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February 1 2010 Categories: Thailand Business No comments yet
In this post we will discuss the matter of Thai companies that purchase land and the disclosure requirement applicable to their Thai shareholders. Firstly we will review the legal criteria a Thai company must fulfill to own land.
Originally posted 2009-10-22 04:04:21.
February 1 2010 Categories: Understanding Thailand No comments yet
In Thailand, there is a “little something” in the air, I can’t point exactly what it is maybe too much somtam (local spicy papaya salad) or Singha (local beer) but from time to time an ordinary person will lose all focus and reason and over a few years will go from the status of a respected professional to a pitied fool.
Originally posted 2009-11-22 05:10:08.
February 1 2010 Categories: Doing Business In Thailand, Thailand Business No comments yet
In today post I continue to discuss the results of the World Bank Global Corruption Barometer 2009. Please see yesterday post on the same subject.
Originally posted 2009-10-01 02:35:23.
February 1 2010 Categories: Thailand BOI, Thailand Business 2 comments
The Board of Investment or BOI is an agency set-up by the government to provide investment incentives to foreign or local investors that invest in promoted or priorities activities.
The two main objectives of the BOI are to decentralize Thailand Industrial’s base and to attract special types of investment (priority activities). Read more…
Originally posted 2009-07-21 12:51:10.
February 1 2010 Categories: Doing Business In Thailand No comments yet
According to the Bangkok Post, Assumption University and the Public Sector Anti-Corruption Commission have jointly polled 2,129 people on the issue of corruption in Thai society.Hopefully, the entire results of this survey will be published soon, but some interesting elements of the survey have already been revealed by the Bangkok Post.
Originally posted 2009-11-20 10:24:24.
February 1 2010 Categories: Thailand Visas, Thailand Visas & Work Permit 3 comments
The Non-Immigrant Visa “O-A” (Long Stay) is a visa for people that are aged 50 years and more who wish to stay in Thailand for a period of not exceeding 1 year without the intention of working.
Originally posted 2009-07-28 15:10:50.
February 1 2010 Categories: Thailand Banking No comments yet
One criteria you will have to consider when investing into Thailand will be the long term volatility of the currency of your home country against the THB because the evolution of the exchange rates will be one of the element that will affect on the long term your return on your investment. Being no financial wizard I cannot tell you how currencies will evolute against each others in the future. What I can show you is how some of the main world currencies have evolved against the THB during the past four years.
Originally posted 2009-10-14 02:03:45.
February 1 2010 Categories: Thailand Business, What's Up at DBT No comments yet
For those who did not have a chance to read it an excellent article by Martin Petty (Reuters 1 February 2010) discussed the dangers ahead of us in Thailand, that is to say political instability and the threat of a coup.
