seanocasey

I consulted with Sunbelt when I established my business here in Thailand and they seem like an honest well run business but they are grossly overpriced IMO and I used another firm that offered the same services for about half the price.

it's a target market you get what you pay for and that is peace of mind.

oh I see you are coming to the end I'm sorry mate never taught you would surcome, to the depths of an octopus.

It can be argued that the current policy of expelling pregnant students is against the law, as Thailand is signatory to the convention on the rights of the child.

I have respect for mister Wallop, but think he is wrong. The best protection for students against early pregnancy is education, which should be mandatory. Now parents complane if their children get educated about birth control and sex.

I agree that there is a need to deal with the underlying causes of such an astonishing number of pregnancies in young (let's face it) children! We see so many youngsters carrying their small children around with them (and struggling to do so, given that many of them are not that much bigger themselves)! By sending out a signal that students will be allowed to take time out to care for their children, this is also sending out an indirect signal that it is okay for such students to become pregnant anywhere from 15 onwards. It would be far better to provide appropriate education as a sufficiently early stage in an effort to reduce the number of teenage pregnancies.

Finally some sensible legislation comes out of Parliament.

The worrying question here is whether or not politicians and civil servants are still eligible for further Education funding,

........................or if not eligible, what are the reasons for denying them these channels of development.

Rather than concentrating on ineffective measures to punish the vulnerable and to disenfranchise them,

would it not be more effective to

1. Ensure proper and informed effective and efficient health and sex education for the young, uncorrupted by personal religious belief.

2. Acknowledge that the millions of youth living in present-day cities do not have the supportive networks of communal and village life anymore.

3. Setting up a Child Support Agency with the facilities of pre- and post-birth DNA testing to establish paternity.

4. Informing potential fathers of all ages and all social positions that in fathering a child will mean providing a minimum of financial support every month for that child ( say, 3,000 baht ) until they reach the age of 18 and that this legislation will be enforced by the Courts of Law and monitored independently by a U.N. delegation representing the Rights of the Child.

.........0r if a student gets pregnant whilst attending school or University,

a Government Cultural Agency could shut down the institution for 9 months or until the child is born, ( whichever is the sooner. )

I am without sadness as I see so much pain.

as we know from european morals is let em have it

Well, I wouldn't wear short skirt or short shorts at school... its cheesy and yea, cheesy!

Those who wear them at school wanna be cool...

What has the world come to? Are school uniform skirt lengths really so important? Teenage girls are not nuns and it doesnt affect what they think about world hunger when they wear a short skirt. Its not as if what people wear is connected to their brains.

I dont think adults give young people enough credit these days. Children are maturing much faster, but were not all sex-crazed maniacs. I dont think teachers are used to seeing girls as young as twelve wear make-up and have a boyfriend. Maybe they dont have much confidence in girls who wear short skirts. Maybe they think theyre going to jump into bed with someone.

Of course any adult who has regular contact with children has a moral duty to look out for their well-being, but not to the point where they dictate what they wear. My mother stopped dressing me when I was six. It wasnt as though I started wearing lipstick and heels the second she took her eyes of me.

If pupils want to follow the rules, fine no doubt theyll be forever law-abiding citizens. But I think anyone who really takes responsibility for themselves works out what they think about every issue. Im not promoting anarchy, but I think that anyone with a mind of their own looks at rules and decides which they think are right and which they believe to be a waste of time. At the end of the day, you can have 10 GCSEs, all grade A to C, and have a skirt half way up your thighs. It just proves some rules are silly and pedantic and it doesnt matter if you abide by them or not.

I have no idea why headteachers get so bothered about uniform. Schools arent perfect and headteachers cant be responsible for it all. Anyway, I dont see every female teacher with a skirt down to her knees.

Those who judge only by appearance are too shallow to be bothered to get close enough to someone to find out what theyre like. Headteachers are there to do whats best for the children in the school not whats best for its image. Theyre not always the same thing. Teenagers are worrying about what options they can take and what they need to do in their exams, but headteachers can seem more wrapped up in whether theyre wearing a tie or not.

Its important to manage the standards of a school but they should be based on its academic achievement. Education isnt just about passing exams, but it shouldnt be about pupils appearance either. Sadly, thats the way it seems to be heading.

I know there are some dangerous people out there but I dont think the way to protect us is to lower our skirt lengths. When we leave school, we can do what we like thats when the danger begins. Young people need educational lessons on personal safety something that will stay in our minds forever, not just until were out of uniform.

Camille Noriega, 14

I think standards are important. Some girls take this skirt business too far they roll them up to their elbows and basically they just look like sluts. A good school wants to create a generation of pupils who can find jobs and make a mark in the world, so its good that a headteacher enforces the rules about school uniform. You could argue that theyre just being old-fashioned but, on the other hand, they might think things are better the way they were before. Of course society is moving on, but if pupils are doing things that affect their education and the reputation of the school just because theyre trendy then the headteacher has a right to put his foot down.

If I was a mother and saw a group of scruffy pupils, I would probably think they were unruly and that their teachers couldnt control them. Id also think that their school didnt have very high standards. The school image rests on its doing well in the league tables and being strong in different subjects, but I wouldnt want my daughter to go to a school where pupils dressed like this.

If youre part of a school community, you should listen to the guidelines and follow the rules. Girls in ridiculously short skirts bring down the reputation of the school for the others. Even if its just a few doing it, teachers are going to be harder on everyone else. Weve just got a new uniform at my school. The teachers asked the whole school what they wanted and the whole school was happy with it. Its OK for adults to overrule young people, but when they ask us for ideas they are able to come up with a solution that works for everyone.

Parents who would rather their daughters sit around at home than alter their uniforms might respect teenagers opinions but theyre failing to draw the line. Theres a lack of morals here and I would say theyre going about parenthood the wrong way. Parents have to show you cant get away with it.

I think there is a need to have a review of uniforms in many schools. Teachers should find out what girls have to say about them rather than knowing nothing about how they are going to feel or why short skirts are popular in the first place.

But if you really want to go somewhere in life, you know its whats inside that counts. I know that its working hard thats going to give me independence and the ignorant girls who might tease people like me put appearance before common sense. If they want to waste their time and have a nowhere life, theyre going the right way about it.

Theyll end up having to rely on the dole.

yes i know ut here it is.

what id love to find out is where I can buy milled linseeds.

omega smoothe.

10,0000 $ that is the amount

he said what he did not what you want.

mabye you are thinking toots much live in los, enjoy

pay-up man

Some good news for Bangkok and Thailand at last - and fully deserved in my opinion.

I am surprised Bangkok did not take award for the cleanest city in the world, or would this be next year

guy's wake up- this is the biggest load of boll-ox this year.

The only things I hoard are books - although I rarely read a book a second time, I can't bear to throw them away (or give to a charity shop or whatever).

Don't throw your books away!!

Keep them close, close as your local library, that is.

I love my books. I try to read at least two or three a month. Sometimes that many in a week if I'm travelling allot. Paperbacks from airports, old hardbacks from used book store and new ones from Amazon. They start out as a new adventure and end up as friends.

I have, as you, faced the question of what to do with the dwindling space during a Spring cleaning a few years ago. Your local library is just the place for these treasures to find a new home. Not to far from home, in the off chance the urge comes over you to pick it up and read it again.

This approach will give others the opportunity to discover the joys of your old friends and public libraries are aways in need of good books. Uncle Sam will thank you too with an IRS tax credit on your donation.

So throw them away! Give them a new home close to home, Your local library.

once the ants get in it is <deleted>, or any other termite,

Had one of those long bamboo ladders once that we kept behind the house laying down, painted it regularly with chaindrite but in two years it was a pile of dust, problem seemed to be that the little critters burrow up inside the cavities in the bamboo and the chaindrite did not seem to soak through the hard bamboo skin.

I gotta say this "another one bites the dust""another one bites the dust" oh oh

Mexican Mafia branching out. what next.

h[/i]etaroi' date='2010-07-11 04:45' timestamp='1278798302' post='3741229']

I think its way past due that Thais and expats stopped making excuses for the short-comings of the Thai nation.

Almost no one is "making excuses" for Thailand. They are saying that Thailand has always been much like it is now, so why do so many farangs move here, stay here, and do nothing but moan, whinge and complain about something that is probably not going to change?

Why?

yes you are right again 'Ulysses G.' but whom will listen. we are guests here and we should be content to live in pleasant country.

When it comes to lifestyle, it’s not what you choose, but rather how you choose it.

don't know but mine which has cirrus and maestro on back and laser on front worked but has a 4 digit pin code,you must enter.

Thailand's political climate can presently best be described as tense. Much of this tension is based on both cases and accusations of corruption as well as the issue of government legitimacy. Aside from having experienced a considerable downturn in connection to the Asian financial crisis, Thailand has displayed high economic growth rates (6-8%) since the 1960s. Thailand is generally considered to be a business-friendly economy and has for several years been able to offer favourable investment incentives to foreign companies (e.g. tax exemptions, especially if the investment includes new technology or is located in a less developed area) and good investment protection compared to many other countries in the region. However, Thailand's investment climate continues to suffer from several obstacles. Companies consider corruption to be a large barrier to doing business in Thailand, along with hidden costs related to red tape, government and policy instability and inefficient government bureaucracy.

Positive developments in relation to corruption and investment:

* Thailand has the legal framework to effectively counter corruption.

* The new Constitution of 2007 contains provisions about access to public information. The access to information is normally provided to citizens and the right is enjoyed without other restrictions than those related to national security and public safety.

* The Government of Thailand has recently pledged publicly to combat corruption within the procurement and contracting sector, such as to improve transparency in the bidding processes and rewarding of contracts

Risks of corruption:

* Corruption is reportedly a significant problem in Thailand, both within the private and public sectors, but it is mainly found in the intersection between business and government where demands for facilitation payments are widespread.

* Bribery is particularly concentrated in a few governmental sectors in charge of large financial transactions: the Land Department, Tax and Customs Department, the Transport Department, and the Police Department.

* The main source of corruption in Thailand is considered to be the money politics, meaning the flow of money within the political scene, stemming from the high degree of interconnectedness existing between the business sector and the political system.

My link

give the press more freedom, form an independent fraud dept

PM: Thailand Facing Worst Drought in 20 Years

UPDATE : 7 June 2010

The prime minister has urged the Agriculture and Agricultural Cooperatives Ministry to come up with plans to tackle the ongoing drought, which is considered the worst in two decades.

Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva expressed his concern about the drought situation in Thailand, saying that it could be the worst in 20 years. He noted that the devastating drought and the severe lack of rain is believed to have been caused by the El Niño effect.

The premier acknowledged the need for more prudent management of water resources and said that he has assigned the Agriculture and Agricultural Cooperatives Ministry to advise farmers to postpone in-season rice cultivation and to discuss with them when the most appropriate time for farming will be.

Despite expectations that rainfall would normalize from July onward, Abhisit stressed that the government must continue to manage water resources effectively and ensure that water stored in the country's major reservoirs like Sirikit and Bhumibol is sufficient.

He also entrusted the ministry with planning measures to battle the dry spell and to aid the drought-stricken agricultural sector.

The prime minister expects a proposal from the ministry in a week or two.

The Thai leader further stated that the agricultural sector will become increasingly important in the future, given the ever-increasing global demand for food and biofuel.

He affirmed that his administration will work to ensure that Thai farmers will be better off, through a range of programs such as income guarantees, a rice-pledging scheme and a farmers' welfare fund. My link here

are you from Switzerland

thais are so good and smart they will find another terrible thing to scare of more tourists, wanna bet ? ah yeah, betting illegal in thailand...

Funny you bring that up.

I actually have a case/story that would be pretty big should Thai company chose to ignore me for much longer.

I can guarantee that this story will rock not only Thailand but if i will be able to get it to the right people in media worldwide, my story may just rock the world.

Mind you what happened to me can only happened in Thailand and despite all the searched i think this would be the first incident ever.

well spell it out let's hear it.

silly boy did not pay the tea money.

I just got back from Pattaya yesterday and asking and looking at the restaurants and some of the bars, they are asking, 'where are the tourists?' Most of what I saw in my travels were expats who lived there. Seeing ten waitresses and no patrons tells you something. Walk into a beer bar and you got mobbed. Don't know where they get the stats at but they better start looking before they start with the rumor of an increase in tourism. They must be sampling too much of something.

Pattaya is not Thailand, its only one of the many destination within this country.

Their has been for a long time an oversupply of entertainment venues around some beach destinations, so this is not a good measurement.

Tourist coming to Thailand are swifting, more come from a wide variety of countries and maybe they don't enjoy the entertainment venues which are offered in Pattaya.

More & more tourists are regular holiday makers, families with children and people who come to see the attractions of Thailand.

who you working for.where may I ask will all the family's get travel insurance from.

with emergency decree.

overinflated baht.

Euro countries in recession.

china bubble about to bust in property.

everyone that loves Thailand knows the truth and those who are dilusionist are everywhere.

for those who have invested in Thailand tourist industry hoping to retain the dream are in for a slow decline in foreign visitors and as I have seen for myself a delusion of asserts.

but they will come back when. they will be a lot of water under the bridge before then and a hel_l of a lot of pain.

seen this one before been around for awhile

good laugh :lol:

at $200,000 = 64000000mil baht divide by lets say bar fine 500baht lady 1500aht divide by 6.4mil 2000 baht that's hel_l of lot of different *ussy every night for nine years. that is if your *ick lasts that long

Just want to know what the general thought was on this: I befriended a man I met who owns a group of bungalows in Nai Yang Beach and he said his wife's family own the beach front and there is one small piece of land that was granted by the courts to be built on. Evidently the family years ago dontated the land to the National Parks and now want it back. the parcel is ready to build on and he has the plans etc. He appears to be genuine but of course I am not rushing into it. He says he will build, we will go 50/50 on rentals as he wants 6 units at $4,000 dollars AUS to build. He has some money and wants to go halves in it with me. The units he has are really well built and he runs a good business. He doesn't want to set up a 'company' as he says it is too much tax; however, I read that the govt does not usually encourage 'partnerships' with foreigners.

He is willing to be completely transparent, that is he told me what he owes the bank for the units he already has. He said I could have a unit and retire because if we went into business I would be like family. Now, I do know that Thai's do place more emphasis on the business 'relationship' but as I am from Australia I am a bit wary.

He says he has a lawyer friend who can write up the contract etc. I mentioned that in that contract I would want to be able to have my funds back in case the wheels fell off for whatever reason.

what is the general thoughts on this and does this happen often as he said he had already approached a German fellow who seemed interested and did not get back to him.

thanks for the good laugh :lol:

is that erect or limp.