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March 31st, 2010 — Expatriate Guide, Job
The lack of service in Thailand
You might think that Thailand is the optimum level of service country and to one part you are right but there is also a trouble side of it.
Many Thai companies change staff as a girl on Walking Street change customers in a week and the new staff have no knowledge about the companies profile or commitments. It is not entirely their fault because Thai like to change work or quit when they need an extra holiday. But the problem is still there and you often meet a person in the Thai company that is totally new to his position.
So when you return the computer for service to what you think is a reliable brand name like for example Toshiba you give it to a person that have no training and no skills in handling Toshiba computers but he still looks like one. In Thai mentality he never going to say he cannot fix the problem because he want to make the customer happy. He just takes the computer and tries to fix it and one week later he gives it back to the customer totally busted with a smile, that he least tried. This is the normal practice because Thai people normally never complain and they will just take the busted computer as a lesson and never buy Toshiba again. The normal procedure should be to ask a supervisor about the problem and give the support guy some training before he was sent to the desk. But with the many switches of staff this seldom happens in Thailand and that mixed with the Thai mentally to never say no to customers is a bad combination.
I saw another problem in a forum this week, a guy had a problem with DHL and moving his belongings (why someone use DHL for that beats me but anyway) they had messed up all his furniture and instead of dealing with the problem they said that it was a private move. This was a Samui branch of DHL and my guess is that they had no training or whatnot to handle customer’s complaints the DHL way so they just tried the Thai way of deny everything and close their eyes until the customer goes home. I am sure DHL have insurance to cover all broken things so that would have been the better way to handle it.
I can make the list long as Santa’s Christmas list but you get the point, and overall Thai have good service skill and most of all will. Thai people normally want to serve and when you never scratch under the surface and just see the hotel and tourist industry Thailand’s service is outstanding.
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March 23rd, 2010 — Job, Media
A leading film company that Personal Thailand have talked to say that the happy pictures that the happy image that the Director General of Tourism Development Office try to paint is not true.
Most of their clients have canceled their shooting in Thailand this year because of the civil unrest and problems with the Redshirts.
The film making office in Thailand said that the film crews want safety and maybe that’s why they cancel their plans to make film in Thailand. Thousands of Redshirts that run around Bangkok every weekend is not consider safe and if you look back on what happen with Yellowshirts when they got desperate and Songkran last year in Bangkok.
The Thai government needs to do more then send out half true press reports to make everything ok again.
Original News from Thai News Bureau
Despite the domestic political difficulties that seem to afflict every industry in the nation, a certain group of foreigners has chosen to shrug them off and carry on with their multi-million-dollar projects right in this vibrant country.
Director General of Tourism Development Office, Mr Seksun Narkwong, said this year he expects more foreign filmmakers to come to Thailand compared with last year.
At least 6-7 major movies have already contacted Thai authorities for filming permission. This is considered a good sign after last year’s economic crisis impacted the industry.
Extrapolating from the trend, the number of movies to be shot in Thailand is expected to increase no less than 50% compared to last year, or around 1.2-1.5 billion THB.
However, it is unlikely to reach 2 billion as in 2008 due to the as-yet-uncompleted economic recovery.
Mr Seksun revealed the latest figures showing that there are now 133 movies which have filed permission requests.
However, some have decided to postpone their production plans as they are concerned that the uncertain political situation may be prolonged.
They may decide to relocate to other countries, which would disappointingly lead to losses of opportunity and income for Thailand.
If there is no violence like last year’s April riots, and no airport seizure, the filming will not be affected. The important thing the foreign filmmakers want is safety, Mr Seksun explained.
According to the Thailand Film Office, there were 116 foreign movies which were filmed in January and February, generating a total income of 213 million THB.
Out of this number, 40 were documentaries, 60 advertising movies, 5 feature films, 7 TV movies, and 4 music videos. A majority of the production is from Japan, a total of 33, followed by India, 22, and Europe, 20.
This year, the Office of Tourism Development will step forward in building confidence among movie producers abroad as well as introducing attractive shooting locations in Thailand to the global market.
Representatives from the agency will be joining major film events to be organized in Korea, Hong Kong, the US, France, Japan, and Spain. The upcoming event is the Film Festival in Hong Kong which will be held from 20-26 March.
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March 21st, 2010 — Expatriate Guide, Job
We are looking for people in or outside Thailand that are doing or have been doing or about to do something special in Thailand and want to tell the rest of the world about it.
We are soon opening a new type of site about Thailand where we want new writers and bloggers to share their stories.
What are we looking for?
We are particularly interested in people in special niches and that could be anything from
Working as a volunteer
Travel Thailand by bike
Diving instructor
Having a farm
Bar hopping
Running a company in Thailand
Monks
and loads of other things.
The important thing is that your story does not end after a month and that you love to write about your life and experiences. It has to be unique and your own writing only.
What can we offer?
Your writing will be seen on one of Thailand most visited websites and if you have your own business or site can and should, of course, plug it moderately.
We cannot offer you any employment but we will give our writers treats and sponsorships when possible. Special advertising deals can also be made if your writing takes off.
Contact us
If you have a writer or even a video or pod idea let us know. We want to hear from you as soon as possible. Tell us your story and who you are and let’s make something good from it.
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December 21st, 2009 — Expatriate Guide, Job
Thai Work permit fee to go up 500 percentages
When you apply for a Thai work permit you hardly see the cost because you pay so much to your Thai lawyer to arrange it for you that the cost will be among the others.
Now the Work Permit Office will raise the fee from 100 THB to 600 THB effective from today.
There is no real need to rush and get a new work permit but I am sure your honest Thai lawyer will put the fee up as well blaming the office of Thai work permit.
This is not the cost for work permit i might add it is the fee for applying for one.
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