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    2014 Bike Weeks

    in Motorcycles in Thailand

    Posted · Edited by darondc

    Any decent rallies close to Phetchabun district?

    i believe there is a bike run at Hua Hin in November. i forget the dates and will not know the dates until after 22Oct...the next time i am home. hopefully i can rember to get that date for you and exactly where its at.

    ooop...5555 Petchaburi not Petchabun. Sorry...my bad

    US appreciates Thailand's efforts to tackle human trafficking

    in Thailand News

    Posted

    This is good to see. When will the USA administration crack down on the trafficking of children across the southern boarder in Texas? Or is this just another case of " Do what I say, not what I do ". Thousands of unaccompanied children locked up in detention centers. Which politician has the has a contract for the detention centers?

    That would be Secretary of State John Kerry since he is the one who imposed theses rediculous sanctions against Thai. If the US can not get the low price of imports they want, they seize the opportunity to make the poor people even more poor....US policy. You notice it was the assistant who met with the Thai forgein affairs? Its so John Kerry can hide, lie, and do whatever he wants to get that price, instead of acutally making good for anyone but himself and all the other corrupt politicians in the US. I was so happy to see the Thai nation stand together and rid itself of the corruption, and very upset to see the US do what it did to Thailand just make their lives better. First, the sanctioned aid to the Thai military. Then second, they sanctioned everything else. I really wish Thai would have said "so what". Really, the corruption is the US. Google -Jeff Daniels video, "The US is not the Greatest Nation Anymore". They are to busy pushing blame on the world. Thanks to all the people just like Secretary of State John Kerry.

    Loved and hated, former PM Thaksin is erased from textbook

    in Thailand News

    Posted

    i loved this:

    Schoolchildren will be trained to act as ambassadors of patriotic spirit, Mr. Winai said. He gave the hypothetical example of students reprimanding adults who fail to stand at attention during the national anthem, which is played on radio stations and on public broadcast systems at 8 a.m. and 6 p.m. daily.

    “The students might go and ask, ‘Why aren’t you standing straight when the national anthem is played?’ ” he said.

    The junta has issued a list of 12 values for the country, including gratitude toward parents, discipline, morality and the maintaining of “physical and mental strength against greed.” Large banners bearing the list are being posted at schools nationwide.

    I am falang with a wonderful Thai family. They teach me Thai values and culture all the time. Including standing at attention to the national anthem of Thai.

    Sent from my GT-I9500 using Thaivisa Connect Thailand mobile app

    Rice sector needs long-term development plan, a Thai seminar heard

    in Thailand News

    Posted

    RICE

    Rice sector needs long-term development plan, a seminar heard

    Petchanet Pratruangkrai

    The Nation

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    A farmer at Narathiwas who grow premium rice that succeed to sale at price over than Bt15,000 per ton.

    BANGKOK: -- Thailand should draw up a long-term policy on rice crops and trading management to avoid huge losses from short-term subsidies, while politicians should no longer be allowed to make rice policy a populist tool, a seminar heard yesterday.

    At the "Thai Rice in Asean Isn't It Reaching a Dead-End?" seminar, organised by Dhurakij Pundit University's faculty of economics, panellists agreed that Thailand needed a long-term strategy on rice rather than letting politicians form their own policies and create only short-term means of aiding farmers.

    Wanlop Pichpongsa, vice president of the Thai Rice Exporters Association, said rice should no longer be a political tool to gain popularity during an election campaign.

    "The country should set up a permanent organisation to manage rice policy, with no politicians involved; otherwise, the sector will not be developed. Politicians have always only thought about short-term policies to help farmers and gain popularity," he said.

    He pointed out that the price of Thai rice had not increased as much as the government had expected, even though the pledging project was aimed at boosting prices. Farmers have not really benefited from the pledging scheme, having faced a combination of overdue payments and falling market prices, he added.

    As no government has ever implemented long-term measures for rice development, such a strategy needs to be drawn up to ensure sustainable incomes for farmers, as well as competitiveness for Thai rice in the global market, he said.

    Moreover, given upcoming seamless trade under the Asean Economic Community, the Thai rice sector faces a big challenge due to unstable prices from the subsidy project, coupled with lower development of rice quality, he stressed.

    To ensure sustainable incomes and fair benefits for farmers, Wanlop said the government should still find some measures to help them in the short term, but it must also think more about long-term development.

    It could create a system of direct payments to subsidise the cost of production, which would not negatively affect the sector or involve market intervention, he suggested.

    He told the seminar that the price of Thai rice could increase slightly in the next few months because of increased demand in both the world and domestic markets, even though the caretaker government has accelerated the release of rice from its stockpiles.

    As the price of Thai rice is only US$10-$20 per tonne higher than Vietnamese rice, the Kingdom should be able to compete with Vietnam in the global market, he said.

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    The Philippines and Iraq will soon open bidding to import rice, and Thai rice could win the auctions if the proposed prices are not too high, he added.

    Manatsanith Jirawat, a rice expert at the Commerce Ministry's Foreign Trade Department, accepted that the current government only had a plan to solve the problem of overdue pledging payments to farmers.

    Although the government does have a long-term measure to promote rice development, the plan cannot be carried out as it is too busy solving the payment problem and releasing rice from the stockpiles, she said.

    To ensure sustainable development of the industry, Thailand could cooperate more closely with other rice-exporting nations in Asean, such as Myanmar, Laos, Cambodia and Vietnam, she suggested.

    While it would be quite difficult to collaborate on prices, as each country had its own agenda, Thailand as one of the world's leading rice exporters could cooperate with each of its Asean neighbours to promote rice cultivation and trading with other markets, she said.

    Meanwhile, the Thai Rice Exporters Association reported that the country had exported some 1.4 million tonnes of rice during the first two months of the year - 39.5 per cent higher than in the same period last year.

    Export value grew 12.5 per cent year on year, to Bt29.6 billion.

    Last month's export volume is expected to have reached 700,000 tonnes.

    As of April 2, the price of 5-per-cent Thai white rice was quoted at $394 a tonne, while Vietnamese rice was traded between $385 and $395 a tonne.

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    -- The Nation 2014-04-05

    I have an idea to pass along to the exporters. In America, there is only white rice, brown rice, and organic rice. When i go to the bigC in bkk, or even to the market, i see many many different kinds of rice, along with those different kinds i also see the different grades of rice. I have never seen so much different rice before. Make it a staple for the US and they will buy the best, they will buy Thai rice.

    Leaving Thailand for China, here is why

    in General Topics

    Posted

    It sounds as though you didn't really give Thailand much of a chance. Almost sounds as if you moved into a farang ghetto somewhere, have now partied yourself out, are bored of the scene, and want to checkout somewhere new. Basically, you got bored of Nana and the sexpats, so time for something new.

    That's fine and all, and hope you have good travels. Don't bash Thailand over it though, as it has nothing to do with Thailand. It's due to you living in a farang ghetto, wanting to party every night.

    I still don't see where the 'bashing' element comes into play?

    You're right that I've lived in an expat ghetto, though more japanese here than farang, and that I've grown tired of the partying and that's when I discovered that once I took away the party scene, there wasn't much else to interest me. I do not generally find Thai culture and Bangkok leisure activities particularly interesting after the novelty wore off. That's just for me personally. A lot of what would make Bangkok interesting again has high barrier to entry in the form of connections or high language ability and even then, as foreigner you're not invited a lot of places. Again, I am not willing to make that kind of investment, when I think that time and money would be better spent elsewhere.

    mayb your just an @sshole and no one wants to be your friend or invite you anywhere anyway, or your just blind to see anything good around you. or some ladyboy made you butt hurt literally one to many times. you should not blame good Thai people because you can not except their culture.Also, the night clubs and the Issan girls at the bars is not culture. its called a good time with good friends. Thailand will be sad to see you go, but the will have proved their point yet again. Farang come and go, but khon Thai is forever. I am very proud to be a part of a great country. Long Live the King

    Dating a younger Thai girl - or why I love Thailand.

    in General Topics

    Posted

    case of mistaken identity. What you think and what is actually happening around you is not the age difference. It is the fact that you are a farang and they will always see her as a bar girl. The more touristy places you go to, the more you will see it. It took me all of about two minutes to figure that one out. Although it still does not sit well with me, the time i get to be with my wife is much more enjoyable than to sit around and worry how we are seen together. On the opposite side of things, when we go to the shopping districts, many women touch me in hopes for good luck. They see my wife is doing good and is very happy to be with her man. so...they wish to have the same. one last thing is, true beauty and love comes from the heart, not buy how they look...love 101

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