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Arrrg thx. Can postal address be changed ? Online fines will go to old house which is vacant now


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Wife has a car registered in her name but address on her ID is her parents home not where we live - can change location or wife needs to change Thai ID too ?

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The International school I worked for employed foreign staff on one year fixed term contracts. A few years ago they inserted a clause stating that staff had to inform them if they received Thai citizenship or residency. I'd kept them informed since I first applied. When I became Thai they couldn't employ me on fixed term contracts (private schol act forbids this for Thai citizens). They tried to give me another fixed term contract which I pointed out broke the law. They then gave me a non fixed term contract but removed my bonus and flights as they said Thai staff didn't receive them. I asked the ministry of education to investigate and informed the school they were breaking employment law as you can't reduce an employee's benefits without their consent. Their justification was flawed as they tried to argue that Thai and international staff had set benefits. I proved this was incorrect as staff had negotiated different benefits. In the end I took them to the labour court for breach of contract as they didn't pay my flight and breaking employment law as they didn't pay me severance for my 10 years of employment. In court the judge sided with me and they had to pay plus interest. We signed an agreement which stated they wouldn't prevent me from getting a new job. They then gave me a terrible reference which implied it might be unsafe to hire me. I took them to court again and the judge stated the headmaster was a slanderer and awarded damages. I don't regret becoming a Thai citizen one bit. I only regret giving 10 years of effort to an unethical organisation.

If you have two jobs, say with the combined salary of 81K/mo, would you meet the 80K/mo requirement for PR? Or would the two jobs instead come under the 100K/year taxed requirement (meaning you would instead need a monthly salary of around 85-90K to meet 100K/year, after deductions, etc.)?

Sometime especially indians messed this
Thy paid to thai older to get in marriage for 5 years and then start procedure never live togeather. Sham marriages captured by Big Joke In saraburi last year 2000 + cases all Indians where Thai national even dont know.
So indians always in tight and he even cant speak thai it dosnt matter as on marriage bases but MOI already knew he is just want citizenship.


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Read Benjamin Graham’s book on investing.... a bit long winded but ok

Mentions a lot about bonds, but not how to assess them. Any good reading / books to recommend ?

Thanks

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Also interested. Currently trying to figure out Krungsri online and Kasikorn online trading setups. Staff in the branch knew nada. No idea their fees yet. Will get someone (fluent) to make some calls.
 
any advice?

If you live near Phra Khanong, Sukhumvit 71, there is a very good shop a few doors past soi (Pridi)15 that I have used in the past for curtains.  English spoken

Have curtains for which the sun blocking backing has frailed and needs replacing

Any recommendations?

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Using Phattra now, and trade quarterly usually or after big slides like now

If deposit money into account ,online trading fee is 0.15% below x baht trades

Anyone know of cheaper ?

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Citizenship Fees is 5000THB
Donations before apply Nationality 5000THB
Tax: 100THB
 
That total you paid to Ministry of Interior.
 
no one can charge for Passport this amount.
Passport can make at Ministry of Foreign Affairs , consular and Passport Section. directly.
 

Businessman my wife taught towards his citizenship process a few years ago was asked for 500k baht for his passport, when he declined they came back a few months later and said he could still get it but the price was now 700k. He did not bother, I wondered if it was common practice.

When I first came to Thailand I did a few years work as a teacher at a big school. There was about 40 foreign teachers of whom 4 were from Africa. One day, I mentioned to one of the African teachers that I'd seen this advert on TV that was racist. He laughed and told me it was him who starred in it. He knew it was bad but thought of the money. He got twenty thousand baht for doing the commercial. True story.
 
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Darkie is always a Chinese brand。

The name in chinese is "黑人" means "Black People"

The company（Hawley＆Hazel）was founded in 1933,in Shanghai.

And maybe because of the WW2 or the Civil War of China.They move to Hongkong and Taiwan. 

you can see pictures

After Colgate purchased 50 percent of the firm in 1985, religious groups, African-Americans, and company shareholders protested the racially offensive nature of the brand. After more than three years of criticism, Colgate switched the name from Darkie to Darlie and modified the logo to a less crude version of a black man.

Great write up - I was in Malaysia in the early to mid 90’s and Darkie brand was still prevalent

So it was maybe 95 not 85

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Do we really know what would and would not work in "the west"?
There are countless example of people with ideas and nobody wanted to invest in this because everybody knew it could not possibly be a success. And then it becomes a success and some people make millions or billions.
 
One example I remember is the Million Dollar Homepage. What a crazy idea - and it worked...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Million_Dollar_Homepage
 
Also remember Red Bull...

Kumkwat drink is popular in Vietnam


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The S600 Pullman is about 6 mtrs long. The S650 is shorter

While VN and China might be one party communist governments (politically) they are not communist economically.
 
Capitalism works much better under a one party state to that is friendly to the capitalist's needs than it does a democratic based government that represents the interests of the people. VN and China would be considered 'state capitalism'. Ho is rolling over in his grave these days.
 
P.S. That is one ugly color scheme.
 
Edit: This is my 666th post. Must be the mark of the devil.

Love it


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..... said a guy on Saigon

Isn’t communism just great , egalitarian and harmonious society

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Now owned by Colgate I believe. F*****g hilarious.