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Mel Gibson
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Quote from Daffy:
The supermarket appears to be catering to higher end markets/demographics, but was reasonable enough for more folks to shop in it. Really nice supermarket, as things go. Excellent gourmet food section.
Upper end for sure, noted dried figs and dates ( no jokes now guys) selling at near 3 times the cost in my super market in Sydney.
Do I smell a business opportunity?
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Thai Girls : Meet Sexy Thai Girls
Posted on: 6:40 am on Feb. 17, 2006
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PussyLover 69
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Report from The Nation dated Sunday 19 February 2006 :-
Bt 5 million jewellery theft from Siam Paragon Department Store
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Arrest warrants have been issued for four foreigners suspected of stealing a diamond necklace worth Bt5 million from a jewellery store in Siam Paragon Department Store, Pathum Wan police said Sunday.
The four foreigners, one of whom is a woman, are seen in video images from a security camera in Blue River Diamonds, said Police Lt-Colonel Akhom Janthalach, a deputy chief of the police station.
Warrants could not be issued against two other foreign men who entered the store shortly before the necklace went missing because they could not be seen clearly enough in video captures.
The officer said the four appeared to be from the Middle East judging from the video captures but spoke English among themselves according to store clerks.
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Bangkok Women : Meet Sensual Bangkok Women
Posted on: 6:42 am on Feb. 19, 2006
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bkkz
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Try the GreyHound Cafe on the 4th level. Order a Ham and Cheese sandwich. You really need to open your mouth really wide to eat into it, bloody sandwich is 2-inches thick!
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Thai Girls : Meet Sexy Thai Girls
Posted on: 8:39 am on Feb. 19, 2006
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PussyLover 69
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Report from The Nation dated Wednesday 22 February 2006 :-
Swish watch boutique opens at Siam Paragon
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Jaeger-LeCoultre, a high-end Swiss watchmaker founded in 1833, together with its Thai partner Cortina Watch yesterday officially opened the brand’s first store in Bangkok.
Located on the first floor of Siam Paragon shopping complex, the boutique, which covers 80 square metres, will carry the brand’s full collection of timepieces.
“The Thai watch market is diverse and booming, with retailers experiencing very positive year-on-year growth,” said Maxime Labey, managing director of Richemont Luxury (Singapore) Pte Ltd. “The market here is very advanced in its understanding of fine watch-making, and clients in Thailand seem to have developed a strong affinity for the Jaeger-LeCoultre brand and collection of timepieces.”
He said Jaeger-LeCoultre’s store is the brand’s first in Thailand and only the 10th in the world.
In addition to Bangkok, Jaeger-LeCoultre has outlets in Kuala Lumpur, Ho Chi Minh City,
Hong Kong, Shanghai, Beijing, Shenyang and New Delhi.
“Thailand’s watch market has good potential. We can develop our business by three-fold in three years,” said Labey, adding that the brand’s sales grew by 30 per cent last year and the same is expected for 2006.
“There are three major magazines dedicated to watches in Thailand,” he said, “There are about 500 core watch collectors and another few thousand people who love watches in Thailand.”
The import duty for watches has been reduced from 40 per cent in 2001 to 5 per cent and has encouraged Thais to change their shopping habits from buying luxury watches in Singapore, Hong Kong or Switzerland to local retail shops. Stores have improved a lot and well-heeled shoppers can afford to buy exclusive and limited timepieces in Thailand.
“More than 100 different timepieces are on display with prices ranging from Bt180,000 to over Bt5 million. About 10 of them are limited versions,” said Krist Chatikaratana, general manager of Cortina Watch (Thailand) Co Ltd, which distributes Jaeger-LeCoultre watches and operates the outlet in Siam Paragon.
Labey said that the price of Jaeger-LeCoultre’s limited collections would range from about Bt500,000 a piece to Bt32 million.
He cited the Master Minute Repeater collection, of which only 200 pieces have been produced, and each one priced at Bt8.4 million.
“Our customers will be local watch collectors, expatriates and tourists,” said Labey, adding that three to four new watches and new movements would be launched every year.
Kwanchai Rungfapaisarn
The Nation
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Bangkok Girls : Meet Sexy Bangkok Girls
Posted on: 9:59 am on Feb. 22, 2006
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DaffyDuck
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Quote: from PussyLover 69 on 11:46 pm on Feb. 22, 2006
In addition to Bangkok, Jaeger-LeCoultre has outlets in Kuala Lumpur, Ho Chi Minh City, Hong Kong, Shanghai, Beijing, Shenyang and New Delhi.
Conveniently enough, all locations where bootlegs of their watches are available on street stands - I guess that's part of the high-visibility strategy 
'Jagger' watches at Patpong for 1,500 - 1,800 THB (undoubtedly cheaper if I spend another 10 minutes bargaining)
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Thai Women : Meet Matured Thai Women
Posted on: 10:51 am on Feb. 22, 2006
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snpark
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just went to aquarium today, I thought 10am on a monday would be quiet - er no there was 9357975 school trip groups there
anyway yeh its ok, killed an hour, plenty of chances to waste money on pepsis etc
something to do one morning though
however I am still amazed at the large number of designer boutiques still not open - 90% of the top boutiques all have stores there but not yet open??
its been open 6mths surely they must have fitted out by now - or is there another reason? maybe waiting to see if its even worth bothering?
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Bangkok Women : Meet Beautiful Thai Girls
Posted on: 2:10 am on Feb. 28, 2006
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Yurune
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It's been open less than 3....and parts of it were not ready for habitation when it was opened....
I wonder how the airport will cope when they employ such a strategy?
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Bangkok Girls : Meet Attractive Thai Girls
Posted on: 2:21 am on Feb. 28, 2006
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Quote: from bkkz on 3:26 pm on Feb. 19, 2006
Try the GreyHound Cafe on the 4th level. Order a Ham and Cheese sandwich. You really need to open your mouth really wide to eat into it, bloody sandwich is 2-inches thick!
If you want to try the Greyhound Cafe, it is on the 1st floor, not the 4th. I did try the Ham and Cheese Grill. 170bt. Sandwich is thick because the bread is very thick. Tasted fine.
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Thai Girls : Meet Active Thai Girls
Posted on: 3:00 am on Mar. 2, 2006
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snpark
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one in emporium too probably cheaper?
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Thai Women : Meet Matured Thai Women
Posted on: 6:51 am on Mar. 2, 2006
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PussyLover 69
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Report from The Nation dated Thursday 2 March 2006 :-
Siam Paragon given one month to solve wastewater problem
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Siam Paragon mall has been given one month to solve its wastewater problem, the Office of Natural Resources and Environmental Policy and Planning (Onep) said Thursday.
The office and other agencies inspected the mall on February 17 after news reports said it had released wastewater into San Saeb canal that had salt levels that were three times higher than those found in seawater.
The mall’s aquarium released 5,000 litres of salt water into its wastewater-treatment system every two weeks and the system could not handle this, said Sonthi Kotchawat, director of Onep’s environmental impact assessment unit.
As a short-term solution, the mall would remove the aquarium’s wastewater pipe from its wastewater-treatment system and General Environmental Conservation Plc (Genco) would handle the salty wastewater, he said.
The mall is in reportedly in talks with Genco over the cost.
A recent test found the mall’s wastewater was slightly more polluted than regulations allowed.
The mall’s wastewater had a biochemical oxygen demand rate that was slightly above the restricted level, Sonthi said. The rate, which is used to determine water pollution levels, is calculated by measuring the uptake of oxygen by micro-organisms in water samples. This rate indicates how much sewage the micro-organisms can decompose.
The rate had improved since the mall opened, he said.
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Bangkok Girls : Meet Attractive Thai Girls
Posted on: 8:27 am on Mar. 2, 2006
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