Thread: Thai Prime Minister to Open Borders And Enhance Economy

Originally Posted by cyrille

These reports are often tough to understand, but that one really is blather.

Re. agriculture, I doubt anyone needed to visit the North to find out the main concern is smog.

Partly caused by 'partnerships between big companies and local farmers', and the push to 'advance production rates'.

So, the foxes are patrolling the chicken coops as per usual.

Yep CP land, replaces Thighland , smoke and mirrors across Lanna a quarter of the year, reducing life expectancy.

I doubt Thaksin's puppet will threaten CP and the mainly Tcheow Chao origin money lenders to whom so many are in thrall.

Despite a lot of hot air I very much doubt there will be much be much change in 2024 we plan to take our vacation to the South to avoid the worst.

I increasingly find myself in complete agreement, must up my meds! Good response CY

Some simple solutions

1 Ban resale of the Mountain mushrooms without a licence, so hill tribes can forage for dinner but not mass re sale
2 Easy to locate fires by satellite, arrest a few farmers, confiscate land, vehicles cash, won't need many well publicized examples to set the tone
3 Clink for repeat offenders loss of land, forced relocation to man the Maly Pattani border, the very threat will put the "WILLYS " up em
4 Trans border much harder but a pan Asean , global initiatives, MOUs, though almost impossible "police" Bokeo or Shan state.
Polluter pays if fairly enforced and poor hill farmers given swidden alternative subsidies

Even in a non corrupt states enforcement is tricky in remote locations were little cop has less leverage than big firms or entrenched fiefdoms of large landowners.

Of course as we all know bribery , intimidation leaves the stats quo won't to continue ad infinitum or until I croak

As a retired person it offers meme with only one solution move south for the peek puff.

I like the dep South but a long drive, We could fly and rent a bungalow on Lanta etcIf anyone knows a nice condo in N Pattaya I maybe said to be

SEEKING ASYLUM!