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How to deal with Bangkok’s illegal financial advisors

April 14th, 2011 · No Comments

Most of Thailand’s English speakers have had run-ins with these telephone stalkers. Here’s how to put a stop to the cold calls for good By Greg Lowe It would plain wrong to accuse all so-called “independent financial advisors” operating in Thailand of being low-life, scum-sucking, rip-off merchants; heels who divide their time between skanking people […]

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Tags: Bangkok · CNNGo.com · opinion

Why cycling in Bangkok is suited only for the suicidal

February 23rd, 2011 · No Comments

Though the city has potential, there are some huge road bumps that ensure it will never be enjoyable or safe for cyclists. Unless you’re a lemming by Greg Lowe I was having a conversation with someone in the pub the other night who explained that Thai for cyclist, “khon ki jakayaan,” also loosely translates into […]

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Tags: Bangkok · CNNGo.com · cycling · opinion · Thailand · traffic

BLOG: Thailand’s political tragedy

April 29th, 2010 · No Comments

Last night the atmosphere on Silom Road was a far cry from the clashes between security forces and red shirt supporters on Viphawadi-Rangsit Road earlier that afternoon, which left one soldier dead and 18 people injured. There were a few lines of police and soldiers dressed in riot gear, standing next to razor-wire cordons and […]

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Tags: features · Greg's Blog · news · opinion · politics · red shirts · Thailand · Uncategorized

Red shirts at Ratchadamnoen Ave

March 14th, 2010 · No Comments

Despite reports of there being more than 100,000 red shirts in Bangkok already, at about 6pm tonight the numbers were still relatively low around the main convergence point at Ratchadamnoen Klang Avenue. The red shirts had set up tents all along the road, from quite close to the Rattanakosin Hotel, but there were very low […]

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Tags: Greg's Blog · opinion · politics · red shirts · Thailand · UDD

LAND OWNERSHIP AND FOREIGN INVESTMENT – Keeping foreigners out serves whose interests?

December 1st, 2009 · No Comments

Preventing foreigners from owning land and property in Thailand does many things: it protects powerful Thai landlords and agricultural monopolies, forces overseas investors to consider setting up shop in other regional markets, drives Thai capital from the country and provides a pool of nationalist bile for tub-thumping politicians to draw on and whip up a […]

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Tags: Bangkok Post · business · economy · opinion · politics · property

THAILAND: BOGGED DOWN IN CORRUPTION: Anti-graft body turns 10, and the cases are mounting

November 18th, 2009 · No Comments

Thailand’s National Anti-Corruption Commission turns 10 today. A member of the public peruses documents detailing the assets and liabilities of former ministers in the Thaksin government, as released by the National Counter-Corruption Commission. Its very existence is testament to the endemic corruption that continues to erode local political, economic and social institutions; it is also […]

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Tags: Bangkok Post · opinion