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If the employee did not request to / voluntarily go on part time, and I were the labor office, I would view any effort by you to reduce severance pay below what is both legally & morally correct. In that case, I would certainly encourage the employee to file a complaint against you with the labor dept. How about you just voluntarily doing the right thing based upon whether or not the employee requested part time work..

I have serious questions about the legitimacy of this whole auction process when personalities in a company like JAS (or perhaps all the bidders) can cause such problems that we now see.

Seems to be 3 project affected, anyone know the locations?

Yes, let's get the locations. Want to steer people away from a company like this.

Also, the article mentioned that the government would take action at a "later date". No way that is going to help those workers now (unless extra informal pressure is put upon this company somehow).

http://www.bangkokpost.com/business/news/844012/pttep-posts-b32bn-net-loss-on-oil-slump

Dr. Olivier Clinic Threprasit RD. offers flue vaccination as well

For my future reference, can you pinpoint where on Thepprasit Rd? Thanks

To help better understand what the middle income trap is, here is a short quote from the article:

"Many emerging countries use their low labor costs to attract foreign investment, which in turn helps them achieve rapid, export-driven growth. But once these countries build their middle classes, labor costs increase and the pace of growth slows. Thus the need to shift to high value-added industries.

$5,000 threshold

Despite arguments about what actually defines a middle-income nation, by and large, a country's economy starts to grow modestly when its gross domestic product reaches $5,000 per person. It is harder to achieve growth once GDP per capita, as the yardstick is called, surpasses the $10,000 mark." end quote

My comment:

If Thailand could succeed in eliminating some of it's massive patronage fostered corruption problem, it could perhaps still be competitive if those proceed flowed into the workers hands through higher wages, rather than some "Hi-So's" hands which benefits only the Hi-So.

http://www.msn.com/en-us/money/savingandinvesting/10-energy-stocks-to-own-for-the-next-decade/ar-AAgmc06?li=BBnb7Kz

The stocks listed were: NOV, EPD, EOG, CLB, PSX, BHI, XOM, OXY, VLO, & RRO.

Any comments from the experts in the audience?

Another interesting current related thread on thaivisa:

http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/888288-cheap-oil-good-for-consumers-is-slamming-stocks-why/?utm_source=newsletter-20160121-1410&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=news

http://www.msn.com/en-us/money/savingandinvesting/10-energy-stocks-to-own-for-the-next-decade/ar-AAgmc06?li=BBnb7Kz

The stocks listed were: NOV, EPD, EOG, CLB, PSX, BHI, XOM, OXY, VLO, & RRO.

Any comments from the experts in the audience?

29 October 2015 till 28 April 2016

Thank you.

A few months back a reduction in property transfer fees were reduced for property under 3 Million THB.

Can somebody please advise how long that reduction was supposed to last; ie when does the reduction in transfer fees end?

I have indeed noticed at more than one pool, that cigarette smoke seems to be more noticeable (it carries a great distance) and offensive around swimming pools than elsewhere. I have always assumed that it must be related to either the chemicals (chlorine?) in the pool or perhaps the fact that I was exercising / distance swimming and forcefully sucking in a lot of air. Believe me, it is very unpleasant while exercising.

I sold up lock, stock & barrel and left my homeland for the Thai food and the abundance of Indian tailor shops. Seriously though, you make some extremely good points (especially traffic). However, you've not mentioned the attraction of Thai women to those in need. In Chiang Mai (a University town, unlike lower Sukhumvit or Pattaya Beach Road) the farang can boast that "she" is not a professional. It's an ego thing you know.

There are a certain number of extensions to be processed in a year, and the immigration chiefs down in Bangkok don't care if everybody uses an agent, or nobody uses an agent.

So let's project forward if the present situation continues. Most aliens have yet to extend their permission to stay at the Promenada under the current conditions. As time passes, more and more people will have problems, and more and more will use G4T to make things easier. If no extra officers are assigned to process applications, and G4T customers continue to get priority, this must mean that less and less DIY applications will be processed.

So, is it possible that at some time in the future, it will not be possible to make an application unless you use an agent. If that happens then the early morning queue will still be there every day, except that people will be queuing to use the G4T services (maybe even other agents will be forced to use G4T).

No difference to the immigration chiefs, the same number of applications will be processed as before.

If that happens, then it will not be long before the charge for the service increases, and your "choice to use an agent" disappears.

Naturally, I hope this never happens, but it is a possibility.

delboy, you forgot to add: Only in Chiang mai.

Other provinces IM offices provide a respectable service. Chiang Mai IM has no incentive to do so as long as people are happy to pay 3000 THB to G4T. In fact as long as G4T is pulling in the cash there is indeed a disincentive for CM IM to improve their shameful service.

I see you are new here so you may be excused. It is no more time consuming than it was at the Airport. At the Airport they had two officers handling it now they have one at the Airport and one at Promenada. If it is more time consuming that is because more people have moved to Chiang Mai. At the Airport people were told to come back tomorrow same as what is happening at the Promenada. The only negative difference now is you can not get your passport back as fast as you could at the airport.

Complete BS!

They can do as many as they want in one day.

5 minutes for each extension.

They have a deliberate 'go slow' policy, in order to 'persuade' you to use a VISA agent.

That is the one and only reason for all the game playing at CM.

It's all about corruption and making money under the table.

I agree 100% with MaeJoMTB; and I'm not new here or need to be excused. After experiencing the efficient professional service provided by both Jomtien and Chiang Rai Immigration I know what can be accomplished if CM Immigration seriously wanted to accomplish it. It's hard to believe that we still have apologists for both CM Immigration and their front organization G4T. Following is what I wrote in this thread way back on page 1: "It's obvious that CM Immigration is purposely making the experience bad so that farangs will pay to make things easier. G4T is so convenient, surprise surprise & can do an extension anytime. 500 THB for what should be a free timely resident certificate. A year ago I thought it was extreme administrative incompetence. How wrong I was. It's all on purpose."

A contract in a civil case means nothing to Thai's either because since a loan is not a criminal case there is no jail time if found guilty. Also, they won't show up in court repeatedly, and eventually when the court rules in your favor there is no penalty and you can't force them to pay (they just say they have no way to pay).

pay the extra ... get it done hassle free ... no stress ..... seems the choice to me .

My guess is that everyone who uses an Agent has been through a similar first time or even second time experience as me, so the more Agent trips you see now reflects on the numbers of unhappy customers.

unless you have had a bad experience then no one goes to an agent the first time, as me....i just didnt believe all the stories I read.

It's obvious that CM Immigration is purposely making the experience bad so that farangs will pay to make things easier. G4T is so convenient, surprise surprise & can do an extension anytime. 500 THB for what should be a free timely resident certificate. A year ago I thought it was extreme administrative incompetence. How wrong I was. It's all on purpose.

Sparkles, perhaps I missed something with the residence certificates. If 30/day x 500 THB = 15,000 THB/day. Lets estimate 20 working days/month x 15,000/day = 300,000 THB/month. Nice little earner by itself isn't it, without even addressing the G4T issue.

The first thing that rule of law would manifest is higher, much higher, prices for almost everything, and nobody but the sellers want that.

Not necessarily true. Thailand could remain competitive if it successfully reduced corruption, with the benefits shifted from the "Hi-So's" pockets to the workers. Snowballs chance in hell of that happening, huh.

Why wouldn't one want a dividend?

Edit: Or by not wanting a dividend is one thereby electing to have the value of the dividend reinvested in stock?

Pardon my ignorance, but can someone answer my question?

I also would like to try automatic reinvest dividends if that is possible.

Why wouldn't one want a dividend?

Edit: Or by not wanting a dividend is one thereby electing to have the value of the dividend reinvested in stock?

I thought that was what the holiday around 5th of December was for. Why didn't they organize bike for dad on that day?

Exactly. Are Friday 04Dec & Mon 07Dec already going to be holidays? Is this a propaganda pitch / populist move (give away another holiday) to gain support for the new kids on the block?

Hope the new buyer of those 129 rooms is cooperative and not self serving in a corrupt way. See thread:

http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/870182-129-condo-rooms-bank-foreclosure-sale/#entry10071370

I suggest that you come to realize that attempting to be humorous once or twice may be welcomed (as I welcomed it), but endless repetition of the same thing has lost it's humor and wastes our time. I have appreciated your comments on other threads, but you are becoming monotonous on this thread.

I thought I had read somewhere in the past that with some dogs it is not only fear but possibly a physical pain in their ears. Talk to a vet.