daiwill

This may not be about restricting and tracking visitors to a country in which there is a political uprising. 

In the meantime in a land not very far away....

https://www.channelnewsasia.com/asia/vietnam-end-covid-19-curbs-international-flights-feb-15-2495541?fbclid=IwAR3kV215w0vC-umrojbLEyaLK_ca_ONVeUKyPux6aedaWXoTi-ei_ZxEyhY

It's from The Scum newspaper, so totally unbelievable.

On 5/6/2018 at 4:26 PM, natway09 said:

There are so many smart people in the world including those that invented plastic in the first place , I do not believe they cannot come up with a suitable biodegradable plastic ....... just laziness & money

but they have , and it just ain't catching on, probably because of the petro chem giants, and their blocking everything environmentally friendly power. 

I think fact #5 needs reviewing. only  2 million bags world wide everyday, Really ????  At least that many in 7/11 across Thailand alone, probably!!

enhance the understanding of foreigners and protect their rights as road users under Thai laws. 
What rights do foreigners have have if a druken or yabba fuelled numpty drives into the back of , or pulls out in front of , or turns across the path of an oncoming foreigner? None.

awareness of specific risks on the road unique to Thailand, and recaps on internationally recognised driving standards.
Really? Thailand has the same standards as other international driving standards ? I don'y think so. not when I have observed Thai driving tests .

the partnership has helped kick start three initiatives that include the production of a 45-minute English language instructional video, covering road traffic laws, road usage, techniques for driving safely and driving etiquette. This is a part of the Thai driving test for foreign nationals.
What about the same being applied to Thai drivers then? I didn't do a car driving test as I ahd a UK car driving licence and as it didn't include a motor bike licence ai had to drive a bike around a school yard in the same fashion ( less so actually) than my schoolday cycling profficiency test at the age of 11 years old.

Last year, five per cent of total casework of the Bangkok Embassy’s consular department involved providing assistance to British people involved in road accidents. 
What about the other 95%, what about the fact that Rayong is the highest in Thailand for annual road deaths, not so many foreigners there, really??? So it must be Thais who are responsible for figures being so high there.

The top five provinces for road traffic accidents involving British people are Surat Thani, Phuket, Chiang Mai, Chon Buri (Pattaya) and Bangkok.

"Yesterday, the Ministry of Commerce responded that it would investigate the matter. If the vendor is found guilty of overcharging customers, she could face up to seven years in prison and/or up to a fine of THB100,000." 

That'll be the last we hear about that then???

Oh! by the way, who the hell is the token farang in the picture?

On 12/21/2017 at 5:34 PM, djayz said:

So, should the drivers post these video clips while driving? 

 

All joking aside, of all the dumb nonsense I've read over the years, this article takes the biscuit! 

"Traffic eyes", yet another "campaign", installing cameras to "protect" you and "holding hands"! 

 

The mind boggles under such juvenile, moronic crap. 

 

Nothing, and I mean nothing, will ever change until 1) the police get a good kick up the ar*e and crack down on traffic offenders and 2) harsh(er) fines are handed down to all who ignore the rules of the road. 

 

Campaigns, holding hands, etc. is pointless. The longer they wait to fix this problem, the longer it'll take to actually solve it. 

 

Accidents happen but some accidents can be avoided. 

Thinking you should have maybe capitalised "ALL who ignore"... 

On 12/20/2017 at 8:13 PM, Thian said:

“If your clips lead to the arrests of traffic law violators for legal action, you will receive a certificate of honour from the first vice NLA president (Mr Surachai) plus a cash reward,” Dr Taejing said.

 

So the police still sits in their tents and is waiting for video's to be sent to them...they are soo lazy and still get away with it plus paid of course.

But if they are a HiSo caught on camera , it would still be irrelevant anyway...

30 minutes ago, Kieran00001 said:

What happened to Libya?  On the last World Atlas list they had Libya at a rate double that of Thailand's, this time they are not even on the list, and it is only a matter of months between the lists being released, its difficult to imagine that Libya has turned things around so dramatically, seems more likely they have not submitted their statistics and remain at the top.

 

Maybe there are no cars left to drive in Libya, due to the on going unrest there.

14 hours ago, xylophone said:

Brainless individuals??

 

Why.............because just about everyone who lives here know that the BIB are corrupt, from the shop owners to the beer bar owners who fill the monthly envelopes, to those who have had monetary demands made of them at immigration or who know folk who have, and the cases of others who build on Government land and are allowed to get away with it.

 

So for those up the chain to express surprise at this event means they think they are fooling the general public by their innocent response BUT they are fooling no-one, however they are stupid enough to think they are. Mindless morons.

Bang on , I reckon.  It is all just a temporary show, basically, in order to remind the less powerful, less influential, lower ranks know where the pecking order begins and finishes.

same as the smoking of tobaccos in Vietnam in many places.

Where and what is the problem?

Get a grip on your neighbour's habits  Thailand , especially as you want more chinese and other ASEAN tourists .

You started the process of wanting more ASEAN visitors!!

Funny they aint seeking extradition of Mr Redbull in the same fashion, being as they have an extradition treaty with the UK.

Indeed, I am sure that is what it means,  but the report says they were arrested based on CCTV, not on 2 people leaving a hotel. 

 "investigated the scene and applied for arrest warrants based on the hotel’s CCTV footage".  Did the CCTV show any crime being commited, other than leaving a hotel in the early hours.

I am just commenting on the report wording. 

3 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

Language teacher and his friend arrested for gang rape

By Wichit Meesawat 
The Nation

 

 

Two Cameroon men were arrested on Thursday for allegedly gang raping a Thai woman in a hotel room in Ubon Ratchathani’s Muang district last week.

 

The 25-year-old suspect identified only as Carauwas was apprehended at noon at a Kalasin school where he worked as an English-language teacher, said Muang Ubon Ratchathani police inspector Pol Lt-Colonel Bowornsak Khamrangsi, who led the operation.

 

The suspect’s compatriot, William Inkokumokoko, also 25, was arrested later.

 

The Ubon Ratchathani Court issued arrest warrants for the pair following a 24-year-old victim’s complaint to police on Friday. She said she had gone clubbing on Thursday night and then went to meet Carauwas, her boyfriend of four months, at a hotel room at about 4am on Friday.

 

Carauwas and his friend were in the room when she arrived. She said the two men raped her and she later was able to push them off the bed and ran out of the room before alerting police at about 5am.

 

The men had fled the hotel by the time police arrived. Police investigated the scene and applied for arrest warrants based on the hotel’s CCTV footage.

 

Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/detail/breakingnews/30327932

 

-- © Copyright The Nation 2017-9-28

The men had fled the hotel by the time police arrived. Police investigated the scene and applied for arrest warrants based on the hotel’s CCTV footage.   
Come on Guys,  is there CCTV in bedrooms now?

On 9/8/2017 at 4:21 PM, Ridge said:

How long have you been here mate ?

Long enough to realise that there will always be someone who questions how long someone has been in Thailand, when they make a very tongue in cheek comment on TVN.   But if you really need to know then more than 6 years.

HUH?  He was wanted on another warrant issued only just over 2 weeks previous to his arrest this week?  Good to see the BiB keeping a close eye on things.   And why only a 4000 Thb fine for dealing class 1 drugs?

2 hours ago, wotaplonker said:

305 baht a day ???  is that in some squalid thai brothel/massage place in the villages out in the sticks?

where are they getting that figure from?

 

in pattaya soi honey/+other massage parlour areas, gals get 1000 baht for 'full' service +200 for the actual massage

i dont know if the ladies have to give any of their 'service' fee to the boss, but even if they gave 25% of their 'service' payment

2 customers daily would give them 1500 baht a day, in soi chayiapoon ive seem gals get as many as 4 or 5 customers a day 

 

a popular massage lady can get many 'returnees' if they give a good service and earn quite a pocketful of baht a month,

 

if thai girls go to India they will be pretty desperate as to be frank every thai gal ive ever spoken to, when asked the question

say they dislike Indian men

 

Absolutely bang on ,  many Thai bar girls earn far more than a government school farang English teacher.  Where did they get those figures from???

Look at the state of that winscreen , more cracks than a Pattaya whorehouse. 

"Why were teens taking this option and not doing regular jobs?"

Probably because they can make more money for themselves rather than some unscrupulous, under paying employer.  

This method maybe is becoming an issue because it cuts out the middle man as it were, after all it doesn't seem to be a problem per say, when they work in bars.

On 7/21/2017 at 11:56 AM, brewsterbudgen said:

It would be nice but freedom of movement within ASEAN has never been likely.

Think you will find that this was only meant to apply to citizens of fellow ASEAN states, a bit like the freedom of movement, employment and settlement between EU member states.

It still hasn't really happened in the ASEAN states though, as we see with the restrictions of jobs that foreigners can do in Thailand, and trying to transfer money between the ASEAN countries, which can be done, but with difficulty and many restrictions and barriers (stated from my current experience in Vietnam).

I wonder if I would get this much attention in the media or lifts from the police if the same had happened to me ???