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Five tourists injured in Thai hotel blaze

BANGKOK, Thailand: A fire broke out at a hotel IN THE "CLEAN-UP" NEIGHBORHOOD! SO THE SOON TO BE LAND ACQUISITIONS go a bit more easily. Ya'Know fire insurence claims process more easily that the upgoming "by govn't degree" BUM real people needed to suffer in this obvious "forward" "THAI" locomotive.

The five injured were being treated for SETTLEMENT PAYMENTS NOW.

Firefighters extinguished the blaze in about an hour, Somnuek said.

Initial investigations showed LAME THAILAND HAS NO CERTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS FOR ELECTRICIANS, plus more

Source: Associated Press - November 14, 2006

[quote name='Chua' date='2006-11-10 22:07:05' of loopholes & grey areas are simply not conducive to the serious business investor. Thailand is missing out on 1st world economic status bedroom 'cause Thaksin: case and point.

The fact is

If Thailand wants to attract a serious steady-stream of investors and not loose the ones they already have they had better very quickly enact clear cut laws that make Thailand attractive for foreign investment and give everyone a legitimate sense of confidence (such as through a royal decree confirming it) that such new laws are here to stay. If investors don't have ability to control their investments, they will need to do it via nominees, or trust me, they won't invest AT ALL. Sufficiency economy is a good idea, and it does not have to mean SELF-sufficiency, it just means use only what you need, be efficient, and make use of all that is available. When there are potentially Trillions of Baht available in foreign investment capital to help boost and support Thailand's sufficiency economy, they'd be fools not to do everything they can do attract it, instead of confusing it and scaring it away.

Exellent, well Done synoposis !!!!!!!!!!!1[cut out parts] ARE YOU TEACHING @ a ???ugh THAI University??? Applause, accolaides, etc to YOU

It is truely sad for Thailand and the Thai people,

that their leaders are so jingositically myopic,

that they can't see that investors starting businesses;

WILL employ and train thais,

WILL bring MUCH needed cash into the economy

WILL bring much technology

WILL put MUCH needed money into the Tax Base.

WILL adhere to Thai social mores,

as much as possible, as company policy,

certainly not worse than existing expats.

Likely MUCH better.

WILL enable greater sales from existing Thai owned companies,

both as suppliers, and partners.

WILL create a market for NEW Thai companies

WILL expand international teis with other markets FOR Thai companies.

as in ; A friend of my friend, is my friend too.

WILL contribute to Thai infrastructure; as applies to their companies.

WON'T take the land they buy, back with them when they go home.

WON'T take back the training

WON'T leave Thailand with ALL the money they make here.

WON'T rape the natural resources worse than existing Thai companies,

being under more scrutiny as farangs, they likely will do LESS damage.

Does this list of plusses override

losing some face to take a stand from the past,

to take a stand for progress FOR the Thai people.

One would hope so, especially with the current government,

not being totally BEHOLDEN TO ELECTED MANDATES.

It is a golden opportunity now.

They can nail Thaksin, and THEN change the nominee laws.

It was still quasi legal or illegal WHEN he did it.

But S.O.P.

Yet they really need not use these laws to nail him,

there are so many other things to nail him with.

Like policy corruption @ AIS,

and land deals for the wife,

riping off that american cable guy,

Crooked electioneering,

and let's not forget tax fraud likely too.

and much more waiting in the wings.

If they could look at investements from outside as ;

making merit for the King's people,

and not losing face from old standard though being changed,

then there is a chance.

It would be so sad to lose the possible economic and societal plusses,

to idiologs like Cambodia and Viet Nam.

Who would have thought that THEY would look better than Thailand

to large and small investors...

Go figure.

EXCELLENT. MyObisView='s Thai. EXCELLENT!!!!!!!!!!

Foreign investors grill Thailand on ownership

BANGKOK: -- Foreign business leaders grilled Thailand's post-coup leaders on Friday about a review of ambiguous foreign ownership rules some fear could undermine the basis of investment in the country.

"Over 100,000 foreign companies here are being affected by this issue. A lot of them are very, very upset," Richard Watson, a financial adviser based on the Thai tourist island of Phuket, told Reuters.

Thailand's Foreign Business Act is under scrutiny after graft investigators suggested the sale in January of telecoms firm Shin Corp (SHIN.BK: Quote, Profile, Research) by the family of ousted Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra to Singapore's Temasek may have broken the law.

The Act bars foreigners from owning majority stakes in most Thai businesses, but in practice gray areas have allowed non-Thais to invest with confidence since the 1970s.

Watson, who advises foreigners on buying Thai property, was among hundreds of foreign investors, analysts and executives who attended a forum to hear Thai economic ministers explain their plans for the next year.

Finance Minister Pridiyathorn Devakula said post-coup Thailand would be a model of good governance and foreigners need fear no big change in investment policies.

In a speech aimed a quelling concerns about the interim government's "sufficiency economy" policy, Pridiyathorn said the goal was sustainable growth without the excesses that plunged Thailand into the 1997 Asian financial crisis.

"We would like to reassure non-resident investors that we will maintain the existing practice of allowing the free flow of capital, which has been a policy of Thailand all along," he said.

The former central bank governor also played down new measures aimed at discouraging speculation on the baht, Asia's fastest-rising currency against the dollar this year.

On Tuesday, the Bank of Thailand asked banks to cooperate by not issuing or selling bills of exchange to non-residents. The measures take effect from November 15.

"The measure is not for limiting free capital flow, but to prevent certain financial houses taking advantage of this very thin foreign exchange market in Thailand in trying to corner the baht exchange rate," Pridiyathorn said.

WORRIED INVESTORS

But the issue uppermost in the minds of many guests was the foreign ownership law.

Under the law, foreigners wanting to invest simply have to set up a series of Thai holding companies with Thais as majority shareholders but with reduced voting rights, meaning they have no control.

Using wealthy Thais as investment partners means that a clause in the law barring the use of local nominees would be difficult to prove in court.

However, Temasek's $3.8 billion deal for Shin Corp, which fueled street protests against Thaksin that led to the September 19 coup, put the spotlight on the foreign ownership issue.

"Among big companies in Thailand, how many of them have got genuine Thai shareholders? Temasek and Shin have brought this to the surface," Watson said.

Commerce Minister Krik-Krai Jirapaet said on Tuesday a committee reviewing the Foreign Business Act would deliver its recommendations in 60 days.

"There is no simple solution to this issue," he said.

Thailand was committed to an open economy, but at the same time Thais needed help to compete against foreigners, he said.

"The question is how to strike a balance."

--Reuters 2006-11-10

ISN'T THERE A UNIVERSAL GUIDE THROUGH THE "MAZE" [Oh one without Loss Face[ial decorum]

The paradox is that the junta must come up with proof that they scoff at & try to upset multinational and small and medium businesses alike, WHILE enjoying full protection FOR THEIR OWN PORTFOLIO.

fairytales ='S sufficiency economy. As the world's number one rice exporter, a top car exporter, and a hub for electronics, they expect to squeeze everything out of EVERYONE, EXCEPTING THEIR PERSONAL SHOCK HOLDINGS.

It is an extremely shortsighted view, that did not even worked before John Meynard Keynes was born. TRUE TRUE.This country will go to the drain [Assuming that there's DRAINS] People in bangkok and the elite THROUGHOUT THAILAND & ELSEWHERE think THAT THEY ALONE HOLD POWER TO The truth. The thousands of poor villages that resemble Thailand, Nobody give a rats-ass about them. [uGH SOME OF US DO CARE & A LOT]

Junta beware, what you call an under current is a full blown Tsunami that will develop.

AGREE TOTALLY VERY WELL WRITING[ A BIT EMOTIONALLY INFUSED] OH remember the NEWIES & THOSE PRIOR WILL CERTAINTLY MAKE SURE AID [GOV'T] GOES/FLOWS FIRST TO BIG MONEY. [CHECK OUT OFF SHORE OWNERSHIP OF ALMOST EVER MAJOR HOTEL/RESORT DEVELOPMENTS=='S MAJORITY THAI Ownership??? IN THE EVENT SUCH A FULL BLOWN TSUNAMI OCCURS.

The Phuket authority imposes strict checks on work permit issuances after a foreigner is found to have applied with false papers.

PHUKET: -- The Phuket Employment Office filed a legal charge against an American national who was found to have a law firm submitted false documents for his work permit application. The Office Chief Bunchote Maneechote gave details of the case saying that the man designated a law firm a power of attorney to apply for his work permit.

The authority later proved that the copied documents and the actual visa did not match. The legal investigation will determine whether the law firm or the applicant himself submitted false papers.

Mr. Bunchote stressed that strict checks will be applied. All work permit applicants must report themselves to the office with their original passports to prevent any future false document cases.

--thaisnews.com 2006-11-08

"YOU GET WHAT YOU NEED BUT CAN'T ALWAYS GET WHAT YOU WANT" [M. J.] eeee ehh!

I just checked on the RT airfare from Vancouver Island to Vancouver. 227.20 CAD or roughly $200US., and that's for a short hop of less than 30 miles, far less than the distance between BKK and KS

Planes are planes and fuel costs are just as much in Thailand.

Similarly, interisland trips in Hawaii are pretty close to the same prices and involve much shorter distances. Time everyone did a reality check. NOT TRUE IF YOU'RE A RESIDENT OR LONG TERM [iE FRANG] MANY DISCOUNTS

If the business operators at Koh Samui want to do something meaningful, then WHY DID THEY RUSH INTO airports, and no Long Boat overnight 'charming/' conveniences to 'find' K S? That's THE PRICE once with not greedy bungallow owners Now Anti's up SO BE IT

But it's always the other guys fault, isn't it? NO Cause=Effect, aka Life='s art & between betwixed. Besides compairing Vancouver to Koh Samui real off WHT DIDN'T YOU JUST TAKE THE HYDROFOIL BOAT With your Bentley?

Remember, please, people, that TEACHING covers two entirely different kettles of fish here.

we have SUBJECT TEACHERS. For that group, I agree with the most stringent and restrictive of the posters here- bachelor's degree or higher, vetting, the works. What about refusals on positions for HOLDING a verifiable Phd. MBA BA BBA [from Excellent USA schools like Stanford] because you're [i.e. me] too over qualified=====more better educated [?] than almost there entire teachers/professors etc. WHAT DO YOU ADVISE?

However, the TEFL market simply can't get people with these qualifications for the money they offer- and it is very dubious whether people teaching such a skill really need that much higher education- and it is a very important and needed group of instructors (more than teachers) in Thailand. It's the only way country schools can get contact with native speakers. TEFLs are really enough in many cases.

"Steven"

Those travellers or permanent tourists who just come to teach for a month or two to get the money to continue their holiday. But if TEFLs sign one year contracts, ... sounds fair to me.

Great News

Thailand should not be hiring native speaking English teachers. They should be using Thai teacher and people who speak English fluently as a second language.

The reason for this is that many native English speakers do not know the rules of Thailand!

HOW MANY THAI'S DO YOU KNOW THAT ARE AT EASE, FLUENT WITH ENGLISH. Those are most likely above the 90% population level AND CERTAINTLY [except for personal quest need] THEY DO NOT NEED TO WORK i.e. TEACH. get real

Several persons in this thread have inquired as to whether under 20yo's are children. In fact, they are. By Thai law, one does not reach the age of majority until 20, until which point every decision they make (including dating) is theoretically subject to parental approval.

SO OK TO ACCEPT PARENTAL PIMPING OR EVEN WORSE OUTRIGHT SELLING THEIR OWN & 'ACQUIRED' HOMELESS CHILDREN, THAT'S PARENTAL APPROVAL ='s OK

New law totally bans alcoholic beverage ads in all media

BANGKOK: -- Thailand will impose a complete ban on alcohol advertisements in all forms of media as KNOWN

Dr. Mongkol vowed to give birth to another law to protect non-drinking people within a year FOR WHAT? maybe being whistled AT??

The new law, he said, would see a strict control on alcohol outlets and an establishment Ya"Oh my Home SAFE or gotta' move 4 booze??

Meanwhile, Dr did not elaborate when or where such an AGREEMENT a meeting ALREADY taken place. WITH ANOTHER THAILAND'S BILLIONAIRS

GREAT EVONOMIC OPPORTUNITY GET/BUY WHOLSALE/RETAIL BOOZE LICENSE THEN SET UP BOOZE ON WHEELS TO ever so underdrag coveriage Deliver TO yOUR Home's non-drinking Zone. CLEVER CLEAVER Where's Dr WHO??

BANGKOK: -- Thailand will impose a complete ban on alcohol advertisements in all forms of media as KNOWN

Dr. Mongkol vowed to give birth to being whistled AT??

The new law, he said, would see a strict control on alcohol outlets and an establishment Ya"Oh my Home SAFE or gotta' move 4 booze??

Meanwhile, Dr did not elaborate when or where such an AGREEMENT a meeting ALREADY taken place. WITH ANOTHER THAILAND'S BILLIONAIRS

GREAT EVONOMIC OPPORTUNITY GET/BUY WHOLSALE/RETAIL BOOZE LICENSE THEN SET UP BOOZE ON WHEELS TO ever so underdrag coveriage Deliver TO yOUR Home's non-drinking Zone. CLEVER CLEAVER Where's Dr WHO??

PS Ya'oh IS THIS AN ACCOMMODATION 4 OUR NEW "ARAB LAND[ing] billion baht payoff [but no Boys Only Zone!

New law totally bans alcoholic beverage ads in all media

BANGKOK: -- Thailand will impose a complete ban on alcohol advertisements in all forms of media as KNOWN

Dr. Mongkol vowed to give birth to another law to protect non-drinking people within a year FOR WHAT? maybe being whistled AT??

The new law, he said, would see a strict control on alcohol outlets and an establishment Ya"Oh my Home SAFE or gotta' move 4 booze??

Meanwhile, Dr did not elaborate when or where such an AGREEMENT a meeting ALREADY taken place. WITH ANOTHER THAILAND'S BILLIONAIRS

GREAT EVONOMIC OPPORTUNITY GET/BUY WHOLSALE/RETAIL BOOZE LICENSE THEN SET UP BOOZE ON WHEELS TO ever so underdrag coveriage Deliver TO yOUR Home's non-drinking Zone. CLEVER CLEAVER Where's Dr WHO??

Mighty Mouse,,,, very funny,, it takes some doing to tickle me,,, but that was good!!! thanks relax

SAME SAME COMMENT A GOOD REFRESHING GIGGLE. [Think Thai Air lost? any of the munerous 'baggage' shipped to Heathrow. I'll buy sight unseen]

Channel 7 reported Tuesday that ousted prime minister Shinawatra sent his hand-written letter from London to state his wish to resign as Thai Rak Thai Party leader.

The resignation prompted deputy leader Sudarat Keyuraphan to become acting ACTING Fool In Charge [de camp]

Thaksin said in the letter that he wanted to take responsibility for the BILLONS OF BAHT TO HELP Him find suitabe Accomodations [ie descently, respectably old castle--to start. BUT NO CENTER BOX SEATS @ THE OPERA 'Russian's got most avaiable' THANK YOU['ALL] JENDEE. [quess no one one read/or cared , re: my predictions 2- 2&1/2 weeks ago. Dangerous new'vo'\/' chest players.

I use a program called Mail Express Pro which turns my laptop into its own server.

All I do then is use my AIS post paid account and I get 120 hours for 350 baht. That means I could get 170 hours on my pc for 5oo baht.

si si senoir------so directions to obtain Mail Express Pro please

They left with him on his current tour.

Word is, they left with a LOT of bags.

May have been tipped off, but hoping they could avoid it.

yA'oH Any clue where this baggage is??? I'm currently in NYC filming BS compared to finding 'THE TAX/SIN's' luggage

Thuksin is in the USA, his family is in Singapore, his money was moved to a swiss acount last week.

Ya'OH your banking info is painfully lame off on a diversion.

the family of Tuksin are under house arrest and under guard of both the Thai military and the Thai Royal Guard.

Has anyone else heard news of this?

NO NOT LEGALLY BUT Ya'Oh "HE" DUMPED HIS COUNTRY WHY NOT HIS OTHER MISTAKES. still got all of his Emalda Golden shoes into UK. [Assume, duh, what's left bank a/c's etc IS FROZEN----------Oh check out his Isle of Man a/c's. The V/I other off shore a/c's nothing, }

TRT headquarters and Thaksin house also occupied.

YES BY HIS DUMB DAUGHTER # 2 HER B/B BOY FRIEND THE # 1 HOUSEKEEPER & DRIVER. Get a grip Ms Marples' in Dodge Let's hope the newest HERR DOCTOR WHO arrives soon

Government officials said Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, in the middle of a political crisis fomented by a street campaign against him, planned to return from New York on Thursday, a day earlier than scheduled. They gave no reason.

Its being broadcasted all over the US right now

NO NOT TRUE What's Thailand to the USA No coverage of the ongoing bombings of banks/schools etc in the fxxxx'd up south. Besides Thailand's in 'their "pocket"', did anyone ever look into [t]sin's portfolio which holds a million plus in US debt/bonds/notes etc. AND BESIDES WHY DOES EVERYONE LOOK UPON [bADLY OR OTHERWISE] ON THE USA TO SOLVE/SAVE THE world??????????

3 Stooges stuff we're being fed in the media.

WHAT A CONTINIOUS F//FUNNY GIGGLE & HOAX Well @ maybe He's into shoes like adorable vixed A Marcos to ship to 'his new nest' YA 'OH with billions and billions would you not do the same EAT [ OPPS] DINE (ON/OFF U're Country) and "MAKE THE RIGHT 'MERIT' & Be ever so charming 'cause Brits like eg Russians to mention only one, this SORTA' Tabloidism {but he's not Brit--so OK}

[quote name='I would like to think the Thai military are a little better skilled than what has been presented so far as an asassasination attempt.

Ya'OH WHO DO YOU THINK IS IN/HAS BEEN ELEVATED INTO CONTROL in 'the thai military" Better Skilled, maybe more wealthy obviously. Best place your hopes on the corrupt police or maybe more relief from our 'encroaching' "friends" triad chinese maf' dudes. DUD

Completely agree....busines visas, retirement visas, marriage visas are all easily available.

What is so difficult with simply complying with the law.

Certain situation make it hard or impossible to get the right visa. Me for instance, I do not work in Thailand but I have income from my investments and business abroad. I am 24 years old and I do not qualify for the retirement visa.

Even for a Tourist Visa, the embassy abroad wrote on my visa that they will not give issue me another one (probably because I'm too young). I tried showing some sort of proof of funds that I have... but doesn't work.

So it's impossible for me to have a visa, unless I form some kind of BS company and pay 2M baht or I give some extraordinary in the government coffer by buying bonds. So it's not practical, or easy as you say, for me to obtain a visa.

Dude, same boat. I can more than adequately look after myself, my girlfriend, all our friends and their buffaloes and raise our son in Thailand, based on the income from my UK-based clients, but I'm not prepared to set up another BS company like I did for the last 3 yrs to do it. The biggest waste of time and insults to my intelligence in my entire life so far. I'm looking into the other ways, such as investment visas etc, but so far think we might well not get to raise our son in Thailand at this rate.

Me too. And many, many others i think. Have a relatively small investment at home, but enough to support myself and a potential family as well. To take 3 mill. baht out, and invest them in Thailand, will reduce the yield more than I will accept. That cost is simply not worth it.

Of course Thailand can do what it wants, I don't complain. And if they don't want me and all the other decent visa runners here, fine, I just leave then. It's their problem, not mine. However, I can feel a bit sorry for those, who have started a family life here, but don't want or need to marry. They cannot just leave like that.

Thailand have many fine aspects to offer foreigners, but so do many, many other countries!