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4 hours ago, Halfaboy said:
This is an overview of various Covid vaccins including their efficacy. Source: the Economist.
As it stands this is too little information (maybe the article made clear). "Efficacy" against what? Death, hospitalisation, or symptoms? As far as I am aware AZ is close to 100% effective against death; I'm getting mine next week.
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My backup plan last year, when MAS flights were infrequent, was Korean Air via Incheon - they were flying regularly a couple of times a week to/from Bangkok, and to KL.
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On 4/18/2021 at 1:10 AM, marcus111 said:
It's not rocket science....
If you are from Malaysia...
Just travel by land and walk across the border.
Last year when I was stuck in Thailand I applied to cross the border to Malaysia; it took about a month to approve, and a flight left the following day so I never used it. I recollect the land crossings were forbidden later, but maybe not for Malaysian citizens.
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1 hour ago, johnarth said:
man I am feeling sheepish about this, what is going to happen in a few months time?
Then I'd keep away from the Welsh (and the antipodeans) :)
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The cost of living values bear no relation to my requirements! (Figures for a mid range bottle of wine from numbeo.com). Indonesia - Malaysia - Thailand all in the same bracket of ultra high tax.
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17 hours ago, Sheryl said:
The average life expectancy at age 65, in the US, is 89.
Do not confuse life expectancy at birth with life expectancy at later ages.
The approach used ignores:
Firstly, the average age of death of 78 is for the whole world population. But those considering retirement with savings of over USD1/4m will be only from the developed world, where average life expectancy is in the 80-82 year range. So add say 3 years to their numbers or 20%.
https://www.ssa.gov/oact/STATS/table4c6.html
Then as already identified, if you are considering these calculations you are probably in your 60’s, and are not one of a set of “all population” but of a set of “those who have survived to 64 (say)", so your life expectancy is higher than 80-82. Those actuarial tables show that at 65 average life expectancy is 17.89 years for males, or age 83. So add another 2 years so now we are talking around 30% increase.
But these calculations are for AVERAGE life expectancy. So there is a 50% chance you will live longer, and therefore run out of money. To be reasonably certain you would want to look to a 90-95% probability level, which would take you roughly to age 91 – another 8 years and now we are up to about 100% increase.
I guess you could cut down on the western meals when you hit 80??
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I keep my phone under my tinfoil hat! Let them try to find me then!
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To the young man considering marriage:
Treat your new wife gently. Introduce her to wifely duties slowly; make sure she has grasped cooking, cleaning, ironing, dusting etc. Then in the second year introduce important new skills: bricklaying, roofing, tree felling, painting and decorating and so on. If she is of a delicate nature it may be desirable to delay the introduction of sewer cleaning, construction of access roads, mine development etc to the third year.
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19 hours ago, topt said:
If you tell the taxman you no longer live in the UK and become non resident for tax I am not sure why you need to pay any tax to the UK unless earned from UK customers?
Re comment bolded: AFAIK UK does not require deduction of withholding tax on services, except in very restricted cases which would not apply here. If the OP is Resident for Tax Purposes in the UK then yes, but why would he/she be?
Usual disclaimer......
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19 hours ago, topt said:
My 2 cents........I don't think there is any difference to digital assets or fiat money at the end of the day as far as the Thai Revenue are concerned. Same rules you have read on other recent threads - don't bring in income in calendar year it is earned and if you do it is not income it is savings......
If you tell the taxman you no longer live in the UK and become non resident for tax I am not sure why you need to pay any tax to the UK unless earned from UK customers? That would be helped if you opened an offshore account for the German company to pay into.
My 1 cent:
I've not read all the detail in recent threads so this may be answered, but does the rule on earnings vs savings remittance apply to Thai citizens as well as expats?
Agreed an offshore account may be the best solution (I use Channel Islands), but I wonder whether the payment Germany>UK would (pre Brexit) have avoided the German company deducting a withholding tax, which many countries require for offshore payments of this type. Moving to an offshore account (or even the existing setup post Brexit!) might require that the company make that deduction.
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4 hours ago, outsider said:
Not so fast mate ???? I'd venture to say that Thailand, despite its shortcomings, is still a notch above Muslim Malaysia when it comes to such things.
On the other hand .....
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4 hours ago, VocalNeal said:
You guys and your keyboard searches crack me up. Probably never get out, never walk anywhere and never met the cute girl who speaks English in one of the local hardware stores.
what do you think the sponge brushes are for?
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49 minutes ago, Pattaya Spotter said:
At least from the listed countries, which cover much of the world, MM2H visa holders may not enter Malaysia.
Effective from 7 September 2020, the Government of Malaysia is imposing entry restrictions into Malaysia on foreign travelers who are traveling from countries that have recorded over 150,000 COVID-19 cases, as listed below:
The United States of America
Brazil
India
Russia
Peru
Colombia
South Africa
Mexico
Spain
Argentina
Chile
Iran
The United Kingdom
Bangladesh
Saudi Arabia
Pakistan
France
Turkey
Italy
Germany
Iraq
The Philippines
Indonesia
The entry restrictions include travelers who are citizens of/holders of long-term passes of the countries listed above, who are residing in or traveling from those countries.
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The entry restrictions cover travelers holding long-term passes from Malaysia including:
Permanent Residents (PR);
Malaysia My Second Home Program (MM2H) pass holders;...
You originally said"
"Malaysia My Second Home" program participants haven't been able to enter the country since the start of Malaysia's border closure."
They have. I travelled back from Thailand in July. Only since the new restrictions in the last month have SOME MM2H holders been barred entry.-
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1 hour ago, Pattaya Spotter said:
And it's no different in many countries that do..."Malaysia My Second Home" program participants haven't been able to enter the country since the start of Malaysia's border closure.
Fake news
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18 minutes ago, Olmate said:
Dont they know no one has ever attacked a foreign embassy.
Australian Embassy: Jakarta. bomb took out the windows in the office next door as well - my office!
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5 minutes ago, ChipButty said:Do they still have that program in Malaysia, My Second Home?
The Malaysia My Second Home program is currently suspended, whilst Immigration and Tourism Ministries sort out their differences (allegedly). But even before, it was not designed for entrepreneurs (other than perhaps for Global Nomads) as it does not allow one to work in Malaysia.
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He should get it all completed just in time for the monorail contractors to come along and destroy most of it during their building work. Toilets in the stations would be joined-up thinking.
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33 minutes ago, jerolamo said:
this is kind of English humor i like the most (who use ironic a lot):
When I first saw this it was in text form ... and the "expert" was described as an Engineer. I didn't think it very funny (I'm English language native with engineering degrees) so I wrote a response explaining how actually all the requirements could be met (it involved 11-dimensional space and parts of the model moving at appropriate speed to achieve colour shift). I got a request from a Lecturer at a University to use my response in their coursework, . That was funny.
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59 minutes ago, natway09 said:
There are strict rules in place to protect the integrity of the building.
An approval is gained first, which states clearly that no structural columns or beams are allowed to be touched. A division wall between apartments is not structural, added after structure built usually brick & plaster only & non load bearing .
Noisy, yes, dangerous, NO
Knocking out a brick infill wall would be accomplished in a couple of days at most, and should not require jackhammers. Sounds to me like they may be removing concrete beams or columns which are structural. Or (unlikely) concrete walls which would be designed as shear walls.
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8 hours ago, holy cow cm said:
should really start at 250cc or more. But realistically should be a bike that you can't pick it up if you drop it, or it takes you more than 5 minutes to do so..
Lots of Youtube videos of ladies showing how to pick up a dropped Harley: it's technique not strength.
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18 hours ago, Anna Rak said:
British Home office remove quarantine restrictions for Malaysia and Brunei.
There are many great beaches and holiday spots on the East coast of Malaysia, so to try and get some sort of far east holiday this year that will be a last minute destination for me, my Thai wife and our children for our 3 weeks vacation.
So Thailand has lost my annual 200,000 Thai baht spend, I know in the great scheme of things it's a small amount but as they say every little helps.
So you are expecting Malaysia to open up to tourism in the foreseeable future? They are only this month starting to issue approvals to most existing work permit holders to return. Two-week quarantine in government designated hotel also.
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On 7/12/2020 at 3:00 PM, chuang said:
No one has the 'right' to enter another country it's a privilege not a right....
Oh I don't think so. My passport states:
Her Britannic Majesty's Secretary of State Requests and Requires in the Name of Her Majesty all those whom it may concern to allow the bearer to pass freely without let or hindrance, and to afford the bearer such assistance and protection as may be necessary.
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On 7/10/2020 at 7:09 PM, CGW said:
Be nice if we could buy a tax free car here every ten years like you can in Malaysia on a retirement visa!
I believe I am right that it is a once-only concession. A 10-year renewal does not come with this.
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2 minutes ago, Sundown said:
I'm not speaking about stalls. I'm speaking about Central inside Tops Market. Of course stalls sushi look disgusting and dangerous.
I don't eat sushi, but I have been buying sashimi from Tops in CF two or three times a week since lockdown, sometimes early evening, when they reduce the price. So far so good. Of course I always add a dab of wasabi to each bite (it is reputed to avoid any issues with the fish).
Shade the original roof with a second roof : is that a good idea?
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When we built an extension some years ago the architect selected flat concrete slab roof and I thought no more about it. But my guests complained that the bedroom was excessively hot, so when I had the roofers in to replace the existing tiled roof I got them to add a second, zincalume/galvalume steel, roof over the flat roof. The improvement is substantial.
I would not recommend welded steel for the frame. The standard for galvalume is to use galvalume C section which can be screwed together with self tapping screws and the sheet screwed to it.