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Jetzt ist es bald soweit - APEC ist in Bangkok. Nachdem die Stadt von Visaschweinen (Frauen die von Farang fuers Visa und sonstwas geheiratet werden - Zitat Polizeichef) und Visabetruegern (eben diese Farang) gesaeubert ist, jeder Taxifahrer gelernt hat, wie er eine Bazooka einhaendig abfeuern kann, jedes Security Unternehmen seit einem Monat hoechst Umsaetze schreibt, endlich ist es soweit - der APEC Tross kommt nach Bangkok.
Zur Unterstuetzung des internationalen Dialogs wurden saemtliche Demonstrationen unter drakonischen Strafandrohungen verboten, Hotels koennen nicht mehr als Cafehaus missbraucht werden, bei der BTS brauchts neben dem Ticket den Passport, und wer sich unauffaellig auffaellig benimmt kann schnell mal einen Fragenkatalog beantworten, der bei Jauch fuer zehn Millionen reichen wuerde.
Ja, Bangkok ist eine Idylle inmitten der internationalen Politik, nichts aber auch gar nichts kann die Metropole am Chao Phraya aus ihrer angestammten Ruhe bringen.
Und damit auch wirklich alles richtig laeuft, gibts von Taksin Toxin gleich auch noch ein paar Verhaltenstips - na klar - bei solch kulturlosen Banausen wie Bush und Putin ist das auch sicher angebracht.
No, no!! Not *THAT* finger...
BANGKOK: Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra is known among Thai bureaucrats for being a somewhat imperious micromanager. But he has broadened that reputation by asking 21 world leaders meeting in Bangkok this month to raise their hands like schoolchildren if they wish to speak.
Thaksin will host the APEC forum in the Thai capital from Oct. 20 to Oct. 21, with US President George W. Bush and Russia´s Vladimir Putin among those attending.
Although the meeting has been billed as "informal" and features "retreats," Thaksin sent a letter to his fellow leaders last month giving detailed guidelines for the meeting.
The prime minister has contributed his personal suggestions about how to keep the talks moving, according to a copy of the letter seen yesterday.
"To facilitate the flow of discussion during the retreats, I propose that leaders employ simple hand signals to indicate they wish to take the floor," says the letter.
"One raised index finger would mean the intervention would be on the same subject. Two raised fingers would mean that the intervention would be on a new or unrelated subject. I will give priority to one-finger signals," it said.
Thaksin, who suggests that the leaders keep their interventions "short and pithy," also shows a keen appreciation of the subtleties of "networking," explaining that seating arrangements have been made "to enable the leaders to be seated next to different colleagues ... to ensure maximum exposure."
The letter also lays out the topics to be discussed at the gathering, which will include four sessions together -- two retreats, a gala dinner and a working lunch. Issues discussed will range from economics and trade to fighting terrorism.
Thaksin, a fan of management theory fads, is a successful businessman who became a billionaire through the telecommunications industry.
--AP, 2003-10-11
Na denn ein schoenes Wochenende
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Zur Unterstuetzung des internationalen Dialogs wurden saemtliche Demonstrationen unter drakonischen Strafandrohungen verboten, Hotels koennen nicht mehr als Cafehaus missbraucht werden, bei der BTS brauchts neben dem Ticket den Passport, und wer sich unauffaellig auffaellig benimmt kann schnell mal einen Fragenkatalog beantworten, der bei Jauch fuer zehn Millionen reichen wuerde.
Ja, Bangkok ist eine Idylle inmitten der internationalen Politik, nichts aber auch gar nichts kann die Metropole am Chao Phraya aus ihrer angestammten Ruhe bringen.
Und damit auch wirklich alles richtig laeuft, gibts von Taksin Toxin gleich auch noch ein paar Verhaltenstips - na klar - bei solch kulturlosen Banausen wie Bush und Putin ist das auch sicher angebracht.
No, no!! Not *THAT* finger...
BANGKOK: Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra is known among Thai bureaucrats for being a somewhat imperious micromanager. But he has broadened that reputation by asking 21 world leaders meeting in Bangkok this month to raise their hands like schoolchildren if they wish to speak.
Thaksin will host the APEC forum in the Thai capital from Oct. 20 to Oct. 21, with US President George W. Bush and Russia´s Vladimir Putin among those attending.
Although the meeting has been billed as "informal" and features "retreats," Thaksin sent a letter to his fellow leaders last month giving detailed guidelines for the meeting.
The prime minister has contributed his personal suggestions about how to keep the talks moving, according to a copy of the letter seen yesterday.
"To facilitate the flow of discussion during the retreats, I propose that leaders employ simple hand signals to indicate they wish to take the floor," says the letter.
"One raised index finger would mean the intervention would be on the same subject. Two raised fingers would mean that the intervention would be on a new or unrelated subject. I will give priority to one-finger signals," it said.
Thaksin, who suggests that the leaders keep their interventions "short and pithy," also shows a keen appreciation of the subtleties of "networking," explaining that seating arrangements have been made "to enable the leaders to be seated next to different colleagues ... to ensure maximum exposure."
The letter also lays out the topics to be discussed at the gathering, which will include four sessions together -- two retreats, a gala dinner and a working lunch. Issues discussed will range from economics and trade to fighting terrorism.
Thaksin, a fan of management theory fads, is a successful businessman who became a billionaire through the telecommunications industry.
--AP, 2003-10-11
Na denn ein schoenes Wochenende
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