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I predict that within 5 years of completion (assuming it ever gets completed) it will have become an eyesore due to a total lack of maintenance.

Total BS.   Too many aspects of this make no sense whatsoever.

The RTP are just to lazy to spend time sorting out the death of a foreigner, or have been paid off to end it.  Just how much money was 'transfered' anyway?
 

21 hours ago, yellowboat said:

"PRIME MINISTER Prayut Chan-o-cha has urged law enforcement to take tough action against people carrying out illegal activities in retaliation for the amendment to the Computer Crime Act that was recently approved by the National Legislative Assembly."

 

A bunch of appointed YES men approved a draconian law and now it wants to enforce it.  It sounds like modern day Thailand.  These things did not happen during Yinglucks time in office.  Compared to the good general, she looking better and better.

I despise Yingluck,  Thaksin and his sycophantic followers, but I would rather have them in power than these military idiots.   At least under the Phua Thai, when the people finally woke up and smelled the coffee, they could vote the Shins out.   With this lot, there is no way out, short of a civil war, and that may yet come.
 

"learnt the tricks of being a doctor on the internet."

Oh my.  I wonder how many other 'doctors' (especially at these mall and street corner clinics) learned their 'tricks of being a doctor' on the internet?

You can trust nothing and no one in Thailand.
 

15 hours ago, cms22 said:

This is BS. I work in this field and know quite a few Thai journalists. I'm sorry but they wouldn't know "ethical promotion and professional standards of media professionals" if it hit them over the head. Self-sensorship is the game and always has been.

 

You work in the field?  Yet you use a word like self-sensorship?  Really makes me wonder what you did in 'this field'.

Sensor:  A sensor is a device that detects and responds to some type of input from the physical environment.

Censor:

noun:    an official who examines material that is about to be released, such as books, movies, news, and art, and suppresses any parts that are considered obscene, politically unacceptable, or a threat to security.
(in ancient Rome) either of two magistrates who held censuses and supervised public morals.
 

verb:    examine (a book, movie, etc.) officially and suppress unacceptable parts of it.  
 

21 hours ago, ChrisY1 said:

Very often whilst driving behind Thais, their brake light is often going on, flickering, indicating that they have their left foot on the brake......in panic situations, there's no place for the right foot to brake.....

Using 2 feet in a automatic car is just lazy.

It is not lazy.  It is flat out dangerous.  It also means they were never trained to drive properly.
 

5%.  Wow, nothing like setting the bar high.

That said, they will not even succeed at 5%.   They say they are allotting 100,000 police to watch your house (probably casing the joint), but only 2500 for traffic duty.  Those numbers are wrong.  It should be 100,000 to traffic duty, and not just sitting on the side of the road sleeping or f**'ng with their smartphones, and 2500 assigned to case (I mean protect) your house.
 

18 hours ago, Searat7 said:

The main airport is 10 years old already and has yet to be expanded despite numerous announcements. I will believe them when I see the expanded facilities.

The BTS is more crowded than usual during the day...I think they need to look at frequency of trains....I think they are cutting back too much from rush hour frequency.

 

Not only do they need to increase the frequency of trains, but they should be looking at adding additional carrages too.  The stations can handle 6 carriage trains (maybe 7).  MRT has the same problem as BTS with serious over crowding now too.

And when, if ever, are we going to get a single pass card for both BTS and MRT?   It was promised when the MRT started operating.  Then it was promised again when BTS switched to the Rabbit card.  And still NOTHING.
 

On Sunday, December 25, 2016 at 2:55 PM, Somtamnication said:

IT WAS A DEAD TREE!!! Has the govt gone insane?

Yes.   

Drunk with power.  But only enough balls to go after old men and students.  No way enough cojonies to go after the abbot of the flying saucers cult.
 

I have said it before and I will say it again.  Prayut needs to prove his mettle by cleaning his own house first (the military).
 

Experts(?) want a new layer of bureaucracy?   Oh please, isn't Thailand already screwed up enough?
 

16 hours ago, BuckBee said:

This eyesore needs bulldozing. Religion is for the weak who can't cope with reality or absorb scientific fact .

This temple is nothing more than a massive scam and money laundering ring. You can see how high they are in crime ring by fact police, dsi, army and mighty buck banana man can't touch them by legal means or verbal means . Another festering boil on thailand, no wonder the worlds tourists and investors have slowly moved on ...

And yet, this is just the TIP of the iceberg that is corruption in Thailand.
 

Ah, the old 'Zero Dollar Tour' chestnut.   So how exactly would the pricing of hotel rooms be associated with zero dollar tours.  In fact, nothing in the article is about zero dollar tours, just one person's silly comment.    Just an attempt at fear mongering.

However, I do agree with making sure ALL hotel/BnB rooms are legal and up to standards appropriate for the room type.  THAT is a problem with the police and government agencies that are supposed to enforce regulations.  So start with the enforcement agencies and police.  Fix that and the rest will fall in line.

On the other hand competition is what makes the world work and customers can choose who to support with their wallet.  Thais just do not like any form of real competition.

Well, if Prayut is serious about fixing Thailand (yeah, I am having trouble keeping a straight face too) then scrap the submarines the military wants to buy for US$1 BILLION (about 35 BILLION baht) and use the money for fixing things like this sewage treatment plant.

The submarines are useless to Thailand and are just  a pure toys for the boys expenditure, however Thailand's crumbling and seriously neglected infrastructure needs immediate attention, so the submarine money should be put to a use that will actually benefit the citizens of Thailand.

I know, fat chance.
 

16 hours ago, hdkane said:

What's the point of having police? They seem pretty useless, and apparently everyone knows it...

Indeed, everyone does know it.  That being the case, it might be an opertune time to allow the army to do the job of the police.  Then disband the RTP/DSI and start anew with a professional police force (no former RTP/DSI need apply).  Once properly trained, the army could relinquish control back to the new professional police.

This, of course, MUST be done simultaneously with a complete reform of the judicial system.

But I won't hold my breath.
 

15 hours ago, soisiphok said:

History & "burning books " comes to mind . Control of information has been relegated to dinosaurs, won't work.

 

Prayut et al ARE dinosaurs.  They just have not have the good grace to lie down and die.
 

18 hours ago, rtco said:

... "the military will explain to them on what damage it will cause to the country for their acts" ... how about the military get together and explain to themselves what damage they are doing to this country! 

Understanding reality is not in their job description.
 

23 hours ago, George Graham said:

And just how are the military going to make "dissenting groups" understand.

Could be dark times ahead...

 

More attitude adjustment camps.  They worked so well the first time.  



 

So they have rounded up 5 scapegoats to present to the Thai people and the media for show and tell.   Must be seen to be doing something, after all.
 

On Thursday, December 22, 2016 at 2:35 PM, NongKhaiKid said:

All sources ?

Oh please,  and why stop at MPs, there's many people in public office etc including those currently running the country whose wealth and income needs close scrutiny but is conveniently off limits  ?

Absolutely. now let's start with Prayut and Prawit.
 

On Thursday, December 22, 2016 at 3:57 PM, canuckamuck said:

The problem was detected when traffic started flowing smoothly across Bangkok.

     Yes, indeed.  That gave me a good chuckle

What a sad killjoy little man.
 

The junta does not need any help to discredit it, they are doing a bang up job all by themselves.   





 

Good that someone is pointing the finger back at Thailand and Thais, however they completed missed that one of the biggest source of problems is the RTP.

Untill the RTP and the Thai justice system gets a complete top to bottom reform, NOTHING will change in this country where money trumps the law or any form of justice.   Prayut is simply a puppet of the Thai elite.
 

By the way, where are these 'lurid sex shows'?  I have been here over 15 years and have never seen a lurid sex show, and not for want of looking, I might add.  

 

Just hot air.  All talk and no action.