Another good op-ed in the Bangkok Post this clearly stating the inconsistencies in Thailand today. So what does this mean for the market? Well my viewpoint is very simply how many more negative events can hit Thailand? Far and far less, yes there is a fear of the Red Shirts under Jatuporn creating more noise […]
Read More →I was just doing research looking for information on a property company in Thailand, which led me to reading about politicians and then inspired a phone conversation with a friend about how much under the table money had to be paid just for an energy project in Thailand and then somehow led me to this “old” […]
Read More →The crux of the issue to me is very simply that most people in Bangkok cannot accept the fact that their maid(s), driver(s), taxi driver(s) etc.. have the same status/power as they do when it comes to voting, sounds a bit like feudalism still doesn’t it?
Read More →I think we are all getting a bit tired of the politics here and talking about it. Will the election go ahead now or not seems to be the next question, meh, I don’t know, the best comment I’ve had this week about the protesters is how they resemble the Tea Party in the US […]
Read More →What happened now? Yesterday the House President called for an early bill debate today with 2nd and 3rd readings and votes by the end of this week and early next week and who sold off the market? Local institutions and prop desks (something we’ve been watching closely)… So whats the timeline of events now? If […]
Read More →With traffic worse than normal given a few roads being blocked off around Bangkok and protestors making the walk from Lumpini to Government House as off the time of writing (mind you there doesn’t look like there are many at all) we’ve been thinking aloud for the past few months that August wouldn’t be a […]
Read More →So politics is coming back to the forefront of the news headlines, its been building up over the past few weeks and with the Internal Security Act invoked a few days ago, market participants have become more worried. We’ve also heard that Mr. T is becoming more and more agigtated and desperately wants to return […]
Read More →The House of Representatives, at its special meeting on Wednesday, voted 272-1 to move 10 bills up to the top of the agenda, placing them ahead of the four reconciliation bills. Source: Bangkok Post Plenty of press over Yingluck’s government pushing the reconciliation bill further down the Things to do List for Thai parliament. This is short-term […]
Read More →Thailand’s Constitutional Court has today thrown out each petition case filed regarding the charter amendment bills. On the proposed amendment of Section 291 to set up an assembly to rewrite the entire constitution, the court ruled that this cannot be done, because the 2007 constitution received the people’s endorsement through a public referendum. Therefore, a […]
Read More →Funny little article on Bberg over the weekend on Thai politics. The writer, William Pesek, puts forth an idea to allow Thaksin to come back and prove himself. Thaksin has been extraordinarily successful at three things since fleeing to avoid prison: playing the victim, drumming up support overseas and distracting Thailand’s leaders from moving on. […]
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