monkeycountry
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Tell them to bag and properly dispose of their trash as well...
Haha - good one :-)
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Perhaps buy an insurance, which would also cover fire etc :-)
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Yes, everyone knows the army shot him, and the red shirts. Only the court is afraid to say that.
Maybe "everyone" can prove it in court then?
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The court announced that it was uncertain which side fired the bullet and from direction it was fired from. The court also announced the same result with the killings of two red-shirt protesters, Wasant Phuthong and Thossachai Mekngamfah.
Either a complete cover-up or simply attesting to the piss poor forensics science capabilities currently in Thailand. Either way the loss of face is clearly evident. Moronic, deceitful, untrustworthy, corrupt and disgraceful are just a few words that come to mind.
I'd like to see the family of the Japanese cameraman sue them for billions.
Sue who?
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ie, something about which there has been unanimity on this forum for ...at least 6 months if not longer.
True, but the reason this forum agrees on the move is simply because TV members want more value from their pension from abroad, it has nothing to do with improving Thailands overall economy
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Law#1: You cannot fish in illegal areas, except if you bribe the local official
Law#2: You cannot fish illegal species, except if you bribe the local official
Law#3: You cannot fish baby fish, except if you bribe the local official
Law#4: You cannot use nets with too small holes in them, except if you bribe the local official
Law#5: You cannot fish more than your alloted quota, except if you bribe the local official
Law#6: You cannot use illegal immigrants as labour, except if you bribe the local official
Law#7: You cannot use slave labour, except if you bribe the local official
Law#8: ....
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Oxford English Dictionary definition
Crackdown: "A series of severe measures to restrict undesirable or illegal people or behaviour."
I ran into this obsession of Thais about English words and their mis-use of meaning. My brother sent me a heart monitor that measures heart rate and the "p" rhythm. It will tell you if you are experiencing atrial fibrillation. The Fedex people in Los Angeles put "Medical Device" on the shipping document.
When it got here, Fedex told me that I:
had to register as an "importer" with customs
according to Thai FDA rules I had to get a letter from a doctor at a government hospital that "I had to use this device."
After some work, I determined that the Fedex people and the FDA had defined "device" as something that did something to you. I pointed out that it only measured and did not do anything and was like a blood pressure cuff sold in every major pharmacy in Thailand. None of this had any meaning to them. They could not seem to understand that "device" has a generic meaning in English and is not a verb. Still working on getting it out of customs.
I believe whatever explanation Thai customs come up with translates to: "cash is king".
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"armed militants had infiltrated the demonstrators"
Interesting choice of words. The posters in these forums who constantly demonise the entire red shirt movement as "terrorist", "violent" etc, should note this. Even a key person 'on the other side' talks in terms of infiltration, meaning that the MIB (etc) did not represent the majority aims and tactics of the protesters. And yet, it was mostly nurses, journalists, and other unarmed civilians who died in that crackdown-that-was-not-a-crackdown.
But all the reds support Thaksin and he ordered the MiB to kill innocent people and soldiers so therefore all the reds are violent and in support of terrorism. Flawless logic, no?
Just remember there were many deadly attacks on civilians with grenades etc. by the red shirts long before the crackdown. And upon learning of these deadly attacks the red shirts and their leaders were filmed cheering about it on stage.
And who was it who was filmed on stage yelling for Bangkok to be burned down? (which eventually happened)
But hey, feel free to blame it all on magical black shirts
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"armed militants had infiltrated the demonstrators"
Interesting choice of words. The posters in these forums who constantly demonise the entire red shirt movement as "terrorist", "violent" etc, should note this. Even a key person 'on the other side' talks in terms of infiltration, meaning that the MIB (etc) did not represent the majority aims and tactics of the protesters. And yet, it was mostly nurses, journalists, and other unarmed civilians who died in that crackdown-that-was-not-a-crackdown.
Unless you can name the soldiers, maybe the soldiers were infiltrated too, and it was not the real soldiers who did the shooting, but just someone dressed as soldiers?
If Thais agree on this, then neither side will have to take responsibility for what happened, and all responsibility can be blamed on the mysterious infiltrators on both sides.
You can keep blaming everything on Abhisit and the soldiers, just remember, whether you like it or not, that the other half of Thailand blame it on the red shirts and their leaders, and think the soldiers did a good job rescuing Bangkok from terrorists.
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Is "cube" a construction term for m3 or Ft3 or similar in England?
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Coming from Iran, the answer is yes. Many more than you can imagine! Unlike our government, religious Iranians are in general very very moderate Muslims compared to Arab countries. But a good percentage of people are not religious at all (even though in their ID cards it says Muslim!)
In a bar, is that not against their religion?
Iran is a country, not a religion.
Seen many non-muslim Iranians lately?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nA3xN5ptZXM
Ahh yes, the "moderate" muslims
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In a bar, is that not against their religion?
Iran is a country, not a religion.
Seen many non-muslim Iranians lately?
I know plenty.
Of course you do
According to wikipedia 99.4% of Iranians are muslim
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The fight probably saved them from making a big mistake although being Arab maybe it wasn't a mistake after all,'she' is so awful 'she' is almost beautiful.
See what i mean about education,they are Persian,not Arab.In fact their race is Arayan.
Not all Iranians are Persian, some are Arab - see what I did there?
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Thai scientists have proven that putting 20+ people in the back of a pickup truck does not affect the trucks driving capabilities, not even when swerving at high speed. It is the same scientists that proved river flow could be increased using boat propellers.
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In a bar, is that not against their religion?
Iran is a country, not a religion.
Seen many non-muslim Iranians lately?
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Whatever they do, I hope it does not become as it was before the army took over. That was truly a disaster with sunbeds and umbrellas everywhere.
Notice the boards in the picture are not made by the tourists, but by Thais simply asking the tourists to hold them for the photo. Maybe they got a free ice cream for their help? (The handwriting is the same one both boards).
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We strongly protest why can't we get a free land so we can, also, sell it, hock it pawn it, or
turn it over to some rich developers as soon as we get it for some paltry sums and
buy a mobile phone and a pick up ?.....
and you would know that how ?? Not everyone would act the same as you
It seems to happen quite often according to the news. Poor people get some land free or cheap, on which they are to farm or run some sort of small business. They instead sell it to someone rich. Eventually it is found out that the rich guy built something illegal on the land that was intended as farm land or similar for the poor, and that was not to be sold or transferred.
Anyway, I have no problem with distributing available farmland to the poor, if they are truly poor, but I do not think they should be given any title deed, as there is a good chance they will simply sell it as described above. Instead let them rent it long term for a small/symbolic amount, and make it clear in the rental agreement, that it cannot be sold, transferred, subleased or similar.
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Several Thai property funds / REITs on the SET give around 7-8% dividend yield and are generally very stable (no guarantee obviously). I am guessing that is what you (OP) are looking at.
There is no capital gains tax in Thailand, but you will have to pay 10% withholding tax on the dividend yield. However, if you have no other income in Thailand, and we are only talking a few million baht investment, then you can apply for most or all the withholding tax to be returned to you by filing a tax return at the revenue department.
Yes, you can transfer the money abroad, both your initial investment and your profit.
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"Originally the land was being reserved for farmers by the Agricultural Land Reform Office but somehow a title deed was issued for a housing estate instead."
I am willing to help clarify the "somehow" part. "Somehow" covers an official at the land office, and he will be easy to identify, as his name is on the title deed.
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Maybe the many swimmers who are at risk of getting hit by jetskis could also be issued safety gear such as helmets and wests and of course an insurance in case their head damages the jetski.
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Well, hopefully many pet owners will read this and learn a lesson. While the resort owner may have exaggerated a bit, I fully understand his anger, especially with the "mai ben rai" attitude most people have here and the lack of action by the authorities with regards to neighbour disputes.
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He also demanded the EU to consider Thailand’s efforts in addressing the problem in a fair and transparent manner without prejudice and in line with the real situation in Thailand.
Demanded? Ummm, I suspect any demands will be ignored considering their history. The real situation in Thailand is it's problem of 'Thainess' and they are soon to learn that the west doesn't atone to their ideologies of mai pen rai on all critical issues such as human rights abuses, slavery, human trafficking and so forth.
Transparency is not possible in a country that corrupt to the core and where people are ruled under the threat of violence or imprisonment on the whim of the elite.
EU said on Tuesday that it denounced Thailand’s shortcomings in its fisheries monitoring, control and sanctioning systems and concluded that Thailand is not doing enough. To avoid the ban, Thailand must “implement a tailor-made action plan to drive illegal fishing out of its waters within the next six months, said EU.
That's a bit worrying ... The Thais are actually pretty adept at coming up with action plans; they have one for everything but unfortunately appear incapable of implementing said plans. What the EU needs to do is to insist on a plan that will be followed up with measurable achievements; anything less than this would be a farce.
The facts remain ... Thailand was issued T3 from the US and this is NOT the first time the EU has asked Thailand to take action. As usual the only thing the Thai gov can do is throw a fit and act like babies; yeah it's just not fair and I want my rattle back.
This attitude won't get them anywhere and if sanctions are imposed the billions lost will certainly be felt and to many this is the only way to force the Thai gov into any type of real action. Of course they could take the usual Thai stance in that they are the greatest nation on earth and don't need any type of foreign contact, business or otherwise. Alas for the educated they will know that in the real world most economies rely on exports and foreign investment in order to survive.
The way that Prayut governs with the mindset of a scorned bar-girl, I dont feel much hope for Thailand as long as he's in power.
I don't think this has anything to do with Prayuth specifically. This was an issue long before Prayuth became PM, and nothing was done then either. It is more a matter of Thainess - hiding/forgetting the problem, instead of solving it. Something most Thai leaders at all levels are exceptionally good at.
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One day Thailand might realise that simply forgetting about problems does not solve them, and that the modern world (the west) does not accept the Thai way of "solving" problems. In short "mai ben rai" is not an accepted solution in the west.
But as always, I suspect Thailands focus will be on complaining to the EU about unfair treatment and punishing whoever dares publish these news. In 6 months, nothing will have been done to address the actual problem, and the EU ban will be enforced. Then everyone from the PM down will scrable to find some emergency solution, just like what recently happened in the airline industry.
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Suvarnabhumi says Chinese allowed to play cards at airport
Why only Chinese?
To be fair, it doesn't say "only" Chinese
High-rise buildings in Bangkok resistant to earthquake
in Thailand News
Posted · Edited by monkeycountry
You cannot compare a 4.0 and a 7.8 earthquake. The latter is almost 10.000 times more powerful and will do much more damage in 30 secs than a 4.0 can do in a week.