BobbyL

As I said in another thread, the pubs (or should we call them restaurants) on Suk 33/1 were all open, all serving booze and all packed on the weekend. I was very surprised to see it. 

Seems like these types of venues are all back to normal now. 

The fact that this country actually has an Anti - Corruption Committee is just laughable. 

An already socially distance culture, common use of masks due to high pollution, strict rules enforced and generally followed, the weather and climate has been the main factors. Add in some serious luck too with all the Chinese tourists still arriving up until late February. 

If you look at the countries around Thailand they are the norm, not the anomaly. 'Decades long effort' is completely false. 

That seems a realistic estimate, unlike some of the nonsense we have heard from people like the Tourism Minister. 

Not really wanted to comment on anything relating to these things in America, however this seems like it is now getting out of hand.

The video I saw showed the man sleeping before resisting arrest, using physical force against the officers and finally steal their taser and then point it at them. I don't agree with the gun laws in that country at all, however what he did certainly did not show someone that was supposedly, ''never presented himself as a threat," "never displayed any aggressive behavior" and "did not pose an immediate threat of death or serious physical injury."

You have got to hand it to him, the man is a classic wind up merchant. He must sit there and laugh after making some of the comments in the article. 

This whole charade absolutely epitomises this government and Thai 'politics' to a tee. I use the word 'politics' very loosely. 

The man is a convicted international class A drug smuggler and has also been found to have fake qualifications. Yet he will most likely remain a government minister. 

It is the sort of thing you would see in a satirical comedy, yet here it is actually real. Farcical. 

I wouldn't expect much to come of this. Airbus pulled out pretty sharpish and although not necessarily connected, having a near bankrupt national carrier in THAI does not look good. 

Then add in all the other issues in terms of unstable politics, health and safety standards, worker skills etc and any proper company doing their due diligence would walk away from this EEC 'hub' project. 

Why is nothing ever done to start to correct these abhorrent stats? 69 people in one day is utterly unbelievable. It is like a daily terrorist attack in its numbers. 

This guy just epitomises everything that is wrong about this current government. 

55 minutes ago, NoComment said:

 

The great Kingdom of Thailand can survive quite happily without China. The tech is here, the workers are here, the factories, shipping is here and the money is here.

 

Sadly, I think we all know that isn't the case. Thailand has been unable to become anything other than mediocre (apart from tourism). Can it survive? Of course. Can it develop and thrive? No. 

Despite being a country perfectly positioned in Asia and not decimated by war in this generation (e.g - Korea, Japan, Vietnam, Cambodia, Burma etc), they have shown that they cannot create an economy based around any form of innovation and technology with skilled workers. 

Unfortunately, I believe Thailand needs China. 

The shocking annual cull on the roads here. Nothing at all has been put in place to try and lower this abhorrent statistic.