Geoffggi

5 hours ago, webfact said:

Varangkana said the non-flight businesses – catering, repair and cargo services – have adjusted their strategies in order to raise revenue.

Or to put it in other words "Thai have gone into the catering business as they can't organise flights" ....LOL

4 hours ago, webfact said:

The "Flex One" scheme will offer 5 to 20-year visas to foreigners who buy properties worth at least Bt10 million. The cards, worth Bt500,000 to Bt2 million, will be purchased by property developers and then passed on to foreign clients.

Enough is enough, it's about time all the government department leaders sat down and talked to each other,  (If they can find a room big enough) the only thing they appear capable of doing is creating confusion and hysterior among the population. The amount of uncertainty regarding stability of this country must be at an all time high, obviously the government have never heard of the saying "Too many cooks spoil the broth" there are so many stories running at the moment nobody is taking them seriously, they make these ridiculous statements one day and the next frighten people away by saying "Ah but you can't stay in your new home until you jump through these additional hoops that we have just thought up, going to the dogs is nothing in it .........!!!! 

It is good that they have been imprisoned but I would not have reduced their sentences, a clear message needs to be sent that injuring a professional health worker especially a doctor will carry a heavy sentence.......!!! 

5 hours ago, webfact said:

A well known politician who they did not name appears to have offered assistance.

I don't think it is too difficult to deduce who this is, there is quite an elite Thai gathering in the middle east these days ....LOL 

43 minutes ago, Misterwhisper said:

I don't think it has anything to do with poor eyesight, but rather with motorists (and pedestrians!) simply not paying attention when negotiating traffic.

 

Trains in this country are not exactly bullet trains approaching at 300kph, are they? Passenger trains travel at a maximum speed of 70kph, while freight trains are usually considerably slower. If you actually pay attention you can see them coming - and it still takes them a minute or so before they actually reach the actual crossing. But if you're not looking...

Absolutely correct, and the government still think Thailand is a "World Class" destination - Can't wait for them to get the high speed trains then they can really go for it ...................LOL

I would really like to reply to this but would probably be banned for life ......!!!

4 hours ago, webfact said:

A panel will be established to investigate the breach of duty, which could result in a salary cut, demotion or dismissal.

Prison comes to mind ...............LOL

4 hours ago, webfact said:

‘Golden week’ ghost town: Thailand’s Pattaya party zone struggles with no Chinese tourists

False news, the only places missing the Chinese are big restaurants like Nam Sing Bird’s Nest Restaurant in Pattaya where they are ferried and who mainly cater to the Chinese and their bad manners. The majority of the local shops & bars never see them. 

3 hours ago, webfact said:

Thailand’s Ministry of Public Health will, in the next fortnight, propose to the CCSA a reduction in the mandatory quarantine period for foreign tourists from 14 to 10 days and then 7 days, in line with the COVID-19 situation in visitors’ home countries.

Obviously the Chinese don't want to quarantine for 14 days and who can blame them but rules are rules so either scrap all the quarantine requirements or it's 14 days like every other country that has quarantine requirements, below are yesterdays figures for testing positive as reported in Thai Visa 

> Six Thai soldiers who returned on September 22 from a UN mission in South Sudan (they were found positive on day 11).

> A 54-year-old Thai businessman who came home on September 22 from Myanmar and went into state quarantine in Tak (found positive on day 13).

> A 36-year-old man who returned from Hong Kong on September 23 and is in state quarantine in Bangkok (found positive on day 11). He appears to have caught Covid-19 again as his health history shows he first got infected on August 2.

> A 31-year-old Thai man who came home from the US on October 1 and went into Bangkok state quarantine (found positive on day 6), and two Americans, aged 21 and 40, who arrived on September 29 and 30 and went into alternative hotel quarantine in Bangkok (found positive on day 5 and day 4, respectively).

> Two Indian businessmen, aged 39 and 41, who arrived on September 23 and 30 respectively and went into alternative hotel quarantine in Bangkok (found positive on day 12 and day 4, respectively).

> Two Bangaladeshis – a 53-year-old doctor and 26-year-old student – who arrived on September 30 and went into alternative hotel quarantine in Bangkok and Pathum Thani respectively. (Both were found positive on day 5).

Taking the above figures into consideration what are the so called experts basing the requirement for shortening the quarantine time frame and it being safe ............???? I repeat either scrap it altogether or it should be 14 days IMO

4 hours ago, Kadilo said:

“The major issue of debate is how to facilitate travel by entrepreneurs and foreign investors, as this group would be inconvenienced by 14 days of quarantine for a short-term visit.

 

Originally, the practice was to have them test at the country of origin and to test for Covid-19 again when they reach Thailand, without mandatory quarantine.“

So it’s ok for everyone else but not for the rich entrepreneurs and foreign investors. It inconveniences everyone not just the wealthy, as does Covid affect everyone equally. It’s not selective. 
 

What’s up with everyone being tested at their country of origin and again in Thailand and forget the mandatory quarantine, if it’s considered safe to do that for business people. 

Totally agree with all of the above, the problem for the government is they want to have control over everyone but relax the rules when it suits them e.g. Chinese visitors, business people; basically they want their cake & eat it but can't fathom out how to do it. As mentioned by Kadilo above, the rich have the same chance of being infected or carrying this disease ....!!! 

4 hours ago, geisha said:

I read that the flight had been momentarily cancelled ? So what happens to the “ tourists” who have paid up front ? 

Another question is if all these tourists are obeying the rules and regulations as we are led to believe, surely some of their paperwork will be out of date given the time frame that medical fit to fly and covid checks etc. as per government directives ...LOL