OK… now I’m able to answer Andrew’s question…
It’s true that our Newbies (I called my just graduated students –> Newbies) [Read more here]
prefer to go working abroad. I tried to imply in the articles about
1. the lack of good regulation/legislative system – i.e: it’s not possible for them (those who graduated after 2003) to apply for the license.
2. Demand and supply issue, even it’s also true that the market interests in Thailand is growing, but still in many provinces there are some misunderstandings about the Landscape Architecture.
3. Salary is low, in Singapore for instance, they can get 4 times more (2500 SG$), but in Thailand living expense is also low. A meal can cost only 1$, a furnished apartment can cost only 150$ a month.
The most important issue is COA:Council of Architect (now they change their name to ACT:Architect Council of Thailand), which regulates 4 areas of design/planning profession – i.e: Architect, interior architect, landscape architect, and urban designer, is too new. And most important reason may involve the organizational structure of the COA, I dont think it’s a good idea to integrate those 4 areas together in an agency. The nature of works is totally different.
I’ll end here… and wait for any other question (if any)
Cheers!
Look-Narm
In Article #1 http://landscapeisqashu.wordpress.com/2008/05/05/landscape-architec…