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Expat Work-permit Fees Rise, Application Rules To Change
Effective 21 December 2009, the application fee for a work-permit in Thailand rose by 600%. There are two fees to be paid for a work-permit in Thailand, an application fee, and a successor issuance fee. The former is controlled and set by the Work Permit Section of the Employment Division of ...
Holiday extended after Bangkok Riots – Thailand closed for 10 days
Following the assault upon, and cancellation of, the "ASEAN plus dialogue partners" meeting of Heads of State in Pattaya, Thailand last week by the red-shirted followers of ousted former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, the Thai government announced, late on Thursday 9th April, that there would be a closure of all ...
eBay Top Sellers Summit in Chiangmai
eBay's top Chiang Mai sellers and their SE Asian seller management team met at the Chiang Mai Holiday Inn yesterday (23 Feb 2009) to exchange information about the marketplace, its policies, and current sales performance. Presentations were also given by international courier DHL and a new service for sellers to manage ...Telling Thai Immigration Police of change of address
Having moved house, the law in Thailand says that foreigners must advise the Immigration Police of their new address within 24 hours of the move. The same time span applies to even tourists moving from one hotel to another, although usually the hotel takes care of that. There's been a ...
TOT ADSL service rules cause unneccesary cost for users
TOT's mistrust of its subscribers is causing foreigners in Thailand to pay unnecessary costs, receive continued billing long after requesting service termination, and is leading to loss of property rental deposits. Foreigners renting property in Thailand, a country which prohibits all foreigners from land ownership, are subjected to prejudicial policies and ...British expatriate murdered in his Chiang Mai home
News reached me over the weekend (24th/25th January) of a British expatriate found brutally murdered in his home in a gated community (with 24 hour security) late last week. Unfortunately, the news arrived whilst we were in the midst of the heavy end of relocating the business and household and I've ...4 years ago today – the Indian Ocean Tsunami
I have been reminded that it is four years to the day since the Indian Ocean tsunami event. I have also been pointed at the following Amateur video of the tsunami hitting Phuket in Thailand The video is over 7 minutes long and is a compilation of footage from several people. I lost ...
Another type of Thai smile identified
I was told a long time ago that part of the reason Thailand is called "The Land of Smiles" is not because so many people smile so much of the time, but because Thais have over 1,000 different identified smiles, each for a different situation. After almost a decade living here, ...
SE Asia : Europe Internet Connections at 10% normal speed
The breakage of the three trunk undersea cables in the Mediterranean between Sicily and Tunisia has dropped Internet bandwidth between Europe and Asia to 10% of normal capacity, as Telco's and ISPs frantically try to reroute connections through the USA. Users in SE Asia are reporting connections as slow as 5 ...
Mediterranean Cables Cut, Global Internet Access Falls
Breaking News - from AFP 2008-12-20 Internet and phone communications between Europe, the Middle East and Asia were severely disrupted on Friday (19th Dec 2008) after three undersea cables were damaged in the Mediterranean, France Telecom said. "The causes of the cut, which is located in the Mediterranean between Sicily and Tunisia, ...British expatriate murdered in his Chiang Mai home
News reached me over the weekend (24th/25th January) of a British expatriate found brutally murdered in his home in a gated community (with 24 hour security) late last week. Unfortunately, the news arrived whilst we were in the midst of the ...
Tourists need not worry about latest Bangkok bombing.
By Garry Harbottle-Johnson, Thailand. CHIANG MAI, 13 Nov 2008 - Tourists visiting Thailand should not be put off by news of the latest bombing in the capital, Bangkok. This latest incident appears to be the result of a commercial dispute regarding new ...
Heritage Hooliganism at Wieng Kum Kam
WIENG KUM KAM, Chiang Mai, Thailand, 1 Jun 2003 - Today (20th August 2003) I unintentionally revisited Wieng Kum Kam, specifically that part now named as Wat Phan Lao, and hypothesized as being the AD 1286 palace of King Mengrai. ...Christmas & New Year Wishes to you all
Wishing each and every one of you, the very best for Christmas day and beyond. I hope you'll return to the Eye regularly and I look forward to reading your comments on my scribblings throughout the New Year. Raise your glass, and ...OK, who flicked the winter switch?
CHIANG MAI, 7 Nov 2008 - Twice a year, Thailand manages to amaze me. It's the same event every year and that it still manages to grab my attention, in my tenth year of living here, is testimony to how ...
Inexpensive Progress
Published in Chiang Mai CityLife Magazine - December 2003 CHIANGMAI, Thailand - 14 October 2003 Inexpensive Progress by Sir John Betjeman (28 Aug 1906 – 19 May 1984), UK Poet Laureate Encase your legs in nylons, Bestride your hills with pylons O age without a soul; Away with ...Spring must be here – time for a hair cut
I posted a few months back about someone flicking the winter switch, and how the weather flipped over night. The same thing happened last night. Yesterday was a cool and comfortable 26-28 degrees Celcius, and there was a decided nip in ...Christmas is coming
Published in City Life Magazine, Chiang Mai - December 2002 Christmas is Coming CHIANG MAI, Thailand - 10 November 2002 Christmas is coming, The goose is getting fat, It’s time to stop the salads, And give up on khao phat. And of course, it’s time to ...I Remember it Well …. The Strengths of the Animals
Published in CityLife Magazine, Chiang Mai, Thailand June 2002 I Remember it Well .... The Strengths of the Animals It's strange the conversations that one gets into when sitting in an expatriate watering hole.  CHIANG MAI, Thailand - 7 May 2002 - Not so ...
Back to My Future – Colour of Money Matters
Once you begin travelling abroad, you quickly learn that the colour of your money does matter. As I described earlier this week, even in the highly internationalised environment of a foreign airport transit lounge, some currencies are accepted, others are ...Back to My Future – Ticket Thoughts
Having saved up for the holiday of a lifetime and aimed to stay in Thailand as long as financially possible, let's say you're budgeting about £2,000 all-in, and sensibly keep checking the Internet and Teletext for bargain flights. Making the ...
Back to My Future – Duty Free Dilemma
A little out of sequence for this series, and because it was introduced yesterday, today I'm returning to the question of duty-free products. If you’ve gone for a budget airfare, odds are that you will have at least one change of ...Expat Work-permit Fees Rise, Application Rules To Change
Effective 21 December 2009, the application fee for a work-permit in Thailand rose by 600%. There are two fees to be paid for a work-permit in Thailand, an application fee, and a successor issuance fee. The former is controlled and set ...Sour Porridge?
One of the little pleasures in life, when I lived in Chiang Mai, came from the organic produce wholesaler where GazLanNaThai herb and spice stocks were bought. They supplied porridge oats by the large sackful, although I generally restricted myself to ...You know you’ve been an Expat too long when …
You know you've been an expat too long when you can't think of anything to blog about, that you would have in common people back home. At least, that's how it sometimes feels. At other times, you know you've been in ...
Back to My Future – Duty Free Dilemma
A little out of sequence for this series, and because it was introduced yesterday, today I'm returning to the question of duty-free products. If you’ve gone for a budget airfare, odds are that you will have at least one change of ...International Airlift Begins for Stranded in Thailand
by Garry Harbottle-Johnson CHIANG MAI, Thailand, 1 Dec 2008 - Several countries are making efforts to evacuate their nationals stranded in Thailand after anti-government protesters closed down the Suvarnabhumi and Don Muang airports in Bangkok. Australia's Foreign Minister, Stephen Smith, said his ...
Tourists need not worry about latest Bangkok bombing.
By Garry Harbottle-Johnson, Thailand. CHIANG MAI, 13 Nov 2008 - Tourists visiting Thailand should not be put off by news of the latest bombing in the capital, Bangkok. This latest incident appears to be the result of a commercial dispute regarding new ...
GazLanNaThai Group Continues Growth
NAKHON RATCHASIMA, Thailand - 17 Sept 2009. The Management are pleased to announce expansion of the GazLanNaThai Group through organic growth. Baby Pawasdee (lit. "brings good luck") arrived today at Nahkon Ratchasima city hospital, with significantly less effort than her brother, ...