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Quote: from S M E G M A on 7:57 am on May 22, 2010
The more you write, the more you sound like Daffy.
Wow, I love this desperate flailing for attention. Here you go, toss you this bone.
Glad you found another target to pursue.
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Posted on: 5:59 am on May 22, 2010
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StrayGypsy
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Ok Japanese investments 1/3; Toyota, Izuzu etc, Thai agriculture mainly rice 1/3, and most notable Sex Tourism 1/3 of Thailand's underground economy ! 
Lets Wiki Thailand  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thailand#Economy
Economy of Thailand
Bangkok, the largest city, business and industrial center of the country.
Thailand is the largest rice exporter in the world. Thailand is an emerging economy and considered as a newly industrialized country. After enjoying the world's highest growth rate from 1985 to 1996 – averaging 9.4% annually – increased pressure on Thailand's currency, the baht, in 1997, the year in which the economy contracted by 1.9% led to a crisis that uncovered financial sector weaknesses and forced the Chavalit Yongchaiyudh administration to float the currency, however, Prime Minister Chavalit Yongchaiyudh was forced to resign after his cabinet came under fire for its slow response to the crisis. The baht was pegged at 25 to the US dollar from 1978 to 1997, however, the baht reached its lowest point of 56 to the US dollar in January 1998 and the economy contracted by 10.8% that year. This collapse prompted the Asian financial crisis.
Thailand's economy started to recover in 1999, expanding 4.2% and 4.4% in 2000, thanks largely to strong exports. Growth (2.2%) was dampened by the softening of the global economy in 2001, but picked up in the subsequent years owing to strong growth in Asia, a relatively weak baht encouraging exports and increasing domestic spending as a result of several mega projects and incentives of Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, known as Thaksinomics. Growth in 2002, 2003 and 2004 was 5–7% annually. Growth in 2005, 2006 and 2007 hovered around 4–5%. Due both to the weakening of the US dollar and an increasingly strong Thai currency, by March 2008, the dollar was hovering around the 33 baht mark.
Thailand exports an increasing value of over $105 billion worth of goods and services annually. Major exports include Thai rice, textiles and footwear, fishery products, rubber, jewellery, cars, computers and electrical appliances. Thailand is the world’s no.1 exporter of rice, exporting more than 6.5 million tons of milled rice annually. Rice is the most important crop in the country. Thailand has the highest percentage of arable land, 27.25%, of any nation in the Greater Mekong Subregion About 55% of the arable land area is used for rice production.
Substantial industries include electric appliances, components, computer parts and cars, while tourism in Thailand makes up about 6% of the economy. Prostitution in Thailand and sex tourism also form a de facto part of the economy. Cultural milieu combined with poverty and the lure of money have caused prostitution and sex tourism in particular to flourish in Thailand. One estimate published in 2003 placed the trade at US$4.3 billion per year or about three percent of the Thai economy. According to research by Chulalongkorn University on the Thai illegal economy, prostitution in Thailand in the period between 1993 and 1995, made up around 2.7% of the GDP. It is believed that at least 10% of tourist dollars are spent on the sex trade.
The economy of Thailand is an emerging economy which is heavily export-dependent, with exports accounting for more than two thirds of gross domestic product (GDP) The exchange rate is Baht 33.00/USD.
Thailand has a GDP worth 8.5 trillion Baht (on a purchasing power parity (PPP) basis), or US$627 billion (PPP). This classifies Thailand as the 2nd largest economy in Southeast Asia after Indonesia. Despite this, Thailand ranks midway in the wealth spread in Southeast Asia as it is the 4th richest nation according to GDP per capita, after Singapore, Brunei and Malaysia.
It functions as an anchor economy for the neighboring developing economies of Laos, Burma, and Cambodia. Thailand's recovery from the 1997–1998 Asian financial crisis depended mainly on exports, among various other factors. Thailand ranks high among the world's automotive export industries along with manufacturing of electronic goods.
Most of Thailand's labor force is working in agriculture. However, the relative contribution of agriculture to GDP has declined while exports of goods and services have increased
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Posted on: 2:31 pm on May 22, 2010
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Gyaos
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It is believed that at least 10% of tourist dollars are spent on the sex trade.
Their belief is wrong because I spend more than that! 
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Posted on: 4:21 pm on May 22, 2010
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"According to research by Chulalongkorn University on the Thai illegal economy, prostitution in Thailand in the period between 1993 and 1995, made up around 2.7% of the GDP."
This "prostitution" number, even if accurate (it seems high to me), is overwhelmingly Thai, and not sex tourism driven. I tend to agree with crude estimates that the percentage of that number that is foreign is likely 10% or less. http://www.stickmanbangkok.com/reader/reader291.html
If we accept that 10% of of the 6% GDP tourist dollars are spent on prostitution, then this would constitute as much as.6% of GDP, or about 25% of the "prostitution" GDP. This, IMHO, is absurd, even if we count every dollar that a "sex tourist" spends while in Thailand (hotel, food, travel) as being "prostitution" related.
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Thai Women : Meet Matured Thai Women
Posted on: 6:21 pm on May 22, 2010
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tezza
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Quote: from StrayGypsy on 2:31 am on May 23, 2010
According to research by Chulalongkorn University on the Thai illegal economy, prostitution in Thailand in the period between 1993 and 1995, made up around 2.7% of the GDP
Wow thats a lot of pussy getting pounded!
Quote: from StrayGypsy on 2:31 am on May 23, 2010
Thailand ranks high among the world's automotive export industries
Can anyone enlighten as to what cars they make and export?
In my corner of the World the only Thai product I ever come across is tuna. I don't think you can buy tuna from the supermarket that does not come from Thailand
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Posted on: 6:35 pm on May 22, 2010
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Valetta
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Kaymanx,the concept of guilt by association has no place in the justice system of any western democracy.
It has no place in any justice system which aspires to fair,and impartial decisions.
I reject it,and so should you,unless you are happy to keep company with the likes of Joseph McCarthy.
A few examples of the application of the concept should convince you that it is completely without any merit.
All communists are civil rights supporters.
Martin Luther King is a civil rights supporter.
Therefor Martin Luther King is a communist.
This was a popular argument in the 1950s when the views of the junior senator from Wisconsin had widespread support in the USA.
More recently the following proposition found favour.
Al-Qaeda is composed of Muslims.
Al-Qaeda is a group of terrorists.
Therefor all Muslims are terrorists.
Both of these arguments are patently false,as is this.
On 19 May all Bangkok building burners were Red Shirts
All 19 May Bangkok building burners are guilty of arson.
Therefor all Red Shirts are guilty of arson.
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Posted on: 7:03 pm on May 22, 2010
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PussyLover 69
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Report from Bangkok Post dated Saturday 22 May 2010 :-
Reds likely to move underground
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There is a possibility that the red-shirts would make underground movements to fight for true democracy, former key figure of the now-defunct Thai Rak Thai Party Jaturon Chaisaeng said on Saturday.
After the government had used force to crackdown on protesters at Ratchaprasong intersection on Wednesday, the supporters of Pro-Thaksin United front for Democracy against Dictatorship (UDD) have no other way out but to continue fighting against the Democrat-led government underground, Mr Jaturon said.
“This would worsen the ongoing political conflict and could lead to a more critical situation”, he warned.
He personally sees that the country now has no true democracy and the people can not rely on justice process as the government has controlled all mechanism, starting from pressing charges to legal prosecuting.
Mr Jaturon suggested the red-shirt people group pause for breath and assesses its remaining strength in order to further fight for democracy by peaceful means.
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Posted on: 7:18 pm on May 22, 2010
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PussyLover 69
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Report from Bangkok Post dated Sunday 23 May 2010 :-
Curfew on a `day-to-day' basis
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Bangkok and some provinces will be under curfew today from 11pm to 5am and the Centre for the Resolution for the Emergency Situation (CRES) has no immediate plan to repeal the emergency decree, Deputy Prime Minister Suthep Thaugsuban said yesterday.
The curfew would remain in place today and the decision on whether to extend it would be made on a day-to-day basis, said Mr Suthep, who is the centre director.
Yesterday a curfew was declared between 9pm to 5am. The curfew was lifted in Pattaya. The centre had no plans to lift the emergency decree for the time being, he said.
The CRES believed that a large amount of heavy weapons were still in the possession of radical red shirt groups and vowed to find them to prevent further violence, he said.
According to the CRES, 85 people died (74 civilians and 11 security officers) and 1,402 were injured (991 civilians and 411 security officers) in a series of violent clashes and bomb attacks since April 10.
During the CRES briefing, officials displayed weapons and ammunition seized from the red shirt rally site, including M79 grenade launchers, AK47s, handguns, several types of grenades, Molotov cocktails, bullets for automatic weapons and firecrackers.
More weapons were found behind the rally stage at Ratchaprasong intersection and in the basement of the torched CentralWorld building yesterday.
As security officials continued their search for more weapons and other UDD members, work was underway to get the capital back on track.
All government agencies, offices and schools in the city open today.
The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) expects to return clean streets to Bangkokians tomorrow after a massive clean-up operation at six red shirt protest venues today.
Deputy Bangkok governor Pornthep Techapaiboon said the BMA would today mobilise about 3,000 city workers and volunteers to sweep, clean and help to beautify areas of the city left filthy by the week's events.
The areas are: 1) Ratchadamri Road-Ratchaprasong area; 2) Silom-Narathiwat Ratchanakharin-Sathon roads; 3) Saphan Lueang, Sam Yan intersection, Siam Square and Henri Dunant Road; 4) Witthayu-Sarasin-Lang Suan roads and the Chidlom area; 5) Rama IV Road and areas in Bon Kai, Klong Toey and Channel 3 TV office; 6) and Ratchaprarop-Sri Ayutthaya intersections and the Din Daeng area.
As the two-month rally ended on Wednesday with widespread arson and looting in several spots in Bangkok as well as in northern and northeastern provinces, efforts now are geared towards the rehabilitation of damaged private and commercial properties.
The CRES set up a panel to assist small business operators and others affected by the rally.
PM's Office Minister Sathit Wongnongtoey chairs the 16-member committee to assess damages incurred by small businesses and individuals as a result of the political chaos. Apirak Kosayodhin, an adviser to the prime minister, serves as the deputy chairman, according to the CRES order.
Democrat Party spokesman Buranat Samutharak yesterday said the party is concerned about three risk factors that could impede the government's national restoration and reconciliation process.
These factors are the movement of the radical Siam Red group, the movement of terrorist militants, and the political actions overseas of ousted premier Thaksin Shinawatra, said Mr Buranat.
Somyot Pruksakasemsuk, a young UDD leader, was interrogated by police yesterday after being arrested at a Big C superstore in Lat Phrao.
Mr Somyot, leader of the June 24 Democratic group and the editor of Thai Red News newspaper, was apprehended by officers from Chokchai police station after he had set up a display of photographs of red shirt protesters killed during violent clashes between protesters and security forces.
Mr Somyot was later released because no arrest warrant had been issued for him under the emergency rule decree.
Mr Somyot said on Friday in front of the 111 Thai Rak Thai Foundation that red shirt mass rallies would resume next month and in July. Mr Somyot also told the press conference that his faction would unite with other red shirt groups to form the Democracy Assembly, which aimed to continue to campaign for democracy and justice.
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Posted on: 7:44 pm on May 22, 2010
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PussyLover 69
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Report from The Nation dated Sunday 23 May 2010 :-
Eerie quiet remains in Bangkok
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By SOMROUTAI SAPSOMBOON,
KORNCHANOK RAKSASERI
THE NATION
Published on May 23, 2010
Never have we seen the city so quiet and devoid of life. A walk through the centre of Bangkok on Friday, two days after the red shirts' dramatic rally was dispersed, left an indelible haunting impression.
We had taken a taxi to Patpong. Soldiers inspected each vehicle passing by. We started late in the morning. Although it was daytime, one could see instantly that it was different than normal days there.
Although Patpong is a popular area among foreigners, only a few were eating at a restaurant there. Amid the quiet atmosphere, guests and waitresses at the restaurant were tense or on the alert. They exchanged strange looks, watching every time somebody entered the restaurant or walked past each table.
A few foreigners hung out at a beverage shop nearby.
An ATM machine in front of a Foodland outlet had run out of cash. An officer at the bank told the shop manager it was too dangerous to transport more cash to fill the machine up again.
We walked along Surawong Road. Some vehicles passed by and some shops were open. Aside from soldiers on patrol, and police at their checkpoints, there were just motorcycle taxi-drivers, waiting in groups along the road.
We turned right to Rama IV Road and were stunned at the view. Almost as far as we could see the road was empty, except for razor wire.
At Sala Daeng intersection, we met people loitering around who had lost their jobs at the burnt-out CentralWorld. There were also foreigners who had come to take pictures of this rare atmosphere - of a normally crowded road.
Sala Daeng has been different since it was a strategic corner of the red shirts protest down at Rajprasong, as well as a rally site for local residents and others opposed to the red shirts.
On April 22, a woman was killed and 75 others injured when five M79 grenades were fired at hundreds of people gathered under Sala Daeng Skytrain station to counter the red-shirt protesters.
And recently, Sala Daeng intersection was full of bunkers created by the protesters.
By Friday, these small red-shirt 'forts' had been cleared away. It was just an empty street, being cleaned by employees from Bangkok Metropolitan Administration.
The McDonald's outlet on the corner was open until 2pm. Only beverages were available. Staff said it was open only to test the machines after a period of closure. They expected it would provide normal service tomorrow.
In recent weeks the fast-food outlet was hit with marbles and rocks fired from across the road near Lumpini Park.
We took motorcycle taxis to visit a senior photographer from The Nation shot in the leg last Saturday, now recovering in hospital.
The taxi-drivers were from Thon Buri and said they had made lots of money because of the rally. One said he had had lots of passengers, free meals and stayed overnight sometimes at the rally site.
We went down Henri Dunant Road, past Siam Square and continued on Phya Thai Road.
The popular Siam Square was very quiet and gave an eerie feeling. The parking areas were empty. Piles of merchandise boxes were seen on the roads inside. MBK, another popular shopping mall, was also closed.
Along the route, we saw empty roads, checkpoints, patrolling soldiers and police, and huge groups of taxi motorcyclists.
Both of us and the motorcycle taxi drivers had to show passes and official media cards to get down the blocked-off road.
Later, we surveyed Makkasan and Pratunam.
These roads used to be among the most crowded in Bangkok.
Again, it was quiet and gave a haunting feeling. Besides checkpoints, bunkers and patrolling soldiers and police, the roads were blocked with coils of razor wire and littered with rock debris here and there.
Most of the soldiers were still young.
Only a few shops were open. Old ladies greeted us, wishing us luck and peace for the country.
Here again it was unusually quiet with some people walking without talking; all were in small groups. Nobody walked alone.
Some were carrying big bags as if they had just come back from staying somewhere else (we assumed they had fled and stayed somewhere else until they felt it safe enough to come back.
Some were carrying big bags full of food. They handed out the food to soldiers and hurried to go back home.
A resident said: "The reports that Pratunam residents are hostile to soldiers is not true. We want them to stay as comfortable as possible. We try our best, but we have to be careful not to be the target of attacks. It's useless if we lose our lives and cannot help the soldiers further."
Influential people in the areas have many people to watch and report what goes on.
Another resident said she never thought she'd see a time when Thais would kill each other.
One resident said it was good that security officers were there. The residents also hoped drug addicts living in the area would be removed.
A soldier said he had been in the Army for about a year. He never thought that in the two years he serves as a Private, he would have to go into a battlefield. It was an experience he can't forget.
"At the time, when I saw the red shirts firing at soldiers heavily, I had no choice but to shoot back," he said.
In a sad mood, we took photos of the empty roads.
As evening came, we left while the troops changed shifts. We walked past the rock debris, the blinking traffic lights and razor wire lifted by officers before the sun set. This Bangkok was very different from the one we knew.
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Posted on: 7:54 pm on May 22, 2010
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