A future for Soi Pratuchai?

[Oliver]

The huge numbers of Thai guys who came to Pattaya and Bangkok twenty/thirtyvyears ago came because of dire circumstances at home. An issue often neglected is that of family-size. Thailand had an effective birth-control programme (still has?) and the younger children in large families were particularly vulnerable. Hence their desire to move to urban centres and make money, much of which returned to their parents. With smaller families, the need is not so great.