Singha Beer Brewery Distances Itself From Anti-Govt Socialite

[rixalex]

what nonsense

Yingluck is Thailand's first female premier and holds her own on the world stage

Holds her own what exactly?

[HKChris]

" Ms. Chitpas has been quoted in a number of media reports as saying that she distrusts the concept of ′one person, one vote′ as it is rigged in favour of the uneducated rural voters."

Wow, if she said that, it says a lot about the plans of PCAD. One man, one vote. Suthep's the man and he's got the vote. Fascists to the core.

Unbelievable! This is a really scary attitude and sadly will be shared by many of them. So she believes that some 'pimp' in BKK is more educated and more worthy to vote (because he lives in BKK) than the serious farmer in Udon Thani who employs and supports 4 families to help him produce something of value! She's a complete airhead!

[catmac]

Don't blame them in the least in trying to distance themselves from her.

They are obviously worried about the impact to their brand, I certainly would be.

When you consider that Leo Beer has a huge customer base especially upcountry, I would not be at all surprised if a boycott was already taking place.

Funny you should say that, Wave, but our sales of Leo (up here near Chiang Mai) have fallen considerably since that snotty little cow started spouting off about the "uneducated rural voters".

[Boxclever]

He is worried like hell that the redshirt movement will boycot all his Singha products so he's trying to cover his ass by saying "ohh i tried to talk to her but she wouldn't listen". In the background he is supporting and financing the whole movement!

Such a Thai thing to do

[catmac]

To hear nonsense like this put out in the public domain who's main claim to fame is that she is richer than chrisus because her uncle has a company is very depressing.

Not helped by the fact that singha is believed to possibly be funding this whole event anyway. Businesses in thailand normally stay out of the limelight. I wonder where the bangkok bank family are hanging out?

Do they have a tent at sondhis do?

I think inherited wealth should bar people from voting and it should be taxed at 80%?

Debate ms. Chitimas?

1. If you're going to try and be smart, be smart and look things up. Croesus. http://phrases.org.uk/bulletin_board/15/messages/193.html

2. I expect many of the billionaires in Thaksin's PTP and their respective companies have certainly aided financing in the past. Just an assumption, like yours.

3. Do you think Yingluck earned her millions or inherited it?

4. I guess if Ms Chitpas managed to secure face to face time with Yingluck,yl.jpg the upper hand may well be had by Chitpas Chitpas-Bhirombhakdi-11.jpgwho seems the smarter of the two.

Fire away..

what nonsense

Yingluck is Thailand's first female premier and holds her own on the world stage whereas this young rich 'amartee' has achieved nothing apart from pissing off her own relatives who, wisely, have countered that it is not good business to go against the vast majority of Thais who drink YOUR product

You're right!

Yingluck isn't an ammart! The Shinawatra family aren't worth billions and this country's first female premier holds her own and does the country proud on the world stage everytime she opens her mouth in front of the cameras in English! She has truly achieved much, being raised in a poor family in Chiang Mai. I read somewhere she had to sell match sticks without shoes in the cold Chiang Mai winter when she was very young. She's truly better then this beer socialite who was born with a silver spoon in her mouth!

I think you might do yourself a favour, TVGerry, and look outside your obvious hatred of Yingluck to see some reality. Yet again someone disses her for not speaking perfect English unlike Abhisit, without accepting that as he was borne and educated IN England he should be able to speak and write English perfectly - I'm only suprised that he can speak any Thai!

And by the way, Singha and Leo are hardly "cheap beer".

[Jasun]

The rising wealth upcountry would be greatly benefitting Singha's bottom line. The idea of armies of reds boycotting the beer would be horrifying.

[Calimotty]

Hi Sci Scum, keep on crying on the dashboard of your Ferrari.

Thaksin rules!!

[ratcatcher]

Hi Sci Scum, keep on crying on the dashboard of your Ferrari.

Thaksin rules!!

Thaksin riles. He sure does.

Leo beer is a palatable alternative to Beer Chang IMHO. It certainly isn't up there with San Mig or Tiger.

[Baerboxer]

Singha heiress, Red Bull heir...I wonder if they are friends. maybe back issues of Thai Tatler will give the answer

Very close to defamation. Hope you like prison fare !

[Baerboxer]

Don't blame them in the least in trying to distance themselves from her.

They are obviously worried about the impact to their brand, I certainly would be.

When you consider that Leo Beer has a huge customer base especially upcountry, I would not be at all surprised if a boycott was already taking place.

Funny you should say that, Wave, but our sales of Leo (up here near Chiang Mai) have fallen considerably since that snotty little cow started spouting off about the "uneducated rural voters".

No hatred in your unbiased reporting of the sales from your shop/bar/restaurant or whatever. Unlike those you chastise for commenting on the PM/DM.

Always nice to see red tinted fairness in operation. No double standards.

[wave]

The rising wealth upcountry would be greatly benefitting Singha's bottom line. The idea of armies of reds boycotting the beer would be horrifying.

Agreed.

Also Singha are embarking on a joint venture with Carlsberg for a major expansion in Europe.

I would imagine that it would be of great concern for them (and Carlsberg) to be seen as a company that does not support equal rights.

How would such a perception play with Chelsea or Manchester United.

It could be very damaging for the company indeed

[ratcatcher]

To hear nonsense like this put out in the public domain who's main claim to fame is that she is richer than chrisus because her uncle has a company is very depressing.

Not helped by the fact that singha is believed to possibly be funding this whole event anyway. Businesses in thailand normally stay out of the limelight. I wonder where the bangkok bank family are hanging out?

Do they have a tent at sondhis do?

I think inherited wealth should bar people from voting and it should be taxed at 80%?

Debate ms. Chitimas?

1. If you're going to try and be smart, be smart and look things up. Croesus. http://phrases.org.uk/bulletin_board/15/messages/193.html

2. I expect many of the billionaires in Thaksin's PTP and their respective companies have certainly aided financing in the past. Just an assumption, like yours.

3. Do you think Yingluck earned her millions or inherited it?

4. I guess if Ms Chitpas managed to secure face to face time with Yingluck,yl.jpg the upper hand may well be had by Chitpas Chitpas-Bhirombhakdi-11.jpgwho seems the smarter of the two.

Fire away..

what nonsense

Yingluck is Thailand's first female premier and holds her own on the world stage whereas this young rich 'amartee' has achieved nothing apart from pissing off her own relatives who, wisely, have countered that it is not good business to go against the vast majority of Thais who drink YOUR product

There are those who believe that Ms yingluck has done everything she's been told to do by her brother Thaksin. She was given the job at SC Asset because of Thaksin. She is P.M. because of Thaksin. She is on the world stage because Thaksin trusts no-one else to be there in his stead. She must be a good woman to have allowed herself to be used by Thaksin for his own ends.

OTOH Ms Chitpas has shown an independent streak and stood for what she believed in. Not necessarily what some members here agree with but nevertheless independent.

She and YS are cut from the same amart cloth. I don't suppose either of them has done a hard days work in their lives.

Well, I guess travel, shopping and Facebook can be exhausting at times.

[DocN]

So he discussed many times with her, what she should think and do!

Thai- freedom 101

I think its fair enough. If my relatives started spouting elitist rubbish like this and spoke with such a superior attitude, I'd tell them to go get an education, pay for it, give them a job at minimum on the shop floor and then cut them out of my will.

I am not saying, what she says is good or right - neither am I saying the opposite.

What I am advocating is her right to have an opinion, without anyone -including a rich, connected family member- telling her what to do and think.

It is called "freedom of opinion"- something many here are totally in favor of...unless someone has a different opinion from theirs!

[Baerboxer]

To hear nonsense like this put out in the public domain who's main claim to fame is that she is richer than chrisus because her uncle has a company is very depressing.

Not helped by the fact that singha is believed to possibly be funding this whole event anyway. Businesses in thailand normally stay out of the limelight. I wonder where the bangkok bank family are hanging out?

Do they have a tent at sondhis do?

I think inherited wealth should bar people from voting and it should be taxed at 80%?

Debate ms. Chitimas?

1. If you're going to try and be smart, be smart and look things up. Croesus. http://phrases.org.uk/bulletin_board/15/messages/193.html

2. I expect many of the billionaires in Thaksin's PTP and their respective companies have certainly aided financing in the past. Just an assumption, like yours.

3. Do you think Yingluck earned her millions or inherited it?

4. I guess if Ms Chitpas managed to secure face to face time with Yingluck,yl.jpg the upper hand may well be had by Chitpas Chitpas-Bhirombhakdi-11.jpgwho seems the smarter of the two.

Fire away..

what nonsense

Yingluck is Thailand's first female premier and holds her own on the world stage whereas this young rich 'amartee' has achieved nothing apart from pissing off her own relatives who, wisely, have countered that it is not good business to go against the vast majority of Thais who drink YOUR product

Yingluck holds her own on the world stage ? Yeah right. Go on then, give us all the wonderful examples you've collected

- the brilliant propaganda speech in Mongolia.

- the fantastic G2G rice sales she negotiated, that are so secret they haven't happened.

- her brilliant manipulation of the Japanese to get the Dawei deep water port - oh no, that's not happening now

- her efforts to get Thailand on the world stage by joining the UNSC

- her marvelous stand against corruption (we've seen the recent index success - not), human trafficking and support for women's rights.

Please do fill in all the ones I've missed in this glittering 2.5 years of office. I thank you in advance, three times.

Ps - she's a good actress though, got to give her that.

[SamMunich]

Oouh, class warfare or what is going on here?

Lil' lady (or not) has exactly the same right to her opinion as anybody else, regardless of her background.

And her family's company has the same rigth to point out, that she does not represent the view of the company. What is so complicated here?

There is sufficient research, worldwide, that enough money helps getting a better education and degrees etc. Just look at Thai universities. But it is also obvious, that money is no guarantee for intelligence or intelligent political opinions.

So let's debate, if her opinion is right or wrong, good or bad, but not, how wealthy her family is.

If wealth is a factor, then why not beauty? You know, beauty is in the eye of the beer holder... Does drinking Chang make Yingluck look better or does Leo make this Singha lady look better...?

My pint of oppinion on this,

Sam M.

[Ulic]

On another note Miss Chitpas will make someone a lucky fella.

[Carrerakiss]

" Ms. Chitpas has been quoted in a number of media reports as saying that she distrusts the concept of ′one person, one vote′ as it is rigged in favour of the uneducated rural voters."

Wow, if she said that, it says a lot about the plans of PCAD. One man, one vote. Suthep's the man and he's got the vote. Fascists to the core.

She is quite right. The concept is rigged in favour of uneducated rural voters.......for the simple reason that there are more of them than educated urban voters.

I guess she could some of her, and her family's, wealth to educate some of the rural population. That might help, or it might not. Once educated, they still may not like the Democratic Party.

I can't see Singha beer sales suffering much though. I'll have to do some research at a few bars tonight to confirm though.

[Thai at Heart]

To hear nonsense like this put out in the public domain who's main claim to fame is that she is richer than chrisus because her uncle has a company is very depressing.

Not helped by the fact that singha is believed to possibly be funding this whole event anyway. Businesses in thailand normally stay out of the limelight. I wonder where the bangkok bank family are hanging out?

Do they have a tent at sondhis do?

I think inherited wealth should bar people from voting and it should be taxed at 80%?

Debate ms. Chitimas?

1. If you're going to try and be smart, be smart and look things up. Croesus. http://phrases.org.uk/bulletin_board/15/messages/193.html

2. I expect many of the billionaires in Thaksin's PTP and their respective companies have certainly aided financing in the past. Just an assumption, like yours.

3. Do you think Yingluck earned her millions or inherited it?

4. I guess if Ms Chitpas managed to secure face to face time with Yingluck,yl.jpg the upper hand may well be had by Chitpas Chitpas-Bhirombhakdi-11.jpgwho seems the smarter of the two.

Fire away..

what nonsense

Yingluck is Thailand's first female premier and holds her own on the world stage whereas this young rich 'amartee' has achieved nothing apart from pissing off her own relatives who, wisely, have countered that it is not good business to go against the vast majority of Thais who drink YOUR product

You're right!

Yingluck isn't an ammart! The Shinawatra family aren't worth billions and this country's first female premier holds her own and does the country proud on the world stage everytime she opens her mouth in front of the cameras in English! She has truly achieved much, being raised in a poor family in Chiang Mai. I read somewhere she had to sell match sticks without shoes in the cold Chiang Mai winter when she was very young. She's truly better then this beer socialite who was born with a silver spoon in her mouth!

If this statement doesn't show you that there is amart and amart in this country you are very naive. There is amart and there is amart and yingluck is not as high up that food chain as the singha brewery family.

It's like comparing Richard Branson and Nigella Lawson. One family has airlines and a phone business another is perceived to be part of the furniture.

Edited December 19, 2013 by Thai at Heart

[JRSoul]

For all the geriatric fools that drool over Yingluk, may I point out that this young lady leaves her for dead. She is young, good looking, filthy rich and her dad owns a brewery.

She is also smart enough to realise that Thailand's facade of democracy is doing the country a great deal of damage, showing a great deal more intelligence than those yet to get past the simplistic version of one man - one vote.

[JCauto]

"In the letter which was somehow leaked to the media..."

Droll.

[bigbamboo]

I get a far more negative perception of the company if I drink their beer.

[Old Man River]

To hear nonsense like this put out in the public domain who's main claim to fame is that she is richer than chrisus because her uncle has a company is very depressing.

Not helped by the fact that singha is believed to possibly be funding this whole event anyway. Businesses in thailand normally stay out of the limelight. I wonder where the bangkok bank family are hanging out?

Do they have a tent at sondhis do?

I think inherited wealth should bar people from voting and it should be taxed at 80%?

Debate ms. Chitimas?

Inherited wealth should bar people from voting?

Edited December 19, 2013 by Old Man River

[Frank James]

"People′s Committee for Absolute Democracy With the King As Head of State (PCAD)". I'm trying to visualize such a system. An "Absolute Democracy" (which has never existed at any time anywhere) would not be ruled by a monarch. Would it?

This is no knock on HM, he's the best.

[samran]

The rising wealth upcountry would be greatly benefitting Singha's bottom line. The idea of armies of reds boycotting the beer would be horrifying.

I think Singh have 80% market share, or something like that. But they'd just flow over to the likes of Chang, owned by Thai Bev. It isn't a secret that Thai Bev don't like the Shinawatra's very much, and that the recent excise changes to alcohol products was aimed directly at them.

[samran]

To hear nonsense like this put out in the public domain who's main claim to fame is that she is richer than chrisus because her uncle has a company is very depressing.

Not helped by the fact that singha is believed to possibly be funding this whole event anyway. Businesses in thailand normally stay out of the limelight. I wonder where the bangkok bank family are hanging out?

Do they have a tent at sondhis do?

I think inherited wealth should bar people from voting and it should be taxed at 80%?

Debate ms. Chitimas?

If it is the choice between the inhereted wealth of the Shinawatra clan, and this lass....I'll take the lass who's dad owns a brewry.

At least she'll have the ability to garner my vote - a bottle of beer. I'm cheap.

[Frank James]

Oxymoron, that's the word I was trying to recall: "a figure of speech in which opposite or contradictory ideas or terms are combined."

As in "PCAD".

[backtonormal]

When people ask.."who are these amart' nobody can be sure because they pretty much keep themselves out of the limelight because the cash for their political favours come from profit earned on products we buy everyday. Anyone for an Arca

[Bluespunk]

" Ms. Chitpas has been quoted in a number of media reports as saying that she distrusts the concept of ′one person, one vote′ as it is rigged in favour of the uneducated rural voters."

Wow, if she said that, it says a lot about the plans of PCAD. One man, one vote. Suthep's the man and he's got the vote. Fascists to the core.

She is quite right. The concept is rigged in favour of uneducated rural voters.......for the simple reason that there are more of them than educated urban voters.

I guess she could some of her, and her family's, wealth to educate some of the rural population. That might help, or it might not. Once educated, they still may not like the Democratic Party.

I can't see Singha beer sales suffering much though. I'll have to do some research at a few bars tonight to confirm though.

I seriously doubt this elitist view of who can vote or not is the Democrats point of view. PCAD are nationalistic fanatics, and while the Dems may despise PT, they aren't fascists like PCAD. They want power but they are not talking about disenfranchising the electorate.

[MrSlatersParrot]

These young idiot party members don't know what they can do them-self. They don't see clear the world, they don't know what does mean the life.

This dumb girl doesn't recognized her status only does what she think it is fashionable. Blows the whistles and tells many bull_s_hit from stage

So you'd be surprised to hear that she's actually quite well educated and quite active in the Democrat Party previously running for election.

Not going the easy route of the current caretaker PM and running on the party-list.

Quite stupid indeed

Quite well educated in her comments would be your view?

[Thai at Heart]

" Ms. Chitpas has been quoted in a number of media reports as saying that she distrusts the concept of ′one person, one vote′ as it is rigged in favour of the uneducated rural voters."

Wow, if she said that, it says a lot about the plans of PCAD. One man, one vote. Suthep's the man and he's got the vote. Fascists to the core.

She is quite right. The concept is rigged in favour of uneducated rural voters.......for the simple reason that there are more of them than educated urban voters.

I guess she could some of her, and her family's, wealth to educate some of the rural population. That might help, or it might not. Once educated, they still may not like the Democratic Party.

I can't see Singha beer sales suffering much though. I'll have to do some research at a few bars tonight to confirm though.

I seriously doubt this elitist view of who can vote or not is the Democrats point of view. PCAD are nationalistic fanatics, and while the Dems may despise PT, they aren't fascists like PCAD. They want power but they are not talking about disenfranchising the electorate.

Well, if one of the backers and supporters says something quite as public as this, it is their job to disown the statement.

Or you assume they support.