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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 : aradise island with beautiful beaches and verdant forests. As tourism grew, property developers descended on the island. New hotels and luxury housing projects sprouted up. Land prices skyrocketed. Samui is back in the news, but for a different reason. Two weeks ago, Surat Thani provincial authorities began looking into possible encroachment onto forest reserve land and other illegal ownership. Caretaker Natural Resources and Environment Minister Yongyuth Tiyapairat flew to the island with investigators. He said there was evidence that several plots of land around Khao Dang and Khao Duangnok might have been obtained illegally for sale to foreigners. Meanwhile, another investigation was launched by Pien Yongnu, head of the Bangkok Metropolitan Waterworks Labour Union, who claimed that leading members of the ruling Thai Rak Thai party had bought large parcels of land from local villagers and later obtained title deeds. Sand was dumped onto rocky beaches while local authorities were ordered to cut a new road into the area, Mr Pien claimed. Our own investigations reveal that foreign companies are involved in the current land development boom on Samui. Big advertisements for property projects have appeared in Thai and foreign media to draw foreign buyers. Some of these projects are operated by foreigners who use Thai proxies to set up companies here. With a lot of money at their disposal, these foreign property developers buy land along the beaches and on the hills. We urge caretaker Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra to look into this matter and take action against anyone found to have violated the law.

    • Anonymous commented : gners from buying up half the beach. One for Rooster. You seem to be mighty proud of your association with the US of A. Why don't you go back to school there (the VA runs assisted schooling - or did) and learn how to spell and write English which is readily understood?

    • Anonymous commented : elopment plan'. Most of beach side land or even inner circle of city, town has their own long term land development plan, which all are contained in a law called "Land Development Plan Act 2542". Since this year, there is no change on the act. The city plan under this Act is available in the city administration hall or regional land depart office. It is full scale map which shows "commercial area, green area, reserved area" and more importantly all lands belonging to the government with concession with private occupants (Gamasit holder). Gamasit land can be conceded to third party but certainly not for foreigners. Most of beach area is certainly in this 'Land Plan' and mostly belonging to government with private concession right. Presently any housing complex is not covered by con-dominient real estate although many local developers requests. Even knowing Gamasit purchase of a house, the buyer must know that when they sell it, there is a fundamental condition such as the house must be re-sold to the developer company. This is hoax. No law can protect the buyer. One best way for foreigner is just to pick cheap affordable rent house and live peacefully until a firm laws are announced. New law will be promulgated sooner or later. Second way is a joint ownership with Thai wife. You just register 40 60 partnership to local commercial registration depart of city hall. in the partnership memorandum, the house can not be sold without your consent, by your Thai wife. If you have child, register the house to the child directly and leave heritage pledge, like until 18 years no sale or without your consent, no mortgage or sale and so on. a Local lawyer can document such. Most of housing developing area is 'Gamasit Land'. Watch out this !.

    • 119 replies, 367,763 views

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    Do You Support Your Thai In-Laws?

    By Anonymous, Created on: 02/03/2006, Last updated on: 14/02/2007

    » In Thailand, children take care of their parents. They kind of pay back the debt that they contracted just by being born and educated by their parents. And contrary to "popular" belief, it is valid whether you are rich or poor (but of course far more meaningful if the parents are poor...)....

    • Anonymous commented : go to other cities and to the beaches. If you are planning to live alone, than a townhouse or condomenium would seem to be a choice; you would still have small garden in townhouse or pot garden in condo.

    • 26 replies, 12,936 views

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    Changes and Effects of Foreign Business Act

    By Anonymous, Created on: 10/02/2007, Last updated on: 27/01/2015

    » The purpose of this act since 1970s, is though no one clarify openly, to protect local industry against the foreign market invasion. Therefore FBA is in fact Domestic Industry Protection Act. Since 1990s of open door policy, Thailand had promoted vigorously FDI - foreign direct investment of almost...

    • Anonymous commented : the sun shines everyday, the beaches are beautiful, and the fishing is just divine. The fear of losing money isnt a reason to live a little. Money comes and it goes. Bit off track now, but thanks Harry for the enlighting tale about a sheep who lost his shepard. Thankyou kindly passerby, the info you have provided is invaluable. Im excited by the country and the opportunities that lie there.

    • 18 replies, 93,164 views

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    Medical care in Thailand

    By Anonymous, Created on: 15/02/2007, Last updated on: 13/03/2014

    » So next time you go to Thailand for an holiday or medical care give the Thai people the respect they deserve. Because the nurses or the Hotel staff are mostly much under payed and their home situation is many times not so brilliant. Deal with a genuine courtesy, politeness and respect, and not in...

    • Martinus commented : y if you visit Hua-Hin go the beach at the south side of the town besides the \\ //// beach hotel. Its very clean and quiet. I've been their some ten years ago. My wife and I, eat and drink all day on the beach for not yet 200 bath. maybe this info can help you http://www.huahin-info.net/info/useful.htm kind regards harry[/quote:tyt6j7aa] Correct, but other medical care (affordable) is definitely available Same like Oprah Winfrey will get a different treatment and price as Joe the plumber Free medical care is ready available for all workers through the social card and more than often accompanied by medical insurances in companies like BUPA, AIG, AIA etc. which also (but not in all cases) covers their family. The latter is usually provided in Multinational Companies. So your attention should shift to Thai not taking care of Thai... Poor people still can get free healthcare through the former 30thb rule, it has changed, is a little more expensive but it is till there......Thai people who are not insured are taking the risk themselves On the other hand older foreigners have it more difficult to get proper insurance as most foreign companies will not accept new members older than 60..... SO Harry, you are misinformed and have it totally wrong....

    • 27 replies, 141,925 views

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    Thai Marriage Laws

    By Anonymous, Created on: 18/05/2007, Last updated on: 11/08/2010

    » I am trying to understand why Westerners living and married to Thai nationals are denied permanent residency status once they are legally married in the kingdom. In the west a Thai national receives residency once they are officially married to a western citizen. Procedures are followed and intensive...

    • Anonymous commented : of undesirables living in the beach city near bangkok will do to the already badly bruised image of Thailand.

    • 68 replies, 108,200 views

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    how do i live in thailand?

    By Anonymous, Created on: 03/06/2007, Last updated on: 17/12/2007

    » ok so i'm a 24 years old white british guy and i'm going to marry my thai girlfriend here in bangkok. I've now been living here in Thailand since January 2007 on a non-immigrant muti entry visa. However once we get married what will i have to do next to be able to live here? will...

    • Anonymous commented : my wife sad. We went to the beach. sat down on the mats to injoy or holiday together only to be steerd at and feel abit uncoftable by little wispers and steers. Of a white guy with a Thai girl. Thailand is a buetiful country full of buitiful poeple but you know what the world thinks of thai girls. Is sad yer. And why is this??? I know more thai, farrang marraiges that have worked than failed. but then I never suronded myself with old farrang and dirty sluts. lol. Bring it on. AD. Too funny. I'm not rich. just live my life best I can. I don't look down on bar girl but I do feel sorry for the thai poeple who work hard to live but have a country famous for old farts and dirty bargirls. WHo at the end of the day could look after there own kids and live a okay life selling noodles but really wont that new cell phone and von duch hand bag. Poor Thailand. I think you have lived in the country for to long AD.Open your eye's to the world. Lots of love. Old fart. Ps. I love Thai.

    • 42 replies, 18,870 views

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    Nuclear Power for Thailand

    By Anonymous, Created on: 04/09/2007, Last updated on: 09/07/2014

    » The Prime Minister has explained the plan for a nuclear power plant to produce energy for Thailand and help Thailand move away from reliance on oil and gas. Thailand is a net importer of energy, getting much of its energy from the middle east at a huge cost to the country. Added to that the use of...

    • drake commented : he reactor higher up from the beach than they did. Money is almost always the weak link. The Japanese are limiting nuclear power, Taiwan is trying to as well. I hope Thailand follows suit.[/quote:sbgbg406] Since you seem to really want to play with a sleeping dog, I must point out that it's view of nuclear power is mostly from engineering and technology standpoint because it's the only thing that is measurable and evaluable with some degree of certainty. As for the uncertainty factor, to err is human. As much as anyone want, we can not avoid "human error" but most good engineers do try to put in as much "safety margin" as their bosses and the beans counters will allow - just for one of those days when everything goes South and the monkeys pushed all the wrong buttons. Planes do fall from the sky and automobile accidents do happen - more frequent and deadly than nuclear leaks but yet humans continue to use those technologies because their benefits out weight their risks. Taking educated risks, that's what living an adult life is about isn't it ? If anyone want to completely avoid human mistakes, this is the wrong planet. Here, the issue is the same with radiation and nuclear energy. Man CAN NOT live without being exposed to Nuclear power or radiation, perhaps some want to exclude the use of man made technology but there is no way avoiding the natural ones. For that matter, life wouldn't exist without Nuclear power and radiations in the first place. Just look up on any clear day or night and remind self that them out there are billions of ginormous nuclear reactors burning and spewing out countless amount of radiation non stop. Some fine day when one of the little twinkly light turned itself in to a Cosmic Gamma Ray Burst source and point it's beam this way, life on earth will be all dead in an instant, except for perhaps cockroaches. And if all of the beams should missed earth, in about five billion years the Sun will go red giant and completely (re)absorbed the Earth - providing same result but now the survivability of cockroaches will be extremely poor. Now THAT's inevitable. Should we fret about all that ? Create a committee to investigate and mitigate perhaps ? Or just simply continue to live as the Hindus do, continue to live life as it is knowing that Reality and Existence will end when the dreamer wakes. But I digressed. Fukushima reactors are 40+ years old first gen BWR design whose technology and they were scheduled for EOL (end of life) this year but someone, unfortunately, decided to extend their working permit for another 10 years. Nature revoked the permit. Apparently, the cause of the melt down was steam leak due to substandard pipe welds that blew when the quake hit and causing the turbine cooling pumps and emergency steam powered pumps to fail even before they were partially flooded. The design didn't need electricity to run the emergency pumps and would have withstood the flood IF the welds had held. Yet, as some of the constructions were clearly below specifications the reactors lived for their entire designed life expectancy and survived through all of the previous quakes of 'expected' intensity - a testament to the engineering and robustness of the system itself. So far, there are less dead/injured/loss from this Nuclear event than the Tsunami itself or the Tsunami of 2004 but yet all the irrational anti Nukers are so focoused on it. Why ? At the end, this will proved to be just a fraction of the Chernobyl incident and mostly forgotten. Opponents of nuclear power always point to historical negatives, as insignificant as they are, rarely if ever admitting to what else are available or what good had come from Nuclear Science and Technologies so far. Today, other Nuclear technologies beyond BWR or Uranium Cycle fuels are available. Nobody talks about them much. From what I gathers the anti-nuke don't want them because their singular reason for existence will be mitigated and the pro-nuke don't want them because it's a competing technology and there is less money in it. As for decisions rashly made by politicians at the behest of Green Loons the world over to abandon Nuclear Power, some things are better left to adults and we will sort that all out in due time. FYR http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_an ... _accidents http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_nuclear_reactors

    • ipsut commented : he reactor higher up from the beach than they did. Money is almost always the weak link. The Japanese are limiting nuclear power, Taiwan is trying to as well. I hope Thailand follows suit.

    • 25 replies, 35,706 views

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