[Ministry now aims to roll out travel promotions for expats in Thailand]

Drop TM 30 and I’ll go Somewhere every week. 

[Nongnooch Garden scraps two-tiered pricing for expats in Thailand]

Will government parks stop double standard, xenophobic pricing?

[Farewell minivans! Repossessions made after Covid devastates tourism]

What is everyone going on about with safer roads, fewer accidents and such nonsense. The vans haven’t been destroyed! They’ll be resold and back hurtling up and down your soi in a few days. 

[TAT and Thaivisa Expat Explore campaign welcomed by Tourist Industry]

Will you get Immigration to stop requiring TM 30?

If not, the BIG SCHEME is farcical. 

[Thailand to drive domestic tourism as economy rides out drop in foreign visitors]

If the Government were serious it would want to maximise incentives  for everyone in Thailand to visit the many splendid places in this beautiful country. 
One thing to do is scrap TM.30. 
At present, I have no wish to inconvenience my Thai friends who would be required to report my visit to their homes, and I don’t want the hassle of reporting my return to house I have lived in for the past 20 years. 
I did it once, and that was enough. 
(People forget that it is not only foreigners who are being unnecessarily messed about by

TM. 30 Thais are troubled too!)

[Infections will skyrocket without social distancing, says official]

The true number of infections and fatalities will never be known (ie. revealed). 
At some point the Fashion Model PM will announce Thailand has been the most successful in the world in controlling the virus. 
Mark my words!

[Thailand reports 89 new coronavirus cases in highest daily jump]

Even if they don’t get sick or die, millions of people will lose everything unless the government gets its act together and stops banks and other lenders calling in loans when the borrowers have been thrown out of work and have zero income ... through no fault of their own. 
There MUST be a moratorium until the crisis is ended and people can get back to work!  

[Thailand reports 30 new coronavirus cases, total of 177, official says]

The WHO said every government must Test Test Test. 
 

If they don’t, there is no way of identifying where the infections are Concentrated and of isolating the virus. 
 

Are you listening Prayut?

[Here’s a Thai app for tracking the virus]

As NOBODY is checking anyone, it is impossible to know how many people in Thailand are actually infected. 
As usual (eg pollution) the Generals  say everything is under control, do nothing, and hope it all goes away. 

[Immigration's BMW "smart car" nabs snitched on overstaying Australian pensioner - he thought hiding in a country village would keep him safe]

How do the BMW’s fit into the investigations into overstays?

do they just have a computer for checking Immigration information?

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6 hours ago, rkidlad said:

What does this even mean? He was snitched on. That’s how immigration suspected he was on overstay. What on god’s green earth does a waste-of-money BMW have to do with it? Other than the fact that the immigration officers could have been driving a tuk tuk and it would have made zero difference to the outcome. 

TATA mini truck would be just as good!

[Thailand’s popularity dips in Europe]

22 hours ago, fforest1 said:

I just do not understand this....Thailand has been bending over backwards to make westerners and expats feel welcome for years....lol

I agree!

It would be good if the government (generals, bureaucrats, police, Immigration) remembered that the westerners living here pass on their experiences to friends and family back home, who pass the information on to their friends, who tell their friends ...

 

First hand experiences beat self-serving advertising every time!

[New rule allows growth of cannabis plants]

Lots of wriggle room for under the table brown envelope passing, as usual. 

[Pollution could cost Bangkok Bt6 billion, researchers say]

CP is largely responsible for the crop burning. At one time, they even admitted it. 

Make them pay for all the health problems and lost revenue.