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I was married once before, not in Thailand. It was a long (5 years) expensive process to get a separation agreement and divorce. Only the lawyers obtained substantial benefit from the process. Can't see any advantages/benefits for me to get married especially in Thailand, especially based on the contents on the siam-legal website posted above. As I discovered personally through my first marriage and as the website states, at the end of marriage, there is only division of assets and perhaps sharing parenting responsibilities of children.

Why make the mortgage after marriage? I may not marry the person. At this time I have no intention of marrying her. Why would I want to be protected under martial law? If our relationship breaks-down, the debt/mortgage is still outstanding against the property.

There's guy on youtube called sanctioned Ivan that states an average workers' salary, non-skilled, is about USD$700 a month

Rats are starting to flee. Best to check every foreigner's visa trying to depart Phuket. Maybe start at the chatchai checkpoint just before bridge. Also check at the ferry docks and domestic flight departures. Every business on the island should have surprise visits during business hours by non-Phuket police at least once a month for the next 2 or 3 months.

Each district has to find a least 2 or 3 sacrificial lambs, bring them to the slaughter, proof for public and the Big Phuket police general that they are following orders and producing good results. This way the big guy can tell the Minister he his following his orders. As others have said, there are hundreds of foreigners working and living illegally in Phuket Province. Police in Thailand are for most part, very intelligent. 90% of the time, Police know exactly what is happening in their territories and chose either to act or ignore the activities.

I was told the best way to handle property purchase by a foreigner with a Thai partner was: 1. Have the Thai partner purchase the property into their name; 2. Foreigner loans the purchase funds (at market rates) to Thai and registers a mortgage on the property; 3. Thai provides usufruct to foreigner for 30 years, "to have and hold as if he owned the property", "owner has no right to encumber property without written authorization from usufract beneficiary, usufract beneficiary can transfer all rights of usufract without owner's authorization to any other beneficiary, etc. etc. Comments?

You assume too much. A judge will decide her punishment, and it may be only a fine. The worst part maybe that she is incarcerated until the court decides her punishment. Thai prisons are crowded, without basic amenities like toilets, showers, beds etc., horrible places for most foreigners. If she has a friend, they may provide her with a piece of cardboard to sleep on.

For a foreigner to work in Thailand, they need a work permit, she didn't have one, so she was working illegally. She may have been taking a job that could be performed by a Thai. So she has harmed an unemployed Thai.

I hope that Deputy Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul also have a chat with the Governor of Chonburi. Lots of beaches in and around Pattaya seem to have private structures built on public beaches, restricting access to public beaches.

Biden is set to lose the 2024 election just because he hasn't fix the horrendous southern border immigration issues adequately, especially not allowing the laws to be enforced. The volume of people coming across illegally is causing great harm to USA. USA is going to end up like Mexico and the other countries where the immigrants originate. Seems like Biden thinks the southern border should just consist of sign like "Welcome to USA", no fence, no police, no immigration enforcement.

Maybe Home Office workers are enjoying discounts/freebies and the convenient location, for a lunch time quicky?

When is the Chonburi Governor going to start checking access to public beaches in Chonburi, especially in the Pattaya area, and north and south of Pattaya? Lots of private structures, in North Pattaya, have been built on the beach, within 20 meters of the high water mark. In case the Governor can't find these structures, he can easily find them by renting a boat and looking from the sea. First place to check is south of where Na Kluea Soi 18, in Pattaya, ends at the beach. Some places have a massive stone/concrete wall, like near the Cove condo. Do Chonburi residents have to start organizing and holding mass demonstrations, like do they in Phuket, to get government officials to enforce the law, public access to the full width of public beaches? What about the government taking action against Government Officials who haven't ensured public access to public beaches. Is there grounds for charges like "dereliction of duty" with severe consequences? Could Minister Auntin have a chat, with the Chonburi Governor as he did with the Phuket Governor, to get things moving ?

You can see the original article at Forbes. Kathleen Peddicord is the author and she use to write for International Living. https://www.forbes.com/sites/kathleenpeddicord/2023/02/28/heres-how-to-reduce-your-cost-of-basic-expenses-by-50-or-more/?sh=3ba4826858e7

Part of 20+, 2 Russian ladies, Anna and Olga, on March 4, 3rd floor of a hotel at Phra Metta Road in Patong were arrested for prostitution. This was reported in other media. There's also a facebook post by Phuketandamannews that has more details.

Government needs to provide financial incentives for married couples to have children. Monthly baby bonuses, low cost quality child care, etc. Support families to have more children!

Look at it from PEA's viewpoint. PEA has to pay promptly for generator fuel, sometimes in advance. If 10,000 customers are late or not paying, it can accumulate to a substantial sum. Sometimes customers never pay and PEA loses but really its the PEA customers who pay promptly that pay for the loss. Also, customers can go on the pre-authorized plan and have the billed amount automatically deducted from their bank account. Tough to live in this heat without a fan, AC or a cold drink. PEA is not in the money loaning business. Some electric companies ask for a deposit upfront, and after a year or 2, they release the deposit if all previous bills have been paid on time.

Hosting the national flag of any nation comes with responsibilities. It's not a decoration on or for a building, it is the proud symbol of a nation. The flag should be taken down at sunset and raised to top mast at sunrise. It can be at half or lower mast for extraordinary national events like mourning the death of a Minister, etc.. Watch a Police station, military base, or military ship and see the flag timing. It's disrespectful to leave the flag up overnight! It seems like The Jootee Tin Dredging Company needs to show more respect for Thailand's flag by taking care of it seriously, properly and with honour and respect. Maybe the foreigner was showing more respect than the company?

I heard his villa stairs on public land have been removed today by Phuket Peninsula Estate Co., owner of beachfront villa No. 23, and basically erased encroaching structures, including the contentious stairway.

In addition to the preceding, specific important recommendations were made to you on October 25, 2023 in your original post of the accident. For your convenience here are 2 excerpts from that posting thread: "DO NOT sign any police reports or other documents unless you agree completely with their contents. Get official certified translations into English. Avoid relying on a Police or insurance company interpreter." "Make sure the driver gets charged with all offenses (causing bodily harm, property damage, speeding, hit and run, etc.) and these are recorded in the police report." I know you're smart guy but I don't understand why you're sitting back and not managing the matter more proactively? Here is your accident report thread: https://aseannow.com/topic/1310155-hit-and-run-got-me-im-all-broken/page/5/#comment-18448558

Many criminals like to behave as they do in their home country: drive expensive vehicles usually with heavily tinted windows so police can't see inside, lots of tattoos, wear 1kg gold necklaces, girlfriends have diamond necklaces, boss people around because they are entitled to special extraordinary service, live extravagantly, take the best of everything. They like to protect their home base/businesses so check houses/villas with razor wire and CCTV cameras. Just follow the big money, the Thai authorities will find lots of them in Phuket and some in Pattaya area and a few in Bangkok.

Thanks. The Yuasa authorized dealer shops in Pattaya want 900b, which seems like standard retail price.

I am happy to see "public anger boiling over" and the Thai people standing-up to what they think is right. The Phuket Police are protecting the big money and overlook illegal action of the big money people and acting against common people. Good to see Thai people wanting justice for all. I hope some Police also get fired for the way they handled this matter.

The Police should immediately charge the Indian with driving a motor vehicle on a pedestrian footpath and follow the law. Driving on a footpath is illegal. Why can he escape the law? Also check the Indian's visa, driver's license, insurance and vehicle permit.

Not only check the backgrounds, but also check their motor vehicles, living accommodation, business licenses, visas, language school attendance records, sources of funds, and of course their known Thai associates, telephone calls, etc.. Focus on the Russians, especially the ones that have a Police Officer's phone number in their contacts phone book! Check all people living in villas and big condos.

Thailand will learn the hard way about how Russians operate. Russians will make agreements to get friendship or permission, but after the honeymoon, anything goes, forget about agreements and promises. They'll find a way to void the agreements. Thailand is allowing in too many Russians. One step at a time, Russia will eventually annex Phuket, to protect their citizens, just like they did Ukraine and other countries. Russia has already setup a consulate office in Phuket to assist their citizens. The real issue is Thai enforcement authorities who love brown envelopes and turn blind to code and law violations. Pay the right people anywhere in Thailand and you can do anything you want. Lots of Russian money coming to Thailand. Just like in Cambodia, down in sihanoukville, Chinese casinos and hotels only let in Chinese. If you don't speak or look Chinese, you don't get in. Chinese rule sinhanoukville.