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Flood aid refusal 'was self defeating'

29/04/2012 : British ambassador Asif Ahmad has offered a forthright critique of the government's handling of last year's flood crisis, saying it should have asked for international help and better communicated information to the public.
TAXES IN THAILAND XIX: VAT part one

13/05/2012 : Everybody is vaguely aware of the value added tax in Thailand. When you buy something or get the bill in a restaurant, you will see that you've been charged 7% VAT.

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Adjusting to changing UK pension scheme
13/05/2012 : Changes to the Qualified Recognised Overseas Pension Schemes (QROPS), in effect since April, have had far-reaching effects on UK deferred pensions being transferred offshore. Interpretation and implementation of these changes have been different from expectations. Did you catch the wave?
Shifting demographics mean that good things come with small units
13/05/2012 : The property market in Bangkok has faced challenges in recent years, notably the global economic slowdown that began in late 2008 and local political upheavals that culminated in the street violence of 2010. There have been slowdowns in all market sectors, though not always at the same time.
Cambodians queueing for a new future in Thailand
13/05/2012 : Every day they come in the thousands and crowd under a blazing sun for hours, awaiting a moment that costs them more than two full months' salary _ a passport.
Time running out for Moken way of life
13/05/2012 : Village elder and midwife Liya Pramongkit, skin brown and furrowed as a walnut, spent her early life living as a nomad aboard handcrafted wooden boats called kabang. They were fashioned from giant rainforest logs; planking held together with vines.
Dragons & butterflies, an inmate finds inner peace
13/05/2012 : South African Alexander Krebs, known to friends and family as "Shani", arrived in Bangkok in April 1994 on a 10 day holiday. He was 34 at the time and writing a novel, but was also a 15-year-long drug addict who had a sporadic wild streak in him and had just broken up with his fiancee. His family thought the time away would do him good.
A mercenary's tale
06/05/2012 : Peter Slade was once in prison for five years on charges of murder, conspiracy to commit another murder and attempting to overthrow a foreign government _ partly a victim, he says, of a corrupt Australian judicial system. He fought in the Vietnam War, was a security contractor in 1973 Rhodesia, a debt collector at home in Melbourne and as far afield as Nigeria, and arrived in reconstruction-era Cambodia and Iraq without connections but a desire to start anew, in stints that would last some seven years each. He witnessed first-hand the Bangkok coup that killed journalists Neil Davis and Bill Latch in 1985 and was on the beach in Patong the morning the tsunami struck Phuket in 2004.
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TAXES IN THAILAND XVIII Taxes _ who has to file a tax return? Part Two
06/05/2012 : Last week, we looked at who has to file a tax return. As we discussed, some taxpayers don't have to file a return, because their incomes fall below certain levels. Taxes are withheld from their salaries and they don't have to file a return after the tax year.
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Satisfying a balanced risk appetite
06/05/2012 : Despite the fears expat investors have about the volatility of global markets, there are still good options suited to various types of portfolios. These do not necessarily involve taking significant risks to make reasonable returns.
There's a boom at the inns
06/05/2012 : Over the past two years, there have been many major hotel transactions Thailand, with a combined value of more than 500 million baht. This reflects an increased availability of hotel assets for sale and strong investor interest.
The murder that shocked even Cambodia
06/05/2012 : In Cambodia, the murder of a high-profile environmentalist has sent shockwaves around a country which has never shaken-off its reputation for violence, corruption and a culture of impunity among the ruling political and moneyed classes.