Cambodian migrant construction return home ahead of Bangkoks’ camp closures Cambodian Workers Return Home Cambodian workers crossed the border at the immigration checkpoint of this northeastern province to return to the homeland as Thailand started sealing off construction worker camps in Greater Bangkok and four southern border provinces today. The Center for Covid-19 Situation […]
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Construction site workers confined to camps during 30-day closure of construction sites and workers’ camps in Bangkok and surrounding provinces The Interior Ministry has ordered all provincial governors to tighten controls to prevent the movement of workers following the 30-day closure of construction sites and workers’ camps in Bangkok and surrounding provinces. The surge in […]
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Mass exodus from Bangkok after closure of construction sites for 30 days Thai media was full of stories about the mass exodus from Bangkok to beat the authorities after they closed construction camps in the Thai capital. Channel 7 said it was so busy on the roads and at bus stations that it was like […]
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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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