daiwill60

So what will the Airforce and the Navy do with their planes? - or will we have to wait whilst they carry out their important military flights without notice?

I see no mention of a rail link - just the prospect of another 3 to 4 years of road works as local routes are upgraded.

Development - big hotels, air planes landing all right next to the Thai military arsenals and the Petro-Chemical Industries biggest installations - boy they really know how to get all the ingredients together for a major air disaster!

It would be ironic if Laos airlines were to use the place - At least they will have a lovely long runway, built with the aid of the US so that B52s could take off with a full bomb payload and drop them indiscriminately upon the Plain of Jars and other scenic parts of Laos....

It will just be a joint-use (military and commercial) airport like it already is, but the commercial share will increase. Military and commercial aircraft will use the runaway but there will be different aircraft ramp parking and hangars. Lots of major and minor joint-use airports around the world. Heck, Don Muaeng Airport Bangkok has been like that forever.

You will notice that it is already known as U-tapao International , this is because commercial flights to / from Russia have been operating in and out of there for quite some time already.

Why does the Thai navy own an airport?

Because they can't get a submarine?

That's like asking why do Navy's have aircraft carriers , isn't it ? and yes Thailand does have one of them.

I've always thought the BIB were the "missing link".

As in the knuckle dragging kind.

You are worse than the Thai government with your acronym. What is a BIB?

Huh , A senior member on TVN does not yet understand probably the most widespread acronym in use on TVN yet?

BIB = Boys In Blue, ( the police ) maybe it is just a British thing as Police in the UK are often referred to as BIB due to the Uniforms of past and Blue flashing lights etc etc .

Though it may be confusing to some as in Thailand the BIB are never seen wearing blue uniforms , though they do wear a sort of sh*tt* sort of brown colour in some cases or Black. So BIB could still be referred to them in its usage as an acronym I guess.

Hope that helps

simple , his kick stand was down, this can not happen on a Honda as bike wont sart with the stand down...

Aha! A logical well reasoned comment on TVN, don't see many of them on subjects like this.

Yes, it meant the bike stand remained extended in its parking position when it should have been retracted into its riding position before riding off, it did not mean the stand had been lengthened??

That is one good thing about Hondas , and a bloody good thing too. I on many occasions years ago had a Suzuki and was constantly forgetting to put the stand up , and yes caused me to have a few wobbly moments and on 1 occasion a smash too.

Yes and no doubt the same is happening in respect to the Koh Tao murders. The British Government has no excuse however. I wonder what the Austrailan Government would do if it were their citizens , apparently they don't pussy foot and khaowtaow to diplomatic courtesies if Oz citizens are affectd by lawlessness and or corruption over here. As said previously, UK Diplomatic corps , NO BALLS

students cant fail a degree, is this correct? whats the point of having one then? it would mean nothing apart from student managed to pay for course for four years

Unfortunately yes, for some courses in some universities This is a major problem. I was at a seminar recently and the speaker reported that employers in Thailand lament the fat that "many Thai graduates don't know anything". This no fail policy must change, especially at university level. Unfortunately, too much money and palms are greased for this to effectively happen. And it's not just private universities involved too.

I am working in a University currently, which is regarded as a top academic producer of referenced research papers.

Now , I am not sure whether what I am experiencing here also relates to the main University campus in BKK, but in the campus I work in, which it must be said is also very new and still under construction, some of the subjects being undertaken and tested on during the end of term tests, include:-

Petanque ( Boules ) , Table Tennis , Golf and Karaoke.

In the Karaoke test this week, one question as follows was included in the test:- Which of the following is the lead singer of Carabao? A B C D E

Kind of just about sums it up really , doesn't it.

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

Does this mean they will stop dumping garbage from Bangkok into the Gulf which then washes back onto the south facing beaches after every storm event?

Will they do anything about air pollution in the area?

I have helped students at both Payap U.and Chiang Mai U. with some studies. I have been amazed by the large number of students that will copy something directly from a source without citing it. Additionally I have found that cheating in exams is rampant. Teachers do nothing about it. Students will even text answers to each other in the classroom during tests. As with what has been said here , I did ask a few Thai teachers (university level) concerning these matters. The answers were it doesn't matter , they would still have to pass them. That is the truth about "some" of the problems with the Thai educational system. Additionally I have had extreme difficulty in having a conversation with three separate Thai English teachers , they were unable to understand the content of my sentences while discussing some of these matters. It took several attempts at and the use of several different words to have a small polite exchange , even though they were the English teachers......for what it is worth ( But as a side note I have found that the Burmese students have a far greater comprehension of English)

Remember how the system wakes up when placed into the international limelight? Aviation, fishing, immigrants/refugees...

Should the World be told, Thai Education runs on a 'no-fail' policy...

Yes, and pointing out at the same time that the no fail failures are allowed to make / repair cars , build motorways and bridges, service aviation, and possibly in the near future will also be allowed to build and be required to service high speed rail networks too. Scary isn't it ?

“The students nowadays fail because they just don't give a shit about studying and reading and they know that if most of the class fail, the whole class will still pass to the next course and finally graduate. Why? Coz you can't fail students in this country and make them repeat classes,” Wright said in the post.

The problem of the Thai education system in a nutshell.

"That's it in a nut shell!" I was going to say that! It's bloody ridiculous and reflects poorly on the country as a whole.

They 'couldn't give a shit' often translates to:

They turn up late, often very late for class, often miss all morning of a full day classes or all afternoon. Excuses like 'had to go with my sister to pick up her new car' and even lamer excuses.

Plus the lecturer has to keep telling many again and again to stop talking and listen.

Plus many lecturers now stop and approach one of the talkers and say 'what did I just say?' The response is 'I don't know'. Often with arrogance.

Cheating in exams still abounds even though if caught they are removed from the room with an automatic F (which at my university is changed to I (Incomplete) and they can sit again. I refuse to conduct an extra exam for these students, many lecturers do the same.)

Plus continuous talking or texting on their mobile phone. I now go through the ritual at the start of every class:

- Up to 5 minutes late you can join the class, over 5 minutes late cannot enter the room. Under 80% overall attendance cannot sit for exams.

- Tell the whole class to turn their mobiles completely off and put their phone on the desk in front of them and phone cannot be touched. Phones that ring I confiscate, and they get it back at the end of the week. Many lecturers are doing the same thing.

And we still have students who try to demand they should be allowed to join lectures conducted in English because they got A or B for grammar at high school but their conversation / comprehension skills are zero.

Pretty much sounds the same as the Uni I am working in .

There is a certain irony to this story , as only this morning I was driving past the IRPC industrial zone only to see a horrifying amount of acrid fumes bellowing out of one their stacks at the plant.

Strange thing that the guy mentions he cannot listen to music , seems an irrelevant point, in view of just losing his wife.

RIP to the lady.

They served alcohol in the police car? OMG!!

he was in the back of the car , probably had the booze on him already in his robes or bag , there was no need to search a monk you offer a lift to, when observed to be drinking they did something about it.

How many have you had before you made this stupid thoughtless irrelevant reply to this post, in the usual TVN style that yourself and many others on here seem to have, apart from no other reason but just post in order to just be able to say something, regardless of its relevance ????

As many are commenting on the loss of wheel nuts as a result of tyres being shot out, have you thought that maybe he may have hit a kerb after the tyre was blown??

Secondly, why did the BIB need to shoot out the tyre anyway, considering he had already hit a kerb and lost one tyre. would he have been that difficult to catch in reality, only riding on 3 wheels, or was it a case of 3 wheels on my wagon and I'm still rolling along ........https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5vLhcg_FU9g

​For those of you who don't know this,Tabaco as originally used an a horse liniment,untell some idot found you can smoke it and it will calm you.Problem is they never under stode the down side of it.

Where on earth did you get this little fact from , where is the link?

And who are these farang companies to tell us what to do?

P. Morris has little chance of winning a case in Thailand, unless the deciding person is a short time to live, paid off member of the Marlboro man club.

Shakespeare reaches Thailand , but neither of these two have reached out to their two joint brain cells

You forgot to mention that they would rather piss up against a coconut tree than to walk 10 meters to a toilet !

From what pathetic cultural test tube did you arise where men would think to walk 10 meters to some smelly loo rather than stand behind a convenient tree for a piss?

The tree isnt necessary from what I see by me, just whip it out and anyplace will do even seen it at gas stations right next to the bog..............funny never see the women do it though?

Well actually , I saw a woman recently walking along a main road , who just stopped, pulled up her dress ( no Knickers) and just squatted there and then , luckily I did not see if she did number 1 or 2 , as I was driving by. I think she was actually a bit Maow or Simple looking at her manner etc

But you can trust forecasts about Good weather in the land of happiness .

So when we see more Thai Met forecasts "online" , presuming they will not all be forecasting good weather in reality, are we to believe them or not ??? That is the 64,000,000 baht question.

Funny thing is they actually believe their own BS

Actually they don't but they do believe that if they say it with a serious face to anyone who is thai, the Thai is obliged to pretend that they believe every word......especially if they are socially inferior...

yes indeed , because they want to spread happiness across the land. KHAOW JAI MAI?

Note there was no mention of the fact that under Thai law no person may operate such a craft without a Thai Captains licence. So effectively the officials allow operators and tourists to break the law ... and yes all to make sure the MONEY keeps on flowing.

I wonder if any Thai official can spell the word ... FARCE

Or French or Dutch officials ??? also argreeing to these proposals???

What a load of BS on all parts.

I have never had a problem with these pirates in Hua Hin or Rayong ( koh samed ) so why is it that these t**ts get away with it or feel the need to do it in places that are obviously more lucrative in the fact that there are greater tourist punters? Greed that is the only reason!!

Actually, one would have thought that years ago, after the death of Kirsty McColl ( a famous European pop star) something would have been done sooner. But, hey, only now that tourist numbers are dropping and that Thailand as a tourist attraction is visible on the internet, is something actually being done. Even if it is still slowly and half heartedly, but hey again, TIT. Same same with Son Kran traffic accidents, --- ok until next year again .

Demolishing bridges stops flooding? New one on me !!!!. Clearing and opening and creating new channels may be more realistic in achieving what needs to be done. Doh !!!!!

Didn't anyone learn anything from what happened in Bkk and other nearby areas in 2011?

Maybe they could get the Navy in Sattahip to start up a few ships to force the water away from Pattaya and Jomtien, to create more space in the sea to accommodate the fluvial waters????.

Soz, Guys, Just a totally late at night random thought process, after a few beers, but I do not get paid loads of tea money to think like this, so who cares ????

But however, some in control of such matters do get paid tea money maak maak, I suspect, to come up with such obvious ( cough !! ) solutions without, one suspects needing a few beers to come up with such amazingly radical solutions to such problems. 5555

Will they all have to do a Thai Culture course before the proceedings begin, in order to understand Thainess and reduce the chance of offending anyone by telling them what they really think??? Of course , each member will have to foot the bill for each course.

I do not get this at all. Thai academics are readjusted / imprisoned for voicing an opinion. Will all these foreign academics be given a "pay 200 bucks fine or go to jail card, or even better a "Get out of jail free card," before being allowed by their respective institutions to attend the talks.

Surely these lethal unripened fruit deserve to carry a penalty if they are sold, after all we all know how dangerous they can be in the wrong hands.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zt5FQ4uMj_k

A truly Pythonesque reaction to a non - problem