webfact Posted December 2, 2019 Share Posted December 2, 2019 3rd phase of Chim-Shop-Chai program not fully subscribed Registration for the 3rd phase of the Chim-Shop-Chai (Eat-Shop-Spend) stimulus package closed at 5pm today, but the number of elderly people subscribing to the program only reached 281,115, well short of the 500,000 target. The overall target for the third phase of the program is two million, with 500,000 places reserved for the elderly. Mr. Pornchai Thiravet, an advisor to the Fiscal Policy Office and deputy spokesman of the Finance Ministry, disclosed today that a total of 1,448,012 people had subscribed to the program. Full story: https://www.thaipbsworld.com/3rd-phase-of-chim-shop-chai-program-not-fully-subscribed/ -- © Copyright Thai PBS 2019-12-03 Follow Thaivisa on LINE for breaking Thailand news and visa info Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Chang_paarp Posted December 2, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted December 2, 2019 1 hour ago, webfact said: Registration for the 3rd phase of the Chim-Shop-Chai (Eat-Shop-Spend) stimulus package closed at 5pm today, but the number of elderly people subscribing to the program only reached 281,115, well short of the 500,000 target. The overall target for the third phase of the program is two million, with 500,000 places reserved for the elderly. Either the elderly are too smart to fall for the dog and pony act, or, they cannot fill in the online form. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post mok199 Posted December 2, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted December 2, 2019 Stimulus gimmicks are much like a baht bus , another one is just around the corner... 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post ezzra Posted December 2, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted December 2, 2019 I wonder though, how many of the targeted 'elderly people' have computers and how many of them are computer savvy enough to use them?... 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobbyL Posted December 3, 2019 Share Posted December 3, 2019 Must be fake news. This seemed to be arguably Thailand's greatest ever idea in recent press releases. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
upena Posted December 3, 2019 Share Posted December 3, 2019 Three phases, three fails. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichardColeman Posted December 3, 2019 Share Posted December 3, 2019 2 hours ago, Chang_paarp said: Either the elderly are too smart to fall for the dog and pony act, or, they cannot fill in the online form. Or glued to the tv watching the lottery this week 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post hotchilli Posted December 3, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted December 3, 2019 4 hours ago, webfact said: Registration for the 3rd phase of the Chim-Shop-Chai (Eat-Shop-Spend) stimulus package closed at 5pm today, but the number of elderly people subscribing to the program only reached 281,115, well short of the 500,000 target. So now Prayut has an excuse as to why his well thought out stimulus policy didn't work.... he can blame the elderly! 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matzzon Posted December 3, 2019 Share Posted December 3, 2019 4 hours ago, webfact said: but the number of elderly people subscribing to the program only reached 281,115, well short of the 500,000 target. Yes, they can not squeeze more money out of them now. When they as a result are poorer than before, they just have to squeeze the money out of another age group. No problem! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Misterwhisper Posted December 3, 2019 Share Posted December 3, 2019 6 hours ago, webfact said: 3rd phase of Chim-Shop-Chai program not fully subscribed Maybe people are still full from phase 2. You should give them some time to digest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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