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What happened, did the brown envelopes stop ?

Thai Visa - Can we have some consistency please. On the same page as this article is one from Gen Prayut. Tourists NOT welcome.

Thailand again is not moving with the times.
With many country's X-rates being higher years ago and lower salaries, having a caddy was not an issue. Today the caddy fee plus caddy tip easily adds THB 700 - 800 to a round, and today golf in Thailand is not cheap. With many courses also making carts compulsory the cost of a round at most courses is over THB 3000. Compare that to the cost of playing in Europe or USA, the result is less rounds.

Also clubs often fail to provide golfer satisfaction. If you play at a new course you are on a wing and a prayer, many times I have been given a caddy who neither smiles or provides " camaraderie ". Having to pay for that then spoils the round and does not make you rush back.
Make caddies and carts voluntary, the Koreans and Japanese will use both as they find golf here cheap. Those that want to pull their own bags can do so, and I am sure it would increase the number of rounds played.

The Investigation Committee will re-open the case.

Attorney General will close it as he has no case to answer ( obviously ).
We carry on as before, what other conclusion could there be ? We live in Thailand, money does not talk, it shouts.

Thailand doing what it does best, turning a blind eye. Known gambling den ( to senior police at least ) allowed to exist because of the flow of brown envelopes.
Prayut wants to keep us safe ? Legalise gambling, sell licences to bona fide international groups like hotels, tax them like hell for the privilege, and shut down these back street dens.
Result ? Richer, safer Thailand attracting HISO's away from Singapore and Macau.
Unfortunately the demise of the brown envelopes from the industry guarantees this will never happen.

This gets top billing.
Over 40 people got killed on the roads yesterday, will you read that anywhere ? 
Thank goodness we have Prayut and his team keeping us safe.

That explains why the one of the first groups being allowed in are 100,000 from Myanmar.
Thailand needs foreign construction workers right now like a hole in the head. How many more condos do they need to add to the list of 00's of 000's of unsold ones already standing there ?

The only thing they got right here is that medical tourists and film crews are the sort of people with money that the country needs. 
The black hole in the statement is where is the volume going to come from. China will still have 14 day isolation on people returning from Thailand, India closed due to rocketing cases and farangs down to a trickle because of user unfriendliness.
TAT doing what they do best, dreaming without a clue of how to make things happen.

Nice to see that TAT's campaign to go for domestic tourists and not farangs is paying dividends. 

They proclaim they want " quality " tourists, they just need to define what sort of quality.

Thank goodness for that, we can move on.
Back to drinking the beer and wine we have been drinking out of coffee cups for the last 3 weeks in restaurants.
I already had invitations from two bars that are re-opening as "bistros". Can't wait to see what they look like and what food they will sell. Crisps, peanuts ?
I bet there will not be a bar left to re-open when the time comes.

It is often the case when someone commits suicide that they lay down in a secluded area and cover themselves with palm fronds.
Awaiting the autopsy with baited breath.

The government have really got their fingers on the pulse of the nation. Thank god we finally have definitive news about amulet shops and ballrooms, the sleepless nights i ahve suffered over the past 6 weeks agonising about these.
Glad they ignored mentioning peripheral matters like, restaurants, beaches and bars, who on earth would be interested in these ? No doubt hoards of Chinese wanting to polish up their waltzing and tangoes will be stampeding to the airport as I speak.

What is the use of arresting the mules ? Under the current economic circumstances there will be dozens willing and desperate to take their place. With all the checks currently going on the police could have got their identities, found out their destination and arrested someone worthwhile.

Scumbag.
Where are the police when you need them. They should have been in attendance to ensure social distancing, then there would have been an outside chance of him being caught.

By all means keep a state of emergency, but attach some logic to it. Places selling alcohol are closed, but those selling coffee can open. Restaurants in office blocks open, those on the street closed.
What is the rationale behind this ? Oh, I forgot, we are in Thailand, I withdraw my questions.

The hospital should pursue him for the money. What about seizing the vehicle he was driving ?
Too many people over here chancing their arm by not having insurance. Make insurance mandatory, and provide cover at reasonable cost. Premiums would depend on the hospital you want to go to, high for the fancy internationals, lower for the basic municipal.

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