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Now if Bangkok would do the same that really would be significant.  Pipe-dream I know but currently you can't be arrested for dreaming ! ! !

Leaving themselves wide open for similar investigations in the future.  Ah ! but they have given themselves exemption from prosecution for their actions.  That that exemption holds could be wishful thinking !!!

Will TAT put a spin on this or just totally ignore it, but I bet the international press will report it ?

A M16 and an Uzi plus handguns, wow those guys were armed for serious trouble.  Amazing there weren't people killed.

Just to clarify, it was one farm in Aussie that produced "the best sirloin steak".  That doesn't mean all Aussie steak won a gold medal.  I prefer roast rib of beef, so this contest is just hype for bbq lovers.  Good advert for Aussie steak, but really BS.

Just a few weeks ago a government spokesman stated that violence had dropped in the South by 12% (can't remember the actual figure but it was around there).  Within days of the press release there were all the bombs and now this.   It would appear that the government has very little control over the situation and things will get worse rather than better as the government predicts.  Northern Ireland Mark 2.

What's the point of having EVs if the electricity they need is produced by fossil fuel burning.  Oh of course I forgot, the coal fired power stations are outside of Bangkok so the pollution can be moved somewhere else.   Not just a Thai thing, happens all over the world, unfortunately !

There'll be a few very happy people downwind, until they realise there was plastic and tyres in the burning mix.  A high temperature incinerator would have been better, although from what I've read on TV most seem to be broken down.

Surely most people book their holidays a few months in advance, so it should be easy to get the info from tour operators and airlines.  So where do these millions of extra people who book their holidays the very last minute come from ?

There are very popular "all-inclusive" holidays to be found all around the Med.  Never been on one but some friends go frequently on such holidays.  Are these the European equivalent of these 0 dollar tours.  If so then the government should tread very carefully otherwise their great expectations from Chinese tourists, who can be very canny with their money, may not happen and the people will simply go elsewhere.

Not sure how the grocery delivery would work in remote areas, need much more clarification, but if it did work then it would be great news.

This thread reminds me of the sketch in Monty Pythons "life of Brian"  -  "what have the Romans ever done for us".  

So everyone moans about what the British did to the poor natives in the colonies, but forgets the plight of the workers in Britain during that period.  The expected life span in working class cities was only late 30s in 1900.  The infant death rate was horrendous, my Grandmother lost half her siblings before they reached 16 due to TB.   In fact up to 1945 most working class homes didn't even have their own flushing toilet or even bathrooms.  As for the Boers, don't forget they still wanted slavery even when the British made it illegal.  Bit of a rant, for which I apologise, sorry !

Used that crossing many times and never paid anything to Thai Immigration.   Cambodian Immigration is a very different matter, 1,500 Baht for a Cambodian visa PLUS  300 Baht because I immediately cross back into Thailand.  That 300 Baht is a scam I'm sure , but the grim -faced official behind the desk demands it every time.  This thread doesn't mention this, so have I been duped and is there a way to avoid the 1,800 Baht every 90 days,  apart from having 40k monthly income or 400k in a Thai bank ?

Too much Lao khow I think, makes for crazy dreams !

Better ground those Royal Thai Air Force rain making planes for a few weeks ?

South of Buriram a torrent, 2 hours and no sign of it easing yet.

Just to wind up my American friends, if the British had been allowed to occupy Thailand after WW2 then a decent rail system would already be in place, built most likely by Indian labourers. 

Just to wind up my American friends, if the British had been allowed to occupy Thailand after WW2 then a decent rail system would already be in place, built most likely by Indian labourers. 

12 wind turbines  -  not exactly big time.  Off the coast of my home-town there are over 200.  Trouble is, not just how inefficient they are and how the ruin the views, but when it's too windy they shut them down and then when the wind drops they don't work.  OK it's good to have a mix of power generation, but wind turbines are probably the most inefficient of the bunch.

Separation at source is essential.  Composting is desirable.  But above all the reduction in the use of plastics is the main factor here.  Unless they reduce the use of plastic bags, trays etc then everything else is just pi..ing in the wind.   As for "landfill management" 55555 not too any international standard on this planet.

Such places need a waste minimisation plan that is enforced.  Plastic bags should be banned on the islands, composting should be mandatory. Green lifestyle could be used to attract tourists  I just wish such things could happen here, but experience has shown me the authorities, of whatever colour just don't care.

The photo says more than words.  I guess he is really enjoying all these "trips" he seems to be going on, currently running at several a month.  The fact that he can says a lot about international politicians, bunch of self-serving wimps, with backbones akin to jellyfish.

77th out of 193 and 4th in ASEAN, quite a long way to go then !

Just a small step would be to show more programmes in English on TV.  A lot of times not only are the programmes dubbed but they have Thai subtitles as well.

You can monitor all you like, but without enforcement and appropriate penalties nothing will change.