Thai Niyom teams fixing communities’ problems

[webfact]

Thai Niyom teams fixing communities’ problems

 

 

NAKHON PHANOM, 12 March 2018 (NNT) – Local officials are traveling to various communities to help people with their problems as part of the government-initiated “Sustainable Thai Idealism” project known as Thai Niyom. 

In Nakhon Phanom, military officers visited Ban Phu Khao Thong community in the capital district where they listened to people’s complaints and suggestions. One of the complaints was about a large tree leaning on a powerline, causing power outages on several occasions. The complaint has been forwarded to the Provincial Electricity Authority of Nakhon Phanom for immediate action. 

In Loei province, a Thai Niyom sub-district level committee led by Kritsada Phochai held a public forum in Muang district to hear people’s problems first hand. The forum was attended by the residents of Phetcharoen Village. Free health checkups and salon services were also provided.

 

-- nnt 2018-03-12

 

[mok199]

Time will tell...and we all hope it is a success ,but its hard not to be suspicious given recent alegations of corrutption ...memo to Thailand's govt leaders...''stop the abuse of our children the poor and the elderly,thai people have an incredible spirit and severe loyalty ,DO NOT take advantage of that''...

Edited March 11, 2018 by mok199
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[Samui Bodoh]

2 hours ago, webfact said:

In Nakhon Phanom, military officers visited Ban Phu Khao Thong community in the capital district where they listened to people’s complaints and suggestions. One of the complaints was about a large tree leaning on a powerline, causing power outages on several occasions.

 

What possible reason is there for a tree on a power line to be reported to military officers? And if all they did was report it to others, why exactly were they there? And exactly how much money did it cost for them to travel there, set up a meeting, eat lunch and return back to their base?

 

This "Thai Niyom" scheme is nothing but a government-funded scam to visit communities and try to build a political network in support of the Junta.

 

 

Edited March 12, 2018 by Samui Bodoh
Lack of coffee

[YetAnother]

2 hours ago, webfact said:

One of the complaints was about a large tree leaning on a powerline, causing power outages on several occasions. The complaint has been forwarded to the Provincial Electricity Authority of Nakhon Phanom for immediate action. 

why do we so often hear that things are done often only through 'irregular channels'; it takes military intervention, street protests, social media pressures to get things done; 'normal channels' in this case the PEA , should be handling much of these , in this cited case , the PEA either didnt know about it (inept) or they knew but didnt do anything (incompetent)

[JAG]

29 minutes ago, Samui Bodoh said:

 

What possible reason is there for a tree on a power line to be reported to military officers? And if all they did was report it to others, why exactly were they there? And exactly how much money did it cost for them to travel there, set up a meeting, eat lunch and return back to their base?

 

This "Thai Niyom" scheme is nothing but a government-funded scam to visit communities and try to build a political network in support of the Junta.

 

 

Pure Negativity SB. As we speak a crack team of combat engineers are waiting, poised with blackened faces and the latest in a wide variety of rifles grasped in their eager hands, to board the C130 aeroplane (when it returns from delivering the leaders limo to the location for the next mobile cabinet meeting). Once it returns they will fly to a dropzone 5 km from the tree, jump from a high altitude, freefalling through the darkness of the night until they open their 'chutes at a few hundred feet. Then, silently and with the swiftness of a thousand ninjas, they will move to the location of the offending tree, surround it covertly, and. umh, cut it down, using a chainsaw borrowed from the farmer who lives up the road. Then extracted by a hired in tour bus, and back home for breakfast and medals!

 

You must grasp the reality of our new Thailand SB...

[Briggsy]

4 minutes ago, YetAnother said:

why do we so often hear that things are done often only through 'irregular channels'; it takes military intervention, street protests, social media pressures to get things done; 'normal channels' in this case the PEA , should be handling much of these , in this cited case , the PEA either didnt know about it (inept) or they knew but didnt do anything (incompetent)

Excellent point.

 

The reasons are all linked to the patronage network and the fact that public sector jobs and public office are both universally viewed as opportunity for self-enrichment through rifling the public purse and protection from the law.

 

When public services become so bad and the public so unhappy that they threaten to upset the apple cart, then the higher authority, often from Bangkok or with their backing, swoops in to punish the ineffective and corrupt organisation bringing kudos to the higher authority, in this case, the military.

 

In a non-corrupt environment, agencies would be accountable through regular channels to management or regulatory bodies or the law, but the patronage network destroys that accountability. It is replaced by the patron turning a blind eye to the client's failings whilst the client remains loyal and keeps pushing money up the chain.

 

 

[Darcula]

3 hours ago, webfact said:

Free health checkups and salon services were also provided.

 

Depending on the type of salon services offered, write me down as "mildly interested".

 

[Samui Bodoh]

13 minutes ago, JAG said:

Pure Negativity SB. As we speak a crack team of combat engineers are waiting, poised with blackened faces and the latest in a wide variety of rifles grasped in their eager hands, to board the C130 aeroplane (when it returns from delivering the leaders limo to the location for the next mobile cabinet meeting). Once it returns they will fly to a dropzone 5 km from the tree, jump from a high altitude, freefalling through the darkness of the night until they open their 'chutes at a few hundred feet. Then, silently and with the swiftness of a thousand ninjas, they will move to the location of the offending tree, surround it covertly, and. umh, cut it down, using a chainsaw borrowed from the farmer who lives up the road. Then extracted by a hired in tour bus, and back home for breakfast and medals!

 

You must grasp the reality of our new Thailand SB...

 

Sadly, I think the tree will win...

 

[Denim]

Meanwhile , the provincial electricity authority , seeking the root of the problem , decided they would leaf the tree alone and wooden touch it as it was reported to the wrong branch.

 

Joking aside , when the junta seized power they said they would put an end to populist policies.

Not only have they not done so they even have the affrontary to call their own policy Thai Niyom, the very word niyom  meaning popular.

Edited March 12, 2018 by Denim

[coulson]

3 hours ago, webfact said:

Free health checkups and salon services were also provided

Health screening fine, not sure the haircut is necessary.

 

Blatant buying of popularity, using the taxpayers own money.

 

Thai politics at its purest, I guess the name is suitable.

[mikebell]

Did the junket attenders listen to the common people complaining about the non-arrival of money-for-the poor?

[Anak Nakal]

Thai tree fights back!

[candide]

2 hours ago, Samui Bodoh said:

 

What possible reason is there for a tree on a power line to be reported to military officers? And if all they did was report it to others, why exactly were they there? And exactly how much money did it cost for them to travel there, set up a meeting, eat lunch and return back to their base?

 

This "Thai Niyom" scheme is nothing but a government-funded scam to visit communities and try to build a political network in support of the Junta.

 

 

Because they surely would not let more politically disturbing complaints to be reported. 

[jenny2017]

 

      Where's my Niyom ?

 

       

 

       

[jenny2017]

Free health checkups and salon services were also provided.

 

I didn't know that Nong Nat would travel so far. Well done !!

[mtls2005]

Good to see that "populist schemes" are "acceptable" again.

 

Hopefully, the PM will not be subsequently judged to have been "negligent"?

 

I'm sure it will never come out that this "scheme" involves any corruption?

 

The PM's 2015 scheme du jour, "Pracha Rat" flamed out quickly under the weight of corruption charges.

Edited March 12, 2018 by mtls2005

[Srikcir]

2 hours ago, mtls2005 said:

Hopefully, the PM will not be subsequently judged to have been "negligent"?

You know he can't because of his amnesty, "get out of jail" card in the 2017 Constitution.

Not available to mere civilians and elected officials not part of the military coup du jour.

[Krataiboy]

One of the complaints was about a large tree leaning on a powerline

 

Maybe it was tired and needed a bit of laap sabai

[greenchair]

Maybe they can get some more billions of funds to help the poor. 

You know those funds wink wink. 

200 for you and 2000 for me. With plenty of funds left to pay for non existing dead people. 

[Thian]

On 3/12/2018 at 7:52 AM, YetAnother said:

why do we so often hear that things are done often only through 'irregular channels'; it takes military intervention, street protests, social media pressures to get things done; 'normal channels' in this case the PEA , should be handling much of these , in this cited case , the PEA either didnt know about it (inept) or they knew but didnt do anything (incompetent)

Isn't it the PEA who repaired that cable several times? So of course they know about it but don't work together with the gardeners in the village.

 

Our fibrecable was broken since they pruned the tree's in our village, so True had to make a new cable for us from several km.

Of course they didn't tell the gardeners to prune more carefully since the cables hang in the tree's.