Help on the way for people in nighttime entertainment industry - decisions on payouts expected today

[webfact]

Picture: INN

 

INN quoted Labour Minister Suchart Chomklin as saying that decisions on benefit payments to people in the badly hit nightlife sector would be thrashed out today.

 

People like singers, musicians, actors and the people who drive them around who have been deprived of income - and continue to be - are set to receive payments.

 

It could also be expanded to people like waiting staff in pubs and bars up to a certain age. 

 

Suchart said that the figure of 5,000 baht has been mooted and would be in line with payments made before.

 

A big question is whether the number will be limited to just 29 provinces or rolled out over the whole country.

 

The number that could qualify for the former is 20,000 but nationwide could be up to 200,000.

 

A meeting at 2.30 pm today will be looking into the numbers before announcing further decisions. 

 

ASEAN NOW notes that musicians' representatives presented a letter to the Thai PM last week outlining their woes.

 

Much of Thailand's nighttime sector - apart from easing for some restaurants - has been closed for most of this year. 

 

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[HappyExpat57]

Maybe a better plan - let them go back to work?

[ronster]

5000bht ! I know people that get that for one night singing in bars etc .

So a months compensation amounts to one nights work ! ????????

Can tell those in charge don’t have financial worries .

[Boomer6969]

5 hours ago, webfact said:

The number that could qualify for the former is 20,000 but nationwide could be up to 200,000.

I am so please to read that they narrowed it down to that.

 

And 5000 Bahts for about 400 "Short time" an "actress" might have lost over the last 18 months is really a fair compensation.

[mtls2005]

In addition to short-time and long-time categories maybe add a stipend for buffalo repair?