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1 hour ago, webfact said:

Police seized ฿1.3 million in cash from two safes while they failed to open four others

Didn't want the press to see this week's brown envelopes?

1 hour ago, Geoffggi said:

The brown envelope finally arrived ...............................LOL

A BIG brown envelope.  We are talking telephone numbers here!

Condé Nast readers need to get out more.

I shall sleep so much more soundly knowing the BIB are working hard to keep us all safe from such terrifying evils as sex and booze.  They don't seem to targeting the jet-ski scammers though.  I wonder why?

5 hours ago, webfact said:

Nithithorn said that the suspect will be dealt with just like a member of the public under traffic laws recently tightened up. 

 

Correction:

...the suspect will be dealt with just like a well connected member of the public....

Poor lady.  RIP.

Comparing France with Thailand is not comparing like with like.  France has been open to travellers for some time - without any need for a "France Pass".Thailand has only dropped its "Thailand Pass" and testing requirements in recent weeks. Obtention of a Thailand Pass was difficult enough for one, but for a family?  Plus the risk of just one of your party testing positive and ruining the holiday for all.  Who needs that when you just want a holiday? Flights booked close to the departure date in the holiday period are very expensive so most europeans booked their holidays before the Thailand Pass and testing was dropped and so many potential visitors have gone elsewhere this year.

3 hours ago, webfact said:

Doctor Taejing Siripanich, a secretary of the Don’t Drive Drunk Foundation has given his view about the plan, “The 4:00 A.M. extension plan cannot definitely guarantee about boosting the economy. On the other hand, this might have to be an exchange with health and people’s safety.”

 

“I believe that foreign tourists come to Thailand not because of nightclubs, drinking, and partying. Most of them want to come here because of natural and cultural tourism places like beaches, parks, traditional Thai culture, and temples. 

 

He needs to get out more.

There is no compelling reason to have this as a separate charge rather than just adding it to the departure tax of 700 (?) Baht already added to the airline ticket price as the numbers of tourist foreigners arriving overland or by boat is insignificant in comparison to arrivals by air.  That would save the 30% collection "fee".  This is just designed to create an opportunity for more and bigger brown envelopes.

Dear Khun Chuwit Kamolwisit,

Many thanks for that but my taxi driver says that he doesn't know where that is. Can you give him directions please?

Best regards,

A Partygoer

39 minutes ago, Geoffggi said:

Is there light at the end of the tunnel for Thailand?

 

Or is it possibly another train coming ......................LOL

I can only speak for myself.  I was planning to return to Thailand this month, but the recent imprisonment of 12 people (possibly 7 days quarantine AND 21 days isolation - the article was not 100% clear) because a guy on their flight tested positive for ????pox in Oz shows that the HospiPrison game is potentially still in full swing and I have booked to Cambodia instead.

3 hours ago, webfact said:

12 crew members and passengers on the same flight, who were in close contact with the infected traveller, have now been quarantined in Thailand for seven days, adding that none of them have shown any symptoms associated with monkeypox, but they will be isolated for 21 days to ensure they are safe, according to Head of the Bureau of Epidemiology Dr. Chakkarat Pittayawonganon.

And so the quarantine game is restarting. Just when they thought it was all over!

12 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha issued a warning against illegal animal smuggling since these animals could potentially be the hosts of the virus

As could monkeys, which cross borders where and when they please.

2 hours ago, webfact said:

a new RT-PCR test for Monkeypox which is in development at Mahidol University at Ramathibodi Hospital.

Monkey Business.

Take Thai men, guns and booze and mix together.  Recipe for disaster.

1 hour ago, richard_smith237 said:

Booze and going too fast.... 

 

Can’t see how this is possible for person who is sober...... well.... 

Could be other reasons: a bike is easily pushed off course by another vehicle taking up its roadspace or just passing too close, so his bike could have been pushed into the wall.  RIP.