ikke1959

You misunderstand me... I have written many times already that the daily wages system should be abolished and that everybody has to a get a monthly salary of at least 13k a month with 6 days working from max 9 hours a day...THat means everybody earns about 500 THB a day.. and holidays are being paid too. But this is a few steps too far for Thailand..It would improve life and economy .. In the Western world they have done the same many decades ago, so it is possible to do it in Thailand too

10 year tourist visa with working opportunities... Retired people are even not allowed to do volunteer jobs as a workpermit is always needed. Now it could be on a tourist visa?? Backpackers came many years ago and they found a job an worked and spend their earnings on holidays here in Thailand, but after the coup the visa rules were changed and the backpackers stayed away and the economy started to decline...as with these rules also the people who had to do border runs for staying in Thailand were not allowed anymore to do so only for a stay of max 90m days.. Many foreigners with a small restaurant or shop went out of the country and the partners and their families lost that income.. And now a 10 year tourist visa?? for staying how long? 90 days in 180 days?? so that they can stay exact 180 days and have to pay tax here? and with no other rights as they are just tourists?? It will not work

With anymore is that the inflation and prices are skyrocketing at the moment. The Government with the manipulation of the THB has made everything much more expensive and also by deals of the Thai rich owned companies who sell to higher prices to other countries so that the netizens have to pay more as there is a shortage of several articles.. Just simple things as eggs, palm oil, sugar, coffee and other items.. Several years back they could probably make ends meet, but nowadays it is impossible anymore, while the rich push for more holidays, more spendings, and refuse to small salary raise ....

How low can you go??? Better would be do simething about the expensive Thai Baht and the greed of the rich

I am not surprised.. The Thai people are not being paid decently anymore and all the money is hands of a few rich and superrich families...These families are holding the country back from going forward for their own pockets..

Give me or some other independent foreigners a place in the panel. They are mostly reliable and see what the results will be, as now with the friends of the culprit Thaksin we all know what the result will be...

And the most funniest thing is that Thai police officers, government officials, teachers, and other common people are vaping everywhere and are being left alone, but if a foreigner is vaping he/she will be fined....That is the biggest problem and a main reason that people avoid coming here.. the tourists are seen as the criminals and law breakers, while the netizens are the majority and being protected for same offences and worse

Read my lips.. it will come back when there are new elections.. but I hope that the netizens are wiser now

In former days backpackers did some jobs and spend their money in the weekends and holidays for a few months. But with the visarules and outdated labour laws, it is almost impossible to for a backpacker to get a job here now and they come to visit the country, and go to a better destination... Thailand does not change anything for foreigners for the best, but make things more complicated for them, with the result they are losing them... Now the expats with the new tax law are being targeted.... How can you promote your country as foreign friendly??

indeed bitter old men that have life experience and want that Thailand gets better instead of worse.. If people like you had a bit respect for the elderly and took some advice of them it would surely make your miserable life better

I have high bloodpressure too but I don't need to be hospitalized and if I have to stay in a hospital even my private room doesn't look like this.. But yeah I don't have the money as Thaksin has and I can't bribe anyone, and with a PM that has no clue what is going on but only speak what daddy says it is no wonder the country is a mess

A result that should not be surprising as many foreigners here on this forum already told years ago that Thailand has to take care of the tourists, but they don't invest anything in the tourism industry except double standards, dangerous roads, outdated laws, no infrastructure and with the manipulated high THB an expensive country.. put the grumpy immigration and the greedy tax on it and indeed tourists and other people will look for another less complicated country to visit or live in

And papa should step down as a sign that family of MP and high ranked officers have to behave according to their job..

On a gameshow on the Belgian TV there were candidates with a paintball rifle who were defending some speakers.. The Thai navy seals were in the game to dismantle these speakers, but most of all they all failed to do so... Just an impression of how good the Thai seal are here I suppose..

The criminal is ruining the country and its image....

She is good for this job... better than going to Dubai to talk with Trump... Maybe already looking for a new job

Everything in Thailand is vague... read the articles with fines... fine of maximum 100.000 and or a jailterm of 3 months for something and than we all know that if you bribe them nothing happens... All laws have this and the RTP is too lazy to enforce anything

There is no control on anything in Thailand, that is why it is a mess.. The police doesn't do anything, the Thai people don't care about anything with the result that it is a mess and things like this are happening.. If a old grey haireed man comes at 14.15 to buy a can of Singha it will be refused. It would be better to show an id by doubt about age before you can buy alcohol

We know as we live here, but tourists.... They have no clue and it is all very confusing.. The first day arriving in Thailand, sitting on the beach at 15.00 and they go to the 7/11 to buy a can of beer, to relax and rest from their jetlag... But than they tell you impossible only at 17.00... And if you are lucky there are local elections, or there is a Buddhistic holiday there is no possibility..That will give tourists a feeling of welcoming, as they passed a grumpy immigration officers, was ripped off by a taxi and now no can of beer or glass of wine... They will be sure coming back and tell their family and friends about it..Not all tourists are drunk always, but just this outdated law should be abolished...I think it is very clear to see how old some one is and if you doubt ask for a ID.. They will see I am not 18 anymore with my grey hair

Employment should be based on your real capacities and not on a fake degree

THailand make easy things difficult... Why not abolish the alcohol sales/buy law and make an minimum age with identification .... all over the country the problems solved, instead of touristic area, airports, international events.... It is too complicated...

I think that the PM is not aware of her duties..... It should be the PM that had to talk with Trump in stead sending her daddy, who is not a part of the Government at all... So if she is not capable of doing her duty she should be step down or being replaced

Indeed, but when was the last time these kind of laws were reviewed or renewed?? Thailand is still 50 years or more behind as it is very conservative and changes are almost impossible to do... Look for the alcohol sales/buying hours for example..Not of the 21st century anymore, and also the strict section 112 law... and the protected jobs law.. This is 2015 and people who like to work can/must work and the lazy ones don't need to be protected.. and than we still don't talk about the immigration conservative handling of foreigners... Everytime for everything the same paperworks instead of scanning and only a new paper if something/ or the thing that is changing... But it needs reforms of laws and Thailand is not doing anything to make things easier or better

Parents get organized and hire a lawyer and bring it to court and ask to fire the teachers who are involved and the director.. Together you can stop this kind of stupidity

It is only for Thais to make noise .... foreigners not allowed