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Dear Readers,
ollowing the Parliamentary Elections in November 2001 Denmark has a new
Government led by H.E. Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen. The Danish
Government, a minority coalition consisting of the Liberal Party and the
Conservative Peoples Party, is focussing on tight fiscal and budgetary discipline
aiming at sustainable economic growth, as well as strengthening selected areas of
publicly provided welfare services such as health and care for the elderly. Other
areas such as Danish International Development Aid have been trimmed. The draft
FinancialAct 2002 (Finansloven) reflects these adjusted priorities, and consequently
a number of Danish Embassies will be closed or downscaled.
In the Asia-Pacific region closure will affect Danish representations in Canberra,
Manila and Thimphu. Concerning Thailand, budgetary adjustments have led to a
30% reduction in Danish Environmental support to Thailand. However, the 2002-
programme still amounts to a respectable 70 mill. DKK, and, to my delight, the
special business oriented "Partnership Facility" continues. Under the auspices of
the "Mixed Credit Scheme", which in the past has provided transfer of technology
f rom Denmark to Thailand in the fields of education and health, funding will also be
provided to fulfil the frame agreement signed last year between the Thai and Danish
Government on mixed credits amounting to 90 mill. Euro.
Compared to most other EU-countries the Danish economy is presently in good
shape. Inflation and unemployment are at unprecedented low levels and steady
economic growth is expected to continue despite the present global economic concerns.
The foreign trade and public expenditure balances are healthy - factors that
so far have offset any potential currency/interest uncertainty pertaining to the present
Danish non-participation in the Euro-project. Furthermore, Denmark was recently
subject to an interesting and quite favourable review by lMF. At www.fm.dk/
dokumenter/lMF2002AMF2002.pdf a summary hereof can be found.
I am pleased to note that many observers also depict Thailand as having overall
sound macroeconomic balances, despite recent economic upheavals. Furthermore,
the Royal Thai Government seems increasingly conscious of foreign trade and investment
as indispensable growth factors of the Thai economy. Though, admittingly,
some remaining challenges need urgent resolve, I believe that Thailand by regional
standards is well equipped to benefit from the global US-led economic expansion
presently foreseen to emerge in late 2002 or early 2003. lt is my sincere hope that
these developments will also bring new opportunities of business co-operation between
Thailand and Denmark.
Finally, on a personal note, please allow me to express my appreciation to the
members of the Thai-Danish business community, who have so kindly welcomed
my wife Cristina and myself since our arrival to Thailand in mid September 2001. I
am looking forward to the future co-operation with DTCC - not least during the
second half of 2002, where Denmark, and locally the Royal Danlsh Embassy, is
shouldering the responsibility of the EU Presidency, durlng whlch Danish priorities
will include the enlargement of EU as well as a successfully hoeted ASEM 4 Summit.
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Drop in Thai-Danish
exports last year
Ithough Danish exports
declined in the
last months of 2001,
Denmark has so far managed
relatively well to overcome the
global recession. Total figures
show an expoft growth of 4.7
percent for goods and 14.3 Percent
for services in 2001
It was the traditional markets
and traditional strong Danish
export performers like food,
pharmaceuticals and machinery,
that carried Denmark through
the year. Growth in Danish agricultural
exports has been high
because of a high demand for
Danish pigmeat, which follows
its own trend sensitive to animal
diseases and less dependent on
the general economic development.
The total slight growth was
a result of a strong performance
in the beginning of the year. The
last four months, the export
growth was in fact negative.
The weak growth in exports
is not a distinct Danish phenomenon.
lt relates primarily to the
weak growth in the international
economy. But growth in Danish
exoorts has been better than
export groMh for many of Denmark's
competitors.
According to Danish Trade
Council - based on rePorts bY
the Danish embassies worldwide
- an imorovement of exports
during the second half of
2002is to be expected.
The Trade Council warns,
however, that his cannot be explained
by improvements in
Danish competitiveness, but is
ascribed to the composition of
Danish expods, as the proPortion
of lT-products in Danish exports
is considerably smaller
than in Swedish, Finnish and
German exports for instance.
Hence, Danish exports are less
Outlook for the Danish Manufacturing Industry
2000
Production
Export
lnvestments
Productivity
J. l
124
12.O
5.v
Employment 438
Growth Share
Australia and Mil.DKK from of total Mil.DKK
Asia (selected 1999 exoorts
countries)
20OO
Australia
Japan
Hongkong
China
South Korea
Singapore
Taiwan
lndia
Thailand
Malaysia
lndonesia
Australia and
Asia in total
(incl. Countries 35.531,59 16,2/" 8,8"/" 36'448,25 2,6"/"
not mentioned
above)
Source: Statistics Denma* and Confedetation of Danish lndustiles
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affected by the decline in lT-businesses
than exports from a number
of other countries, but at the
same time Denmark will gain
less, when growth in the lT-sector
returns.
Danish exports in general
suffer from weak competitiveness,
the analysis says. For a
number of years wage increases
have been considerably higher
in Denmark compared to Danish
competitors - especially competitors
in the euro-area. lt is
untenable and implies that Denmark
will continue to loose market
shares to competitors. A
higher growth in expods is conditioned
on Danish wage increases
being brought down in
accordance with wage increases
in the euro-area, it says.
Danish Export Council expect
especially China, Russia
and Poland to be fast expanding
markets for Danish goods in
the years to come. On March 8,
a conference in Denmark will
brief Danish businessmen on a
2001 2002 2003
Percentage volume change
2.4 0.2 2.3
4.2 1.8 6.1
-2.O -6.0 4.O
3.3 2.7 3.2
1,000 persons
434 424 420
GroMh
from
2000
Share
of total
expons
2001
o,6%
3,5%
0,9%
o,9%
0,6%
o,4%
0,4%
o,3%
o,3%
o,2%
0,1%
8,6%
recent analysis on the possible
effect on Danish export opportunities
in China in relation to the
entry of China into the WTO. The
analysis is part of the ongoing
efforts of Danish Export Council
to identify new and under-utilized
Danish market potentials.
On the domestic market,
Danish purchasing power is expected
to improve in 2002 due
to the easing of income taxes.
This will stimulate private consumption,
which is expected to
go up by 1.6 per cent in 2002. In
2003 private consumption is expected
to increase by almost 2
per cent corresponding aPProximately
to the growth in disPosable
incomes.
In 2001 government consumption
exceeded the growth
target of 1 per cent announced
for every year since 1 993, when
the former government came
into office. However, actual government
consumption growth
has averaged around 2.4 Pe(
cent during the years 1993
through 2000.
According to approved budgets,
groMh in local government
seruice outlays will almost inevitably
lead to government consumption
growth above target In
2002. The new government ls
expected to meet the growth taroet
from 2003.

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President Tom Sore nsen
r Dedicatedasever
Far from being
content with his
past achievementsn
Tom Sorensen,
re-elected President of
the Danish-Thai
Chamber of Commerce,
has a full agenda for
his new term.
Mr Tom Sorensen heading
his new team, from left
Mr,Lxel Blom, Mr Jorgen Ib
Hedes, Mr Soren Presmann,
Mrs. Charlotte Parks,
Mr Peter Linnemann,
Mr. Vitoon Lefort, Mr. Preben
Hjortlund, Mn Allan Jensen
and Mr Prasansak
Suwanpotipra.
t a brief meeting among
the newly elected Board
of Directors held immediately
after the Annual General
Meeting on Wednesday, March
6, at the Royal Danish Embassy,
past President Mr. Tom Sorensen
was re-elected President of
the Danish-Thai Chamber of
Commerce for another two
- years term. That was indeed
hoped and expected.
Going into his second term,
it could also be expected, that
he would be less vigilant and
look at the coming two years as
a less demanding task. Well, forget
it!
Dedicated as when he first
took over the Presidency of the
Chamber two years ago, Tom
Sorensen seems to have fully
maintained his vision and strong
determination to improve working
conditions for Danish - and
other foreign - companies in
Thailand.
"l will continue to fight for the
rights of companies and individuals
doing business in Thailand
as they have the right to
expect transparent and equal
treatment according to Thai laws
and regulations," he says - a
statement almost identical to his
announcement two years ago,
when he first took the helm of
the Chamber. The only difference
is the little word "continue
to.."
"l will continue to voice my
opinion when meeting the many
Thai officials that I have the opportunity
to talk to. I have always
been impressed by the commitment
and vision that the leaders
of the country are expressing in
private talks or when talking to
larger groups."
"We can provide these leaders
with important and relevant
feed back on how the private
sector can pafticipate in helping
the country, how we can create
more jobs for the Thai people,"
he says.
One of Tom Sorenen's most
visible achievements over the
past two years is the introduction
of a website for the Chamber,
which has become a benchmark
for several other chambers
seeking a similar presence on
the lnternet.
"Our www.dancham.or.th
website is now being used
regularly by our members. Let
me here just mention the currency
rates of exchange, the
SET Index, the on-line connection
to check flight arrivals at
Bangkok International Airport,
the many links to Government
web sites and other important
links that a businessman needs
to be on top," Tom Sorensen
says.
The visibility and service of
the Chamber has also been improved
on other fronts. The
monthly meetings with the members
of the Board held every
third Thursday of the month after
the Board meeting is one
very popular improvement. Another
is the increased frequency
of the Thai-Danish Trade News
from a quarterly publication to a
bi-monthly magazine except for
the July-issue, which is canceled
due to the many Danes taking
their holiday leave this month.
Also the employment of a Scandinavian
trainee, currently Danish,
at the Chamber's office without
costs to the Chamber is another
major achievement.
So, does it work?
"We passed end of last year
the 100th membershio of the
Chamber, the highest in our history."
A focal point for Tom Sorensen
has been his interest in improving
the general business climate
in Thailand, which foreign
companies are subject to.
"When talking to our members
I hear frustrations aboul
what is perceived as confllctlng
messages by the authorities. I
hear about members from large
corporations to SME's who hesitate
to bring in more money to
the country. Though we now
hear more f requent and positive
words from Government spokes
persons that foreign investors
are most welcome, members
are still confused by the information
that changes might be made
to the Foreign Business Act,
something believed to restrict
opportunities," he says.
"Many members are also
calling our office for help with
visa and work permits including
Permanent Residence permits,
which is clearly becoming an increasing
problem for many. That
BOI is offering a 3 hour one-stop
service for work permits is of
course fine, but it does not help
most of our members of small
and medium size enterprises."
Sharing secretariat with the
Thai-Nonrvegian and Thai Swedish
Chamber of Commerce has
been crucial in providing the
level of seruice offered to all the
Scandinavian members and this
is one thing which Tom Sorensen
has no intention to change.
"The joint Chamber office is
giving the Danish-Thai Chamber
an office and staff facilities,
which we would not likely have
if we were on our own. Also the
many joint functions over the
years nave proven very popurar
and we see it easier to attract
top officials when calling on behalf
of all three rather than one
country. The recent inclusion of
a trainee was an idea we took
up with the other two chambers
and I personally hope that Norway
and Sweden will take their
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turn as it was agreed originally
when I made this proposal to
their oresidents."
"Denmark, Sweden and Norway
are sharing a common cultural
background. Our national
airline is probably the best example
of what comes out of doing
things together. Locally we
can also be proud of the Scandinavian
Society Siam which for
so many years have shown the
way for the Chambers."
"l see the value of having
three individual Chambers
present at the many meetings
and contacts we have through
our membershio of the Joint Foreign
Chambers, the European
Chambers of Commerce Thailand
and the Board of Trade.
The three voices of each Chamber
is an imoortant tool for Scandinavia
to stand out strongly with
our views. I shall continue to
work and support this idea as I
shall continue to work for one
joint Chamber office as we already
have it. lt is simply good
business sense that we share a
joint back office for an efficient
administration."
Tom Sorensen's imoressive
energy has become his hallmark.
To many members, it is a
mystery how he manages to
keep up the steam and find time
for the many hours he is known
to put into his work as the Chamber
President.
"You've got to like what you
do and I have always answered
this questions by quoting this
one-liner: "lf you want something
done ask a busy person". As
long as you enjoy what you are
doing the many hours are not a
burden but an interesting addition
to your normal working life.
The assistance that I receive
from our staff at the Chamber
office as well as from my fellow
Board members are valuable,
helpful and make it all possible. I
am indeed privileged and feel
very honoured to represent the
Danish-Thai business community
in Thailand."
Annual General Meeting
Strong Member Backing
ended by well over
5O rnembers, the AGM
of the Danish-Thai
Chamber of
Commerce elected
two new members of
the Board of Directors
wo new members of the
Board of Directors of
the Danish-Thai Chamber
of Commerce, Prasansak
Suwanpotipra (Danfoss) and
Vitoon Lefort (VL Intertrade
Co., Ltd. / Like'it), were elected
at the Annual General Meeting
and Dinner Event on Wednesday,
06 March. The AGM
was conducted at the Royal
Danish Embassywith HE Ulrik
Helweg-Larsen elected Chairman
of the meeting.
A probably record breaking
number of members - well
over 50 - attended the meeting,
where President Tom
Sorensen in his annual report
of activities summarized the
extraordinary many activities
and the policies pursued by
the Board during the past
term. Next followed the financial
statement presented by
the Treasurer, Mr. Soren Presmann,
which showed that the
increased activity level had in
fact paid also in terms of revenue:
From a loss of around
200.000 Baht last year, the
result was this year a profit of
nearly 60,000 Baht.
In the light of the composition
of the revenue - with too
much depending on functions
and other income, which might
easily fluctuate - the Board,
however, for the first time in
four years proposed to increase
membershio fees from
9,000 Baht to 10,000 Baht for
corporate members and from
3,000 Baht to 3,500 Baht for
individual membership. This
proposal was passed unanimously
by the members.
The election of new Board
members for the coming year
was conducted in a similar
fashion without need for secret
ballot voting. Three of the
Sune of the over 50 members attend.ing the Annwal General
Meeting. In the.front royt, Mr. Kamthorn Ounhirunskul, Mr.
Jorsen Ib Hedes and Soren Presmann.
The lucky draw of
the SAS ticket won
by Mr, Presmann
(second.from left)
together with Mr.
Michael Ascot ,
Mr. Axel Blom and
Mr. Poul Weber.
eleven members of the former
Board had to retire according to
the by-laws of the Chamber.
They were Mr. Tom Sorensen,
Mr. Jorgen lb Hedes, and Mr.
Michael Schulz. A fourth member,
Mr. Kamthorn Ounhirunskul
had wished to resign for personal
reasons ahead of his normal
full tenure. The first two of
these retiring members were
willing to stand for re-election,
and instead of the lasttwo members,
Mr. Prasansak Suwanpotipra,
General Manager of
Danfoss (Thailand) Co., Ltd.,
and Vitoon Lefort , Managing
Director of Like'lt i VL lnteftrade
Co., Ltd. were proposed. No
more candidates were proposed,
and the four candidates
were elected with acclamation.
In his closing remarks of the
meeting, HE Ulrik Helweg-
Larsen briefed the members
about the latest political developments
in Denmark, not least
the develooments within the Foreign
Service, which affected
Thailand. Most surprising was
the cut in environmental assistance
to Thailand with 30 percent
and the closure of the
Royal Danish Embassy in the
Philippines, Bhutan and Australia.
After the meeting, while
dinner was served on the terrace
ol the residence of the
Royal Danish Embassy - with
wine donated by the Admiral
Pub & Restaurant - Mr. Michael
Ascot and Mr. Poul Weber
gave a presentation as
Goodwill Ambassadors for
Copenhagen, explaining the
tourism and investment virtues
of the Danish capital. As
part of the presentation, a
one-way ticket to Copenhagen
- or a return ticket to
Singapore - was drawn
among the respondents of a
quiz relating to Copenhagen.
The SAS ticket was won bv
Mr. Soren Presmann.

The modiJied Mitsubishr
vehicles boundfor
Afghanistan e quipp e d with
Lennart Avnby's l2 meter
Herkule,s cranes capable oJ
lifting 15 ton/meter
Photo: Jan Mouritsen
Danish Cranes from
Thailand to Afghanistan
Mr. Lennart Avnby
intends to build
cranes the rest of his
Itf". " l guess they will
have to carry me out
ofhere," he says.
Photo: Jan Mouritsen
umanitarian supplies in
Afghanistan will soon
be hauled on Japanese
trucks equipped with Danish
Herkules cranes built in Thailand.
The order was placed with
the Danish crane expert Mr.
Lennart Avnby - resident in Thailand
since 1992 - by Mitsubishi
who was given the assignment
to supply the trucks by the
United Nations refugee organization
UNHCR.
Outside Mr. Avnby's factory,
Scan Tech (Thailand) Co., Ltd.,
ten large Mitsubishi trucks are
lined up for delivery, shining
white in the bright sunlight with
the logo of UNHCR painted on
the side. soon to be out to the
test in the tough terrain of the
Afghanistan countryside.
Mr. Avnby has equipped the
trucks with special platforms for
easy conversion from watertank
carriers to container haulers.
The 12 meter long hydraulic
Herkules cranes with a liftinq
capacity of 15 ton/meter are
mounted on two of the vehicles.
The order is a welcome oppoftunity
for Lennart Avnby to
promote his speciality in the international
community. A civil
engineer of education, Mr. Avnby
has worked with crane construction
all his adult life - including
the past ten years in Thailand.
In achieving the order, Mr.
Avnby's Danish background
played no part. The main contract
lo supply the trucks were
won by the Danish company,
Hans Christian Bukkehave, but
subcontracted Mitsubishi in Japan
to provide the trucks. As the
manual work needed for the
modifications was substantial,
Mitsubishi in turn asked its Thai
subsidiary to search for a subcontractor
in Thailand to provide
the adaptation and the cranes -
and this was when Mr. Avnby
first heard of the order.
The top quality of the Herkules
cranes are ensured not
only by their tested design but
also by their various components.
The steel for the hydraulic
system and the arm has been
imported from Sweden while
other steel comoonents are imported
from the Danish steel mill
in Frederiksverk. Only the
counter weights are locally produced,
sourced from a Thai
foundry.
"A crane must work perfectly
at all times and keeo well within
the minimum soecifications in
order not to be dangerous for the
people operating it. The quality
of the components is the last
place to compromise if cost savings
are needed," LennartAvnby
says.
With quality certifications
from DNV - Det norske Veritas
and the American ABS he has
managed to secure also other
demanding assignments.
Among his recently signed orders
is a specially designed
sideloader with a lifting capacity
of 65 tons for a French company
assigned to transport radioactive
materials.
The Danish entrepreneur
has today a staff of 15 people
whom he has worked with for
many years and originally trained
himself. The construction design
is, however, all done by himself
in Auto Cad, assisted by a Thai
industrial design engineer.
Lennart Avnby's winding
road to his current state as
owner and manager of the stc
factory in Chonburi started when
his former Danish father-in-law
taught him the technique involved
in crane construction. ln
1974 he established his own
production company in Sweden,
which he built up until finally the
Swedish economic crash in the
beginning of the 19900s forced
him to close down.
At that time, he had developed
a close relationship with
one of his major customers in
Thailand. Encouraged by this
businessman, he decided to
pack his bags and move the
whole production to Thailand,
where he purchased a newly
built factory in Latlungkaew
north of Bangkok. The company
was formed as a joint venture
between himself and the Thai-
Chinese businessman.
When the bubble burst in
1997, the market went completely
dead - and at the same
time his partner moved to trick
him ut of his ownershio of the
company.
"He was a swindler and I was
too trustful. He cheated me out
of all the assets in the company
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Last call:
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is in the orocess of
organising a Danish
pavilion at Propack Asia2002
in June. The exhibition is estimated
one of the leading in
the region for Food Processing
Equipment, Packaging
Equipment, Packaging Materials,
Canmaking, Converting
Printing and Labelling Machinery,
Pharmaceutical Processing
and Packaging Equipment,
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Equipment and Packaging, as
well as other related products
and seruices.
The benefits of participating
jointly are considerable. Although
the official deadline for
joining expired on February 1,
companies considering to participate
should in their own
interest contact Mr. Jesper
Vibe-Hansen at the Commercial
Section of the
Royal Danish Embassy to
explore the cost benefits
offered either by email to
iesvib@um.dk or fax +660
2213 1752 or phone +660
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and I lost over 50 mill. Baht. On top
of that, he hired a hitman to scare
me out of the country. Well, he didn't
succeed," Lennart Avnby drily adds.
Though flat broke, a core group
of his staff remained loyal to Lennart
Avnby and moved with him to his new
factory - a former rice mill for rent at
an affordable cost east of Chonburi.
Today, Scan Tech (Thailand) Ltd.
is back on its feet. With tenders submitted
for several major projects,
Lennart Avnby stafis aiming high. lf
just some of these prospective orders
come true, he plans to move
across the road within the next year
where he has obtained a larger factory.
Especially one contract, a number
of cranes for an American oil exploration
company operating in the
Gulf of Thailand worth 7,5 mill. USdollars
would indeed be a maior
breakthrough.
In Denmark, Herkules cranes are
marketed by Herkules International
A/S in Osted near Roskilde.
LennartAvnby is living proof if the
proverb, that when there is a will,
there is a way. His mission in life is
to build excellent cranes and this he
intends to do the rest of his life.
"l guess they will have to carry
me out of here," he jokes while showing
around in the factory.
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InWear staging
strong come-back
Following a strategic alliance
with Central D epartment
Store, InWear is now highly
visible again on the Bangkok
Jashion scene.
Central
Department
Store's Import
Product Directori
Miss Pattlika
Nina Artharamas
sees a strong
future for InWear
in Thailand.
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nWear, the internationally
most well-known Danish
I brand name within women's
fashion, is making a strong
come-back in Thailand following
-its strategic alliance with Central
Department Store entered two
years ago and now reaching for
its full ootential.
InWear was first introduced
in Thailand only a few months
before the disastrous meltdown
of the Thai economy in 1 997. At
that time, InWear had entered
the Thai market on its own and
the company quickly decided to
dismantle most of their shops set
up in various shopping centers
around the Bangkok Metropolis.
In the beginning of year
2000, the InWear Grouo and the
Danish company Carli Gry had
merged and changed name to
lC Companies to become the
strongest market leader within
Danish designed fashion.
Looking for a way to re-enter
the Thai market, lC Companies
in mid-2000 signed a contract
with Central Department
Store Ltd. to be their sole reoresentative
in Thailand. After
months of careful preparations,
the official launch of the new
partnership took place in April
2001.
"We are very particular about
our image and the brand names,
we represent," says Miss Pattlika
Nina Artharamas, lmport
Product Director of Central Department
Store.
"The reason why we would
like to be the sole representative
of InWear clothes in Thailand
is because InWear has a
very good image. All of the products
are of a very good quality,
in trend with the fashion and not
too expensive compared to
other brand names in Thailand,"
she says.
InWear clothes have steadily
become more fashionable and
colourful, although the target
group is still the same, focusing
on the working woman from 25
to 40 years of age.
"The good image of InWear
is maintained by using high quality
material and supported by a
very good sales service. We arrange
staff training for InWear
every time a new collection is introduced
to give our customer
service staff comolete confidence
in the product," Miss
Pattlika explains.
InWear clothes are all designed
by Danish designers, but
most of the InWear oroducts are
produced in China while some
are produced in the EU underfull
quality control of lC Companies.
"Our relationship with lC
Companies as a supplier is very
good. They support us a lot, also
when soecial sales discounts
are needed, which is good for us
and at the same time good for
the customers who will get the
same quality at a cheaper price."
InWear clothes is now oromoted
heavily by advertising in
a range of different women's
magazines like Lips, Deechan,
Praew, and Fashion Preview
magazrne.
"Fashion is an interesting
market. There is a very strong
competition in the market, but
we are confident in our products
and InWear obviously has a very
promising future in Thailand,"
Miss Pattlika says.
Central Deoadment Store is
currently looking for a matching
strong brand name to enter the
growing market also for men's
fashion. The brand under consideration
is Martinique, which is
another big Danish brand name.
"This is a very interesting
market and a good chance for
us to expand. I believe it will be
a very good opportunity for us
to import and sell high quality
men's clothes in Thailand."
InWear is not the first Danish
brand name which is represented
in Thailand by the Central
Deoartments Store. Evita
Peroni, an equally strong Danish
brand name within jewelry
and accessories has been represented
in Thailand by the Central
Group for 15 years.
InWear clothes are currently
available at Central Chidlom,
Central Lardprao, Central Bangna,
Central Pinklao, and Zen Deoartment
Store.
The new trend of InWear
fashion design will return to the
70s, presenting a more colourful
style while still remaining the
most stylish choice for the Thai
working woman.
Patcharee Lae-va
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30 Years Balut Anniversary
celebrated in Bangkok
The International Balut
Federation on 8-9
March, 2OO2 celebrated
its 3O years anniversary
with a World Championship
tournament in
Bangkok
The World Tournament of the
30 Year Balut Anniversary
took place on board a River
Boat on the Chao Phayawith
participants coming from all
over the world.
I t att starteO in Bangkok and
Bangkok has remained the
I Mecca of the lnternational
Balut Federation. Over one hundred
participants from the Danish
Commonwealth, consisting
of Denmark, Norway, Greenland,
lceland, Trankebar, The
West Indies, the Gold Coast,
The Faeroe lslands, Schleswig-
Holstein, Skaane, Halland,
Blekinge and the Dietmarsk,
gathered on 8-9 March in the
City of Angels to compete in the
two day tournament.
Being here to compete, few
of them, however, had a chance
to see any of Bangkok's typical
tourist attractions. Instead, they
concentrated their energy on the
games and related activities
which took olace on a River Boat
on the Chao Phya river and in
the Mariners Club in Klong Toey.
Already by the start of the
Balut organization in 1972, lhe
Danish colony was prominent in
Bangkok.
"Life in Bangkok in 1972 was
a great deal different from today,"
the Balut historian Jan
Pilebo writes in a description of
the yearly Balut years to be
f ound on the website
www.balut.com.
'The overpopulation, the pollution
and the ultimate traffic
chaos did not yet exist. Neither
did the tourism industry. The
charterflights with 470 Germans
from the Ruhr-district had notyet
confused the almost subservient
resoect the Thais had for us. The
Americans visited Japan and
returned in Hongkong. The largest
element of foreigners were
contractors related to the war in
Vietnam and the Gl's on Rest
and Recreation. They had five
days here before returning to the
war where 250 of them were
killed per week."
"Looking back, it is incredible
how few of them we saw in the
Patpong/Silom area. Danes,
Germans and Britons would
here promenade with well-to-do
Thais and you would know most
of them. A far cry from the terrible
market, the area has turned
into today."
"Bangkok at that time was -
despite its millions of inhabitants
- In a way somewhat provincial.
You would constantly meet
people you knew, and if one ventured
into a washing establishment
you would soon be informed
that this-or-that Dane
had been there earlier in the day
- including a detailed description
of his capacity."
Most of the Danes at that
time were employed - on different
social levels - in the East
Asiatic Company. Other major
employers of Danes were Christiani
& Nielsen, Kampsax and
Thai Airways International. A
large number were Danish seamen,
who for eight months
would sail the Pacifics and for
four months would spend their
time in Klong Toey, which was
at the time the fourth largest
slum area in the world, - but also
the home of well-known establishments
like Copenhagen Bar,
Venus, and Mosquito Bar.
Part of the Balut mission
was, according to Jan Pilebo, to
organize attractive sports activities
for this mixed group of
Danes in Bangkok. Later, as
Balut branches were established
in Singapore, Melbourne, Hong
Kong, Manila - and later in New
York, Oslo, Aalborg, Kobe,
Copenhagen, Jeddah, Rome,
Chicago, Texas, Riyadh, Tokyo,
Torronto, Taipei, Kuala Lumpur,
Schweiz, Luxembourg, Hamborg,
Nuuk, and Sao Paolo, the
games to center stage.
Anticipating this rapid spread
of the popularity of the sport, the
first Balut organization established
in 1972 was named lnternational
Balut Federation and
the first tournament was consequently
arranged by the "Bangkok
Branch" of the IBF on 9
March1972 at Copenhagen Bar.
Many of the participants were
later to resume high positions in
the organisation - as well as
outside - as it spread across the
globe, Ole Loft, Per Kastrup,
Niels Lumholdt, Lai Jensen,
Steen Nielsen, Peter Nielsen,
and Jorgen Munk.
Already the same year, other
prominent Danes joined in, Leo
Sejer, Jens Tsnnesen, Per
Svendsen, Joachim Buttenscho
n. Soon to follow were Ole
Hestetyv, PoulWeber, Per Poulsen,
Svend Mygind, Jorgen
Zacho, Ssren Olesen, Frank,
Finn Koren, Pelle, K.K. Voldum,
Poul Bjerregaard, Niels Bay,
Kalle Ornsgaard.
The first World Championship
was held in Melbourne in
1975 following an article in the
Danish daily, Borsen, in which
Niels Lumholdt was announced
probably the world's best baluteer.
When this news reached
Melbourne, a press release was
issued by Thai Airuvays Market-
ing Manager Wyvern Parsson,
stating that a local Dane, Knud
Tomming, was indeed the world
Balut chamoion and that in
Melbourne they had no knowledge
of who this Bangkok character
claiming the title could be.
This lead to the first World
Championship being arranged
on 15 November 1975 in Melbourne,
where the pafticipants
comoeted in the first round on
the back of a truck while driving
from the airport into the city.
For a number of years, Finn
Koren, the Nonruegian Ambassador
to Thailand, worked hard to
have Balut included in the Olympic
Games. He was almost successful
at this. However, when
the committee suggested, that
the participants should be expanded
to include also people
outside the Danish Commonwealth,
Finn Koren of course
had to refuse.
As the Mecca for Baluteers
world wide, Bangkok was in
1 997 the obvious location for the
25 Years Anniversary Games
and Celebrations and for the
past five years, the event, abbreviated
as BANGBAL'97 has
been the preferred topic of conversation
all over the world,
whereever seasoned baluteers
have met.
With the elaborate preparations,
which has taken place in
advance of the current World
Balut Championship and 30
Years Balut Jubilee Celebrations
in Bangkok this March, it is exoected
- when the commotion
settles and the fog lifts -that also
this years event will be the stuff
of which myths are made and
that many a baluteer will for
years proudly remember his
scores from Bangkok 2002.
Gregers Moller
13

Unique Danish
product keeps Thai
exports dry
t'Maybe we can not be
lBM, General Electric or
ABB in our generation,
but we are always
optimistic about our
future and keep going
|onnardr" says Tanapol
Vanich Go.., Ltd., which
for two years have been
sole distributor for
Thailand of Dry-Bag
from Denmark,
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from Thailand are protected on
their journey to their final destination
all over the world by a
unique Danish product called
Dry-Bag.
lmporter and sole distributor
in Thailand is the Thai company,
Tanapol Vanich Co., Ltd., established
in October 2000 by Mr.
Nipat Ungpakornkaew and Miss
Sasinoot Preedawipart. The use
of Dry-Bag is especially important
when shipping moisture
sensitive goods like agricultural
produce, garments and electronrcs.
Dry-Bag is composed of a
special clay available in Denmark,
mixed with calcium chloride.
Compared to other socalled
desiccants - materials
which are able to pick up moisture
from its surroundings - this
special, environmentally f riendly
mixture is able to pick up more
moisture from the air than any
other known natural desiccant.
Over the past 2 years, Tanapol
has held meetings upon
meetings with freight foruarders,
liner companies, and exporting
companies explaining the superb
benefit of Dry-Bag.
"We discoveredthat many of
them are unaware of the risk of
condensation and the risk of using
synthetic, low-quality desiccants,"
Khun Nipat says.
"Some place more impor-
When packs of Dry-
Bag is placed in the
container or inside
the wrapping (right),
it absorbs moisture.
The product is now
being introduced in
d consumer versrcn
as well (below).
tance oi the cost of the desiccant
while overlooking the risk
of delivering damaged cargo.
They cannot see that cost of prevention
is ultimately cheaper
than correction when the damage
is done. However, as more
and more customers focus on
product quality and reliable supply
management, more ancl
more freight forwarders will start
demanding a higher quality desiccant
like Dry-Bag."
While continuing the expansion
within the shipping sector,
Tanapol Vanich Co., Ltd. is currently
looking into a range of new
opportunities for the product also
in the consumer market.
"We are introducing a safe
and environmentally friendly
special household version of
Dry-Bag for use at home called
Moisture Catcher. lt is a small
package available in four sizes
of 25 gram, 80 gram, 500 gram
and 1000 gram."
"Particularly photographers
have been quick to se the benefit
and we are getting shellspace
now also with Home Pro,
Siam Drug, and many gunsmiths
apart from the photoshops,"
Mr. Nipat explains.
The relationship with
the Danish manufacturer of
Dry-Bag, Anders Bendt a/s
has developed extremely
well. The Danish company is
currently considering extending
its cooperation
with Tanapol to include
also exclusive representation
in Malaysia. Singapore,
Taiwan and China (incl. Hongkong)
might be added in the fu-
IUre.
TanapolVanich C., Ltd. has
a clear strategy as to how it intends
to serve its market.
"A good company by my definitions
is a company that delivers
value in terms of performance
in a professional way. We
want to be a fair player and take
a firm position in the business,
not just being a table and chair
company which makes money
on commission," Khun Nipat explains.
"At present, Tanapol is still a
young and small company," he
adds.
"lt is, however, a good time
to shape the company little by
little. Today we are recruiting
marketing and sales personnel.
In the future, we will seek for professional
managers to join our
top management team. Maybe
we can not be lBM, General
Electric or ABB in our generation,
but we are always optimistic
about our future and keep
going fonvard".
Patcharee Lae-ya
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APV completes
Thai mega-proj ect
The worlds largest
condensed milk plant is
situated North of
Bangkok, built on a
turnkey contract by APV
Systems.
PV Systems has just finalized
construction of
one of its largest projects
ever. The olant situated North of
Bangkok will be one of the largest
processing plants for condensed
milkproducts anywhere
in the world.
APV Systems has on a turnkey
basis been in charge of constructing
all five production lines
of the Dlant. Three of the lines
will oroduce sweetened condensed
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of up to 10,000 kilos per hour,
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Site Manager on the project
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Jan Dam Pedersen of
EAC (Thailand) turns 50
Jan Dam Pedersen,
Managing Director of
The East Asiatic
(Thailand) Public
Gompany Limited,
celebrates his Soth
birthday on lst April,
2002.
an Dam Pedersen was
born on the island of
Bornholm on 1st April,
1952. and still considers himself
a "Bornholmei'. Danes familiar
with the particular Danish accent
will notice, that he even still speaks
English with a strong "Bomholmeracrent".
Mr. Dam Pedersen joined
EAC in Copenhagen in 1969
and was at the age of 21 years
- sent abroad on his first overseas
posting -to Thailand -in1974.
He was assigned to EAC's Oriental
Machinery Stores and became
engaged in the distribution
of automotive parts. Later in
1974, he was transferred to another
EAC company in USA,
engaged in timber processing.
In the period from 1978 to 1982
he was assigned, as Deputy
Manager, to EACJapan's lmport
Department in Tokyo.
ln 1982 Mr. Dam Pedersen
returned to Thailand and was,
until 1991 , a Division Manager
of EAC Chemicals in Bangkok.
During this period, he contributed
in building EAC Chemicals
into the largest independent distributor
of chemicals, food ingre-
Jan Dam Pedersen's
first overseas posting
for EAC was Bangkok
in 1974. OnApril I he
celebrates his 50 year
birthday as Managing
Director of EAC
Thailand.
dients and raw materials in Thailand,
including acquisition of the
distributorship of a number of
leading Danish manufacturers.
After 9 years in Thailand, Mr.
Dam Pedersen was in 1991 appointed
Country Manager of
EAC Vietnam with base in Ho
Chi Minh City, and was tasked
with building up an EAC business
from scratch in that emerging
market. This turned out to
be one of the greater challenges
in Mr. Dam Pedersen's career so
far. During the 5 years he spent
in Vietnam he managed, however,
to build an extremely
strong team and developed
EAC's business to becoming the
leading consumer and chemicals
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Following reorganizations
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Mr. Dam Pedersen rebuilt
and revitalized the organization
there and established distribution
coverage throughout the
country through five offices.
Helped by his significant network
within the industry and his international
experience, the Indonesian
organization was again set
on a growth path.
Jan Dam Pedersen returned
to EAC in Bangkok again in 1998
with the aim to spearhead further
expansion into other markets
in the region in order to establish
a true regional business
in South East Asia. Today, EAC
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through operations in Thailand,
Vietnam, Indonesia, The Philippines,
Myanmar and Cambodia,
with Malaysia and Singapore
expected to fall in place during
2002.
Mr. Dam Pedersen was appointed
Managing Director for
The EastAsiatic (Thailand) Public
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2001, and in June 2001 he
joined the EAC Group's Operational
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position as Sr. Vice President.
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the Scandinavian Vikings team
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Poul Erik Frey,
B-K Medical Co., Ltd.
hosted the seminar where
Dr Claus Hovendal and
Dr lesper Durup showed
61 Thai doctors the use of
ultrasound in surgery.
Danish doctors
demonstrated the
use of ultrasound
Over 6O Thai medical
doctors attended a
workshop held by B-K
Medical on the use of
laparoscopic ultrasound
in surgery
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Ltd. on March 2, 2002
hosted a workshop under
the topic "1st Laparascopic
Ultrasound Workshop" at the
Veterinary Teaching Hospital,
Kasetsart University in Bangkok.
The workshop was led by two
world-wide recognised surgeons
in this field from Denmark, Dr.
Claus Hovendal and Dr. Jesper
Durup and was attended by 61
Thai doctors .
The morning session of the
workshop consisted of lectures
under five topics; use of ultrasound
in surgery, basic ultrasound,
ultrasound equipment,
the importance of staging of gastrointestinal
cancer, and endoscopic
and laparoscopic ultrasound.
As forthe afternoon session,
there was a presentation of ultrasound
probes in laparoscopic
and open surgery, where 20 participants
were given the unique
chance to try the ultrasonographic
procedures themselves
during "hands-on" demonstration.
Although the technique is
meant for human surgery, the
demonstration was pedormed
on two pigs and transmitted live
from the operating room to the
rest of participants in the observation
room.
The use of ultrasound during
surgical procedures can provide
individual and ootimal treatment
of the patients and make
the doctor's task easier and
safer. The laparoscopic ultrasound
(LUS) helps the surgeon
obtain an accurate staging of the
disease. This is important regarding
the choice of immediate
surgical treatment and adjuvant
therapy.
B-K Medical established its
oresence in Thailand in 1996
with a reoresentative office. The
company B-K Medical (Thailand)
Ltd. was established four
years later, in 2000.
B-K Medical has its headquarters
in Copenhagen with
offices throughout the world.
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E-mail: reservation@avis.dk
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DTCC Lunch with
EAC's Mark Wilson
hief Executive Officer of
EAC, Mr. Mark Wilson,
will speak to the Danish-
Thai Chamber on the 5th June
2002 12.00 hours.
Among other things we can
exoect to hear comments to
these questions: Why did it go
wrong, what did EAC do to stop
the fall and turn things around...
how are they doing now, what
are their business nowadays,
are we likely to see EAC as the
diversified and global company
once again?
Mr. Mark Wilson's leadership
of the EAC is undisputed. When
the Danish weekly magazine @
konomisk Ugebrev asked a
number of share analysts about
their opinion of 48 of Denmark's
leading top bosses, 90 per cent
of the analysts agreed that it
would mean a serious drop in
EAC's share price if CEO Mark
Wilson were to leave EAC.
Therefore, Mark Wilson is
olaced as number one as the
most imoortant CEO of a Danish
company when it comes to
the share prices. The analysts
place Leif Tullberg of DSV, Jess
Soderberg of D/S 1912 (A.P. Mo
ller), and Lars Rebien Sorensen
of Novo Nordisk on the following
places on the top ten. Mark
Wilson is thus rewarded for his
successful turn-around of EAC.
Last year Mark Wilson was
ranked number four on the list.
Borsens Nyhedsmagasin
places Mark Wilson, on its list of
persons who got the most positive
publicity due to his business
achievements. Whereas former
CEOs of EAC, Mogens Pagh
and Henning Sparso, broke
down the values in EAC, and
Michael Fiorini only paftly succeeded
in regenerating the conglomerate,
Mark Wilson, according
to financial analysts, is the
man who can secure development
within the Danish company.
Without Mark Wilson the
share price would quite simply
orop.
At the end of a catastroohic
yearfor Danish business, Ekstra
Bladet recently established a list
of Danish leaders who in their
opinion had managed to do well
despite the poor year. One of
them is Mark Wilson, EAC, who
is described as the British saviour
of the Danish company. After
years of stagnation, Mark
Wilson has reestablished EAC
as a money machine by emphasizing
many different areas of
trade.
And finally, the weekly newsletter
Mandag Morgen points to
Mark Wilson as one of the most
successful businessmen in
terms of communications strategy.
Arne Jacobsen 100 years
he world-renowned
Danish architect and
designer, Arne Jacobsen,
would have turned 100 on
11 February 2002, Famous for
his iconic chairs "The Egg",
"The Swan" and "Seven" (the
single most sold chair in the
world), Arne Jacobsen's centenary
is celebrated throughout
the year in Denmark and
across the world.
Danish Design Centre
commenced the celebrations
on 1 1 th of February 2002 - the
actual birthday of Arne Jacobsen
- with a major exhibition
on Jacobsen's multifaceted
design philosophy. The exhibition
runs until 2 June, accompanied
by a website
www.arne-jacobsen.com f eaturing
film clips, photographs,
drawings and texts both in factual
and anecdotal form.
On 30 August Louisiana
Museum of Modern Art in cooperation
with the Danish Institute
for Architecture opens
its doors for what will be the
world's biggest exposition of the
Jacobsen phenomenon. The exhibition
will explore allthe dimensions
of Arne Jacobsen's life and
work - from photographs and
watercolours of buildings, furniture
and textile designs, to garden
aft.
The exhibition, which runs
until 12 January 2003, willtravel
to Hamburg, Rotterdam, Oslo
and London throughout 2003
and to the USA in 2004. Other
cities are Berlin, New York,
Paris, Oxford, lstanbul, Rome,
and Montreal where the centenary
will be marked by exhibitions
and a variety of events.
A touring exhibition, "Milestones
& Evergreens", produced
by the Danish Design
Centre assisted by the Danish
Centre for Architecture for the
Danish Secretariat for International
Cultural Relations, will
be presented in a dozen cities
in cooperation with the Danish
Embassies.
Arne Jacobsen was one of
the Dioneers of functionalism
and his buildings helped define
not only an architectural movement
but an entire era of design.
One of his greatest works
is the 1960 Radisson SAS
Royal Hotel across from Tivoli.
As a tribute to Jacobsen, room
606 remains to this day a
shrine to its designer, featuring
the original furniture and
fittings he created for it,
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Women luxuriating in
fenent daydreams, or
audaciously reveling
in their sexualiry
de riv e the ir v oluptuous
forms from vivid
strokes of concentrated
color Feverish reds,
purples, greens, and
blues sweep across
each canvas.
"FeveF" - Elizabeth
Romhild's ninth
exhibition in Bangkok
- shows a bold new
side to her talent.
Elizabeth Romhild:
Feverishly Erotic
n exhibition of paintings
by Danish Armenian
artist Elizabeth Romhild
will be on display at the gallery
H from April 3rd through April
30th,2002. The exhibition, "FE-
VER", comprises 30 works in oil
on canvas.
"Feve/' is open to the public
Wednesday through Saturday,
between 12 noon and 6 PM, or
by appointment, from April 3nd
through April 30th, 2002. H is located
at 201 Sathorn Soi 12 next
to the Bangkok Bible College
and Seminary and is within walking
distance of the Surasak BTS
Sky Train Station. lt can be contactedat0l
3104428.
Her newfound rough,
even aggressive,
brushwork
aecentuates the
unfolding passionate
drama on canvas as
well as signals
Elizabeth's progress
towards greqter
rcssianism. After
discovering fem.ale
eroticism as her true
subject, Elizabeth hns
now mastered the art
of depicting its bald
yet graceful nuances.
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