cmsally

Why does it all sound so rosy when one of the newsletters I receive says this?

https://www.travelmole.com/news_feature.php?news_id=2040362&c=setreg&region=4

If its out there I'll find it! Need it for my brandy sauce to go with the Xmas pudding! Matter of life and death!

Sounds like it is just a typical case of ignorant people assuming they can make money from a situation in which they are in the wrong! Stand your ground and tell them you will press charges regarding no license, underage driver (motorbike tax??) etc if they don't back off. Tell the school head to get you proof of age of driver, license etc so you can take to police. Drop into the conversation about illegal drivers in school uniforms!!, on their property (make it subtle).

If the motorbike did not have up to date road tax then that would be another notch up.

PS There was an article in BKK Post in the search, about a journalist riding a bicycle , hit by a taxi. The police tried to make it the bicycle's fault, until he told them he was a journalist. Suddenly it became the taxi drivers fault!

This covers the supposed laws for bicycles:

http://web.krisdika.go.th/data/outsitedata/outsite21/file/Road_Traffic_Act_BE_2522_(1979).pdf

sections 79-84

If you are dealing with underage , unlicensed motorbike driver then they don't have a leg to stand on as they are already breaking the law. If anyone is pressing charges it would the parents of the bicycle rider. School maybe partly negligent if they are turning a blind eye to underage drivers arriving on their property.

As with many Thai legal situations people seem to feel they have the advantage if they go first. So basically they were assuming the bicycle would be pressing charges and they were trying to protect themselves.

40 minutes ago, Banana7 said:

Watch for the October manufacturing output numbers due to be published on Wednesday. They'll be down significantly, based on year over year. A Reuters poll estimates they'll be down 4.95%. September's drop was 4.7%.

 

Industrial goods accounts for 80% of the Thailand's exports which declined 4.54% in October 2019 from October 2018.

 

As I said in the original post, lots of people are returning home to small villages from the big cities because of a lack of jobs.

 

Further evidence of job losses is in this post:

 

Correct me if I am wrong but it's not often you see "employment rate falls" rather than "unemployment rate rises". Looks like the spin doctors have been at work.

That is weird, because the son of a friend who lived here many years (half American) went into the Thai army at officer level. Can't double check as I have lost contact with him but pretty sure on that. My son was approached to go into local politics, it's not like they were unaware he was half British! At the moment he is too busy and like his sister, reckons Thailand is too much of a basket case to salvage!

On 11/7/2019 at 6:46 PM, Senechal said:

This has always been the case in Thailand. Nothing is maintained. Building longevity is terrible.  In my experience, the lack of proper maintenance doesn't really show up in earnest until the 15 year mark and then things tend to fall apart fast.

 

 

Would agree with that. I sold mine at just before the 15 yrs mark.

This was in a building with pretty good management and upkeep. Although services and cleanliness was great (as well as pool , lift, common facilities maintenance) and I kept my unit well maintained and pristine; the outside of the building was way overdue for some TLC. Presumably the extra whack of fees for each occupant was going to be a problem. With that in mind as well as the glut in the market I sold it. Niche Uni student market , so pretty easy to sell.

Thread closed at OP's request.

6 minutes ago, Vacuum said:

And then what, call a Grab taxi to follow them?

You will have the peace of mind knowing where the front wheel of your scooter and your sneakers are!

14 minutes ago, GreasyFingers said:

I am only repeating what the Land Office. It appears that they are treating the land as not having a title so utilization rights apply. The LO did say if the friends fenced the land it could not be claimed but their title is still no good. They would only have utilization rights due to the fencing.

They could also still build on the land but there is no water or electricity and the road is suspect in the wet season. Even with a building they still only have utilization rights and no chance of a proper title.

As far as I am aware a Nor Sor 3 Gor has almost the same rights as a Chanot. For the land dept to say its useless is somewhat bizarre as it would have been sold at the Land Office and with their full knowledge. If the previous owner had upgraded another type of title to this title then again has to be done with Land Office involvement. Is this only one piece of land or part of many titles on the boundary on National Park etc. ?? It all sounds very fishy.

If they say the title is useless, then check for whoever signed it at the land office at transfer because they must be complicit in the sale of illegal land!!

As above multiple years of occupation needed for squatters rights, but not beyond some people to get local signatures saying they have been there for decades growing cabbages!

2 hours ago, GreasyFingers said:

We have a situation here where some friends purchased 3 rai of Nor Sor 3 Gor land about 5 years ago. They now want to sell but the Land Office has advised that they will not transfer title as the land is within an area that should not have been given title deeds. The original NS3G title was issued to a General in the police force or army. The Government can reclaim the land at any time.

They have not used the land since they bought it and the Land Office further advised that anyone could grow crops on it for one year and then claim the land. Someone has been growing cabbages on it without their permission so a very bad situation.

In that situation your friends should post haste get that person growing cabbages to sign a rental contract for the land even if it is only a tiny rental sum mentioned. Should get signatures on backdated versions too. If they refuse should get them and cabbages removed immediately. If both look tricky get local headman involved and get some paperwork saying they are trespassing on your land.

I know if there is a continuous perimeter fence and multiple dwellings (ie 2 tabien bahns) it counts as one ( I already asked).

On another dwelling I have 2 land titles and it is counted as 2. Which actually works well for me as one is business and one private (continuous perimeter). So I am inclined to say it is 2 but it is possible as the unused piece is garden of the first it is OK.

The reason I say this is : I know of a number of places where a "public waterway" ,which in some cases is nothing more than an underground pipe or small creek , has caused the supposedly one piece of land to be actually 2 chanots (as you cannot own the piece of land taken by the waterway). The best thing to do would be to ask at your local Tesabahn office that deals with the tax.

31 minutes ago, madmitch said:

Either this is fake news or some people lead very sad lives!

Maybe they are just trying to overload the system ; keep the finger on the report button.

15 hours ago, Tylor said:

On a more positive note, new RG publication was loaded online in the evening and my name is on it, have a lot of other male applicants on there as well. I guess i am officially Thai from today ????

Congrats. ! I am on about the same timeframe so hopefully not long to wait!!

17 minutes ago, wazzupnow said:

where in cm was this here in chiang moi road we felt nothing

Not far from you near Tapae. But it would depend exactly where you were ie upstairs/ on ground etc. and how aware you are. Most people around us felt nothing. I was in my office with the door open and felt the building move. Two trees outside the door, there was a clicking of leaves that you don't get with the wind.

Not as strong as the one on the Burmese border a few years ago.