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The fire departments have nothing to do with fire safety enforcement, that is left up to government inspectors, hence the lack of suitable and adequate fire protection. Although insurance companies have their own standards it is mostly geared to property protection not liability. If it is a Thai insurer then their standards will be lower and only enforced/requested just enough to satisfy the underwriter who does not want to loose the account to another company by being pedantic. Foreign insurers have more strict requirements but that may increase premiums with additional warranties and conditions which a locally owned company does not want to follow. So..s law what can go wrong will.

The National Standards are quite good and comparable with many international codes such as BS, NFPA, etc. but rarely enforced

"Do not pump directly from the mains, it is illegal and potentially hazardous to your (and others) health."

There is also another reason, in some areas where there are either old pipes or badly installed ones, if you pump direct you can cause the supply pipes to collapse. Then you have real problems.

Note to self: Respect culture and rules while a guest in another country.

If it is still: You must sign on the visa that there is the death penalty on drugs and alcohol is a drug.

Thailand/Singapore/Malaysia/Indonesia is also harsh on harmless drugs.

Your last line does not make sense. Guess your opinion of harshness for so called harmless drugs is a lot different to most civilised people.

As previously mentioned I recently EMS a package to the UK and was able to track it the whole way and even had a copy of the receiving signature, so it works some of the time.

Are you a Brit renewing a passport or a Thai applying for One? I say that because when I did my renewal recently I completed the form sent it direct to the UK with passport, pictures and confirmation of the money payment and received it back at my Thai address in less than 3 weeks. No proof of Thai address or anything required.

It couldnt have been that recent renewing from Thailand, you havent sent your application direct to the UK in a good 2 years and it was a brief time anyway you did this between sending it to HK and the change to Trendy towers and if memory serves when you sent the application to the UK from Thailand you had to send proof of address as well...

I Take your point, checked dates and it was less than two years ago though, and no proof of address required other than the return address for them to send it back to. Just wish they would make up their minds one of these days.

Are you a Brit renewing a passport or a Thai applying for One? I say that because when I did my renewal recently I completed the form sent it direct to the UK with passport, pictures and confirmation of the money payment and received it back at my Thai address in less than 3 weeks. No proof of Thai address or anything required.

Glad to hear that. I lost my old license though, would I need to bring in a police report? How about a new medical report?

If you are applying for a five year then ypu need new medical report and residence statement from police.

One and a half hours.........Really? OK I understand that can be distressing for some, but news worthy?

She travelled down from the 8th floor....... and sat on the 1st, in a lift for one and a half hours....... Big news!..... Someone travels down to the ground floor from the 8th floor in Pattaya in 3 seconds....... That's an accident!.

Obviously written by someone who has no idea what so evere of what claustrophobia can be like.

From Phang Nga the best place to for the single entry non-o would be Penang Malaysia. You would just need your passport to prove your age and your bank book showing the 800k baht.

I don't recommend KL as a location to go to . They have turned people away.

Ubonjoe would he not also need some form of residence certificate, contract etc.? Every time I renew my Retirement Extension CM asks for a copy of my house contract.

He will not need proof of residence to get the non-o visa in Penang, It is not the same as applying for an extension at immigration.

Sorry Ubonjoe I meant for his retirement extention in Thailand.

From Phang Nga the best place to for the single entry non-o would be Penang Malaysia. You would just need your passport to prove your age and your bank book showing the 800k baht.

I don't recommend KL as a location to go to . They have turned people away.

Ubonjoe would he not also need some form of residence certificate, contract etc.? Every time I renew my Retirement Extension CM asks for a copy of my house contract.

What a boring post. Global meltdown, get real happens every year in some countries. Must be American they waste the most money on prepping.

HSBC I think is the ONLY UK Bank that will send cards to Thailand, Nat-West definitely does not.

HSBC pulled out of Thailand a couple of years ago and ever since then it has been a problem sending money from an HSBC account in another country to Thailand. The only solution for a friend of mine with a HSBC account in the UK was to transfer funds to my UK bank account, not HSBC, then I transferred it to a Thai Bank, there is a cost involved but at least it works. Recently I had to ask for a new replacement card, it was delivered to my UK address within three working days and then couriered out to Thailand by Airmail, arrive four days later, no problem.

That is simply not true, a transfer from HSBC UK to a bank in Thailand if reliable, quick, cheap and trouble free and this from someone who makes over a dozen transfers a year between the two. Ditto replacement bank cards, I've been receiving them here directly from HSBC UK for over ten years, never a problem.

How long does it typically take for the card to arrive ? Week, 10 days maybe ? The OP is stating a month

Exactly, does not make sense.

HSBC pulled out of Thailand a couple of years ago and ever since then it has been a problem sending money from an HSBC account in another country to Thailand. The only solution for a friend of mine with a HSBC account in the UK was to transfer funds to my UK bank account, not HSBC, then I transferred it to a Thai Bank, there is a cost involved but at least it works. Recently I had to ask for a new replacement card, it was delivered to my UK address within three working days and then couriered out to Thailand by Airmail, arrive four days later, no problem.

That is simply not true, a transfer from HSBC UK to a bank in Thailand if reliable, quick, cheap and trouble free and this from someone who makes over a dozen transfers a year between the two. Ditto replacement bank cards, I've been receiving them here directly from HSBC UK for over ten years, never a problem.

Sorry it is TRUE, HSBC are cr...p especially in Thailand

Given the circumstances described, and limited information, my suggestion given that it is apparently short term, would be to ask family or friends to assist whilst the card arrives. Then when it arrives you can use it to pay them back.

Not ideal, but a possible solution.

I wonder how the new card is being sent. If it were sent by one of the courier services or EMS and this situation has been going on for any length of time, the card should have arrived by now or very soon.

Depending on the country in which the O/P's bank is located and if he had an account at Bangkok Bank (and maybe one of the other larger Thai banks) he could ask/instruct his home bank to do a domestic transfer to Bangkok Bank in NY or London or wherever using his local Thai account number.

Or possibly he could visit an HSBC branch in Thailand for help. If he could present them with his passport to verify his identity, possibly that would help since I assume his bank is worried about potential fraud.

Which HSBC branch in Thailand do you suggest? Maybe he can pick from one of these:

http://hsbc.banklocationmaps.com/thailand

There are none in Thailand now.

HSBC pulled out of Thailand a couple of years ago and ever since then it has been a problem sending money from an HSBC account in another country to Thailand. The only solution for a friend of mine with a HSBC account in the UK was to transfer funds to my UK bank account, not HSBC, then I transferred it to a Thai Bank, there is a cost involved but at least it works. Recently I had to ask for a new replacement card, it was delivered to my UK address within three working days and then couriered out to Thailand by Airmail, arrive four days later, no problem.

Have you tried the fire brigade, in many parts of Thailand they offer to come and remove snakes from homes. All part of their 'service'

I have windows 8 and no problems once I got use to it, great. What I would like to know is how much will Windows 10 cost per year once they stop the freebies going out, no one seems to be able to tell me including Microsoft.

One day we might get a report that is actually accurate. The title say a 'NGV FIRE' which obviously it was not, another case of reporters trying to make things worse than they are.

They have been told so many times that these towers using loudspeakers do not work. When too loud all speakers do is to distort the voice, it needs a siren or similar. Ask those in the UK what did they use to alert the population to bomb attacks in WW ll ....sirens not loudspeakers. Just falls on death ears all the time.

Doesn't make sense, Google Maps does not enter/cover private Moo Baans so how can he monitor the houses? More to this story than appears.

"PHANG NGA, 16 Aug 2015 (NNT) - Deputy Interior Minister Suthee Makboon yesterday inspected the Tsunami Warning Center in Phang Nga Province, and instructed officials to be prepared for possible occurrence of natural disasters in the southern province.

What is there to 'inspect' it is just a bunch of people sitting there doing nothing all day just twiddling their thumbs, same with the one in Bangkok. The plans are a shambles as is the early warning system, they were told right at the beginning that things were wrong but would they listen obviously not. The whole thing was just a joke and a way to make money.

He is a convicted criminal therefor the revoking of his rank etc. should be automatic, simple as that.

Lots of info on this topic:

http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/694440-getting-a-uk-passport-for-my-newborn-half-thai-child/

Probably better to post questions there. Until 2 years ago it could all be done via post with the help of the British Consulate in Chiang Mai. Now it must be done through Bangkok. The thread above has lots of info from people who have applied under the new procedures.

Be warned, British government systems are not there to serve Brits. You will appreciate the US a lot more after going through this.

Ah but the vast majority of "Brits" out side the UK are non resident and dont have to submit a tax return every year irrespective of where they are in the World and have no legal obligation to declare any savings they have over $ 10k LOL

Trust me i would rather be dealing with " British systems" every couple of years getting a new as opposed to be doing tax returns for a country i dont live in every year and having to tell them how much money i have in a bank

Not correct. If you receive a UK pension government and/or private then you have to complete tax return unless they tell you not to. I complete mine every year and receive P60s.

But the vast majority of Brits living outside the UK are not pensioners or even drawing pension

Your being rather myopic if you think pensioners are the vast majority of UK nationals living outside the UK it may seem that way to you only living in Thailand

Guess you must live in Pattaya or similar, where I am 90% plus British expats are on a pension, they don't all have 20K to keep in the bank doing nothing.