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New online sales tax: 5% to 15% of price
Jon Fernquest, Published on 04/07/2017
» Online shoppers may abandon online shopping & return to stores. How to enforce online tax payment, no one is sure.
Medical tourism vs. universal healthcare for all Thais
Jon Fernquest, Published on 21/06/2017
» New law threatens universal healthcare. Also a threat is medical tourism & better pay for doctors at private hospitals.
Don't rush Chinese-Thai rail project
Jon Fernquest, Published on 15/06/2017
» Passing law (section 44) to break your own law & throw caution to the wind, not advisable. Slowness & caution to-date because benefits of rail projects uncertain.
Philippine city in ruins: Islamic State still a threat
Jon Fernquest, Published on 13/06/2017
» The war against ISIS currently raging in the city of Marawi has taken many lives & is a stark warning to other ASEAN states to be prepared.
Baht rising fast: At 33.94 per dollar, exports hurting
Jon Fernquest, Published on 07/06/2017
» Big Business is lobbying the Bank of Thailand to stop the never-ending rise of the baht, now at 33.94 per dollar and hurting exports.
China's world tech domination begins in SE Asia
Jon Fernquest, Published on 01/06/2017
» If the new Chinese global business strategy is "winner takes all" and to wipe out all other players out, why worry?
To fingerprint all Thais: One man's dream
Jon Fernquest, Published on 29/05/2017
» Every phone owner must be fingerprinted, Mr. Takorn says, but authority to issue order and spend huge amounts of money not clear.
Garbage islands: Another discovered in Gulf of Thailand
Jon Fernquest, Published on 10/04/2017
» Second garbage island discovered by snorkeling tourists, this time island was heading towards tourist island.
Pattaya: Las Vegas of sex seeks family friendliness
Jon Fernquest, Published on 27/03/2017
» After harsh crackdown tourists stayed in hotels scared to venture out, economy tumbled so softer "Happy Zone" idea to change Pattaya's image launched.
UPDATE: Thai-Philippine relations: PM Prayut meets President Duterte
Jon Fernquest, Published on 22/03/2017
» For two fellow Asean countries that are only 3-hours apart by air, the state visit by President Duterte of the Philippines laid the groundwork for future cooperation.