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20 hours ago, Srikcir said:

It is also four additional years of interest on the loan Prayut took from China (and other Thai/Chinese investors where applicable) to build the project.

• The overall cost will be upwards of 300 billion baht ($9.9 billion), equivalent to 2% of the size of Thailand’s economy in 2017. https://tdri.or.th/en/2019/03/will-thailands-chinese-high-speed-railway-be-worth-it/

In January 2015, the Chinese Government announced plans to provide loans to the Government Thailand for railway construction. Several options were offered, such as a 100 billion Baht loan through the Bank of China at an interest rate of 3% and a repayment period of 20 years, and a 2 billion Baht loan through an unnamed bank at an interest rate of 2.9% and a repayment period of 2.9%. https://china.aiddata.org/projects/38130/

• In 2015 the Bank of Thailand policy rate was about 1.5%. https://app.bot.or.th/BTWS_STAT/statistics/BOTWEBSTAT.aspx?reportID=223&language=ENG

Academics raised issues of default on the project but under Article 44 the NCPO junta government of PM Prayut under its absolute power authority bypassed such reviews.

 

 

With that amount of debt,, If Thailand defaults on it, China will probably take over Thailand's Economy, OR, Thailand itself !
Remember Hambanthota Port in Sri Lanka, which is now leased to China on a 99 year lease, because of Sri Lanca's inability to keep up with the repayments  ?

TIT  !

17 hours ago, nobodysfriend said:

 

No seat for them .

They will not .

In the end they not care about what reputation they have in the world ... as long as the leaders in Thailand ... stay in their position .

No change wanted here .

I thought that,  that is what ALL  Authoritarian Regime leaders are supposed to do, though  ?

There are 195 countries in the world, of which 40 % or 78 countries are RHD and drive on the LHS of the road !

There are 195 countries in the world, of which 60 % or 117 countries are LHD and drive on the RHS of the road !

So is Elon giving up on the RHD Sector, {and leaving it to BYD ?}

It seems a little strange, since, the Largest Population in the world, is now INDIA and once the preserve of the British Raj, and is RHD.

India is developing FAST and will soon get rid of its ricketty Tuk-Tuks {Sam-Lors}  !

So is Elon, relying on the forthcoming Robo-taxis, for it's future income  ?

I've done my share of driving, and getting Taxis, in Bangkok  !
Now I live in the NE, where to get to the local village { 3 / 4 miles away}, I use a Motor-cycle !

I passed by the BYD Service Centre a while ago  !

Looks like they're up and running  !

So, What to do Lah  ?

BTW, I'm a Newbie here  !   I've only been here 25 years  !

I think there is a NEED on ALL platforms, for a "FACT-CHECKING",  A I Algorithm, to be used on ALL posts, in Whatever Media is used  !
This Algorithm can inspect EVERY post for FACTUALITY and comment on the post, INSTANTLY, whether it is accepted for publication or not  !

It is NOT censoring the post, but allowing TRUE facts to be stated  !

Elon Musk please note  !

"A more aggressive strategy would seek to punish, defeat, and reestablish effective deterrence with the Kremlin. Vladimir Putin is a mobster, and Western thinking should acknowledge this."".

About time the Politicians got off their FAT A$$E%, in Europe, and pretended that they had BALLS  !

On 7/6/2024 at 7:02 AM, dinsdale said:

Should never had happened in the 1st place. Only one way to elect the Senate and that's through a national election with no stupid stipulations about who can run. The Senate is for the people and should be voted for by the people.

""no stupid stipulations about who can run. ""

I agree generally, apart from your statement identified here  !
EVERYBODY should have their ""Proper Qualifications"" shown !

It's no use placing people in positions in which they do NOT have a clue about the subject concerned  !
i/e/ You would not want someone sitting on the Economy Committee, if they only had a Cashier's experience at a Mom and Pop shop !

23 hours ago, Gsxrnz said:

Follow the West's solution to the economic impact of a declining birth rate - encourage mass unchecked immigration from Africa and India.

 

Nothing could possibly go wrong. 

Follow Russia's proposed New Law, Jail time if childless couples do NOT have children  !
This was proposed by a Senator in the State Duma, who is a Single male, and Childless !

7 hours ago, KhaoNiaw said:

What questions have you asked your own sources? 
How many Ukrainian citizens have you talked to?
Have you talked to Ukrainian citizens in different parts of the country?
Why do you consider yourself more educated on these topic than others? What questions have you asked your own sources? 

Do you follow Konstantin Samilov, on Youtube's  ""Inside Russia"", you should  !
He's a Senior Economist, who fled Russia, just after the start of the war, along with 1.7 million other professionals, who have now left Russia permanently  !
He tells it like it is, from all of his contacts in Russia, and by reading the actual information that is published by the Government  !

And it doesn't sound good  !

3 hours ago, JonnyF said:

 

A load of Woke nonsense.

 

Men have a penis.

 

Women have a vagina.

 

Sue me.  

 

 

What about the Hermaphrodites who have both Male AND Female attributes  !
Of the World population 0.018 %  is Hermaphrodite, a rare condition, { but amounts to 1,440,000 persons }.  

Except in S. Africa, where it is THE MOST COMMON Intersex condition  !
{ https://www.sciencedirect.com }

"First Place in South East Asia"  !   Great, but only Third pace in Asia  { ? }, after Taiwan, and Nepal  ?  ?  ?

Any-one got a Map  ?

22 hours ago, NE1 said:

Can't see the Environmental concerns getting in the way making money.

It's a good way of getting NEW Resevoirs and Nature attractions built

13 hours ago, Chomper Higgot said:

I wonder what his Saudi Arabian co-investors think of this?

They are the ones who are pushing for it  !

Stay Clean

Stu  xx

4 hours ago, OneMoreFarang said:

Maybe the title should be: Land for sale with a heap of rubble.

 

 

It is WORTH what someone is willing to pay for it  !
One might ask, what other adjacent Property / Land, the prospective buyer, also owns  !

2 hours ago, spidermike007 said:

And those are the legal business interests, we really don't know the extent of the illegal business interests that these generals are involved in. Drug running, human trafficking, prostitution, gambling, etc. The list likely goes on and on. The Thai army is not exactly a paragon of integrity, and there is no question about the fact that they're not sufficiently policed! 

For a full expose, I suggest you read "Bangkok 8"" by John Burdett, plus his follow up books  !

3 hours ago, TallGuyJohninBKK said:

Looks like the source was an article today in the Bangkok Post.

 

Can't quote or link to BKK Post articles on the forum, per forum rules.... But AI can.

 

"16. The Bangkok Post, Khaosod, Pattaya Mail and the Phuket News do not allow quotes from their news articles or other material to appear on ASEAN NOW."

 

https://aseannow.com/forum_rules/

 

However, what the original source actually reported is a bit different from the OP here.

 

The original source only quoted a Google guy as saying that in 2023, they saw a significant surge in financial fraud scams in Singapore, Thailand and India. There's no talk in the Post report of any kind of top countries ranking.

 

 

How many times do we have to check, double check, triple back check, before we can be certain that we are reading a True Bona Fide source of CORRECT Information  ?

10 hours ago, dinsdale said:

Making an F1 street circuit in Bangkok would not be an easy task. Not only does a track need to be set out there also needs to be space for the pits and grandstands. Apart from that having a street circuit means massive disruption to traffic in the area for a couple weeks. Maybe out near Savanabhumi Airport. I would be very interested to see a plan of where it would be but something tells me as it is they have no idea. Reality is though that the F1 world circuit is full and to break into it is not easy. 

........... and down the Sukhumvit straight,  left at Tong Lor, .............

3 hours ago, hotchilli said:

Maybe they're just passing through?

“Our study found the giant bee migrates to Thailand in March and leaves in July. But if the temperatures on high mountains aren’t cold enough, they might not come back.”

The buzz around here is that the Government should install Cave Cooling Plant {CCP}, to encourage them to stay just that  little bit longer  !

3 hours ago, JonnyF said:

 

Nobody hates him for leaving. His choice. No problem.

 

It's the lies, the whingeing, the hypocrisy and the backstabbing of his own flesh and blood that most of us dislike.

 

Good riddance to the toerag. The fact that Meghan left with him is like killing 2 birds with 1 stone. I only hope that the US do not revoke his visa for lieing about his extensive class A drug use on the application. 

If the USA does revoke his Visa, Does that mean he will become Stateless  ?  ?  
DCB  !  { Don't Come Back  ! }

21 hours ago, GammaGlobulin said:

 

Yes, and I think it might be both difficult and expensive to heat in the winter, during the Cold Season here.

 

The construction seems to lack insulation.

 

 

 

 

Just remember Jim Thomson's house { or Houses }, it will be similarly a Souvenir shop and an Historic Venue  !

7 hours ago, retarius said:

An article without merit. Biden could have simply reinstated Trump's executive order than be abolished on Day 1 of his tenure. He is not doing this to give himself an, admittedly weak, answer to the Republicans' horror at his letting in illegals, even those on watch lists who may be feature in future terror strikes. Biden and the Democrats strategy is to bring in millions of illegal aliens, then to pass local legislation allowing them to vote, hoping they will overwhelmingly vote Democrat. How about simply governing in the interests pod all the country Joe? 

In this day and age of AI and Electronic Money supply coming into being, and the ability to shut down anyone's Bank Account, if they so much as breathe incorrectly.

It seems an Obvious Solution to institute an Electronic Green Card System, wherein Immigrants are admitted, { having previously brought all the necessary documentation, to the Border Control }.

These immigrants are admitted, on the proviso of constant reporting to Immigration centres, { monthly or 3 Monthly }. so that their Green Cards can be updated, with work situations achieved, and residences acquired  !

If after 12 Months { or other permitted period }, Employment has NOT been found, the Green Card, can instruct them to attend an Immigration Centre, or Freeze their Green Card, or any other Sanction, deemed necessary  !
If ALL else fails they can be Deported, and their Green Card { which they keep }, will show this  !

Immigration can ALWAYS, back check, should they return to a border Crossing  !

4 hours ago, mfd101 said:

Depopulate or perish.

That's right  !

If we get rid of 90% of the population, then the rest of what's left of the population, can start again  !
But Hang on  !  Isn't Hunting and Gathering doing just the same  ?
Our population will grow { in say 10,000 years } and the can will have been kicked FAR down the road, and we won't have to worry any more  !

Sound's like a PLAN  !

Now where did I put that Nuclear Bomb  ?  ?

2 hours ago, Denim said:

 

Those top end super cars are extremely complicated and expensive to repair. The owner might not bother when he finds out how much it will cost to put things right now that it is banged up and has been submerged in water.

 

I watch a guy called Samcrac on you tube who buy right offs like these and tries to ' flip ' them ( repair and resell ) . Massive headache and not always possible as the electronic parts cost a fortune.

See also Tavarish, and his FLOOD submerged, McLaren.

He got many parts cheaper, but still cost $US thousands  !