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17 hours ago, oilinki said:
I'm curious how many hours do other non-English speaking countries teach English in primary and secondary schools?
I had 4 hours a week in Belgium, 4 hours of French and two hours German.
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Of course when we were young we used to play intelligent games, remember the TV Tennis?
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Is that the same minister that said tourists would come here for the Thai culture?
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Anyone can tell me the difference with an ankle tracker?
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The real question should not be the nationality but the benefit to the (Thai)society. If a one (wo)man has a specific skills which can eventually help hundreds of Thais get a job or improve the life of Thai people then that should be more important than his nationality, because then he is not taking away jobs from Thais but CREATING jobs.
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it's not unique just to LOS.
I do recall it is no different in Malaysia, where no ferenghi cannot be in a business, unless it is owned by 51% or more by a Malay
In Fiji, the indigenous ran the (big-business-man) Indians out of town (many becoming refugees to Australia) , and gave it all to the locals
SudAfrika had countless property owners lose all their property, and often their lives, to the majority locals
Financial racism is a world-over problem
Please do not mention countries you have no knowledge of South Africa does allow one man businesses and yes also if you are not a South African, the rest is propaganda.
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Fully agree with you, been looking into that too. They are really cheap to buy now.
The Thai government should let Farangs buy some of those boats and convert them to live aboards.
And let Farangs live in a Marina like in Los Angeles or San Diego.
I lived on a sailboat for a while, great fun.
In the states old tug boats are converted to very cool second homes.
But lets sink em'.
And who care about the future and the oceans collapsing? I don't need oxygen. It's not important.
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quote "The implementation of the agreement between the EU and Turkey is working so far"..
Yes it's working a charm. So far 47 "refugees" have been returned to Turkey from Greece under the deal. No data is available on how many of those 47 hopped straight back on the next dingy.
There is no way on earth the number of migrants from N Africa to Germany has dried up. They were invited after all. Numbers will ramp up until a more balanced government comes to power in each country. I have high hopes for Austria, there is a good chance they will soon get a grip on the country-changing migration.
The number will decrease once the west stop bombing this countries or killing their leaders, this will of course never happen as the West needs to continue producing weapons and draining their resources,
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The EU and the US are the main buyers. Customers is always right, if EU and US don't want to buy slave labour it is their right to give Thailand the choice between adapting or not selling to them anymore .I am very glad the EU ensure we do not buy slave products or products that would endanger the marine environment. If Thailand wants a Thaixit very easy just don't sell to the EU anymore.
No wonder there was a Brexit.
Like the US, the EU can't keep their nose out of anything.
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With permanent stays and work permits it will be a completely different issue.
Can'r see how, as there has been not vote to leave the EEA.
To the best of my knowledge, the UK actually did vote on it and has to reapply....... But as I wasn´t 100% sure, i quickly googled it and amongst many many pages commenting on this point were the BBC with
What happens to UK citizens working in the EU?
A lot depends on the kind of deal the UK agrees with the EU after exit.
If it remains within the single market, it would almost certainly retain free movement rights, allowing UK citizens to work in the EU and vice versa.
If the government opted to impose work permit restrictions, as UKIP wants, then other countries could reciprocate, meaning Britons would have to apply for visas to work.
and the Center for European Reform say:After a vote to leave, the UK must invoke Article 50 of the Treaty on European Union, which could lead to several alternatives to membership. One simple option would be for Britain to join the European Economic Area (EEA) – the ‘Norwegian’ option. Britain would then be outside the common agricultural and fisheries policies. But its economic relationship with the EU would not change significantly: it would pay nearly as much into the budget as it does today, free movement of labour would continue, and the UK would have to apply the single market’s rules and regulations without having a vote on them.You don't want IN but you want OUT sorry, it doesn't work that way, build your wall and enclose yourself. Happy days to you.
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Check on http://www.marinetraffic.com/en/ais/home/centerx:101/centery:13/zoom:9 www.marinetraffic.com and filter on fishing vessels, there is only one fishing vessel in the entire Gulf of Thailand so I expect the Fish stock to replenish exponentially in the coming years.
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Well, they can always ask to be transferred to a Thai prison.
I am sure they will appreciate the way they are treated in a Thai prison and enjoy the 5 star food.
It the prison officers that are striking and complaining. Not the convicts.
Belgium, the most dysfunctional of the Western EU countries. Great choice to put the EU HQ.
Well luckily the HQ is not in the UK, might be a problem soon.
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Most of the people voting no are probably all flying Emirates Airways or Quatar as they refuse to pay extra for their own national airlines such as British Airways, Air France, etc.. Complaining about the muslims but enjoying their cheap flights.
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great, finished the endless search of a Bangkok bank ATM (BK Bank only allows you to withdraw at their own ATM), less cash in my pocket thus safer, less cash in the 7/11 tiller thus safer cashiers. Now wait for all the other convenience stores to follow.
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Gives a feeling of how the colonies went to vote to get free of the British emporium.
Anyhow they will enjoy the long queues at custom and immigration when going to the mainland or to Gibraltar and welcome back home all the UK expats living and working in Europe.
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http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/703929-20-rescued-as-third-dive-boat-sinks-off-phuket/
http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/664064-two-chinese-tourists-die-in-pattaya-speedboat-accident/
http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/706642-krabi-speedboat-sinks-in-high-speed-collision/
http://www.pattayamail.com/news/long-idled-koh-larn-ferry-destroyed-by-fire-54312
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Of course the dual pricing is necessary because the Thai information signs are all nicely translated in English everywhere right?
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Provoked or not...there is no excuse for this kind of behavior. There is a growing and encouraged xenophobia happening. Selective Tourism is in motion.
a reflection of a worldwide trend.
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Bunch of incompetent a-holes made Belgium one of the un-safest places in the EU at the moment.
Made me skip a visit to Antwerp I planned months ago, as I am currently on holiday in Europe, wanted to show the Thai missus the Jewish neighborhood, the diamond trade etc. etc.
Not really a good idea now, is it ?
Like for example during transport of extradited terrorist Abdeslam, in broad daylight, he was cheered all along the way by sympathizing muslims.
How could they know what day he would go ? What time they would travel?
What route they would take exactly ? Leaks, leaks and leaks of course.
Lastly, those cheering would have been arrested rightaway and deported out of the nanny state by any reasonable thinking Government, not Belgium's however...
so what did you do instead? Take a train in Spain, go see a football match in Paris, take a subway in London, go to a disco in Bali? Come on the Sukhumvit and the highway to Suvarnabhumi is still 20 x times more dangerous.
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Can someone explain me how the US bathrooms look like? Are there no doors on the cubicles? Do they walk around naked or what? At what stage will the women see that the men dressed as a women is shaking his Willy?
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U tha Pao or something like that is just the English transliteration from Thai. So don't complaint Thais for this.
if they want 3 million passengers a year, they better make up their mind. I don't care what they choose but when I type it into Google map or my car GPS I would like to have a correct answer.
Shangai is also not written Changai or Shankay.
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That is assuming your kid school is recognized by the Thai govt, if the school is only recognized by e.g a European country you are screwed and forget the Thai school if none of the parents has the Thai nationality.
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Which also means 90 days reporting, who is going to be happy to miss a half day school? ( or a full day if you live far from immigration office)
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Huh?
The only thing the poor old man was unprepared for is to be chasen away from his quite anchorage place in the middle of the night resulting in a rescue by the same navy a few hours later. What could an old 70 year old man at anchor do wrong? Well done navy indeed :-(Silly old bugger taking out a boat unprepared.
The story is a week old, and assumedly boatfreak has some prior knowledge regards the back ground circumstances.
If correct, it's a real worry, with the Thai navy showing indifference to an old man, which could have resulted with the death of the couple.
Yes indeed as usual the press tells you only part of the story and all our TV readers being very qualified sailors Know exactly how it should be done. The reality is that the poor old man was chased away by the navy in the middle of the night and had no choice but to anchor in an unsheltered place.
"Free Tour" foreign businessmen a national security issue for Thailand, says immigration chief
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Creating jobs is indeed a real threat to this country, that will classify you as a criminal.