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PM Prayut: Civil servants must hasten to address people’s problems
scorecard replied to snoop1130's topic in Thailand News
They'll ignore the instruction anyway, they always do. -
And senior officials / officials are elected/appointed, many paid, to plan things so that the event runs smoothly and comfortably.
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Caution urged for relaxing laws on foreigners owning land in Thailand
scorecard replied to webfact's topic in Thailand News
Is this: 1). An actual government policy initiative? Or 2). Is it, as always, the property developers talking it up and hoping that it might happen. (which it won't.) My bet is on 2). -
Countryside Town or Province EXTRA Quarantine?
scorecard replied to moon47's topic in COVID-19 Coronavirus
Well said. I add that it seems to me there's an ongoing / historical factor that a very high % of Thai folks (county and city folks) don't read newspapers and don't watch TV news programs (flip over to the soaps) so they are very poorly informed. Further, many folks (more especially the older folks) grew up being told/observed that it's not their business to decide anything, just do as you're told by the puu yai baan. Then there's a reliance on whether the puu yai baan understands the details and whether he/she does regularly inform the village folks. -
Or (IMHO) some citizens / groups of citizens have for a long time believed (and still believe) they are above the law and are a body which is entitled to be the ruling class with ultimate power to decide destiny and decide actions without abiding by laws and without equality and without transparent justice.
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Countryside Town or Province EXTRA Quarantine?
scorecard replied to moon47's topic in COVID-19 Coronavirus
"...after several years the Australian government notified him that his residents visa was being cancelled and his pension was being stopped because he is not an Australian citizen and has left Australia." He may be able to return to live in Australia for 2 years to gain/achieve 'residence qualifications' which would mean he is qualified to receive the full OAP (old age pension). In this situation (if he accepted to gain 'residencecy' he would receive the OAP immediately in Australia. If he can gain 'residence' then after 2 years in Australia he would also be entitled to 'portability' which means he could get his full pension paid into a bank account abroad for the rest of his life and not need to personally ever return to Australia. -
Huge lynching mob attack murderer of woman during reenactment
scorecard replied to webfact's topic in Eastern Thailand
These reenactments are gross. How many time shave you seen cops telling the suspect and/or telling him/her where to point, or specifically how to act out an incident. All of which means the suspect is forced into saying things/doing things which are often not accurate and even worse totally incriminating. All totally ignoring all aspects of basic human rights. There's a long way to go. -
NACC investigate Thaksin over losses at Thai Airways
scorecard replied to webfact's topic in Thailand News
Yes, but when they get some convictions then they can be praised, not before. -
Also not impressed; I wanted a small house or apartment for one night, found several airbnb possibilities, selected one but further into the booking there was a list of 'can', 'cannot', 'forbidden' etc., added by the owner. e.g: - Don't touch the fridge door without using a tissue - fingerprints on the steel will bring additional changes. - Can use shampoo in the shower cubicle but bottle is weighed after tenant leaves, reduction in weight more than 5% per 24 hrs will bring additional charges. Also don't touch the shower cubicle glass. And more... I went to agoda and booked/used a local 4 star hotel, which was excellent.
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Good advice. On start up my notebook opens to g.mail, as set up (my choice) when I bought the notebook in Chiang Mai.
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Covid insurance for 78 year-old
scorecard replied to AlaskaDave's topic in Thai Visas, Residency, and Work Permits
Dhipaya Health have a policy with maximum age of 99 years. Suggest you google them. -
Part of this issue is that within the Education Ministry there's close to zero staff (permanent public servants) who have any advanced / philosophical knowledge about education, no real experience at pedagogy development and no desire to gain such knowledge. Same for the numerous past education ministers.
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Good news for Thai ID card holders - free service until end of the year
scorecard replied to webfact's topic in Thailand News
It was only 40Baht when I got mine, not exactly expensive. -
Yep, got your point. My point is that there needs to me a multi pronged approach which a good government could create: 1. Get vaccinations up fast for all citizens and all other folks who are in Thailand permenantly/long-term. 2. Get some parts of the economy open (with full vaccinations) to get as many people as possible back to work. (Keeping everybody totally locked down for another 3, 6, 12 months is not the answer.)
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"...But now the government is out hat in hand begging rich foreigners to move to Thailand to boost the economy because they are too inept to make it happen themselves. ..." Is that correct? Is it the actual government pushing these ideas? NO! These recent media announcements aren't official announcements of actual policy. These recent media shout outs are coming from the real estate / property developers who want to sell real estate / property. Why? Very simple reason, they know well that overall the Thai economy is at rock bottom and into the current and mid term future the number of Thai folks who can afford to buy condos is very very limited. So they aim strongly/specifically at foreigners who they believe can afford to buy condos. Regarding the comment about owning land; again just beat up by the property developers who know what will get the attention/praise of foreigners. But will foreigners ever own land in Thailand? IMHO there is no chance whatever this will happen. Just one reason, this would mean serious changes to sovereignty etc., laws. It would need very big support from both the lower and upper houses of parliament. Ultimate bottom line - a very big majority of the members of the upper house/the senate are military appointees, 99%/100% of these people will NEVER EVER support foreigners owning land. Plus the basic every day Thai populace will never support foreigners owning land in Thailand. Ask your Thai relatives?
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"What about us?" Good point. However let's be very realistic, call a spade a spade, the folks driving this and hoping/pushing to get government to support them with policies/regulations making it attractive for foreigners to come and get long-term visas, no 90 day reporting, own land etc., are just greedy ruthless unethical property developers who have no interest or concern re what foreigners already in Thailand (some with money and many who just survive) think. They couldn't care less.