In the meantime, the premier has assigned related agencies to give New Year presents to the Thai people by coming up with ideas for end-of-year activities. One of the events already in the plan is the overnight prayers at Sanam Luang ceremonial ground.

How is praying a present? Okay children lets all sing a happy song.

bars close earlier. he can talk about that. maybe 2 minutes.

300 meter ban on booze near schools. 1 minute.

then the warning about wearing bikinis. 1 minute.

his trip to the UN. and new ties with North Korea. 3 minutes.

crack down native English speaking teachers. 15 minutes.

single internet gateway. 1 minute.

telling the US Ambassador to take a hike. 1 minute.

deporting people who will be executed by their home county and what can happen if you do. 2 minutes.

Why should he bother to make a meeting for this when he is on TV every week gloating the govs achievements? Seems to me a waste of time and money and effort to glorify him as PM and to divert attention on pressing matters.

That is this time of the year

Think about it like it will be a "2015 best of" of the boring weeklies

I am so excited already

Unconfirmed excerpt from the tentative schedule to be spread out over 3 days:

- Glorious strides forward in tackling IUU fishing -- 3 minutes

- Marvelous achievements in improving civil aviation standards -- 2 minutes

- Important trade deals with world nations like Papua New Guinea -- 4 minutes

- Improving road safety, motorist education and traffic law compliance -- 1 minute

- Eradication of widespread corruption in the civil administration sector, the military, and the police force -- 20 seconds

- Declaration why the Rajabhakdi Park project was above board, transparent and corruption-free -- 9 hours

- Promotion of free speech and press freedom -- 15 seconds

- Eradication of double standards in the application of the law -- 10 seconds

- Implementation of an effective nationwide flood prevention and water resources management system -- 30 seconds

- Implementation of an effective drought mitigation system -- 30 seconds

- Kissing up to China -- 9 hours

- Debt erasure for grossly over-spending teachers, so they will be able to do it again - 1 hour

- Measures to develop English proficiency among local English teachers -- 20 seconds

- Efforts in forcing the rest of the world to understand Thailand and her military government - 8 hours

- Why the world fails to understand Thailand -- 6 hours

- Industries in which Thailand without doubt will become a regional - if not global - hub next year -- 4 hours

- Why Thailand is - and always will be - the undisputed navel of the world, and why citizens should be unconditionally happy to live in such a magnificent nation -- 8 hours

- Reading out a list of all people convicted of LS and sentenced this year - 12 hours

- Reading out a list of all corrupt civil servants convicted and sentenced this year -- 12 seconds

- Extolling Thailand's air safety ratings - half of a nanosecond

- Talk about how the ratings will not affect ANYTHING - 6 hours

Edited December 3, 201510 yr by jaywalker

funnily enough (Koh Tao) trial conclusion set for 24th which odd date so between this and most foreigners caught up in xmas they hoping it don't catch much attention !!!

Exactly so! How very convenient indeed!

Koh Tao 2 been found guilty then

Was this meant to be a sarcastic comment?

The verdict will be announced on 24th December - conveniently timed so that it will miss the Western press who mostly don't publish newspapers on Christmas day - the 25th. And now we have the government pontificating for 3 days from 23rd to 25th - a mere coincidence I'm sure!

I guess presents are OK as opposed to anything populist which is a no no!

Koh Tao 2 been found guilty then

Like all Christmas gifts the BB are wrapped up tied with a red ribbon and placed under a certain Christmas tree as a gift to (drum roll please) heck why should I tell you you already know. Stay tuned on December 24th. It will announced as another feather in the governments hat.

With a 63% increase in crime this year they are in the middle of a jobs creation program. More police .

In the meantime, the premier has assigned related agencies to give New Year presents to the Thai people

This perfectly fits the local mindset of a culture of bribery

Doubt if a prayer-in would have them hopping about with excitement. Which is the only one mentioned thus far. Maybe he's still working on the others. Who can bow the lowest competitions?

General...Talk the talk...walk the walk....

Over and out.

China-ISM !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

So far this populist government achieved nothing at all.

Economy is lowest ever, foreign investments are lowest ever, and this list is endless....

For many Thai people it will sure not be a merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.

Valid points, but not sure many Thai people actually celebrate a Merry Christmas....Not really a Buddhist thing is it !

CANDA.

why do they need 3 days to announce achievements?....how about 3 minutes

In the meantime, the premier has assigned related agencies to give New Year presents to the Thai people by coming up with ideas for end-of-year activities. One of the events already in the plan is the overnight prayers at Sanam Luang ceremonial ground.

How is praying a present? Okay children lets all sing a happy song.

end of year activity idea below, suggest starting with ALL IN govt to lead by example, the rest will follow

With a 63% increase in crime this year they are in the middle of a jobs creation program. More police .

theyre already every hundred metres or so sleeping in a box by me

Today's word is:

Shameless.

"Prayut Chan-o-cha is preparing to chair a conference to announce the works and achievements of his administration since its assumption of office in 2014.The event will take place from December 23rd to 25th."

Does this mean that all Thai TV channels are brought into line - synchronized - for 3 days?
No News, No Sports, No Cartoons, No thai soaps, No Slapsticks?
That would be a depressing Christmas TV program.
And that should bring back happiness to the people?

Edited December 3, 201510 yr by tomacht8

"The event will take place from December 23rd to 25th."

Later, a Govt Spokesperson told the Media that the event will in fact be postponed to 1 April 2016, and is scheduled to take 5 minutes.

1 lottery 80 baht

2 we found two Burmese guilty

"In the meantime, the premier has assigned related agencies to give New Year presents to the Thai people by coming up with ideas for end-of-year activities."

presents & end-of-year activities suggestions:
- Issue of ballot papers for free parliamentary elections
- Raffle of the 600 missing supersportcars from the customs warehouse
- Colorful balloons, sparklers and free beer for all

Should not a government's achievements be evident? How about declare the failures, so there is incentive to fix them? I'm going to start doing that too! My friends will be thrilled

Lets start our own thread about all the failures as there have been many more....first failure the stupid song made up to return happiness.

"... assumption of office"!

Three days of Z's!

The synonyms (and example of use) say it all:

seizure, arrogation, appropriation, expropriation, commandeering , confiscation, hijacking, wresting.

"the assumption of power by revolutionaries"

When do we get the presents?

There is an obvious connection, on the declining Roman empire's bread and circuses model, between political enthusiasm for public spectacles and the periods when we are least able to pay for them.

Iain Sinclair