Five-day holiday in May awaits Prayut's approval

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Five-day holiday in May awaits Prayuth's approval
By Coconuts Bangkok




BANGKOK: -- Another extra holiday is on the table for the month of May.

The Secretariat of the Cabinet will propose an extra day off in today’s cabinet meeting, which would make for a very happy five-day weekend in the beginning of May.

Full story: http://bangkok.coconuts.co//2015/01/27/five-day-holiday-may-awaits-prayuths-approval

-- Coconuts Bangkok 2015-01-27

[Thaddeus]

Spreading happiness by legally letting everyone do sod all.

[Just1Voice]

As if they don't have enough holidays to get drunk and kill more people on the roads as it is.

[zydeco]

That would be an unpaid holiday, right?

[Crazy chef 1]

i thought Yingluck has applied for an vacation and than maybe....

[catterwell]

Spreading happiness by legally letting everyone do sod all.

I have a patch in my new garden. I plan to sod it all with paspalum grass this weekend. Hopefully my grass will be still green in early May, otherwise I'll have to do sod all again.

[robblok]

Good way to spread happiness by the government, great for the people if its a paid holiday, bad for company owners who have to pick up the tab.

[Anthony5]

I assume they add so many holidays in an attempt to cool down the untamable growth of the economy. Not?

[NE1]

They will only have 2 weeks to recover from Songkran and then another round of mayhem.

No wonder there is all this crime about , nobody has got any money , to many holidays.

[Costas2008]

I assume they add so many holidays in an attempt to cool down the untamable growth of the economy. Not?

Anthony, you do realise that most of the Thai workers are not entitled to any holidays during the year, except the public holidays?

[Anthony5]

I assume they add so many holidays in an attempt to cool down the untamable growth of the economy. Not?

Anthony, you do realise that most of the Thai workers are not entitled to any holidays during the year, except the public holidays?

No I don't realize that, because all of the Thai workers I know have 2 days a month to take.

[webfact]

Cabinet approves May 4 extra holiday, making five-day weekend

BANGKOK: -- The Cabinet Tuesday approved May 4 as an extra holiday, making a five-day weekend from Friday May 1 to Tuesday May 5, Tourism and Sports Minister Kobkarn Wattanavrangkul said.

The first of May is the National Labour Day while the fifth of May is the Coronation Day.

Kobkarn said the Cabinet expected that the extra holiday and long weekend would help boost tourism in the country by about ten per cent.

Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/breakingnews/Cabinet-approves-May-4-extra-holiday-making-five-d-30252747.html


-- The Nation 2015-01-27

[thesetat2013]

Cabinet approves May 4 extra holiday, making five-day weekend

BANGKOK: -- The Cabinet Tuesday approved May 4 as an extra holiday, making a five-day weekend from Friday May 1 to Tuesday May 5, Tourism and Sports Minister Kobkarn Wattanavrangkul said.

The first of May is the National Labour Day while the fifth of May is the Coronation Day.

Kobkarn said the Cabinet expected that the extra holiday and long weekend would help boost tourism in the country by about ten per cent.

Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/breakingnews/Cabinet-approves-May-4-extra-holiday-making-five-d-30252747.html

-- The Nation 2015-01-27

There you have it! Extra days means extra tourist money spent. Why wouldn't they approve such a thing since tourism is down internationally. They have to make it up from their own people. I just hope they don't ban drinking on this long weekend holiday.

[JoePai]

Cabinet approves May 4 extra holiday, making five-day weekend

BANGKOK: -- The Cabinet Tuesday approved May 4 as an extra holiday, making a five-day weekend from Friday May 1 to Tuesday May 5, Tourism and Sports Minister Kobkarn Wattanavrangkul said.

The first of May is the National Labour Day while the fifth of May is the Coronation Day.

Kobkarn said the Cabinet expected that the extra holiday and long weekend would help boost tourism in the country by about ten per cent.

Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/breakingnews/Cabinet-approves-May-4-extra-holiday-making-five-d-30252747.html

-- The Nation 2015-01-27

There you have it! Extra days means extra tourist money spent. Why wouldn't they approve such a thing since tourism is down internationally. They have to make it up from their own people. I just hope they don't ban drinking on this long weekend holiday.

Unfortunately you have to earn it before you spend it

[tonytigerbkk]

I assume they add so many holidays in an attempt to cool down the untamable growth of the economy. Not?

Anthony, you do realise that most of the Thai workers are not entitled to any holidays during the year, except the public holidays?

No I don't realize that, because all of the Thai workers I know have 2 days a month to take.

But most will also work a 6 day week.

Thais are not entitled to floating holidays such as the ones that European workers enjoy.

As mentioned by Costas, 'Thai workers are not entitled to any holidays during the year, except the public holidays', which means that as everyone is on holiday at the same time and all want to go home the roads to Issarn are jammed.

For a 3 or 4 day Songkran holiday a Thai can spend about 50% of the holiday travelling (stuck in traffic).

The (extra) holidays that you see in the Thai news are almost entirely for government and bank workers (sometimes for teachers) and make no difference to labourers, shop assistants or factory workers.

If an employer does offer these extra holidays, they will take them off the other holiday dates or give them as unpaid leave.

[upena]

5 day holiday in May right after a week's long insanity in April

[oneday]

Just another way to buy votes and get the "people" to love the Bangkok elite and the Junta appointed NLA.

It is just unfortunate that the poor rural farmer's and all the other poor people in Thailand won't be able to enjoy it. They must work to put food on the table. However, government workers will be able to enjoy this new holiday very well indeed.

[Bangmod]

are the Thais now like the Mexicans going to celebrate 5 di Mayo????

[KonKorat]

I arrive in Thailand on the 1st May.i guess my arrival is worthy of a 5 day holiday!

[LuckyLew]

Great ... the 5 dangerous days off May

They trying to get an extended holiday in every month?

[Bluespunk]

Just another way to buy votes and get the "people" to love the Bangkok elite and the Junta appointed NLA.

It is just unfortunate that the poor rural farmer's and all the other poor people in Thailand won't be able to enjoy it. They must work to put food on the table. However, government workers will be able to enjoy this new holiday very well indeed.

Did PT not do the same thing at points during their rule?

[mango66]

As if they don't have enough holidays to get drunk and kill more people on the roads as it is.

to make thai dubble happy,

the health minister already asked for aprovement to stop alcohol sale for this 5 days !

So Thais will be more than happy !!

[mango66]

I assume they add so many holidays in an attempt to cool down the untamable growth of the economy. Not?

Anthony, you do realise that most of the Thai workers are not entitled to any holidays during the year, except the public holidays?

my wife work with a big foreign company - 8 wd holidays per year !!

how much you have in most countries on globe ??

[konying]

Spreading happiness by legally letting everyone do sod all.

Not that many do much more than sod all on daily basis

[ovenman]

At least the powers-that-be didn't wait until the week immediately prior to the "extra holiday" to consider doing this, as would usually happen.

[mrmicbkktxl]

I assume they add so many holidays in an attempt to cool down the untamable growth of the economy. Not?

Anthony, you do realise that most of the Thai workers are not entitled to any holidays during the year, except the public holidays?

I don't know anybody who does not have an annual vacation,maybe you are talking about upcountry farmworkers

[gudtymchuk]

More holidays = more vehicles on the highways = more crashes = less vehicles on the highways = safer highways.... Thai logic.

[Time Traveller]

Cabinet approves May 4 extra holiday, making five-day weekend

BANGKOK: -- The Cabinet Tuesday approved May 4 as an extra holiday, making a five-day weekend from Friday May 1 to Tuesday May 5, Tourism and Sports Minister Kobkarn Wattanavrangkul said.

The first of May is the National Labour Day while the fifth of May is the Coronation Day.

Kobkarn said the Cabinet expected that the extra holiday and long weekend would help boost tourism in the country by about ten per cent.

So all other industries must suffer so the tourism lobby group is happy?

The irony is of all the thais I know that do travel during these extended extra long weekends, about half of them travel internationally.

[Suradit69]

Spreading happiness by legally letting everyone do sod all.

We're talking about Thailand, not socialist Europe where doing sod all is a multinational past-time. Most Thais would love to work just 35 hours a week like the Europeans who ... surprise, surprise ... now find their economies collapsing.

Most working Thais have long hours and few days off. They don't close hotels, restaurants, convenience stores, malls, etc on holidays. People have to show up to work as usual.

Europe, the hub of doing sod all. I don't agree with Maggie about much, but she must be smiling now as things fall apart in Greece and elsewhere.

[emilymat]

Good way to spread happiness by the government, great for the people if its a paid holiday, bad for company owners who have to pick up the tab.

Good for the golf courses who can charge top rates on those days. Just an example.