How about the sentence for the owner of the construction company? That hires all these illegals? Should be a lengthy sentence that one. Or maybe not..

Posted by christian on February 2, 2013 21:20

No apologies. Good one authorities and now for the site at Sinsuk Thani on Thepkassatri road, the Phanason on Thepkassatri road, then the site on Srisoonthorn Road, Srisoonthorn, hang the list just goes on and on and on .. .. .. .. >>>

Posted by Robin on February 2, 2013 21:26

Hiring skilled ( legitimate ) workers would probably require less workers, and a better and faster project.

Posted by mikey on February 2, 2013 22:53

But wait, arent there unlimited of these types of workers? Why was this one project targeted by the authorities??

Posted by Jake on February 3, 2013 00:06

How about the Italian workers at Piraya resort? Waiters, gardeners, bartenders, maintenence staff... The list goes on.

Posted by Mac on February 3, 2013 00:10

Mac

Italian gardeners and waiters? Working for the 300 baht per day minimum wage then I suppose? Granted, Italy has it's problems, but I refuse to believe they are so bad that Italians flock to the developing world to work for local wages. Maintenance workers...? And "the list goes on"...? Are the room cleaners/house keeping staff also Italian or what?

Posted by christian on February 3, 2013 07:44

The 'World of Christian' seems to focus only workers who are paid minimum wages in Thailand. Fortunately the real world is very different. Unfortunately some companies exploit the 'developing world' because of cheap labour and high returns. There are also operations around the world who employ staff from their own country on short term contracts who are paid directly into personal bank accounts in the country of origin regardless of minimum wages or exchange rates. All inclusive holidays from companies such as Club Med or Veratours are arranged and paid for in the country of origin and have no benefit to the local economy.

Posted by Mac on February 3, 2013 12:08

Mac

Well, the categories of workers you mentioned in your first post (gardeners, waiters) are usually in the minimum wage category, hence my "focus" on that. You claim italians are staffing hotels here, doing the menial jobs that normally hardly even local thais want to do anymore, hence the need for burmese workers in Thailand. I call BS on your claim that hotels have italians doing gardening, housekeeping or work as waiters in Thailand. Pure fantasy. Now, there might be italians in managerial positions in several hotels in Phuket, but that's another story.

Posted by christian on February 3, 2013 14:02

Get those blinkers off Christian and go and see for yourself. It is real and is is happening.

Posted by Mac on February 3, 2013 23:05

No need to bicker about it. I know of an Italian house painter who takes on ad hoc jobs for cash here, to extend & supplement his holiday Dec-Feb. He's been doing that for years.

Posted by Logic on February 4, 2013 13:49

I know an Irish bloke who does the same thing and good luck to him. Not quite the same as a travel agency employing staff to work in a foreign country without proper work permits.

Posted by Mac on February 4, 2013 22:37

Nice to see my brothers being sent back home, we need them for all the construction in Yangon.

Posted by Ko Ko Maung on February 7, 2013 09:53

Some one not paying the bungs so lets make a token gesture and offer up this company and workforce as a good bit of were doing our jobs PR,while the graft payers carry on as normal free from the threat of a raid any time soon.

Posted by Scunner on February 7, 2013 20:37