Thais in Pattaya forced to sell belongings to buy food

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Thais in Pattaya forced to sell belongings to buy food

 

Picture: 77kaoded

 

Thai media 77kaoded reported that many Thai people are in a desperate situation since the Covid-19 pandemic hit. 

 

The question for them is not if they have a luxury like Netflix - but if they even have a TV. 

 

In Pattaya they interviewed a man called Mana who was there to get donations of food and other vital supplies from a wealthy family who had prepared 360 packages for the needy. 

 

The packages included food, drinks, fruit and a mask. 

 

Mana said he had come with several other relatives. They were desperate as the crisis, like many families, has hit them hard. 

 

Picture: 77kaoded

 

He said that he was in the raft business but that shut down throwing him out of work two months ago. 

 

He got a job laboring on a building site for four or five days but that ended. Now no one was hiring at all. 

 

His wife worked selling items on Koh Larn. The island has now been shut and so she too is unemployed. 

 

Their meager savings have been used up. They didn't want to impinge on the generosity of neighbors.

 

They have pawned everything of value in the house. 

 

They got a few hundred baht for the television just so they could get their next meal. 

 

Now they have no money, no saleable possessions and are relying on handouts. 

 

Mana keeps his eyes and ears open for people donating food and supplies. Now they have a few days before things get desperate again. 

 

Both have applied for the government's 5,000 baht handout - both are still on the "waiting" list. 

 

The importance of if and when that money comes can't be underestimated for Mana and his family and many more like them in Thailand.

 

Picture: 77kaoded

 

 

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[WineOh 4,287]

Tourists won't be going back to Pattaya anytime soon.

Think around 18-24 month ball park figure.

Even then I think they will be thin on the ground.

 

Might be a good idea to get the old fish nets out again! 

Edited April 13, 2020 by Liverpoolfan

[z42 14,853]

Terrible. Truly terrible that the system put in place to help the needy is proving to be simply unfit for purpose.

My gf and kids are lucky that I am living here and can help them. But she applied for the 5k baht the day it went online, still not a word.

 

Thai people deserve better than this.

[Puchaiyank 14,914]

Oh the irony!

 

Manna, sometimes or archaically spelled mana is, according to the Bible, an edible substance which God provided for the Israelites during their travels in the desert during the 40-year period following the Exodus and prior to the conquest of Canaan. It is also mentioned in the Quran three times. Wikipedia

[stouricks 2,533]

3 minutes ago, Puchaiyank said:

Oh the irony!

 

Manna, sometimes or archaically spelled mana is, according to the Bible, an edible substance which God provided for the Israelites during their travels in the desert during the 40-year period following the Exodus and prior to the conquest of Canaan. It is also mentioned in the Quran three times. Wikipedia

Does Makro or Tesco sell it?   Pak Kapow Mannah for tea tonight!

[ezzra 43,642]

Sadly and unfortunately this is the new norm now, some will suffer a hell of a lot then others, good to see that people are choosing to sell their possessions rather than resorting to criminal acts...

[steven100 20,426]

The pawn shops will be having a field day. I suspect everyone will want to get in early to porn as much stuff as they can because I bet they will stop taking goods after a week or two. 

[HashBrownHarry 1,736]

13 minutes ago, ezzra said:

Sadly and unfortunately this is the new norm now, some will suffer a hell of a lot then others, good to see that people are choosing to sell their possessions rather than resorting to criminal acts...

Criminal acts will come once everything sold and proceeds spent.

[19DL86 346]

That ll suit me, I m looking for a 2 year old SUV low Kms Everest, CRV, CX5 or such like. I ll guess another few weeks this situation will filter up the food chain.  Be lots of cheap properties another 3-6 months.

 

Fortune favors the brave, anyone holding cash will make a killing yet again.  Welcome to the "Money go Round"

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43 minutes ago, Liverpoolfan said:

Tourists won't be going back to Pattaya anytime soon.

Think around 18-24 month ball park figure.

Even then I think they will be thin on the ground.

 

Might be a good idea to get the old fish nets out again! 

Which ones La? The ones they cast or wear??  As both trades will be needed 555

[fishtank 4,022]

The junta should be hanging their heads in shame but they won't be.

They could not give a toss about the population.

 

[scotsdude 106]

21 minutes ago, steven100 said:

The pawn shops will be having a field day. I suspect everyone will want to get in early to porn as much stuff as they can because I bet they will stop taking goods after a week or two. 

Porn as much stuff???

[petermik 17,155]

7 hours ago, steven100 said:

The pawn shops will be having a field day. I suspect everyone will want to get in early to porn as much stuff as they can because I bet they will stop taking goods after a week or two. 

"everyone will want to get in early to porn"   I,m guessing only they young ones will have any success..... 

[time2093 614]

51 minutes ago, Liverpoolfan said:

Tourists won't be going back to Pattaya anytime soon.

Think around 18-24 month ball park figure.

Even then I think they will be thin on the ground.

 

Might be a good idea to get the old fish nets out again! 

How did you get those figures????.....I see it as soon as the major restrictions have lifted on foreigners and airlines can resume flying like before as nobody knows how long it could take, but as soon is the lights are turned on again in Pattaya the flood gates will be opened to the Chinese, Indians like no tomorrow.

[yuyiinthesky 1,712]

1 hour ago, webfact said:

Thai media 77kaoded reported that many Thai people are in a desperate situation since the Covid-19 pandemic hit. 

Just the beginning. This lockdown is not collective suicide, as I first thought. The rich survive. It's just making the poor even poorer, and sacrificing the poorest. 

Disgusting to see the jokes coming up here about cheap bargains becoming available from the desperate selling of so many now. 

Instead of snitching around about who's wearing a mask or not and who is daring to leave his room to get some daylight, and calling the Covid police, why not thinking about helping these numerous victims of the lockdown?