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kingstonkid

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  1. They need a more honest approach to employment. Yes almost eveeryone is employed but is that little old lady standing near the escalator playing her husbands violin really employed. There needs to be a true indepth study. If it ups the English speaking and reading ability, Thailand has the ability to be a call center country and replace the Phils. But the education system needs to be repaired.
  2. The couriers will eat the extra fee for a few months then raise like they do every year. The big thing is that it may cut downon the number of vehicles on the toll way which would not be a bad thing. The more they charge the more people are going to reconsider driving into BKK hopefully.
  3. more than you would think. anyway whether the story is true ornot the message is correct. WATCH WHAT YOU ARE DRINKING AND WHERE YOU ARE DRINKING. Great way to get severely bar fined.
  4. Pathum Thani they just need the passport and the completed form. If you go early int he morning you might not even need an appoointment
  5. The problem is that too many people have followed the rules to the point that they're getting tired of people staying here abusing the rules.
  6. I find this hilarious Ruining the reputation of Phuket or Pattaya tourism Lol That's right up there with girls aren't safe at nana. Now if this was done in non tourism areas okay
  7. This site is famous for using stock photos for pics unless this lady was running in the streets or knew levitation and could fly along the streets, she had to walk. It is only you that took it to a different meaning. Also, it is not a lady that is walking the streets it is a street walker that has the connotation of a lady of the evening
  8. SO ASEANNOW has joined the click bait world. Can people not get a grop and report things properly in the headlines. YOU LIED ncreased visa fees by up to 600% expected at Thai Embassies and Consulates worldwide
  9. Considering that this person does not exist (Google the name), we hear the same whine (no cheese, please, Lactose intolerant). The facts are that almost very country in the world screens SE Asians going to their home country. You should see the hoops and things a Pakistani has to go through to get to Canada. Once they are through and get a visa it can still be taken away from them at the airport if there is a possible issue. Unfortunately, Thai ladies are prime for jobs as Massuse on paper. Then they end up working as prostitutes or in sweatshops giving good-time massages. It is o different than the Lao, Burmese or Cambodian women that come here and end up working near walking street or soi BuKaow. The difference is that SK is able to check women coming in on planes. Canada does the same thing to people coming in who do not have a valid reason for the visa or a sponsor. Also consider what happens if someone is caught working in Thailand. Thailand is tourism-generated and has no other real source of income, so they have to let people in. What they should be doing is checking the people that are staying on multi 90-day visas for income.
  10. Our comments are sexist and justification based they are not based on any factual evidence from this case. Mine are built on facts. I have walked the streets of big cities late at night and can assure you that at that hour there are not that many truly safe places. It has nothing to do with it being a male-dominated world. It is not the smartest thing for anyone, male, female, or LGTBQ, to be walking around late after the bar closes or at midnight when everything else is closed.
  11. I think that there will be changes. I think that the young people willl be obviously older and will be in positons to make changes. I think that it will still be a monarchy, but the military will still be struggling to find control that they lost. The big questions are what is gong to be done about education. The challenge here is that it is still run by the same people that ran it 20 years ago. Can the new teachers and or the new adults make the necessary changes? Is unknown? Thailand needs to get away from its dependence on tourism, and I do not think it can. There needs to be a push in other SE Asian countries that makes them want to get better. I have a feeling that Thaiald may end up dependent on or influenced by China and will, like a lot of the rest of the world, be less dependent on the U.S. Really though, I see a modernization, but I think it will still be same as it is now.
  12. Imagine trying to have most of teh tb shows that we grew up with. MASH All in the family (forget the British version name) threes company the Jeffersons Maude Happy days ( all white cast but stereotype of Arnold) There would be nothing on TV Then we have the commdians from then Imagine George Carlin or John Belushi Aminal house would have never made it anywhere Instead we get all this CGI vanilla crap or Disney
  13. This has very little to do with male-dominated worlds. The sad thing about Ilfe is that even if he had been a male, while, it would probably not have been sexual, there is the likelihood that he would have had an issue of some sort. We read online all the time about this guy that had a fight with a ladyboy or the guy that got ripped by a hooker. The challenge to the whole thing is that walking around alone at 1 am is not the safest thing to do no matter what country you are in. Especially for a lady. A fedw important things that were left out. Was she inebriated? The insinuation by the time and fact that she was walking alone is yes but we do not know. Did the guy try to kiss her while driving or molest her while driving? Not the easiest thing to do. Most of all, the thought was why was she walking around Old Phuket town at that hour? Surely all the shops were long closed. Anyway I am not saying she was totally at fault but I have a feeling that male or female walking around at 1 am alone is only inviting issues be you male or female or LGTBQ
  14. stock photo nothing to do with actual report
  15. It could be that it took awhile for police to get there. Then they have to invetigate on scene. Then they take her to the police station. Timeline sort of sounds right Just wish they would stop with the sock phontos
  16. Yes but once it is on the books even the other cops have to be careful. There are other ways to get the money, unfortunately. Not [putting me down, but I think that a lot of time, people on here seem to think that this or that is a Thai issue only. The main thought still stands. The people who are borrowing from them have no credit rating. It is too low to register. They have been refused by the bank and are desperate and, to a point, lacking the education. There is also the prevailing feeling that if the debt gets bad that the government will save them by either wiping their debts or by taming the shylocks. I think probably also there are those that thought they would have their 10k from the government and be able to pay the debt with that or the extra mney they were going to get from the rise in wages
  17. Why do people think just because they are in a different country, they can do things they would not do at home? I do not condone sexual assault, BUT I have to ask what the hell a woman by herself is doing walking the streets of Phuket by herself at 1 in the morning. Also, what condition was she in? If this was a guy getting mugged we would simply say he should not be wandering around drunk at that hour by himself.
  18. LOL JUst like their clients
  19. Sorry, to burst your bubble, but loan sharks are common all over the world and have been around since before Jesus. Just like prostitution, they are a by-product of society that will always be needed.
  20. That is quite easy actually. They just advise the lender that if anything happens to these people, they will be arrested and charged.
  21. Yeah, I was wondering about that also I am sorry I just can not feel any sympathy for these people that borrow from these lenders. It is not like this is an uncommon thing. I am sure that the lender advised them of the payment schedule and what would happen. It is the same with people who can not afford credit cards and, due to their history, end up with high-interest rates. Again you read the info, and you were told what to expect. I am willing to bet that a few months down the road these same people will be borrowing again and thinking that the police will solve their need to make any payment.
  22. The challenge is that most Thais no longer carry cash. So when they go to the market, if the system is down, they are screwed. I went to a very famous coffee shop and was told sorry, we only accept digital.
  23. I am not sure where you go but it is still quicker to pay with cash than it is with most wallets. As to the system crashing, I was thinking ore of the markets that are using this
  24. I think that is what they are hoping the average Thai will feel. Thaksin, to me, is like TRUMP . There are people who like him and believe in him no matter what. There are also people that if he went to every person he met and gave them a million baht they would still hate him. I do think, though, that his popularity and that of his party is or has faded. I can not remember anything that he promised in the past 10 years that actually benefitted any of the poor mid-class Thais.
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