Gunna

police booth will be a rest stop for patrol police and crime-suppression officers.

Same as the one near the Pratamnak junction. They put in a TV so they could watch it all day. When there is a football game on, there are more inside than out.

7 hours ago, johng said:

I live right next to the railway line on the way to U-Tapao airport  the line is not even dual track yet (dual bit stops in north Pattaya) let alone any sign at all they are building the elevated rail line

for a 250KPH train....  I would go for the cheaper  "intercity 125"  like they use in the UK

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/InterCity_125

But 125 is 125 miles an hour = 201kph, so why would that be cheaper than 250kph 

1 hour ago, AtoZ said:

It is sad news, no doubt about it. Nobody deserves this.

 

But the "low life" comments come from people with brain refusing these "generous" statements. It is easy to be generous if you are still left with $5 billion net worth.

 

And the money were not earned by inventing amazing products or improving peoples' life. But solely by taking advantage of customers who are stuck at the airport where practice considered illegal in most of the world = monopoly, is in place.

Just like the thief in the desert - couldn't make a business work until he obtained a monopoly. These aren't great business men, just common thieves in suits who through corruption make vast amounts of money 

From Wikipedia

The government of Thailand was a major purchaser of the Alpha 6. The country's Interior Ministry bought 479 of the devices and the Office of the Narcotics Control Board (ONCB), part of the Justice Ministry, bought a further 15.^[5] The ONCB began using the devices in 2007 to combat drug smuggling in northern Thailand. It bought its units at a price of 400,000 baht (US$12,000) apiece. It claimed that its Alpha 6 units were highly effective, achieving a 70 percent success rate and helping to identify drug traffickers and smuggled drugs.^[16]The head of the OCNB, Police Lt General Krissana Phon-anan, said that the devices work so well that the agency no longer uses dogs to detect narcotics. The Interior Ministry plans to procure more Alpha 6 devices and train 1,000 volunteers to use them.^[5] Its own Alpha 6 devices were procured at a much higher price than those of the Narcotics Control Board, at 720,000 baht (US$21,600) each.^[17] The total cost of the devices has been around 351 million baht (US$10.6 million).

NACC    Here is the corruption that you couldn't find after 10 years of investigation

Narcotics Control Board paid 400,000bt each

Interior Ministry paid 720,00bt for the same item

Whose pockets did the extra 280,000bt per device end up in.

670,000 x $1 means Thailand has only lost $670,000

The rest of the money spent here goes back to China thru bogus Chinese owned and operated Thai companies

1 hour ago, Expatthailover said:

The russian is taking a leaf out of deceitful don's book...

Deny everything, cry foul play and fake news

More like his lying ex boss, Putin

You would think they would run it daily during Songkran Holidays for Bangkok and also for Pattaya's Songkran which follows a few days afterwards

2 hours ago, Justgrazing said:

Not to mention " Broken bones " by Kaleo 

Or " Learning to fly"   by the Foo Fighters

36 minutes ago, The Teacher said:

Last time I looked there wasn't any schools on Soi Cowboy , hahahahahaha

I suppose Afterskool Bar doesn't count, although they show off many skills that they learnt somewhere.

Thai style money laundering - using just a quick rinse.

A ex-Policeman says he doesn't care if the money came from a robbery - was he the same when he was a  Ploliceman 

"As with many projects launched by the former Pattaya mayor, however, no money was allocated for maintenance "

Read about Ittipol below if you don't already know how much money the ex-Mayor wasted on useless projects.

http://www.pattayanewsflash.com/investigation/itthiphols_legacy.html

And the rest of his clan hear

http://www.pattayanewsflash.com/investigation/the_khunploems.html

My understanding is that origionally it was permitted to build 315 condo rooms,

But when the developer decided to change the smaller side to a hotel, the rooms didn't need to be so big, eg no kitchen and no 2 bedroom. hence the increase in rooms with the same floor area  

The change from condos to hotel may have been caused by a slow down in condo sales.

Does anyone know of a purchaser who had his condo moved from one side to the other to allow for the hotel. 

1 hour ago, 1337markus said:

Inactive post means very little. They sit at a desk, do virtually nothing, still retain their rank and pay. Hardship punishment!

The hardship is that they can't go out and collect the brown envelopes. And worse is that their replacements will be doing just that.

It looks like a European passport on the desk ( definitely not an Australian one as  wrong colour ) so he may actually be Austrian - Or an Australian travelling on an EU passport, but unlikely for Thailand.

I thought this was the standard practice almost everywhere.

I believe it is because RTP and gov officials are involved that the baht bus routes in Pattay & Jomtien haven't been extended  and the circular bus route through Pattaya and Jomtien  also failed.

1 hour ago, Scouse123 said:

 

He's been on the same political course of action as Hun Sen, they'll get on well.

 

I wonder if they are related?

Thaksin already is - by marriage of his Neice to Hun Sen's son.

Maybe some of the  land expropriation problems are caused by government officials and people of influence finding out about the planned route beforehand and buying up land cheaply from the unsuspecting original owners. Then hold out for a much higher sale price once the project goes ahead. I would love to see an investigation of the chanotes of the land along transport routes to see how long ago the current owners purchased the land. 

These generals have got nothing compared to Thaksins collection.

http://watchesbysjx.com/2016/03/in-the-news-thaksin-shinawatra-deposed-prime-minister-and-watch-collector.html

there have been many fights at the pub but police rarely get involved despite being next door.

Because they own it ??

4 hours ago, DD13 said:

I read this morning in yesterday's Bkk post

30 deaths a DAY on Thailands roads

 

so by tomorrow morning 30 more don't have a future

I believe it is closer to  65 a day .

roughly 24,000 of whom 17,000 on motorbikes