I saw this in the latest copy of ... PATTAYA INFO

LIVING AND WORKING IN THAILAND MADE EASY .... The Elite Card is your link to recognition , acceptance, cooperation,fast track services and discounts in Thailand. This card will give you and your company recognition as a person who is in Thailand as a friend and business leader from another country. When you present the " Elite Card" you will be recongnized as not just another tourist. You will gain respect and cooperation.

You will be given special benfits at immigration , it will be easier and cheaper for you to come and go in Thailand. members will receive a Five year multiple entry visa, you can expect discounts and upgrades on accommodation in Thailand. You will receive special benifits on tourisum services too. The biggest benfit to the " Elite Card" is that you will receive first class services from the Industrial Estate Authority of Thailand ( IGAT ) so if you are a foreign investor and are trying to establish a business in Thailand ,this is your way to make it easier and faster to get your business up and operating in the fastest way with the least amount of problems and at a discount too. Thailand has been recognized for many years as an ideal country to live and establish a business. Thailand has many benefits for large and small industries.Labour costs are very competitive . The infrastructure is available to support any type of industry. There are many businesses from around the world that are doing business in Thailand with great success and satisfaction.

Elite Card members will have the right to purchase property. The Thailand government will not be able to ammend the laws. Members will be able to make purchases through a fund to be set up as an affiliate of Thailand Privilege Card Company, which is the company established under the Tourisum Authority of Thailand to operate the " Elite Card " program. The " Elite Card " currently costs $ 25,000 and might be raised to $ 30,000 because of positive response from international tycoons. The program has just started and has presented 80 memberships and 1,000 international business people have expressed a keen intrest in the card and are waiting for the Foreign Affairs ministry and the immigration office to screen their applications for membership and to receive their " Elite Card" Consider the costs of trying to establish a business with out the " Elite Card " and compare that to the savings and help you will receive from the estate Authority of Thailand and then I think that you will realize that the cost of the card is worth it.

........ well may be that's one way to gain respect and cooperation ...?

No such laws so nothing needs to be ammended.