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    Buying property in Thailand

    By Anonymous, Created on: 17/02/2006, Last updated on: 11/11/2011

    » Nothing much to say here is there, i think that IAN has told us all there is to know and believe me.......... .he's right.

    • Anonymous commented : n in the rural areas. A nice quarter of an acre or less is enough for a house and for garden with landscape or etc. in the suburb in Thailand. In my opinion, the retired couple only needs a condominium or a townhouse to avoid extra chores and all the extra-expenses.

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    Why do ONLY foreigners get special promotion?

    By Anonymous, Created on: 28/01/2008, Last updated on: 05/02/2014

    » The advertising board on the way to Airport is shown "Foreigner Zone.. Buying house (somewhere around Bangkok..) Foreigner, with Special Price!!" I know the property company may want to attract foreigners to invest in property in Thailand. But, what about Thais who also want to own the...

    • fast eddy commented : iends are getting up to their quarter century of living there full time! The word you need to use is xenophopic with a capital X! You must have seen the big black buses crawling around the center of Tokyo! These huge buses are draped in the rising sun flag with blacked out windows and manned by extreme right wing Japs dressed in black - belowing through loud speakers that all Japan's woes are caused by foreigners and that they should all be kicked out! Somebody pointed out that Thailand is not really a budhist country and is basically animist with a smatering of hindu. I would agree with this - you only have to look at the rush to buy into the special medalions produced in Nakon Sii Thammarat last year to understand how supersticious the Thais are. They even get their lottery numbers from looking at trees and (get this) pigs! I have no problem with this whatsoever as the cub Kao lady (the mobile shop) in my village in Nonthaburi won the lottery twice by such non-scientific methods. What was annoying was that she bought a ticket numbered the same as my wife's motorbike registration (which she had seen in her dream the night before) and won. Not only that but a few months later she saw the registration of my pick-up truck in a dream and won again!! Thais do sometimes suffer from the 'special prices' though. An example that springs to mind is the special prices promted by some five star hotels and resorts which have deals for tourists but not for the natives. I have read of this a number of times over the years but having said that they get their own back by charging higher prices at other resorts for tourists when compared to natives - see! You've got to get yourself into the trading chain somehow or you will forever end up the victim For as a Jewish friend of mine once said, 'Why did God invent Gentiles? Someone has to pay retail!!' cheers Fast Eddy

    • 81 replies, 319,453 views

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    Farang and their seemingly paradoxical ways

    By Mr. Surin Province, Created on: 17/10/2008, Last updated on: 17/04/2010

    » As a long-historied Farang resident myself, comfortable and understanding, I have to ask the age old question regarding Westerners that find it necessary to stay/live here while finding life so objectionable in many ways. Why is this so? I've experienced this throughout Asia {in particular the LOS}...

    • fast eddy commented : living the situation at close quarters. Just as observers of a game of chess can often spot a key, erroneous move which is beyond the comprehension of the player, so the Non- Thai (who's less than impressed by being called 'Farang' and wouldn't dream of addressing a Thai by a less than flattering name) fails to understand the broader vision of another human being's perspective - a man or woman who has experienced an additional culture(s).

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    TACGA to boost local animation

    Database, Suchit Leesa-nguansuk, Published on 06/01/2010

    » The Thai Animation and Computer Graphics Association (TACGA) proposed a $25 million government fund for co-productions with international firms in five countries to gain global recognition in order to promote animation as a creative industry.

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    Thailand does badly in regional survey

    Database, Suchit Leesa-nguansuk, Published on 06/01/2010

    » New research reveals that a lack of metrics and accountability remains an impediment to successful service delivery in public sector IT projects in the Southeast Asia region. The survey showed that Thailand has more failed projects than Singapore and Malaysia.

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    It's not easy being green!

    Learningpost, David Canavan, Published on 12/01/2010

    » Kermit the Frog from the "Muppet Show" once sang a song entitled It's Not Easy Being Green, but I bet he didn't know how prophetic that statement would become!

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    Mobile operators focus on social sites

    Database, Suchit Leesa-nguansuk, Published on 13/01/2010

    » The popularity of global social network sites in Thailand has led mobile operators to leverage their opportunities in this channel to increase their new revenue streams.

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    Join the thousands and add your voice if you don't trust Oracle

    Database, James Hein, Published on 13/01/2010

    » You may have noticed that things tend to slow down a week or so each side of the New Year.

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    Talk is cheap

    Database, Published on 13/01/2010

    » Technology monitor Fast Market Research of America reported that domestic Thai consumers and companies bought $2.7 billion worth of computers in 2009 - almost 89 billion baht in real money; the research firm said this was "slight growth" from 2008; the report said personal computers still had only about 14 percent market penetration, leaving lots of room for future growth; phone sales will continue to be dominated by lower-priced handsets, the report confirmed (see later item in this summary); the last full report showed overall electronics sales in Thailand around $4.9 billion in 2008 - 163 billion baht in today's currency.

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    Out with the old, in with the new

    Outlook, Marius Murdoch, Published on 14/01/2010

    » It might seem like the ancient past, but it wasn't so long ago that we lived in the dark ages of dial-up internet, floppy disks, pagers and fax machines. Luckily these old-hats died with dignity, and while we may miss the harrowing screams of connecting modems, good riddance to bad rubbish. But other technologies seem insistent on carrying on, despite smarter and more accessible alternatives gaining saliency in the new decade. What looked to be consumer mainstays seem poised for poor performance and obsolescence this year. Here's a list of some of the stale technologies of 2010.

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