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Just remember in Thailand laws are considered suggestions so don't let rules and laws get in the way of what you want to do.

www.pattayadetectives.com

Check them out. Never used them.

I recommend a little time on the rack to warm up.

Well done. In North America it seems police get very light sentences as jail is deemed to dangerous for them.

More like "blatant defying" Suthep will. Yingluck, don't you know who Suthep thinks he is.

Be reasonable and resign.

No news here. What else would you expect the UN to say. Bring in the military, steer the country away from democracy.

Looks a little sad in the picture but cute as a button. I have my fingers crossed.

I am 100% sure a survey (in English) on TV would have close to 100% knowledge. Maybe not detailed knowledge

but the broad picture and very few are in business. Oh well, a tsunami of business competition and opportunity

will soon be here. Buckle up Thailand.

There is no problem here, supply and demand. People should be rewarded for there education, experience, and skill.

Choose a career/education path that is both interesting and rewarding.

Hopefully he will get some prison justice if he is found guilty.

Do you know who I think I am. When I want to appear I'll let you know.

here you are then.... I knew that the talk of 400,000 stay-away tourists was a load of old keech.

still wondering which budget they filched these funds from though, to inflate the income.

They are talking about all asian Countries and Pacific and Thailands forecast for next year, not the indivual growth of Thailand for 2013. I have been in and out of Thailand on 2 trips this month since the riots and have not seen it this slow since the protesters shut in down in 2008.

So, are the UN statistics correct (and the Thai Tourist Authority is lying) ??

or, are the UN figures wrong, and the TAT is telling the truth ??

if the TAT is lying, then does it mean they make the tourist figures look low so that they can get a bigger budget allocation next year,, (thus perhaps making some tourism officials getting their new cars!!)

or,, is it somewhere in the middle, where TAT is always exaggerating their losses and the UN statistics are not so great either ?

I assume that the UN gets its data from immigration? (not from the TAT).

did thai immigration release any public data about "Arrivals" ?

then again, you have no idea if anyone at immigration is in cahoots with people at the TAT !!

- are there any other benefits to making tourist figures seem lower than what they really are ?

I have read three different sets of numbers. The TAT says international arrivals are down about 1,400 a day over last year over

the protest period. The AoT reporting airport usage says number of people flying is up over last year but not as much as predicted.

This number includes domestic flyer's ( this time frame is also over the protest period) The hotel association is the group quoting

400 thousand fewer travellers and occupancy rates 40 % below normal. For me I have no confidence in this group/number. For the

airports it is a straight forward number. For the hotels I am not sure how they collect the numbers. If the association calls hotels

in the government office/ protest area the occupancy will be well down. The hotels in Phuket have been complaining that occupancy

rates have been dropping for the last 8 years. Nothing to do with the political unrest and probably more to do with the huge increase

in the number of rooms that have been added to the pool of what is available. Lots of building in Thailand of both hotels and condos

will not improve occupancy rates.

anyone in Pattaya?i just come of the phone to a mate of mine staying in Pattaya telling me its packed,all the bars full,

a bit concerned as i arrive in a few days and dont have anywhere to stay,thought it might have been easier this year to find a room

as all the talk of doom and gloom.

any feed back would be apreciated

Pattaya is packed????? Your friend wears some deeply rose tinted glasses?

Always difficult to really gauge. Patrons are always busy moving from bar checking out what is on offer so to speak. So it can be

packed one minute the wide open 20 minutes later. Also there is a big difference between weekends and Monday/Tuesday. With

so many bars and hotels there are always rooms available. Maybe just not the particular one you want and weekends can be tight.

As for the bars, I think they are busy, but they always want more business as they are not solidly busy. As I said, patrons like

to move around and check out there options.

I understand Thaksin's criminal wrong doing. Suthep's as well, but I don't know of anything in Yingluk's past, shady or not.

So while I am no fan of her populist schemes and the amnesty legislation, she was elected democratically and the amnesty bill

got Reds and Yellows off the hook not just her brother and the Redshirt members. While not perfect democracy is the best form

of government we have. Suthep if he really wants to end political corruption he should work toward in in the framework of

democracy. However I am a bit of a cynical and think he wants to stop corruption by the Red shirts but keep things status quo

in the Yellow camp.

Personally I don't get it. The King is a man of the people and beloved by everyone. He has always cared and

helped the farmers and has done a great deal to help the poor all his life.

In the anti government group there were certainly no Bangkok elite in the rank and file. In the leadership yes but

none marching on the front line. In fact they dressed in farmer type hats and other than wearing yellow shirts were

indistinguishable from the red shirts in there actions. Same Same no difference.

Are all those police officers indicating 3 drink limit only. Seems they trot this campaign out every 6-8 months.

There will not be any changes until peoples attitudes change.

Even someone who is stupid can't be that stupid. The police should refuse to investigate or issue a police

report in the grounds there should be no insurance for extreme stupidity.

Sounds like po po are getting pretty good at coming up with scenarios so the can label it death by misadventure

and keep it out of the murder/manslaughter category.

Jealousy, the worst emotion.

I shake my head but the worse they are the better I look.

Ironed collard shirt, clean shorts (however commando), CK cologne.

For some unknown reason ratings agencies and analysts rate the baht and economy as strong. Can't understand

why but they do. Greece, cooked the books to join the EU, they continued to cook the books in get more agricultural

subsidies from the EU. It eventually does catch up. I understand Thai banks do the same keeping bad debts on the books

as full assets from the 97 collapse just as Nortel, and World Com did. Just not sure when there accounting schemes, rice

pledging schemes, and the systemic corruption will catch up to the baht, but it will eventually.

Not much meat on those bones, grilled ham an cheese is a better option for lunch.

We will see if the vice Governor has the juice to get the job done or it is just words words words.

What a funny T-shirt for her son to wear to a political photo opportunity.