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18 minutes ago, Somtamnication said:

Oopsies! The peasants are revolting!

He would not be making mutable apologizes if it was not starting to get hot in the kitchen......

The state aid to the people has been almost non existent.....Only about 5-7% got the 5,000 and now the 3 months has been reduced to one month......So just to make this simple......It can be said basically no one has got any help worth mentioning....  

17 hours ago, Kerryd said:

I have issues with the idea that there is an outbreak anywhere in Pattaya involving foreigners.
As the covid tracker shows, there are hardly any cases in Pattaya at all and most of the suspected cases are well over 14 days old.

https://covidtracker.5lab.co/en

And I'm sure most people would have noticed any recent news stories about "foreigners" with covid in Pattaya about as quickly as they'd notice being slapped in the face with a frozen tuna wielded by an angry midget ladyboy.

If I recall, the reason for "locking down" Pattaya initially was to keep "outsiders" (people from Bangkok, other provinces and the surrounding areas) from coming into Pattaya (and possibly bringing the virus with them).

That was why the initial roadblocks were set up to prevent traffic travelling along Sukhumvit, highway 36 or highway 7 from getting into the city. Those barricades came down when it became obvious they hadn't planned for the amount of traffic and couldn't effectively reroute it all.

The next plan was going to be to lock down a portion of the central part of Pattaya, between South and North Pattaya roads and from soi Arunothai/Khor Pai to the beach.
That plan was supposedly because there were (2,000 in one article and 2,800 in another) tourists in that area and they were worried about a possible outbreak. Pretty stupid as by that point it was unlikely that anyone there was a recent arrival anyways and it would have been far quicker, easier and cheaper to simply go and test all those tourists (that they seemed to be sure were all located in that small area).
(Not to mention that there hasn't been any reports of any infections in Pattaya for a couple of weeks now.)

That plan was also whacked as there were far to many ways to get in/out of the area and probably too difficult to try and block them all.
Too bad, as that plan would have left a number of the big stores open for Darksiders to access.

The current plan is to use Sukhumvit as the barrier between East and West Pattaya. The big difference with the current plan is that they will have more room for traffic and a better system for turning vehicles back the way they came, unlike when they tried it on the railway bypass a few days ago.

Unfortunately, people on the east side of the highway are now blocked off from the big stores, but can still use online orders and delivery services if need be.

I think the main reason they are determined to do this one way or another is because they said they were going to do it so they must do it....They lost big face with the 1st and 2nd plans and now they are trying regain face with the 3rd plan..

You kicked him out of office.....That is enough....

54 minutes ago, keith101 said:

So much for social distancing these people dont seem to consider theirs or anybody's health only money .

When your flat broke social distancing just does not matter much...

No need to sell gold when everybody is getting 5,000 a month...

9 hours ago, kingofthemountain said:

I don't think so

i know a bunch of bargirls here in Pattaya, some of them have receveid the payement of the 5000

and of course like 90% of the bargirls their parents and relatives are farmers.

 

I think it's a translation problem. the ''family''  probably means husband. wife and

the childs if they have more than 18 and are still registered at the parent's home.

 

It could also be that a lot of Thais don't bother to register their new adress when

they leave the village, so for the administration, and if they aren't able to give a proof of

the new adress, they are still registered at the familial farm, and entitled to receive the

subside for the farmers with the others family members living here.

 

The bargirls i know have all given a prove of their adress (Most of them ae in a room above the bar) when they have filled the form for the 5000

This farming/family/address issue is probably about a 99% BS excuse to confuse and try and do some ass covering for why the 5,000 baht payments are being withheld for most of the 27 million people who have asked for help....

My girlfriend has about 6-7 friends in Pattaya who work various jobs....Cashier, restaurant, freelance, etc.....My girlfriend and her friends were all rejected......She got angry and started reading many Thai social media posts about this......She learned there are HUGE HUGE numbers of Thais who have been rejected....

By the governments own admission only 7% of the people who have applied have received the 5,000 and I bet those numbers are stretched so its probably under 5% who have received money........Very Sad for all the Thai people in need.... 

9 hours ago, Matzzon said:

A really bad behaviour to come up with excuse after excuse to not pay people that need the cash handouts. Now the last one with the excuse if they are family members of a farmer. Do they realize that most people leave home and start a life on their own?

I feel worried and frightened for once I agree with one of your comments... 

From all reports I have read very very few people have received 5,000 baht so far....Maybe around 5% who have applied.... 

We dont want to leave anyone out except just about everyone who has asked for help....

No Thai I know got the 5,000.....I guess only 7% of 24 million got the 5,000...So I would expect most farmers will end up getting Jack....

I am now scared of

Restaurants

Grocery Stores

Markets

Taxis

beaches

Strangers

Friends

My Pets

My Children

My Wife

I am also afraid myself- face touch

Lets see I can either keep myself covered in hand gel and masks 24/7

Or

Just forget this whole ridiculous thing and go on living life... 

8 minutes ago, Almer said:

I think it was 24 million steaked a claim, different than needing the money

I will bet the farm that the vast vast majority of that 24 million needed the money badly.....