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10 minutes ago, RJRS1301 said:

Well the British are world champions at exporting their less than savoury types tp other ???? 

I can think of other countries equally as qualified to have that accolade - Russia and Nigeria to name but two.

(P.S. You didn't finish  your post, but I presume you meant ".......types to other countries"?) 

"British national arrested after allegedly firing a gun several times into the air and multiple hour standoff with Pattaya Police at a luxury Pattaya home"

Why not "Foreign national arrested after allegedly firing a gun several times into the air and multiple hour standoff with Pattaya Police at a luxury Pattaya home"

Other suspects' nationalities seem to very often get ignored by the Thai media, but they seem to love pointing out that the offfenders/suspects are British whenever they can! Probably not helped by the Health Minister calling us "dirty unwashed farangs" a while ago!

"We further note that while non- mask wearing outside is subject to fines in Thailand, people are allowed to eat without wearing one."

Well, isn't that big of them? It would be rather difficult to eat WITH one! 

How is it that there are no Covid-19 "spikes" in live in Army or Police Training camps/barracks or colleges - or at least, how is it that we never hear of any? We hear about lots of prisoners in jail being affected, so it seems strange that similar "live in" institutions are not affected. 

5 hours ago, actonion said:

And banned travel during Songkran would have helped

And now we have an exodus of building site workers from Bangkok to contend with due to the short sightedness and ineptitude of this Government.

8 hours ago, Crossy said:

And they are going to enforce this how exactly?

 

Bring on the Telescreens https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telescreen

 

 

Meanwhile one wonders why the header photo is of a BTS security guard assisting a blind passenger?

It's not ThaiVisa any more - it's 

8 hours ago, Crossy said:

And they are going to enforce this how exactly?

 

Bring on the Telescreens https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telescreen

 

 

Meanwhile one wonders why the header photo is of a BTS security guard assisting a blind passenger?

It's not "ThaiVisa" any more it's "Asean Now" so maybe their Editor and proof readers are having teething problems - I think we can expect more of the same nonsense for a while!

5 hours ago, dade7812 said:

They don't have to stay in their rooms, they are quarantined to the island for 14 days......

Alcatraz!

On 6/28/2021 at 12:07 PM, Justgrazing said:

 

a chocolate teapot .? 

An ashtray on a motor bike?

3 hours ago, JonnyF said:

At this point, anyone who makes plans or spends money based on what the government tells them they are going to do must know they are taking a big risk.

 

I don't trust them to keep their word any more than I'd trust a bi-polar teenage meth addict that was high on LSD and had LIAR tattooed on their forehead.

 

 

Nice analogy!

15 minutes ago, wombat said:

absolutely, the daily dose of optimistic optimism from the hub of optimism makes my day...

That and the usual nonsense spouted by Anutin makes my ribs ache!

4 hours ago, mtls2005 said:

 

It's a bit confusing, Thailand is on a list of 75 countries published 3 June. 

 

Non-essential travel is prohibited.

 

Think they have a 14 day quarantine in-bound (returning to China).

 

Maybe by October this will change?

 

 

"A deputy at the Tourism Council of Thailand told Thai Rath that Chinese tourists would start returning to Thailand from October. "

Maybe nobody told the deputy about the above restrictions?

3 hours ago, AlQaholic said:

Thailand is not doing too bad compared to the region:

Australia - - 23%

Malaysia - ~ 17%

Indonesia - ~10%

Thailand - ~ 10%

Philippines - ~ 8%

Vietnam - ~ 3.4%

 

It would be nice if you explained what your % figures mean! (%'s of what?)

5 hours ago, Jimbo2014 said:

I think the Junta may have priorities other than bothering to save Thai people and the economy....

From 22/6/21 "Army confirms purchase of Airbus C295 transport plane"  

Absolutely scandalous if true - they will probably tryt to justify it by  saying  that the deal was sealed long before Covid came to Thailand.

5 hours ago, Sydebolle said:

Seeing is believing; never seen anything less competent while clearing out all the government's coffers .........

Wondering simply why all Thai people stand by idly and watch how those clowns in the government are throwing the country into the absolute abyss. Recovery of all this mess and highway robbery will take much more than little sandbox ideas with conditions hardly anyone would agree to - unless they have no choice (like family or work) or from an otherwise suppressed country .........

"why all Thai people stand by idly"

Guns and tanks, and Article 44?

5 hours ago, Hayduke said:

 

To the Thai ‘leadership’ this is more of a money making opportunity than a public health crisis…..giving China a virtual vaccine monopoly provides for generous kickbacks and maximizes the profits going into official pockets.

 

 

I don't think they were thinking of China as a  "quality vaccine" provider. They were probably referring to Pfizer (American) Moderna (American), and J&J (American), which of course would mean stepping on some influetial Oriental toes were they to acquire substantial supplies from the West!

7 hours ago, nkg said:

 

 

The Antipodean politicians are too busy bragging about what a great job they've done about covid to bother with minor details like vaccinating their populations.

 

Never mind, they are only about a year behind the other western nations.

 

The Antipodean nations are not part of the West! - did you have Geography lessons at school?

8 hours ago, arick said:

Why isn't Phuket on their list they were 70% Last Friday and last Saturday 80% they would be at the top of the list. 

Because much as some people would like it to be - Phuket is not a country!

46 minutes ago, club said:

Actually its 20 minus Thailand who caved on this trash. You need help pulling your head out of the sand  https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/3/15/which-countries-have-halted-use-of-astrazenecas-covid-vaccine

"Halted" doesn't mean "banned"!

49 minutes ago, natway09 said:

I would not as a foreigner expect to get it for nothing & the price seems reasonable.

It is just the time frame that is dragging out 

"Thai Time"!

29 minutes ago, malibukid said:

Air Asia refund policy is very good actually.

No it isn't!

"Siripakorn claimed also that Singapore Airlines and Qatar will fly into Koh Samui when they start their "sealed route" addition to the Sandbox plan on July 15th. "

Has anybody cleared this with Bangkok Airways? They who own the airport, and up to now have held the monopoly on flights into Koh Samui.

"Some 400-500 passengers are expected to be onboard."

What happened to the 300 that were expected just a few days ago? Oh, sorry, I've just seen who made the statement, "Marketing executive at the TAT Siripakorn Cheosamut"

I wasn't going to read any further, but I'd already started and the post ends quite typically for anything that involves TAT:-

"This represented 13,116 rooms as each person will be staying an average of 12 days.  Thaivisa notes that in the plan tourists are required to spend 14 days on Phuket before moving on."

Eeeh, you just have to laugh, don't ya?

"People can start paying from July 1st, Thursday, that will inform hospitals how much vaccine they need which will be decided by the end of July.

Jabs will begin as previously announced on October 1st and continue through the fourth quarter, reported Sanook yesterday. "

Nope, I will pay cash on delivery thank you!

Would you pay Tesco/Homepro in advance for a TV so that they know how many to order?

Can you just imagine the rigmarole if the vaccine didn't arrive and you asked for your money back?????

5 minutes ago, placeholder said:

what with the repetetions and huge gobs of irrelevant data, it seems this text was created or relayed by a bot. Can you put the gist of this into your own words instead of violating thaivisa rules by copying way way more than 3 sentences.

And as overblown as your selection is, it doesnt' do much in addressing the question of how effective the vaccine is at reducing hospitalizations and deaths.

I lost interest after paragraph one!