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Discussion 1 : 20/07/2012 at 04:04 AM

Claim a compensation for damages against the Dam managing office and ex-Cabinet and shadow-another government in Thailand which obstructed and stopped the flood prevention works plan in 2006 !!

Discussion 2 : 20/07/2012 at 03:55 AM

Usually, When the heavy floods disaster hit in Thailand, all organizations must cooperate with each organization. But last year 2011, when the heavy floods disaster hit in the central-Thailand on last year, the headquarters for disaster control was devided to 2 or 3 headquarters. One is the headquarters of the Government. and Another is the headquarters of the independent-action group, and another one is the headquarters of Bangkok-Metropolitan-Government-Office building. In those days, many relief-goods reached to foreign countries. But the independent-action group didn't deliver relief-goods promptly to each stricken-areas with ignoring. The Governor of Bangkok also is same behavior. They had rejected the act to raise up the government. When a disaster hit to Thailand, they forget a political-action to scheme lowering the image and the approval-rate of the government. And they made an effort to tackle a disaster by original measures with a self‐satisfaction. The role of the Water-Pump truck(large scale of million-ton), which was provided from foreign country, was contributed to drain a large quantity of waters. Anyway, Who decided to open the valve of the dam ? Who is member of the Dam management office ? Nobody including a mass-media asked and blamed its important point.

Discussion 3 : 18/07/2012 at 08:24 PM

@hillfarang. '...or Thailand will become the "Land of Mob Rule" with none of them are smiling'. In case you had not noticed : it is already.

Discussion 4 : 18/07/2012 at 04:18 PM

Bluebottle, The compensation clams had to be made and form completed correctly, they were and double checked but Khlong 4 were we live had a week window only, nothing will be entered into after the date has passed.

Discussion 5 : 18/07/2012 at 04:07 PM

"Look at the picture - they did it intentionally - blocking the road." Just like the Red Shirts. So leave them alone and give them what they want. No double standards.

Discussion 6 : 18/07/2012 at 04:03 PM

Oh, apparently BMA promised 20,000 per household, if so then do let them pay too (:

Discussion 7 : 18/07/2012 at 02:29 PM

"She also asked governors not to allow protesters to block roads.” Gosh, if only they’d thought of this in 2010. The best ideas are often the simplest.

Discussion 8 : 18/07/2012 at 01:30 PM

Be more patient. Your claims should not be taken out on innocent commuters & other traffic. Use proper government channels or Thailand will become the "Land of Mob Rule" with none of them are smiling.

Discussion 9 : 18/07/2012 at 12:09 PM

All the people in the northern area of Bangkok had their houses severely flooded. The vast majority are low to middle income earners. 20 thousand does not cover a third of the damages in most cases and people are just struggling to keep up with the repayments on their properties and utilities. Meanwhile, kitchens and furniture remain unreplaced. Then compensation starts to be given out arbitrarily, if at all. These people are justified in their complaints and deserve to be heard.

Discussion 10 : 18/07/2012 at 11:27 AM

The compensation clams had to be made and form completed correctly.That being the case people will get paid the money we had no problem with ours.It would be interesting to see how much officials got paid from this fund.Perhaps the figures are available to see!

Discussion 11 : 18/07/2012 at 10:53 AM

Look at the picture - they did it intentionally - blocking the road.

Discussion 12 : 18/07/2012 at 10:43 AM

"1300 demonstrator just turns up, who arranges and pays for this ? " Why don't you ask the same question about the red shirt demonstrators?

Discussion 13 : 18/07/2012 at 10:08 AM

They said some people had received 20,000 baht while others were paid only 200 baht or a few thousand baht despite living in the same area. Well we got nothing as my wife and I were out of the country on the week they paid out, although we were not told of any such dates. That said someone in our Soi, who is well connected got 80000 baht, probably a red shirt member!!

Discussion 14 : 18/07/2012 at 10:04 AM

I understand these people. After all what happened during last year's floods? The inner-city Bangkokians hijacked these people's homes and created chaos for many of them.

Discussion 15 : 18/07/2012 at 09:18 AM

Maybe they got the idea from the UDD who receive 7 million baht to block the road .

Discussion 16 : 18/07/2012 at 08:15 AM

1300 demonstrator just turns up, who arranges and pays for this ? Assuming they all work then they make at least 300/day which sums up to 390,000 for the day...would have made a bigger impression if they had stayed at work ,collected the days salary and giving it to the ones in supposedly in need instead of making problems for other people.

Discussion 17 : 18/07/2012 at 08:09 AM

Quote "The prime minister was responding to the opposition's claims that the government was rushing the project and giving precedence to overseas water management and construction firms over local companies.Ms Yingluck said the government was giving an equal chance to both foreign and Thai companies with the potential to win bids to carry out the project." There you have it again, the PM doing the right thing while everyone else is bickering , of course overseas companies should be asked.

Discussion 18 : 18/07/2012 at 07:36 AM

An expensive lesson for future politicians before resorting to populist policy.

Discussion 19 : 18/07/2012 at 07:27 AM

Demonstrations are fine in appropriate places, not main streets. As long as officials are willing to "negotiate" with those breaking the law this type of thing will continue. from iPhone application.

Discussion 20 : 18/07/2012 at 07:07 AM

The one observation that stands out so destintively is the people that keep protesting always come from Bangkok. It is strange there were people in other areas with much worse flooding and damage to home and property that haven't complained at all. Someone with legitiment complaints is understandable but you get the feeling many of these are simply opposed to the government and looking for a free hand out. People need to be required to purchase insurance or the government will be dealing with this type problem everytime mother nature strikes.

Discussion 21 : 18/07/2012 at 07:07 AM

That extra 50Billion Baht that has mysteriously vanished could have been used for something useful. Like importing a real police force.

Discussion 22 : 18/07/2012 at 06:42 AM

My wife's house received over 50,000 in flood damage,m and is not eligible for even 1 baht because the house is not in a "privileged area" in the central plains. the damage is just as real. People in the Bangkok region have been treated as privileged people for so long they whine and protest about every little thing. Grow up, and live your life as an adult not a spoiled child who has every need looked after, people!

Discussion 23 : 18/07/2012 at 06:25 AM

As a taxpayer I have to comment. "YS defended the government's 300 billion baht water management scheme". What's happened to the extra 50Billion from the 350BL borrowed using emergency process. This is the second time she has referred to only 300BL. BTW Can someone decode this. She said although the project was urgent, the government was not implementing it in haste. At least the last part is true.

Discussion 24 : 18/07/2012 at 06:19 AM

I was wondering how many of the people that are demanding this actually pay any income tax at all ? Likewise why is it that solution to every dispute with the government is to disrupt the very people that do pay tax, and have to go to work making payments like this possible ? Furthermore , is it any wonder this whole scheme is screwed up , it involves maths and even the most avid supporter of Thailand know that maths is not a strong area of the population as a whole. In or out of any official capacity . The conclusion has no solution as one end of the stick cant even see the other end, and I suspect most do not even know its there.

Discussion 25 : 18/07/2012 at 06:07 AM

It's not as much fun when it's the other way around.

Discussion 26 : 18/07/2012 at 05:03 AM

This is not that easy.To say all should recive the same amount sounds fair but when looking closer you might understand why people get different amounts.Just look at the houses that was damaged.Some looks as if they have not even been lived in while other houses have just been built.My wife did not even recive the 5000,- bath that all our neighbours recived.We had all the pictures and all the other paperwork yet we got nothing.A man I know who lives in a tinshack 2 streets away did get both 5000,- bath and more . . . . This scheme will never be fair.

Discussion 27 : 18/07/2012 at 03:46 AM

If you don't get your way in Thailand either hold your breath until you turn blue or block a road.

Discussion 28 : 18/07/2012 at 03:44 AM

I understand the frustration on the part of those who received compensation on the low end. One could imagine the discrepancy being the result of making the math for the total program cost to come out right while creating some room to play with on the part of officials. In most countries, the representatives of these people would be working hard to be sure his constituants were treated fairly. Flaunting the law by using this increasingly annoying tactic becomes the only way people feel that anyone will notice. They're probably right.