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ANOTHER FINE MESS IN KOH SAMUI – PART II – THE STAND-OFF

CHINESE PROPERTY BUYERS IN THAILAND NOW SET TO BE LATEST LOSERS In a move that does not bode well for the predominantly Chinese buyers in luxury villa projects on the Thai island of Koh Samui the local Mayor has ordered work to be stopped on a billion baht’s worth of projects being built by the […]

WISE GUYS IN! SUCKERS IN,THEN OUT PENNILESS

THE THAI IMMIGRATION POLICE’S ‘GOOD GUYS IN – BAD GUYS OUT’ CAMPAIGN IS NOT FLOUNDERING. IT NEVER STARTED! While Thailand’s current military dictatorship is running on a ‘end corruption’ ticket there are signs that corruption in Thailand is rising to a new peak and the people the military are arresting seem to be in areas […]

HOW TO LIVE ‘COMFORTABLY IN THAILAND ON US$560 (20,000 BAHT) A MONTH – THE VIKING SECRET

UNFORTUNATELY HE’S KEEPING IT TO HIMSELF! I’m confused. I have just seen an unbeatable offer on the net – and I need advice.  The New Nordic Company – ‘live next to a Thai Princess’ – is offering old aged pensioners a 10 per cent a year return on their property investments with it in Pattaya, […]

WHO OWNS WHAT IN BOILER ROOM BANGKOK

 COMING SOON A BOILER ROOM GUIDE TO COMPANY NOMINEES Apologies for a break in transmissions here but several long term enquiries are coming to a head; I am still in a learning curve with regards to the new U.K. -and then, of course, I have been meeting up with old colleagues while raising kids 24/7. […]

BRIT DRUGS SUPREMO IN NEW THAI CONTROVERSY

GANGLAND BRITAIN IN HUA HIN (CONTD) One of Hua Hin’s most famous developers, former Brit drugs supremo Darren Oxley, is in the centre of a controversy again after a Russian buyer was allegedly stiffed for the 3 million baht which he put down on an Oxley Home. It turns out that the land, which the […]

THAI COURTS RULE THOUSANDS OF FOREIGNERS HAVE BOUGHT PROPERTY ILLEGALLY

BUT DON’T WORRY – WE CAN GET ROUND THIS ONE TOO! Ninety year leases provided to foreigners acquiring properties in Thailand have been ruled null and void by the Thai courts – the Phuket News trumpets. The matter has still to go to the Supreme Court but the appeal court ruled that this is the […]