Govt hails success of PM’s complaint box

BANGKOK: -- When Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra placed a public complaints box outside his official residence, Ban Phitsanulok, here nearly a year ago, no-one could have dreamed how popular it would prove.

But since 1 June last year, the box has handled 15,844 complaints from members of the public, and has successfully addressed over 60 percent of them, the cabinet was told today.

According to the latest figures, the government and local officials have managed to resolve 61.88 of the complaints received in the box outside the prime minister’s residence and outside the residences of provincial governors.

The complaints are wide ranging, from debt problems to land and housing, and from complaints against public officials to information on criminal behaviours.

--TNA 2005-05-24

This is highly believable :

Received 15 844 complaints

addressed : 61.88

That's about 1 in 1000

hehe - double check the quote:

According to the latest figures, the government and local officials have managed to resolve 61.88 of the complaints received in the box

This reminds of Thaksin claiming "success" for the Songkran death toll because it was "only" 520 (or whatever the actual figure was) people splattered all over the highway.

Now there are saying that because over 15,000 people have problems serious enough they want the PM to address them, then that, too, is a "success."

The logic is practically unfathomable....

This reminds of Thaksin claiming "success" for the Songkran death toll because it was "only" 520 (or whatever the actual figure was) people splattered all over the highway.

Now there are saying that because over 15,000 people have problems serious enough they want the PM to address them, then that, too, is a "success."     

The logic is practically unfathomable....   

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you can fool some of the people some of the times

you can not fool all the people all of the time

[or can he]

Edited May 24, 200521 yr by opothai

Time to double check Thaksins's office!

Why we don't drop a letter and see if we get an answer?

This reminds of Thaksin claiming "success" for the Songkran death toll because it was "only" 520 (or whatever the actual figure was) people splattered all over the highway.

Now there are saying that because over 15,000 people have problems serious enough they want the PM to address them, then that, too, is a "success."     

The logic is practically unfathomable....   

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you can fool some of the people some of the times

you can not fool all the people all of the time

[or can he]

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apparently he can...

so far, so good... if last February's elections, which increased his power base even further, are any indication....

Time to double check Thaksins's office!

Why we don't drop a letter and see if we get an answer?

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that's sounds great!

Update:

PM's complaint box flooded with 48,000 queries in 12 months

BANGKOK: -- Around 48,000 people have submitted their complaints to the prime minister over the past 12 months.

Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra revealed today that since setting up a complaints box outside his official residence, Ban Phitsanulok, a year ago, he had received 48,000 complaints, of which 34,000 had been successfully addressed.

The majority, he said, concerned influential figures, corruption, drugs, debts, rights, and being cheated or taken advantage of.

--TNA 2005-06-04

Update:

PM's complaint box flooded with 48,000 queries in 12 months 

BANGKOK: -- Around 48,000 people have submitted their  complaints to the prime minister over the past 12 months.

Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra revealed today that since setting up a complaints box outside his official residence, Ban Phitsanulok, a year ago, he had received 48,000 complaints, of which 34,000 had been successfully addressed.

--TNA 2005-06-04

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I wonder how many of the 14,000 unaddressed complaints were concerning Mr. T and his government?

The first report in this thread talks about 15,844 complaints, and 60% was handled. Now it talks about 48,000. Typo ?