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Thailand’s real estate sector eyes foreign investment boost
tomacht8 replied to snoop1130's topic in Thailand News
I find many of the current standard 25-40sqm new build condos simply too expensive and unattractive. Glazed concrete shoeboxes, many without balconies, many with poor construction quality, many poorly soundproofed, people packed together like in chicken cages, meanwhile high monthly administration costs. In the lower price segment between 3-6 million baht you just don't get anything reasonable. If you then look in the area around 100 square meters, prices of 15-50 million baht are announced, depending on the location. If you instead invest the money in dividend stocks or mutual funds, you can use the dividends to rent a nice beach villa or rent a nice suite in a 5 star hotel. You are also not permanently tied to the property and also without the risk of annoying neighbors who may rent their condo to fun travel groups via Airbnd. 50 millions for 100sqm near Nana. No way. -
Interesting. 100 million THB. Is that the official price tag to buy an MP?
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Prigozhin will be most likely dead soon. How Putin deals with his political opponents is well known. Now Putin is forced to put on a good face to the bad game. He needs the Wagner soldiers and is now recruiting them for his own army. Then, when Prigozhin's position is weakened, Putin's revenge will come.
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Another activist lobbies Election Commission to rule out Pita PM bid
tomacht8 replied to webfact's topic in Thailand News
LOL. Then one would have to generally forbid all politicians to hold shares at all. The whole policy consists in promoting certain interest groups, industries and companies in the sense of a political-economic orientation. Many politicians have shares and are therefore not all independent in the distribution of public contracts, legislation and approval of subsidies. Since many have more than just 0.0003% from a closed media company. -
Another activist lobbies Election Commission to rule out Pita PM bid
tomacht8 replied to webfact's topic in Thailand News
Read it again. My posting concerns the fact that even an off-exchange sale (a sale not through official trading channels on the stock exchange) or a donation does not lead to his name disappearing from the official list of shareholders! His name will therefore continue to be on the list of shareholders. When a listed stock is suspended from trading on the stock exchange, over-the-counter sales are not registered. -
Pattaya Welcomes 2.5 Million Tourists So Far Since Full Reopening
tomacht8 replied to snoop1130's topic in Pattaya News
2.5 million people have travelled to Pattaya, 1.2 million of which are Thais and 860,000 are foreign tourists. And the rest, - 440000 - must be aliens. -
Crackdown on Illegal Foreigners in Sukhumvit-Asok Area
tomacht8 replied to webfact's topic in Bangkok News
Deputy Commander of the Immigration Bureau, who promptly ordered inspections of foreign nationals involved in unlawful employment practices and tax evasion. . The tax argument seems exaggerated to me. I doubt that the small, temporary street stalls living hand-to-mouth pay VAT and/or income taxes at all. I've never received a receipt there. -
Another activist lobbies Election Commission to rule out Pita PM bid
tomacht8 replied to webfact's topic in Thailand News
Easy. " The kids have a car. Sue them" End of the narrow-minded thought process -
Another activist lobbies Election Commission to rule out Pita PM bid
tomacht8 replied to webfact's topic in Thailand News
Another detail is that the iTV shares were suspended from trading years ago by the stock exchange. Even if Pita had donated these shares to someone as executor - notarized -, his name would still remain on the list of shareholders because the company was frozen by the stock exchange regulator. All the manoeuvres, the accusations and the legal understanding of the election losers are so outrageous that one is surprised that they are not demanding the death penalty for illegal car parking. -
Another activist lobbies Election Commission to rule out Pita PM bid
tomacht8 replied to webfact's topic in Thailand News
It is difficult for this theater to find an analogy at all. The father dies, the children inherit a car without an engine. The law says children are not allowed to drive a car. Now there's trouble because the children have a car in the garden, .....but they can't drive it, because there is no engine in it. It's kind of idiotic that some people now want to punish the children for driving this car, although the children can never have driven this car, because it is impossible that they could drive with this car at all. -
Noise, volume, noise pollution and unhealthy volume are unfortunately little known terms in Thailand. Whether at a concert, party or bar, the noise level is often above the unhealthy 85 dB over a longer period of time. I have a free sound measurement app on my smartphone and check the dB values in bars, concerts, etc. Pure horror, many over 100dB some in the peak at 120dB. The only thing that helps is stuffing something into yours ears or running away. I especially feel sorry for the employees and residents who can't run away. Apparently there are no specific dB regulations for bar, party and concert operators.
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Problems are often the language barrier and also the newbie factor of Gogo Bar first-time visitors. Then comes the friendly smiling Mama San, says something, the guest doesn't understand anything, Mama San gives the thumbs up or the ok sign. And then suddenly there is a thimble-sized double tequila water shot on the bill for 400 baht. The experienced bar staff knows exactly what type of customers they are dealing with, and some are milked properly.
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This is the 9th postponement request from Tarit. Case from 2010. Many cases drag on like chewing gum for decades. A reform of parts of the legal system is overdue. For example: a. The perpetrators confess in the first instance, so their sentence is halved, and then appeal in the second instance. b. Despite clear evidence, serious criminals are released on bail. c. Judgments cannot be pronounced in absentia because the perpetrators escape the verdict by fleeing. d. Incredibly long times between offense and judgment. e. Sometimes ridiculous penalties for serious offenses, and vice versa.
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The EC is merely a vicarious agent in maintaining certain power structures. Now the people could actually vote. And the election result is a slap in the face to those in power. The election results show strong support for both Pheu Thai and Move Forward with almost 70% of the population, which is also confirmed in the voting on the party lists at the national level. In a functioning democracy, the case would now be clear as who has the right to run the country if the people's election results were then respected. And from an institutional point of view, that would be exactly the task of an independent EC to protect the election result of the people. Unfortunately one cannot see that the EC is willing to fulfill this fundamental task.
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Social life and dating in Thailand
tomacht8 replied to SomeFarang's topic in ASEAN NOW Community Pub
The OP makes it too complicated for himself and gets in his own way with his list of criteria. Super pretty, sexy, slim, long black hair, long legs, no trampstamps, independent, tastefully dressed, single, no kids, well educated, intelligent, own good income, in the right age range, fascinating, imaginative, loyal, in bed a bombshell, ... There are such Thai women, but such women have thousands of applicants and are mostly looking for a material upgrade that is above their own status level. On the other hand, look at what you (the OP) can bring into a relationship. A middle age foreigner living a Bangkok's standard Thai middle-class life. So forget your criteria, forget online dating and get to know women who you like and where there is mutual sympathy and interest. Enjoy the day. And if there are more days of mutual fun, respect and sympathy, so much the better. And if you're not the super handsome, young, super tantra stud, don't make your self headaches, that you're always going to have to pay for the woman in one or another way. -
‘Election Commissioners Must Go To Jail’ Hashtag Tops Twitter Trend
tomacht8 replied to webfact's topic in Thailand News
The EC installed by Prayut since 2014 has fallen to its lowest level. Unfortunately, this EC is not as neutral as it should be. It's just ridiculous. Instead of thinking about the good of the country, the EC gets bogged down in hair-splitting, outlandish accusations and unnecessary threats. -
Prayut To Be Held Accountable For His Deeds Over Last 9 Years: Pita
tomacht8 replied to webfact's topic in Thailand News
Well, that little detail of the constitution that was in effect at the time of the coup actually provided the death penalty for coup plotters. In his self-made constitution, Prayut anchored a general amnesty for himself and the putschists in a snap action. The world of "laws", what is right and wrong is not so simple as black and white. -
DPM Wissanu addresses Pita’s media share ownership
tomacht8 replied to webfact's topic in Thailand News
A little bit. He only interprets his self-written laws in his benevolent sense. -
DPM Wissanu addresses Pita’s media share ownership
tomacht8 replied to webfact's topic in Thailand News
The majority of the Thai people want a new government and voted accordingly. The old country leadership has in fact been voted out, but they have difficulties in understanding and accepting this democratic process. On the contrary. Now all sorts of tricks are being used to sabotage the will of the majority of the population. -
LTFT Submits Evidence on Overloaded Lorry Bribe
tomacht8 replied to snoop1130's topic in Thailand News
The special stickers are available at a cost of thousands baht per month and they have various designs such as a blue rabbit or a smiling sun. Why the LTFT doesn't copy and print such stickers itself? It would be a very cheap way to completely overturn this bribery system.