What a pathetic bunch of misogynists. Jesus wept.

Crap. No one is attacking Yingluck based on her sex. She is being attacked for her performance in office and for now trying to patronize a very brave young lady and hopefully pick up some kudos.

Another example of the Shin PR team who ghost write her social media postings.

She beat the General to the punch?

It's a fair comment that the Shin PR and lobbyists teams are the best money can buy. Image builders.

The General, and the Dems for that matter, don't seem to indulge in such machinations.

What a pathetic bunch of misogynists. Jesus wept.

Ignore them.They are just a collection of (from the evidence of their posts) rather poorly educated middle aged losers consumed with bitterness - not worth paying attention to.

Khun Yingluck was simply paying tribute to Malala which is perfectly reasonable and appropriate for Thailand's first woman prime minister.Let's leave it at that.

What a pathetic bunch of misogynists. Jesus wept.

Crap. No one is attacking Yingluck based on her sex. She is being attacked for her performance in office and for now trying to patronize a very brave young lady and hopefully pick up some kudos.

Another example of the Shin PR team who ghost write her social media postings.

Worst thing is all those red brainwashed uneducated poor lads and other Red murderers believe EVERY word of what is written about her... if tomorrow she fart and blow everybody away during this act, then this is BIG news in the north and northeast and reason enough to party BIG....

What a pathetic bunch of misogynists. Jesus wept.

Ignore them.They are just a collection of (from the evidence of their posts) rather poorly educated middle aged losers consumed with bitterness - not worth paying attention to.

Khun Yingluck was simply paying tribute to Malala which is perfectly reasonable and appropriate for Thailand's first woman prime minister.Let's leave it at that.

Oh come on jayboy.

You always seem to feel a need to denigrate other posters. Even your 'evidence' is just your interpretation. Do you have to compensate for own deficiencies, lack of moral courage?

Now as for whether or not Ms. Yingluck's remarks were reasonable and appropriate, it does seem to be as sincere as the 'real' smile of a politician. Of course since she didn't even bat an eye when her Minister of Tourism made his 'famous' remark on the consequences of accepting a dinner date, my faith in her 'struggle for women's equality' has diminished somewhat.

....shameless attempt to gain attention from someone else's glory....

...from someone that betrayed a nation of 60 Million plus individuals....men and women....

...even the cassava crops......

People have ridiculed Yingluck for her overseas education in the US, at a university not well-admired by the former commentaries on this website. Would Yingluck have received a better education in her own country, leading to her PM position? It's a rhetorical question since I believe the answer is obvious, if you consider how many women in Thailand have political power or prominence, having used any education as their launch to success.

Do you think the fact her billionaire brother who happens to own the political party which plucked her from nowhere to be the PM might be more of a reason for her astonishing rise to the position of PM and DM? Rather than the first class education she received at a rather academically obscure US university?

A hugely rich family, who could easily afford any of the top educational institutions in the world choose a very low ranking unheard of one. Why not Harvard, MIT, Yale, Oxford, Cambridge? Money is not a barrier. Must be something else. Any ideas?

Yingluck has demonstrated the results of her education for all to see.

I saw Yingluck being interviewed on American TV where she needed an interpreter. I wondered how she got through all the lectures at the American University she attended and passed the exams. Did brothers generous donation to the Universty have anything to do with it perhaps ??

People have ridiculed Yingluck for her overseas education in the US, at a university not well-admired by the former commentaries on this website. Would Yingluck have received a better education in her own country, leading to her PM position? It's a rhetorical question since I believe the answer is obvious, if you consider how many women in Thailand have political power or prominence, having used any education as their launch to success.

Do you think the fact her billionaire brother who happens to own the political party which plucked her from nowhere to be the PM might be more of a reason for her astonishing rise to the position of PM and DM? Rather than the first class education she received at a rather academically obscure US university?

A hugely rich family, who could easily afford any of the top educational institutions in the world choose a very low ranking unheard of one. Why not Harvard, MIT, Yale, Oxford, Cambridge? Money is not a barrier. Must be something else. Any ideas?

Yingluck has demonstrated the results of her education for all to see.

I saw Yingluck being interviewed on American TV where she needed an interpreter. I wondered how she got through all the lectures at the American University she attended and passed the exams. Did brothers generous donation to the Universty have anything to do with it perhaps ??

dont worry your supreme leader Prayuth can speak 10 languages and all fluently

What a pathetic bunch of misogynists. Jesus wept.

Crap. No one is attacking Yingluck based on her sex. She is being attacked for her performance in office and for now trying to patronize a very brave young lady and hopefully pick up some kudos.

Another example of the Shin PR team who ghost write her social media postings.

Wow! You could tell all that from that remark. So if I defend a woman, I'm an anarchist, trying to destabilize the current elected administration. It's remarkable that TVF always seems to attract fruit cakes like this one. Sheesh!

What a pathetic bunch of misogynists. Jesus wept.

Ignore them.They are just a collection of (from the evidence of their posts) rather poorly educated middle aged losers consumed with bitterness - not worth paying attention to.

Khun Yingluck was simply paying tribute to Malala which is perfectly reasonable and appropriate for Thailand's first woman prime minister.Let's leave it at that.

Oh come on jayboy.

You always seem to feel a need to denigrate other posters. Even your 'evidence' is just your interpretation. Do you have to compensate for own deficiencies, lack of moral courage?

Now as for whether or not Ms. Yingluck's remarks were reasonable and appropriate, it does seem to be as sincere as the 'real' smile of a politician. Of course since she didn't even bat an eye when her Minister of Tourism made his 'famous' remark on the consequences of accepting a dinner date, my faith in her 'struggle for women's equality' has diminished somewhat.

The former PM made a tribute to a brave young girl.It

had no ulterior purpose than an expression of admiration.The moronic element on this forum want to politicise it.If you wish to be associated with these louts that's your choice,

"As a woman I would like to express my gratitude for Malala's courage and determination. She fought for women's rights even though this almost cost her life...Today, everywhere in the world women still face gender inequality in many areas, including education, and women are still the victims of violence and torture, she said."

And what did Yingluck do to address the issues of gender inequality (Gender is a non factor when your family's wealth can buy you power), advancing education and domestic violence while she was Prime Minister? The only right she fought for was her right to take as many shopping trips as she could fit into her schedule.

I bet she has done more in her life than you ever have, or will.

"As a woman I would like to express my gratitude for Malala's courage and determination. She fought for women's rights even though this almost cost her life...Today, everywhere in the world women still face gender inequality in many areas, including education, and women are still the victims of violence and torture, she said."

And what did Yingluck do to address the issues of gender inequality (Gender is a non factor when your family's wealth can buy you power), advancing education and domestic violence while she was Prime Minister? The only right she fought for was her right to take as many shopping trips as she could fit into her schedule.

The reason women have to fight for their rights is because of people like you with the mentality of victorian man (and I don't mean a state in S.E. Australia)

"The only right she fought for was her right to take as many shopping trips as she could fit into her schedule".

So one has won a Nobel prize, and the other has set the women's rights movement back half a century. how does a woman get to be PM of Thailand? Is it quality education, years of hard work and experience, proven courage in the face of adversity, or having a pretty face and the right brother? Oh, and a party list system that facilitates nepotism.

A very rare instance of Thai statesmanship.

Indeed it is. More's the pity that role models for Thai youth are mostly football players or soap stars.

Yes, whats wrong with incompetent female Prime Ministers or fugitive mass murderers or corrupt politicians or dodgy policemen or............

Thai's youth have so many great role models, can't think of why they would choose ones who are not trying to rape the country of its wealth.

"As a woman I would like to express my gratitude for Malala's courage and determination. She fought for women's rights even though this almost cost her life...Today, everywhere in the world women still face gender inequality in many areas, including education, and women are still the victims of violence and torture, she said."

And what did Yingluck do to address the issues of gender inequality (Gender is a non factor when your family's wealth can buy you power), advancing education and domestic violence while she was Prime Minister? The only right she fought for was her right to take as many shopping trips as she could fit into her schedule.

The reason women have to fight for their rights is because of people like you with the mentality of victorian man (and I don't mean a state in S.E. Australia)

"The only right she fought for was her right to take as many shopping trips as she could fit into her schedule".

So one has won a Nobel prize, and the other has set the women's rights movement back half a century. how does a woman get to be PM of Thailand? Is it quality education, years of hard work and experience, proven courage in the face of adversity, or having a pretty face and the right brother? Oh, and a party list system that facilitates nepotism.

How did she set back the women's movement half a century?

As the Shinawatra's ThaiCom Foundation is donating books to needy schools across the country the TVF coupists are ridiculing them. How many books have you donated boys?

"As a woman I would like to express my gratitude for Malala's courage and determination. She fought for women's rights even though this almost cost her life...Today, everywhere in the world women still face gender inequality in many areas, including education, and women are still the victims of violence and torture, she said."

And what did Yingluck do to address the issues of gender inequality (Gender is a non factor when your family's wealth can buy you power), advancing education and domestic violence while she was Prime Minister? The only right she fought for was her right to take as many shopping trips as she could fit into her schedule.

I bet she has done more in her life than you ever have, or will.

So...If riding into this life on the lucky sperm of a rich and powerful donor; being purchased a degree (not an education) via correspondence courses from a college rated on the lowest level in the U.S.A.; reaching the highest political office with absolutely no experience, but enough money to buy votes, is ones idea of "done more", then I would agree that she has done more than any person who is born into the middle or lower economic classes, studies and works their way through a reputable university. works at a job and saves money to support their family and expects no more than they have honestly and ethically earned. Perhaps she will never win a Nobel Prize, but I am sure she is fully qualified to win the Paris Hilton or the Kim Kardashian Lifetime Achievement Award.

As the Shinawatra's ThaiCom Foundation is donating books to needy schools across the country the TVF coupists are ridiculing them. How many books have you donated boys?

You forgot to ask the real question, how many books have you donated with you own money and not with money that you robbed from the poor people of Thailand in first place?

Honestly who cares what Yingluck thinks about Malala. Her name shouldn't be uttered in the same breath with the names of people like Malala and Aung San Suu Kyi that her PR spin team desperately try to associate her with.

She is just a willing accomplice of her criminal brother in his enterprise to steal as much taxpayers' money as he can before he dies.

Yes, dear ex-prime minister, and she never conceded to be a puppet of her older brother either - or his clone.

"As a woman I would like to express my gratitude for Malala's courage and determination. She fought for women's rights even though this almost cost her life...Today, everywhere in the world women still face gender inequality in many areas, including education, and women are still the victims of violence and torture, she said."

And what did Yingluck do to address the issues of gender inequality (Gender is a non factor when your family's wealth can buy you power), advancing education and domestic violence while she was Prime Minister? The only right she fought for was her right to take as many shopping trips as she could fit into her schedule.

Some of these things? They were certainly apparent in health policy circles.

Statement of Her Excellency Ms. Yingluck Shinawatra

Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Thailand

at the “Every Woman, Every Child” Dinner

New York, 25 September 2012

Mr. Secretary-General,

Distinguished Co-hosts,

Excellencies,

Ladies and Gentlemen,

May I begin by expressing my appreciation to His Excellency Ban Ki-moon, Secretary-General of the United Nations, for initiating the “Every Woman, Every Child” Project and for co-chairing this event. This event provides us with an opportunity to work towards reaching our common goal of saving the lives of 16 million woman and children by 2015.

I have always believed that equal access to healthcare for all regardless of gender or race is a basic element of human rights and security. Promoting good health for woman and children will also help support our efforts to reach the Millennium Development Goals.

For these reasons, improving access and quality of health care for all became one of my top priorities to be implemented in my first year as Prime Minister. This commitment has led to the improvement of the one dollar Universal Health Coverage (UHC) scheme, which has been our flagship policy since 2002 and covers over 99 percent of the population.

Today, we are paying special attention to woman and children by providing them with greater access to affordable health care including reproductive health care, essential drugs, health promotion and family planning services. Moreover, we have expanded our HIV treatment program to cover all infected persons, in particular, HIV infected pregnant woman to prevent transmission from mother to child.

Furthermore, to ensure that all citizens --men, women and children -- are protected at all times, we have recently introduced universal emergency health care system that allows lifesaving emergency medical attention at the closest hospital regardless of each person’s health care benefit package.

Our health care policy provides a strong foundation to promote women empowerment. My policy on women has been influenced by my own upbringing. I grew up in an entrepreneur family that operated a small cinema in northern Thailand, where my mother would help out my father selling movie tickets and collect parking fees.

So from a young age, I have been encouraged to work for a living and being a woman was never an obstacle. I consider myself very fortunate to have been given these opportunities, which allowed me to pursue my own careers in business and politics. Most importantly, I was able to contribute in building a happy family and make a difference in society.

However, I realize that not every woman has been given the same opportunities as I had. This is why I have launched a nationwide Woman Development Fund to ensure greater access to funding for women to open up opportunities for them to conduct their own businesses. Apart from job creation, this program also provides assistance and consultations to women suffering from abuse and domestic violence.

For our children, nothing pleases a parent more than to see our children in good health and able reach their full potential. To achieve this, attention and care must start from before the child is born until they reach the age of six. This period is considered to be critical for children’s development.

In this connection, my government has implemented childhood development policy based on the life cycle approach. This program provides the right combination of health care and learning programs at different stages of children’s life cycle. During pregnancy of the mother, we will ensure that the mother receives the right amount of nutrition. After birth, to ensure optimum brain and physical development we will provide essential vaccines, promote breast feeding and engage all to the universal salt iodization program.

As they move through their life cycle, each child will go through a learning program that will match their capabilities at difference ages. Equally important, there will also be training program for mother to ensure appropriate child care and attention.

I strongly believe that all of these efforts will ensure that our children have strong foundation to fully develop into responsible adults, fulfill their potential and eventually make valuable contributions to social and economic development.

As a woman and a mother, I believe that there is no wish more basic, no task more important, than protecting the health of a child and the mother. As Prime Minister, I wish to see a healthy world population where everyone has access to quality health care regardless of race or gender. So please allow me reaffirm my commitment to the Every Woman Every Child project. Let us work together to give everyone the chance to fulfill their lives

Maybe the first dozen posts on this thread are the farang ultra right wing attack dogs with misguided beliefs. Some I am sure were first on the thread saying Yingluck was a coward and would never return from her brothers birthday. Do yourselves a favour and buckle up for the ride. Yingluck is going nowhere and my guess is she will still be standing proud when the smoke has cleared

.My post was to point out that the average member of Thai Visa have offered more to charity out of their own pocket than any of the Shins.

When we donate it is because we believe in the cause and we want a better world, when the Shins contribute (with stolen money) it is a PR exercise.

"that the average member of Thai Visa has offered more to charity..................."

On a forum where the hottest topics are: 7-Eleven rebate stamps.............Beer-prices has gone up 1 baht..............how to live a luxury-life on 10k a month.

Allow me to doubt, that those "average members" have ever donated anything to anyone!!

Considering that the Shins have never donated a single Baht of their own money, if only one poster donates only one Baht then the average Thai Visa ember would have donated more than the Shins.

Are you really insulting the many Thai Visa members who have donated to charities, by doubting that they have donated out of their own pocket?

I will allow you your doubt but only if you allow me to doubt that you were in Math class on the day that they taught basic averages.

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Well Chairman of the board... How about it?

I agree with the sentiment but it's the "as a woman" comment that brings it all crashing down for me. Yingluck as a woman hasn't experienced a tiny fraction of the suffering this amazing girl has, for goodness sake 50% of the population manage to be women daily.

I will just put it down to playing politics, however late.

Well Chairman of the board... How about it?

?????????????

and why would anyone care what she thinks about anything at all???

You had your chance darling to make your mark in history, you blew it big time, no popping up anymore for some limelight, now there's a good girl, back to your shopping!

Oz

What a pathetic bunch of misogynists. Jesus wept.

Ignore them.They are just a collection of (from the evidence of their posts) rather poorly educated middle aged losers consumed with bitterness - not worth paying attention to.

Khun Yingluck was simply paying tribute to Malala which is perfectly reasonable and appropriate for Thailand's first woman prime minister.Let's leave it at that.

Oh come on jayboy.

You always seem to feel a need to denigrate other posters. Even your 'evidence' is just your interpretation. Do you have to compensate for own deficiencies, lack of moral courage?

Now as for whether or not Ms. Yingluck's remarks were reasonable and appropriate, it does seem to be as sincere as the 'real' smile of a politician. Of course since she didn't even bat an eye when her Minister of Tourism made his 'famous' remark on the consequences of accepting a dinner date, my faith in her 'struggle for women's equality' has diminished somewhat.

It's a common characteristic of his threads. He almost always tries to imply any with a different view to his must be of low education and lower intellect and that his view is the expression of reality.

It's an old politicians trick. The Socialist and left-wingers in the UK used this technique a lot in the 70's and 80's till the public tired of it. It also is often a sign of insecurity and the need to constantly try to reinforce his self delusions of grandeur and high intellect. They have to demonstrate that they're above all the others and their view is therefore the only ones against which all others should be measured. That illusion leads to the often pompous denigration that accompanies their comments. Notice how the comments are "blanket" i.e. aimed at many posters, not one, to circumvent forum rules.

Anyone who believes Yingluck really writes or even reads those posts, and makes any decisions of any merit, are free to do so. My kids believe in the tooth fairy.

Perhaps this was just luck then?

In Yingluck’s time running the company, SC Asset shares have risen 101 percent, compared with a 45 percent increase in Thailand’s benchmark SET Index. The SET has gained 41 percent in the past 12 months, the best performance among Asia’s 15 biggest markets.

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-05-16/sister-of-fugitive-ex-premier-thaksin-chosen-as-leader-of-opposition-party.html

So how has her replacement performed?

Oh you mean Busaba Damapong who took over from her? Well SC Asset are still going strong, if you want to check out their share performance you can see that here:

http://www.bloomberg.com/quote/SC:TB

I'm sure it wasn't look. The Shin family, with its leader guiding them, know how to make money. During the period she was PM and DM, her families wealth increased 450%. A staggering performance in the face of poor economic and financial environments.

Interesting that such a family of financial wizards and capabilities could not achieve such good results for Thailand whilst governing it. Thailand looses a pot of money which will take several years to pay off, and the Shin family wealth increases 450% during the same period.

You are right - not down to luck at all.

Maybe the first dozen posts on this thread are the farang ultra right wing attack dogs with misguided beliefs. Some I am sure were first on the thread saying Yingluck was a coward and would never return from her brothers birthday. Do yourselves a favour and buckle up for the ride. Yingluck is going nowhere and my guess is she will still be standing proud when the smoke has cleared

Proud of what?

What is this insistence of applying Western political constructs to Thai politics?

There is nothing socialist or left-wing about the Shins. Simply another feudal Thai-Chinese family trying to grab the riches and power for themselves. The toss the odd bone to the poor, as little as possible, and employ some good PR and lobbyists.

Yingluck does what her brother tells her too. If he say stay, she stays, go back and she returns.