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Govt 'holds vulnerable underwater to keep big business afloat'
Spectrum, Supara Janchitfah, Published on 18/03/2012
» Those whose homes and farms were ravaged by last year's floods are fuming over government compensation plans that they say unfairly favour big business at their expense. About 2.23 billion baht will go to build a 77km floodwall around Rojana Industrial Park and 728 million baht and 700 million baht, respectively, has been earmarked to build floodwalls around Bang Pa-in and Nava Nakorn industrial estates. Many of society's most vulnerable who lost nearly everything in the floods _ including labourers, small farmers, slum dwellers and home-based workers _ are entitled to a mere 5,000 baht in compensation.
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Dawei feeling pains of development and displacement
Spectrum, Published on 18/03/2012
» Thi Cho had been having sleepless nights since a small fishing community not far from her home was relocated a week earlier to make way for the multi-billion-baht Dawei development project.
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Phuket looks beyond wealthy westerners
Spectrum, Published on 18/03/2012
» Phuket in recent years has become known as the playground of the West's rich and famous, attracting pop stars, celebrities, supermodels and run-of-the-mill millionaires. Some of these visitors spend time checking out property in the area, which spawned a healthy market for villas costing 30 million baht or more.
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Comfortable pension or complete nightmare?
Spectrum, Andrew Wood, Published on 18/03/2012
» Continuing our look at your financial journey through life, let's look at how to to use your wealth to your best advantage when you get older and finally decide to retire.
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TAXES IN THAILAND Part XIII: Who pays _ part 2
Spectrum, Published on 18/03/2012
» This week we will continue with our series on what income is taxed in Thailand. Dr Joseph Kildare is an orthopaedic surgeon practising in Los Angeles. He is on holiday in Phuket, staying at a hotel on the beach.
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