Thai-Danish Trade News - November 2003

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ThaFDanish Trade News is published and
distributed lo selected Thai and Scandinavian
business executives and ofticials with an interest in
Thai-Danish relations by Danish-Thai Chamber of
Commerce, Foyal Danish Embassy and
Scand-Media Corp., Ltd.
Danish-Ihai Ghamber of Gommerce
1402/2141h Fl , Glas Haus
'l Sukhumvit 25 Road, North Klongloey,
Wattana, Bangkok'l0110
Tel : (66) 0 2661 7762 Fax: (66) 0 2661 7764-5
E-mail: contact@ dancham orth
President
Mr. Tom Sorensen
I/ob: +66 (0) 19175828
E-mail: president@dancham orth
Legal Advisor
lvir Santhapal Periera
'lllleke & Gibbins International Ltd
Tel : +66 (0) 226377oo Fax: +66 (0) 22637710
E-mail: santhapat@tillekeandgibbins com
lleasurer
Mr Soren Presmann
Presmann (Thailand) Co, Ltd
Tel : +66 (0) 2962'1151 Fax; +66 (0) 2962 1152
E-mail: soren@presmann.co th
Foreign Ghambers'
toordinating Gommittee
Mr, Peter Emil Romhild
Beili Jucker Public co., Ltd
Tel: +66 (0) 2367 1111 Fax +66 (0) 2367 1000
E-mail: bjc@berlijuckerco th
Members
lvlr Henrik Friis
DISA (Thailand) Ltd
Tel : +66 (0) 27143989 Fax: +66 (0) 271439a3
Media Gommittee
Mr Jorgen lb Hedes
(Committee Chairperson)
Sun Paratech Co , Ltd
Tel-: +66 (0) 3522 1010-8 Fax: +66 (0) 35221019
E-mail; floorings@access inet co th
Mn Allan Jensen
APV (Thailand) Ltd
Tel : +66 (0) 2367 5341-6 Fax: +66 (0) 2367 5019
E-mail: ajensen@apuco uk
l\4r Bent Bjorlin Hansen
XponCard Internalional (Thailand) Ltd
Tel,: +66 (0) 2636 7890 Fax: +66 (0) 2636 6699
E-mail: beh@th xponcard com
Events Gommittee
Mr Prasansak Suwanpotipra
(Committee Chairperson)
Danfoss (Thailand) Co, Ltd
Tel : +66 (0) 2379 9800 Fax: +66 (0) 2379 9801
E-mail: prasansak@ danfos,com
l\ilr Vitoon Lefort
VL Intertrade Co., Ltd.
Tel : (66) 0 254'1 6043-7 Fax (66) 0 254'1 5786
E-mail: vitoon @ likeitcollection com
l'/r Kristian Strand
Nokia (Thailand) Ltd
Tel: +66 (0) 26427020 Fax: +66 (0) 22488259
E-mail; kristian,strand @ nokia com
Tom Sorensen
Presldenl
Danish-Thai Chamber of Commerce
EC Delegation assisting the
business community
Thailand is among the twenty biggest exporters in the world and the EU is its third largest market.
In 2002 Thai exporls to the EU valued over 12 billion Euro and consisted largely of manufactured
items such as electrical appliances, computer parts, motor vehicles and parts, garments
and value-added agro{ood products and agricultural commodities.
With overall expons accounting for more than 65% of the gross domestic production Thailand is
facing the challenges of globalisation. Now that China has become a member of WTO the Thai
producers can no longer compete only on prices, they must upgrade production methods away
f rom being suppliers of basic commodities towards more value-added goods. Today's businesses
must also follow developments and regulatory trends in major export markets just to meet requirements
emerging from more demanding safety and health conscious consumers
Not following the EC regulations can become very costly. Last year was difficult for Thai exporters
of poultry and shrimps based products. Their exports to the EU sank nearly B0% or about
120 million Euro. The EC customs laboratories found cancer causing veterinary drugs, notably
nitrofurans, from food products originating from Thailand. These substances were broadly used
in production but there was not sufficient knowledge that nitrofurans had long been banned in
foodstuffs for human consumption in the European Union, US, Canada, Japan and even in
Thailand. The lesson is that the Thai industry could have avoided the whole affair, and the substantial
loss in export revenues, had it not used the banned veterinary drugs in the first place,
parlicularly as there were legal substitutes available in the market. The necessary requirement
for surviving in today's export business is that you must know what is allowed and what is not
allowed and therefore awareness of the necessary regulations is so important.
To assist Thai exporters the Delegation of the European Commission in Thailand has announced
the opening of a Business Information section headed by Trade Advisor Pekka Penttila. The new
Business Information section will proactively manage the flow of information on EU market conditions
to local businesses through seminars and direct mailings. lt expects to receive most
regulatory requests from Thai exporters battling with EC market access requirements, but it is
also prepared to help the European business community to lobby for its market access objectives
in Thailand.
lf you are interested to learn more, please contact Pckkrr Pcrrttila on email
Pekka. PENTTI LA @ cec.eu. int.
Tom Sorensen
President
president @ dancham.or.th
Royal Danish Embassy
Commercial Section, 1 0 Soi Attakarn Prasit
Sathorn Tai, Bangkok 1 0500 Tharland
Tel i (66) 0 2343 1 1 00 Fd: (66) 0 221 3 1 752
Ms Tine Hylleberg
Commercial Counsellor
Graphic Produc{ion & Marketing
Scand-Media Corp Ltd
4141-42Moo3, RamintraSoi 14, Bangkok 10230
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Prominent Thai in Denmark
supports alumni initiative
eter Sontidech, vice
chairman of Danish-
Thai Association in
Denmark and probably the most
respected Thai living in Denmark,
fully supports the alumni
intiative of the Danish-Thai
Chamber of Commerce.
"l think it's a brilliant idea,"
said Peter Sontidech when he
was briefed about the plans during
a visit in November.
Few Thai's have received
two educations in Denmark like
Peter Sontidech. First, he graduated
in 1962 as a lieutenant in
the Royal Danish Navy. Later,
when he was back in Thailand,
he was offered a Danish government
scholarship to study at the
Danish Engineering University,
DTH, from where he graduated
in 1969.
As a navy officer, he has
served both in the Danish navy
and in the Thai navy. And as a
businessman based in Denmark
for the past thirty year he has
likewise consistently built on his
links to both Thailand and Denmark.
In recent years he has
been a business advisor for
among others Naval Team Denmark
and Volund, helping them
in establishing good high-level
connections relevant to their
businesses in Thailand.
Born on 28 February 1939
on the Thonburi side of the Chao
Phraya river, Pracha "Pete/'
Sontidech grew up in the
shadow of the Japanese occupation
of Thailand. As a 16 year
old young man he entered the
Thai Naval Academy and as he
was a bright student he quickly
advanced to be number one in
his class. This earned him a
scholarship at a naval academy
abroad.
"Actually I was in line for going
to Mineapolis in the States.
But Prince Galavanadis Diskul,
who was at that time Thai military
attach6 in Denmark, intervened
and selected me to study
in Denmark instead," Peter
Sontidech recalls.
"There is a 150 year old historical
tradition for close links
between Thailand and the Danish
Naval Academy, and Prince
Galavanadis Diskul was himself
a graduate from the Danish Naval
Academy," he adds.
In August 1957 Peter Sontidech
arrived Denmark, a country
he knew nothing about and
which it had taken him two days
of travelling from Bangkok to
reach. Here, he was to follow up
on this proud '150 year old tradition.
"l was met in the airport by
Prince Galavanadis and for the
next eight months I was accommodated
with a Danish family
with children as a fast way to
learn the Danish culture while at
the same time studying the Danish
language."
Then Peter Sontidech was
ready to stad from the bottom in
the Danish Navy and after four
years he graduated October
1962 together with his classmates
as a Lieutenant. For the
next one and a half year, Peter
Sontidech sailed in the waters
off Greenland and the Faroe lslands
- just about as far away
and as cold as you can imagine
from Thailand.
"But I really loved it. lt was
great," Peter Sontidech recalls.
In 1964, Peter Sontidech returned
to Thaland to serve in the
Royal Thai Navy among others
as trainer for new navy cadets
in active duty.
Two years later, he moved
back to Denmark on a Danish
government grant to further his
studies at the Danish Technical
University, DTH where he graduated
in 1969.
"Since then I have in different
set-ups and companies been
working with computers," Peter
Sontidech exolains.
"At this early stage of the
computer industry the only com-
Peter Sontidech m,et his wife
Marianne in 1974. When
visiting Bangkok the couple
always stay at the Royal
Orchid Sheraton.
pany where you could work with
computers was lBM. So I started
working with them in 1969 immediately
after I graduated from
DTH."
Peter Sontidech's active role
in the Thai society in Denmark
staded in the late 70's when he
established the Sawasdi Thai
Denmark association together
with a handful of other Thais living
in Denmark. At the time, the
only other alternative for the Thai
community was to join the Thai-
Danish Association which was
primarily set up for former Danish
expatriates in Thailand to
meet after they had returned
home to share their memories
and interest in Thailand.
"ln Sawasdi Thai-Denmark
we took a more active role to be
a meeting point for all the increasing
number of Thai people
living in Denmark. We celebrated
the King's Birthday, we
had Loy Kratong night, etc. A big
project which has become a major
success was establishing one
Thai temple in Stenlsse and another
one in Copenhagen," Peter
Sontidech recalls.
The temples were established
during the 80's where the
Thai community was very active.
Later, the Sawasdi Thai Denmark
became less active, and
Peter Sontidech changed to
work within the existing Danish-
Thai Association to bridge the
two communities of former
Danes living in Thailand and
current Thais living in Denmark.
Among the activities is a collection
of funds every year in
suppoft of the Sataban Saeng
Sawang Foundation for mentally
and physically handicapped children
in Thailand. This year, the
association collected 3200 US
dollars, which Peter Sontidech
and Marianne in November
handed over to the foundation.
Gregers Maller
6

New Hydrophysio Spa Pool
at Sataban Saeng Sawang
anish Ambassador Mr.
Ulrik Helweg-Larsen together
with Dr. Sem
Pringpoungkao on October 16
officially inaugurated a Hydro-
Physical Therapy Pool (Hydrophysio
Spa Pool) at the Sataban
Saeng Sawang Foundation. Afterwards,
the Ambassador togetherwith
his wife, Mrs. Cristina
and guests were given a guided
tour around the facilities of the
handicap foundation.
Sataban Saeng Sawang
Foundation is linked to Denmark
through invaluable private commitment
and support f rom prominent
Danes like Aks Ammundsen,
H.E. Fugl-Svendsen and
Peter Sontidech.
In recent year changing
boards of the Danish Women's
Network - formerly known as
Margrethe klubben - haved likewise
supported the institution
and the Danish-Thai Association
collects every year a donation
for the school.
When established in 1979,
Sataban Saeng Sawang was the
first school to offer programmes
for children with a range of
handicaps from deaf-blind to
emotionally disturbed children.
Two hundred and thirty
handicapped children are at
present attending the school
which is dedicated to helping the
children to learn that their handicap
status does not prevent
them from participating in many
normal life activities.
The teaching varies from the
ability to draw and paint, simple
computer exercises, using Lego
toys to create objects, and in
particular, physical therapy to increase
their mobility.
Several of the children have
reached the ability to attend a
normal school programme following
several years of training
at the foundation. As the Foundation
receives no support from
the government it is dependent
on charity support as well as limited
payment by parents who
send their children to the school.
The construction of the new
Hydrophysio Spa pool was approved
about one year ago by
the Ambassador and Danish-
Thai Chamber of Commerce.
Photlarin Suparuit
Hydrotherapy has been
re co gnized for thousands of
years in Europe. Some of the
benefits of Hy dro - P hy sio
Therapy are that it
strengthens the muscles,
mobilize joints. relieves pain,
and promotes relaxation. The
effect of turbulence and
buoyancy combinedwith
warm water also helps reduce
pain and muscle spasm.
7

Tom Sorensen in new job
om Sorensen, President
of Thai-Danish Chamber
of Commerce, has been
appointed Executive Recruitment
Director of Grant Thornton
Thailand. Tom Sorensen, who
last month turned 50, started his
new job on November 1 this
year.
Mr. Tom Sorensen has been
living in Thailand twice. He
headed Scandinavian Airlines
operations in Thailand from
1 988 to 1991 and during that period,
Mr. Tom Sorensen was also
Chairman of the Scandinavian
Society Siam for two years before
going back to Denmark for
a job at SAS. From Denmark,
Mr. Sorensen moved to Jakarta,
Indonesia for two years, then
moved back to Denmark and
then came back to Thailand in
2000 to take up the position of
Managing Director at DFDS
Transport Thailand.
When Mr. Sorensen came to
DFDS, he had a dream that; "l
will work in this companyfor nine
years, save up some money ano
buy a beach hotel with no more
than 20 rooms when I'm 55.
Then, I will walk around between
my palm trees in a sarong and
kick the sand with my bare feet.
lf there are guests at the hotel,
its ok, and if they're not, it's also
ok".
Things didn't work out like
that and eventually he parted
from the company.
Working with Grant Thornton,
Tom Sorensen has joined a
corporation with offices in more
than 585 locations in 110 countries,
providing accountancy, tax
Working with Grant Thornton,
Tbm Sorensen has joined a
corporation with ces in
more than 585 locations in
I I 0 countries, providing
accountancy, tax and business
advice.
and business advice. The group
last year billed some $1.84 billion
in fees.
In Thailand, Grant Thonton
was established in 1991. Today
it is located in the premier business
district of Bangkok and in
Rayong's Eastern Seaboard Industrial
Estate and employs
some 100 staff including 12paftners
and directors. The firm is
one of the leading international
professional service firms to
companies and managers in
Thailand.
Gregers Ma/ler
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The new R Cinema bed is
an attractive economical
alternative to the ensive
plasma screen,
Watch video in bed
Love to watch video in bed?
Then you should see, what
DTCC member company Aviva
d6cor has to offer!
Aviva decor's new RUF Cinema
bed has a scleen hidden in
the foot section of the bed, which
can be erected by remote control.
In the head section of the
bed there is a video projector,
f rom where ordinary TV
programmes or videos are
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beamed up on the big screen.
This is an attractive economical
alternative to the expensive
plasma screen.
Aviva decor represents also
the Danish top brand Bang &
Olufsen in Thailand.
"Since this new multimedia
bed is very new in the market,
not just in Thailand but all over
the world, we're sure that there
will be a good response from the
market," says Aviva d6cor.
RUF-Cinema is only one of
almost a hundred of beds offered
by RUF Betten. All RUF
beds are made to order, with a
variety of headboards, bedspreadg,
throw-over covers,
mattresses, head and foot adjustmente
and fabrlce to choose
from. Prlcee vary accordlng to
the typ6s and f€atureo chosen
by the customers.

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9

Jorgen Ib Hedes (middle)
thanked on behalf of the
Danish Thai Charnber of
Cammerce lohn ller (Ieft)
and Jon Clarke (right) for an
interesting evening.
Security evening at
chamber networki ng
ll
f\ void the APEC meting
areasif youcan."
II
, lMr. John Muller,
President - Marketing of the
Danish security comPanY, MPA
Limited, warned 25 members of
Danish Thai Chamber of Commerce
gathered for a securitY
briefing Thursday 16 October
before the APEC meeting of
Heads of State in Bangkok during
the following week.
Luckily, nothing hapPened,
though.
The security evening took
place as an extended regular
monthly Networking Evening
which are held every third Thursday
of the month at the Admral's
Pub & Restaurant in Sukhumvit
soi 18 in Bangkok.
MPA Limited is one of the
oldest and most Professional of
Thailand's security comPanies,
providing personal protection as
well as property protection and
a range of other protection services
for some of the leading
companies, public institutions
and individuals in Thailand.
"The surveillance Phase is
the best chance to detect any
planned attacks," Mr. Muller explained.
This was true for attacks on
individuals as well as for terrorist
attacks. During the surveillance
the attackers had to be
near the olace where the attack
was planned to take place and
in most cases both visuallY and
electronically survey the regular
movements of people and the
physical conditions of the area.
Mr. Muller's briefing followed
a briefing in computer securitY,
in which MPA expert Jon Clarke
proved to the stunned Danish
chamber members how he had
gained access to several of the
wireless LAN comPuter networks
set up by GITS for the
Thai government for use during
the APEC meeting.
Driving down a stretch of
Sukhumvit Road in Bangkok
with a car equipped for electronic
surveillance, theY had
even been lucky to Pass a wireless
LAN just as one Person - a
general manager of a hotel - had
logged himself on to the network
and there on the screen was his
login name and password.
Jon Clarke had also run an
email sampling routine on the
website of the Danish Thai
Chamber of Commerce httP:ii
www.dancham.or.th and in 25
seconds collected 93 emails.
"Your email address is more
importantto me as a hackerthan
your website URL. Not just for
spamming you, but because I
"This is how open, you
are, " computer security
expert Jon Clarke of MPA
Limited told the Danish
chqmber members,
showing examples of
information gathered by "
a simple hack".
can use your email address to
locate your server and when I
know your server I can log on
and see all your mails on that
server and much more," he explained.
"Nothing is secure, just difficult,"
was the overall message.
Firewalls are not much of a
protection, he said. Once the
password and username has
been obtained for one Person,
the entire system lies oPen.
Afew things could, however,
be done by companies to avoid
calling in hackers.
One measure was to Prohibit
anyone on the network to swap
files on the internet like downloading
music and using Yahoo
and Microsoft Messenger Programs.
These programs use Port
1214, he explained "and that is
like stretching up your arm in a
crowd shouting "l am here, come
and hack mel"
Gregers Ma//er
10

Scanproducts and Grundfos at
House & Garden Fair
Grundfos'booth where the powerful pumps
were demonstrated.
Some o.f Scanproduct's
many uniquely design
products.
Two DTCC members,
Scanproducts Co., Ltd.
and Grundfos (Thailand)
Ltd., both participated at
the House & Garden Fair
2003 at BITEC - Bangkok
InternationalTrade &
Exibition Center.
ouse & Garden Fair is a
fair that is all about de
sign, architecture, garden,
house, leisure, and related
subjects. The fair was held on
28th of October to 2nd of November.
The fair has previously been
organized at the Queen Sirikit
Convention Centre, but was this
year moved because of the increasing
number of visitors.
Among the many participating
companies, two Danish com-
there:
panies were
Scandoroducts and Grundfos.
Scanproducts Co.. Ltd. is a
company that imports and markets
classic and contemporary
Scandinavian designed products
with an original idea and of
high standards. The company's
booth was set up in the categories
of furniture, lamps,
kitchenware, home decoration
and applied afi.
Grundfos (Thailand) Ltd.,
one of the worlds leading pump
manufacturer introduced their
home pumps and demonstrations
were also available for consumers
to see how oowerful the
warer pumps are.
Photlann Suparuit

Trai ning key to success
he Dumex brand has for
a long time been established
as high-quality infant
and child nutrition products
in Thailand, Malaysia and more
recently in the Philippines, India,
Indo-China and East, West, and
Central China. At present it is a
leading brand in infant and child
nutrition.
Especially here in Thailand,
Dumex has experienced increased
brand awareness and
a rapid growth in market share.
One of the reasons for
Dumex'success in Thailand is
its successful integration and
training of the Thai employees.
"ln order for Dumex to keep
this competitive edge, we need
to be innovative and in order to
be innovative we need to integrate
our skilled workers
throughout the organization,"
says Gerard Geraets, Managing
Director of Dumex.
"Thus, we try to optimize the
communication and relations
between specialists in different
departments in orderto increase
corporate synergies. Through
teambuilding and cross-functional
assignments, we try to get
our employees to understand "
the bigger picture" of Dumex.
We actually use 6% of pay rolls
on training."
One of the imporlant objectives
for Dumex is to avoid a distance
between Thai and
Farangs, thus encouraging new
Thai colleagues "to speak up".
This is something that needs to
be encouraged perhaps because
of the very rigid and conservative
Thai schooling system.
According to Dumex' Regional
Financial Controller,
Morten S. Knudsen, the company
is now experiencing a new
generation of Thai business
people who speak up, which is
crucial for their our.
Nutrition is now - and has
been for some while - the biggest
business unit in EAC. The
performance looks very positive
for Dumex, which achieved the
highest sales ever in the second
quarter of 2003, Morten
Knudsen continues.
"Dumex joined the Chamber
because EAC is a Danish company,
and in particular because
l, as a Dane, felt that it was right,"
says Morten Knudsen, who has
already been in Thailand fortwo
and a half years.
"lt's a good place for networking,
and we receive important
news updates from the
chamber and through the
website and magazine," he
adds.
EAC was established in
Thailand in 1884. Before 1995.
One of Dumex' competitive
advantages is its human
resource management
explains Gerard Geraets,
Managing Director of
Dumex and Morten S.
Knudsen, Regional
Financial Controller.
EAC had a very high diversification
of business units and
products, which was mainly
caused by joint ventures with
Danish companies wanting to
benefit from EAC's historical
network and experience in Asia.
After 1995, EAC encouraged
more of a business focused
strategy. ln other words, the
group focus more on its core
competences. which meant that
many activities/joint ventures
were divested. Instead four business
groups were established
(Nutrition, Industrial Ingredients,
Foods and Moving & Relocation
Services).
Janus Koisen
Designer moves to town
36-year-old creative de
signer from Copenhagen
in Denmark,
Claus Boman, has recently
joined the Danish ThaiChamber
of Commerce as an individual
member, which he expects
would help him establish a better
business network enabling
him to improve relevant job opportunities
within the Danish
community in Thailand.
Claus has through the last
nine years run his. own design
studio, Claus Boman Design,
where he has soecialized in
graphic and interior design.
Everything was running successful
for Claus Boman Design
in Denmark, but Claus felt that
he needed new inspiration and
challenges. Having looked for
new pastures in New York and
Singapore, Claus surprisingly
ended his search in Bangkok,
where he had no contacts or
friends in advance.
In the beginning he worked
with office furnishing for DWP
Cityspace and since in an Australian
architect company, Orbit.
"lt has been some tough and
stressful months, where I have
worked 70-90 hours per week,"
Claus says. "Designing consists
of 20 percent creativeness and
80 percent practical work."
Claus has especially worked
on SF Strike Bowl on the seventh
floor of Mah Boon Krono
shopping complex.
In the Orbit projects Claus
has been considered as the "
European inspiration", thus discussing
and working together
with Thai designers on an everyday
basis.
This has been a challenge!
Primarily the Thai design/construction
mentality, where you
find drawings for every single
detail, has been a big change.
"ln Denmark you find overall
drawings," Claus says.
Another challenge has been
the language barrier as many of
his more specialized Thai colleagues
were not so familiar with
everyday technical English
skills. Claus solved the language
barriers simply by communicating
through universal drawings.
Today the 28-lane bowling
centre project has been already
been completed and opened
since October this year, language
and cultural barriers has
been overcome and Claus has
established an important Thai
business network.
Being finished with the
project and looking for new opportunities,
Claus also felt that
he could benefit from the knowledge
and experience made by
DTCC members who have
been/are experiencing the same
situation as him.
Janus Koftsen
12

Jesper Vibe-
Hansen to
Taipei
Jesper Vibe-Hansen, former
Commercial Attache at the
Royal Danish Embassy in
Bangkok and before that sector
expert for agriculture at
the embassy in Kuala
Lumpur, has been appointed
Commercial Officer at the
Danish Trade Organization's
Taipei Office in Taiwan.
Jesper Vibe-Hansen,
who has special expertise
within agriculture and food
products, will join the newly
appointed Director of the
Taipei Office, Flemming
Aggergaard, who comes
from a job as head of Invest
in Denmark.
Gregers Maller
BOI reveals new initiatives to the
Chamber President
Io-
I
Ialneral
Somphong Wanapha announced
that BOI reached its
2003 target already alter 7
months of this year.
The Secretary General expects
an impressive index 150
atthe end ofthe year. Focus areas
will now be the agro industry,
printing and publishing, lT
related entertainment, health
care and SPA for long staying
visitors, lT professionals, training
and education.
The zoning which determines
the level of benefits will
start to have less impoftance. lt
is already now possible to see
some Zone 3 benefits being
available inaZone2.
BOI is in the process of setting
up a European Desk which
will be responsible for handling
requests and applications from
European companies. Similar
desks are planned for China,
Japan and USA. lt was mentioned
that the Prime Minister
has high hopes for a large increase
in FDls following the successful
hosting of APEC.
BOI is planning a Road-
Show to Scandinavia during the
f irst half of 2004 - a project which
will involve the Danish-Thai
Chamber of Commerce.
Danisco
expands with
xanthan gum
Danisco enters into a joint
venture with one of the largest
xanthan gum suppliers in
China, the Henan Tianguan
group. Xanthan is used in the
food industry as a stabilising
agent in salad dressing,
sauces, beverages, mayonnaise,
ketchup, bakery products
and dairy desserts.
The joint venture will be
named Danisco Tianguan
(Nanyang) Co., Ltd. gives
Danisco 80 per cent of the
shares in the xanthan production
of the Chinese company.
With the joint venture,
the plant will target the international
food markets.
"Xanthan gum is a new
product in Danisco's product
portfolio. As part of our
growth strategy, we will be
able to produce high quality
xanthan and sell it at competitive
prices to both internal
and external'customers,"
says Alf Duch-Pedersen,
CEO at Danisco.
t3

Danish
Jail House
Hua Hin
Text and photos: Bjarne Wildau
ail House, reads the sign.
Denmark shouts the
building. Next to the entrance
there is one Danish flag
and on first floor two more big
Danish flags waving in the Hua
Hin sea breeze, attracting attention
to this latest Danish restaurant
in the Royal Thai seaside
reson.
Jail House is run by the
former factory worker, window
polisher and music lover Kurt
Andersen who grew up in Aarhus
but then moved to Skive in
the Northwest of Denmark
where he lived for more than 20
year until the turning point in his
life when he went on a two week
vacation to Thailand tooether
with a friend.
Since then, life has never
been the same. Neither for Kurt
Andersen, nor for the thirty years
younger girl Yen, whom he met
in Bangkok and instantly fell in
love with.
Kurt Andersen is a completely
self made man. He didn't
even complete the compulsory
seven years of schooling as a
child, but left three month early
to work as a messenger at the
Danish newspaper Jylland-
Posten.
When he was old enough,
he later applied to be a machinist
at AMC in Aabyhoj outside
Aarhus. In his spare time he
heloed his brother clean windows.
The latter turned out to be
quite a lucrative business, so
when his skill education was
completed, he went full time into
window cleaning.
Ten years and a divorce
later, he moved to Skive to run
his brothers gasoline station.
Four years later, he left to take
up a job at MR Doors in Skive
and here he stayed on for the
next 16 years.
This was where Kuft Andersen
was in his life, when he and
his friend booked a vacation to
Thailand.
"l had never been outside
Europe so experiencing Thailand
was fantastic," Kurt Andersen
recalls.
"The tour was olanned with
one week in Bangkok and one
week in Hua Hin. I met Yen in
Bangkok and she came with us
to Hua Hin where we had a wonderful
time together."
Back in Skive Kurt worked
on getting his dream girl to Denmark,
and two month later she
arrived on a three month tourist
visa.
"She enjoyed life in Denmark.
We sailed in my boat,
helped each other keep the garden
and the house and had a
great time. In a way it was a test
on our relationship. Yen was
thirty years younger than me and
I was anxious to see if the relationship
could survive everyday
life in Denmark.
Yen was granted an extension
of her visa for another three
months and stafied preparing for
a life in Denmark, but at that time
Kurt was already making other
plans for a life together in Thailand.
His house, his boat, the
car, an apartment in Spain which
he and his siblings had inherited
f rom their father, every thing was
sold. Eight months after his first
group tour visit to Thailand, Kurt
Andersen arrived back in the
Kingdom to start up his new life
together with Yen in Hua Hin.
His plan was to open a bar
together with his friend from the
first visit. But when he arrived
and they opened up a place together,
the partnership lasted
only three months. Kurt Andersen
had found a place of his own
and sold his share in the first bar
to his friend.
"lt was a wooden house with
a good atmosphere. We called
it "Jail House" and we played a
great selection of music and had
10 to 15 girls working in the bar.
It went fine, we had many guests
- not least other Danes on vacation
- who appreciated the
nice ambience we had created."
Kurt Andersen decided to
change his track when a Thai
lawyer managed to cheat him
out of the renting contract for the
house and later offered him to
rent the house again from ... the
lawyer himself!
"l declined," Kurt says dryly.
ln the mean time he and Yen had
become the proud parents of a
little daughter, Ploy Rikke. She
was two years old and Kurt -
who had been busy building up
Jail House - thought it was a nice
opportunity to spent some more
time with her.
However, a few month later
he stopped by a former supplier
down by the harbour in Hua Hin
who showed him a building
nearby for rent. lt was too far
from the down town bar district
of Hua Hin to replicate the Jail
House bar concept. But it could
be a good location for a real restaurant,
he thought.
Today, the family rents all
four floors of the building. On the
ground floor the restaurant and
kitchen has been established.
The vast music selection has
moved with Kurt and some of the
CD's are placed in a shelf for the
guests own choice.
The food is Danish and the
decoration is Danish and Kurt
and Yen enjoy running the place
immensely.
Each day starts early in the
morning with offering Danish
breakfast rolls which Kurt picks
up from a German baker in town
at seven o'clock. They are
served with Danish yellow
cheese and Danish red salami
and real brewed coffee. Lunch
and dinner is similady Danish
through and through.
In the evening Yen is in
charge of the late night atmo-
14

" I enjoy life here so much,"
says Kurt Andersen whose life
with Yen started as e rotnance
during a vacation to
Thailand. Tbday, they rwn the
Jail House together on the
harboar in Haa Hin.
Right: Little Rikke - called
Plo;- in Thai - on Daddl:'s
knee on his big motorcycle.
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sphere and the service until they
close up around midnight.
"l enjoy life here so much.
We have had time to travel a bit
and Yen and I have been driving
around the countryside thousands
of kilometers on my big
motorcycle. lt is such a beautiful
country," Kun says.
But he has made the interesting
observation, that life in
Thailand does not get any easier
as the years go by.
"l had been in Thailand for
only three days, when a Canadian
long time resident told me
that the more he learned about
the Thais the less he understood
them. I didn't understand what
he meant at the time, but today
I certainly do. I don't think I will
ever learn to completely understand
the Thais and it becomes
obviously more and more difficult
over time just as the Canadian
oredicted."
Pressed for a few examoles.
Kurt mentions his careful selection
of a good supplier of raw
material forthe restaurant on the
local market. When he had
found the quality and the service
he appreciated, he made a deal
with her. He oromised her a
good price which he did not want
to negotiate everyday if she
would just ensure him the same
good quality of raw materials he
needed every day.
"After a few months I suddenly
noticed she had billed me
for more than she had delivered.
I don't know for how long she
had done so. When I complained,
she just smiled and paid
back the overcharged money for
that day. lt was no error. lt was
just an attempt to cheat me for
as long as possible."
Kurt was her best customer,
but he has never bought anything
from her since that day.
Everyday, when he goes shopping,
he makes sure that she
sees him walk by her stall to buy
with somebody else.
"But I am not sure she has
learned the lesson she should
have learn from the incident.
She is probably just happy with
the money she managed to
overcharge me before I found
out," he says.
As a foreigner, he also has
to live with the self righteousness
of the Thais'Just like the Danes
probably feel they have the right
over foreigners back in Denmark,"
he adds. When asked
whose side his wife Yen is on
when there is a conflict - his side
or the side of her fellow countrymen,
the reply comes within a
split second.
"She will always be on their
side. Every time it happens it
makes me very upset, but that's
how it is. I have no illusions that
I can change the attitude of a
whole population."
Still, he has no plans of leaving
Thailand.
"Life is simply too good here
and I enjoy being developing the
restaurant. We are soon going
to open up a bar on the second
floor of the building - then I can
listen to some more of all the
many CD's I have - and when
that is up and running, l'll turn
the third floor into two nice aoartments,"
Kuft Andersen explains.
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By Gregers Mo//er
o build a subway in a city
like Bangkok which is
flooded several days per
year, doesn't seem like such a
brilliant idea. But here it is. Three
years after Bangkok got its Sky
Train, which worms its way on
the second floorthrough the city,
another train will soon worm its
way two floors below the street
level.
And no, it won't be flooded.
Apart from the tunnel system
being watertight itself, all entrances
are raised well above
the highest level of flooding ever
measured in Bangkok. You will
always have to go up stairs
about 1,30 meters before you
can go down stairs into the Tube.
The Danish businessmen in
Thailand were on Wednesday 1
October 2003 treated to a Dreview
of the imoressive construction
project which in its entirety
is the largest project ever in
Thailand. The guided tour was
organized by the Danish Thai
Chamber of Commerce and 25
members had taken up the offer.
After a briefing at the central
control building near Thailand's
National Cultural Centre at the
Rama 9 Road intersection with
Rachadapisek Road, members
were taken down the nearby station
to see the shopping centre
three floors below and finally the
olatform where the tracks run
four floors below street level.
After the showing, members
could get back into their cars and
while stuck in the afternoon traffic
dream of how many more
hours in the office or with their
families the new subway will give
them when it opens nextAugust.
The operating company
BMCL has conducted a study
which estimates'that the public
benefit of the project is around
378 billion Thai Baht. That
amount includes retrieved working
hours wasted in the traffic
today and saved energy.
The subway is owned by
Mass Rapid Transit Authority of
Thailand (MRTS). The first 20
kilometres of the project which
has cost 96 billion baht has been
divided into a Northern and a
Southern stretch and financed
mainly on Japanese credits.
The Danish-British engineering
company Arup has been involved
in the construction of the
Northern stretch. Arup's assignment
has been to drill the two
mostly parallel running tunnels
with a diameter of 6 meters each
and for 10 kilometres, to construct
the nine subway stations
on their part of the line and a
parking building with a capacity
of 2000 cars.
A multi-national team of
more than 100 Arup engineers
and architects has been involved
in the project since the contract
was signed in 1996. The team
has been responsible for alignment,
geotechnics, civil and
structural design, tunnel ventilation,
electrical, mechanical and
public health systems, fire detection
and prevention, and co-ordination
with other design contractors.
The southern line running
from the control building to Hua
Lampong, Bangkok's Central
train station, is about the same
length and has nine more subway
stations.
In geotechnical circles,
Bangkok soil is famous for being
very flat and uniform. The
first layer from the surface to
about 15 m down is soft clay.
Then follows a stiff clay layer of
about 15 to 25 m. Arup avoided
digging tunnels in the soft clay,
and ran about 90% of the tunnels
through the stiff clay about
21 m from the surface.
The digging has been conducted
from shafts which have
in most cases been dug where
later the stations or ventilation
facilities were going to be constructed.
Most of the structure
and the stations are located below
some of Bangkok's most
busy streets so an important
consideration has been to disrupt
the traffic flow on the surface
as little as possible during
the construction.
While most Bangkokians are
worried about the possibility of
the system being flooded, the
danger associated with fire la
actually more serious. Especially
the smoke from a fire could be
fatal if very powerful ventilation
systems had not been installed
throughout the tunnel system
and the stations. All stationer are
also equipped with smoke sensors
and firefighting equipment
and detailed evacuation olang
have been made which would
quickly bring the people up on
the ground surface in case anything
should happen - whether
an accident or an act of terror,
The stations have all escalators
as well as regular staire
and lifts, ticket selling offices,
and automatic access gates to
the train escalators down to the
train platforms. Most platforms
have parallel tracks. Only a few
places where the space between
foundations of existing
building leave very limited space
has it been necessary to build
the north and the south going
platforms on top of each other,
The platforms are 150 - 200
meters long with glass walls and
automatic doors between the
platform and the tracks.
The trains will depart every
t6

l
l
The inauguration of the first electricity driven Mass Rapid
Transit system established by the Danes in the 1890's.
Denmark pioneered
Bangkok's first MRTA
tl
il
I
2 - 6 minutes depending on the
time of the day and the speed
between stations will be 35
kilometres.
Several of the stations have
been equipped with shopping
malls halfway down to the racks.
Among the exceptions is the station
under the central train station
Hua Lampong where a museum
for the history of the railway
in Thailand will be built. lt
all stafied out gloriously around
the turn of the century during the
reign of King Chulalongkorn with
Danes and Danish technology in
the forefront. But in modern
times the state railway of Thailand
has been allow to sink into
a corrupt state of neglect where
instead busses, coaches, private
cars and domestic air
routes had been given higher
priority.
Altogether, the projected lines of
the subway comprise 80 kilometers
of railroad lines. The f irst 20
kilometres about to be ready for
inauguration is the "blue line initial".
lts centre is the control
building near the intersection of
the east-west going Rama 9
Road and the north-south going
Ratchadapisek Road.
To the nofth from this intersection,
the line follows Ratchadapisek,
passes by Suthisarn
Road up to Lad Prao Road
where it turns west and follows
Lad Prao to Phaholyothin Road
then turns south down to Chatuchak
weekendmarket where
there is an interchange with the
Sky Train.
Further west it passes by the
main coach station serving the
Nor1h, West and South of Thailand
until it reaches and ends at
the regulartrain station Bangsue
from where passengers may
change to the rundown diesel
trans of the SRT which connects
the Thai capital with the Malaysia
border near Penang.
To the south from the Rama
9 deoot the line follows Rachadaoisek
underneath Phetchburi
Road and down to the Asok-
Sukhumvit crossing where the
intersection with the Skv Train
will be a very busy
Cantinued on pg.l9
n 1889, a peculiar Dane
Mr. Aage Westenholz ar-
I rived Bangkok, a city he
was to out his distinct mark on
for decades to come.
Mr. Westenholz became
the director of Bangkok Tramway
Company, a British company
whose first chairman
was the orominent Dane Admiral
Richelieu. Over the next
few years Mr. Westenholz built
and operated a tramway system
of 6 kilometres. To pull the
carriages he used 300 ponies!
ln 1892 the ooeration was
transformed into a Danishowned
company and Mr. Westenholz
travelled to the United
States to study electric power.
When he returned he expanded
the tramway and in
1894 inaugurated an electric
tramway system in Bangkok -
ten years before a similar system
was to be seen in DenmarK.
By 1901 his tramway network
extended 20 kilometers
and his company operated
2,800 carlmiles per day to
points as far from the city as
Paknam, today Samutprakarn.
Mr. Westenholz also
The netywrk w(ts soon
extende"d, all the way out
to Paknam.
brought electricity to Bangkok
for household and industry
consumption, but that is another
story.
This Danish managed
lramway system continued to
operate in Bangkok until well
after World War ll. Unfortunately,
consecutive Thai management
neglected the system
instead of building on and
expanding the brilliantly pioneered
Danish operation. The
last section of the tram system
was closed and the racks dismantled
in 1969.
Twenty years later, in 1 989
the obvious benefit to the society
of a Mass Rapid Transit
System in Bangkok was finally
realized and plans for establishing
the current MRTA had
to be drawn up from scralch
instead of expanding on an
existing system.
17

Danish diesel
locomotives
made history
anish technology,
comoanies and individuals
were also in
play when the State Railway
of Thailand in May 1932 successfully
demonstrated the superior
technology of its newly
acquired six Danish diesel locomotives
on the long distance
route all the way from Bangkok
to Singapore and back.
Ten years earlier, Thailand
had acquired its very first diesel
locomotive on a test basis.
Even the United States had at
that time not even thought of
changing their old steam engines
to the new technology.
Satisfied with the diesel locomotives,
Thailand then in 1930
ordered the six new. Danish
diesel locomotives for passengertrains
and one more especially
designed locomotive for
freight trains.
When delivered in the autumn
of 1931, they were first
put to test on the tough and
uphill Bangkok-Chiang-mai
railroad. Pleased with their
performance, the Danish locomotives
were then employed
on the rails to and from all the
other major provincial capitals of
Thailand.
A key person behind the decision
to buy the Danish equipment
was the then Chief Engineer
of SRT, a Dane called
H.A.K. Zachariae. Mr. Zachariae
had first come to Thailand in
1907 and - like so many other
Danes at that time - soon rose
to his prominent position within
the administration.
Zachariae, however, personally
disagreed with the revolution
in 1932 that changed Thailand
to its present constitutional monarchy.
Consequently, he left
Thailand at the end of December
that year.
But his job was done. No
other country in all of Asia had
at that time embraced the new
technology and Thailand's
neighbours were watching
closely. The request for demonstration
of the new train on the
route to Singapore in 1932 came
from Malaysia.
Of course, Denmark's consul
to Thailand was among the
prominent passengers on the
very first train. One can only
imagine his excitement of being
pulled along the track by a Danish
supplied locomotive and
sleeping in the luxurious 1st
Class sleeping carriages build of
teak wood, which was likewise
delivered from Denmark.
The trip went smoothly until
shortly before arriving back in
Bangkok when the locomotive
hit a water butfalo on the track
and had its stairs up to the driver'
s cabin slightly bent.
The new train initially shorlened
the trio down to 32 hours
and laterJufther cut the trip down
to only 26 hours including half
Top ofpage: The chassis of
the railway carciages
being lifted down on the
quay in Bangkok.
The luxurious 1s/ C/ass
sleeping caniages build of
te ak w o odw ere likew i,s e
de livere d from D enmark.
an hours stop at the ThaFMalaysian
border at Padang
Besar.
While the diesel locomotives
where delivered by the
company A/S Frichs, the luxurious
sleeping carriages were
delivered by the company
Scandia in Banders. These
two companies in 1977
merged into one company,
and in 1988, this single company
- combining the ultimate
of Danish railway technology
- joined the
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spot. Following Rachadapisek,
the line will pass by the Queen
Sirikit Centre until it reaches
Rama 4 Road. Here it will turn
west and follow Rama 4 pass by
Silom Road, Surawongse Road
all the way to Hua Lampong
which is the endstation for this
initial line.
The next line to be constructed
- "blue line extension
south" - be 14 kilometres long
and continue from Hua Lampong
to the Chao Phaya River
and in a tunnel connect the west
side of the Bangkok metropolis
with the east side. The line will
end out near the new middle
ringroad build by the Norwegian
civil engineering company Norconsult.
The start on the construction
on this line will be in
2005 and the line will be readv
for inauguration in 2010.
The operation of the subway
has been awarded BMCL which
holds the concession forthe next
25 years. BMCLs investment of
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96 billion baht invested by MRTA
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BMCL's own the trains,
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system, the passenger payments
system the office facilities
and everything else related to
the operation of the subway.
The investing major banks
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over the 25 year concession
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that. The initial estimates of
400000 passengers a day have
been revises based on the Sky
Train experience. Today, estimates
are only 230,000
passangers daily - or close to
half the original estimate. At that
time it was further expected that
thje numbers would rise to 600
000 passengers daily in 2010
and be 800 000 per day when
the concession period expires in
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Atthe same time, BMCL still
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38 baht depending on the distance
but nobody should expect
this to remain that cheap when
the trains start running and the
business will have to be profitable.
The fist of the initial 19 trains
ordered from Siemens was delivered
on 15 October 2003
flown in by a huge Russian
cargo plane from Austria and
received in Bangkok by among
others Prime Minister Thaksin
Shinawatra.
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I will notgobackto Denmark,
I says five Year old Mathilde'
I "Ontv for Christmas..." she
adds bYsecond thought.
Mathilde is the eldest daughter
of Rikke and Soren Simonsen.
TheY are voluntary teachers
at a sPorls college in Suohanburi
and he is coaching the
Thai National Handball Team for
young PeoPle under 21 Years -
the U21 Team.
While Mathilde and Sine, her
one year old little sister, like it
here, her Parents are not so
sure.
"We're haPPY to staY in Thailand,
and the school treats us
very well", the couPle said, adding
however, that theY miss everyday
life, home, friends, and
family back in Denmark- There
are no other Scandinavians in
Suphanburi and theY don't know
anybodY in Bangkok theY could
go visit.
"Communicating with other
people is what I miss the most,"
says Soren Simonsen.
"Even at the sPorts college
it is difficult to have good conversations
because of the general
lack of English knowledge,"
he said.
"You are the first Danish
people we have met since we
arrived," the couPle told Robert
Kronberg of C&C Travel Co.,
Ltd. and PhotograPher Jan
Mouritsen when theY met on
Koh Samet, where the Young
Danish familY had gone for a
long weekend.
The Ports school in SuPhanburi
is a boarding school where
pupils are staYing for free on
sports scholarshiPs. Rikke is
voluntary English teacher, Ssren
is the voluntary handball coach
at the college and as a Part of
this job, Soren also instructs the
U21 in Thailand, i.e. the National
Handball Team for PeoPle under
21 years.
Back in Denmark, Rikke -
who is 32 and holds a master
degree in English - was teacning
Danish language to immigrants
at a language school' So
ren, likewise 32, was finishing
his master degree still working
on a dissertation about sports
psychologY while at the same
time part-time handball coach for
OtteruP HandballClub.
Handball is what brought
Rikke and Soren together in the
first place. TheY met as 16 Year
old teenagers in the local handball
club and have stayed together
ever since.
"WhY Thailand? Well' for
several years we talked about
going abroad for the exPerience,"
soren and Rikke exPlain.
"We've been considering
Nonrvay, SPain, China, and Thailand.
But NoruvaY was too similarto
Denmark," Soren exPlains'
"Thailand on the other hand
seemed to be a good choice as
an eye-oPener io working
abroad while at the same time
being a safe country with manY
convenient f acilities."
Mathilde has her own Priorities:
"Here in Thailand, I Prefer
Hua Hin," she saYs categoricallY'
"Yeah, because of the nice
swimming Pool there, right?" her
father adds.
Text: Hobert Kronberg
Photos: Jan Mouritzen
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Bangkok Vikings
selects management
team for new season
Next year the Vikings plans to participate in the
Vikings Cup in Malaysia in April, play an annual game
vs. Laos NationalTeam around mid year, and take
part in the Phuket Tournament.
candinavian Vikings
Bangkok recently had
an Annual Meeting on
October 28 at the Admirals Pub
and Restaurant where the management
team tor 2004 was selected.
The new management team
will comprise of practically the
same management team as the
prevrous year.
ln2O04, the Vikings plans to
participate in the Vikings Cup in
Malaysia in April, play an annual
game vs. Laos National Team
around mid year, and take part
in the Phuket Tournament.
During the meeting, Coach
Jakob Bergholdt was given a
mandate to limit the number of
players for any game to maximum
15-1 6. As forthe membership
fee for the 2004 season, it
was agreed that the membership
fee should be fixed at
8t5,000. Players can split the fee
into two parts, first part (Bt2,500)
to be paid as soon as possible
and the remaining part to be paid
within February 2004.
New players are welcome to
join practice for free up to three
times after which membership
must be paid.
Furthermore, all players
were encouraged to take initiatives
to organize events such as
trips, tours, parties and etc.
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Charlotte
harlotte Fung Korff arrived
in Bangkok this
February together with
her husband, Kim Korff, who
holds a position as Supply Chain
Manager with the East Asiatic
Company. But she is not the ordinary
accompanying Danish
spouse.
The 28 years old Asian looking
Charlotte was born and
raised in Copenhagen; however,
her parents are Hong Kong Chinese.
Over the years she has
With her Asian lctok, many
mistake Charlotte KorJJJbr a
Chinese Thai.
been a frequent visitor to Thailand,
and she loves Thai culture,
the food, the people, and especially
the climate. Along her way
she has also been studying in
Tokyo and Shanghai where she
first experienced living in Asia
and improved her language
skills - she soeaks Cantonese
and Mandarin, Japanese, as
well as English, Danish, - and
now a little bit of Thai, too!
Before relocating to Thailand,
she worked as a research
assistant at the Asia Research
Center of the Copenhagen Business
School, from which she
also holds a Bachelor's Degree
in Intercultural Management with
an Asian perspective, and a
Bangkok Nursing Home
An early photo oJ'Bangkok
Nursing Home which was
initially aimed at serving
only expatriates in Thailand.
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n 1898, on Februarythe 14th,
a small group of expats es
I tablished Bangkok Nursing
Home. BNH Hosoital. as it is today
called, was opened by then
British Ambassador to Siam, Mr.
George Greville CMG, and was
at the time one of the first orivate
hospitals to operate in Thailand.
What was in those days a
location somewhat on the outskirts
of Bangkok has today become
a very convenient location
in the heart of Bangkok's Central
Business District. Here, BNH
is today located on a 2-acre site
near the Sathorn end of Soi
Convent only a short walk from
the Sala Daeng Skytrain stop.
Initially, the hospital aimed at
serving only expatriates in Thailand,
but after receiving a royal
charter from King Rama Vl in
1912. the hosoital extended its
services to care also for Thais.
Even in those days, the BNH
hospital was contrary to its
name never really just a nursing
home. lt has always had an
operating theater, delivered babies
and functioned as a oeneral
practicing hospital.
In 1991, the BNH Medical
Center was formed to establish
a new international standard
hospital to cope with the increasing
demands from the domestic
and international rnarket for
more orivate health care. The
new directors decided to commission
a new hosoital and the
new-look BNH was comoleted
in 1996.
However, the 1 997 economic
crisis hit hard and the
hospital lost many prospective
patients to its major competitors.
But in 2001, the Bangkok General
Hospital Group saw an opportunity
to take over the management
of the hospital and
seized uoon it.
Among the innovations
brought in by the BGH was a
computerized system called
Medtrak, which makes the hospital
more efficient as now all the
medicine. cashier's receiDts and
records are comouterized. lt also
opened a new Heart Center, a
plastic surgery center called the
Preecha Aesthetic Institute, a
Gastro-lntestinal (Gl) Clinic, a
laser skin treatment to get rid of
wrinkles and skin defects, and it
is the only hospital offering noninvasive
vascular screening
(AVl) to detect clogged arteries.
BNH offers two or three-day
baby packages with either caesarian
or natural birth delivery.
The hospital also has a very
good psychiatrist and psychiatrist
nurse.
And recently the hospital introduced
Laser Smile in its Dental
Center, which uses state-ofthe-art
TCIA (Target Chromophore
In-phase Accelerated
Activation) whitening technology
which can make teeth whiter in
just thirty minutes .
In February 2004, the hospital
is set to open a new
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Master's Degree in International
Marketing & Management.
Having settled in, Charlotte
quickly started looking for a job
which eventually led her to Angela
Stafford, the Head of BNH
Hospital's International Center.
Her duties at the hosoital's International
Center are diverse,
ranging from acting as the Scandinavian
interpreter and coordinator
for Scandinavian oatients
during their visit to the hospital,
to promoting the hospital to the
Scandinavian community living
and working in Thailand and arranging
public relations' events.
At the recent "Health Care"
networking evening with the
Thai-Danish Chamber of Commerce
on November 20th it was
of course also Charlotte who introduced
all the services the
BNH has to offer. Before that
event she was oart of the Banyan
Tree Vertical Marathon, in
which BNH provided the medical
support for the panicipants.
Currently, she is preparing for
another upcoming sporting
event in Bangkok.
Besides working with the
BNH, Charlotte does committee
work with the International
Women's Club. She enjoys setting
up social activities for the
members while experiencing the
invigorating diversity of
Bangkok's international society.
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Women's Health Center, which
will include services like sub-fertility,
menopause, endocrinology
and female oncology. Being part
of the Bangkok General Hospital
Group, which includes Bangkok
General, Samitivej, Bangkok
Pattaya and Bangkok Phuket
Hospitals, adds other benefits
than investment power to purchase
the latest medical equipment.
For the patients it also
means, that whatever BNH
doesn't offer one of its sister hospitals
is sure to.
Asked to describe her hospital,
Angela Stafford, head of
the hospital's International Cenrer
says:
"We provide individual treatment
and care with first class
seruice in a gentle and refined
environment. The hospital is not
overbearing and glitzy, it is more
like a hospital that Europeans
would recognise and be comfortable
with. We offer a General
Practitioner'Family Doctor' service
whereby every time a patient
visits the hospital they can
see the same doctor which results
in the doctor knowing all
about them and their family."
"lf a patients needs to see a
specialist their GP can refer
them, which many of our patients
find reassuring," Angela
Stafford adds.
The lnternational Center
provides seruices in English,
German, French, Japanese,
Danish, Swedish and Norwegian.
lts responsibilities include
contacting relatives, assisting
with local and overseas
insurance companies,
organizing medical evacuations
and providing moral support
for foreign patients.
Those international patients
tend to come from the US,
Australia, Canada, the UK,
Germany, France, Japan,
Malaysia, Singapore and
Denmark.
Today, 105 years after its
foundation, BNH hospital provides
a modern day, state-ofthe-art
comprehensive medical
service with highly qualified
doctors and medical stafl
on-site on a 24-hour basis. lt
has the capacity to treat 800
outpatients each day and has
private rooms for 225 inpatients.
The latter can enjoy
BNH's 4th floor Roof Garden
if they feel cooped up at all.
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Lotus Star Holis
otus Star Holistic Centre
established their business
in Bangkok, February
2003. The centre offers treatments
and healing equipment.
Lotus Star's treatments have
a multiple perspective and can
be used to heal a wide range of
illnesses, such as: open wounds
(mostly diabetics), pain, rheumatism.
asthma and as oain relief
for cancer.
One of the therapies offered
is air acupuncture, a negative
ion treatment (principles from
acupuncture) where the purpose
is to restore the energy balance
in the body.
Charlotte Weber, Managing
Director of Lotus Star, has an
extensive knowledge of Thai
culture and language as she
grew up in Bangkok.
Charlotte's father, Poul Weber,
came to Thailand 40 years
ago and later persuaded her
mother. Vicki. to come and live
in Thailand.
In the beginning, Charlotte
gave her horses healing treatment.
Later she began treating
her colleagues at the stable,
who, as the horses, gave positive
feed back.
Meanwhile, Charlotte was
tired of her office work at Business
Mission Asia Co. Ltd.,
which lead to a resignation and
the decision to start up her own
holistic centre for natural treatment
together with her mother,
who is also a physiotherapist.
This kind of treatment is also
much more carried out in Thailand,
as for example in Denmark,
because of a relaxed and
open Thai mentality and perception
when it comes to natural
medicine.
Today they have created a
nice and well-visited clinic, which
is situated in their home, where
the atmosphere is pleasant and
informal.
Lotus Star Holistic Centre
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There are already quite a
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June 2003
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ABB President &
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(left) welcomes
Privy Councilor
H.E. Air Vice
Marshal Kamthon
Sindhavananda and
Swedish
Ambassador to
Thailand H.E. Jan
Nordlander
ABB celebrates 90
years in Thailand
ABB, the leader in power and
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with Thailand industrial
development on the 20th November
at ABB Thailand's head
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in this special occasion.
Special guests who also attended
ABB's 90th Anniversary
were H.E. Jan Nordlander, H.E.
Air Vice Marshal Kamthon
Sindhavananda and General
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At the celebration, a VDO
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guests and was followed by a
speech by Mr. Jonny Axelsson,
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ABB. On this special occasion,
H.E. Air Vice Marshal Kamthon
Sindhavananda gave a short
speech congratulating ABB on
their 90 years of success and
after the offcial opening of the
ceremony, guests were toured
around ABB's exhibition.
Since the first motor delivery
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it was during the 90 years that
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upgrade lT network
Mermaid Maritime Ltd. in Laem
Chabang has awarded a major
network upgrade with an ongoing
maintenance contract to Responsive
lT Solutions Ltd.
The contract, worth about Bt3
million, includes new'state-ofthe-art'
workstations and server
hardware for the entire corporation,
the latest in internet security,
and anti-virus protection.
Among various other lT enhancements,
Mermaid Maritime
will also host it's own mail seruer
from now on, in order to improve
on internal and external communication.
"Mermaid Maritime is the top
ranking maritime service provider
here in Thailand. They recognize
the fact that the quality
of your lT environment is in direct
relationship to the quality of
your company's efficiency output,"
says Hans Schonbaumsfeld,
Director of ResDonsive lT
Solutions.
"We are proud to have Mermaid
Maritime Ltd. as a new
member of our customer family,
especially now that we open our
branch office atthe Eastern Seaboard
in Sri Racha," he adds.
Responsive lT expands
to Eastern Seaboard
Responsive lT Solutions Ltd.
has recently opened its Eastern
Seaboard branch office in
Amphur Sri Racha, Chonburi
Province.
The branch office was established
as a result of the growth
of the compan's long-term,
stable customers who are based
in the Eastern Seaboard area.
The new branch will also be
instrumental in growing Responsive
lT Solutions' service caoabilities
with additional engineering
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Stable Lodge
celebrated 11 years
ore than 200 Danish,
Swedish, Norwegian
and Thai birthdaY
guests joined the festivities on
Saturday 11 October celebrating
the Danish Bangkok restaurant
Stable Lodge's 11 year birthdaY.
The day was this year moved
one week forward because of
theAPEC meeting which willseriously
complicate navigating in
Bangkok's inner city center.
To the tunes of the beautiful
band from Check Inn 99, all the
guests enjoyed the Stable's delicious
pool side B.B.Q which
was this night offered for the
symbolic amount of 11 baht Per
guest-children half price(!). Not
a seat was empty - neither
around the pool, nor inside the
restaurant - and latecomers had
to wait at the bar until earlY birds
had left the party.
At around nine o'clock, Erik
Winther led the traditional birthday
song. The cake was then
presented and the single candle
was blown out by Steffen and
Nim Ingemans's daughter,
Pailin. Third co-owner, Jorgen
Lundbak was of course also
present.
Gregers Ma/ler
The B.B.Q at the Stable is
always a treat - and thenfor
1I Baht! Below the busy staff
around the grill.
ErikWinther led the HaPPY
Birthdcry-birthday song. First
in English, then in the Danish
version "I dag er del Staldens
.fPdselsdag".
Steffen Ingemann (left)
greetedAnne ier who had
just had an operation in her
rightfoot. Jim ier arrived
afew minutes later.
The girls from Check Inn 99
entertained again this Year.
Pailin, daughter of Steffin
andNim, blew out the
birth cake candle - twice
for the sake ofthe
photographer...

At the farewell reception 19th
May 2000, held at the
Oriental Hotel, Monica
Holmgren re ceived praise
and acknowledgement for her
performance and
contribution to the three
S c andinav ian C hamb e rs.
Here she receives a gift from
N o rw e g ian Tov e Bj e rkan.
Monica Holmgren
onica Holmgren, our
beloved friend - Vicki
and I are grateful for
having had the opportunity of
knowing Monica for a long time,
namely since the mid seventies
when she and Lennart arrived
Bangkok.
Monica was a dedicated person,
be that to her family, her
friends or her job.
Monica was also a keen rider
and her love and care for animals
was exceptional, we were
glad to know that Oscar, her dog,
was at her side to the last.
Monica had a fantastic
sense of humour, and it was a
pleasure to be with her, because
she was always cheerful and
positive, even in adversity.
Monica's life centred around
her family and her home - she
was fiercely protective of both
and would do anything to protect
them. lt was great fun to visit
the Holmgrens and enjoy
Monica's legendary cooking,
backed up by Lennart's entertainment.
Monica did a fantastic job for
the three Scandinavian Chambers
of Commerce - she took
over as Executive Director in
1994 and left in 2000 on her return
to Sweden. lt was not an
easy job, first of all the chambers
were fairly new, secondly
money was short and thirdly it
was a difficult balancing act with
several bosses and different
styles and cultures to contend
with, but Monica managed it all
with bravour and when we
needed a favour from hotels,
caterers, the Board of Trade,
etc., she twisted arms left, right
and centre and always managed
to achieve what was needed in
the best interest of the chambers.
Reliability was Monica's
hallmark.
In 1994, Monica Holmgren
suc c ee de d Birgitta Ludtke
as the Executive Director
of the three Scqndinavian
Chambers of Commerce in
Thailand. She held this
position until her
retirement in May 2000.
Monica was diagnosed with
breast cancer in 1 999. She took
this with her usual aplomb and
won the battle, only later to succumb
to a different form of cancer.
Monica took the breast cancer
cause to her heart and she
was one of the three founders
of the Bangkok Breast Cancer
Support Group, which is still a
very active group, assisting
women with breast cancer with
guidance and help.
Monica was a real friend and
colleague as well, we will all miss
her.
Poul Weber
39 Sukhumvit Road, Soi 8,
Bangkok, Thailand.
Tel: +66 (0) 2653 0017
Fax: +66 (O)22535125
E-mail: hotel @stablelodge.com
www.stablelodge.com
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Thai Wine Tasting
The Danish-Thai
Ghamber of Commerce
organized a Wine Tasting
& Thai Dinner on
Thursday 18 September
at the Admiral's Pub and
Restaurant for the
Monthly Networking.
By Pholl'arn Suparuit
A Wine Tasting & Thai Dinner
was organized by Danish-Thai
Chamber of Commerce on
Thursday 18 September at 6:30
p.m at the Admiral's Pub & Restaurant
for the Monthly Networking
where over 50 chamber
members and guests participated.
After a casual welcoming by
chamber president Mr. Tom
Sorensen, the attention was
turned over to Mr. Stig Vagt-
Andersen, Director of Ben Adisti
who gave a small presentation
on Thai wines. The oicture of
Thai wine development was further
enhanced by Mr. Veravat
Cholvanich, Chairman of Wang
Nam Khieo Winery who recalled
the milestones of his winery
since the establishment and how
his wine production stafied to
gain the acceptance from wine
experts and consumers.
Each guest was then given
five glasses of different wines.
The labels of each wine were
concealed in order to let each
participant appreciate the wines
solely by their real characteristics,
not by the vineyards and
producers. A couple of the
guests were chosen to give com-
Mr, Sti g Vagt - Ande r s en,
Director of Ben Adisti (right),
shares opinions about wines
with Mr. Veravat Cholvanich,
Chairman of Wang Nam
Khieo Winery
ments on the five glasses of
wine before the identities of the
presented wines were revealed
to everybody.
The wines tasted in the
evening comprised of four Thai
wines and a South African wine,
namely Peak Eagle, Shala One,
Chateau Des Brumes, Khoa Yai
and KWV Shiraz.
After the tasting and casual,
enjoyable discussions on wines
among guests and speakers, a
delicious Thai dinner was served
with Thai wines, which confirmed
that the drink of Western
origin also goes well with Thai
food. Also worth mentioning is
Admiral's homemade vanilla ice
cream with chilli
grape sorbet,
which was served
to everybody at
the event too.
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