DisainaM
Senior Member
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Thailand macht Ernst, und will weg vom Image eines Urlaubsparadies für Sexurlauber. Dafür muß das thailändische Nachtleben umgekrempelt werden.
Hier wird wohl an eine direkte Kontrolle des Staates gedacht.
Der Vorwurf, das die negative Berichterstattung in der internationalen Presse daher kommt, das diese Presse manipuliert ist, weil sie nur den Interessen von mächtigen Geschäftsleuten diene, deren Einfluß in Thailand jetzt begrenzt werden soll, ist ev. aus Thaisicht nachvollziehbar, doch taktisch nicht klug, damit in die Öffentlichkeit zu gehen, da es nur unnötig polarisiert.
Bleibt abzuwarten, welchen Weg man in Thailand weiter geht.
Ich erinnere mich an die Zeit vor 3 Jahren, als ein Klassenkamerad, der in der Dom. Rep. lebt, mir berichtete, das sämtliche Prostituierten in den Bars von der Polizei abgeholt wurden und in Arbeits und Umerziehungslager gebracht wurden. Heute ist das Nachtleben in der Dom.Rep etwa 10 % von dem, was vor 1997 dort war.
SOCIAL ORDER CRUSADE: Purachai hits out at media
The Nation
Published on Sep 9, 2001
Interior Minister Purachai Piumsombun yesterday opened a new front in
his war for "social order", taking aim at foreign media and saying
Thailand will not take orders from "tools of big capitalists" who wish
to control the country.
Attacking a recent report in Time magazine that suggested that his
crusade was a mere attempt to create a positive public image for
Premier Thaksin Shinawatra´s administration, Purachai said the
country´s social problems have reached the highest scale of severity,
the so-called "third level".
"I don´t care what the foreign media says. The government knows what
it´s doing," he said. "These media don´t wish our country well."
Now that Thailand has begun to be able to stand on its own two feet
and make its own decisions, the foreign media, most owned by powerful
capitalist corporations, might be afraid that the country might no
longer remain under the domination of these big powers, he said. That
is why they criticise Thailand.
"My only suggestion is that they should review their professional
ethics," he said.
Purachai said the government has no obligation to tell foreign
countries what it is going to do, and that in any case all it has been
doing lately is enforcing laws that have long been in existence.
"We are a sovereign nation and don´t take orders from foreign
countries," he said. "What matters are the interests of our people and
their feelings."
Thai Rak Thai Party heavyweight Snoh Thienthong, who once locked horns
with Purachai over his enforcement methods, even suggested that the
Ministry of Foreign Affairs consider "measures" against foreign media
that report negative things about Thailand.
Unlike the situation in most developed countries, he said, social
vices in Thailand - whether prostitution, alcohol and tobacco
consumption or gambling - have become so serious that businessmen can
manipulate authorities, including civil servants and politicians.
"I´m trying to moderate the seriousness of the problem to the second
or first level, where entrepreneurs come under the control of the
state," he said.
He said critics of his policy must understand the gravity of the
social problems the country is facing. The government must solve them
by creating awareness about the laws and how the problems hurt the
people.
He also unveiled a plan to post counsellors in night-spots to listen
to the gripes of patrons, such as bartenders do in other countries.
Meanwhile, Deputy Labour and Social Welfare Minister Laddawan
Wongsriwong said that instead of condemning Thailand, foreign
countries should support this effort and encourage tourists to develop
a favourable view of the Kingdom.
Another Purachai supporter, social critic Prawes Wasi, said it is time
that Thais support the government in its drive to purify people´s
behaviour and help clean up Bangkok´s image as "sin city".
Prawes suggested that the government find alternative work for people
who are at risk of losing their jobs as a result of the clampdown.
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Hier wird wohl an eine direkte Kontrolle des Staates gedacht.
Der Vorwurf, das die negative Berichterstattung in der internationalen Presse daher kommt, das diese Presse manipuliert ist, weil sie nur den Interessen von mächtigen Geschäftsleuten diene, deren Einfluß in Thailand jetzt begrenzt werden soll, ist ev. aus Thaisicht nachvollziehbar, doch taktisch nicht klug, damit in die Öffentlichkeit zu gehen, da es nur unnötig polarisiert.
Bleibt abzuwarten, welchen Weg man in Thailand weiter geht.
Ich erinnere mich an die Zeit vor 3 Jahren, als ein Klassenkamerad, der in der Dom. Rep. lebt, mir berichtete, das sämtliche Prostituierten in den Bars von der Polizei abgeholt wurden und in Arbeits und Umerziehungslager gebracht wurden. Heute ist das Nachtleben in der Dom.Rep etwa 10 % von dem, was vor 1997 dort war.
SOCIAL ORDER CRUSADE: Purachai hits out at media
The Nation
Published on Sep 9, 2001
Interior Minister Purachai Piumsombun yesterday opened a new front in
his war for "social order", taking aim at foreign media and saying
Thailand will not take orders from "tools of big capitalists" who wish
to control the country.
Attacking a recent report in Time magazine that suggested that his
crusade was a mere attempt to create a positive public image for
Premier Thaksin Shinawatra´s administration, Purachai said the
country´s social problems have reached the highest scale of severity,
the so-called "third level".
"I don´t care what the foreign media says. The government knows what
it´s doing," he said. "These media don´t wish our country well."
Now that Thailand has begun to be able to stand on its own two feet
and make its own decisions, the foreign media, most owned by powerful
capitalist corporations, might be afraid that the country might no
longer remain under the domination of these big powers, he said. That
is why they criticise Thailand.
"My only suggestion is that they should review their professional
ethics," he said.
Purachai said the government has no obligation to tell foreign
countries what it is going to do, and that in any case all it has been
doing lately is enforcing laws that have long been in existence.
"We are a sovereign nation and don´t take orders from foreign
countries," he said. "What matters are the interests of our people and
their feelings."
Thai Rak Thai Party heavyweight Snoh Thienthong, who once locked horns
with Purachai over his enforcement methods, even suggested that the
Ministry of Foreign Affairs consider "measures" against foreign media
that report negative things about Thailand.
Unlike the situation in most developed countries, he said, social
vices in Thailand - whether prostitution, alcohol and tobacco
consumption or gambling - have become so serious that businessmen can
manipulate authorities, including civil servants and politicians.
"I´m trying to moderate the seriousness of the problem to the second
or first level, where entrepreneurs come under the control of the
state," he said.
He said critics of his policy must understand the gravity of the
social problems the country is facing. The government must solve them
by creating awareness about the laws and how the problems hurt the
people.
He also unveiled a plan to post counsellors in night-spots to listen
to the gripes of patrons, such as bartenders do in other countries.
Meanwhile, Deputy Labour and Social Welfare Minister Laddawan
Wongsriwong said that instead of condemning Thailand, foreign
countries should support this effort and encourage tourists to develop
a favourable view of the Kingdom.
Another Purachai supporter, social critic Prawes Wasi, said it is time
that Thais support the government in its drive to purify people´s
behaviour and help clean up Bangkok´s image as "sin city".
Prawes suggested that the government find alternative work for people
who are at risk of losing their jobs as a result of the clampdown.
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