Kalasin is the Richest Place on Earth, Interior Ministry Site Claims
By Chayanit Itthipongmaetee
Staff Reporter


Kalasin province is located in the northeast of Thailand. Photo: Google Map

BANGKOK — Government databases are being discussed online again since last night. This time, however, rather than leaking personal data or being breached by hackers they were being mocked by netizens for tables and charts showing statistics that simply didn’t make sense.

A 2015 statistics report conducted by the Ministry of Interior’s Information and Communications Technology Center was shared and mocked online Monday night. Netizens were bemused by the potentially false or flawed information, including income figures for households in Thailand that might make many Wall Street bankers look poor by comparison.

Full story: http://www.khaosodenglish.com/detail.php?newsid=1460447065

-- Khaosod English 2016-04-12

"Face palm"

With the numbers again. Why is it Thai authorities have such a hard time with numbers??

With the numbers again. Why is it Thai authorities have such a hard time with numbers??

It's not so much the numbers, it were to place decimal points and commas that seem to confuse them.

Maybe in their next lifetime they listen better during math class.

With the numbers again. Why is it Thai authorities have such a hard time with numbers??

Most failed Grade 6 maths but got through because of the 'No-Fail' education policy.

With the numbers again. Why is it Thai authorities have such a hard time with numbers??

It is the way Maths is taught in Thailand. You see: Thai Maths is different from other countries' Maths. Maybe it s those unique numbers?

I hope these folks weren't involved in the Water Authority's estimated predictions re: Songkran celebrations.

99 bottles of beer on the wall, 99 bottles of beeerrr, you take one down, pass it around, 98 bottles of beer on the wall....

Its good to see our taxes being put to great use how much did this dribble cost.

With the numbers again. Why is it Thai authorities have such a hard time with numbers??

Thai schooling?

A lack of competence based promotion in the the public sector?

Thainess?

No peer review system?

Why do these Netizen Thai-haters hate Thailand so much? What are they doing here?

"Face palm"

Godzilla face palm.

The reporter seems to have his/her own problems with numbers:

Kalasin province, according to the since removed data, was the richest province in the country — with an average monthly income per household of over 24 million baht (USD685,000).

If true, this statistic would make households in Kalasin more than one thousand times richer than those in Luxembourg which has the highest median household income in the world.

So according to this Luxembourg has an average median household income of less than 24,000 Baht per month. And yet they still has the highest median income in the world. I somehow doubt that is true (should probably have been "one hundred" instead of " one thousand").

Sophon

Edited April 12, 201610 yr by Sophon

The data seems more reliable than usual Thai stats.

The reporter seems to have his/her own problems with numbers:

Kalasin province, according to the since removed data, was the richest province in the country — with an average monthly income per household of over 24 million baht (USD685,000).

If true, this statistic would make households in Kalasin more than one thousand times richer than those in Luxembourg which has the highest median household income in the world.

So according to this Luxembourg has an average median household income of less than 24,000 Baht per month. And yet they still has the highest median income in the world. I somehow doubt that is true (should probably have been "one hundred" instead of " one thousand").

Sophon

Oh my, another burst bubble. Have to cancel that Kalasin cutie engagement.

What do you mean someone was looking at the figures? No one told us they were going to check our work!

The reporter seems to have his/her own problems with numbers:

Kalasin province, according to the since removed data, was the richest province in the country — with an average monthly income per household of over 24 million baht (USD685,000).

If true, this statistic would make households in Kalasin more than one thousand times richer than those in Luxembourg which has the highest median household income in the world.

So according to this Luxembourg has an average median household income of less than 24,000 Baht per month. And yet they still has the highest median income in the world. I somehow doubt that is true (should probably have been "one hundred" instead of " one thousand").

Sophon

Again, numbers...

It's not surprising by people doing 12+5 with calculator

Kalasin certainly has changed since I was there last, it was far from the richest place on earth , more like a low socioeconomic town , mind, a very clean one at that......................................... .

With the numbers again. Why is it Thai authorities have such a hard time with numbers??

not enough fingers

Obviously a lot of politicians and senior policemen live there

Mukdahan also very rich with 7Mio. Baht monthly household income. Let's move!

It was either a slip up in the Google Translate, or stumble of the thumbs while working the abacus. It's Songkran, maybe it's time another law....no drinking while typing.

Why do these Netizen Thai-haters hate Thailand so much? What are they doing here?

They are Thai's that can count.

With the numbers again. Why is it Thai authorities have such a hard time with numbers??

Thai schooling?

A lack of competence based promotion in the the public sector?

Thainess?

No peer review system?

All of the above??

With the numbers again. Why is it Thai authorities have such a hard time with numbers??

I don't know....maybe anything above 10 is difficult.......math has never been a strong subject in Thailand!

With the numbers again. Why is it Thai authorities have such a hard time with numbers??

Lack of, or at least poor,. education, I would think.

Mukdahan also very rich with 7Mio. Baht monthly household income. Let's move!

LOL, I know a lady that lives in Mukdahan. She wants me to come visit her. If she is earning 7M per month, I am all in.

Its good to see our taxes being put to great use how much did this dribble cost.

What's with your drivel about "dribble"?

The data got corrupted ,but then again nothing is safe from the evil of corruption , is it?

With the numbers again. Why is it Thai authorities have such a hard time with numbers??

It's not so much the numbers, it were to place decimal points and commas that seem to confuse them.

Maybe in their next lifetime they listen better during math class.

Exchange rates also figure in to the equation. One million and "one million" are two different things