bradiston

Yeah, all bad.

New Zealand actually.

No it wasn't. It was put together by a team of Thai legal "experts" headed by the chief advocate for Pita appealing the ludicrous ruling made by the speaker to allow a vote on his second nomination, Borwornsak Uwanno. And yes I do believe most of Wikipedia. What are your sources for apologising for this disaster? https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Borwornsak_Uwanno

That referendum was a disgusting travesty. People were threatened with imprisonment and huge fines for criticising it. "The NCPO banned criticism of the draft constitution and prohibited monitoring of the referendum. Activists against the document were arrested, detained, and prosecuted in military courts,[4] whilst voters who expressed their intention to vote against the draft were also arrested and prosecuted by the military regime.[5]" https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2016_Thai_constitutional_referendum This was Prayut at his finest. A neo fascist. The result? The bloody Senate.

Thank you for your frankness. My only interest was really the difference between your account and my friend's. He was in the druggies' "special" section. After 2 and a half years they let him go, straight back to Germany and no return, or not that he can see. He went straight into PTSD therapy. Fine now.

Ok, how come? Prison visitor? Acquaintance banged up?

Yet you're familiar with the inside and workings of Klong Prem?

This is Bumjaithai heartland. Hopefully Anutin won't get the transport ministry or the deputy local community sub-committee vice chair caretaker.

So at a guess you're not in Thailand right now then.

I guess for the less fussy foreigners it could be a boon, but if they're on the wrong side of the 49/51 divide, I guess they'll never get sold. Empty apartments don't weather well. Mould, damp, decay. What a frigging waste.

I had a similar break point reaction when rage went into murderous overdrive. Lucky it just lasted a few seconds, but as humans, when attack mode takes over from defense - well I'll say one thing for it, it clears the old head! Everybody backed off and we all walked away unharmed, but a lot wiser.

Why is it always the deputy spokesperson making these announcements. There must be 1000s of deputies in every ministry, probably doing all the work.

I totally agree, but I'm extremely partisan as I've just come up against a full quota in a condo in which I have a serious interest. I wonder if what you say is correct regarding 1000s of unsold condos due to restrictive ratios. I only know night time during covid, of course there were very few apartment lights on all the way down Jomtien Beach road in those immense blocks back from the beach and beyond. Course, that was exceptional. Now, I don't know the situation at all. Same up at Na Klua. Are they 25% empty, conservatively speaking?

How are condo quotas connected to land ownership and business ownership? Ok, they're all restrictions placed on foreign ownership, but the condo issue stands apart. It's regulated by the Condominium Act, 2008. Other laws govern business and land ownership. The fact that the ratios are the same is coincidental. Whatever the reasoning, nobody here has yet come up with an answer as to why the ratio exists for condo ownership. It obviously offers a measure of control for the developers, but do they really give a hoot to whom they're selling? I really doubt it. So, was it a business decision, a paranoid keep Thailand Thai decision, or a what decision?

Interestingly nothing as yet for ING UNG, nor Chonlanan, who is by his own words, due to resign. Who's getting PH? Education?

Somebody else dragged in the labour laws. It's not relevant. Nor even connected. Likewise land ownership. I simply don't get the reasoning behind the condo ratios. Maybe it's something Mr Taweesin might look at. After all, it's his line of business.

Hardly Jomtien though

Scout Act 2008 "Section 64 A person who obtained the Order of Symbolic Propitiousness Ramkeerati, the Boy Scout Commendation medal, the Boy Scout Citation medal and the Sustainable Scout medal shall be announced his name onto the Government Gazette" Is this from a Red Dwarf episode? Rimmer (no relation to our esteemed moderator) gets it wrong again. PS Sustainable Scout Medal? What on earth....?

You've been an inmate at BKK remand prison then?

Sounds like a holiday camp. Are you sure this prison you're on about isn't in Xinjiang?

All this talk of democratic betrayals. How did the anti brexiteers feel the morning after the Great Boris Balls up? He lied, cheated and led the UK into the wilderness. Thai politicians aren't alone in duping their electorate, that's for sure! It's why Pita seemed, and still does seem, such a refreshing change. And not only him. I watch Thai parliament debates. Understand about one word in 10, but I can still tell the good guys from the bad. Gao glay has a lot of "bright young things" in their ranks, who can speak intelligently, fluently and competently. I watch the old guard with their bombast and finger wagging, chests stuck out, nodding in agreement with themselves and I wonder for how much longer are these fxxxers going to clog up the works?

Say no to carbs!

Nothing from them. If I see it's written by them, I'll generally skip it.

I'm only interested in the condo thing, not land ownership, business ownership or whatever. How come a Thai doesn't own 51% of my scooter then? Mad.

I've not read the whole thread, but has anyone with a Krungthai account been able to register for FR? I got mine done at BKK bank no problem, but was told yesterday Krungthai aren't doing it for foreigners - YET!