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What about the songtaews and scooter taxis? Worthless gestures and hype concerning the taxis barriers.

6 hours ago, smedly said:

you are in for a whole pile of hurt

A question about the future, answered with reply drawn from the future.  

As churned out from old clippings and memories of times past.  

"Mr Thanakorn also gave an update on the Phuket Sandbox, which has been hailed a success.".

Using what metric to measure this "success"? A Smoke and Mirror display, backed up with a vinyl chart and stock photos? A La-La-Land Nonsense Generator-Tabulator? A TAT Distortion Device with the usual Reality Impairment Module?

What's behind the masks is reality.

Where is the scientific research to support this? Seems to be an uneducated, knee jerk response, requiring no effort, no accountability, no measurable results and no reasoning that would hold up to independent study.

Sadly, with out full disclosure, accountability and disclosure, things happen. The record of corruption speaks for itself.

4 hours ago, clivebaxter said:

The case is about him murdering a suspect with plastic bags for a corrupt payment of 2 million baht. not about his car collection

Corruption is often connected to other crimes. 

Seeming this government is too busy or impotent  to find a solution. It would be a national shame, but one has to possess such feelings. Pathetic on so many levels.

9 hours ago, Rampant Rabbit said:

This govt should hang its head in shame?

Yes indeed. Generals, including some from my country, do not possess that capability. 

Generally speaking, Generals hereabouts are mouthpieces without little credibility.

17 hours ago, Pinot said:

Wait, wait, wait a second. Are you saying TAT lies? 

Afterall, it is an arm of government.

14 hours ago, BE88 said:

If they are saved from 10 meters high and are safe and sound it is truly a miracle, and it seems that they are not the first to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luang_Pu_Thuat

 

For those who don't believe these amulets they would do well not to make stupid comments.

Respect for other religions must be when you live in another country

 

"Stupid comments" may fall under Freedom of Speech and amulets may fall under Freedom of Expression, Religion or Fantasy.

Respect is earned and learned. It is not a "must", except in a repressive mindset.

The Land of Illusions.

Reminds me of the largesse coming from organized crime Dons of US history. They would donate money to facilitate services to the locals when government couldn't or wouldn't provide. 

16 hours ago, Cake Monster said:

With this scaling back of Tourist Numbers for the Year to 280 K that is basically saying that from Nov 1st to Year end, each of the proposed 10 sites to be opened up is going to receive 28,000 visitors each over 2 full months.

Phuket has only had 33,000 over 3 Months, and many of those were desperate Individuals that needed to return back to Thailand to see their Families again.

I would like to think that this would be a realistic figure, but somehow, I think its all Pie in the Sky.

Many Business Operators will not be opening for such small numbers, because its cheaper to stay closed than open up, and have all the overheads and outlays for small numbers that will likely not even see the Business break even.

 

"Many Business Operators will not be opening for such small numbers, because its cheaper to stay closed than open up, and have all the overheads and outlays for small numbers that will likely not even see the Business break even". So true in the case of a local sit-down coffee cafe that has been hanging on here in Pattaya. The owner finally threw in the towel four days ago and closed for two months. Rains, flooding, no tourists and flip-flops from the talking heads in Bangkok finally put the brakes on business. 

If it were seven foreigners arrested, "foreigners" would certainly be heralded in the headline. In this case the seven involved were all Thai nationals, and the headline merely refers to them as "suspects". I suppose it means nothing.????

23 hours ago, LongTimeLurker said:

The short answer.

 

A big bribe.

Poor advice on a public forum. How big is big? Short is right.