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44 minutes ago, spidermike007 said:

The great and benevolent leader has already insured happiness. Now, he is showing the vast purity of his heart, by allowing the people to celebrate, and have some fun. 

 

He is lowering unemployment.

He is growing the economy.

He is doing everything in his power to open the country up again, and increase tourism revenue.

He is increasing exports.

He is abiding by all of the terms of the ASEAN charters he signed, and allowing the duty free importation of all beer throughout ASEAN. Bintang, Beer Lao, Bia Saigon, Bia Huda, Bia Ha Noi, Dagon, Saigon Special, 333, are on all of the supermarket shelves as we speak. We are not longer subject to the very low quality local beers, as promised in the recent ASEAN charter, that Thailand agreed to and signed. 

He is making visa policy easy, simple and streamlined, and all tourists are very happy about that. He is working on the attitudes of government workers, and making sure they are open and friendly to both tourists, and ex-pats.

He is improving traffic and public safety.

He is working day and night to eliminate the air quality issues, that have become a catastrophe for the nation. 

Corruption is being eliminated, and innocent fall guys are no longer getting charged for murder, and being put to death.

The taxi mafia on Samui and Phuket have been eliminated, and tourists can now get a taxi at a fair price. They are also adding multiple options of cheap public transportation on the Southern islands. 

 

Life is better for all now that this great man is demonstrating his genius and vision on a daily basis. All he cares about is the welfare of his own people, and the happiness of both tourists and the ex-pat community. He contemplates this day and night.

I thought this was a serious post until I saw who the author was! 

Spot on as always!

13 hours ago, Moonlover said:

What are you talking about?

Road carnage? -  people travelling to and from home with  a skinful?

"But he promised a committee would be set up to investigate."

ANOTHER committee! 

They'll be setting up a committee to discuss what time the committee should convene the next committee meeting, AFTER they've set up a committee to decide who is going to sit on the committee!!!

The Bee Gees had it in a nutshell:-

"You think that I don't even mean
A single word I say
It's only words, and words are all I have
To take your heart away"

10 hours ago, dannyshin said:

I'm Russian myself. Also know many of them. Here minimum wages is  12800 rubles months. Average people make monthly 20,000 rubles. Now a days many are suffering without job and loss of income. Are you joking "Russians are High spenders". In spite having my own shop and saving accumulated while I was working overseas, I would still opt for cheap online booking site hotels. Most Russians never eat at fancy restaurants, but street foods. Yes there are many Russian gold digger girls who tour is sponsered by their foreign or rich boyfriends/husbands.  We are too busy and not have pateince for quarentine <deleted>s 

Would make more sense when quoting wages to convert roubles to baht - most people on here (myself included!) won't have a clue about the value of a rouble!  

So, because I was interested, I Googled it and apparently, 1 rouble = 0.41 baht, so 20,000 x 0.4 = 8000 baht a month - less than a 711 employee gets in Thailand.

10 hours ago, PomPolo said:

Very confused with this change of estimate as they expected 6 million British tourists alone to visit in 2021 in a report last week, can anyone give me the real low down? I want to come back there for a holiday but so many conflicting reports also around vaccine and testing

 "can anyone give me the real low down?"

Of course not! First of all, estimates given by TAT should be issued on toilet tissue for all the good they are worth. Or elastic bands so they can be stretched to fit. 

Secondly, TIT, and everything regarding entry and visas etc is designed to be confusing and difficult, especially now they have Covid-19 to contend with - it was bad anough before!

12 hours ago, daejung said:

A joke ?

A TAT suggestion?

1 hour ago, bermondburi said:

Stop complaining, if you don't like a post, don't read it. 

How do you know you don't like a post until you've read it?  It's like "unthinking" something - impossible!

6 hours ago, darksidedog said:

Will he never learn? He can hype up different sorts of quarantine all he likes to make it sound rosy, but it is still quarantine, and tourists are not going to put up with it in numbers, end of story.

I think every man and his (darkside!) dog could come up with more believable estimates than TAT come up with!

Do they not realise that with these ridiculous estimates and continuous re-estimates and U Turns and nonsensical suggestions, they have become a laughing stock in the world as we know it i.e. Thailand, and I would not be surprised if there are a few sniggers farther afield!

7 hours ago, bkk6060 said:

I certainly want the vaccine but they all need specific storage and transport requirements.

At this point I do not trust how any of this will be handled here.

"At this point"? 

"Thai PM postpones vaccine jab indefinitely due to technical problem"

"He (An official, attached to Government House’s spokesman’s office) explained that this particular shipment came from South Korea. Although there is a letter of certification from AstraZeneca, but it was intended for South Korea, it will need a documentation from AstraZeneca specific to Thailand".

So surely this is not a technical  problem, but an administrative one?  If they can't even diagnose a problem correctly, what chance have they got of solving it? Once again, a problem with the paperwork - I think that one day Thailand will sink under the weight of all the unnecessary forms (in duplicate and triplicate) that are needed here. 

As with everything that involves logistics, Thailand is lacking. And they are experts at the "blame game" - they've had years decades of experience in that. So if anything goes wrong with the storage, handling and transport requirements you can bet your bottom baht that it won't be Thailand's fault!

Now there's a good idea to reduce the population, but I believe from an article I read on here recently that the population figures are going down already - or was it lower birth rates among the hoi polloi that was of concern? 

5 hours ago, cyril sneer said:

slow drivers should be punished, they are the ones causing most of the accidents

No, it's the fast drivers trying/swerving to avoid them that cause the accidents - that and changing lanes without using indicators, overtaking on the inside lane (a nightmare for any newcomer to Thailand) driving at night with no lights, back lights not working etc etc etc . 

17 hours ago, NCC1701A said:

good to know. 

Yes, one can't have a  holiday spoiled, can one?

"He promised swift action and said that the victim would be getting a basket by way of apology.  Such baskets usually contain flowers and fruit."

Wow! I wonder how the Chonburi provincial deputy Pol Col Korawat Hanpradit , and Pattaya Council and Police Departments can afford such extravagance! Flowers AND fruit - the mind boggles! Maybe the Council paid for the flowers, and the Police Dept paid for the fruit?

8 hours ago, Destiny1990 said:

Shooting an unarmed noodle-soup seller i doubt he will impress his inmates with that story. ????

Nor will trying to impress them with his choice of career if the USA and UK are anything to  go by! I don't know about the USA, but in the UK, the criminal fraternity's names for the police stretch from a rather kindly, "The Old Bill" to less than complimentary terms such as , "The Pigs", and "The Filth" - treated on a par with rapists and child molesters. 

Conspiracy theory:- Possibly the Chilean was "gay" and came on to the taxi rider?

(He is young, slim build, and didn't fight back - could be a "submissive"?)

As I say - conspiracy theory, because there doesn't seem to be any other apparent motive!

P.S. Hope they fire the book at the taxi rider, but TIT - no doubt his bosses will clear things up with the BIB! 

The victim, who had earlier been taken to hospital, was being sought to do some much needed identification in the form of pointing, reported Pattaya Update News. 

NO! NO! NO! I thought that was  a thing of the past along with hordes of police standing behind a suspect with a blurry face/mask  sitting behind a desk that contained his ill gotten gains/evidence!

Ah, well, another step backwards in the future of mankind  Thailand's image!

Just now, YetAnother said:

are TAT leaders single-brain-celled ?

"Tourism Authority of Thailand governor Yutthasak Suphaorn was quoted as saying that 10 million tourists - presumably this year - would be "mai yaak"- no problem."

I was going to say something similar, but decided to go with "Oh, that's all right then - TAT said so!"

Welcome to the new Thailand!

What's next? Pick up your ankle bracelets at Immigration! Then go to the nearest hospital to have your  subcutaneous microchip fitted  (at your expense, of course!) Get your numbered tattoo at any of the tattoo parlours, at your cost, obviously! Identifying armbands and patches can be bought cheaply at any pavement stall on Sukhumvit.

Finally, get TAT to make a video explaining why it is all necessary!

Just now, judokrab said:

"They were singing too."
55555555

Wow! Multi tasking French musicians!

Becuse they were singing too, does that mean they require 2 work permits each?

No doubt Elon will be hoping to sell some of his submarines, as the PM seems to have a thing about them!

Maybe this time he'll bring one that works!

Just now, spidermike007 said:

Being chaperoned around Thailand with an official from the TAT or the Health Department sounds like a true dream vacation. Might as well add in tours of the local hospitals, clinics, and government offices to boot! Lots of fun to be had by all. 

 

A covid vaccination, using one of the top vaccines, like the Pfizer or the Moderna one, should be adequate. The authorities should be begging the tourists to come. Free, unlimited visas, 10,000 baht hotel vouchers, and free meal vouchers. Our people are out of work. We really need you. An immigration officer will come to your hotel to renew your visa, if you decide to extend your stay, to show our appreciation for your support. Half price air tickets for domestic travel. Princely treatment. Thank you so much for helping to rescue our economy and our people.

Then I awake and look around me
At four grey walls that surround me
And I…  Well - you know the rest (Tom Jones Green Green Grass of Home)