Are you sure about that? As an aside, my father looked at setting up a manufacturing outlet in Thailand years ago. He and his directors opted for Indonesia that is always ridiculed as being more corrupt than here.johnnyk wrote:buks,buksida wrote:I agree with your first sentiment but not the one above.Mr Jame! wrote:I hope they dont ever relax the laws too much.Thailand has done well to maintain its cultural integrity.
If Thailand is ever going to move out of the dark ages and compete economically with its Asian neigbbours (Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan) it has to stop being so xenophobic and open its doors to foreign investment, and yes, that includes land.
On a more personal note, would you be happy living, working and paying taxes in a country year after year and still not being allowed to legally settle there and buy yourself a small plot of land to live on without giving an obscene amout of money to their fascist government? (and before anybody jumps on me I know I can form a company or put it in the mrs name but that wasn't my point - if we have given to the country we deserve a little back IMO).
i'm not in agreement with you on this.
multi-nationals have no pompem investing and are welcomed, including buying land for factories, hotels etc. they aren't holding back their investments.
thailand needs to remake its education system if its going to compete with the others in any realistic fashion beyond cheap labour costs.
Rubbish. The only losers were the Thai folk. He could and still cannot understand my decision to move to Thailand.
His was a big business decision that affected the lives of thousands of people both in the UK and abroad.
Thailand accepting foreign investment? Sure, if the companies are stupid enough to listen to the speil.
Rant over.