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i'm thai and i'm also totalling scare being on the road every minute. there are increasingly and so many careless and misbehave drivers.

adding to the problems,  are poor road conditions, not-functional policemen, and number of motorcycles on the streets.

in my personal notice, pickups designed for carrying tonnes of goods, could also play part since they are over-powered for passenger-vehicle purpose.   most pickups here are used as passenger-vehicles, not for loading goods.

similar experience. i moved from 3bb to aisfiber and from satellite/digital TV to android box TV.   i am quite enjoy with plenty of good TV channel choices and at cheaper prices.  besides the free Kodi, i subscribe to fwtv at Bt300 a month, they have all foreign news, movies, sport, entertainment channels including HBO HD, etc. 

the android boxes (i started from one and now got another for another TV set)  i bought from Fortune Town. there are many choices there and you can inquire and buy fwtv or other iptiv subscriptions from them

reading news that that Malaysia airlines want to list on SET.

i wonder if this firm that loves to TRICK its own customers can launch a successful IPO?

i (and many people as well) was "tricked" (or cheated you can say that) by its website to pay for extra baggage allowance i didn't want to use.

and AirAsia totally refused to return my money.

the booking system finished by itself before i was able to review my booking and made change to the HIDING 'no bag" menu.

how come the default setting is on paying the extra sum of baggage allowance and hiding the right menu (if you don't click on the sign "+" to expand the menu, u never sees it)

Don't ask about Corporate Governance of this firm which tricks even its own customers, if they would be honest to other stakeholders.

How can u cheat on your own customers?

quality of teacher problem is not a surprise. we'd rather want to see how someone will mend it.

btw, i think Thais give too much to temples and the money just sit there in the temples.

if just, says, one-fourth of all money going to monks, are instead reallocate to schools and teachers, the country will be much better off.

(in the past , that's fine since temples were the schools)

unfortunately, Thais don't think donate to schools will help them goto heaven, win lotteries, having good luck, etc, like paying to monks.

in most cases, and straight way, it is advisable for foreigner to lease land.

because by law, u can legally (free from any complexity each year), lease land for 30 years, and extendable afterward.

during which u have freehold right with land that u can make money from that with little headache, such as to sell the leasing rights.

Buying land is generally not advisable for small businesses.

because even you can use your 51% "Thai-owned" company (through methods, such as, set up a Thailand-based company here and use it to hold shares in the company that will legally become Thai-owned as a result) to buy the land, you will have complexity with task to report every year and to meet some requirements. it is considered not worthwhile especially for small businesses.

Companies must search global talent pool

By Pichaya Changsorn

The Nation

Published on August 18, 2008

Heidrick & Struggles says executives must have diversified experience

Possessing experience from just one country and one culture is no longer sufficient for managers in today's globalised world, says Michael Ascot, partner-in-charge of Heidrick & Struggles' Bangkok office.

Ascot said his advice to Thai students and executives is to "go out" and learn from many cultures.

"I'm encouraging Thai students that wherever they may have been educated, they must go out and work somewhere else. The world is moving at a pace where having one country, one culture experience is not enough," he said.

Heidrick & Struggles is the world's leading executive-search and leadership consulting company, which has recruited many chief executives globally, including Google's Eric Schmidt. The company opened its Bangkok office in May.

Stephen Langton, the Sydney-based managing partner for Asia Pacific at Heidrick & Struggles, said most chief executives of companies in Thailand are still Thais, but in many other countries, corporations have brought in executives from around the world.

"New Zealand, for example, has a population of 4 million, of which 1.4 million are living overseas. Many of them are chief executives in other countries. The No 2 executive at DHL is an Australian living in Germany," Langton said.

Ascot said Heidrick & Struggles set up its Bangkok office - its fifteenth in the Asia-Pacific region - because it has a policy of serving its global clients wherever they have operations. In addition, Thai companies including the CP group, Central group, Dusit group and some banks, have been expanding to foreign countries.

Ascot said Heidrick & Struggles would like to help these Thai companies develop their talent pool and adapt to various cultures. But many other Thai companies are still not well-prepared, Ascot said. He has more than 22 years of experience in Thailand and other Asian countries.

"The road is not easy. We may need to go Singapore's way, which has opened the floodgates for qualified foreigners," he said.

More than 1 million foreigners seek to extend their work permits in Singapore each year, as the island state has powered its economic development by attracting "brains" from elsewhere.

However, in Thailand, the government has not completely understood the race for global talent, Ascot said.

For instance, Heidrick & Struggles had to send a very capable executive to work in its India office for about four to five years because Thai immigration did not approve the person's work permit, since he was too young.

"Foreigners must get old to get a work permit here," Ascot said.

Langton said, for a country where 43 per cent of its gross domestic product comes from services and reliance on overseas income and foreign customers, Thailand needs to bring in more foreign executives to help it learn to adapt to a multicultural environment.

Ascot said Heidrick & Struggles is aiming only at servicing the top-end of the executive-search market and would be happy to have only 50 to 75 placements a year in Thailand.

"We're not everything for everybody," he said.

Langton said executive search goes beyond just sifting through the curriculum vitae.

Heidrick & Struggles worked on a year-long programme with some clients, helping them find their next chief executives.

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http://www.nationmultimedia.com/2008/08/18...ss_30080792.php

unlike at Bitec, the motorshow this year is held all indoor. i feel it's lack a lot of colorful and atmosphere of outdoor.

and due to the tax structure of thai auto industry which favors fewer and fewerplayers (tax on pickup and now eco car), i'm sure motorshow will become less and less interesting.

three firms command 70% of the market, so where is the room and moeny left for other players?

good view on thai automobile market and photos from the motorexpo http://blog.nationmultimedia.com/pichaya/2007/12/07/entry-1

watch Suthichai Yoon's comment on Sunday evening's violent clashes between police and protestors in front of Gen Prem Tinsulanonda's residence and the ensuing political implications. Is there a link between Thaksin's offensive and the street clashes?

http://blog.nationmultimedia.com/ThaiTalk/2007/07/24