Not quite sure what his contingency plan is ?
What in hecks name does he think sitting in his ivory tower he can do about it ?
If they pirate a ship, they pirate a ship. The Thai Minister of Commerce can do what ?
Thailand took years to even help the Malaysian & Singapore navy in the Malacca Straits & these guys are so much smarter.
Taiwan will not be able to choose, nor will they be able to protect themselves or stop the "takeover".
It will happen, & any token outside military action will be short & then come to an "arrangement"
or loose millions of military & maybe make their own country bankrupt.
The similarity happening in Europe now where not only the US but the European nearby countries have "just about had enough of spending their billions" supporting a war not of their making.
I see that Poland & Finland who are neighbouring countries of Russia are playing their violin behind the scenes.
Belarus ? well enough said
The normal real estate agents not much use as will want minimum 6 months.
Try the short term rental tourist people, even Agoda or booking.com have apartments so they may have houses by the month
I hope they are mainly for export.
The current energy supply in Thailand (even if they had any kind of decent charging facilities once out of the city)
is generated by oil or gas which just transfers the carbon footprint from one place to another,
and they are still expensive with battery quality still a major issue
2am / 4am will make little difference as the damage is already done if they are stupid enough to drive home.
There was talk in NZ about closing carparks at 11pm & you had to pass a breath test to drive your vehicle out.
Not sure what happened but idea makes sense
They don't really care at the top end.
Having spoken at length to both a Highway Patrol & ordinary policeman both made it very clear, they do not have the budget nor is it forthcoming for fuel to have patrol cars/pickups on the roads on a regular basis.
Did someone think to tell her that 78% of Thais live from their small salary month by month & that many have
HP or mortgages to pay so you will need to discount hotel rooms a lot more (& they are already cheap)
In reality I am surprised just how much Thais do travel but again, did someone think to tell TAT that the Thais travelling internally will not help Thailands balance of payment nor foreign reserves, so Thailand sinks deeper into the bog
"Thais don"t eat much beef" What a lot of rubbish. Most Laab is beef so half of Isaan eats beef & I had tonight in Tak.
Lamb is expensive here. What a lot of rubbish, maybe you are out of reality.
I stopped bringing deep frozen, newspaper wrapped lamb back from NZ as there is little difference in the price.
1,300 Bht for a large lamb leg is still good price & not worth the hassle