NCPO presents consumer protection policy
The Nation

BANGKOK: -- The National Council for Peace and Order yesterday presented its comprehensive policy to protect consumers' rights and help out low-income earners, including a much-desired control of electric and water bills freely charged by owners on top of official rates against renters.

The policy would support achievement of the NCPO's four key goals - stimulate the economy and lower the cost of living, stamp out corruption, suppress the drug trade and combat crime, and revise the social order, deputy NCPO spokeswoman Colonel Sirijan Nga-thong told a press conference after a joint meeting of the junta leaders and Cabinet.

The five other measures under the policy are regulation of the cost of living and prices of commodities, management of and shelters for street beggars and homeless people, improvement of petition handling and operation of the Interior Ministry's Damrongtham Centre; tighter regulation of charity foundation workers and prevention of their staff's abuse of power and internal conflicts, and improvement of water in Saen Saeb Canal through wastewater management and technological and biological remediation.

The NCPO is also continuing campaigns to improve public transport services involving taxis, motorcycle taxis and commuter vans, reclaim illegally acquired state land and forests, manage garbage disposal, protect the environment, forests and natural resources, manage sidewalk usage and enforce the law to better protect pedestrians.

In the long run, the NCPO has a policy to replace commuter vans with minibuses for the safety of passengers, as the vans are known for speeding, cramming in passengers or carrying more passengers than the number of seats.

On crime suppression, lights have been installed and are now in use in 50 provinces at 180,000 locations deemed unsafe for pedestrians, 3,000 cameras have been added to the surveillance system and civil volunteers have been deployed to patrol with police in urban areas and to participate in certain anti-narcotics operations with military and police, she added.

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-- The Nation 2014-12-17

In the long run, the NCPO has a policy to replace commuter vans with minibuses for the safety of passengers, as the vans are known for speeding, cramming in passengers or carrying more passengers than the number of seats.

Excuse me, but how is changing the vehicle going reduce speeding, or cramming in people? What they need to do is replace the brains of the drivers. Putting the same caliber of driver in a minibus changes nothing. Education and, above all, enforcement and prosecution of offenders.

In the long run, the NCPO has a policy to replace commuter vans with minibuses for the safety of passengers, as the vans are known for speeding, cramming in passengers or carrying more passengers than the number of seats.

Excuse me, but how is changing the vehicle going reduce speeding, or cramming in people? What they need to do is replace the brains of the drivers. Putting the same caliber of driver in a minibus changes nothing. Education and, above all, enforcement and prosecution of offenders.

Unfortunately you are applying commonsense, a rare commodity amongst officialdom here.

Cleaning up the Saen Saeb Toilet is part of the government's consumer rights policy???

In the long run, the NCPO has a policy to replace commuter vans with minibuses for the safety of passengers, as the vans are known for speeding, cramming in passengers or carrying more passengers than the number of seats.

Excuse me, but how is changing the vehicle going reduce speeding, or cramming in people? What they need to do is replace the brains of the drivers. Putting the same caliber of driver in a minibus changes nothing. Education and, above all, enforcement and prosecution of offenders.

It is a very simple way to the number of accidents whilst keeping the number injured or killed the same

I've read of at least 20 great plans/proposals offered by the new government but, other than destroying tourist beach conveniences as well as removing street vendors, discouraging use of alcohol and harassing the " Evening Blossoms ",I see none of these " Master Plans" that have materialized

Sort of like when I promised my wife to be faithful to her ! Same-same.

I like the bit about charity workers. They have been on a campaign to be rid of these king generous people. Wonder why?

Edited December 17, 201411 yr by marcusd

I've read of at least 20 great plans/proposals offered by the new government but, other than destroying tourist beach conveniences as well as removing street vendors, discouraging use of alcohol and harassing the " Evening Blossoms ",I see none of these " Master Plans" that have materialized

Sort of like when I promised my wife to be faithful to her ! Same-same.

Jesus man..!!! I promised your wife I would be faithful to her also... same-same..

"The National Council for Peace and Order yesterday presented its ..."

On a broader perspective:

This continous flood of policies (both minor and major) coming from the NCPO to the PM (being also the NCPO Chief) and his cabinet appointed by the NCPO leaves me to wonder what is the purpose of the 33-35 member cabinet, the NLA, NRC, and CDC? It seems the Junta wants to present to the Thai people and the outside world (aka democratic countries) some facade of a functioning quasi-democratic government for the sake of appearance for normalcy when in fact the NCPO is the leadership, policymaker, and legislator of the nation. It is in effect acting as an unelected Chinese politburo that exists through secret internal succession and directly rules the country with flag officers acting as the party of the "taizidang" (translated as "princes").

If the NCPO and Gen. Prayuth feel they are truly justified and deserving in leading the nation, should they not also be honest of how they are leading the nation? Reform begins with transparency. The NCPO needs to discard the shredded veil of democracy, lose the extraneous useless cut-outs of the NLA/NRC/CDC, and face the nation with honesty for exercising their absolute power over the Thai People's cultural, social, and economic future.

Edited December 17, 201411 yr by rickirs