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Good.. I hope they enforce it too...Teach people to follow the rules, they have to start somewhere and this is ok.. You can party till 2.00am , that is ok.

I think if you want to join the Navy the first thing the Navy has to do is teaching how to swim...Suppose in a war and you a navy with soldiers who can't swim..That would be easy for the enemy..Again education is so needed .. How many of the lost cadets now could swim??? if not no wonder there are so many casualties.

I am wondering why is nobody talking yet about a National Day of Mourning for the victims...It should be done as a respect for them...

Is that a real law in Thailand or is that someone invented a few days ago?

Happy new Year celbrations with maskwearing... massgatherings and we will see

The foreigner is using his brains and from a free country. and the woman is brainwashed by the Thai media and Government.. do as the higher ranked say and don't think... I see in my area the same...But what about the nightlife in crowded pubs They don't wear masks too but nobody talks about that..

In Thailand everybody can make his own law.. That is why nobody knows what to do or to behave...

The RTP deserves gifts if they do their jobs, but not now... When they start working they can get rewarded. That is normal and the rewards must be in line of their efforts..Decent checks at check points coming holidays.. as k for driver license, do alcohol test, check the car lights, black smoke and so on...

I hugged you till death......they sometimes, but he did it for real...

continuing story of craziness... as the whole world is mask free, Thailand keep the masks on.. In China they only showed football and no audience as the audience were not wearing masks. As soon as there were supporters to be seen, they switched to the trainers... There is no law in Thailand that you have to wear a mask...

This is Thailand... nobody understands anything as strange things happens all the time

who want to work for 350 THB a day of 12 hrs?? How much do the businesses earn??? They can afford more but the greed of the owners..........People can't live with 400 THB a day surely not in Bangkok

I totally agree with you and than we come back to my first post.. Register everybody where they live and let everybody fill in a tax form for at least 5 year, so that the Government knows who is working, what they earn and their assets are...Income is everything even cash payments, although less controlable, but if someone claims to earn 15k a month, we all know that he can't drive a Mercedes and live in million worth house.. Than you have a real picture of the population, but now we all know that some families are earning a lot of money and a other have to work 12 hrs a day for very minimum. Put together that Thai people don't want to work, as we can read and see that many workers from Laos, Cambodia, and Myanmar come to work here. It is impossible that 75% of a population don't pay tax but can live happily, than there is something very wrong. Start with a good registration first and with the tax department it is possible to take measures againt, drugs, corruption and moneylaundering. There will be more people who have to pay taxes and with a good Government the country can use it to improve .... But we can't solve the problems here in this country, as foreigners have no say...indeed I know that it is impossible to have a good idea who is poor or not so poor and very rich. But the sudents are aware that things have to change, and if the students come in the street there will be changes coming.

not only the minister but also the people in charge in the army involved in this tragedy... 30 too many on the ship than normal with no life jackets......

families live together sometimes in things that you can't call a house... So they can survive if they put all the money together.. But it is not for me, but ne fair a minimum of 350 THB a day for long working hours is much too less nowadays, as prices are rising already.. even without salary increases in Thailand to 600 THB. Of course I can't compare Europe with Thailand, but as we can read many times, more debts, more people poor and 4 million people living under the poverty is very shameful, as 5% of of the Thai people have much too much and that is not because they work so hard. Anyway 1789 of France will come to Thailand sooner or later believe me.. I live in Thailand for more than 17 years now and it is indeed not the same anymore, but it has gone down... talk to Thai people and they agree

The economy is better with a population that is poor with no social security... I agree....Better focus on the rich and more household debts.. that will do the economy much better.... Until the people realize that it is not fair as it happened already in 1789 in France....After that things are changed dramatically.. Much better.... There is much more than only salaries needed for inflation..

no i don't think so.... I studied economics.... but who cares...

26 days working for 600 THB makes a monthly salary of 15.600 THB. Not so much I think nowadays..Somebody working in a icecube factory makes 12.000 THB a month, so not so much increase, yes indeed 30%, but what would it do tothe economy of people have more to spend.? 8 million people who can spend 30% more is a lot of money for the economy and of course the greedy industry will rise the prices...

I know too but they are talking about 600 THB a day .. but with so many holidays no work is no money. Change to 600 THB a day for 6 days work a week max and monthly payment and if there are holidays at least the people are being paid.... as I said change things..

I know, but no Government has done anything to start....

honest to the tax department?? in which country are people honest if it is about tax/?? And IMO the cash payments should be banned.. we live in a digital era. Stop with daily payment, but monthly salaries on bankaccounts. Changes must be made

I know, but there no control system.. People can buy and live luxury with no tax payments, because the revnue department has no clue where the money comes from.... If a persons earns 30 k a month he can't have a luxury car with a loan and own house of afe millions with a mortgage .... that person must have extra income, because how can he live if he paid his bills?

Everybody register at their amphoe. Not as now that people are registered in a blue book of family but live somewhere else. Than everybody has to fill in a taxform, so that is known who earns what and has what assets..How difficult could it be? After 5 years if you don't earn enough for taxpayment don't need to fill in every year a taxform but maybe every 5 years.. Easy to check who is poor or earn a bit and need any kind of financial help and also easy to control corruption and drugstrafficking. Now it is chaos, as you said, maybe a lot of people have to pay taxes, but don't because there is no control. Nobody knows. But look around you how many people ( young people) drive luxury cars, mo and expensive motorcycles.. Where does the money come from? How can they afford it?..It seems that that a lot of people earn more but don't pay tax as nobody has any idea what or how they can do it.

The poor can't pay taxes..... and those who pays have a good income already

But Prayuth is helping the people with tax reductions if they spend 40.000 K for New Year... He better could implement a decent registration system, there is a lot of poverty in Thailand and I strongly believe this is only the tip of an iceberg. Nobody knows who lives where and what do do or earn.... Start with a proper registration