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3) Fortunately, Immigration told me that I have 7 days from 8 October to leave Thailand with no penalty. In other words, until 15 October. I asked him to put that statement in writing with his initials. He agree and did so.

I hope that is correct as it is not how I have read the policy as allowing an extra seven days to make report without fine. This is not reporting at all. Suspect getting signature was a good move and if anyone can confirm this is indeed policy the news would be most welcome by many readers I am sure.

I have always understood for 90 days reporting that you have 14 days before and 7 days after, if doing it in person. Those sending their TM47 by mail do not have the 7 days after leeway and are subject to a fine if it is received later than the reporting date. Hence the statement by immigration that it should be posted 15 days before due date.

Okay, so she swallows a spoonful of cooked rice and now public confidence is fully restored. See how simple it all is?

Murphy oh Meyer, sometimes I really think this government takes us all to be idiots. Even IF that rice would be contaminated, it's not like anyone had ever claimed that if one ate a spoonful of it, one would immediately drop dead.

Also gotta love that picture. It speaks volumes about her true feelings: "I've GOT to restore public confidence in our rice. But honestly, I'm NOT too confident about eating it. MUST go through this. MUST. Okay, one, two, three, SWALLOW!"

Who said she swallowed it?

This is just like monkeys throwing faeces...not intelligent to know that what they are doing is anti-social and wrong. Ladies and gents, I give you the Thai youth, 2013.

It has been happening in the UK for a long time with a number of reported deaths and injuries. The rocks and concrete slabs being dropped from motorway bridges.

only a few people would be interested Churchill. the average expat's interest is focussed on how to save either on ATM withdrawals and/or which Thai bank pays 0.1% more on fixed deposits. a thread i opened a few weeks ago on high yield / high risk bond investment died within a few days except for a few TV-members who keep personal contact with me to discuss pros and cons.

in threads like the one we are posting now i submit some personal opinions and try to rectify/clarify some misconceptions like the one above.

Maybe most did not know about your thread, including me. There must be many farangs who do not read TV and who are interested in investing. I have no idea how many newsletters and websites there are here, however, Isaan has a well read website with links to individual cities.

Perhaps the National Police Bureau could also explain why they have refused to take action on this highly publicised issue before having it referred by the Ombudsman.

Because they don't see anything wrong in meeting the PM in HK and letting him pin on the insignia seeing as how he decided who was having the job anyway.

No reason to explain - no one important has asked them.

TS is not the PM!

tell me about it , building 38 houses and every minute have to check the building quality .if you stay on top of them you will get a better job , and if the first time is no good tell them to do it again or they will not get paid . this works. well for me anyway . The first houses are finished and my wife and I are very proud of the houses and the quality of them .And cost just over 1 million. good house good workmanship .

In Isaan you'll be lucky to find a tradesman, they're virtually all rice farmers.

When having my house built I insisted that the builder employ a qualified electrician, carpenter and plumber. The answer I got was, no chance, there isn't any, however, the electrician will be the same man that did the electrics for the new hospital, he has 10 years experience. Eventually had to sack him as he couldn't get the gate lights to work without them tripping out the Load Centre as soon as it rained.

Plumbing, we used black and green flexible pipe with proper connectors. There is a hot tank so have H&C water supply. Leaks, yes because they couldn't screw compression joints together properly so had water dripping off the bottom of a light bulb in the lounge, not to mention through the ceiling. Couldn't fit the mixer taps properly because they failed to align and space the 2 supply pipes as per the instructions written in Thai. They do not bother to read anything,

Double toilet roll holders fell off the wall so had to show them how to key the surfaces first.

Slump tests on CPAC deliveries the first couple of loads were like soup with croutons! Got them to add a lot more cement, etc. and mix it until OK. Told them if any more like that it would be sent back. From then on they delivered it too thick and with the slump tester for me to do it.

I could go on but I'm sure you get the idea. Oh of course screws are fitted with a hammer!

Must say the builder bought the workers quite few new power tools and luckily I had bought all mine from the UK so they came in for a lot of use too.

I would wait and see if they send it back. If you sent it via their instructions you should have sent it EMS and you should have a dated receipt. They recommend this in case it is lost. If you do not get a paper back from them I would start the new 90 day clock on the day that you sent it and report in person in 90 days with the receipt telling them that you never received the new document.

Thanks for your reply. I did not send it EMS, though I have been using Registered Mail when sending. Using EMS is a good idea and I will do so in the future. I think I will wait until a day or two after my due-date and, if I have not gotten anything back from them, will take a fresh form to them in-person.

I have had 2 TM47's go astray. First one was not sent by EMS so had to do it again and got fined for my pains. The second one was mislaid internally by immigration, however, I faxed the tracking report to them and this time they could not deny receipt. Consequently sent it again and my receipt was not backdated so gained a month. Worth noting it took 10 days for the letter to get from Suvarnabhumi to Pattaya post office with a total delivery time of 14 days.

I wonder what the rice farmers will say when they have to go back to selling on the market. It won't seem such a good then. But enough people think short-term for these policies to buy votes. Same in USA and UK - offer some freebies and people will vote for you, not matter what the long-term consequences.

Please say what the freebies are that were offered at the last election in the UK. Have I missed something?

the only thing dodgy about buying a good expensive helmet is it is a target to be stolen .if locked and showing the thieves will just cut the straps

Because they never do them up!

I lived a few kms outside Roi-Et had have had clear clean air for more than 12 years with almost no burning around here

Have lived on the outskirts of Roi Et City for 7 years and get occasional burning but nothing serious.

I case nobody else noticed, I don't think that is a cow!

+1

Another major criminal arrest. Amazing.

Sorry, but I live in Southern California and they catch hundreds of Mexican illegals per day. This would hardly be newsworthy.

Obviously they are just trying to scare people into not overstaying.

Can't see why they would parade a farang before the cameras like this as though they just busted a major narcotics ring

Let's not forget about the thousands upon thousands of Thai staying in the West illegally.

Really and where have you ascertained that piece of unsupported data from?

isnt siam real ***** fully revolving around british realtors? Always see a bunch of them with the company camry leisuring around small restaurants talking about real estate and ladies of the patong

I'm sure I have seen many foreign real estate agents here, unless the term "realtor" means something different in Thai.

Realtor, a profession reserved for Thais, since 2011? Is this True? Can only Thai sell Land in Thailand or Just Phuket?

Try reading the text properly, do you know what comma's are for? "as a realtor, a profession reserved for Thais, since 2011."

The only numbers of real importance are VIN's and there are no mention of them.

Move along folks, nothing to see here, just another suicide.

If you have nothing better to say better to keep quiet! You obviously have no respect and deserve none.

"all the UDD members agreed that Jatuporn should be the next leader" sounds a lot better than Thaksin said.

Can any body enlighten me as to how one becomes a member of the UDD, the annual fees, when and where meetings and votes are held - or does the Democracy part of this group only exist in its name?

I think the correct name was used in the text 'the people's democratic army' so voting is not usually required!

I'm not being rude pattayadingo, what about a hearing aid?

Not rude at all.

But, I've been there and done that. Total faff on with phones etc. Plus all they do - even the computer generated ones - is amplify everything. When everything amplified goes in one ear alone, it causes disorientation. (There will be those who dispute this and those who will agree with me - not going into that argument here)

You manage and control your environment to live with the deafness in most instances.

For some reason here in Thailand, getting a phone with a decent volume ringtone AND volume to hear people clearly seems to be a problem. I did manage to get the Nokia classic but no longer available. Same with the Samsung - bought in England.

Hence the post

I cannot be the only deaf old git on the board after all

Not many loud phones as you say and hearing aids are variable in their performance, however, you may like to try one of the Phonak range from Eartone. Call Vichai the MD he is very helpful. They're in Sukhumvit 22 BKK. Don't go to the other office! If it doesn't help then it hasn't cost you anything to try it.

I would like to see the amount spent per year on tourists without insurance. From the article it sounds as though hospitals are incurring huge loses due to this which I am willing to bet they're not. It sounds like a way to add an extra fee in the guise of a legitimate issue.

High costs will be incurred if it is the result of a serious accident of illness, Dengue for example and IC is expensive. If the tourist doesn't possess insurance or the amount to pay the hospital what are the options?

Sounds like nothing more than another money grab to me.

Here's a better idea.

"the country's state hospitals, which are required to provide foreigners with free medical service"

How about simply legislating that state hospitals NOT provide foreigners with free medical service. Why do they anyway?

Wouldn't that be a lot easier than setting up a whole new bureaucratic arm?

Many years ago had to have an ankle lanced as the result of a mozzy bite. The service wasn't free but very cheap. Is it only provided free by state hospitals?

It's interesting to note that there are 2 conflicting reports one that says there are irregularities of which the Thai Farmers have reported to the police and the government that says NO irregularities have been found. With a stock check of that magnitude, even if carried out meticulously, there would be some discrepancies without question. Therefore the government statement shows they do not even know the law of probability and make a statement that is patently unbelievable.

Tongthong Chandrangsu, permanent secretary for the Prime Minister’s Office, said the government accepted the court’s decision and will call a meeting of the National Water and Flood Management Policy tomorrow to discuss details of the court’s ruling and determine if it could be appealed.

He admitted that the court’s verdict could delay the water resources management project while the Finance Ministry would be asked if the Bt350 billion budget for the project will be in jeopardy.

He gave assurances that the government would communicate with the public about the project and that it would inform the four bid winners. (MCOT online news)

Talk to the public,... Alright then,... Redshirt-Snipers get ready to shoot some pesky Anti government people

"Alright then,... Redshirt-Snipers get ready to shoot some pesky Anti government people" I think that might be a pretty good idea. "have breached the Law" <deleted> does that mean. That our oposition, incapable of doing a day's legimate service to the Nation and are busy assembling spoilers in the dozens in order to slow down the Gonernment's progress with it's manadate. Abhisit should be hung for his party's malfeasance and interferance with the administration.

The purpose of the Opposition Party is to "oppose" . . . why do you think Abhisit should be hung for trying to restrict the excesses of the current Govt?

Tatsujin I think IndyUK would feel at home in Venezuela sounds like the ideal place for him.

Semi-naked ? LOL Who invented that nonsense saying ? It just shows enormous prudisness.

It's the same as being 'a bit' pregnant. It's naked or not naked and the woman on the photo is 100% NOT naked just scantily dressed.

How shocking.

"Rescuers quickly placed a shirt over her". Maybe that's why!

and still the pound is going down again:(

The Pound. Available at joke shops everywhere...

For your information the FX rates on last trading day of:

March £/Baht 44.50. April 45.40, May 46.10, Today 47.71

March $/Baht 29.27, April 29.25, May 30.38, Today 31.14

March Euro/Baht 37.53. April 38.38, May 39.42, Today 40.56

The £ has virtually retained it's increase in parallel with the US$ and the euro.

Respectable Thai ladies like the man to lead. So don't be backward in coming forward. Maybe she is not really interested in going to an eatery, find out what she would like to do/see.