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Like most tests/exams in Thailand, nobody fails!

I was granted PR with the reason of supporting Thai wife and children. One of the main requirements was three years uninterrupted tax returns. The remaining requirements included a DNA test and a basic interview in Thai.

The helicopter landed safely on the pitch at Leicester City. To sabotage the take-off would entail walking on to the pitch and doing the sabotage there, which is pretty unlikely given the number of cameras in a football stadium. Here is the AAIB's final report. It's a chunky 224 pages long: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/64f73d429ee0f2000fb7bf1f/AAR_1-2023_G-VSKP_Final_Vol_1.pdf The AAIB also published two special reports to provide preliminary information. Here is the second one (eight pages): https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/5c090ab1e5274a0b64c8a2f4/S2-2018_G-VSKP.pdf

Go to a car key shop. They fit small batteries to car keys and may able to fit such a battery to your gadget. I buy my small batteries (2016, 2025, 2032 etc from Mr DIY or Lazada. Lazada is pretty cheap...7/11 is much more expensive.

In the first nine months of 2025 foreign arrivals in Thailand were down about 7% on 2024. Airlines such as Thai AirAsia have been reducing flights to China as Chinese arrivals to Thailand in 2025 are down due to safety and scam concerns, increased competition and lower spending. In 2019, there were about 11mn visitors from China. This year, the total will be less than 5mn.

In 2010, I was sick of reinstalling, hanging, "not responding", Ctrl+Alt+Deltete, etc, etc, I changed to a Mac, as did my two colleagues. We should have done it much earlier. We saved so much time actually doing work rather than fixing PC issues.

I have used this for years and it has worked well.

I get mine from Yorkshire Bacon in Hua Hin. Great sausages and bacon made by a professional butcher. https://www.yorkshirebacon.com/

Yeah. I've lived and worked in Thailand since 1990 and have seen the lack of progress. Awful education system, the general bullying of the population, corruption making the country uncompetitive. The people deserve better. , lack of leadershio

Keep the masses docile, ignorant, subservient and frightened and you can keep the status quo.

Every now and again we get these awful stories of children drowning in their local lake. The kids (who can't swim) ask a relative if they can go swimming. The relative says yes, the kids go swimming and drown. And then there is shock, horror and despair. This story gets repeated all the time. Why would you let children play at a lake when they can't swim? There are many reasons for this including lack of parental supervision, fatalism, poor education.

Just ask the bondholders and shareholders of their opinion on THAI. In the real world, the airline would have been wound up years ago. God knows how much public money has been wasted on this dinosaur.

With a monopoly of duty free operations in various Thai airports, it's amazing how King power can't make money. This Nation article gives the history of the King Power saga: https://www.nationthailand.com/business/corporate/40051565 This article gives details of the lawsuit brought against King Power in 2017 over alleged underpayment of revenues to AOT: https://www.occrp.org/en/news/thailand-owner-of-leicester-city-faces-422m-graft-suit

Used go there every Friday night in the 90's. Just the best nights out followed by Elvis and Tom Jones at Radio City.

I bicycle every day and have a taser attached to my handlebars. If a dog starts to get aggressive, I deploy the taser which emits a cracking sound between the 2 electrodes. The dogs are startled by the noise and run away. You can get them from Shopee: https://shopee.co.th/ส่งจาก-กทม-ไฟLED-ไฟแบบพกพาอัจฉริยะชาร์จUSB09-i.1224090127.29117285707?xptdk=b95fe6e8-a79a-44de-b9ad-f6fdbdefa16e

Over the past couple of years, I've had 4 basal cell carcinomas excised and am treating one on my my nose with Aldara cream. I've also had lots of actinic keratosis spots burned off. I go to the dermatologist every 6 months and also apply SPF 50+ cream every morning and every time I go out on my bike (which is most days). When I'm biking, I wear a mask, a broad-rimmed hat, UV-protection long-sleeved cycling shirt and gloves.

Well done. I should have done citizenship years ago when I was working (been here 35 years, married for 34 years) but I did PR and left it at that. Don't need to own land, work again or vote, but it would have been nice to have a Thai ID card and passport!

Having lived and worked in Thailand for 35 years, I have formed many opinions on the Thai education system and the benefits of a university education. When I was the MD of a Bangkok office in the early 1990s, we needed well educated English-speaking graduates who could deal with foreign clients. These graduates were usually from rich families and were educated abroad and therefore pretty fluent in English. Unfortunately, they lacked the "hunger" to do a good job because their families were so rich, their job was just something to do and if they didn't like it, they could return to the bosom of their family without suffering financial hardship. The keener employees were the ones who had got their degrees in Thailand, but the downside was that creative thinking, intuition and problem-solving had been bullied/educated out of them. However, they were very receptive to training and were delighted that the company took the time to help them without the fear of being bullied or humiliated if they made mistakes.

Very disappointing. I've used Food Panda for many years and like it's web-based ordering, Now I'll have to download the Grab Food app on my phone and learn how to. use it!

My mistake...withholding tax on bank interest is 15%. it is withholding tax on dividends that is 10%. The figures I showed are the rates SCB is currently offering. The 1.90% I got on my fixed deposit is the rate SCB was offering 5 months ago. Since then, rates have decreased, hence the lower rates currently offered.

I have a 6-month fixed deposit with SCB that pays 1.90% pa gross = 1.71% pa net of 10% withholding tax. The current gross rates are as follows:

Thought as much...thanks.

I am in the blue book at our house in Bangkok (I have PR and so must be registered in a blue book). I own a condo in Hua Hin which has a blue book in the original developer's name (my name is on the chanote). Because I am already registered in a blue book in Bangkok, does that mean I cannot have the blue book for my Hua Hin condo changed to my name as well?

When you submit a TM30 online, you get some kind of confirmation on screen that the information has been successfully sent. I take a screen shot of that. In addition, you can search by date for TM30's already sent, which should also have the information you have just sent.

Not true. My son has been a First Officer with a Thai airline for eight years and is now trying to upgrade to Captain.