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3 hours ago, BestB said:
how much tourism is coming out of NZ to Thailand?
Worth more revenue than they will get from reducing alcohol by a few Baht a drink.
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Why is it now in February 2024 that we hear of new regulations set to kick in at the beginning of this year quote set to kick in from January 1, 2024 unquote ?
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Can I see a defamation suite being reported on soon ?
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It would appear that would not be a newsworthy item in Thailand, or any other country come to that, had not a superstar, politician, musician, sports media personality or any other been involved.
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The "journalist" to whom this article is accredited, Puntid Tantivangphaisal, seems to be unaware of the concept of "innocent until proven guilty". Is this a direct attack on AI, which it is conceivable though unjustified if no alternative is offered, or a desperate attempt by the state's religion to defend its role in indoctrinating its views on how Thailand should develop. But then, over the millenniums, all states have used religion to maintain control.
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And this guy is the Director of Baan Taen District Hospital ? I am glad our family, living in a neighbouring province, can credit the local government facilities with providing us all with excellent medical services.
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Way back in the last millennium, it was raised to Baht 800 (though I remember not from what). (Forget all the "adjustments" about it needing to be in the account for month and months. Those rules came in as groups of farang passed around the same 800.)
At the time it was raised to Baht 800 the grandfather rule applied, i.e. the new amount only applied to those taking a retirement visa for the first time. For the rest they stayed on the old amount. Allegedly some needed just 100 though it is doubtful that any of those guys are still breathing.
What do you think of the chances of Immigration applying that rule this time ?
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Of the 15 countries that are most frequently regarded as topping the list of better observing democratic practices, 9 are monarchies.
These numbers are contentious as it depends as from where you gather the data.
Let me assure you though, that Thailand is nowhere near the making either of these groups.
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May be the lady would care to do a TikTok display with the pertinent facts or, as I would assume, just the one fact. If she bothers to read her bill. she will see that it tells her how many units her meter has recorded as supplying her with during the month. She will also see that the bill tells her how many units she has been billed for in each of the previous six months.
Ours has gone from 1,700 to 2,400. It's the weather.
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It is my understanding that all police check road block must have an officer present and must display a phone number that you can call. Not sure that calling the phone number will be of much use as it is a police number but it will demonstrate that you are aware of the law. The question then comes "Are the police manning the road block aware of the law ?"
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You mean there is an option to sacking ?
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Define Healthy please.
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Indeed a voice of reason !
If at the outset of the proposal the numbers were put up front, time and resources need not have been waste destroying a proposition from which Thailand's economy would benefit for years to come. Those numbers are:
- Thai land mass is 3,200,000,000 rai.
- Number of foreigners in Thailand is 3,600,000 (presumably, excluding tourists).
If each foreigner bought 1 Rai, they would be, collectively, claiming ownership of 3,600,000 rai or to put it another way,
- 0.0001125% of Thai land mass.
What would be interesting to know is:
- amount of land controlled by the government, its ministries and departments
- amount of land owned by corporations (indigenous and foreign)
- amount of land owned by the 1%
- amount of land owned by the other 99%
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On top of their current lack of income problems, the rice growing families of Isan and, presumably, the central plains are not going to get much out of this year's harvest. In southern Isan the rice fields are lakes of rain water having nowhere to flow.
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And they are just the registered guns !
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Some years back our Honda CRV got caught in flood a in Buriram. The insurers said they do not offer flood protection (an extra Baht 500) as it never floods in Buriram. Cost a very few satang short of 60,000 to get the CRV back on the road.
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Presumably, the police will not be required to obey this law either.
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That must be the same level of EASE that they have been applying to passengers in the back of a pick-up for a decade or more.
But we must give the man in charge of the Ministry of Transport some credit. Now only South Africa has more road fatalities.
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If he is on overstay from last year, there must be at least one other person in Thailand or has visited Thailand as the first recorded case in the world was in April this year.
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This confusion is not new to Thailand. It is the way the political structure has seen to work during the 22+years I have lived here (and also the 16 years before that that I came as a tourist).
The education structure does SFA to prepare those at any level of society for the possible consequences of there actions actions.
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If you look at all the new concrete structures in Bangkok, (road junctions, sky train, buildings), it is not surprising that the capital is sinking.
Far too late now but, if a couple of decades ago, they had invested a decent public transport system and brought in a tax or toll system for private vehicles, not only would they have not contributed to the sinking rate but also decreased Thailand's contribution to global warming.
Traffic congestion would be reduced and less production of cement (which is a significant pollutant) necessary.
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Why is picture of Ukrainian tourists demonstrating against war heading an article about Russians ?
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So Thailand do not give a damn about any other sovereign state's right to exist independently. As usual we will simply lie our way around the problem.
If Thailand did cease trading with Russia, the country's current trade surplus would increase by over $1+billion as they export less than $1 billion to Russia and import over $2billion. And then we would get even less Baht for our US$/EU/GBP/A$/what have you.
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4 hours ago, smedly said:
The reason for the outbreak is pretty clear
1. Opening borders and Pattaya to foreign tourists without opening up enough venues to support them which created mass overcrowding in a very compact area of Pattaya that was clearly not equiped to handle the numbers
2. Telling foreign tourists that Thailand (Pattaya) was open when it clearly wasn't (see above), as I said before - either open up or don't - this was clearly a massive error to create some sort of half way house with pubs still being forced closed - how on earth was that going to work - it created mass overcrowding in a very compact area
3. who to blame - well the authorities and their stupid restrictions and opening up to tourists when they clearly were not ready which created mass overcrowding in a very compact area
4. Do I blame the few venues that tried to pack em in - not one bit - not their fault that they became overwhelmed.
5. Do I blame the tourists who swamped the place - not one bit, they were told Thailand was open when it clearly wasn't
Like I have said before - either open up or don't - no half measures, and they should have opened up to locals weeks before accepting foreign tourists
What next - likely a ### lockdown of their own making because of their stupid insistance on control and not allowing the place to fully open in the first place - you cannot defeat stupidity like that
What do you expect ? Good management is difficult to find in Thailand, particularly near the top of the money tree.
And as for visualising the future from actions taken (or not taken) now, well, the study of cause and effect has yet to reach Thailand.
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Thai woman assaulted by Swiss man in Phuket
in Phuket News
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You are wrong to even suggest that you are wrong.