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Which of the billionaire families will benefit from this pro[posal? Probably all of them, at the expense of ordinary Thais.

Initially I thought it was a slefie that gone too far.... but this is sad....

Yes, sad but symptomatic of the intrusive danger of the way in which these wretched devices are used. It is surprising that more accidents are not reported: driving, pedestrians, on stairs....people have become obsessed with these bloody nuisance phones/tablets.

Massively tragic for their friends and family.

Yes I know the area too.

Used to live in a San Francisco pre 1906 Victorian rotting wreck where I was risking my life every time I bathed in the old Victorian heavy bathtub because it was in an elevated shack propped up by dodgy wood polls. Ah youth!

I wonder if they were complacent thinking they were in a first world country that things like that don't happen.

I remember when I visited Argentina staying in an old building with an old elevator being shocked to read about the large numbers of people killed every year there ... in old elevators.

Sure there is dodgy real estate in any country.

Was that In Barbary Lane?

This balcony/student housing problem is worldwide. Several 'events' in Australia, including deaths. Old buildings, alcohol, young people who think they're indestructible..can lead to tragedy.

I would not mind to "Party" with her......

She might well feel that once was more than enough.

There is not a hope in hell of NZ agreeing to this. Similarly nor would Australia, Canada, UK, USA, any member of EU. Nor Japan. Their best chance for an extradition is if some 'fugitives' are in North Korea

The only winners in this would be the hiso, connected cronies who get the license to operate the monopoly. More money for billionaires is not what Thailand needs.

In my observation it's rare to see Thais buying the luxury brand copies, contradicting the OP. Calvin Klein another matter and not luxury anyway.

The earth moves for me less and less these days...

Govt rushes to pacify Hong Kong over concern on tumeric-soaked durian

The police rushed to the crime scene...

The soldiers rushed to the check point...

Now the government rushes...

everybody rushes..., that's why there are so many accidents!

Yes, they rush to check on bodies that have been decomposing for days but it is apparent that there is never much haste to get things right in the first place....as in this durian matter and so many others, it's always reactive

Somyot is correct to follow procedures and ignore the frenzy.

He may be a legitimate candidate based on merit. Even if that is the case, the perception of nepotism is the problem and it would set back Prayut's agenda and seriously damage his credibility were the appointment to be made. Surely even the most servile of minders would have to point that out to him.

Yes, time for a few old hens around Soi 4 to be "relieved from duty"

Just a couple of decades ago Thai rice was regarded as the best in the world, highly sought after, commanded a premium over all others. A bit sad that this 'jewel in the crown' has become such a basket case . Rice, prawns, fish. What's next on the SNAFU list?

He leads with his chin every time and yet appears to have a glass jaw. The constant moaning about the media is more reminiscent of a schoolyard bully than a soldier of rank. Are his colleagues too scared to tell him that he needs to listen to some advice about how to present his message to best effect?

I read a very good novel on a related theme: The Last Jew by Noah Gordon ( published a few years ago but I got to it last month). Moving.

Inverter A/Cs will indeed reduce your electric bill over a fixed speed A/C, but only if the inverter is properly sized/not undersized. If the inverter is undersized for your area then the inverter's compressor pretty much runs at full capacity all the time trying to cool the area versus being able to reduce its speed/capacity (and electric usage). The compressor in your A/C, inverter or fixed speed, is the energy hog which uses 90 to 95% of your A/C system's power usage so the less the compressor runs the lower your electric bill.

Inverters cost significantly more than a fixed speed A/C which can tempt a person to get an inverter a little smaller than recommended for your area only then to find out the electric bill is not reduced or reduced very little because the inverter's compressor must pretty much run at full speed all the time to adequately cool the area....a person has basically turned their inverter A/C into a fixed speed A/C negating an energy savings.

Makes sense but the other side of that coin is the retailers who try to flog oversized for the area, presumably because they make more profit.

There shouldn't be any "impoverished" families in Thailand. If the govt was able to collect the unpaid taxes the funds for social welfare and education programs would be in place.

Too much testosterone, should be castrated .

If one reads the BKK post and their claim that 2 of the students have been trained by IS, then you shake your head and smile.

And that fronT page report makes it clear that these are not ingenue teenagers...one of them is 28 and said to be very religious, all from the south. " linked to IS"

To be fair, at least she recognises that root and branch reform of the sector is required if the country's tourism sector is to prosper. For decades the policy, to the extent it could be called that, has been passive: let the numbers grow without investment in facilities, infrastructure, measuring the experience, making a user friendly environment, investing in safety ...and a host of other things.

She may be better suited to flogging fridges but she does appear to be 'having a go' at making things better....and not many before her have ever acknowledged the need to try.

What is worrying for Thailand is that neither Chula nor Thammasat are on the list. Those are after all seen upon as the two most prestigious universities by most Thais, and traditionally attract the top students from high schools all over the country. I wouldn't worry about being placed in the same league as Iran. Iran has some very good universities.

Aside from a couple of (very shallow) pockets of excellence, these 2 universities have been on the slide for decades. Chula has rested on its laurels in expectation of continuing to be high status and has become a third rate university. It would barely scrape into a Thai top 10.

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Meanwhile, also in Bali, the Indonesian woman found guilty of arranging the murder of her foreign husband was sentenced to 12 years in prison (as were the 2 who actually hacked him to death). Clearly she thought the sentence excessively harsh as she is contemplating an appeal against the severity. A very sick country.

Great, does that mean the army won't be supplying the terrorists with weapons any longer?

Ridiculous suggestion that he be sacked. He's part of the elite and consequently immune from any sanction.

A clever and cunning solution: set up a committee delegated to fix the problem. That will work.