Thailand’s troops and police seal 600 worker camps – workers from leaving for 30 days Fears infected employees will spread virus Government has imposed closures of risky places, particularly workers’ camps, in Bangkok and its surrounding provinces and four southern provinces of Pattani, Yala, Songkhla and Narathiwat for 30 days, starting on Monday 28 July 2021, […]
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Lack of cooperation and defiant workers stymie Covid-19 control in Bangkok Lack of cooperation is thwarting efforts to control the increasing number of Covid-19 clusters in Bangkok, a senior government spokeswoman said on Friday. Apisamai Srirangson, spokeswoman for the Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration, said that “bubble and sealed” disease control measures had proved successful […]
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Bangkok avoids total covid-19 lockdown to prevent virus transmission – construction worker camps will be closed for a month Selective closures to be imposed Monday construction projects will also have to be temporarily halted and construction contracts will be allowed to be extended 26 JUN 2021 The government has decided to close off infectious and […]
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Lyle ‘Horace’ Hutley, the last British soldier to have worked on Kanchanaburi’s Bridge on the River Kwai, has died aged 104 THE last World War 2 British soldier to have worked on the Bridge on the River Kwai in Kanchanaburi has died aged 104. Lyle “Horace” Hutley was captured in the fall of Singapore in […]
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Legal and Tax Mistakes Frequently Made When Hiring Foreign Employees in Thailand By ONE Law Office Thailand June 17 2021 In terms of taxation in Thailand, income derived from an employment in Thailand is considered as a taxable income under `Source of Income’ rules. Any foreign employee who receives income from the employment in Thailand […]
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Third wave of Covid-19 devastates Thai hotel industry – May and June 2021 only 6% occupancy The Thai Hotel Association has reported that hotel occupancy for May and June is just 6%. In the Central Region in May it was 10% and in the South just 3% giving this average that is expected to continue […]
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Change in insurance rules for retirement visas after some over 70s were forced out of Thailand Move towards health insurance for foreigners does not yet cover business, work or marriage visa holders and comes as Thai authorities are looking at health coverage for an ageing Thai population and the need to attract more foreigners to […]
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Thailand ‘s New Aquella golf course north of Phuket to open in August 2021 The new 18-hole golf course for Aquella Golf & Country Club, north of Phuket, Thailand, designed by Pacific Coast Design architects Paul Reeves and Phil Ryan, is opening for play in August. Construction of the 7,000+ yard layout began in November […]
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Chiang Mai named World’s Best City for a Beautiful Bicycle Ride Main image from Bicycle tour company: https://www.spiceroads.com/tours/chiangmai_bangkok The Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) is pleased to report that Chiang Mai’s reputation as one of the world’s leading tourist destinations continues to grow after the city was named among the world’s best cities for a […]
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New rules to support Covid health insurance for Thailand’s long-stay expats The Cabinet on Tuesday approved in principle new rules to support health insurance for long-stay foreigners under the Non-Immigrant “O-A” visa. The old rules required purchasing Thai health insurance through the website Longstay.tgia.org, which has suffered operating problems. The new rules offer a lifeline […]
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