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Money or gold. Those are the top two most commonly given and the most gratefully received gifts.

1,000 baht in an envelope would be plenty.

Hi poanoi

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1 minute ago, cmsally said:

Most of what you mention seems to be checked in the building permit section (which is under control of the Tesabahn), but I have not heard them checking on car parking spaces. Instead they seem very keen that the place should fulfill the green space quota. In fact we brought it up at a local meeting about larger hotels needing more parking spaces than they had and were told by local officials that parking spaces were not a requirement for licensing now.

For the smaller hotels with good transport links, that's a very good thing. But are they saying a 200 room hotel needs no parking spaces at all? If it needs spaces, there must be a formula. Any local architect or engineer would know what it is.

Overall I think trying to get as many hotels licensed as possible is the best way forward.

Check the cost of the prices of the transformers for your small items. It may be cheaper and easier to buy them in the US and ship them here.

If the small appliances are not really expensive I would consider buying them when you get here. For items such as coffee machines I understand why you would ship them.

The OP has received advice regarding their original question.

This thread is not going to provide the OP with creative ways to get fired so that they can obtain a pecuniary advantage from their employer.

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It's an interesting one.

Yes, it is legal to impose the penalty for non-performance of the contract. You agreed to the penalty.

That said, Section 76 of the Labour Protection Act makes it clear your employer cannot deduct the money from your salary (unless you stole something or damaged something, etc.)

So you have a situation  where if they deduct your salary you can go to the Labour Court for redress. However they can take you to District/Provincial Court for non payment.

Without sounding alarmist, they can ask the Court to restrict your ability to leave Thailand without the permission of the Court until the case is concluded, which could take several years.

If you intend staying in Thailand in the future, and your current employer is liable to go the Court route, I would just pay up now.

Whatever the deduction is, it will be small change compared to the Court route.

Or call their bluff. Up to you.

23 hours ago, sn1per said:

What is the legal limit ?

The Blood Alcohol Concentration (BAC) limit is 0.05 per cent, or 50 mg per decilitre of blood.

For learner drivers and public service vehicle drivers, the limit is zero.

On 5/24/2018 at 7:11 AM, cmsally said:

It seems to be the Tesabahn enforcing the rules checking for hotel license and also building license (which allows a place to be a hotel).

The building permit is quite an issue for most people. This is because current construction requirements for hotels are quite stringent, and the chances are that older buildings do not comply in fundamental aspects of their construction. There are very few existing large format buildings that could easily comply with the regulations.

One aspect, for example, is the quantity of available car parking spaces (on road parking does not count). Many businesses in a central location cannot comply with this aspect of the regulation. This is why many new buildings have the first few floors dedicated only to car parking.

In the past it has simply been a case of people turning a blind eye, but I think the problem is now that the licensed hotels are seeing such a decline in their occupancy that they are fighting back.

The measurements of the first section of roof are:

5.70m x 16.00m = 91.20sqm @ 95baht/sqm = 8,664.00 baht for the first line of the quote.

If you have any more useful numbers (such as the phone number of an airline that is not listed) please reply to this thread and let us know.

Also, please let us know if any of the listed numbers changes.

Thank you.

3 minutes ago, DoctorG said:

De facto perhaps?

Well spotted! I just edited the article.

The official reference is the Official Scrabble Players Dictionary, 5th Edition by Merriam-Webster.

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I think this is a very good thing. If the students want to have another go, fair play to them.

Most people deserve a second chance, especially youngsters who made poor life choices that got them kicked out of university.

Perhaps they didn't apply themselves the first time round. I would imagine working for 300 baht a day as unqualified labour would have helped them reconsider their position.

I have to say that in Bangkok, if you request a VAT refund then it's almost certain you will be visited. The level of investigation will depend on the amount being reclaimed. It doesn't matter if your company and directors are all Thai citizens - a refund triggers an investigation.

We had exactly the same problem. We paid a senior person in the district office to clear the land for us. They sent 4 garbage trucks, a water lorry and about 20 street cleaners. I am not joking.

The shacks were dismantled, everything was cleaned and the garbage was taken away in short order.

The squatters decided they didn't want to cross the local officials so they walked about 100 meters away and set up on another piece of land.

Our problem solved.

Answer: No.

6 hours ago, nanglong218 said:

Shome mishtake shurely.   I transfer money from my Austalian a/c to my Thai a/c via a well known FOREX company. Two days later it is in my a/c to spend as I wish.  Buy a condo or a car, my choice.

Can your forex company provide you with a FET form? If they cannot then you will not be buying a condo with your baht.