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Report from The Nation dated Monday 6 March 2006 :-
Alarm over dead fish at new aquarium
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The Marine and Coastal Resources Department is to closely monitor the management of Siam Ocean World, the giant aquarium in the basement of the Siam Paragon mall after officials said they witnessed the removal of two dying Arowana fish during a visit yesterday.
Director-general Maitree Duang-sawat, together with department officials and veterinarians visited the aquarium after participating in the opening of "Marine Turtle Preservation Year 2006", taking place at the shopping mall, following news reports about the large number fish dying in the aquarium.
The officials said they were shocked as they watched aquarium staff remove two Arowana fish, also known as dragon fish, from the aquarium. Moreover, many other fish appeared to be carrying wounds, he said.
Maitree said the condition of the fish was probably due to poor transportation, management and water systems and problems with the feeding process. Also, it was found many small fish were kept with sharks - which might be another cause of death among them.
"The aquarium needs serious monitoring. We have learnt that sick fish are just left to die because it costs more to treat the fish than buy new ones," he said, adding that because of the sub-standard management some veterinarians at Siam Ocean World planned to quit soon.
He said the department would find out where the dying fish had been purchased to ensure they had been caught legally.
The department is also planning to hold a meeting with aquarium operators from around the country about the standard of aquarium management.
Kantaporn Tongman, marketing manager of Siam Ocean World, denied all the accusations about poor management at the facility saying that the aquarium was run in line with the international standards used by Oceanis Australia Group. Siam Ocean World is a subsidiary of the Australian group, which has operated aquariums for more than 15 years.
"The staff removed the Arowana from the tank in order to clean it, not because they were dying," she insisted.
She said the aquarium's water system was now in perfect condition after passing through the initial operating period when 10 per cent of fish were expected to die in line with common practice. However, the fish death toll never reached the predicted number, Kantaporn said.
"Everything is normal. Any death now is caused only by the fish's life span," she said.
All sick marine animals are well treated in a curator tank, she said, and insisted that buying new stock was more expensive than curing them as most of the fish in the aquarium were imported from the Philippines. Kantaporn said the aquarium employed many experts and veterinarians, both Thais and foreigners - and no one had quit so far.
Janjira Pongrai & Chatrarat Kaewmorakot
The Nation
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Posted on: 10:48 pm on Mar. 5, 2006
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ThaidUp
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At least we now know where the fish comes from for the Food Court.
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Posted on: 12:50 am on Mar. 6, 2006
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DaffyDuck
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ROTFLOL!
Seriously, though, considering the new nature of the aquarium, it would not be surprising that they would be in the later part of the bio-cycle, which especialy marine aquaria go through. The cycle takes roughly 3-4 months to complete, if seeded with fish, and 5-6 months if seeded with minimal bio systems.
Dead fish are, unfortunately, not news for a new aquarium - then again, cycles should usually be run BEFORE an aquarium opens, with 'throw away' fish, so who knows what's really going on....
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Posted on: 5:52 am on Mar. 6, 2006
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PussyLover 69
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Report from Bangkok Post dated Tuesday 7 March 2006 :-
Optimistic future for Siam Paragon : Poor consumer sentiment a challenge
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Siam Paragon executives say their sales in the first quarter of this year are on target and revenue is likely to stay on track for the whole year thanks to loyal customers and foreign tourists.
Natsamon Vongkittipat, assistant chief marketing officer for Siam Paragon and The Emporium department store, said Siam Paragon would mimic The Emporium's success by increasing the number of regular shoppers to at least 50% of the total, compared to only 30% at present.
The number of regular customers is expected to increase when Siam Paragon raises the number of Platinum and Prestige cardholders, which now total 510,000 altogether.
The Emporium is owned by The Mall group, which also owns a 50% stake in Siam Paragon.
According to a market survey conducted by The Emporium, regular customers visited The Emporium once a week and spent about 3,000 baht.
"Business at The Emporium shows sustainable growth despite negative factors, because of a strong customer loyalty," said Mrs Natsamon.
To enhance business stability, The Emporium plans to increase the number of foreign tourists with a privilege programme by linking up with airlines, hotels, inbound tour agencies and the Tourism Authority of Thailand.
Mrs Natsamon said The Emporium and Siam Paragon had not been affected by political uncertainty so far.
However, she expressed concerns about poor consumer sentiment which could result in a delay in purchasing this summer, a peak sales period.
To combat this, The Emporium and Siam Paragon have teamed up with strategic partners including HSBC, Cathay Pacific Airways, SFX Cinema and Paragon Cineplex on an 80-million baht campaign entitled, "South Africa Jo'burg Passion", to boost customer spending from March 10 to April 16.
The campaign includes customer discount coupons, overseas trips and movie tickets. It should boost sales at both shopping outlets in the first three months of this year to 4.5 billion baht combined. Of the total, 1.8 billion baht would come from The Emporium with the balance from Siam Paragon.
Mrs Natsamon said in Siam Paragon's first three months its sales volume was on target. About 60% of its shoppers were Thai and 40% foreign tourists from markets including Hong Kong, Japan, South Korea, China and Singapore.
Sales momentum at Siam Paragon has kept growing continuously and the luxury shopping centre recorded 20% growth in February, compared with January.
For the entire year, she said, sales at Siam Paragon were on track to reach 10 billion baht, compared with seven billion baht at The Emporium.
Mrs Natsamon expects that the retail industry will grow by 10% this year, compared with 12% last year because political uncertainty would affect consumer purchasing power, particularly for medium-and low-end goods.
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Posted on: 12:01 am on Mar. 7, 2006
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PussyLover 69
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Report from The Nation dated Tuesday 7 March 2006 :-
Siam Paragon targets more international customers
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Siam Paragon, The Mall group's high-end shopping complex, is planning to create brand awareness among foreigners, mainly from Asia and Europe, to achieve its goal as a major travel destination in Bangkok.
Natsamon Vongkittipat, assistant chief marketing officer of Siam Paragon and Emporium, said yesterday Siam Paragon would have to set aside funds from its current marketing budget for the project. The spending plans have yet to be finalised.
The shopping complex plans to work closely with "strategic partners" to arrange co-promotions as well as exploit its partners' customer networks to attract more international customers from target countries, mainly in Europe and Asia. Some of the partners include HSBC Bank and Cathay Pacific Airways.
Natsamon said Siam Paragon had been trying to attract international tourists. It is working with approximately 10 travel agencies to bring their customers to shop at Siam Paragon. It has also been working with the Tourism Authority of Thailand and many organisations to include Siam Paragon among their venue lists for holding major events and conferences.
International customers account for 40 per cent of the shopping centre's customers: Singaporeans, Japanese, Koreans, and Hong Kongers are its main international customers, said Natsamon.
She said that although the company was focusing on creating brand awareness among international tourists, local customers were always its priority and were also more reliable when something unexpected occurs. Still, it wants to increase the number of customers from both groups.
The current political environment is an example of something unexpected. The issue hasn't affected shopping complexes in terms of sales and numbers of international tourists, yet, she claimed.
Natsamon said most of the mall's local customers were also concerned about politics. But if prolonged it would definitely affect consumers, which will lead to a reduction in sales. Average spending per buying customer is Bt3,000 per visit.
Siam Paragon's performance in the first two months of this year was "satisfactory". She said the shopping complex's tenants would generate Bt4.5 billion in sales in the first quarter of this year.
Siam Paragon and The Emporium have also joined with HSBC Bank, Cathay Pacific Airways, and SFX Cinema to organise a summer campaign called "South Africa Jo'burg Passion" from March 10 to April 16.
Nitida Asawanipont,
The Nation
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Posted on: 12:07 am on Mar. 7, 2006
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Yurune
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Two cut and pastes back to back.....you really are on torm form today.
there's also one on to Bangkok Post website....see if you can nail that to your mast as well....
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Posted on: 12:17 am on Mar. 7, 2006
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DaffyDuck
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Hey, thanks for these reprints about SP.
Wow, if ever there were flailing press releases of pure desperation, these are them -- it's unfortunate that their PR folks haven't quite mastered the true art of 'spin', as their statements are pretty transparent and cliché.
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Posted on: 1:30 am on Mar. 7, 2006
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Broken Leg
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I don't think they need to get desperate just yet, I watched one Thai guy buy 6 ferraris on sunday, although he did have a bit of a problem getting them down the escalators.
BTW Daffney a bit of advice, you should stop using inverted commas in your posts they are completely unnecessary in the context that you use them and make the posts quite painful to read.
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Posted on: 5:11 am on Mar. 7, 2006
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Mel Gibson
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quote from daf:
Seriously, though, considering the new nature of the aquarium, it would not be surprising that they would be in the later part of the bio-cycle, which especialy marine aquaria go through. The cycle takes roughly 3-4 months to complete, if seeded with fish, and 5-6 months if seeded with minimal bio systems.
Dead fish are, unfortunately, not news for a new aquarium - then again, cycles should usually be run BEFORE an aquarium opens, with 'throw away' fish, so who knows what's really going on....
NAHHHHHn,, they are using the tried and true Mel method,, throw the fukers in,, if they die then don't buy that type of fish again!!
Using above method I have a tank,,, a happy tank,, needs nearly no care,, looks great,, has 5 types of fish and whewn I want to cleran it I do ( not often),, when I want to feed them I do,,,usually twice a day,, when I want to top up the water I do ( once per month ) and when I want to cheack all that PH bull**** etc,,NAHH never did that.
Takes a tough fish to live in Aus
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Posted on: 8:56 am on Mar. 7, 2006
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PussyLover 69
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Report from Bangkok Post dated Saturday 11 March 2006 :-
Thai Princess to open fashion boutique
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HRH Princess Sirivannavari Nariratana, the youngest daughter of HRH Crown Prince Maha Vajiralongkorn, is planning to open her first fashion store at Siam Paragon. The Sirivannavari boutique will be on the first floor of the luxury shopping mall in central Bangkok.
''It will be opened on Jan 8 next year, which will coincide with my birthday and the brand will have an image of a peacock as its logo,'' the designer princess said at a press conference at the Fashion Trend Center at CentralWorld on Friday.
''The products will be separated into two lines, which will be haute couture and ready-to-wear,'' said the princess, who is a first-year student at the Faculty of Fine and Applied Arts at Chulalongkorn University.
Since deciding to study fashion design, Princess Sirivannavari Nariratana has taken part in a few design events, including Bangkok Fashion Week 2005.
She is currently preparing to introduce her latest autumn/winter collection, created under the ''Fly to Nouveau'' concept, on Tuesday for Bangkok Fashion City 2006 at the fashion dome in Benjakitti Park.
Items from this collection, which was inspired by the 1920s and 30s, together with those from the princess's previous collection, called Viva Victorian 2005, will be available at her boutique.
''After I did the show at Bangkok Fashion Week 2005, many people asked where could they get my designs. This prompted me to open this store,'' she said.
Apart from clothing, the store will carry a wide range of accessories. However, those who do not want to wait until the store opens can purchase the princess's accessory designs from a special booth during Bangkok Fashion Week 2006.
Some of the revenue will go to the ''Art for All'' project established by the Faculty of Fine and Applied Art, which encourages the use of art as therapy for people with disabilities, including autism.
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Posted on: 9:37 pm on Mar. 10, 2006
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