webfact Posted May 26, 2016 Share Posted May 26, 2016 Labor Ministry to bar migrant workers from becoming sidewalk vendorsBANGKOK, 27 May 2016 (NNT) - Labor Minister Sirichai Ditthakul has been informed of migrant workers who illegally turned out to be sidewalk vendors.He instructed the Department of Employment to monitor migrant workers from Cambodia, Laos and Myanmar to see to it that they all will do the provided jobs as unskilled laborers or servants. Importantly, they must be hired by certain employers and cannot be self-employed like a street vendor, he said.People who may notice any migrant worker showing up as sidewalk vendors are advised to inform the Department of Employment or the police or call Hotline 1694.-- NNT 2016-05-27 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koosdedooes Posted May 26, 2016 Share Posted May 26, 2016 The Veggie Burger Farang better watch out then Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gandalf12 Posted May 26, 2016 Share Posted May 26, 2016 So this is how ASEAN functions, interesting Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lostinisaan Posted May 26, 2016 Share Posted May 26, 2016 And the witch hunt began... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingalfred Posted May 27, 2016 Share Posted May 27, 2016 So this is how ASEAN functions, interestingASEAN will turn.out to be one big fake so called " free movement economic zone" in respect of Thailand Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aussieinthailand Posted May 27, 2016 Share Posted May 27, 2016 We can't have competition in our street vendors now can we, I mean when you have a choice of bugs, pork or fish balls who wants anything else? Vietnamese spring rolls, Lao pork rolls, Malay Laksa, Turkish Kebab, or Greek souvlaki, bugga off you people can only have "UNSKILLED or SERVENTS positions here in land of scams. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
starky Posted May 27, 2016 Share Posted May 27, 2016 We can't have competition in our street vendors now can we, I mean when you have a choice of bugs, pork or fish balls who wants anything else? Vietnamese spring rolls, Lao pork rolls, Malay Laksa, Turkish Kebab, or Greek souvlaki, bugga off you people can only have "UNSKILLED or SERVENTS positions here in land of scams. Of course your right not to mention the amount of skill, training and knowledge that must be brought to bear in learning how to fry a <deleted> fish ball. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gandalf12 Posted May 27, 2016 Share Posted May 27, 2016 So this is how ASEAN functions, interestingASEAN will turn.out to be one big fake so called " free movement economic zone" in respect of Thailand Thailand wants the benefits of being part of ASEAN but still wants to maintain everything for itself within Thailand. I can see a lot of flack coming Thailand's way from member states. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Estrada Posted May 27, 2016 Share Posted May 27, 2016 Half the street traders selling food here are from Cambodia, Myanmar, Vietnam and Laos, so goodbye to cheap food for the masses. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skildpadden Posted May 27, 2016 Share Posted May 27, 2016 "all will do the provided jobs as unskilled laborers or servants. Importantly, they must be hired by certain employers". Well done. in very few words he told how the government views its neighbors (you are nothing but servants to us) and also how the trafficking appear to be organized (who are these "certain employers"?). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alant Posted May 27, 2016 Share Posted May 27, 2016 Does ASEAN amount to anything? I cant see any of the trade and free movement I now believe I mistakenly though would be a part of the Zone. There seems to be no free movement and no reciprocal "set up shop". If a street vendor is such a threat to Thailand there is little hope. It is clear from this government view that at best ASEAN is for unskilled cheap labour when in Thailand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
overherebc Posted May 27, 2016 Share Posted May 27, 2016 Does ASEAN amount to anything? I cant see any of the trade and free movement I now believe I mistakenly though would be a part of the Zone. There seems to be no free movement and no reciprocal "set up shop". If a street vendor is such a threat to Thailand there is little hope. It is clear from this government view that at best ASEAN is for unskilled cheap labour when in Thailand. Perhaps the migrant workers don't understand the hygiene regulations that are adhered to by local street vendors. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wabothai Posted May 27, 2016 Share Posted May 27, 2016 So this is how ASEAN functions, interesting Asean ain't for the poor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iBike Posted May 27, 2016 Share Posted May 27, 2016 I'm still confused about what ASEAN even is. I attended an HR summit recently and it seemed the leaders of the summit did not even know. They were just talking lots of rubbish on worker migration/employment that isn't relevant or correct in the real world. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JAG Posted May 27, 2016 Share Posted May 27, 2016 We can't have competition in our street vendors now can we, I mean when you have a choice of bugs, pork or fish balls who wants anything else? Vietnamese spring rolls, Lao pork rolls, Malay Laksa, Turkish Kebab, or Greek souvlaki, bugga off you people can only have "UNSKILLED or SERVENTS positions here in land of scams. Of course your right not to mention the amount of skill, training and knowledge that must be brought to bear in learning how to fry a <deleted> fish ball.Ah but it has to be fried in a specifically different Thai way, culturally unique and not understood by menials - sorry I ment migrants.Incidentally, dead keen on getting the public to "inform" aren't they, I suppose it saves having to leave your air conditioned office to look yourself... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gandalf12 Posted May 27, 2016 Share Posted May 27, 2016 Does ASEAN amount to anything? I cant see any of the trade and free movement I now believe I mistakenly though would be a part of the Zone. There seems to be no free movement and no reciprocal "set up shop". If a street vendor is such a threat to Thailand there is little hope. It is clear from this government view that at best ASEAN is for unskilled cheap labour when in Thailand. If it is the same or equivalent of the British Commonwealth it does nothing whatsoever. If anything it is a hindrance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BKKdreaming Posted May 27, 2016 Share Posted May 27, 2016 since they are getting rid of so many street vendors , they want the few left to be Thais, sounds logical to me next they will want the Thai "slave" fish boats to hire the un-employed Thais who were street vendors and complained , After 14 hours of fishing they can get a few more hours of "re-education" Low low low unemployment ........... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lostinisaan Posted May 27, 2016 Share Posted May 27, 2016 No idea if the Bangladeshis are also in other provinces, but Sisaket and even nearby little towns/villages are flooded with them. They're doing jobs a Thai wouldn't do, usually behave and some of them have a family to feed. But not just the "Rotri guys", also Cambodians, Vietnamese, Laotian, etc.. will soon disappear. But there're a lot of farang who're running a small business ( or their wives and some of them don't even know that they're technically not even allowed to clean a glass at a restaurant). This witch hunt gives them legal rights to "use Thais' Thainess" to call a toll free number. Similar to the war on drugs by Khuin Thaksin with the result that one pill raise from 40 to 500 baht. Congratulations, it made all and everything even more complicated, bar girls had to stay with a handsome 82 year old guy on Viagra for 24 hours ( at this time 500 baht) to be able to buy one pill. I'm pretty sure that plenty of foreign pervs made some bar girls to what and how they are now. Fragged up. "What goes around, comes around." A great welcome for the ASEAN community, Thainess at its best. This country would be similar to Myanmar without bar girl hunting farangs who'd spent all their life savings and sometimes got hit by too heavy Ping Pong Balls, then maybe fly over the balcony. I tried to "do the math" and I must have spent around 12 million baht by now, always pay my taxes, never committed a crime, but I'm not in a better situation than a Chinese pool squatter who spends here 2 K in one week. C'Mon, let's all sing the ASEAN Anthem now. : 1,2,3. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greenchair Posted May 27, 2016 Share Posted May 27, 2016 I do hope that myurma that is going to develop at an explosive pace, with reciprocate all of these regulations, when they are up and stronger. It always seems to me that the Thai don't like to share even a small piece of the pie. In my country the Thai can work any job they want. Receive free school and health care. Buy land, own a business. Receive old age pension, family benefits. The list just goes on. Why doesn't thailand have a limited percentage of people that could share a few thai jobs. Especially to people that have given many years of slave work and taxes to Thailand or spouses of thai. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nelson1950 Posted May 27, 2016 Share Posted May 27, 2016 We can't have competition in our street vendors now can we, I mean when you have a choice of bugs, pork or fish balls who wants anything else? Vietnamese spring rolls, Lao pork rolls, Malay Laksa, Turkish Kebab, or Greek souvlaki, bugga off you people can only have "UNSKILLED or SERVENTS positions here in land of scams. Have you ever tried a kebab made by a Thai? The biggest disappointment ever ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baerboxer Posted May 27, 2016 Share Posted May 27, 2016 We can't have competition in our street vendors now can we, I mean when you have a choice of bugs, pork or fish balls who wants anything else? Vietnamese spring rolls, Lao pork rolls, Malay Laksa, Turkish Kebab, or Greek souvlaki, bugga off you people can only have "UNSKILLED or SERVENTS positions here in land of scams. There have been several instances of migrant workers illegally working as vendors and flogging fake good such as juices, hygiene products etc. So no, I don't think allowing illegal criminals who want to rip people off selling crap whilst pretending it's something else is a good idea. Especially when the can disappear back home very quickly and avoid any consequences. Could I go to Australia and just set up selling OJ, shampoos and soaps, perfumes or even meat pies on the side of the road? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baerboxer Posted May 27, 2016 Share Posted May 27, 2016 We can't have competition in our street vendors now can we, I mean when you have a choice of bugs, pork or fish balls who wants anything else? Vietnamese spring rolls, Lao pork rolls, Malay Laksa, Turkish Kebab, or Greek souvlaki, bugga off you people can only have "UNSKILLED or SERVENTS positions here in land of scams. Have you ever tried a kebab made by a Thai? The biggest disappointment ever ! Nearly as bad as trying beer made by Aussies Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baerboxer Posted May 27, 2016 Share Posted May 27, 2016 I do hope that myurma that is going to develop at an explosive pace, with reciprocate all of these regulations, when they are up and stronger. It always seems to me that the Thai don't like to share even a small piece of the pie. In my country the Thai can work any job they want. Receive free school and health care. Buy land, own a business. Receive old age pension, family benefits. The list just goes on. Why doesn't thailand have a limited percentage of people that could share a few thai jobs. Especially to people that have given many years of slave work and taxes to Thailand or spouses of thai. Myurma? A combination of Burma and Myanmar? What a novel idea. You should suggest it to them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baerboxer Posted May 27, 2016 Share Posted May 27, 2016 We can't have competition in our street vendors now can we, I mean when you have a choice of bugs, pork or fish balls who wants anything else? Vietnamese spring rolls, Lao pork rolls, Malay Laksa, Turkish Kebab, or Greek souvlaki, bugga off you people can only have "UNSKILLED or SERVENTS positions here in land of scams. Of course your right not to mention the amount of skill, training and knowledge that must be brought to bear in learning how to fry a <deleted> fish ball.Ah but it has to be fried in a specifically different Thai way, culturally unique and not understood by menials - sorry I ment migrants.Incidentally, dead keen on getting the public to "inform" aren't they, I suppose it saves having to leave your air conditioned office to look yourself... Go to any EU country, set up a roadside stall selling cooked food, juices, soaps, shampoos or hygiene problems and see how you get on. And you probably can go there without problem if you have a EU passport. Try it, let us know how you get on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gandalf12 Posted May 27, 2016 Share Posted May 27, 2016 So this is how ASEAN functions, interesting Asean ain't for the poor. In theory it is for everyone Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aussieinthailand Posted May 27, 2016 Share Posted May 27, 2016 (edited) We can't have competition in our street vendors now can we, I mean when you have a choice of bugs, pork or fish balls who wants anything else? Vietnamese spring rolls, Lao pork rolls, Malay Laksa, Turkish Kebab, or Greek souvlaki, bugga off you people can only have "UNSKILLED or SERVENTS positions here in land of scams. Have you ever tried a kebab made by a Thai? The biggest disappointment ever ! Nearly as bad as trying beer made by Aussies Obviously you have not been too little creatures in Freo, (Fremantle) mate, Stone & wood, James Squire 150 lashes, Mountain goat pale ale, Three Sheets pale ale, craft beer is fantastic, body, flavor..... Maybe give it a crack before you slag em off mate. Not a suppressing comment from ypo mate. Edited May 27, 2016 by aussieinthailand Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sweatalot Posted May 27, 2016 Share Posted May 27, 2016 And what about the Thai sidewalk vendors - are they not existing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Docno Posted May 27, 2016 Share Posted May 27, 2016 I'm sympathetic to migrants who sell street food... there's a Myanmar fellow in my gf's village who sells excellent roti. But I wonder how many others here who cracking on Thailand for this action are on the Trump train about sending 1000s of illegals back to Mexico and building a wall. Perhaps none, because that would be a trifle hypocritical, right...? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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