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  1. Senate will consist of 200 members
    (100 from 200) - half of whom will be chosen by a council of “experts.”
    It's unclear how the body of experts will be chosen.
    The other (100 from 200) - half will be former high-level politicians and bureaucrats such as prime ministers, military commanders, parliament speakers, judicial leaders, and representatives from other civic organizations.
    Chosen or appointed by who?
    Please no Thai Airways System here.

    It is a little bit unclear for me, sorry.
    Who chose – appoint –indirect elect – Who????
    Would be good if they could publish a graphic as the people elect and how it then leads to the formation of parliament, the government and the Senate.
    I thought they want to adapt the German model?
    Where every 4 years the parliament of the federal states is elected and
    time-shifted every four years the federal district government is elected.
    So that each inhabitant can choose every 2 years, one for the state and two years later one for the country district.
    The federal government makes the laws proposals.
    The parliament of the federal states agrees to this, or give it back for revision.
    The President, who is elected by the members of state Parliament has the power of veto and must agree with the new laws.
    Changes to the Constitution require a majority of 75% and both parliaments have to agree.

    The Information policy is unsatisfactory for me..
  2. Thermal solar systems make sense in Thailand.

    The whole consists of only 2 glass plates with fine copper pipes in between, a small pump and a hot water storage tank. The water is heated during the day by the sun and at the evening you can have a hot shower. The whole can build self made for 5000 baht or you can buy a kit for 15,000- 40,000 baht, depending on the application, requirements and control electronics.


    I see all the resorts with their bungalow and Houses for rent in the tourist regions.

    Guess 98% of all these have a small electrical water heater for 3,000 - 5,000 Baht installed.

    I know from personal experience that such water heaters usually max. work for 3 years, after you have to buy a new one.


    We plan for our small resort this year gradually to convert to thermal solar.


    That is the cheapest thermal solar system for 300Baht thumbsup.gif


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  3. Teachers make extra money by not teaching in school, only after school (pay money) do they really teach.

    That is true.

    We pay 1.000 Baht / month per child extra for teaching after school between 16:00 - 18:00

    Our children are in school often unchallenged and bored.

    The mathematics book of the second class, which is to be the stuff of a semester, our children have fully worked through it, in one weekend.

    Our children voluntarily go to extra classes because they can ask questions and be promoted according to their abilities.

    The regular school only as a storage place for children of working parents, no thanks.

  4. Important subjects such as civic duties, history, democracy and patriotism need to be included,

    Important points in any case in military schools.

    The thirst for knowledge of pupils and students must be satisfied.

    Reminds me of a teacher in the third grade.
    Everyone wondered why the class was so quiet.
    The teacher made after lunch always one hour nap, so all the students had to be quiet so as not to wake her.
    Furthermore, it was forbidden to the students to forge ahead in the learning books .

    Hopefully the real education experts and specialists have to say something to improve the level of education.
    If occupation strangers and outsiders of the education industry have to much influence, then it ends usually always bad.


  5. I do not mind, that is marketing.
    If there is a group that wants to have there vegetables harvested only at full moon nights -
    Why not, if they pay for it.
    Which brings me more to think about are two issues:
    1. Is this really the best investment, or are there maybe other options where 10,000,000,000 Baht are more needed?
    Are there perhaps synergy effects with the 5.800.000.000 Baht budget for the buffaloes? Anyway.
    2. How transparent will be the distribution of the budget?
    Who gets the money, for what and under what conditions?
    Who controls the distribution of money and the success?
  6. NLA aides and experts earn between Bt15,000 and over Bt20,000 a month.
    …..wife works as a personal expert for a monthly salary of Bt24,000.
    It is a system question.
    Each NLA member receives a fixed and equal budget to the employment of experts?
    Then first I wonder why the Salary is different (15.000 – 20.000 – 24.000)?
    It must indeed exist an employment contract in any form.
    Is the employment contract between the NLA member and the experts directly closed,
    or between the state (public office) and the experts?
    Hopefully it will not be the case that the state paid without tendering a contract of employment without examining the qualifications.
    It is true that many politicians get a so-called compensation expense allowance.
    That is a fixed and equal budget for every Parliament Member.
    It is intended to fund travel costs, communication costs, office supplies, etc.
    The member can decide, for what and how he use this money.
    The assistants, experts or aides also have no access to any public office.
    This is strictly a private matter between the member and the assistants.
    Does anyone know how this is regulated specifically here?
    I think everyone is afraid that in the next government again is sitting for example a PM with
    his brother-in law as Minister of Finance, with his brother as Minister of Interior,
    with his best friend as labor minister and his wife as a family Minister.
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  7. Asked if paying them a salary from taxpayers' money was appropriate, Pornpetch said the practice predates the assembly and was in line with regulations.

    I thought exactly that, should be prevented/ avoided by the new reforms?
    Now we have again a conglomerate from brothers, sisters, aunts, uncles, children, step mothers, brothers in law. grandmamas, etc.
    on tax pays roll.

    This makes the process of reform unfortunately very implausible.
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  8. Dumb questions. How can such a senior officer not have security clearance? How can an immigration police delay departing flights selectively ?

    Something strange here.

    yes something in the story missing or wrong.

    Maybe without boarding pass he could not enter the waiting area,

    or they would not let him in the VIP lounge.

    Guess that pissed him off

    because he has no security clearance for it? Unlikely. Possible he want in the VIP lounge and full service there and they refused to serve him black label without being customer. But that would be a complete different story.

    I am sure that he, as a non-passenger, can not accompany his wife to the seat on the plane.

    Without any special reason it is already final at the boarding counter (where they scan the boarding passes, before the passengers waiting room) for him as a non-passenger.

    That are the rules.

    Maybe that did not fit with his inflated ego.

  9. It is quite surprising as sales and rent contracts longer then 3 Years must be writen in Thai for the public land office.
    They write then on the Channot or Nor Sor Sam Paper you name as the renter and the contract number.
    As a consequence, even the public land Office, then legalize an illegal purchase.

    It would be as well possible then to sue the public land office.

    Overall the land and housing markets, employment in construction, building supplies, etc. will be hit hard in the future.
    Message is clear: As a private person do not invest in Thailand!

  10. ..... The report also claimed that high ranking police and Army officers were involved in giving permission for the Tao Poon casino to continue to operate in the beginning of February.....

    Furthermore, it revealed that 11 Baccarat tables had been set up to cater to hundreds of gamblers with daily turn-around in the hundreds of millions of baht.

    Big business, but in Thailand illegal.
    100 and more players - invisible?
    That's a little bit like the 500 missing super cars in the customs department.

    Maybe there are exists two identical casinos.
    One for the raids with dust, and the other for play.
    On the same level with David Copperfield and Harry Houdini.

    Who is involved then?

  11. Well, of course, they can make all the new laws they like, but will the police actually enforce them?

    The previous excesses of political rallies could have been nipped in the bud had the police moved in and stopped them. In fact, during the previous rallies the RTP were MIA.

    I seem to recall a officer getting his legs blown to pieces when the PDRC scum threw a grenade at police lines. Every man and his dog knew heavily armed military were embedded amongst the PDRC looking to spill a bit of blood to provide justification for a coup. Yingluck handled the situation exceptionally well as we can see by the fact that even though the military kangaroo court is in full swing there has been not a single charge laid against the last democratically elected government of Thailand for its treatment of criminal protestors. Lets of course also not forget that the courts ruled the police could not take action against the protestors as the protestors had a right to hold the nation to ransom to their own fascistic desires. Thailand woes are all consequences of the military overstepping its role since 1932.

    This is like one image from a running movie.

    Do you remember the massacre of Trat?

    Where the police officer enters the stage and said: He has good news?

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  12. As per a Cabinet resolution last September, seized ivory items would either be burned, returned to the country of origin or stored for further study.

    OMG, burned?! Why?!

    Have they not heard of supply and demand. Burning up supply only puts pressure on the demand side.

    The lovely elephants (assuming), have already made their sacrifice. They should sell those items into a proper market at a high price and use the proceeds for their efforts to stop the illegal ivory trade. Let the sacrifice amount to something good.

    I support your thought to 100%

  13. Why they do not solve this problem easily.
    Carry all gambling furnishings, which covered in layers of dust, to the aircraft carrier with no aircraft HTMS Chakri Naruebet.
    Put some little plush on it, and pull the boat in neutral waters.
    Legalize gambling on that ship.
    All players must show their IDs and declare the amount of gambling money they carry.
    The data will send also for documentation to the tax department in order to avoid misuse for money laundering.
    That would be a multiple win win situation.
    - Players could legally play and no longer need to go to Macau or Cambodia.
    - The profit from the casino would not go into dark pockets, instead the state could finance some renovations of hospitals and schools.
    - The army budget would be relieved from the maintenance costs for the vessel.
    - The TAT would have a new rich target group: gamblers, and could gain market shares from Macau´s and Cambodia´s gambler market.
    - The transportation cost to the gambling vessel should be the same for all;
    Thais, Residents, tourist, foreigners, non residents, all have to pay 5.000 Baht admission.
    With helicopter service: 10.000 Baht, the ice on the cake for VIP´s.
    I guess a legal casino can easily bring in Bt500 million for the society.
  14. I think this is a form of practical demonstration law.

    In many countries of the world, there is a right to demonstrate.
    This is a fundamental right.
    And demonstrations must be registered before.
    Police must plan to block the streets from traffic, etc.

    Furthermore then we must ask, who decides whether a demonstration can take place or not?
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