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7 hours ago, GroveHillWanderer said:

They can use sunscreen, just not the ones that contain the specifically-named, banned chemicals. There are other sunscreens that do not contain these chemicals and which are OK to use.

Try telling that to the cop with his mitt out! A bit like trying to explain that Ginger Beer does not contain alcohol!!!

The post had damaged the fine upstanding name of the army and the government, it was felt.

Felt by whom?

On 7/31/2021 at 11:07 AM, kwonitoy said:

I know its coincidence but when vaccines are donated they arrive to great fanfare the next day on a jet, from America for instance. 

When they are paying there own money the vaccines are "on order" and will arrive "later" or next year   ???? 

You missed "plan to"!

"BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand will order an additional 10 million doses of the Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine,"

The question is:- "WHEN"?

"promising that the country will join the COVAX program to receive donated vaccines next year."

Here we go again, waiting for freebies rather than getting their fingers out and spending a few baht, and possibly get thevaccine this year.

And the article is a bit ambiguous - does it mean that Thailand will receive free vaccines next year, or that Thaland will join the COVAX programme next year? The latter woud not surprise me the way that things have been handled up to now!

9 minutes ago, Salerno said:

Exactly, we're talking tourists not elderly retired expats (although chances are most of the alleged tourists arriving are likely to be just that). If you think you need to be "Richard Branson type jetsetters" for that sort of spend then I refer you to a post I made earlier.

 

TAT's figures are pie in the sky IMO but not due that figure.

You could obviously be one of the "quality tourists" that we hear so much about (but I suspect you are now a resident?), and move in different circles to the "average" tourist, but I would think that the "well heeled" tourist would  be more inclined to choose a holiday destination where you don't have so many hoops to jump through in order to get to your destination, and the others that you have to jump through once you are here! 

In short, the well off would rather be able to choose what they do, and where they go during their holiday rather than be treated like a criminal on parole, and subject to all kinds of restrictions and conditions. For instance, being "tracked" every step that they take outside their hotel is probably something they are not accustomed to - or would welcome!

6 minutes ago, Adelphi said:

I think that the strict entry requirements into Thailand made sense when we had very low infection rates.  However, the Government’s mishandling of the situation allowed the Delta variant to get established.  If Thailand wants foreign visitors then why not let people who are fully vaccinated entre without restriction.  They are not going to have much of an impact on the overall rate of infection particularly as only small numbers are likely to come with a full blown pandemic going on and the health system under extreme stress. Just a thought. 

"only small numbers are likely to come with a full blown pandemic going on and the health system under extreme stress."

Try telling that to this lot! (The staff of TAT at the boss's inauguration ceremony in 2015 - wonder who the unsuitably dressed couple/bookends are at each end - Mum and Dad?) 

2 minutes ago, KhunMorris said:

Really? I've done that in a night. 

 

Sincerely 

 

MORRIS 

Ex Bar Owner, Speaks Thai and Laos

We're talking tourists here - not Richard Branson type jetsetters!

(P.S. What's the fact that you're an ex Bar Owner, and speak Thai and Laos got to do with the thread?)

4 hours ago, ikke1959 said:

I want his brains.. They are new and not used.. How much more stupidity can TAT ventilate??

Life at the TAT must be like one long fairytale!

1000 tourists to Samui spending 180,000 baht each?

I think he's got his head buried and stuck in the sandbox/litter tray, but there again, whenever I see "TAT" mentioned in any announcement, I know a good laugh is coming! 

8 hours ago, Wiggy said:

I can’t see it applying to delivery drivers, and some may need to take a taxi to buy necessary items, or travel to a vaccination site. 
 

Walking a dog isn’t necessary, so I guess that’s forbidden, unless you take your dog to the supermarket. 

Walking a dog is necessary for it to perform certain bodily functions! ???? I believe it's called "house trained" where it is trained not to perform these functions in the house! 

4 minutes ago, DrJack54 said:

Where are the deaths, or are they also significantly under reported

From the post on Page 1:-

The country reported 11,397 new cases on Sunday, with 101 deaths, 

"The news comes Thailand announced a nationwide ban on public gatherings late on Friday, with violators warned they face a maximum penalty of a two-year jail term or a fine of up to 40,000 baht, or both."

He's getting worried that people don't like him any more! Sorry guys, your protests are a danger to the health of the nation!

11 hours ago, lujanit said:

Here is a radical thought.  Try vaccinating the people with a quality vaccine.  Sinovac doesn't count as a quality vaccine.

Here's a more radical thought - let's get enough vaccines to inoculate the people!

10 hours ago, pegman said:

Likely shamed into doing it because of that stupid Embassy joke post. Be nice if more countries did this for their nationals.

For a nice change France taking the lead in showing the way!

Extrapolated at the same rate it would mean around 36,600 visits before the end of September, notes ASEAN Now. 

Yet the spokesman insisted that TAT targets for 100,000 tourists would be met and they would be spending 8.9 billion baht. 

So does that mean 36,600 visits before the end of September, or TAT's traditionally conservative forecast of 100,000?  

2 hours ago, wensiensheng said:

There was a similar issue at saphan hin today when I went for my jab. Inside the gymnasium was a model of social distancing. Chairs set 1 meter apart, called up in batches of about 25 to start the medical process of BP checks, documents etc.

 

BUT, outside, while waiting to be called into the gym, awnings had been set up to give shade from the sun or shelter from the rain and under them were plastic chairs literally touching each other. Must have been a hundred people gathered together under one roof, side by side. 
 

I raised the issue with one official and got a shrug. No one seemed to see the contradiction of having strict social distancing inside and quite the opposite outside.

 

other than that, the only thing that sprang to my mind was that the ppe worn by all the medical workers was totally naff. Basically the gowns were nothing more than the plastic rain coats you buy at 7-11 for 35 baht. Maybe that’s good enough protection, I’m not a medical expert, but it looked…..naff.

So maybe you should put in a tender for "Designer Label PPE"? Maybe with a cute logo of a guy on a horse with a funny looking stick?

"● 9,077 new infections

● 615 prison / prison infections"

Why single out "prison/prison infections"?

What about University/Halls of residence, Army Police Training schools/colleges  etc etc?

On 7/13/2021 at 3:22 PM, internationalism said:

yesterday those tests were estimated to sell 300-400b.Now below 100b.

But in europe supermarkets they are 30-40b.

Who and how much is making on them?

You've been here long enough to have an educated guess on that one!

On 7/13/2021 at 11:52 AM, Liverpool Lou said:

How have IOs tried to extort money from you?

A few years ago I wanted to change my visa/extension, which still had several months to run, but was forced into acquiring a new one at a cost of 5000 baht, instead of the usual annual renewal cost of 1900 baht,   

8 hours ago, Moo 2 said:

This is a sign of guilt, like someone who did not do his job properly.

You mean "Sorry, but only an eensy weensy bit"?

I wonder what the reaction would have been if the "Democratic Government" ????had said "We are withholding your salary for the next 3 months to see if your results improve"

1 hour ago, PEE TEE said:

Whatever he does or does not  do is none of our business we are not Thai and guest in the country. so we play it by ear and not get involved . Saying that I'm sure the Thai people love him as much as we do ?????  

As a previous poster said a while ago:- "I am not a guest - I was not invited" 

4 hours ago, scorecard said:

Action which quickly gets very large numbers of people vaccinated plus more appropriate distribution of vaccines, stop the games to get commissions etc., plus much more help for families who are on the edge of survival would be impressive.

 

So we get a big announcement 'I won't give up my salary for 3 months';

to the enormous and frightening numbers of people who are testing positive to the Covid 19 virus every day and the folks who are really struggling to feed their kids this announcement is totally meaningless and insulting.

So we get a big announcement 'I won't give up my salary for 3 months';

????

11 hours ago, lee68 said:

The man is worth 2 billion baht in this country plus what is hidden overseas im sure he can take the hit lol!

 

Where did you get that figure from?

15 hours ago, Justgrazing said:

Very noble gesture there by the P M .. no really ..

He's been looking at the trading records of the John Lewis Partnership in the UK! Their boss did the same thing with his annual bonus a few years ago. 

3 months salary to this man is nothing more than a drop in the ocean - he declared a net worth of 128 million baht in 2014, and you can be assured that he is worth an awful lot more now - and that is a "declared" net worth!