque of baht 214,000
was on November 14,
2001 handed over to
Sataban Saeng Sawang Foundation
in Bangkok by Mr. Prasansak
Sawanpotipa, Danfoss'
General Manager in Thailand.
The funds will enable the construction
of a new physical
therapy section at the foundation
for handicapped children.
Danfoss (Thailand) Co., Ltd
has been a regular supporter of
the foundation over quite some
time. So has the Danish Women's
Network and individuals
within the Danish-Thai community
here as well as back in Denmark.
Queen Margrethe last
February visited and gave a special
support to the foundation
during her State Visit to Thailand.
Danfoss has made supporting
the handicap center a company
tradition and sees it as one
way where Danfoss may pay
back to the Thai society and Mr.
Prasansak would like to encourage
other companies to do the
same.
The Sataban Saeng Sawang
foundation provides services
to children with mental retardation,
emotional disturbance,
learning disabilities and
Danfoss
continues to
grow
physical disabilities. Many are
multiple handicapped. The foundation,
therefore heavily depends
on the contributions of
businesses, organizations,
churches and interested individual.
"The foundation needs to
have more supporters to offset
its expenses of about 2 millions
Baht a year for taking care of the
more than 200 people from 2 to
40 years who live in the center,"
Chintara Taectha-tugkiyapan,
Deptuty Director of Sataban
Saeng Sawang Foundation explains.
Ubonwan Phunoboon
ecently President of the Danish-Thai
Chamber Tom Sorensen paid a visit to
chamber member Danfoss (Thailand)
Co. Ltd. and met with General Manager
Prasansak Suwanpotipra. Khun Prasansak
joined the company some three years ago from
a job as Managing Director at EAC Technical.
Danfoss is a leading producer of precision
mechanical and electronic components.
Danfoss is working on four continents with
representatives and sales companies in more
than 100 countries and employ about 17,000
people worldwide. Danfoss Thailand has almost
tripled the turnover in a ten year period
and Khun Prasansak is expecting continued
growth in the years to come.
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I t was one of those "impos-
I
sible" jobs. DFDS Transport
f fihai) Ltd. was contracted to
move 120 tonnes of steel from
Rayong in Thailand to Lagos in
Nigeria.
den, Noruay and Denmark, including
Greenland and lceland.
The Center aims to strengthen
the mutual cooperation among
scientists, scholars, researchers
students and people of Thailand.
Every second year Nordic students
will come to Thailand,
while every second year, students
from the Center will go to
one of the Nordic countries on
an exchange basis.
"The Andaman Institute at
Kasetsart University's Krabi
Campus and the Tropical Silviculture
Unit at the University of
Helsinki are currently the most
First the 120 tons
oJ'steel telephane
towers were loaded
onto a convoy of
tnrck. Then the
convoy was during
the night escorted
to Bangkok
International
Airyort.
DFDS on heavy duty
Nordic students conduct
impact project in Thailand
he Nordic Studies Center
at Kasetsart, the Thai
agricultural university, will
through three weeks of January
this year engage in a project,
involving thirty Nordic university
students and post-graduates
joining hands with students from
Thailand, Cambodian and Laos
to builcj up sustainable management
of forest resources on the
coast of the Andaman See in
Southern Thailand.
The project is the latest
among a number of activities
undertaken by the Nordic Studies
Center established two years
ago in the presence of ambassadors
from Denmark, Sweden,
Norway and Finland.
Since its inauguration, NSC
has plaid an active role in facilitating
and promoting jojnt education
between Thailand and the
Nordic countries Finland, Swe-
The cargo consisted of telephone
towers for the Nigerian
Telecom. Two DC-10 cargo
olanes were chartered for the
task.
The telecom towers were
loaded onto a convoy of trucks
in Rayong. During the night the
convoy was escorted to Bangkok
International Airpoft where
the towers were reloaded onto
the chartered planes.
active partners in realizing the
potential of the center," Dr. Suree
Bhumibhamon, acting Director
of Nordic Studies Center explains.
Tropical Forest Ecology and
Silviculture has been the most
active area of cooperation for the
Center. Last year a group of
Nordics students from the University
of Joensuu did their research
for their thesis with NSC
and KU Krabi Campus.
NSC is supported by all Nordic
countries represented by
their Embassies in Bangkok.
Ubonwan Phungboon
continued from page /3
is the legacy of the rigorous
training, which farmers and students
went through at the center.
Students had as a minimum
all completed Thai agricultural
schools before entering the center
and they had to pass a probation
oeriod of three month. For
many, the hard training doing all
physical jobs needed at the farm
came as a surprise. For half the
students, the work was simply
too hard and before the three
months were over, they had
dropped out.
During the first ten years,
only 208 students managed to
pass the training. About thirty of
the students settled in the area,
establishing their own dairy
farms and sold their milk to the
Thai-Danish Dairy Farm. These
farmers remain today the backbone
of the Thai dairy farmers
in and around Muak Lek.
For university students from
Kasetsart, three week training
courses were conducted and
during the same period, 171 of
these students passed the
course.
Some of the best students
were also offered Danish scholarships
to be trained at agricultural
colleges in Denmark or at
the Danish agricultural university
in Copenhagen. Upon their return
to Thailand, they would enter
demanding positions either at
the Thai Danish Dairy Farm itself
or in the Thai Ministry for
Agriculture where many till today
still occupy senior positions.
Denmark remained a supporting
partner of the DPO until
the early 90's where the last agricultural
advisor attached to the
center was recalled to Denmark.
The Nordic Ambassadors at
the inauguration of the Nordic
Studies Center at Kasetsart
University two years ago.
t4

Controversy su rrounds voting
rights for expatriate Danes
anes abroad and their
political rights have be
come an issue in Den-
mark since the new liberal government
took office.
At present, Danes who leave
Denmark has as a matter of administration
kept their Danish
voting rights for four years. A
new proposal suggests the limit
increased to twelve years. The
Ministry of Justice has stated,
that strictly speaking according
to the Danish constitution actually
only Danes resident in Denmark
can vote.
To sound out the ooinion of
expatriate Danes to this issue,
a Dane living in Brazil, Mr.
Flemming Rickfors, in the autumn
made his own survey
among 110 Danes reached in a
chain letter manner, as nobody
knows how many Danes live
abroad. Danes abroad are generally
estimated to be 6 percent
of all Danish nationals.
His main findings were:
. 92 percent feel that Danish
voting rights should be linked to
nationality - not to country of
residence
. T2percent didn't know, they
would loose their voting right by
leaving Denmark
. 95 percent say, they would
exercise their voting rights if they
were to get it back
. 72 percent don't feel they
have cut out Denmark for the
rest of their lives but keeo a career
or an education for their offspring
in Denmark as an option
. 85 percent would accept to
be registered and thereby receive
mail from political parties
and other promotional mails
from Denmark
. 80 percent read daily Danish
newspapers either in hard
copy or on the internet
. 47 percent of the respondents
still pay some taxes in
Denmark
' 5,4 percent stale that saving
taxation on their assets was a
contributing factor in moving
abroad
. The average respondent
lived 8 years outside Denmark
. About half the respondents
live in Asia Pacific
Stripped of social right
Danes abroad has also been
targeted in a proposal by the
new liberal government to strip
Danish citizens returning to Denmark
of their current rights to
receive public financial support
until they have stayed in Denmark
for seven years.
The organization for Danish
expatriates, Danes Abroad has
sharply criticized the proposed
new law. Danes Abroad ooint to
the damaging effect the law
would have in keeping Danes
from moving abroad.
"Nobody disputes how much
Danes living outside Denmark
contribute to Danish exoorts and
Denmark's image abroad. lt
would be devastating if Danes
were to stay home for fear of
loosing their social rights," the
organization states.
Danes Abroad recently established
Mrs. Hjordis Hansen
as local representative for Thailand.
Anyone interested in joining
the association may contact
Mrs. Hansen on 02 276 9940.
15

Many new companies ioin
the Danish-Thai Chamber
ew members have been
pouring into the Danish
Thai Chamber of Commerce
over the past few months.
The Chamber now covers a total
of ... comoanies and ... individual
businessmen and -
women.
Some of the new members
are cedainly not new to Thailand,
but have previously not
found it so interesting to join the
Chamber. This goes for instance
for Mr. Erik Kirkemann Nielsen,
Managing Director of the Danbrew
company, J. C. Bentzen A,/
S in Thailand, who has been involved
in establishing all the
Carlsberg breweries in Thailand.
The latest brewery, the huge
state of the aft Kamphaeng Phet
plant, started production on Oclober
22,2001 exactly on time
as stioulated in the contract
signed 2 l12year ago.
Another new member company,
Elkraft Consult Thailand
was established in 1997, but
only now has Project Manager
Svend Erik Jensen decided to
join.
Among the new companies
is also a Thai-lcelandic company,
Sea Viking Co. Ltd - which
might well be the only lcelandic
company in Thailand? The two
Vikings are Mr. Jon Kristjansson
and Mr. Elled Vigfusson.
All the new members are:
Ter-Ma-Lou Ltd.
205/5 NaNai Road
83150 Phuket
www.oanamp.com
Tel:098715642
Fax076292382
Mr. Karsten Bo Andersen,
Senior partner
karsten@danamp.com
J. C. Bentzen A,/S
349 Moo 2, Tambon Maelard
Amphur Klong Klung
Kamphaeng Phet 62120
Tel: 0 55728403
Fax0 55728404
Mr. Erik Kirkemann Nielsen,
Managing Director
da nbre w @ /oxin fo. co. th
New Wave Trailer
8l74Moo 6, Nongprue,
Banglamung, Chonburi.
Tel 038 427 489
Fax 038 424704
Mr. Kurt H. Jakobsen
Aarsleff Thailand Limited
3rd Floor Betagro Tower (North
Park) 323 Vibhavadi Rangsit
Rd., Laksi Bangkok 10210
Tel 662 955 0886-7
Fax 662 955 0885
www.aarsleff .co.th
Mr. Julius Sturm,
Managing Director
p@aarslefLco.th
Mr. Trolle Andersen,
Financial Director
tka @aarsleff.co.th
Elkraft Consult Thailand
11 , l-5 Road Map Ta Phut Industrial
Estate
Amphur Muang
Rayong 21 1 50
Tel 038 687 426
Tel 038 684 789
Mr. Svend Erik Jensen,
Project Manager
brens ven @ spt. ine t. co. th
Sea Viking Co. Ltd
7612 Moo 3 Eakachai Rd.,
Tambon Nadee, Amphur Muang,
Samut Sakorn 74000
Tel:034 413075-6
Fax:034 413074
Mr. Jon Kristjansson
ikr@sund.is
Mr. Ellert Vigfusson
e//i@sund.is
Danish Interpretation System
28413 Soi Yasoob
(Ekkamai soi 18) Klonton-Nua
Wattana, Bangkok 10110
fel: 02382-2250
Fax'. Q2382-2249
Mr. Carsten Haack Nielsen
chn@dis-dk.com
Ms. Chiwarat Noojaem
Scandinavian Woodworking
Machinery Co. Ltd.
24119-22 Moo 7, Bangna Trad
km 16,5
ww\M.dancham.onth
ne year after its launch
on January 1, 2001, the
number of visitors to
the website of the Danish-Thai
Chamber of 'Commerce,
www.dancham.or.th keeps
growing steadily. In the week
before Christmas, a new record
was set with 84 visitors on a
single day.
Commercially, the website
has become a very profitable
activity of the chamber as well.
Throughout the year, the main
advertisers have been SAS,
Danske Bank and ECCO Shoes,
supported by Europaeiske,
DFDS, GPV Group and Admiral's
Pub & Restaurant. In
November, Maersk also signed
up for a supportive banner on
the website for one year instead
of advertising in the Thai-Danish
Trade News.
At time of press, an adjustment
was undenivay of the current
design to create a more esthetical,
more functional and
faster loading site for the members.
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Sign up for
membership
lnterested companies and
individuals are welcome to
ioin the Danish-Thai Chamber
of Commerce.
An easy on-line form is
available on the website
www.dancham.or.th
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"We do not want to be seen as a group that
carry complaints but as a body that proposes
ideas for improvements and seek dialogue for
a common goal," says JFCCT Chairman
Peter van Haren.
JFCCT r a strong voice for
al I Thai- Foreign Chambers
ll foreign chambers of
commerce in Thailand
are members of the umbrella
organisation JFCCT.
Behind this acronym hides
an active and important forum
for each and every chamber
member.
ln an interview with the Thai-
Finnish Chamber magazine, the
JFCCT Chairman, Mr. Peter Van
Haren explained the role of the
JFCCT.
"lt stands for Joint Foreign
Chambers of Commerce in Thailand
and is the umbrella organization
for the 22 foreign chambers
of commerce and 3 business
associations in Thailand,"
Mr. Van Haren says.
"Allforeign chambers are legal
entities, otficial groups, and
each chamber oresident is a director
to the Board of Trade of
Thailand, BOT. Every chamber
has an obligation to administer
and manage the chamber according
to its charter, and it shall
also represent the requirements
of its members to the government
and its agencies. The
JFCCT's role is to pursue issues
that are global to all the members
of the JFCCT."
"We have two regular forms
of activities. The monthly President's
Council Meeting is our
decision making body. Here we
discuss and decide what issues
we shall pursue. Then we have
the FCCCC group which is a
task oriented forum, here we organize
our work in sub committees
and sub groups that deal
with issues like the foreign busi-
ness act, customs, immigration
etc. All pafticipants are volunteers,
except a secretary, they
are dedicated and knowledgeable.
We oursue our issues in
regular meetings with Thai government
agencies, for example
the Revenue Depaftment, the
Customs Department, the lmmigration
Bureau, the Labour Department,
the Ministry of Commerce.
In addition we arrange
JFCCT luncheons and dinners,
like the recent one with Prime
Minister Thaksin Shinawatra."
Give us some examples of issues
that the JFCCT has dea/l
wrth?
"l like to begin with the Foreign
Business Act, that replaced the
1972 Alien Business Law in
March 2000. The old law was
quite restrictive. We worked
closely and directly with the past
government to suggest improvements
and measures in the new
Foreign Business Act. The outcome
was a much more liberal
legislation. The new administration
has proposed amendments
to the law, some of which we feel
are detrimental to our members
and to Thailand as they discourage
foreign direct investment,
and we are currently having direct
discussions with the government
about these issues."
"Another issue is tax ref
unds, be it VAT or corporate tax,
that are sometimes slow. The
JFCCT has, through talks with
the Revenue Depaftment, established
a routine which means
that if the JFCCT endorse in writing
a refund request from a
member is the outstanding
amount promptly refunded by
the Revenue Depaftment."
"Customs issues were successfully
dealt with during the
previous administration and the
former Director General of the
Customs Department. Although
we are currently pursuing continued
good relationships with
the Customs Department it is
currently much more ditficult that
it was in the past."
"And we continuously bring
up visa and work permit matters
with the lmmigration Bureau and
the Labour Deoartment. Some
time ago the 90 day visa reporting
regulation became strictly
enforced, aftertalks we had with
the lmmigration Bureau the interpretation
of the regulation
eased again."
What do you te// members who
wonder what use they may have
of the JFCCT?
"lf they have an issue that affect
their way of doing business in
Thailand there is probably a
good chance that the issue is a
common matter for all members
in the JFCCT. Bring it up with
your chamber. In some instances
the individual chamber
can pursue the issue for you,
sometimes the JFCCT is more
fit to do it. Usually we engage in
global issues, such that are common
for all members, and not in
problems that are unique for one
company or industry alone. And
as an organisation with almost
8000 members, including the full
support of the largest investors
in Thailand like Japan, the US,
UK and Germany we carry a lot
of weight.
"l like to stress that we do not
want to be seen as a group that
carry complaints but as a body
that proposes ideas for improvements
and seek dialogue for a
common goal. Many of us are
here for the long run. We are as
eager to see Thailand prosper
as any Thai. And we are very
committed to Thailand."
"Each time we have a new
government we have to build
new relations and gain new confidence
and trust. During the first
months into the new administration
we got conflicting messages
regarding its view on foreign
business and foreign direct investments.
That has caused
some frustration in the JFCCT.
There has not been a clear government
policy on foreign direct
investment.
For the first 6 months of 2001
FDI fell 30 oercent and the information
we have at hand indicates
a similar number for the
second half of the year. The
present Government recognizes
this as a problem and also recognizes
the impoftant role that
the JFCCT and its members can
play. Having said that, I see no
major problems in the actual dialogue
with the present government.
When we ask for a meeting
it takes place and when we
invite speakers they come."
Christer Nilsson
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Arne L. Christensen 50 years
rne L. Christensen, Managing
Director of Carnitech Asia
Limited, turns 50 years on
December 30, 2001. Arne is one of
the most wellknown Danes in not
onlyThailand but allover South East
Asia. He has travelled extensively in
the region for among others Nordfab
Co., Ltd. - today DISA - and settled
down permanently in Thailand in
1989 as Managing Director for
Nordfab's subsidiary in Bangkok.
Born in the smalltown of Virklund
near Silkeborg in Jutland, Arne left
his secondary school in Skave at the
age of 17 to study at Odense Technical
College on the island of Funen.
He later took a degree in engineering
from Aalborg in North Jutland,
where he stayed on for 17 years.
Because of his energy, straight
fonivard approach and extraordinary
high level of responsibility, Arne has
never been out of a job. At one time
he worked at a candle manufacturing
plant in Mors, he has also tried
his hand as a second car dealer. ln
Aalborg, he worked for Meckman
and later for his present group of
companies, Carnitech.
When not working, Arne has
never missed an opportunity to have
a good time with friends, Some claim
he is partly responsible for the success
of the famous enteftainment
street in Aalborg, Jomfru Ane Gade,
where his depafture was sorely felt -
not least at the bottom line of some
of the bars and restaurants...
In Bangkok, one of his favorite
olaces remain Check Inn 99 on Sukhumvit.
When here or at private gettogethers
Arne invariably becomes
the center of the party, always cracking
jokes and adding to the fun of the
party. In his early years he neverforgot
to collect the empty liquor bottles
- then took them home to his Mom
so she had some proper bottles
when making her homemade fruit
juice. His versatility makes him
equally at ease at high levelfunctions
as well as at raunchy Balut evenings.
Foi many years he played football
with the Scandinavian Vikings, -
an interest that goes back to his early
years and which was crowned with
two years as the coach of Borberg's
Boys Team during his years in
Aalborg.
Arne married "Noi" Tanasin in
1990 and became the proud father
of Susanne later the same year.
As one of the founding members
of the Danish-Thai Chamber of Commerce,
Arne has always promoted, sponsored and
supported the chamber's activities. This he
has done without consideration for getting
his moneys worth but simply out of his deep
feelings of commitment for the Chamber.
Arne L. Christensen in a relaxed mood
after the succesful Christmas Lunch
held at the Admiral Pub & restaurant
in the beginning of December
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Danish Christmas
Service in Thailand
he Danish community in
Thailand on Sunday, December
9, 2001 celebrated
a traditional Danish
Christmas service in the tropical
garden of the Scandinavian
Church in Bangkok on Sukhumvit
soi 33.
Flying in to hold the sermon
was the Danish Seamen's Priest
from Singapore, Mr. Eskild Pedersen
who arrived straight from
Jakafta, where he had held a
similar service for the Danish
community in Indonesia.
After the service, the community
enjoyed a hot and spicy
glass of glogg sponsored by the
Royal Danish Embassy and for
the grown-ups, who stayed on
for a chat, Danish smorrebrod
and a glass of beer was serued
while the children had cookies
and soft drinks.
The special Danish service
was held for the second consecutive
year and attracted more
Danes this year than in 2000,
suggesting the tradition is here
to stay.
Later, on December 24,the
full Scandinavian community
celebrated Christmas together in
Christ Church on Soi Convent,
where pan of the scripture was
read by the Danish Ambassador
to Thailand, Mr. Ulrik Helweg-
Larsen. Afteruvards, the Scandinavian
Society Siam served a
glass of wine.
Successfu I Ch ristmas Bazaar
unday, November 25 November, the Dan
ish Women's Network once again ar
ranged their traditional Christmas Bazaar
in the garden of the Royal Danish Embassy residence.
All enjoyed delicious Danish food, bought
plenty of lottery tickets and shopped for Christmas
gifts.
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DFDS.
Two DFDS
promotions
Jimmy Jensen on January 1,
2002 returned to his roots when
he took up his new position as
Marketing Manager of DFDS
Transport (Thai) Ltd. When Mr.
Jensen 7 years ago came to
Thailand he was an apprentice
of Jumbo Shipping, the company
that is now DFDS Transoort.
Jimmy Jensen has throughout
the time been working in
the freight forwarding industry
and upon his return brings with
him an impressive experience
of the local market.
DFDS Transport (Thai) Ltd.
is also announcing the appointment
of Jacob E. Ferre to the
new position of Business Development
Manager. Jacob E.
Ferre has held various positions
in the company in Thailand
for the past 2 years prior
to this promotion. Jacob Ferre
was formerly with Dan Transport
in Denmark.
Networking
nights
The After-Board-Meeting evenings
at the balcony of the Admiral
Pub & Restaurant on Sukhumvit
soi 18, where a number
of members join once every
month to work through a beer or
two have become a welcome
break in a busy week and a nice
chance for all members to have
a good time with new and old
friends and listen to the latest
issues discussed at the preceding
board meeting.
Next networking evening will
take place on Thursday, January
17, 2002. ln February, it's
Thursday the 21st. No signup is
reouired in advance.
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Jyske Bank Private Banking and preceded
by an introduction to private
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Successful Chamber
Christmas Lunch
ver 60 merry Members
of the Danish Thai
Chamberof Commerce
on Tuesday December 4 celebrated
Christmas with a gorgeous
and lively luncheon at the
Admiral's Pub & Restaurant in
Sukhumvit Soi 18.
During the event, which
spilled into the early evening
night for quite a number of the
participants, a lottery was drawn
for a range of goods and services
sponsored by generous
members. An SAS business
class ticket - one of the main
prizes, went to Mrs. Charlotte
Donvang Parks.
Photos from the popular
event was next morning available
on the website of the Chamber,
wwwdancham.or.th where
they are still available in the
news archive section.
President
Tom Sorensen
announcing the
winner of the SAS
ticket, Charlotte
Parks (centre).
After thc lunch,
the members moved outside
on Ihe terrace for a chnt and
an extra beer or two.
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Michael Schulz ( standing) evaluating
the success of the event with Peter
Linnemann. The two had been
organizing the Christmas Lunch.
Danish-Thai Chamber AGM
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The Annual General Meeting
of the Danish Thai Chamber
of Commerce will be held
early this year. The popular
event will take place on March
6, 2002 and in keeping with
tradition, the Danish Ambassador
Mr. Ulrik Helweg-Larsen
and his wife Cristina have offered
to host the event in their
residence within the Danish
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