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Perhaps better customer service could be encouraged with better employee rewards. Aside from the traditional sales commission ther are other options related to benefits and education.

Silly woman Yingluck may have just out manuvered Suthep so far as the military is concerned. Thus far, the military finds no cause to eject the current administration from power and leaves open the possibility of actually protecting the administration's presence by guarding government property and its employees. Its role could be expanded to supplement the national police should it be overwhelmed guarding public safety and private property through a state of emergency.

Prayuth leaves open to a lot of interpretation of what the military's role is and will be. I guess that's called Option Planning. He does seem to indicate a scenario wherein Yingluck can call for a state of emergency that, if made under the proper circumstances (destruction of government property, public facilities, critical services, injury of government & public workers), would activate the military's involvement in a defense posture against the deminstrators. But he also indicates that the government itself could be as responsble as the protesters, ie., counter-protesters? In any case Army Day on Jan. 18th is perfectly timed to have military forces on hand. We'll know soon how Occupation Bangkok evolves.

"The end justifies the means" is nonjudicial in nature that exists only in a totalitarion society. It is guilty until proven innocent. It has no place in a democratic system. Conjunctive with this saying is that "bad means justify worse means." This follows that the alleged undemoctratic behavior of the Pheu Thai leadership (past & present) justifies even more unconstitutional and undemocratic behavior of its opposition. It does not in a democractic society. Thus, Suthep's plans to essentially suspend democracy, ironically in the name of democracy, and recreate a new constitution by minority mob rule is a path consistent with the establishment of a totolitarian society. I hope the people of Thailand and those leaders responsible for their freedom and security take the right path for their future.

"Business leaders will step up their role as mediators."What a farce. It was okay for them to play politics through Suthep's unconstitutional acts and political antics to throw the Pheu Thai Party out of power. But when their wealth becomes seriously threatened by the reality of a prolonged shutdown of Bankok and commerce without Yingluck's administration abdicating before the elections, it doesn't look so fun anymore. They fear Suthep will become more radical each day closer to election day and quite possibly beyond that economic damage to their businesses will become inevitable and irrepairable. There is no reaons for Yingluck to give these "leaders" anything more than lip service.

So she resigns and then Somchai fills her shoes. He was not involved in the voting or proposal. Should it not be Suthep that be locked up, 200 Billion down the drain, nice wad of cash that, well done Suthep, oh and by the way, by brainwashing the people who support this march, your going to have a lot of them killed.

Yingluck has yielded enough, she has been restrained in her actions and patient. Kaos to come I should think. Just think of all the dead and their loved ones. Would and could this happen in England, USA, America? No.... Shame on Suthep, reform and democracy hasnt a chance with him ranting and causing havoc every day. Democrats, get your crap together, make your reforms and go to the polls to end this thing.

No it wouldn't happen in England or the US (possibly in the other America you refer to?).

The reason it wouldn't happen is because a government openly run by a convicted criminal fugitive who dictated policy and made all the decisions, would not be tolerated. A government as openly arrogant and contemptuous of the law and accountability, that acted illegally and in its own interests would be removed and those found guilty imprisoned.

In America any reaction to an alleged criminal act or acts by Government or Congressional leaders would be dealt with through the Rule of Law with all Rights of the defendetns consistent with the US Constitution. Unlike the process Suthep wants to follow that is to suspend the constitution and to follow the Rule of the Mob.

Great job! Everyone whoever had some implication in any dirty business, crime and corruption should be banned for life to be eligible to run for elections.

Finally, an understanding of the real purpose behind the demand for reforms. I am all for expelling from politics, and bringing to justice, anyone who is found to be skimming from the nation's wealth, and that's goes for any member of any party...!!

Many anti-Pheu Thai Party commenters seem to be reading way too much into these disqualifications. They just failed to exercise their voting right. No one was expelled for any injustice, crimes, corruption, etc. Since these candidates can take their cases to the attention of the election division of the Supreme Court, they may still be in the election. So a little premature to shout a victory.

Proof of ownership is easy. Get a signed copy of their ID and house book. If you are intending to use the rental agreement at immigration or the labor office you will need the copies anyway.

What if there is no house book, ie., blue book, as the owner owns and resides in another house? Would copy of the owners deed be necessary then?

Should public utilties be shut off, the only legitimate forces that can be brought to bear to assure that utiltities are restored are the police and military. If rioters use force in defense, then an equal and opposite force should be exercised to assure public safety and restoration of public services. If neither of these forces have the resolve to protect peaceful population from tyranny of the mob, Thailand's democracy will spiral down into a disintigration of its national identity.

What a fiasco! I don't know what the rest of the world must must think. There's one half of the population who repeatedly vote in an obviously corrupt and incompetent group of self-serving crooks, and another half who want to drag the country back to feudalism and are prepared to wreck the place to do it.

It would be funny if it weren't so pathetic.

It's more like 80% of the population who voted for Pheu Thai Party and 20% for the Democrat Party. To suggest that the population is almost split evenly between the two parties belies the seriousness of the attempted overthrow by a minority of a government representing a majority of Thai citizens.

The PDRC doesn't wants to create a vacuum. It wants to create a new government by fiat with itself in control. Very simple strategy using undemocratic tactics such as preventing candidates from registering, shutting down the elections, turning Bangkok into a city of civil war, and installing a neo-communistic ruling "People's Committee" similar to the Soviet and Chinese Politburo. Credit must be given to the PDRC for not trying to disguise their planned destruction of the one man-one vote democracy in Thailand to be replaced with their own brand of one elitist-one vote "democracy." The P.R.D.C are in truth democracy busters.

If the new procedures are followed you won't have the project (remember that all designs must be completed first-no staged construction) completed for 10-15 years. I hope the concerned citizens won't mind the 2-3 meters of flood in their homes during that time and not blame the government for taking so long to solve the flooding problems. Also, don't blame the government for the abandonment of foreign manufacturing from the floodplains, the resulting unemployment, and loss of government revenues that would help finance this project.

To stage a people's revolution without ripping up the Constitution? Wasn't an arrest warrant issued for Suthep on treason? It seems the Democrats can only get in power when the Constitution is waived by military coup and they're hoping that will happen again before Feb. 2nd. Meanwhile Suthep's stategy is to "overthrow" the elected PM and install an unelected "People's Committee" to rule the country for up to 18 months? Where is that in the Constitution?

In Bang Khun Thien (Bangkok) no photos are required. They use digital photography so if you got your license from there previously, they'll have it stored. For renewal (non-O status) the usual passport pages, recent medical certificate, depth perception, color, and reaction tests required. New license is 205 baht.

Open a trading account with an online US stock broker and invest in the American market indices. Then enjoy your life wherever you should retire to.

There's no confirmation to this tale any more than there is to the uncle being tied to a rocket for the next missle test.

In the event of cut off the electricity and water supply to all government offices on the day, Lt Gen Paradorn said related state enterprises had been instructed to formulate measures to prevent such action from happening. State enterprises don't have their own law enforcement people do they? So how exactly do state employees "prevent" such cut off's? Call the National Police who are too busy accepting flowers from protesters to do their jobs of protecting public property and people? Are state employees expected to barricade access, rush the offenders, etc.? Sound slike a good time to catch the 30-day flu for employees.

A shot fired from the "direction of the gate" is a fairly useless statement from an investogation viewpoint. As most people might suspect, there are two sides to a gate: inside and outside. So there's no evidence for blame by that measure. And the statement doesn't indicate that the the shot was fired anywhere near the gate, just that it came from that direction. Well my friends, there is a whole world in that direction. Maybe more scientific ballestic testings might offer more evidence.

Election commissioner Somchai Srisuthiyakorn said the EC was not empowered to postpone the election. Finally the EC figured out the law it is supposed to support! And their recommendation that candidates who were blocked from registering go to the Supreme Court is genius. Those candidates should automatically get registered by showing their driver licenses. In so far as 28 districts being blocked from candidate registration, that will not invalidate the election results unless only one party has registered and fails to get 95% of the national vote. Game, Set, Match.

Many countries allow for citizen arrests. That is how bounty hunters can work. In Thailand a Google car driver was arrested by citizens in Northern Thailand who suspected him of being a government spy. So the question is, can any Thai citizen arrest Suthep as he does have an outstanding warrant against him?

Why all the trepidation with Suthep's planned Bangkok shutdown. For foreigners you'll see a 20%+ jump in your currency value in the exchange rate for the baht. And that's on top of the 18% you got since September 2013. Got to look on the bright side for your inconvenience.

It wasn't 20 taxi drivers, it was 2 million using Suthep's magical aerial GPS surveyors.

If you can have a sense of humor about what Thai's might make fun of, use it. I find it completely changes personal attitudes of most people, regardless of nationality if you can laugh at yourself. You'll never been a native Thai in a lifetime, and they place a high value on their culture, regardless of where you think they stand in the world.

The EC continues to show it has no idea how to assure compliance to election laws. It says things can't be done when the law says it can, and change has been made in the past. It says it has no power then issues proclamations. At least now with two parties registered for the elections, the 95% rule is off the table and EC officials can stop speculating about its effect. If there is reform needed it is with the EC.