Proposal Needed for Legal Revisions to Foreign Land Leases

[Zack61]

Only one winner here. 

[Surasak]

Under normal circumstances the owner of the land decides to whom they lease their land, to what purposes it is put too and for how long. What the hell has it got to do with the government!!?? One thing and one thing only.... GREED!!

[asean]

6 hours ago, Tropicalevo said:

 

Because it stops progress.

The dinosaurs are terrified of change.

Progress and change might mean their extinction.

actually it might be because they are not as stupid as western countries who allow foreigners to buy land pricing the locals out of the market... They should never allow leases more than 30 years... and they should also start enforcing the existing prescribed jail sentences for foreigners using nominee companies to buy Thai land.

[asean]

26 minutes ago, Surasak said:

Under normal circumstances the owner of the land decides to whom they lease their land, to what purposes it is put too and for how long. What the hell has it got to do with the government!!?? One thing and one thing only.... GREED!!

Actually no... the landowner can only lease the land for use as designated by local zoning laws. Putting 99% leased land in govt control effectively retains the land in Thai ownership. It is a good idea. I cannot see who is being greedy here.

[asean]

50 minutes ago, Zack61 said:

Only one winner here. 

you mean the Thai people right? And what is wrong with that?

[asean]

7 hours ago, JoePai said:

Why do they make things so complicated !

I thought it was really simple... 99 year leased land reverts to state ownership.

[asean]

6 hours ago, Tropicalevo said:

 

Because it stops progress.

The dinosaurs are terrified of change.

Progress and change might mean their extinction.

What progress has it stopped? The land still gets leased to foreigners for 99 years to be used as per the zoning laws.... 

[asean]

5 hours ago, Russell17au said:

This shows how desperate this government that is lead by Thaksin's daughter is to rip the Thai people off. As I explained to my Thai wife that if she signs a 99 year lease with me on her farmland then she must sign the deed for that farmland over to the Thai Treasury Dept (Thai Government) which means the she no longer owns that farmland, it is now owned by the Thai Government who did not pay 1 Baht for the farmland. They stole it

Actually most Thai farmland was "GIVEN" to them by the government and handed down by generations where the rights of use titles are gradually upgraded to chanods. Ask your wife if her family actually bought the farmland.

[asean]

1 hour ago, john donson said:

99 years, your grandkids will be probably dead too...

 

does the lease not end with the dead of the lessee ?

companies dont die

[Surasak]

15 minutes ago, asean said:

Actually no... the landowner can only lease the land for use as designated by local zoning laws. Putting 99% leased land in govt control effectively retains the land in Thai ownership. It is a good idea. I cannot see who is being greedy here.

I did state 'Under normal circumstances. This is Thailand after all.

[asean]

1 minute ago, Surasak said:

I did state 'Under normal circumstances. This is Thailand after all.

Complying with local zoning laws is normal circumstance 🙂

[Captain Monday]

This is the CCP model,  where all land is state owned. Might not be such a bad idea who wants to “own” a pad of dirt in a mhuu baan?